BBC Monthly: July Docs, Specials and Video Selections

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Docs and Specials

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Women’s Football – Passion versus profit

One hour
July 15 – August 4

Ahead of the Women’s Football World Cup 2023, have opportunities for female soccer players around the globe changed? We hear from young women who are passionate about football. Huge progress is being made, though for some it is too slow.

The Forum: The Evolution of teenagers

One hour
July 22 – August 11

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi takes us through the big evolutionary questions about adolescence: Why do humans go through this developmental stage? What’s the point of all that teenage angst? And how come every generation stubbornly repeats the same mistakes?

Women writing Zimbabwe

One hour
July 29 – August 18

Reporter Tawanda Mudzonga takes us on a literary tour to explore why Zimbabwe has produced so many talented and renowned women writers.

Monthly BBC Video Selections:

View the instructional guide and social media best practices resource available on our website. Click the links and images below to preview and download these videos.People Fixing the World: How kangaroo care is saving premature babies

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  • Description: In Colombia, many premature babies aren’t being kept in incubators. Instead their mothers are holding them against their skin all day long. Kangaroo mother care has life-saving benefits and is now recommended by the World Health Organization.
  • Suggested social copy: Holding premature babies close to the mother’s skin has life-saving benefits.
  • Duration: 2 minutes 17 seconds

People Fixing the World: Using artificial intelligence to spot breast cancer

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  • Description: Breast cancer is an increasing problem in low and middle income countries, but screening programmes for early detection are a rarity. A company in India has developed a cheap, non-invasive test that uses thermal imaging and AI. Although considered less reliable than mammography, it’s helping to get more women tested.
  • Suggested social copy: An Indian company has developed a cheap, non-invasive test for breast cancer that uses thermal imaging and AI.
  • Duration: 2 minutes 19 seconds

Health: Why do we bruise?

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  • Description: Bruises are bluish or purple-coloured patches that appear on the skin. What exactly happens underneath? Why does a bruise go through a variety of colours as it heals? Should we start to pay more attention to this common form of injury?
  • Suggested social copy: Why does a bruise go through a variety of colours as it heals?
  • Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds

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