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BBC World Service Highlights

BBC World Service Highlights

Selected short conversations, experiences and explainers

BBC World Service Highlights

Episodes (8 available)

BBC World Service Highlights, BBC World Service Highlights, Living with Tourette's syndrome

Tourette’s is a genetic condition that affects the nervous system. It’s estimated that one in every hundred children have it.

2 Mar 2026

10 mins

BBC World Service Highlights, BBC World Service Highlights, Making beautiful jewellery in conflict zones

How can jewellery be made to ethical and transparent standards?

24 Feb 2026

4 mins

BBC World Service Highlights, BBC World Service Highlights, Aggressively Human

How do we as individuals balance the challenges thrown at us?

18 Feb 2026

13 mins

BBC World Service Highlights, BBC World Service Highlights, Flying the flag for Iran

Iranian skier Samaneh Beyrami Baher was Iran's flag bearer at the 2018 Winter Games

13 Jan 2026

13 mins

BBC World Service Highlights, BBC World Service Highlights, Coldplay kiss cam and Labubus: 2025's viral moments

Culture reporters look back to their favourite videos of the year

23 Dec 2025

19 mins

BBC World Service Highlights, BBC World Service Highlights, Jutta Kleinschmidt: Meet the first woman to win the Paris-Dakar rally

Jutta Kleinschmidt made history in the Paris-Dakar rally

11 Dec 2025

11 mins

BBC World Service Highlights, BBC World Service Highlights, Euro 2025: How did England's Lucy Bronze play with a broken leg?

England defender Lucy Bronze played in the Euro 2025 tournament with a fractured tibia.

11 Sep 2025

4 mins

BBC World Service Highlights, BBC World Service Highlights, Dominique Malonga: My love of the dunk

The Seattles Storm basketball star explains the power of the dunk in her game

11 Sep 2025

3 mins