Coming in June 2025: An eight-part BBC podcast series exploring the extraordinary life of Hedy Lamarr, one of Hollywood’s most famous golden-age stars - who in the 1940s also invented the foundations for much of our digital world. I interviewed, wrote, produced, as well as directed the drama scenes.
Oct/Nov 2024, Economics from the South podcast: Over six episodes, leading economists make sense of topics like the global debt crisis from the perspective of the Global South. I developed and produced this six-part series for the International Development Economists Associates.
24 September 2024, BBC Sporting Witness: The Iron Ladies. In 1996, the Iron Ladies, a men’s volleyball team made up of gay and 'kathoey or so-called type 2 woman ' athletes, triumphed over Thailand’s best and won the national championships. But none were selected for the national squad. I spoke to the player Danupol Nuangchang. Translation and voiceover by Nopporn Wong-Anan.
3 June 2024, BBC World Service. For the hundreds of people who live in a cluster of villages between India and Pakistan, a map drawn up long ago still causes daily struggles. For 72 years, communities who live by the Ravi river on the Indian side have been asking for a permanent bridge. A co-production with journalist Chhavi Sachdev for Just Radio.
16 July 2023, BBC World Service. Fashion media producer and rights campaigner Sheemtana Shameem explores Bangladesh's clothing industry. Produced by Shiroma Silva, executive-produced by me for CTVC.
The Comb podcast, 12 May 2022: The Memory House in the Gambia was set up by Nana-Jo Ndow and her cousin Sirra to honour those killed, including Nana-Jo's father, during the Yahya Jammeh dictatorship.
In 2021-22, I developed, produced and presented The Killing the Truth podcast about four journalists killed for their uncompromising pursuit of the truth. Mexico's Regina Martínez Perez; India's Gauri Lankesh, Deyda Hydara of The Gambia and Gerry Ortega of the Philippines. Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.
In 2021, I developed and produced the first season of Resilience: The Global Adaptation podcast for the UNEP. Over six episodes, Lis and Marcus talk to leading climate change adaptation experts and people in countries like El Salvador, The Gambia, the Philippines, Kiribati and the Seychelles about how they are building resilience.
During 2021-22, I was the senior producer and writer for season 4 of the Afroqueer podcast. Shivanah's Story episode won the 2022 International Women's Podcast Awards for the Moment of Most Dramatic Tension.
20 July 2019, BBC World Service: Tuku Music. A celebration of the life and music of Zimbabwe’s Oliver Mtukudzi
27 May 2018, BBC Assignment: On 9 March 2015, one of Zimbabwe's most prominent critics of the Mugabe government, Itai Dzamara, was abducted from a barber shop in broad daylight. He hasn't been seen since - and his body hasn’t been discovered.
The BBC Africa Debate: Can you trademark culture? I produced and edited this discussion on when and how cultural borrowing of national or traditional designs turns into cultural appropriation. In Cape Town, presented by Mayeni Jones and Pooneh Ghoddoosi. September, 2017
3 December 2017, BBC World Service: How did stockfish - cod that is dried in Norway’s cold air - became a Nigerian staple? In 2017 Victoria Uwonkunda and I travel to Norway to find out.
January 2017, BBC World Service: Beyond the Pitch. To mark 60 years of the Africa Cup of Nations, dramatic and poignant tales exploring the connections between Africa’s football and politics.
13 April 2016, BBC World Service: Trading Hair. Justine Lang and I travel to India and South Africa to find out why women in India sacrifice their natural hair and why an increasing number of South African women want to buy it.
3 April 2015, Witness History: In February 1955 the apartheid government in South Africa began forcibly evicting residents from Sophiatown, a multi-racial suburb of Johannesburg. Victor Mokine was a child at the time and shares his memories with me.
15 September 2015, BBC Witness History: The story of the great South African singer who spent 30 years in exile.
28 January 2015, BBC Witness History: In 1968 a US B52 plane with nuclear bombs on board crashed in Greenland. Questions remain over whether all the bombs were found. Jens Zinglersen was the first to the crash site.
15 May 2015, BBC Witness History: The Building of Kariba Dam. In May 1960 about 60,000 people lost their homes to what is still the world's largest man-made lake. We hear from Mwiindachi Siamwiza, who was 12 years old at the time of the resettlement.
15 November 2014, BBC World Service: Mary Harper and I travel to Lagos, one of the busiest ports in Africa, to explore the highly complex world of piracy.
31 March 2013, BBC World Service: Sisters in Science. I travel all over Tanzania to explore the state of science and technology in one of Africa's poorest countries – through the eyes of its female scientists.
6 October 2012, BBC World Service: Lipstick Evangelists. I'm in Johannesburg to meet formidable Avon Ladies, including Eunice Maseko and Maggy More.