From Our Own Correspondent Podcast Podcast
Insight, wit and analysis as BBC correspondents, journalists and writers take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie and Pascale Harter.
Episodes to download
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Kill A Chicken To Scare The Monkey
Last Saturday
Tales from Thailand, Morocco, Myanmar, Kenya and the US-Mexico border.
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Village People
Thu 15 Jun 2017
From the Valley of Peace to a militia base: correspondents’ stories from around the world
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Hard To Stomach
Thu 8 Jun 2017
Tea with the Taliban, radioactive wild boar, and past its best parsley.
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Love Those Shoes
Sat 3 Jun 2017
The sounds of protest, popping champagne corks and the piercing shrieks of megabats.
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Finding The Right Words
Thu 1 Jun 2017
A president pursued, a preacher accused and a social media star.
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A Haircut and a Pedicure
Sat 27 May 2017
A haircut in Maipur, baby-blue painted nails in Athens and superfood of the South Pacific
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Men On A Mission
Thu 25 May 2017
White candles for a murdered Mexican journalist, purple glitter for an Iranian President.
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A Funny Old Game
Sat 13 May 2017
A diplomatic dance, football playing politicians, mountain music and robotic sex dolls.
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Enemies of Old
Sat 6 May 2017
Somalia faces famine, ethnic conflict continues in Myanmar and the ‘She-Wolf’ retires.
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In Search of Happiness
Sat 29 Apr 2017
The Afghan Taliban’s spring offensive, surprises in North Korea and happiness in UAE.
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Getting Out
Sat 22 Apr 2017
Birthday cakes, icons of cool and the candidate coining new words in the French election.
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Stamina of the Strongmen
Sat 15 Apr 2017
Controversial votes in Turkey and Kashmir, and a university challenged in Hungary..
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Excitement and disgust
Sat 8 Apr 2017
Pastry police, pardoned bulls and pricey pigeons. Correspondents’ stories with Kate Adie.
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Tumbling Down
Sat 1 Apr 2017
Robbery, extortion, kidnapping; bananas with everything; and a monkey cascade
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Saying It Straight
Sat 25 Mar 2017
Tall stories, strange names, ancient giants and linguistic confusion.
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Chips and Mayonnaise
Sat 18 Mar 2017
Rancid fried onion, a great wall of iron, chips and mayonnaise with questions of identity
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Political Distractions
Thu 16 Mar 2017
Pets and Politics; football and narcotics; and building a country with a flag.
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Cutting Through
Sat 11 Mar 2017
The duffel-coated outcast; from bomb factory to museum; icy cooperation; greening sands.
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The Unsolved
Thu 9 Mar 2017
Voting with your husband, unsolved murders, cooking on the centre spot, shamans and mud.
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A Journalist's Best Friend
Sat 4 Mar 2017
Lost confidence, fake seeds, masked assignations, steaming glory and animal insights.
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Too Many Ways to Talk
Thu 2 Mar 2017
Tales of civil war, murder, rescues, patriotic birds and why waiting gives you a story.
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Hidden Dangers
Sat 25 Feb 2017
Kate Adie with correspondents' stories: Iraq, Yemen, Germany, The Gambia and Portugal.
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Digging In
Thu 23 Feb 2017
Correspondents's stories from Ireland, Iraq, Ukraine, Puerto Rico and feasting in Chile.
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The All-Seeing Eye
Sat 18 Feb 2017
Correspondents' stories from Russia, Turkey, Nigeria, Indonesia and 1960s Dublin.
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From the Vatican to Vienna
Thu 16 Feb 2017
Correspondents's stories from The Vatican, Taiwan, Lebanon, Chile and dancing in Vienna.
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Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Sat 11 Feb 2017
Correspondents' stories: South Africa, Romania, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands and Alaska.
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Radio Baa Baa
Thu 9 Feb 2017
Correspondents' stories from Syria, Israel, Russia, Sierra Leone and Loveland, in the US.