The Documentary Podcast Podcast
Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can uncover hidden truths and make sense of the world. Documentary storytelling from the BBC World Service.
Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can uncover hidden truths and make sense of the world. The best of documentary storytelling from the BBC World Service.
From conflict in the Middle East to the advance of AI, to the front line of the climate emergency, we go beyond the headlines. Each week we dive into the minds of the world’s most creative people, take personal journeys into spirituality and connect people from across the globe to share how news stories are shaping their lives.
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Dreaming Dickens: Feb 03 12
Fri 3 Feb 2012
In this documentary-fantasy we bring the danger back to Dickens. Slipping in and out...
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Assignment: Opposing Syria's President Assad
Thu 2 Feb 2012
Undercover in Damascus for Assignment. Tim Whewell enters the dangerous world of the...
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Great Expectations: Part Eight
Fri 27 Jan 2012
Nina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing who were hosts in 2008 and Rio...
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Assignment - Australia's FIFO Workers
Thu 26 Jan 2012
Australia's mining boom is proving lucrative for its so called Fly in Fly Out (FIFO) a...
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The Wealth Gap – The View from London: Part Two
Tue 24 Jan 2012
The gap between the super-rich and the rest has grown sharply around the world.
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Great Expectations: Part Seven
Sat 21 Jan 2012
Nina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing who were hosts in 2008 and Rio...
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The Toughest Guys On Ice
Thu 19 Jan 2012
Assignment goes inside the fast and furious world of North American ice hockey.
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The Wealth Gap – The View from London: Part One
Tue 17 Jan 2012
The gap between the super-rich and the rest has grown sharply around the world.
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The Antartic Explorer
Fri 13 Jan 2012
Karen Bowerman retraces the route of Antarctic explorer Frank Wild - Sir Ernest - as...
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Assignment - What Happened to the Kurdish Spring
Thu 12 Jan 2012
For Assignment Gabriel Gatehouse asks whether the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq be...
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Sporting Chances: Australia Part Two
Tue 10 Jan 2012
Farayi Mungazi looks at the role of sport in shaping the country's national identity...
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The Women Of Tahrir Square
Sat 7 Jan 2012
Women were at the forefront of the revolution in Egypt. Hanan Razek discovers why many...
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The Truth About NGOs - Haiti
Thu 5 Jan 2012
Allan Little investigates allegations of NGO inefficiency, political bias and lack of...
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Sporting Chances: South Sudan Part One
Tue 3 Jan 2012
Farayi Mungazi explores the power of basketball to create a national identity in newly...
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Goodbye To Bush House: Part Two
Sat 31 Dec 2011
John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House, to...
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Guangzhou - China's migrant metropolis
Thu 29 Dec 2011
China's economy depends on a system regulating workers from around China and beyond.
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The Truth About NGOs - India
Tue 27 Dec 2011
Allan Little investigates allegations of NGO inefficiency, political bias and lack of...
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The Songs of Comrade Time
Christmas Eve 2011
The Children's Choir of the USSR sang to their leaders, they sang to their people, and...
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Goodbye To Bush House: Part One
Christmas Eve 2011
John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House, to...
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Tales From The Arab Spring: Whose Tomorrow? (Syria)
Thu 22 Dec 2011
The BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen looks back over a momentous year in the East...
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Assignment - France Food Fights
Thu 22 Dec 2011
France has long been a country with a reputation for some of the best food in the world.
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Tales From The Arab Spring: Counter Revolution (Libya)
Wed 21 Dec 2011
The BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen looks back over a momentous year in the East...
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The Truth About NGOs - Malawi
Tue 20 Dec 2011
Allan Little investigates allegations of NGO inefficiency, political bias and lack of...
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Tales From The Arab Spring: Revolution (Egypt)
Tue 20 Dec 2011
The BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen looks back over a momentous year in the East...
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Boundaries Of Blood: Part Two
Sat 17 Dec 2011
Shahzeb Jillani explains how the 1971 war over Bangladesh shaped modern Pakistan.
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Assignment Cholera in Haiti
Thu 15 Dec 2011
A hard hitting Assignment from Mark Doyle who reports on the massive cholera outbreak...
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Boundaries Of Blood: Part One
Sat 10 Dec 2011
Shahzeb Jillani explains how the 1971 war over Bangladesh shaped modern Pakistan.
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Exposing Bali's Orphanages
Thu 8 Dec 2011
In Assignment Ed Butler investigates reports that some orphanages in Bali are being as...
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Out In The World: Part Two
Tue 6 Dec 2011
Richard Coles confronts accusations that the West is attempting to force gay rights on...
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Knitting In Tripoli
Sat 3 Dec 2011
Knitting in Tripoli tells an intimate story of life during the Libyan war through the...
