Crossing Continents

Crossing Continents

Genre	Foreign affairs documentary
Running time	28 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Home station	BBC Radio 4

Crossing Continents is a half-hour BBC Radio 4 documentary strand focusing on foreign affairs issues. It takes listeners right to the heart of story through its on-location reporting and feature making. The programmes are character driven and offer powerful storytelling and a deep understanding of the context in which events take place no matter where they are in the world. Crossing Continents is broadcast 28 times a year on Thursdays at 11:00, with repeats on Mondays at 20:30 and is available from the BBC as a podcast as well as on iPlayer and via on-demand.^[1]

Rosie Goldsmith and Anca Toada accepting the AIB award in 2007 from Mishal Husain^[2]

Crossing Continents has received many awards including from the Foreign Press Association Awards; One World Media Awards; Amnesty International Awards and some Sony Awards. Its most recent success was Best Radio Award at the Amnesty International Awards 2016 for Stealing Innocence in Malawi reported by Ed Butler^{[citation needed]}.

See also

• From Our Own Correspondent
• List of BBC Radio 4 programmes

References

1. "Crossing Continents". bbc.co.uk. BBC.
2. Broadcasting), AIB (Association for International (10 January 2020), rosie-goldsmith-and-anca-toda-bbc_2055842974_o, retrieved 10 December 2022

External links

• Crossing Continents website