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.
Episodes to download
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Listening Post - Episode One
Fri 23 Sep 2011
A series that invites close, unhurried listening to the stories of individuals.
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Assignment - Rangers v Celtic
Thu 22 Sep 2011
Strong views and language from the fans of Scotland's top football clubs - Rangers and...
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The Future of Amnesty International: Part Two
Tue 20 Sep 2011
Matthew Bannister tells the story of Amnesty International at 50, and discusses its on...
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Always Hope: Cambodia's New Music
Fri 16 Sep 2011
How Cambodia's contemporary music scene is creating a new golden era for a country the...
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Assignment - Zimbabwe's Migrant Children
Thu 15 Sep 2011
Mukul Devichand goes on the road with young children travelling alone on a journey of...
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The Future of Amnesty International: Part One
Tue 13 Sep 2011
Matthew Bannister tells the story of Amnesty International at 50, and discusses its on...
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Iconic Geometry - The Great Pyramid
Sat 10 Sep 2011
eading structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond goes beyond the well known of to...
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Assignment - The Indignants of Greece
Thu 8 Sep 2011
As the Greek government struggles to tackle it's massive debt crisis, Ed Butler to for...
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The Secret War On Terror: Part Two
Tue 6 Sep 2011
The Secret War On Terror reveals the astonishing inside story of the intelligence war...
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Iconic Geometry - The Taj Mahal
Sat 3 Sep 2011
Leading structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond goes beyond the well known of...
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The Mystery of Dirar Abu Sisi
Thu 1 Sep 2011
Gabriel Gatehouse investigates the mysterious disappearance of Dirar Abu Sisi.
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The Secret War On Terror: Part One
Tue 30 Aug 2011
The Secret War On Terror reveals the astonishing inside story of the intelligence war...
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Iconic Geometry - Stonehenge
Sat 27 Aug 2011
Leading structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond goes beyond the well known of...
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The Road To Tripoli
Thu 25 Aug 2011
Events in Libya have reached a dramatic conclusion. After a six month uprising, rebel...
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The Day the Wall Went Up: Part Two
Tue 23 Aug 2011
On the Berlin Wall's 50th anniversary, Gerry Northam looks at its political context...
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The Too Hard Basket
Sat 20 Aug 2011
Warning: This documentary contains conversations about sexual experience.
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Assignment - August Central America
Thu 18 Aug 2011
Linda Pressly follows the migrants heading north through Guatemala into Mexico – the...
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The Day the Wall Went Up: Part One
Tue 16 Aug 2011
On the Berlin Wall's 50th anniversary, Gerry Northam looks at its political context...
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The Education of Ashif Jaffer
Sat 13 Aug 2011
Can a young Canadian man with Down's Syndrome get a university degree? Alisa Siegal of...
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Assignment: Zimbabwe's Diamond Fields
Thu 11 Aug 2011
Have you bought a diamond recently? Would you really know where it came from? goes and...
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The Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden
Tue 9 Aug 2011
BBC Security correspondent Gordon Corera tells the untold tale of how the Americans -...
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India's Working Children
Thu 4 Aug 2011
Nina Robinson reports from India where the booming economy has fuelled a demand for...
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Ruling Iran: A Profile of the Supreme Leader
Tue 2 Aug 2011
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is Iran's Supreme Leader, a position he has held since 1989.
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Assignment: The Afghan Governors
Thu 28 Jul 2011
Ten years after foreign forces invaded Afghanistan, they've begun to hand full back to...
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Afghanistan: War Without End?
Tue 26 Jul 2011
To mark ten years since the invasion of Afghanistan, key decision-makers reveal the of...
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The Dead News Network
Sat 23 Jul 2011
A medium tells Colette Kinsella what it's like to have a life like the film, The Sixth...
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Assignment: Luis Posada Carriles
Thu 21 Jul 2011
Cuba and Venezuela describe Luis Posada Carriles as the Bin Laden of the Americas.
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Atomic States - Part Two
Tue 19 Jul 2011
BBC Environment Correspondent Richard Black explores the history and likely future of...
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Womb For Rent
Sat 16 Jul 2011
Is outsourcing pregnancy to India exploitative or mutually beneficial? Over the course...
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Assignment: On the road with Hillary
Thu 14 Jul 2011
In this week's Assignment the BBC's State Department correspondent Kim Ghattas has to...
