BBC World Service - The Documentary

The people v J Edgar Hoover: Part one

How J Edgar Hoover built and then ran the FBI for almost five decades

Joan Armatrading gives an account of Mandela's life as a lover and an inspirer of music

The indigenous Sami people who say carbon-cutting technology is harming their way of life

Calling the world since 1932. Meet the journalists and hear the treasured archive

Farrah Jarral on preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials

What is being done to change Japanese attitudes toward mental health?

Human beings will soon be living in space - but who will go and what will it be like?

India aims to have electrified the entirety of its rail network by the end of 2023

The legal battle that could transform life for Native Americans in the US

Abigail Disney meets an unusual group of millionaires who are demanding to pay more tax