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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.

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
28 minutes
Episodes
1174
Years Active
2010 - 2025
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Nov 10, 2011

Nov 10, 2011

'Prosperity for all!' That was the Ugandan president's promise as he stood for re-election but today, as Rob Young's been finding out, there's growing discontent at steeply rising food and fuel price…

00:28:08  |   Thu 10 Nov 2011
Nov 05, 2011

Nov 05, 2011

America has the Wild West, Russia has its Wild East. And Reggie Nadelson's there, in the port of Vladiovostok. The city, once closed to foreigners, is getting a big makeover. It'll be the new San Fra…

00:28:07  |   Sat 05 Nov 2011
Nov 03, 2011

Nov 03, 2011

Silvio Berlusconi attends the G20 meeting in Cannes amid mounting alarm in Italy about the country's debt crisis -- Manuela Saragosa's been meeting some Italians who feel Mr.Berlusconi's become a lia…

00:28:05  |   Thu 03 Nov 2011
Oct 29, 2011

Oct 29, 2011

The appointment of a white vice president in Zambia indicates, according to Fergal Keane, that for Africa's whites, the long journey towards feeling they have a future as of right on the continent is…

00:28:11  |   Sat 29 Oct 2011
Oct 27, 2011

Oct 27, 2011

A dystopian vision of Venice - Rachel Harvey's words as she watches the flood waters approaching Bangkok's city centre. Allan Little, covering the historic first Arab Spring election in Tunisia, says…

00:27:55  |   Thu 27 Oct 2011
22 Oct 2011

22 Oct 2011

Gabriel Gatehouse describes the scenes at that infamous sewer pipe, where Colonel Gaddafi was found. Kevin Connolly wonders if Gaddafi will be the last of the "grotesque, blood-stained buffoon dictat…

00:28:01  |   Sat 22 Oct 2011
20 Oct 2011

20 Oct 2011

Kate Adie introduces reports from around the world. Today Jonathan Head ask what keeps the fighters in Libya going, risking their lives, when perhaps they don't really have to? Sue Lloyd Roberts expe…

00:28:20  |   Thu 20 Oct 2011
15 Oct 2011

15 Oct 2011

Is the name of Bahrain being dragged into the mire by a string of alleged human rights abuses? Frank Gardner gives his assessment after meeting the King and the Prime Minister - and joining the riot …

00:28:08  |   Sat 15 Oct 2011
13 Oct, 2011

13 Oct, 2011

'I'll Not Do It Again!' That's the verdict of some foreign businessmen, out of pocket after getting involved in the Indian market. Mark Dummett in Delhi examines whether this is really a difficult co…

00:28:00  |   Thu 13 Oct 2011
08 Oct 2011

08 Oct 2011

Why two crumpled pieces of paper are among the most precious reminders Lyse Doucet has of her reporting trip to beleaguered Syria; Nick Danziger's been back to Kabul and wondered why the voices of Af…

00:28:20  |   Sat 08 Oct 2011
Oct 6, 2011

Oct 6, 2011

A time of shifting and unexpected new relationships in Libya is explored by Allan Little. He's been meeting the Islamists, determined not only to be a part of the post-Gaddafi government but also to …

00:27:55  |   Thu 06 Oct 2011
Oct 1, 2011

Oct 1, 2011

An 18-hour train ride to the end of the line brings you to the very edge of Norway. Inside the Arctic Circle. But why is it that this place has such firm connections with Italy. Christine Finn has th…

00:28:18  |   Sat 01 Oct 2011
29 Sept, 2011

29 Sept, 2011

They came from all over: serious men from Seville and Madrid with their fine suits and Havana cigars to see the last bullfight in the historic stadium in Barcelona. Robert Elms was also there to witn…

00:28:15  |   Thu 29 Sep 2011
24 September 2011

24 September 2011

Kate Adie shares stories behind the headlines with correspondents around the world. David Loyn is at the funeral of Burhanuddin Rabbani reflecting on the return to prominence of Afghanistan's warlord…

00:28:20  |   Sat 24 Sep 2011
22 Sept 11

22 Sept 11

Katie Adie presents more despatches from foreign correspondents. As forces try to oust Gaddafi loyalists holding out in his home town of Sirte, our correspondent Alastair Leithead ponders the dilemma…

00:27:59  |   Thu 22 Sep 2011
Sept 17, 2011

Sept 17, 2011

Reprisals and revenge in a desert oasis as the battles continue against the final Gaddafi loyalists -- Justin Marozzi's been learning of the tensions in a small community in the far south of Libya. K…

00:28:12  |   Sat 17 Sep 2011
Sept 15, 2011

Sept 15, 2011

How did the lifeboat of the North Atlantic, as it's called, manage to cope with thousands of unexpected air passengers? Jo Fidgen is in Gander, Newfoundland, with a story of 9.11 kindness. In Sudan, …

00:27:47  |   Thu 15 Sep 2011
Sept 10, 2011

Sept 10, 2011

Whatever happened to his notebooks? Jeremy Bowen, charting the demise of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, wonders why his precious notebooks keep going missing. Mishal Husain travels though five countrie…

00:28:10  |   Sat 10 Sep 2011
Sept 3, 2011

Sept 3, 2011

The day after history was made in Libya Kevin Connolly was out shopping -- and tells a story of a capital city trying to return to normal. Few parts of the United States have escaped the economic dow…

00:28:09  |   Sat 03 Sep 2011
July 27, 2011

July 27, 2011

The Arab-Israeli conflict seems to have been sidelined in this year of revolutions. But our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen tells us that it hasn't gone away, and the signs are not good. It was 37-de…

00:28:07  |   Sat 27 Aug 2011
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