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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Building on Sand: Part One
Sat 30 Apr 2011
Jonathan Glancey looks at whether Dubai has a sustainable policy towards building in...
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Assignment - A Matter of Life and Death
Thu 28 Apr 2011
Jill McGivering reports from Pakistan where calls for debate about the country's laws...
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Alive In Chernobyl: Part One
Tue 26 Apr 2011
On the 25th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl power plant, Olga to...
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After the Crash - Part Two
Sat 23 Apr 2011
On the anniversary of the Smolensk air crash, writer and historian Adam Zamoyski how a...
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Assignment: Trafficked from Uganda to Iraq
Thu 21 Apr 2011
Anna Cavell tells the extraordinary story of a rescue of a group of Ugandan women who...
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Who Says I Can't Fish?
Tue 19 Apr 2011
Restrictions on commercial fishing in Europe were put in place to aid sustainability,...
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After the Crash - Part One
Sat 16 Apr 2011
One year on from the Smolensk air crash, writer and historian Adam Zamoyski examines...
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Assignment - Louisiana Deep Water
Thu 14 Apr 2011
A year ago, the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico creating a huge...
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Pomp and Matrimony
Tue 12 Apr 2011
From the news coverage of the 1923 wedding of the future King George VI to Elizabeth...
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Great Expectations
Fri 8 Apr 2011
In dense blocks of flats and social housing, just 10 minutes away from the Olympics to...
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Assignment - Jos: A City Still Divided
Thu 7 Apr 2011
Assignment reports on the shocking sectarian violence in the Nigerian city of Jos.
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For King or Country? Part Two - America
Tue 5 Apr 2011
A committed republican and ardent monarchist examine the case for and against monarchy...
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Great Expectations
Sat 2 Apr 2011
Great Expectations follows the lives of people who live in the diverse ethnic mix of...
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Assignment - Speaking up in Saudi Arabia
Thu 31 Mar 2011
In this week's Assignment Sue Lloyd Roberts reports from Saudi Arabia where custom and...
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For King or Country? Part One - Sweden
Tue 29 Mar 2011
A committed republican and ardent monarchist examine the case for and against monarchy...
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How My Country Speaks - Part Two
Fri 25 Mar 2011
"It just takes 26 letters to create the universe, the word is dismantled and then the...
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Assignment - Somaliland - Going it Alone
Wed 23 Mar 2011
It’s twenty years since Somaliland declared itself independent but it still remains...
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The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
Wed 23 Mar 2011
In a society where the sexes are strictly segregated, it is common for boys to dance...
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Family Matters - Part Two
Mon 21 Mar 2011
Lucy Williamson reports on why Mexico, a developing Catholic nation, is the latest to...
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How My Country Speaks - Part One
Fri 18 Mar 2011
"I was sentenced to 12 years for writing poetry. " Russian poet and dissident, Irina of...
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Albania's Munitions Mountain
Thu 17 Mar 2011
Albania's paranoid Cold War dictator stockpiled vast amounts of ammunition to threaten...
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Animals on Trial
Tue 15 Mar 2011
Throughout history donkeys, pigs, dogs, rats, even insects have been put on trial and...
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Family Matters - Part One
Mon 14 Mar 2011
Why is the nuclear family model so successful across the developing world? Lucy from -...
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The Changing Worlds Of Formula One
Fri 11 Mar 2011
From Italy to India, David Goldblatt examines the ever changing face of Formula One.
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Assignment - Oil City Takoradi
Thu 10 Mar 2011
What happens when you take a run down African city and introduce a brand new oil worth...
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What Can I Say? Singapore
Wed 9 Mar 2011
The government behind the economic powerhouse that is Singapore guards its reputation...
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The Silent War
Mon 7 Mar 2011
Why has India's north-east insurgency lasted so long, and is there any hope of a The...
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The Changing Worlds Of Formula One
Fri 4 Mar 2011
From Italy to India, David Goldblatt examines the ever changing face of Formula One.
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Assignment - Imam of Peace
Thu 3 Mar 2011
John Mohammed Butt travelled to Kabul in the 1960s. Rather than finding drugs and he a...
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What Can I Say? Thailand
Wed 2 Mar 2011
In Thailand, what part have - illegal - community radio stations had to play in the by...
