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Keeping the Peace for US market

The Like It Is series, "Keeping the Peace" has been picked up by Boston's PRI The World to be broadcast across the US. Audrey Brown travelled to Liberia to speak to peacekeepers and Liberians themselves about the challenges of the past and present.

Race and Reconciliation on the World Service

Audrey Brown investigates the issue of racism in the new South Africa. Can the notions of race and reconciliation sit comfortably side-by-side? Shortlisted for an AIB award and selected as Radio Choice by The Times - "an excellent three part series".

Cry Rape makes headlines

"Cry Rape" which was broadcast on BBC 1Xtra has generated debate and interest across the BBC - being featured on the home page of BBC News Online, BBC World Service, Radio 1's Newsbeat and on a number of local BBC stations across the UK.

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Althea Gibson
BBC 1Xtra, June 2009
Producer: Neil Kanwal
Presenter: Alison Mitchell
Althea Gibson

As Wimbledon 2009 gets underway, this documentary looks at the life of one of the greatest players to grace the famous grass-courts.

From the tough streets of Harlem, to facing racial segregation - we trace Althea Gibson's incredible journey. (more)

Keeping the Peace
BBC World Service, April 2009
Producer: Andrea Rose
Presenter: Audrey Brown
Researcher: Neil Kanwal, Documentary idea: Julia Allen
Keeping the Peace

After the bloodshed of one of Africa's most vicious conflicts, Audrey Brown travels to Liberia to find out how the country is maintaining peace.

How are the peacekeepers and Liberians themselves coming to terms with the country's past and facing the challenges of the present? (more)

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