http://www.odeo.com/channels/2101560-From-Our-Own-Correspondent no Insight, wit and analysis as the BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK on Saturdays at 1130 BST and for about 25 weeks of the year, on Thursdays at 1102 BST. BBC World Service broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays all year round, presented by Alan Johnston. For more information, a full list of programme broadcast times and the podcast Terms of Use go to www.bbc.co.uk/fromourowncorrespondent Insight, wit and analysis as the BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK on Saturdays at 1130 BST and for about 25 weeks of the year, on Thursdays at 1102 BST. BBC World Service broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays all year round, presented by Alan Johnston. For more information, a full list of programme broadcast times and the podcast Terms of Use go to www.bbc.co.uk/fromourowncorrespondent Insight, wit and analysis as the BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK on Saturdays at 1130 BST and for about 25 weeks of the year, on Thursdays at 1102 BST. BBC World Service broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays all year round, presented by Alan Johnston. For more information, a full list of programme broadcast times and the podcast Terms of Use go to www.bbc.co.uk/fromourowncorrespondent en-gb 40 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:46:00 -0800 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:46:00 -0800 News, Politics, World, BBC, foreign, journalists Politics News World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25440687-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-12-Nov-2009 On the trail of pirate loot ... and on the trail of pirates, as American military drones arrive in The Seychelles. Plus criticism of the Indian government and its handling of a Maoist uprising; anger over the rule of a British governor in the Turks and Caicos Islands; why drivers in Beirut ignore policemen; and a football title brings joy to the streets of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. On the trail of pirate loot ... and on the trail of pirates, as American military drones arrive in The Seychelles. Plus criticism of the Indian government and its handling of a Maoist uprising; anger over the rule of a British governor in the Turks and Caicos Islands; why drivers in Beirut ignore policemen; and a football title brings joy to the streets of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. On the trail of pirate loot ... and on the trail of pirates, as American military drones arrive in The Seychelles. Plus criticism of the Indian government and its handling of a Maoist uprising; anger over the rule of a British governor in the Turks and Caicos Islands; why drivers in Beirut ignore policemen; and a football title brings joy to the streets of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25440687 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:46:00 -0800 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25416523-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-7-Nov-2009 All aboard! As EU ministers plan the timetable ahead, we take a train journey to the heart of Europe. 'Nyiregyhaza is as rich in tombs, as in apples' -- eastern Hungary remembers its countryfolk deported to the Soviet Union. As Remembrance Day approaches, a young fusilier is baptised in the Helmand River. Our correspondent tries to discover how a friend come to be killed in the Nairobi slum of Kibera and a horoor story from our hypochondriac reporter in LA, as he tries to negotiate the US health care system. All aboard! As EU ministers plan the timetable ahead, we take a train journey to the heart of Europe. 'Nyiregyhaza is as rich in tombs, as in apples' -- eastern Hungary remembers its countryfolk deported to the Soviet Union. As Remembrance Day approaches, a young fusilier is baptised in the Helmand River. Our correspondent tries to discover how a friend come to be killed in the Nairobi slum of Kibera and a horoor story from our hypochondriac reporter in LA, as he tries to negotiate the US health care system. All aboard! As EU ministers plan the timetable ahead, we take a train journey to the heart of Europe. 'Nyiregyhaza is as rich in tombs, as in apples' -- eastern Hungary remembers its countryfolk deported to the Soviet Union. As Remembrance Day approaches, a young fusilier is baptised in the Helmand River. Our correspondent tries to discover how a friend come to be killed in the Nairobi slum of Kibera and a horoor story from our hypochondriac reporter in LA, as he tries to negotiate the US health care system. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-07,25416523 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:15:00 -0800 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25404843-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-5-Oct-2009 In this programme, we ask what it means to be French. Plus the story of an ordinary Afghan murdered by the Taliban; suicide bombers choking the cultural life of Pakistan; swimming in the contradictions of Indian society; and why the power is out in oil-rich Chad. In this programme, we ask what it means to be French. Plus the story of an ordinary Afghan murdered by the Taliban; suicide bombers choking the cultural life of Pakistan; swimming in the contradictions of Indian society; and why the power is out in oil-rich Chad. In this programme, we ask what it means to be French. Plus the story of an ordinary Afghan murdered by the Taliban; suicide bombers choking the cultural life of Pakistan; swimming in the contradictions of Indian society; and why the power is out in oil-rich Chad. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-05,25404843 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:01:00 -0800 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25396923-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-31-Oct-2009 Trick or treat? Gary Younge on what Halloween reveals about modern America; Lyse Doucet has a tale of two gardens as Dr Abdullah is reported on the verge of pulling out of the Afghan election; there's an account of fear and anti-aircraft guns in Guinea from Mark Doyle; William Horsley on the east Germans who think some aspects of life were better before the Wall came down and, in a Moscow skyscraper, tales of wartime courage from one of the Soviet Union's woman fighter pilots. Trick or treat? Gary Younge on what Halloween reveals about modern America; Lyse Doucet has a tale of two gardens as Dr Abdullah is reported on the verge of pulling out of the Afghan election; there's an account of fear and anti-aircraft guns in Guinea from Mark Doyle; William Horsley on the east Germans who think some aspects of life were better before the Wall came down and, in a Moscow skyscraper, tales of wartime courage from one of the Soviet Union's woman fighter pilots. Trick or treat? Gary Younge on what Halloween reveals about modern America; Lyse Doucet has a tale of two gardens as Dr Abdullah is reported on the verge of pulling out of the Afghan election; there's an account of fear and anti-aircraft guns in Guinea from Mark Doyle; William Horsley on the east Germans who think some aspects of life were better before the Wall came down and, in a Moscow skyscraper, tales of wartime courage from one of the Soviet Union's woman fighter pilots. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-31,25396923 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:35:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25396927-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-29-Oct-2009 Orla Guerin on the mental body armour donned amid an upsurge of violence in Pakistan; Allan Little reflects on two very different revolutions; Dan Collyns on the hard task of reconciliation in Peru; Tom Esslemont on Islam and oil wealth in Azerbaijan and Kieran Cooke toasts the Irish pub as more and more of them are closing down. Orla Guerin on the mental body armour donned amid an upsurge of violence in Pakistan; Allan Little reflects on two very different revolutions; Dan Collyns on the hard task of reconciliation in Peru; Tom Esslemont on Islam and oil wealth in Azerbaijan and Kieran Cooke toasts the Irish pub as more and more of them are closing down. Orla Guerin on the mental body armour donned amid an upsurge of violence in Pakistan; Allan Little reflects on two very different revolutions; Dan Collyns on the hard task of reconciliation in Peru; Tom Esslemont on Islam and oil wealth in Azerbaijan and Kieran Cooke toasts the Irish pub as more and more of them are closing down. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-29,25396927 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:35:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25362714-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-24-Oct-2009 Breakdowns, blazing buildings and a small earthquake -- Lyse Doucet's in Afghanistan as a second round in the presidential elections is announced; hunger returns to the Ethiopian countryside, Mike Wooldridge is back at the scene of the devastating famine 25-years ago; will the isolated island of St Helena finally get an airport? And if it does, asks Simon Pipe, will it mean the islanders' unique way of life changing forever? More than half a million women around the world are dying unnecessarily each year in childbirth -- Jill McGivering's in Pakistan, one of the countries with a high mortality rate. And why is there a ghostly layer of dust atop the grave of artist Van Gogh? Vincent Dowd caught the train from Paris to try to find out Breakdowns, blazing buildings and a small earthquake -- Lyse Doucet's in Afghanistan as a second round in the presidential elections is announced; hunger returns to the Ethiopian countryside, Mike Wooldridge is back at the scene of the devastating famine 25-years ago; will the isolated island of St Helena finally get an airport? And if it does, asks Simon Pipe, will it mean the islanders' unique way of life changing forever? More than half a million women around the world are dying unnecessarily each year in childbirth -- Jill McGivering's in Pakistan, one of the countries with a high mortality rate. And why is there a ghostly layer of dust atop the grave of artist Van Gogh? Vincent Dowd caught the train from Paris to try to find out Breakdowns, blazing buildings and a small earthquake -- Lyse Doucet's in Afghanistan as a second round in the presidential elections is announced; hunger returns to the Ethiopian countryside, Mike Wooldridge is back at the scene of the devastating famine 25-years ago; will the isolated island of St Helena finally get an airport? And if it does, asks Simon Pipe, will it mean the islanders' unique way of life changing forever? More than half a million women around the world are dying unnecessarily each year in childbirth -- Jill McGivering's in Pakistan, one of the countries with a high mortality rate. And why is there a ghostly layer of dust atop the grave of artist Van Gogh? Vincent Dowd caught the train from Paris to try to find out tag:odeo.com,2009-10-24,25362714 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:15:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25345027-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-22-Oct-2009 Mohammed Hanif on Abba songs and Taliban attacks in Pakistan; Jonathan Fryer talks to Kurds in Turkey; Chris Simpson on how the health system is failing women in the Central African Republic; Susie Emmett meets the Maasai pastoralists struggling with drought in Kenya; and Andrew Hosken visits the French port where many pass by but few stay: Calais. Mohammed Hanif on Abba songs and Taliban attacks in Pakistan; Jonathan Fryer talks to Kurds in Turkey; Chris Simpson on how the health system is failing women in the Central African Republic; Susie Emmett meets the Maasai pastoralists struggling with drought in Kenya; and Andrew Hosken visits the French port where many pass by but few stay: Calais. Mohammed Hanif on Abba songs and Taliban attacks in Pakistan; Jonathan Fryer talks to Kurds in Turkey; Chris Simpson on how the health system is failing women in the Central African Republic; Susie Emmett meets the Maasai pastoralists struggling with drought in Kenya; and Andrew Hosken visits the French port where many pass by but few stay: Calais. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-22,25345027 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:30:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25309252-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-15-Oct-2009 Tom Esslemont's in Armenia as an historic agreement's struck with Turkey; Nick Caistor on how the socialist Sandinistas of Nicaragua stand accused of becoming the sort of government they once opposed; Peter Ndoro returns to Zimbabwe and is ticked off for laughing outside State House; Alexa Dvorson meets German schoolchildren who seem ill-informed about their nation's recent history and Paul Vickers finds a 15th century tome useful while picking lottery numbers in Naples. Tom Esslemont's in Armenia as an historic agreement's struck with Turkey; Nick Caistor on how the socialist Sandinistas of Nicaragua stand accused of becoming the sort of government they once opposed; Peter Ndoro returns to Zimbabwe and is ticked off for laughing outside State House; Alexa Dvorson meets German schoolchildren who seem ill-informed about their nation's recent history and Paul Vickers finds a 15th century tome useful while picking lottery numbers in Naples. Tom Esslemont's in Armenia as an historic agreement's struck with Turkey; Nick Caistor on how the socialist Sandinistas of Nicaragua stand accused of becoming the sort of government they once opposed; Peter Ndoro returns to Zimbabwe and is ticked off for laughing outside State House; Alexa Dvorson meets German schoolchildren who seem ill-informed about their nation's recent history and Paul Vickers finds a 15th century tome useful while picking lottery numbers in Naples. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-18,25309252 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:02:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25301967-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-17-Oct-2009 Srebrenica – Allan Little finds the Bosnian town still full of ghosts as a date is set for the trial of the one-time Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic. Will Grant sees police in Venezuela trying to shed a reputation for being the most violent and corrupt in the Americas. Gabriel Gatehouse looks on as a mad cow turns nasty while US soldiers hunt al-Qaeda in northern Iraq. And the jokes about Lada cars are wearing thin at the huge car plant on the banks of the River Volga in Russia. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has been talking to workers who fear they may lose their jobs. Srebrenica – Allan Little finds the Bosnian town still full of ghosts as a date is set for the trial of the one-time Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic. Will Grant sees police in Venezuela trying to shed a reputation for being the most violent and corrupt in the Americas. Gabriel Gatehouse looks on as a mad cow turns nasty while US soldiers hunt al-Qaeda in northern Iraq. And the jokes about Lada cars are wearing thin at the huge car plant on the banks of the River Volga in Russia. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has been talking to workers who fear they may lose their jobs. Srebrenica – Allan Little finds the Bosnian town still full of ghosts as a date is set for the trial of the one-time Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic. Will Grant sees police in Venezuela trying to shed a reputation for being the most violent and corrupt in the Americas. Gabriel Gatehouse looks on as a mad cow turns nasty while US soldiers hunt al-Qaeda in northern Iraq. And the jokes about Lada cars are wearing thin at the huge car plant on the banks of the River Volga in Russia. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has been talking to workers who fear they may lose their jobs. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-17,25301967 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:01:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25263939-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-10-Oct-2009 The new Nobel peace prize winner talks of sending more American troops to war - Paul Adams in Washington on one of the most urgent issues facing President Obama; Christian Fraser's in Egypt where an unholy row has broken out after the Grand Imam told female students they shouldn't wear the niqab; Charles Haviland gains rare access to one of the camps housing Tamil refugees from the Sri Lankan civil war; Tim Franks meets an Israeli with a novel idea for bringing Jews and Arabs closer together while Christine Finn is in Jersey going to the cinema and bidding her late mother a fond farewell. The new Nobel peace prize winner talks of sending more American troops to war - Paul Adams in Washington on one of the most urgent issues facing President Obama; Christian Fraser's in Egypt where an unholy row has broken out after the Grand Imam told female students they shouldn't wear the niqab; Charles Haviland gains rare access to one of the camps housing Tamil refugees from the Sri Lankan civil war; Tim Franks meets an Israeli with a novel idea for bringing Jews and Arabs closer together while Christine Finn is in Jersey going to the cinema and bidding her late mother a fond farewell. The new Nobel peace prize winner talks of sending more American troops to war - Paul Adams in Washington on one of the most urgent issues facing President Obama; Christian Fraser's in Egypt where an unholy row has broken out after the Grand Imam told female students they shouldn't wear the niqab; Charles Haviland gains rare access to one of the camps housing Tamil refugees from the Sri Lankan civil war; Tim Franks meets an Israeli with a novel idea for bringing Jews and Arabs closer together while Christine Finn is in Jersey going to the cinema and bidding her late mother a fond farewell. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-10,25263939 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:10:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25252843-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-8-Oct-09 Alastair Leithead is on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, which remembers the day the mountains came tumbling down; Natalia Antelava on the lives being wrecked by drought in the Middle East; and John Laurenson is one of the millions being stopped by traffic cops in France. Also on the programme, Will Grant finds a cash machine in the jungle and Nick Higham discovers that it's back to basics in cash-strapped Iceland. Alastair Leithead is on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, which remembers the day the mountains came tumbling down; Natalia Antelava on the lives being wrecked by drought in the Middle East; and John Laurenson is one of the millions being stopped by traffic cops in France. Also on the programme, Will Grant finds a cash machine in the jungle and Nick Higham discovers that it's back to basics in cash-strapped Iceland. Alastair Leithead is on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, which remembers the day the mountains came tumbling down; Natalia Antelava on the lives being wrecked by drought in the Middle East; and John Laurenson is one of the millions being stopped by traffic cops in France. Also on the programme, Will Grant finds a cash machine in the jungle and Nick Higham discovers that it's back to basics in cash-strapped Iceland. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-08,25252843 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:30:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25226645-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-3-October-2009 A toxic find deep in the Colombian rainforest, life on the poverty line for poor, white South Africans, and a park with a difference in New York - all this and more in From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie. A toxic find deep in the Colombian rainforest, life on the poverty line for poor, white South Africans, and a park with a difference in New York - all this and more in From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie. A toxic find deep in the Colombian rainforest, life on the poverty line for poor, white South Africans, and a park with a difference in New York - all this and more in From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-03,25226645 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25215115-FOOC A trip down memory lane to one of China's last surviving communes, Rwandans get connected but don't like communicating, and the language law that has got backs up among Slovakia's Hungarian minority - all this and more in From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie. A trip down memory lane to one of China's last surviving communes, Rwandans get connected but don't like communicating, and the language law that has got backs up among Slovakia's Hungarian minority - all this and more in From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie. A trip down memory lane to one of China's last surviving communes, Rwandans get connected but don't like communicating, and the language law that has got backs up among Slovakia's Hungarian minority - all this and more in From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-01,25215115 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:02:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25188700-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-26-Sept-2009 Can a US troop surge work in Afghanistan? Hugh Sykes considers lessons learned from the war in Iraq. Mark Mardell on travelling with the US president to the UN and Pittsburgh; Sixty years ago Mao sent millions of teenagers from the cities to the countrysideand today Chris Hogg tells us that a new generation is choosing to go; David Edmonds finds out why Armenians are brilliant at chess and Steve Rosenberg talks of Merkel tea bags and lemon squeezers on the campaign trail in Germany. Can a US troop surge work in Afghanistan? Hugh Sykes considers lessons learned from the war in Iraq. Mark Mardell on travelling with the US president to the UN and Pittsburgh; Sixty years ago Mao sent millions of teenagers from the cities to the countrysideand today Chris Hogg tells us that a new generation is choosing to go; David Edmonds finds out why Armenians are brilliant at chess and Steve Rosenberg talks of Merkel tea bags and lemon squeezers on the campaign trail in Germany. Can a US troop surge work in Afghanistan? Hugh Sykes considers lessons learned from the war in Iraq. Mark Mardell on travelling with the US president to the UN and Pittsburgh; Sixty years ago Mao sent millions of teenagers from the cities to the countrysideand today Chris Hogg tells us that a new generation is choosing to go; David Edmonds finds out why Armenians are brilliant at chess and Steve Rosenberg talks of Merkel tea bags and lemon squeezers on the campaign trail in Germany. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-26,25188700 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:15:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25176867-FOOC-24th-September-2009 China recipe for further economic success: Lesley Curwen discovers it's sell more goods to its own people; Martin Vogl on the row in Mali after wives are told: you no longer have to obey your husbands; Mark Lowen on the lingering influence of the right in Serbia; Willow Muton in Haiti where hurricane season is nervously awaited; and there's no sleep, not much food and the weather's pretty bad too: Trish Flanagan on why they are queuing up to go on the pilgrimage to Ireland's Loch Derg. China recipe for further economic success: Lesley Curwen discovers it's sell more goods to its own people; Martin Vogl on the row in Mali after wives are told: you no longer have to obey your husbands; Mark Lowen on the lingering influence of the right in Serbia; Willow Muton in Haiti where hurricane season is nervously awaited; and there's no sleep, not much food and the weather's pretty bad too: Trish Flanagan on why they are queuing up to go on the pilgrimage to Ireland's Loch Derg. China recipe for further economic success: Lesley Curwen discovers it's sell more goods to its own people; Martin Vogl on the row in Mali after wives are told: you no longer have to obey your husbands; Mark Lowen on the lingering influence of the right in Serbia; Willow Muton in Haiti where hurricane season is nervously awaited; and there's no sleep, not much food and the weather's pretty bad too: Trish Flanagan on why they are queuing up to go on the pilgrimage to Ireland's Loch Derg. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-24,25176867 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:32:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25150526-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-19-Sept-2009 A view from the West Bank: Tim Franks on how the row over settlements appears to be derailing the latest attempt to broker peace in the Middle East; Gary Younge asks if hopes that the Obama election would usher in a new era of racial harmony were misplaced; Emma Jane Kirby on the fear and squalor in Calais as the French authorities say they'll close down the migrants' camp they call 'the jungle'; Will Grant's in Venezuela where Venezuelans, he finds, believe in speaking their minds. And is a business suit and brogues the correct attire for fishing in Texas? The shaming answer to that one comes from Kevin Connolly. A view from the West Bank: Tim Franks on how the row over settlements appears to be derailing the latest attempt to broker peace in the Middle East; Gary Younge asks if hopes that the Obama election would usher in a new era of racial harmony were misplaced; Emma Jane Kirby on the fear and squalor in Calais as the French authorities say they'll close down the migrants' camp they call 'the jungle'; Will Grant's in Venezuela where Venezuelans, he finds, believe in speaking their minds. And is a business suit and brogues the correct attire for fishing in Texas? The shaming answer to that one comes from Kevin Connolly. A view from the West Bank: Tim Franks on how the row over settlements appears to be derailing the latest attempt to broker peace in the Middle East; Gary Younge asks if hopes that the Obama election would usher in a new era of racial harmony were misplaced; Emma Jane Kirby on the fear and squalor in Calais as the French authorities say they'll close down the migrants' camp they call 'the jungle'; Will Grant's in Venezuela where Venezuelans, he finds, believe in speaking their minds. And is a business suit and brogues the correct attire for fishing in Texas? The shaming answer to that one comes from Kevin Connolly. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-19,25150526 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:15:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25139071-FROM-OUR-OWN-CORRESPONDENT The BBC's back legally in Zimbabwe; but still Andrew Harding finds himself followed by three men in an olive green car; Bridget Kendall visits a timewarp city from a lost Soviet age. Jeremy Bowen looks at the new attempt to broker peace in the Middle East while Laura Trevelyan gets a ticking off from a haughty shop assistant in Manhattan. And one of the great BBC corrspondents has died; we recall the time Brian Barron stood in for Mrs Thatcher at a secret Russian base in the Gobi desert. The BBC's back legally in Zimbabwe; but still Andrew Harding finds himself followed by three men in an olive green car; Bridget Kendall visits a timewarp city from a lost Soviet age. Jeremy Bowen looks at the new attempt to broker peace in the Middle East while Laura Trevelyan gets a ticking off from a haughty shop assistant in Manhattan. And one of the great BBC corrspondents has died; we recall the time Brian Barron stood in for Mrs Thatcher at a secret Russian base in the Gobi desert. The BBC's back legally in Zimbabwe; but still Andrew Harding finds himself followed by three men in an olive green car; Bridget Kendall visits a timewarp city from a lost Soviet age. Jeremy Bowen looks at the new attempt to broker peace in the Middle East while Laura Trevelyan gets a ticking off from a haughty shop assistant in Manhattan. And one of the great BBC corrspondents has died; we recall the time Brian Barron stood in for Mrs Thatcher at a secret Russian base in the Gobi desert. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-17,25139071 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:31:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25144292-FROM-OUR-OWN-CORRESPONDENT The BBC's back legally in Zimbabwe; but still Andrew Harding finds himself followed by three men in an olive green car; Bridget Kendall visits a timewarp city from a lost Soviet age. Jeremy Bowen looks at the new attempt to broker peace in the Middle East while Laura Trevelyan gets a ticking off from a haughty shop assistant in Manhattan. And one of the great BBC corrspondents has died; we recall the time Brian Barron stood in for Mrs Thatcher at a secret Russian base in the Gobi desert. The BBC's back legally in Zimbabwe; but still Andrew Harding finds himself followed by three men in an olive green car; Bridget Kendall visits a timewarp city from a lost Soviet age. Jeremy Bowen looks at the new attempt to broker peace in the Middle East while Laura Trevelyan gets a ticking off from a haughty shop assistant in Manhattan. And one of the great BBC corrspondents has died; we recall the time Brian Barron stood in for Mrs Thatcher at a secret Russian base in the Gobi desert. The BBC's back legally in Zimbabwe; but still Andrew Harding finds himself followed by three men in an olive green car; Bridget Kendall visits a timewarp city from a lost Soviet age. Jeremy Bowen looks at the new attempt to broker peace in the Middle East while Laura Trevelyan gets a ticking off from a haughty shop assistant in Manhattan. And one of the great BBC corrspondents has died; we recall the time Brian Barron stood in for Mrs Thatcher at a secret Russian base in the Gobi desert. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-17,25144292 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:31:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25111604-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-12-Sept-2009 Steve Evans meets the Americans who believe the country they love is being snatched away -- by their own president. Ed Stourton's on the banks of the River Jordan ... the gospel songs said it was deep and wide so how come it's been reduced to a mere trickle? Angela Robson's In Tuva, one of Russia's most remote republics while Will Ross is in Senegal finding out there are still West Africans determined to try for a new life in Europe - despite our recession. And in southern China, Chris Hogg meets the businessman who's exchanged a factory full of workers for one thousand turtles. Steve Evans meets the Americans who believe the country they love is being snatched away -- by their own president. Ed Stourton's on the banks of the River Jordan ... the gospel songs said it was deep and wide so how come it's been reduced to a mere trickle? Angela Robson's In Tuva, one of Russia's most remote republics while Will Ross is in Senegal finding out there are still West Africans determined to try for a new life in Europe - despite our recession. And in southern China, Chris Hogg meets the businessman who's exchanged a factory full of workers for one thousand turtles. Steve Evans meets the Americans who believe the country they love is being snatched away -- by their own president. Ed Stourton's on the banks of the River Jordan ... the gospel songs said it was deep and wide so how come it's been reduced to a mere trickle? Angela Robson's In Tuva, one of Russia's most remote republics while Will Ross is in Senegal finding out there are still West Africans determined to try for a new life in Europe - despite our recession. And in southern China, Chris Hogg meets the businessman who's exchanged a factory full of workers for one thousand turtles. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-12,25111604 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:05:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25077426-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-5-Sept-2009 A crucial time for Afghanistan:Chris Morris is in Kabul as Hamid Karzai storms ahead in the polls amid claims of huge electoral fraud; Caroline Duffield's in the Niger Delta as militants hand in their weapons -- and wonders if this really is an outbreak of peace? Champagne and caviar in Ukraine: Gabriel Gatehouse looks on as the big political players curry favour with an oligarch; Sarah Rainsford's in Beslan where the grief seems undiminished five years after the school siege and colour blind in Libya: David Willey's in Tripoli observing Colonel Gaddafi's brave new world through green-tinted spectacles. A crucial time for Afghanistan:Chris Morris is in Kabul as Hamid Karzai storms ahead in the polls amid claims of huge electoral fraud; Caroline Duffield's in the Niger Delta as militants hand in their weapons -- and wonders if this really is an outbreak of peace? Champagne and caviar in Ukraine: Gabriel Gatehouse looks on as the big political players curry favour with an oligarch; Sarah Rainsford's in Beslan where the grief seems undiminished five years after the school siege and colour blind in Libya: David Willey's in Tripoli observing Colonel Gaddafi's brave new world through green-tinted spectacles. A crucial time for Afghanistan:Chris Morris is in Kabul as Hamid Karzai storms ahead in the polls amid claims of huge electoral fraud; Caroline Duffield's in the Niger Delta as militants hand in their weapons -- and wonders if this really is an outbreak of peace? Champagne and caviar in Ukraine: Gabriel Gatehouse looks on as the big political players curry favour with an oligarch; Sarah Rainsford's in Beslan where the grief seems undiminished five years after the school siege and colour blind in Libya: David Willey's in Tripoli observing Colonel Gaddafi's brave new world through green-tinted spectacles. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-05,25077426 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25040771-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-29-Aug-2009 The link between mobile phones and the violence in Eastern Congo, the confessions of a Colombian petrol smuggler, and how to find the best hotels in Africa – all this and more in From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie The link between mobile phones and the violence in Eastern Congo, the confessions of a Colombian petrol smuggler, and how to find the best hotels in Africa – all this and more in From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie The link between mobile phones and the violence in Eastern Congo, the confessions of a Colombian petrol smuggler, and how to find the best hotels in Africa – all this and more in From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie tag:odeo.com,2009-08-29,25040771 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25003953-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-22-Aug-2009 A rare visit to northern Sri Lanka, getting to grips with Arabic in Damascus and the search for a real life Tintin – all this and more in this week’s episode with Kate Adie A rare visit to northern Sri Lanka, getting to grips with Arabic in Damascus and the search for a real life Tintin – all this and more in this week’s episode with Kate Adie A rare visit to northern Sri Lanka, getting to grips with Arabic in Damascus and the search for a real life Tintin – all this and more in this week’s episode with Kate Adie tag:odeo.com,2009-08-22,25003953 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24966650-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-15-Aug-2009 Afghanistan’s presidential elections, a visit to Delhi’s Speakers’ Corner and a meal in an Iranian restaurant in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas – all of these and more in this week’s episode of From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie. Afghanistan’s presidential elections, a visit to Delhi’s Speakers’ Corner and a meal in an Iranian restaurant in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas – all of these and more in this week’s episode of From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie. Afghanistan’s presidential elections, a visit to Delhi’s Speakers’ Corner and a meal in an Iranian restaurant in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas – all of these and more in this week’s episode of From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie. tag:odeo.com,2009-08-15,24966650 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24928985-FOOC Communities stranded on either side of the hostile border between Georgia and South Ossetia, bull running on a budget in Spain, and a look inside the private playground of Marshall Tito of Yugoslavia – these and more are covered in this programme with Kate Adie. Communities stranded on either side of the hostile border between Georgia and South Ossetia, bull running on a budget in Spain, and a look inside the private playground of Marshall Tito of Yugoslavia – these and more are covered in this programme with Kate Adie. Communities stranded on either side of the hostile border between Georgia and South Ossetia, bull running on a budget in Spain, and a look inside the private playground of Marshall Tito of Yugoslavia – these and more are covered in this programme with Kate Adie. tag:odeo.com,2009-08-08,24928985 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24895955-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-1-Aug-2009 Two of the biggest names in BBC News reporting move on and share their valedictory thoughts with From Our Own Correspondent. What does Justin Webb really think of America and Americans? And how enthused was Mark Mardell with the world of European politics? Two of the biggest names in BBC News reporting move on and share their valedictory thoughts with From Our Own Correspondent. What does Justin Webb really think of America and Americans? And how enthused was Mark Mardell with the world of European politics? Two of the biggest names in BBC News reporting move on and share their valedictory thoughts with From Our Own Correspondent. What does Justin Webb really think of America and Americans? And how enthused was Mark Mardell with the world of European politics? tag:odeo.com,2009-08-01,24895955 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:01:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24861852-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-25-July-2009 Greenland comes in from the cold -- Stephen Sackur reports it's all because of global warming; Kevin Connolly in Washington says plans to reform healthcare have bedevilled many US presidencies; Nick Higham has an unsettling encounter with a wrestler who's coming to grips with Bulgaria's corruption problem; Humphrey Hawksley travels in Graham Greene's footsteps dancing with a devil in Liberia while Hamilton Wende brawls with a monkey on the holiday island of Bali. Greenland comes in from the cold -- Stephen Sackur reports it's all because of global warming; Kevin Connolly in Washington says plans to reform healthcare have bedevilled many US presidencies; Nick Higham has an unsettling encounter with a wrestler who's coming to grips with Bulgaria's corruption problem; Humphrey Hawksley travels in Graham Greene's footsteps dancing with a devil in Liberia while Hamilton Wende brawls with a monkey on the holiday island of Bali. Greenland comes in from the cold -- Stephen Sackur reports it's all because of global warming; Kevin Connolly in Washington says plans to reform healthcare have bedevilled many US presidencies; Nick Higham has an unsettling encounter with a wrestler who's coming to grips with Bulgaria's corruption problem; Humphrey Hawksley travels in Graham Greene's footsteps dancing with a devil in Liberia while Hamilton Wende brawls with a monkey on the holiday island of Bali. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-25,24861852 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24825782-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-18-July-2009 Abduction and murder in Chechnya: Rupert Wingfield Hayes on the death of a women dedicated to exposing brutality; Chris Hogg on China's economic bounce back and the challenges it poses for the government in Beijing; Lucy Williamson on how the return of bombers to Jakarta was not entirely unexpected; Guy Delauney on why the closure of a Cambodia rubbish tip spells disaster for some boys and girls in Phnom Penh and Steve Gibbs agrees to act as a postman for a royal family which has lost its throne on the Mosquito Coast in Nicaragua. Abduction and murder in Chechnya: Rupert Wingfield Hayes on the death of a women dedicated to exposing brutality; Chris Hogg on China's economic bounce back and the challenges it poses for the government in Beijing; Lucy Williamson on how the return of bombers to Jakarta was not entirely unexpected; Guy Delauney on why the closure of a Cambodia rubbish tip spells disaster for some boys and girls in Phnom Penh and Steve Gibbs agrees to act as a postman for a royal family which has lost its throne on the Mosquito Coast in Nicaragua. Abduction and murder in Chechnya: Rupert Wingfield Hayes on the death of a women dedicated to exposing brutality; Chris Hogg on China's economic bounce back and the challenges it poses for the government in Beijing; Lucy Williamson on how the return of bombers to Jakarta was not entirely unexpected; Guy Delauney on why the closure of a Cambodia rubbish tip spells disaster for some boys and girls in Phnom Penh and Steve Gibbs agrees to act as a postman for a royal family which has lost its throne on the Mosquito Coast in Nicaragua. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-18,24825782 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24782759-FOOC Bridget Kendall in Italy says the G8 gathering was a summit with a difference while Will Ross, in Ghana, finds excitement and expectation among farmers as President Obama begins an historic visit. Jill McGivering joins families returning to villages in Pakistan destroyed in the fighting between government troops and the Taliban. Martin Buckley walks the night time streets of Bombay and asks a senior policeman awkward questions while Tim Whewell is invited aboard the helicopter, but not the famous yacht, by Russia's Aluminium King, the billionaire Oleg Deripaska. Bridget Kendall in Italy says the G8 gathering was a summit with a difference while Will Ross, in Ghana, finds excitement and expectation among farmers as President Obama begins an historic visit. Jill McGivering joins families returning to villages in Pakistan destroyed in the fighting between government troops and the Taliban. Martin Buckley walks the night time streets of Bombay and asks a senior policeman awkward questions while Tim Whewell is invited aboard the helicopter, but not the famous yacht, by Russia's Aluminium King, the billionaire Oleg Deripaska. Bridget Kendall in Italy says the G8 gathering was a summit with a difference while Will Ross, in Ghana, finds excitement and expectation among farmers as President Obama begins an historic visit. Jill McGivering joins families returning to villages in Pakistan destroyed in the fighting between government troops and the Taliban. Martin Buckley walks the night time streets of Bombay and asks a senior policeman awkward questions while Tim Whewell is invited aboard the helicopter, but not the famous yacht, by Russia's Aluminium King, the billionaire Oleg Deripaska. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-11,24782759 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24773437-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-09-Jul-09 Quentin Sommerville witnesses the ethnic violence in Urumqi, China; Peter Martell on escalating unrest in south Sudan; Steve Gibbs visits a strangely quiet foreign ministry in Honduras; Christian Fraser experiences the welcome that awaits tourists in Libya; and Jamie Coomarasamy holds a typical American yard sale. Quentin Sommerville witnesses the ethnic violence in Urumqi, China; Peter Martell on escalating unrest in south Sudan; Steve Gibbs visits a strangely quiet foreign ministry in Honduras; Christian Fraser experiences the welcome that awaits tourists in Libya; and Jamie Coomarasamy holds a typical American yard sale. Quentin Sommerville witnesses the ethnic violence in Urumqi, China; Peter Martell on escalating unrest in south Sudan; Steve Gibbs visits a strangely quiet foreign ministry in Honduras; Christian Fraser experiences the welcome that awaits tourists in Libya; and Jamie Coomarasamy holds a typical American yard sale. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-09,24773437 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24773438-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-04-Jul-2009 Caroline Wyatt hears British soldiers' tales of war in Helmand, Afghanistan; Emma Jane Kirby visits the 'Jungle' of refugee encampments around Calais; Rupert Wingfield-Hayes asks how President Obama can improve relations with Russia; Bethany Bell finds Iranians living in Dubai divided over events in their homeland and on Independence Day, Kevin Connolly lists reasons to celebrate the birthday of the United States. Caroline Wyatt hears British soldiers' tales of war in Helmand, Afghanistan; Emma Jane Kirby visits the 'Jungle' of refugee encampments around Calais; Rupert Wingfield-Hayes asks how President Obama can improve relations with Russia; Bethany Bell finds Iranians living in Dubai divided over events in their homeland and on Independence Day, Kevin Connolly lists reasons to celebrate the birthday of the United States. Caroline Wyatt hears British soldiers' tales of war in Helmand, Afghanistan; Emma Jane Kirby visits the 'Jungle' of refugee encampments around Calais; Rupert Wingfield-Hayes asks how President Obama can improve relations with Russia; Bethany Bell finds Iranians living in Dubai divided over events in their homeland and on Independence Day, Kevin Connolly lists reasons to celebrate the birthday of the United States. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-04,24773438 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:01:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24750720-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-04-Jul-2009 Caroline Wyatt hears British soldiers' tales of war in Helmand, Afghanistan; Emma Jane Kirby visits the 'Jungle' of refugee encampments around Calais; Rupert Wingfield-Hayes asks how President Obama can improve relations with Russia; Bethany Bell finds Iranians living in Dubai divided over events in their homeland and on Independence Day, Kevin Connolly lists reasons to celebrate the birthday of the United States. Caroline Wyatt hears British soldiers' tales of war in Helmand, Afghanistan; Emma Jane Kirby visits the 'Jungle' of refugee encampments around Calais; Rupert Wingfield-Hayes asks how President Obama can improve relations with Russia; Bethany Bell finds Iranians living in Dubai divided over events in their homeland and on Independence Day, Kevin Connolly lists reasons to celebrate the birthday of the United States. Caroline Wyatt hears British soldiers' tales of war in Helmand, Afghanistan; Emma Jane Kirby visits the 'Jungle' of refugee encampments around Calais; Rupert Wingfield-Hayes asks how President Obama can improve relations with Russia; Bethany Bell finds Iranians living in Dubai divided over events in their homeland and on Independence Day, Kevin Connolly lists reasons to celebrate the birthday of the United States. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-04,24750720 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:01:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24750726-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-02-July-2009 David Willey reports from Italy on a reversal of fortunes for Berlusconi; Stephen Gibbs witnesses Honduras' reaction to its army coup; Orla Guerin sees Pakistan's school system in disarray; Karishma Vaswani finds Indonesia has changed since her childhood there and Genevieve Bicknell joins pilgrims both sacred and secular on the trail to Compostela. David Willey reports from Italy on a reversal of fortunes for Berlusconi; Stephen Gibbs witnesses Honduras' reaction to its army coup; Orla Guerin sees Pakistan's school system in disarray; Karishma Vaswani finds Indonesia has changed since her childhood there and Genevieve Bicknell joins pilgrims both sacred and secular on the trail to Compostela. David Willey reports from Italy on a reversal of fortunes for Berlusconi; Stephen Gibbs witnesses Honduras' reaction to its army coup; Orla Guerin sees Pakistan's school system in disarray; Karishma Vaswani finds Indonesia has changed since her childhood there and Genevieve Bicknell joins pilgrims both sacred and secular on the trail to Compostela. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-02,24750726 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:32:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24734157-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-20-June-2009 John Sweeney flies into the Swat Valley where the Pakistani military's been fighting Taleban militants; John Simpson's among the protestors on the streets of Tehran; Jamie Coomarasamy is in the Texas community where the grieving never seems to stop; Frank Partridge is in Athens where the call for the return of the Elgin Marbles is louder than ever and Kevin Connolly investigates the prickly cyber world of the internet hotel reviewer. John Sweeney flies into the Swat Valley where the Pakistani military's been fighting Taleban militants; John Simpson's among the protestors on the streets of Tehran; Jamie Coomarasamy is in the Texas community where the grieving never seems to stop; Frank Partridge is in Athens where the call for the return of the Elgin Marbles is louder than ever and Kevin Connolly investigates the prickly cyber world of the internet hotel reviewer. John Sweeney flies into the Swat Valley where the Pakistani military's been fighting Taleban militants; John Simpson's among the protestors on the streets of Tehran; Jamie Coomarasamy is in the Texas community where the grieving never seems to stop; Frank Partridge is in Athens where the call for the return of the Elgin Marbles is louder than ever and Kevin Connolly investigates the prickly cyber world of the internet hotel reviewer. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-20,24734157 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24723905-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-18-Jun-2009 Jon Leyne sees Tehran's streets in turmoil; Barbara Plett recalls her time riding the news rollercoaster in Pakistan; Dan Payne learns how Bulgaria's Turkish population survived its 'big excursion'; Claudia Hammond in Portugal finds drug decriminalisation has had unexpected effects and Jon Donnison looks at a plan to revive train travel in the USA. Jon Leyne sees Tehran's streets in turmoil; Barbara Plett recalls her time riding the news rollercoaster in Pakistan; Dan Payne learns how Bulgaria's Turkish population survived its 'big excursion'; Claudia Hammond in Portugal finds drug decriminalisation has had unexpected effects and Jon Donnison looks at a plan to revive train travel in the USA. Jon Leyne sees Tehran's streets in turmoil; Barbara Plett recalls her time riding the news rollercoaster in Pakistan; Dan Payne learns how Bulgaria's Turkish population survived its 'big excursion'; Claudia Hammond in Portugal finds drug decriminalisation has had unexpected effects and Jon Donnison looks at a plan to revive train travel in the USA. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-18,24723905 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:30:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24699567-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-13-June-2009 Andrew Harding tracks the pirates to their lair in the Horn of Africa; Lyse Doucet's in the Iranian city Isfahan finding out how long it takes to effect change; David Willey looks on as President Gaddafi has a date with a thousand Italian women and Emma Jane Kirby on how the French and the English don't always understand each other. Andrew Harding tracks the pirates to their lair in the Horn of Africa; Lyse Doucet's in the Iranian city Isfahan finding out how long it takes to effect change; David Willey looks on as President Gaddafi has a date with a thousand Italian women and Emma Jane Kirby on how the French and the English don't always understand each other. Andrew Harding tracks the pirates to their lair in the Horn of Africa; Lyse Doucet's in the Iranian city Isfahan finding out how long it takes to effect change; David Willey looks on as President Gaddafi has a date with a thousand Italian women and Emma Jane Kirby on how the French and the English don't always understand each other. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-13,24699567 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24689349-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-11-Jun-2009 Jon Leyne finds Iran seething with election fever; Richard Galpin traces how Russia's power flows along its gas pipelines; Lucy Ash meets Thailand's campaigning coroner "Dr Death"; Hugh Schofield follows the Chinese tourist trail to a French provincial town and Barbara Plett decodes Pakistan's political lingo. Jon Leyne finds Iran seething with election fever; Richard Galpin traces how Russia's power flows along its gas pipelines; Lucy Ash meets Thailand's campaigning coroner "Dr Death"; Hugh Schofield follows the Chinese tourist trail to a French provincial town and Barbara Plett decodes Pakistan's political lingo. Jon Leyne finds Iran seething with election fever; Richard Galpin traces how Russia's power flows along its gas pipelines; Lucy Ash meets Thailand's campaigning coroner "Dr Death"; Hugh Schofield follows the Chinese tourist trail to a French provincial town and Barbara Plett decodes Pakistan's political lingo. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-11,24689349 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:30:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24659774-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-6-June-2009 One in ten Americans is now out of a job: Stephen Evans tells of a fading American Dream while Greg Wood tours decaying Detroit. Mohammed Hanif on how Pakistani opinions about the Taleban are changing; Ginny Hill sees young men in Saudi Arabia living dangerously in search of fun while Alex Kirby is made to feel unwelcome amid the juniper forests of Kyrgyzstan. One in ten Americans is now out of a job: Stephen Evans tells of a fading American Dream while Greg Wood tours decaying Detroit. Mohammed Hanif on how Pakistani opinions about the Taleban are changing; Ginny Hill sees young men in Saudi Arabia living dangerously in search of fun while Alex Kirby is made to feel unwelcome amid the juniper forests of Kyrgyzstan. One in ten Americans is now out of a job: Stephen Evans tells of a fading American Dream while Greg Wood tours decaying Detroit. Mohammed Hanif on how Pakistani opinions about the Taleban are changing; Ginny Hill sees young men in Saudi Arabia living dangerously in search of fun while Alex Kirby is made to feel unwelcome amid the juniper forests of Kyrgyzstan. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-06,24659774 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:10:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24650112-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-04-Jun-2009 Christian Fraser asks why President Obama chose to speak in Egypt; Ginny Hill reflects on media, women and religious police in Saudi Arabia; Kate Adie returns to Tiananmen Square; Celeste Hicks finds a refugee camp taking root in Chad and Frank Partridge retraces DH Lawrence's journeys in Sardinia. Christian Fraser asks why President Obama chose to speak in Egypt; Ginny Hill reflects on media, women and religious police in Saudi Arabia; Kate Adie returns to Tiananmen Square; Celeste Hicks finds a refugee camp taking root in Chad and Frank Partridge retraces DH Lawrence's journeys in Sardinia. Christian Fraser asks why President Obama chose to speak in Egypt; Ginny Hill reflects on media, women and religious police in Saudi Arabia; Kate Adie returns to Tiananmen Square; Celeste Hicks finds a refugee camp taking root in Chad and Frank Partridge retraces DH Lawrence's journeys in Sardinia. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-04,24650112 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:32:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24629689-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-30-May-2009 Justin Webb on the most important speech of President Obama's career so far; below ground in Jerusalem with Tim Franks examining the difficulty of securing Middle East peace; Jill McGivering on the scientists in Cambodia who talk of a global health catastrophe; Duncan Bartlett examines the spread of Chinese soft diplomacy in Bangladesh and Kieran Cooke visits the shrine at Knock, perched on the very edge of Europe. Justin Webb on the most important speech of President Obama's career so far; below ground in Jerusalem with Tim Franks examining the difficulty of securing Middle East peace; Jill McGivering on the scientists in Cambodia who talk of a global health catastrophe; Duncan Bartlett examines the spread of Chinese soft diplomacy in Bangladesh and Kieran Cooke visits the shrine at Knock, perched on the very edge of Europe. Justin Webb on the most important speech of President Obama's career so far; below ground in Jerusalem with Tim Franks examining the difficulty of securing Middle East peace; Jill McGivering on the scientists in Cambodia who talk of a global health catastrophe; Duncan Bartlett examines the spread of Chinese soft diplomacy in Bangladesh and Kieran Cooke visits the shrine at Knock, perched on the very edge of Europe. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-30,24629689 Sat, 30 May 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24619110-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-28-May-2009 Natalia Antelava finds corruption and pessimism reigning in Baghdad; Will Ross on how Kenyan student politics reflect national problems; Claire Bolderson hears how medical bills can wipe out a life's work in Indonesia; Bob Calver reports on the President's call for volunteers in the USA and Martin Redfern breaks free of gravity. Natalia Antelava finds corruption and pessimism reigning in Baghdad; Will Ross on how Kenyan student politics reflect national problems; Claire Bolderson hears how medical bills can wipe out a life's work in Indonesia; Bob Calver reports on the President's call for volunteers in the USA and Martin Redfern breaks free of gravity. Natalia Antelava finds corruption and pessimism reigning in Baghdad; Will Ross on how Kenyan student politics reflect national problems; Claire Bolderson hears how medical bills can wipe out a life's work in Indonesia; Bob Calver reports on the President's call for volunteers in the USA and Martin Redfern breaks free of gravity. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-28,24619110 Thu, 28 May 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24599157-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-23-May-2009 Chris Morris reflects on the death of Tamil Tiger leader Vellupilai Prabhakaran; Rupert Wingfield Hayes sees Chechnya's capital Grozny on the mend; Jamie Coomarasamy finds Bernie Madoff's casualties in the worlds of charity and research; Jonny Dymond peers into Latvia's turbulent past and Kevin Connolly in Oklahoma on the legacy of local hero Will Rogers. Chris Morris reflects on the death of Tamil Tiger leader Vellupilai Prabhakaran; Rupert Wingfield Hayes sees Chechnya's capital Grozny on the mend; Jamie Coomarasamy finds Bernie Madoff's casualties in the worlds of charity and research; Jonny Dymond peers into Latvia's turbulent past and Kevin Connolly in Oklahoma on the legacy of local hero Will Rogers. Chris Morris reflects on the death of Tamil Tiger leader Vellupilai Prabhakaran; Rupert Wingfield Hayes sees Chechnya's capital Grozny on the mend; Jamie Coomarasamy finds Bernie Madoff's casualties in the worlds of charity and research; Jonny Dymond peers into Latvia's turbulent past and Kevin Connolly in Oklahoma on the legacy of local hero Will Rogers. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-23,24599157 Sat, 23 May 2009 04:02:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24590020-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-21-May-09 Damian Grammaticas on the aftermath of the Sri Lankan government's battle against the Tamil Tigers; Natalia Antelava visits Iraq's only mental hospital; Barbara Plett meets some of Pakistan's flood of refugees; Paul Martin remembers the day a desert changed hands and Hamilton Wende with the tale of an exploding electric fence in South Africa. Damian Grammaticas on the aftermath of the Sri Lankan government's battle against the Tamil Tigers; Natalia Antelava visits Iraq's only mental hospital; Barbara Plett meets some of Pakistan's flood of refugees; Paul Martin remembers the day a desert changed hands and Hamilton Wende with the tale of an exploding electric fence in South Africa. Damian Grammaticas on the aftermath of the Sri Lankan government's battle against the Tamil Tigers; Natalia Antelava visits Iraq's only mental hospital; Barbara Plett meets some of Pakistan's flood of refugees; Paul Martin remembers the day a desert changed hands and Hamilton Wende with the tale of an exploding electric fence in South Africa. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-21,24590020 Thu, 21 May 2009 03:32:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24569289-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-16-May-2009 Paul Adams on a resuscitation of the Middle East peace process; Zeinab Badawi meets the African president accused of war crimes; Jon Leyne considers the case of the woman found guilty of spying by the authorities in Iran; Mark Mardell asks questions about the European elections and Jeremy Bowen finds that ghosts are stalking the corridors of an hotel in Amman. Paul Adams on a resuscitation of the Middle East peace process; Zeinab Badawi meets the African president accused of war crimes; Jon Leyne considers the case of the woman found guilty of spying by the authorities in Iran; Mark Mardell asks questions about the European elections and Jeremy Bowen finds that ghosts are stalking the corridors of an hotel in Amman. Paul Adams on a resuscitation of the Middle East peace process; Zeinab Badawi meets the African president accused of war crimes; Jon Leyne considers the case of the woman found guilty of spying by the authorities in Iran; Mark Mardell asks questions about the European elections and Jeremy Bowen finds that ghosts are stalking the corridors of an hotel in Amman. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-16,24569289 Sat, 16 May 2009 04:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24554389-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-14-May-2009 Chris Morris sweats it out covering India's elections; Mary Raine on democracy Maldives-style; James Copnall pays tribute to a brave colleague in Guinea; Peter Biles on South Africa and its new President Zuma; and Steve Rosenberg with a tale of Russian Eurovisions. Chris Morris sweats it out covering India's elections; Mary Raine on democracy Maldives-style; James Copnall pays tribute to a brave colleague in Guinea; Peter Biles on South Africa and its new President Zuma; and Steve Rosenberg with a tale of Russian Eurovisions. Chris Morris sweats it out covering India's elections; Mary Raine on democracy Maldives-style; James Copnall pays tribute to a brave colleague in Guinea; Peter Biles on South Africa and its new President Zuma; and Steve Rosenberg with a tale of Russian Eurovisions. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-14,24554389 Thu, 14 May 2009 03:30:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24554391-FOOC Ian Pannell in Afghanistan, Adam Mynott on the Cholmondeley trial in Kenya, Will Grant in a diamond mine in Venezuela, Alexa Dvorson in Dakar and Kathy Flower from the thrify Pyrennes. Ian Pannell in Afghanistan, Adam Mynott on the Cholmondeley trial in Kenya, Will Grant in a diamond mine in Venezuela, Alexa Dvorson in Dakar and Kathy Flower from the thrify Pyrennes. Ian Pannell in Afghanistan, Adam Mynott on the Cholmondeley trial in Kenya, Will Grant in a diamond mine in Venezuela, Alexa Dvorson in Dakar and Kathy Flower from the thrify Pyrennes. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-09,24554391 Sat, 09 May 2009 04:02:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24529266-FOOC Flu in Mexico, British troops leave Iraq, the Eastern Congo and traffic chaos in Egypt. Flu in Mexico, British troops leave Iraq, the Eastern Congo and traffic chaos in Egypt. Flu in Mexico, British troops leave Iraq, the Eastern Congo and traffic chaos in Egypt. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-02,24529266 Sat, 02 May 2009 04:02:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24508852-FOOC-Radio-4-25-April-2009 Sri Lankan conflict: India votes: South African election: Anzac Day in Australia: palatial life in Rome Sri Lankan conflict: India votes: South African election: Anzac Day in Australia: palatial life in Rome Sri Lankan conflict: India votes: South African election: Anzac Day in Australia: palatial life in Rome tag:odeo.com,2009-04-25,24508852 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:45:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24466689-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-18-April-2009 Reports on street violence in Bangkok, Somali pirates, White House - Vatican relations, the crime epidemic in South Africa and the cherry blossom season in Tokyo. Reports on street violence in Bangkok, Somali pirates, White House - Vatican relations, the crime epidemic in South Africa and the cherry blossom season in Tokyo. Reports on street violence in Bangkok, Somali pirates, White House - Vatican relations, the crime epidemic in South Africa and the cherry blossom season in Tokyo. tag:odeo.com,2009-04-18,24466689 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24439208-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-11-April-2009 Reports on the political turmoil in Moldova, mining towns in Australia and South Africa, the wilds of rural Afghanistan, a look back at almost two decades of change in Russia and from the watering holes of the USA. Reports on the political turmoil in Moldova, mining towns in Australia and South Africa, the wilds of rural Afghanistan, a look back at almost two decades of change in Russia and from the watering holes of the USA. Reports on the political turmoil in Moldova, mining towns in Australia and South Africa, the wilds of rural Afghanistan, a look back at almost two decades of change in Russia and from the watering holes of the USA. tag:odeo.com,2009-04-11,24439208 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:00:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24406468-FOOC-BBC-Radio-4-04-April-2009 Jill McGivering's in the Pakistani city of Lahore as extremists launch a violent attack; Humphrey Hawksley on the controversial use of outside contractors by the US military; Simon Cox visits the Swiss organisation where many have come to end their own lives; Katya Adler discovers why the straight talking didn't last long at the Arab summit in Qatar and Petroc Trelawny finds echoes of a lost French empire by the seaside in Cambodia. Jill McGivering's in the Pakistani city of Lahore as extremists launch a violent attack; Humphrey Hawksley on the controversial use of outside contractors by the US military; Simon Cox visits the Swiss organisation where many have come to end their own lives; Katya Adler discovers why the straight talking didn't last long at the Arab summit in Qatar and Petroc Trelawny finds echoes of a lost French empire by the seaside in Cambodia. Jill McGivering's in the Pakistani city of Lahore as extremists launch a violent attack; Humphrey Hawksley on the controversial use of outside contractors by the US military; Simon Cox visits the Swiss organisation where many have come to end their own lives; Katya Adler discovers why the straight talking didn't last long at the Arab summit in Qatar and Petroc Trelawny finds echoes of a lost French empire by the seaside in Cambodia. tag:odeo.com,2009-04-04,24406468 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:15:00 -0700 no From Our Own Correspondent News Politics World BBC foreign journalists