Weekend Break Episodes Episode guide
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Writer Donates $100,000 for Mozambique Library
Angolan author gives prize money for library; American jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire.
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Wrestling on Horseback
The World Nomad Games open in Kyrgyzstan, plus a musical journey around Iceland.
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World's First Professional Model with Down鈥檚 Syndrome
A model with Down's Syndrome launches her own fashion line in New York.
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Woodworms and stately homes
How insect sounds can be useful when it comes to restoring stately homes.
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Women on the Frontline
Highlighting the roles of women at war, and the pub at the heart of a revolution
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Why Lunch Is No Longer On A Worker's Menu
The decline of the working lunch. And a history of squatting in the West.
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Why Brits Are Not Drinking English Tea
The plunging sales of English teabags. And is a website to help black Americans divisive?
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Who will win Rugby World Cup? Aussie and Kiwi diplomats debate
Top New Zealand and Australian diplomats in London discuss Rugby World Cup prospect
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Where Wales and West Africa Meet in Music
The links between the Welsh and African harps, and how Shakespeare relates to refugees.
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When The Wind Blew
Reflections on Hurricane Katrina. Also, a brief history of graffiti.
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When Should We Retire?
Eighty-nine year-old man advertises himself for jobs. And the mobile museums of Ghana.
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What's so Special About the Boston Marathon?
Director Jon Dunham on the Boston Marathon; remembering the world's longest living person
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What music do cats prefer?
Species specific music; and an adventurer completes an epic voyage in a vintage biplane.
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What does your city sound like?
A collaborative crowd sourced symphony, and infamous Hollaway women's prison closure.
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What Dirty Dancing Tells Us About Life. 23 05 2015
Lessons for life from Hollywood films of the 1980s. Also, Weekend's Guide to 2015...
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Whale Fall
Swimming with sharks feasting on whale; and using a smartphone in a crisis.
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Western Sahara: Poetry from the Camps.
Poetry from a long-running territory dispute. And Elliott Erwitt on his iconic photos.
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Weekend Break Podcast: That's Entertainment
The glory days of British rock group, The Jam. And the racism of everyday American life.
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Watching the Detectives in New York
"Copwatchers" on why they film the police, and the Republicans' unconventional convention
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Wake Up To The Sleep Revolution
Why sleep has become a political issue. And speaking out against sex assault in Ukraine.
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Von Humboldt's Gift: The Man Who Invented Nature
A new biography of a lost hero of science. Also, a look at the art of the British Empire.
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Views from Germany on the Migrant Crisis
A special broadcast from Berlin with the views of local people and migrants.
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Vienna caf茅 that employs refugees
Austrian caf茅 breaks with tradition and works with refugees
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Unite Unite and dodging bullets in Sarajevo: the history of Europe through Eurovision songs
Unite Unite and dodging bullets in Sarajevo: the history of Europe in Eurovision songs.
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Trump-like Julius Caesar play
Trump-like Julius Caesar play boycotted by US firms
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Toronto Film Festival
Toronto Film Festival's rising in popularity; and John le Carr茅 interview.
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To Kill A Mocking Bird - the Sequel
Publisher Sam Jordison on Go Set A Watchman, and the New Musical Express goes free.
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Tim Peake takes off
Astronaut Tim Peake's space mission, and the stories behind scientific discoveries.
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Three-Man Relationship Officially Recognised
Colombia recognises a three-man relationship, and the apartheid-busting musical
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This is My Town: Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow on his new album and growing up in New York; The Winter White House
