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P.O.V. - Campaign . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS (PBS )

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:36:26 GMT

Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda talks about his film "Campaign," which provides a startling insider's view of Japanese democracy through its portrait of a man plucked from obscurity by the ruling party to run for a critical city council seat. (17 minutes)

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DocArchive: Trouble in the Townships: Assignment (BBC)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:06:00 GMT

In May violence against African immigrants exploded across South Africa. Two months on thousands are still displaced, living in camps and shelters. Robert Walker travels to one of the townships in Johannesburg where the attacks started and asks whether the violence could happen again.

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DocArchive: Building Better Health - Part Two (BBC)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Jill McGivering explores whether China is doing enough to provide healthcare to 1.3 billion people and what it can learn from the struggles of the developed world.

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The Ancients of Eden - Chapter 17 (Daily Planet TV)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:43:45 GMT

Chapter Seventeen of The Ancients of Eden, written and read by Lucian

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DocArchive: Beijing Calling - Part One (BBC)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:16:00 GMT

Russell Fuller follows the difficult journeys of six hopefuls from around the world in the run up to the Beijing Olympics.

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DocArchive: Secrets in the Blood - Part One (BBC)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:48:00 GMT

In this two-part investigation, Matt McGrath sets out to expose corruption, drug use and cover-ups at the highest levels in sport.

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DocArchive: Football's Conmen - Assignment (BBC)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:06:00 GMT

An undercover BBC investigation has exposed how young African footballers are being defrauded by conmen posing as talent scouts from English Premiership clubs. Victims are duped into parting with thousands of pounds in the false belief that they are paying an official fee for a trial to play with their favourite teams. Gavin Lee reports from Nigeria for Assignment.

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DocArchive: Building Better Health (BBC)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:57:00 GMT

Part One: Jill McGivering compares two very different free health systems in the developed world: the British NHS and that of the US state of Massachusetts.

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Gold (Discovery)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Buried treasure lies underneath the streets of New York.

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DocArchive: Policing the Poppy Fields - Part Two (BBC)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:14:00 GMT

In the second part of this series, Kate Clark reports from those provinces where an opium ban is in force, but farmers are feeling the pressure.

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DocArchive: The World's Shifting Balance (BBC)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:45:00 GMT

The dynamics of the old world and the new world are changing and the balance of economic systems is shifting. Martin Wolf of the Financial Times asks leading economists how important is the American financial cycle to the rest of the world now?

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Haunted Ship (Discovery)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Is a retired US aircraft carrier haunted by spirits of the past?

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DocArchive: Congo's Contract of the Century (BBC)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:06:00 GMT

In a multi billion dollar deal China has promised to rebuild DR Congo's crumbling infrastructure in exchange for a valuable slice of Congo's vast mineral wealth. What's being called the Contract of the Century was negotiated in secret and has left some people in the country wondering who stands to benefit most from the deal - for Assignment Tim Whewell travels to the DR Congo to find out.

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DocArchive: Countdown to the Olympics: Part Two (BBC)

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:39:00 GMT

China says hosting the Olympics has accelerated national reforms, technological advances and greater freedoms overall but Gerry Northam investigates claims that life has gotten worse for China's poor.

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DocArchive: Policing the Poppy Fields - Part One (BBC)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:55:00 GMT

Kate Clark gains rare access to the fight against the Afghan opium trade and asks how effective attempts to control it have been.

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P.O.V. - The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez . Filmmaker Interview . Podcast | PBS (PBS )

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:36:26 GMT

Filmmaker Kieran Fitzgerald talks about his film, "The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez," which chronicles the shooting of an American citizen at the U.S./Mexico Border by the U.S. Marines. (19 minutes)

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DocArchive: Countdown to the Olympics: Part One (BBC)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

As the world counts down to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Gerry Northam investigates China's claims of 'vigorous growth in the public practice of religion' but he discovers people are still being persecuted and oppressed for practising religion.

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DocArchive: Race and Reconciliation - Part Three (BBC)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:53:00 GMT

In the third part of this series, Audrey Brown travels to Atteridgeville, a township outside the capital, Pretoria, to explore what really lay behind the recent attacks by South Africans on foreigners.

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DocArchive: Health for All (BBC)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Is health for all a fact or just fiction? Helen Sharp asks if the world has the will, people and money to deliver basic good health to everyone.

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The Ancients of Eden - Chapter 16 (Daily Planet TV)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:20:29 GMT

Chapter Sixteen of The Ancients of Eden, written and read by Lucian

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