The Fifth Floor Episodes Available now
 
            Comedians and Afghan weddings
How Afghans found alternative ways to celebrate weddings after the Taliban banned music
 
            Why are Chinese micro-dramas so popular?
What's behind the success of a Chinese short form video trend that has expanded globally
 
            Why a South Korean church bought a village in Paraguay
How the remote rural village of Puerto Casado ended up at the centre of a land dispute
 
            The shooting of India’s biggest hip hop star
Inside the world of Punjabi rap and gangsters
 
            The mystery of the ‘tula boy’
How a South Korean boy ended up in Colombia, and what happened to him next
 
            The Romanians choosing life in the hills
A growing number of Romanians are choosing to move to the countryside. Why?
 
            Is the Taliban’s war on drugs working?
In 2022, the Taliban banned poppy farming. How is this measure affecting people?
 
            Who's Poland's new president?
Karol Nawrocki is a right-wing historian, an amateur boxer and a fan of Donald Trump
 
            Ukrainian life under Russian occupation
Constant threat and acts of rebellion, what is life like under Russian control?
 
            The TV drama that shocked the Arab world
How an Egyptian TV drama tackled sensitive topics and sparked difficult conversations