The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2011

Michael Goldfarb traces the iconic neighbourhood's story by telling the history of a single street in Harlem from 1910 to the present day.

Michael Robinson examines the social tensions within China that threaten the growth upon which much of the rest of the world now relies.

Mukul Devichand tells the story of Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel Laureate and former Chief Weapons Inspector who some want to see as the next president of Egypt. Could he now unite a fragmented opposition and ride the wave of protest to the very top?

As part of the BBC's Extreme World coverage Linda Pressly reports from India on palliative care - medical provision for those nearing the end of life.

Michael Goldfarb traces the iconic neighbourhood's story by telling the history of a single street in Harlem from 1910 to the present day.

As China's role has become the world's banker, Michael Robinson looks at the potentially world-shaking clash of cultures between non-democratic, state-planned China and the American-centred world of democracy and free market ideology.

Would you still walk down the aisle if you found out that you're prospective in-laws, the best man and congregation were fake? Roland Buerk investigates Japan's growing 'rent a friend' service and why social standing is driving excluded people to extremes.

Why is there a crisis in India's microcredit industry? For Assignment Madeleine Morris travels to the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to investigate.

Why are racial tensions increasing in one of the most progressive countries in Europe? Joseph Rodriguez goes to a region of Sweden that is symbolic of the divide between the Muslim population and indigenous Swedes.

This documentary series examines the political, economic and cultural mechanisms of China's growing global influence. Michael Robinson, who documented China's awakening for the BBC almost 20 years ago, returns to assess the prospects and problems of the unrelenting shift of power from West to East.