The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2010

Catherine Miller reports from one of Cairo's biggest slums where - in 2008 - a massive rock slide swept away dozens of homes killing many people. Two year's on what's happened to the families of Manshiyet Nasser?

The BBC's seminal role in launching Caribbean writing in the region is remembered 60 years on in Caribbean Voices.

"A good photograph has an emotional component, the iconic photos hit you right away and they stay with you, and you just can't forget it." Razia Iqbal investigates the power of modern images and their ability to appeal to our imagination.

London based British-Asian DJ, Bobby Friction travels to North America to find out more about the Canadian members of his family. How does closer inspection of one's family inform us about who we are and where we come from?

Arizona has passed a law cracking down on illegal immigrants -- the toughest of its kind in the US. It allows police officers to check the immigration status of anyone they stop or detain, if there’s a suspicion that the person is in America illegally. Driving it is frustration both at Arizona’s role as the main hub for illegal entry into America, and the organised cross border crime that’s come with it. Many support the law. But there is anger and fear among the Latino community: Legal citizens say they will be targeted by police just because of their skin. For Assignment Rob Walker travels to Arizona to explore why immigration has become such a hot political issue in the state.

Mukul Devichand explores the rising Asian giants, China and India. How will the old acrimony between the world's most populous nations shape the new faultlines of power in Asia and the wider world?

With the World Cup underway, many fans will be avidly debating the fate of their nations in the tournament, but it is at domestic level where football has the most support. Follow David Goldblatt as he adventures into the meaning and madness of the game. Fourth and last stop, the English Premiership’s beleaguered Newcastle United.

How does one's family history alter one's sense of sefl? Nihal Arthanayake - a successful London DJ - travels to Sri Lanka to find out more about his maternal grandfather, a lawyer and politician who was murdered in 1940.

Pascale Harter reports from Spain for Assignment to see how families there are coping with record unemployment as the government slashes public spending to cope with its massive budget deficit. As she discovers, many people are turning to their families to get them through the hard times.

Mukul Devichand explores the rising Asian giants, China and India. In the churn and tumult of India and China's rapid economic growth, which country has done more to lift the lives of its hundreds of millions of very poor?