The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2010

Mark Whitaker looks at South Africa’s struggle to produce school history textbooks that are adequate and appropriate for the post-apartheid country.

Adebayor, Droga and Essien are African football superstars who have found fame and wealth in Europe, but as Farayi Mungazi tells us, there are many who have failed in the quest for glory.

Gavin Lee tells the story of how a former prison guard at Guantanamo Bay detention centre sought reconciliation with two of his former prisoners.

Business, money, demographics, politics - these are the issues preventing health reform from going ahead in the US. Michael Goldfarb looks at the complexities.

As South Africa prepares to host the 2010 World Cup, Farayi Mungazi, the voice of African Sport on BBC World Service's Fast Track, crosses the continent to explore the history of African Football and tells a story that is by turns epic and unexpected.

Assignment explores what President Barack Obama done in his attempts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre? The BBC's Jon Manel discovers why the US administration failed to meet the closure deadline set on the President's second day in office.

Michael Goldfarb looks at President Obama's mission to reform America's health care system.

As South Africa prepares to host the 2010 World Cup, Farayi Mungazi, the voice of African Sport on BBC World Service’s Fast Track, crosses the continent to explore the history of African Football and tells a story that is by turns epic and unexpected.

Angola has also been described as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Rob Walker re-traces the story of the "Angolagate" deal and goes on the trail of a story that changed the course of the civil war in the 1990s - and tracks down those who got rich because of it.

The Jyväskylä School for the Visually Impaired in Finland has one important aim: discouraging blind children from relying on high tech and expensive navigational aids. Find out how they help.