K-dramas are taking the world by storm. What's the secret of their success? BBC journalists Faith Oshoko, Julie Yoonnyung Lee and Samantha Haque discuss all things K-drama and offer their recommendations for series to get stuck into during the holiday period. Produced by Hannah Dean and Alice Gioia. (Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)
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I'm Nicola Coughlan and for BBC Radio 4, this is History's youngest heroes.
Rebellion, risk and the radical power of youth.
She thought, right, I'll just do it.
She thought about others rather than herself.
Twelve stories of extraordinary young people from across history.
There's a real sense of urgency in them.
That resistance has to be mounted.
It has to be mounted now.
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Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
The Fifth Floor.
The fifth Floor.
Floor Farnak Amidi Sobat.
This is the fifth Floor at the heart of global storytelling.
With BBC journalists from all around the world.
I'm your host, Farnak Amidi.
Many of you listening will recognize this next sound.
It's the robot who decides the fate of participants in Squid Game, the hit 2021 Korean TV drama series that got us all glued to our screens.
It's a tale of survival and as of July this year, it is the most popular non English language television show on Netflix.