Latest ArticlesThe history of Angkor Monday, 15 March 2010 Traditionally, the history of Angkor as we know it from inscriptions and the existing temples begins in the ninth century, when the young king Jayavarman II declared himself t... Full Story >> The Secret World of Geishas Monday, 15 March 2010 Geisha are professional hostesses who entertain guests through various performing arts. Gei means arts or performance, and sha means people. Geisha are not ordinary hostesses ... Full Story >> Welcome to Australia Monday, 15 March 2010 The 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney were universally recognised as an overwhelming success. The Australian heroine from start, when she carried the Olympic torch into the stadium... Full Story >> Vietnam's invasion of Kampuchea Monday, 15 March 2010 After killing as far many million Cambodian people as they could in their mysterious names of Angkar Leur/Cap Tren and are to send their illegal Yuon settlers to live in Cambo... Full Story >> Deacon of Death in Cambodia Monday, 15 March 2010 A Cambodian woman confronts the man whom she holds responsible for the death of her family and other villagers under Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime when she was a child. T... Full Story >> Countdown Monday, 15 March 2010 As mutual fear, mistrust and polarisation increases between Iran and Israel, an arms race between the two sworn enemies is gathering momentum. Central to this is the Russian-m... Full Story >> The Saltmen of Tibet Monday, 15 March 2010 Shot under extreme conditions in one of the world’s most remote and beautiful locations, THE SALTMEN OF TIBET documents the ancient traditions and daily rituals of a Tibetan... Full Story >> Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev Monday, 15 March 2010 Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born on 2 March 1931 and was the second-to-last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until 1991, a... Full Story >> Khmer Mystery - Founan Monday, 15 March 2010 The ancient kingdom of Fou Nan (or Funan, a name given by Chinese historians) spreading into Indonesia was a commercially based and powerful force in the area. Stone temples a... Full Story >> Evo Morales social movements Monday, 15 March 2010 A Documental about Evo Morales, the first indigenous president of Bolivia, the movimiento al socialismo MAS (movement towards socialism) and more social movements in Bolivia. ... Full Story >> The Seychelle Islands - Garden of Eden Monday, 15 March 2010 The Seychelles—tiny little islands, remote location, beautiful coral beaches. Few destinations could hold more allure as prototypical tropical islands. Yet the allure of the... Full Story >> Paul Merton in India Monday, 15 March 2010 Having conquered China, comedian Paul Merton has his sights set on India, an astonishingly diverse country of one billion people. Paul intends to beat his own path around this... Full Story >> Secrets of the Parthenon Monday, 15 March 2010 For 25 centuries, the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by misguided restorations. Now, a team of archi... Full Story >> Lebanon - Aphrodite's Mirror Monday, 15 March 2010 But what is Beauty? Is it tangible? How can it be portrayed? Beirut is certainly a good starting point for this adventure. After all, Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty and Love... Full Story >> Men of the sea - Mauretania Monday, 15 March 2010 A third of Mauritania's population lives from fishing with traditional methods. Bamba Fall, a fisherman involved in the trade union, invites us to witness the agitated activit... Full Story >> Korubo, a fight to the end Monday, 15 March 2010 This documentary shows for the first time the daily life of one of the most feared and dangerous tribes of the Amazon. We will be witness of some of their abilities and we wil... Full Story >> Mongolia - best-kept secrets Monday, 15 March 2010 Mongolia until now has been one of the world's best-kept secrets. Three times the size of France and with more horses than people; it is one Asia's last unspoilt destinations.... Full Story >> Secrets of New Zealand Monday, 15 March 2010 New Zealand's stunning landscape is speckled with sparkling, turquoise lakes, plunging fjords and magnificent mountains, and is fringed by rugged coastline and rolling waves. ... Full Story >> The Long Way Down Monday, 15 March 2010 Adventurer Charley Boorman sets off for the Long Way Down, a television series, book and DVD documenting a motorcycle journey undertaken by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, ... Full Story >> The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela Monday, 15 March 2010 Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered statesmen, who led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa with a multi-racial democracy. Despite many y... Full Story >> The kingdom of Mustang - Tibet Monday, 15 March 2010 Mustang, one of the last outposts of Tibetan culture, is so isolated and protected, no Westerner set foot inside its borders for centuries. But in the early 1990s, this untouc... Full Story >> Fishing on the Lijiang - China Monday, 15 March 2010 Cormorant fishing is unique in China. This way of fishing has been existing for hundreds of years. The birds do fishing much better at night than at day time. People sometimes... Full Story >> Welcome to Namibia Monday, 15 March 2010 Namibia is Africa's best keept secret. Namibia is a land of wonderful contrasts - the icy Benguela current sweeps up its western shore, home to an abundance of fish life. Ghos... Full Story >> Abya Yala - Evo Morales - Bolivia Monday, 15 March 2010 Abya Yala: This Land is Ours,directed by Patrick Vanier, Sycomore films (2006) Abya Yala was the name given to the American continent by the native Kuna nations of Panama and ... Full Story >> Soweto Uprising Monday, 15 March 2010 Thirty years on, this film tells the dramatic events of the Soweto Uprising of 16th June 1976 that ignited the anti apartheid struggle around the world. It tells the hour by h... Full Story >> Tropic of Capricorn - Simon Reeve Monday, 15 March 2010 Author and traveller Simon Reeve has completed his greatest challenge yet out - circling the world around the Tropic of Capricorn, the southern limit of the tropical zone. Sim... Full Story >> Buddhas Giants Monday, 15 March 2010 One of the most magnificent Asian pageants takes place every year in the Sri Lankan city of Kandy. During perahera season the entire city celebrates for 11 days as fire-juggle... Full Story >> Chile Land of Extremes Monday, 15 March 2010 Stretching between 54 and 18 degrees south, Chile is a land of extremes - from the ice-fields of Patagonia to the absolute desert of the Atacama. This study day will explore t... Full Story >> The Africa Explorer Monday, 15 March 2010 How do you capture the essence of Africa on paper without using up every cliché in the book? No other continent comes close to it for scale, variety and pure, raw impact. Afr... Full Story >> Gift of the rains Monday, 15 March 2010 Africa's most fascinating rivers showing their unique habitats - above and below the water's surface. Rivers are the lifeline of Africa's great wilderness areas. Through the m... Full Story >> The Lost Tribe Of Palau Monday, 15 March 2010 Far out in the Pacific, the islands of Palau hold secrets that could upset our understanding of human evolution. Mysterious bones hidden in an isolated cave eventually reveal ... Full Story >> Cambodia - Banteay Srei Monday, 15 March 2010 A little more than 20 km north of Angkor, almost at the foot of the Kulen Mountains, sits the remarkable small temple of Banteay Srei. The name, relatively modern, means 'Cita... Full Story >> Ireland to Sydney with Charley Boorman Monday, 15 March 2010 Adventurer Charley Boorman sets off on his most daring adventure yet--ditching his trusty motorbike to travel over 20,000 miles, through 25 countries from his home town Wicklo... Full Story >> Yatra - Prajna Earth Monday, 15 March 2010 Yatra is a Sanskrit word for a sacred joutney. It is one of the most ancient spiritual practices. Yatra is a path of revelation - a pilgrimage into the hart. This is a persona... Full Story >> Meet the Stans Monday, 15 March 2010 In this series, author and journalist Simon Reeve travels to Central Asia to "meet the Stans' - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. His journey provides viewers... Full Story >> Deserts of the Earth Monday, 15 March 2010 Internationally renowned photographer Michael Martin has travelled through every desert on earth, crossing Asia, Australia, the Americas, and Africa, seeking out the most spec... Full Story >> Ethiopia - The Omo Valley Monday, 15 March 2010 Ethiopia is like no other place in Africa. Some of the isolated animist tribes who have lived there for centuries are still unaware that they reside in a country called Ethiop... Full Story >> Learning from Ladakh Monday, 15 March 2010 Are we facign the prospect of going 'back' to the future? Will the future be more like the past? These kinds of questiosn need to be raised,and they are with great insight and... Full Story >> Dragons of Komodo Monday, 15 March 2010 It's big. it's bad. It looks like it breathes fire. it's the Komodo dragon - a giant prehistoric reptile who dominated its island home south of Indonesia with terrifying power... Full Story >> Rick Steves Europe Monday, 15 March 2010 Richard "Rick" Steves (born in Edmonds, Washington in 1955) is an American author on European travel. He is the host of a public television series and a public radio travel sh... Full Story >> Surprising Bulgaria Monday, 15 March 2010 Bulgaria has a fascinating but often bloody history of invasion, occupation and subju punctuated by four comparatively short periods of political and economic in and stability... Full Story >> The Children of Leningradsky Monday, 15 March 2010 Leningradsky is a busy train station in Moscow, and the people who pass through it every day have to notice the children who live there. Some give them a little spare change. ... Full Story >> The silver mines of Cerro Rico Monday, 15 March 2010 Listen to a local Quechua song: Flor de Potosi Artista: Gonzalo Hemoza - 1984 Autor/Compositor : Kjarkas This div will be replaced var s1 = new SWFObject('http://... Full Story >> Secrets of the Mayan Underworld Monday, 15 March 2010 Unlike great civilisations such as the Romans and the Ancient Egyptians, the Mayan empire did not arise from the banks of a mighty river. Then why did they populate Yucatan? T... Full Story >> Inside the Saudi Kingdom Monday, 15 March 2010 BBC 2 has broadcast a programme on Saudi Arabia on 8th November. The programme will offer "a fascinating insight into the conflicts between tradition and modernity in one of t... Full Story >> Yemen - Sea of Tears Monday, 15 March 2010 This week’s Unreported World reveals an unseen human catastrophe unfolding in Yemen as thousands of desperate refugees fleeing the chaos and carnage in the Horn of Africa su... Full Story >> Teotihuacán Monday, 15 March 2010 Teotihuacan is a, site in central Mexico that in ancient times was one of the largest cities in the world. Located about 40 km (25 mi) northeast of present-day Mexico City, Te... Full Story >> The Boy With Divine Powers in Nepal Monday, 15 March 2010 Kathmandu, Nepal -- Ram Bahadur Bomjon "Buddha Boy" is a 15-year old Nepalese boy who was hailed by many to be Buddha incarnate - 11 months without any food, without any drop ... Full Story >> Leon Trotsky
Monday, 15 March 2010 Fascinating account of the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky’s exiled years living in Istanbul. The narration by Vanessa Redgrave lends accessibility to this inflammatory h... Full Story >> |
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