BBC Documentary on Alcohol

Published 29. 05 2006

In a four program series the BBC World Service focused on the global aspects of alcohol. The four programmes are availabel for listening or download from the BBC World Service.

Says BBC web site about the Alcohol documentaries: "Alcohol is a drug that has been around for thousands of years - and enjoyed by hundreds of millions of people - but attitudes to how it is used are changing, particularly amongst the young." In a major series on the BBC World Service they investigate alcohol.

The four programmes are:

PART ONE
New generation - Youth binge drinking and the damage to their health

PART TWO
Big business - Alcohol is a multi-billion dollar business hungry for new markets

PART THREE
A drink that can kill - Nigel Wrench goes on the trail of an illegal drink made in the slums of Nairobi

PART FOUR
Alcohol and Health - Is alcohol posing a threat as the next global health crisis?

Check out the programmes on BBC News Documentary Archives.