Coming in September 2023

Doc picks BBC Monthly docs and specials are here.  

Witness History: The Labor Movement
August 28– September 30
One hour

A collection of stories related to strikes, campaigns and successes for workers’ rights around the world. Drawn from the BBC’s Witness History program, this specially-curated hour will bring first-hand accounts of significant moments in the labor movement from the US, UK and elsewhere.

Heart and Soul: Faith, terrorists and mercy at Guantanamo Bay
September 15 – October 6
Half hour

Dr Jennifer Bryson interrogated suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists at the infamous Guantanamo Bay. She worked at the detention centre in Cuba for two years and says that some of the inmates bragged openly about helping to organise the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

After some time, she started to feel uneasy about some of the ‘enhanced interrogation’ methods she was asked to approve.

What are the moral challenges of this work for a person of faith?

Global News Podcast special: AI: Who Cares?
September 16 – October 6
One hour

Nick Miles will be joined by the BBC’s technology editor Zoe Kleinman and a panel of experts to discuss how AI fits into health, the environment, justice, and the workplace. We will be taking questions from people all over the world as well as from our live audience.

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