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From Our Own Correspondent

Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers telling stories beyond the news headlines. Presented by Kate Adie.

News News Commentary
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
28 minutes
Episodes
1174
Years Active
2010 - 2025
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A Man Dies Twice

A Man Dies Twice

Meeting the people populating the world of news. In this edition: thousands were massacred in the Bosnian town of Visegrad during the war there in 1992 - today, as Fergal Keane has been finding out, …

00:28:09  |   Sat 20 Feb 2016
The Showdown Summit

The Showdown Summit

Colouring in the space between the headlines. In this edition: behind the scenes at the EU as a meeting nears which could determine Britain's future in Europe; why many in Venezuela, mired in economi…

00:27:52  |   Thu 18 Feb 2016
Trapped in a Nightmare

Trapped in a Nightmare

Human stories behind the headlines: Fergal Keane is on the frontline in Ukraine with a husband and wife who are determined to stay on in their home even as war consumes their town. Two boys talk to Q…

00:27:55  |   Sat 13 Feb 2016
Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter

The fuller story. In this edition, crime's a major talking point as campaigning intensifies in the US presidential election - activists under the banner 'Black Lives Matter' are drawing attention to …

00:27:53  |   Thu 11 Feb 2016
A Nightmare of Uncertainty

A Nightmare of Uncertainty

The human stories behind the headlines. In this edition one correspondent flies through the Latin American night visiting three countries in search of the truth about the Zika crisis; another accompa…

00:27:53  |   Sat 06 Feb 2016
Nervous Sweden

Nervous Sweden

In this edition: how Russian military activity above and below the surface of the Baltic Sea is causing increasing concern in Sweden; Ethiopia's suffering its worst drought in years - but with a buoy…

00:28:15  |   Thu 04 Feb 2016
The Colonel's Camerman

The Colonel's Camerman

Correspondents around the world tell their stories. In this edition Gabriel Gatehouse is back in Tripoli as speculation grows about a new military intervention in Libya; Mark Lowen is in Diyarbakir w…

00:27:57  |   Sat 30 Jan 2016
Inspecting the Troops

Inspecting the Troops

Insight, storytelling, colour, detail. In this edition, the Russians in Syria show off their fighter jets and warships, a message from Moscow that Russia once again sees itself as a major player on t…

00:28:08  |   Thu 28 Jan 2016
Steel in Crisis

Steel in Crisis

China's economy falters and is blamed for nosediving stock markets and, partly, for the loss of hundreds of steel industry jobs in South Wales. In this edition, Steve Evans visits a steelworks in Chi…

00:27:57  |   Sat 23 Jan 2016
Lessons for Migrants

Lessons for Migrants

Today our correspondents ... are in the classroom as migrants, newly arrived in Finland, are taught about Finnish values, culture and the place of women in western society; consider how much the self…

00:27:33  |   Thu 21 Jan 2016
Poles Apart

Poles Apart

'Don't tell us how to run our country!' That was the word from Warsaw as the European Commission launched an investigation into some of the decisions taken by the new right-wing government in Poland;…

00:28:05  |   Sat 16 Jan 2016
Chairman Mao or Colonel Sanders

Chairman Mao or Colonel Sanders

The best in news and current affairs storytelling. Today, after a troubled week for the Chinese economy, we wonder who's more popular in China today, the author of that Little Red Book, Chairman Mao,…

00:27:55  |   Sat 09 Jan 2016
New Year Questions

New Year Questions

Your window on the wider world. The Iraqi forces claimed victory over IS fighters when they swept into the city of Ramadi - but the place has been devastated, it will be months before residents can r…

00:27:55  |   Sat 02 Jan 2016
Boxing Day Special

Boxing Day Special

Looking back at some historic FOOC despatches: Allan Little, Bridget Kendall, Emma Jane Kirby, Steve Evans and Gabriel Gatehouse read pieces by Fergal Keane, Caroline Wyatt, Charles Wheeler, John Cra…

00:27:58  |   Sat 26 Dec 2015
Damascus Rules

Damascus Rules

Almost better than travelling yourself! Insight, wit and colour from around the globe. In this one: the tablecloth approach to ending war -- serious discussions about how to end the fighting in Syria…

00:27:57  |   Sat 19 Dec 2015
Turning to Trump

Turning to Trump

The programme with the bigger picture. Why the controversial comments and adverse publicity surrounding Donald Trump are not harming the billionaire businessman's bid for the US presidency. Seismic s…

00:28:10  |   Sat 12 Dec 2015
In the Shadow of the Strong Men

In the Shadow of the Strong Men

Colouring in the spaces between the headlines. In this edition: the Front National is expected to do well in the French regional elections - our correspondent goes for a drive along the Cote d'Azur a…

00:27:56  |   Sat 05 Dec 2015
Brussels on Edge

Brussels on Edge

Correspondents' stories. In the wake of the attacks in Paris, nearby Belgium has been portrayed as a dysfunctional place with failing state structures, a country where terrorists can go about their b…

00:27:46  |   Sat 28 Nov 2015
November in Paris

November in Paris

Foreign correspondents' stories. In this programme, Kevin Connolly talks of the dogged durability that got Parisians out to work again in the days after the terrorist attacks, 'the foot soldiers' abi…

00:28:03  |   Sat 21 Nov 2015
The Smell of History

The Smell of History

Analysis, observation, writing, storytelling. In this edition, the smells of a city's chequered history are resurrected in a shop in Serbia's capital, Belgrade. From inside Syria, the tactics a new f…

00:27:53  |   Tue 17 Nov 2015
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