From Our Own Correspondent
Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers telling stories beyond the news headlines. Presented by Kate Adie.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 1174
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
The Rohingya Running For Their Lives
Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories and analysis from around the world - including from the Bangladeshi border, where we meet the Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar. Sanjoy Majumder is on …
“That’s the Judicial Process.”
Kate Adie introduces dispatches by: Yolande Knell in Qaraqosh, who observes Iraq's trials of people accused of fighting for so-called Islamic State; Martin Patience, who takes his leave of Nigeria wi…
The Aftermath
Catalonia's uncertain future, Sierra Leone after the mudslide, Ethiopia embraces industrialisation, Uzbekistan's Soviet era bus shelters and reflections from a Macedonian nail bar
The Calm On Guam
Despite the threat from North Korea to fire missiles towards Guam, we find a surprising calm on the island. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world.
From Guam, Rupert Wingfi…
From Our Home Correspondent 21/08/2017
Mishal Husain presents stories on modern pilgrimage, British Asians' Partition experiences, reviving an ancient festival in Cornwall, a special stonemason and a cow man's reprieve
An Act of Striking Bravado
Marshal Khalifa Haftar has big ambitions for his army and his country, but what is the military strongman's vision for Libya? Caroline Wyatt introduces correspondents' stories.
Stephen Sackur has some…
Fear, Foreboding & Fake News In Kenya
Strange and sinister things often happen before Kenyan elections, but recent events have left the country in shock. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' tales and insights:
In Nairobi, Alastair Leithe…
Fridge Magnets And Foreign Policy
Afghanistan’s new Top Guns and America’s dilemma over sending more US troops to the region.
From Our Home Correspondent 23/07/2017
Mishal Husain presents reports from Jersey as a childhood islander returns, from Birmingham's closing greyhound stadium, plus the reflections of an ex-children's television star.
The Heat Is On
Gaza's power struggle: the city where mains electricity is available for two hours a day. Kate Adie introduces this and other reports from Italy, Alaska, Nigeria and the Black Sea.
The UN has said tha…
A Closed Notebook
People spotting, chance encounters, briefings in the pub - trying to decipher how Brexit negotiations are progressing. Kate Adie introduces this and other correspondents’ stories.
In Brussels, Adam Fl…
The Battle For Our Beliefs
Retaking Raqqa, revulsion in South Africa, and remembering an attempted coup in Turkey. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world.
From Syria, Gabriel Gatehouse brings a tale…
The Fight Goes On
Myanmar’s drug vigilantes, on the front-line in Mosul, and the mystical music of Morocco. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world
Talk of War
Nuclear fears in South Korea, a homeless tour of Athens, and a porcupine hunt in Tanzania. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world.
Talk of war is worrying Steve Evans in t…
Strange Locations and Free Minds
A nightmare ferry journey in The Gambia, a musical metro ride under East Berlin and a Shakespearean train journey in Russia. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories.
In Pakistan, Secunder Kerman…
Building A Better Future
Narcopolitics in Paraguay, demolitions in Moscow and the incessant barking of feral dogs in Seychelles. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world.
In Moscow, Polina Ivanova vi…
From Our Home Correspondent 25/06/17
Mishal Husain presents four dispatches, including Annalena McAfee on a Cotswold utopia, Ed Smith on leadership in cricket and John Ashton on the diabetes he, like his father, has.
Dressed For Success
Tight-fitting briefs in Mongolia, matching Donald Trump t-shirts in Iowa, NATO camouflage and some cut-off jeans in Romania. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories.
In Romania, Emily Unia watche…
Identity Politics
A blood sausage, a clockwork orange and a glass of dirty water. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world.
Kill A Chicken To Scare The Monkey
Tales from Thailand, Morocco, Myanmar, Kenya and the US-Mexico border. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories.
In a Chang Mai prison, Jonathan Head meets a woman facing more than a decade in ja…