2025-08-07
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What would you do
if you were sailing on a ship far from loved ones and you didn't know when you'd be able to set foot on land again?
For the crew of the cargo ship, the Avantour,
the COVID pandemic made this nightmare scenario a reality.
What is happening?
to the people we love that are home.
Lives Less Ordinary from the BBC World Service tells their remarkable story in a new eight-part series.
Listen now.
Search for Lives Less Ordinary wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
Welcome to The Explanation from the BBC World Service.
I'm Katie Razzell and this is The Media Show.
We're here to explain the trends behind the fast-changing media landscape.
And this week on The Media Show, a fictional Chinese invasion sparks real-world backlash.
Taiwan's new drama Zero Day Attack divides opinion.
Lifting the lid on Tesla.
How one journalist has been investigating Elon Musk's company.
And TikTok creators at number 10,
we ask what the UK government's influencer strategy says about access.
A TV drama imagines a fictional Chinese military invasion, but it's causing real political waves.