Documentaries

Mobeen Azhar investigates life in gay, urban Pakistan and finds out what it's really like to be gay in Pakistan.

Allan Little charts the politcal changes in Turkey from the birth of the republic and the secularism of Kemal Ataturk, to the mass demonstrations in Istanbul and other Turkish cities were born of the frustration of an educated middle class.

Emre Azizlerli explores the strange new alliances forged in Turkey's anti-government protests, and asks if this diverse movement can hold together.

The Soviet Gulag system is said to live on in Kazakhstan's jails, the prison population are thought be facing’ daily torture and humiliation. Rayhan Demeytrie investigates.

America's Food for Peace programme ships American-grown food in sacks across the world to feed the world's starving people. It is proposed that this inefficient system changes and money is sent to buy food locally. David Loyn reports.

In many Middle East countries being gay can lead to the death penalty. So why is Tel Aviv investing so much in promoting the city as a place that accepts and welcomes gay men and women? Tim Samuels reveals how Tel Aviv has become a leading gay city following a concerted campaign by the Mayor. Critics accuse Israel of 'pink-washing' to soften its image.

Hilary Andersson investigates what really lay behind the Boston marathon bombings and asks whether tough new strategies to prevent future terrorist attacks are likely to work.

Dr Geoff Bunn investigates the latest lie-detecting technology. He discovers that the early history of the lie detector features psychologist William Marston, creator of the comic book character Wonder Woman, and an amateur magician, Leonarde Keeler, who was an inspiration for the comic strip hero, Dick Tracy

Miracle Village is home to over a hundred sex offenders. But do Florida’s strict residency rules make the population safer, and prevent re-offending?

Ghana sent just four Paralympians to the 2012 Olympics, none of whom made it to the victory podium. After the difficulties they faced getting there, is there still the will to make it to Rio 2016? Have the athletes helped dispel Ghanaians' negative attitude towards disability?

Sisters Lata and Asha have forged Bollywood singing careers spanning more than six decades and are known as the 'Nightingales of India'.

In September 2011, Judith and David Tebbutt set off to Kenya on holiday. They were kidnapped by armed pirates. Judith was separated from her husband and taken to Somalia. Held hostage for more than six months in harsh and humiliating conditions, for a large ransom, responsibility for securing her release rested with her son, Ollie. In this rare interview she explains how hope helped her endure the horrific ordeal.

In Spain a doctor offers reconstructive surgery to women who have had female genital mutilation. Linda Pressly hears the stories of Rosa and Wenkune. Will the operation work?

The Threat from Cyberspace: The alarming extent to which cyberspace is being used to steal, to spy and to wage war. With BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera.

London families talk to Nina Robinson about the reality of new welfare reforms.