Here's a cut of some of my work from 2018, mostly taken from my foreign trips to Algeria, Serbia, the US, Italy and Norway. All of these clips were originally broadcast on the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4. Enjoy!

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Soundreel 2018

Trailer: How to live to 100, BBC News

Here's my little story about the wonderful Zorgan Laroussi, my host and Dad for a week in south-west Algeria. I'm really fond of him, so thought I'd give his tale of love and loss some airtime. Enjoy...

BBC Radio 4: FooC dispatch from south-west Algeria

Here's a quick trailer for my programme on fantasies. On air on Monday 16 April on the BBC World Service.

Trailer: Fantasies, BBC World Service

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World Service package: Western Sahara's Champion Athlete

Here's the trailer for my new programme, on air in late April/early May 2018.

Trailer: Western Sahara's Champion Athlete, BBC World Service & Radio 4

Hypnotism: Why would anyone allow a complete stranger to access their mind? Running live from Monday 5 February 2018 and available on the BBC World Service podcast.

Trailer: Hypnotism, BBC World Service

Soundreel 2017

As part of this series of 'Feedback' on Radio 4(which I'm currently producing)we've set up a regular segment on a radio report or programme that has changed a listener's life. For this couple, radio didn't just alter their life course; it helped them to survive. In 1984, Rob and Eeva John took a long weekend break to Lalibela in the north of Ethiopia, where they were taken hostage by an armed rebel faction. At the time, the world's attention was focused on the famine further south. Nobody knew they were being held - or so they thought. They managed to smuggle a tiny crackly transistor radio through and heard their names mentioned on the BBC World Service. From there, they knew they were safe. This is their story.

BBC Radio 4: Taken hostage in Ethiopia

Here's the short version of my programme on mental health in Zanzibar in case you haven't got 26 minutes free to listen to the full programme.

Zanzibar package: BBC Radio 4 & WS

Zanzibar's mental health system is on the verge of collapse. I travelled across the island and met spiritual healers making a profit from the mental torment affecting thousands of people on this tiny island. This dispatch was the lead story on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service's 'From Our Own Correspondent', tx 14/10/17.

BBC Radio 4: Zanzibar dispatch 'From Our Own Correspondent'

With only one psychiatrist and thousands of mentally-ill patients, Zanzibar is on the cusp of a mental health crisis. I travelled to the archipelago to meet some of those afflicted by psychotic, neurological and psycho-social disorders. What I found was mass mistreatment and exploitation at the hands of profiteering exorcists and herbalists. It makes for disturbing but compelling listening. Here's the trailer for my programme, which will run in mid-October on the BBC World Service.

BBC documentary trailer: Zanzibar Spirits and Psychiatry

Back on the road, in northern Myanmar. This was, without doubt, the most challenging trip I've ever done, but along the way, I met Naw San, a 19 year old heroin and meth addict. I followed his story, meeting his family and going back to visit his school. We didn't end up using it in the final programme, so here it is! To hear the full programme, visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p057w3f6

On the Road: Myanmar

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BBC Radio 4 'World at One': Myanmar pkg

The lives of a vigilante anti-drug squad leader, a jade mine tycoon and a heroin addict intertwine. This was the lead dispatch on BBC Radio 4's 'From Our Own Correspondent' on 13 July. To hear the full programme, go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p057w3f6

BBC Radio 4 FooC: Myanmar's Drug Vigilantes

Reporter for the BBC World Service & BBC Radio 4. Here are my stories - and some on the road stuff.

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