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	Title	Author	Year	Subtitles	Length	Rating
Brazil has the biggest black population of any country outside Nigeria. Over 10 million African slaves were shipped to Brazil, six times more than to the United States. Slaves were prohibited from practising their own faiths. To avoid persecution they gave Catholic names and figures to all their African gods, giving birth to the Afro-Brazilian religion of candomblé. 1	Brazil Inside Out - Programme 01	BBC	2006	English	30 mins	Like (0 likes)
Rio de Janeiro became the capital of Brazil after the discovery of gold inland in 1763. In 1960 it lost its capital city status to Brasilia. 2	Brazil Inside Out - Programme 02	BBC	2006	English	30 mins	Like (0 likes)
During the 19th century, rubber made the Amazon port of Manaus, in the middle of the world's largest rainforest, one of the richest cities in the world. 3	Brazil Inside Out - Programme 03	BBC	2006	English	30 mins	Like (0 likes)
São Paulo is the third biggest city in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. 17 million inhabitants, 4 million automobiles and 10,000 miles of streets, make Sao Paulo one of the most congested cities in the world. It has one of the worst crime rates in the world with 1500 murders last year, compared to New York's 671. 4	Brazil Inside Out - Programme 04	BBC	2006	English	30 mins	Like (0 likes)
Brazilian gaúchos have more in common with Argentinians and Uruguayans than they do with people from São Paulo or Rio. When their neighbours became independent, the gaúchos sought freedom from the rest of Brazil, but were defeated in 1845. Nowadays, most Brazilians from the south are descendants of the European immigrants who settled in the late 19th century. 5	Brazil Inside Out - Programme 05	BBC	2006	English	30 mins	Like (0 likes)
Journalist and former German correspondent Steve Crawshaw and German TV presenter Annette Gerlach take a fresh look at Germany, meeting personalities from all walks of life, travelling throughout the country and exploring its rich and dynamic culture. 6	Talk Portuguese 01	BBC	2009	English	15 mins	Like (0 likes)
Journalist and former German correspondent Steve Crawshaw and German TV presenter Annette Gerlach take a fresh look at Germany, meeting personalities from all walks of life, travelling throughout the country and exploring its rich and dynamic culture. 7	Talk Portuguese 02	BBC	2009	English	15 mins	Like (0 likes)
Journalist and former German correspondent Steve Crawshaw and German TV presenter Annette Gerlach take a fresh look at Germany, meeting personalities from all walks of life, travelling throughout the country and exploring its rich and dynamic culture. 8	Talk Portuguese 03	BBC	2009	English	15 mins	Like (0 likes)
Journalist and former German correspondent Steve Crawshaw and German TV presenter Annette Gerlach take a fresh look at Germany, meeting personalities from all walks of life, travelling throughout the country and exploring its rich and dynamic culture. 9	Talk Portuguese 04	BBC	2009	English	15 mins	Like (0 likes)
Find out how Seema, Rob and Vicki managed to get work in Germany and cope with the challenges of working in German. 10	Talk Portuguese 05	BBC	2009	English	15 mins	Like (0 likes)
Journalist and former German correspondent Steve Crawshaw and German TV presenter Annette Gerlach take a fresh look at Germany, meeting personalities from all walks of life, travelling throughout the country and exploring its rich and dynamic culture. 11	Talk Portuguese 06	BBC	2009	English	15 mins	Like (0 likes)

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