This programme commemorates the 350th anniversary of one of the most bizarre events to take place in the 17th century. The day was 12th October 1654, a normal Monday morning […]
It might seem strange for a 62-year-old Dutchman to settle down in Colombia, a country that at the turn of the century was mostly making the news because of the […]
In this two-part series, Jane Murphy visits China to look at the impact of the biggest hydro-electric project in the world: the Three Gorges Dam, being built on the […]
After the collapse of apartheid, people will have to come to terms with the new reality in South Africa. As it will be the young generation who will have to […]
In 1986, Queen Beatrix and her husband Prince Claus paid a royal visit to India. Mainstream Asia and Pete Myers accompanied them.
In 1982, the Radio Netherlands’ Transcription Service produced a series of African short stories. This was the last in the series. By: Sembene Ousmane (Senegal) Reader: Luis Mahoney Produced and […]
Liesbeth de Bakker investigates the possible impact of the unraveling of the exact coe of our DNA. Can we really weed out bad genes, and do we really want to? […]
Join Chris Chambers in his exploration of the abnormal and the sublime when he examines the fascinating world of the castrati, the prima donas of the opera stage in the […]
Anne Blair Gould meets Robert Swan, the first man to walk to both the North and the South Pole. Apart from a leading Pole explorer, Swan is also deeply committed […]
In this programme, David Swatling portrays Jacques Brel, who’s been called a historian of the human heart. The programme visits an exhibition on Brel and talks to contemporary singers or […]
David Swatling meets this petite woman with platinum blond hair and an other-worldly demeanor. She grew up an an Earthling, named Shirley, later wrote her autobiography “From Venus I came”, […]
To mark The Hague’s 750th anniversary in 1998, David Swatling focuses on an important era in the city’s history with the help of two exhibitions. One, Princely Display, presents a […]
Afrikaners have gone down in history as the Boers who fought the British around 1900, as well as the perpetrators of apartheid. But what is becoming of the Afrikaners and […]
In this programme, Jonathan Marks is joined by Mike Bird. Together they assess he radio scene in Australia, past and present. Presenter: Jonathan Marks