1. Coding Geniuspublished at 00:00 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2021

    Coding Genius follows 11-year-old Emmanuella, who has a passion for coding. She hit the headlines in the UK after setting up lessons for school kids like her and is determined to go further. Now based in the Nigerian capital Abuja, Emmanuella has work to do - she wants to pass on her love of coding to other girls in the city and launches CodeKid, an after-school, weekend and holiday club for girls aged 6 – 15. But will they turn up, or will the thought of coding keep them away?

    In this short film, we find out what started Emmanuella’s love of coding and get to know her extraordinary ambitions for changing the world, one coding club at a time.

  2. Orangemen on the Equatorpublished at 00:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2015

    Founded 220 years ago, the Orange Order is a Protestant organisation which, its members say, stands for civil liberties, fraternity and faith. However in the divided society of Northern Ireland it is rarely out of the news. Many Irish Nationalists and Republicans view it as an anti-Catholic, triumphalist organisation and disputes over some contentious Orange parades have generated headlines around the world.

    What is less well known is that three thousand miles away there are Orange lodges made up of African men and women. Members of the Orange Order in Ghana share the same emblems and follow the same rituals as their brethren in Northern Ireland. While there may not be sectarian conflict in their homeland, the Orangemen on the Equator feel they too are misrepresented and misunderstood.

    Chris Page travels to West Africa to find out how the Orange Order took root there. Comparing the African brand of Orangeism to that found in his native Northern Ireland, he peers into the soul of an organisation which has been characterised by its ability to survive. While members in Ulster say they have been demonised by Irish Nationalists opposed to their Unionism, their counterparts in Ghana describe their challenges in the face of prejudice from churches and wider society.

    (Photo: Members of the Orange Order, Ghana, courtesy of Connor Garrett/Chris Page)

  3. Mountain Gorillaspublished at 00:00 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2012

    Andy takes Kip on a wild adventure to see mountain gorillas in Uganda. Andy watches the funny gorillas wrestle and swing from the branches. Then he climbs high up in the trees to see them build nests from delicious leaves.

  4. Johann Hari: Dying for a New Phonepublished at 01:00 British Summer Time 11 May 2011

    Writer Johann Hari argues that our demand for gadgets has helped to drive the war in the Congo.

    He says it is a resource war, being fought for minerals like coltan, which finds its way into everything from mobile phones to games consoles. He asks why our governments have not taken forceful action to stop the trade.

    Producer: Giles Edwards.