Jane Austen’s iPod.

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Here at The World we’ve been asking GIs in Iraq what they have on their iPods. Last weekend our partners at the BBC broadcast something kind of similar, and yet very different! This documentary, produced for the BBC’s domestic British audience, allows us to hear the tunes Jane Austen might have put on her mp3 player, had such a thing been available to her. Listen to the results in the documentary ‘Jane Austen’s iPod’. Download MP3

Ayatollah vs. Ahmadinejad

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Could conservative Iranian clerics help bring about the collapse of the Islamic Republic of Iran? It sounds unlikely. But some of the country’s top clerics believe President Ahmadinejad is bringing Islam into disrepute – and they want him out. In our latest ‘Best of the BBC’ selection we feature an e-mail interview with Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri (pictured), one of Iran’s most respected clerics and an outspoken critic of Ahmadinejad. Download MP3

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The Reunion: Release of Nelson Mandela

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The BBC reunites the core negotiators and key campaigners involved in the secret talks which ultimately led to the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990. From Archbishop Desmond Tutu to the former head of South Africa’s National Intelligence Service, it’s an encounter which may seem unlikely. But a surprisingly easy-going discussion ensues, in this fascinating piece of radio originally produced for the BBC’s domestic UK audience.Download MP3