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For a sneak preview of Explorers: Vasco Da Gama as you have never seen him before – and he’s destined for a huge audience in China.
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China’s Forgotten Admiral
For BBC World Service. The story of China’s forgotten adventurer Zheng He, a 7 foot Muslim Eunuch whose fleet of explorers puts the European explorers to shame. You can listen here.
Internet Café Hobo
A unique global project which aims to draw a map round the world, using Internet Cafes and the stories of the people who use them. The first two documentaries were broadcast on BBC World Service on 15th and 22nd December at 23.06 GMT. Countries covered so far: UK, USA, China, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Benin, France. Listen to them here. The third in the series of documentaries will be broadcast on BBC World Service starting 11th March 2007 - with material from Australia and Fiji.
Pictured: Michael, proprietor of a café in a working class area of Nairobi.
Have a look at the map.
In The Beginning Was The Nerd.
When Stephen Fry presented this Archive on 4 on BBC Radio 4, he started a small controversy. Was the Millennium Bug a genuine threat to our digital world ten years ago, or was it simply a case of panic stations? Read more and listen to an interview with a man who believed the latter was the case:
Fry's English Delight.
The first series of Fry’s English Delight is available to buy on download. Click to listen.
The second series was broadcast in August 2009. For more details go to the Archive page. This will be available for download and CD in March 2010, together with a bonus track – the Joy of Gibberish. For a taste: