From Our Own Correspondent Podcast
Insight, wit and analysis from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondents, journalists and writers telling stories beyond the news headlines. Presented by Kate Adie.
Episodes to download
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A Seat With a View
Sat 22 Jun 2013
Air travel may be not quite the glamorous, magical experience it once was but our Day,...
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Discontent on the Nile
Thu 20 Jun 2013
'Everything is worse after the revolution' - tourism workers along the River Nile in...
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A Demo a Day
Sat 15 Jun 2013
A passion for protest: street demonstrations, rarely permitted in the days of Mubarak,...
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God Bless Hungary!
Thu 13 Jun 2013
Hungarians fight the floods! This collection of despatches from radio correspondents...
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Mussolini's Gay Island
Sat 8 Jun 2013
Correspondents' despatches from around the globe. Who'll emerge victorious from the in...
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Is Mr Erdogan Listening?
Thu 6 Jun 2013
Is the Turkish prime minister Mr Erdogan listening to the demonstrators? James has the...
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The World's Troubles - Put on Hold!
Sat 1 Jun 2013
A world that's not just full of doom and gloom: Anna Borzello on the remarkable that a...
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A Croc at the Door!
Thu 30 May 2013
Hungry crocodiles are invading homes in northern Australia looking for the family pet,...
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The German Sense of Humour
Sat 25 May 2013
Reporters around the world with the news behind the headlines: Aleem Maqbool talks of...
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A Good Operator
Thu 23 May 2013
Correspondents around the world: Jeremy Bowen on the increasing difficulties of the in...
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Conspiracy!
Sat 18 May 2013
Correspondents' stories from around the world: a field day for conspiracy theorists as...
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Brides For Sale
Sat 11 May 2013
Correspondents around the world with the detail behind the headlines: Beth McLeod on...
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The Chocolate Revolution
Sat 4 May 2013
Reporters' stories from around the world: why Rupert Wingfield Hayes believes North of...
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Nigeria's Lady Gaga
Sat 27 Apr 2013
Reporters from around the world tell their stories. Steve Rosenberg visits Dagestan on...
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The Libyan Truffle
Sat 20 Apr 2013
Correspondents' stories: why President Assad may now believe he's winning the the man...
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The Stradivarius Tree
Sat 13 Apr 2013
Colour and insight from reporters around the world: the man who'll find you a violin...
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It Could Have Been Much Worse
Sat 6 Apr 2013
How the direction of the wind saved Tokyo from possible radioactive contamination --...
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The Jihadi Vegetable Patch
Sat 30 Mar 2013
Correspondents' despatches from around the world. In this edition: Thomas Fessy Mali...
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A Kafkaesque Nightmare
Thu 28 Mar 2013
Insight. Analysis. Colour. In this edition, people in the German town of Montabaur try...
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Talking About Fish
Sat 23 Mar 2013
Insight, colour and analysis from reporters around the world. Mark Lowen's in Cyprus...
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The Black Cowboy
Thu 21 Mar 2013
How did Herb Jeffries become a black cowboy film star when he wasn't even black? to in...
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Referendum Day
Sat 16 Mar 2013
Millions of Zimbabweans vote on a new constitution - Andrew Harding, in Harare, quotes...
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Decision Time for the Aborigines
Thu 14 Mar 2013
What price can you put on memory? Neil Trevithick is with the Aborigines whose in for...
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Battle Stations at the Vatican!
Sat 9 Mar 2013
Allan Little says there are deep disagreements among the cardinals as they prepare to...
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The Boy Who Knocked Stalin Down
Thu 7 Mar 2013
Correspondents' stories. Today: Steve Rosenberg's in Moscow as Russians debate the of...
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Cold in Calcutta
Thu 28 Feb 2013
Reporters worldwide: Rahul Tandon is in Calcutta as its people struggle to cope with...
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The Lap of Luxury
Sat 23 Feb 2013
When Madeleine Morris returned to her native Australia after twelve years in the UK a...
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Desperate for Tourists
Thu 21 Feb 2013
Despatches from around the world: Jonathan Head on a little-reported but long-running...
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Wild Horse Chase
Sat 16 Feb 2013
Reporters' despatches from far and wide: a vegetarian of 37 years' standing, Nick is a...
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Was It Worth It?
Thu 14 Feb 2013
Reporters worldwide - today: Ruth Sherlock on how the Free Syrian Army's losing as to...