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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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...
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Revolutions in Iran
Mon 28 Feb 2011
How does the spread of ideas impact individual lives, shape millions of minds, fuel is...
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The Short History of Five Notes
Fri 25 Feb 2011
Dancehall singer Sean Paul, Hip hop star Missy Elliot and Malian singer Habib Koite a...
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What Can I Say? - Part Two
Wed 23 Feb 2011
In this four-part documentary, Gary Bryson travels across South East Asia to explore...
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Assignment: Depicting Detroit
Wed 23 Feb 2011
Nina Robinson goes to Detroit where police have killed a seven-year-old girl while a a...
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Ship of Spies
Mon 21 Feb 2011
After allegations of torture and targeted killings, how can the CIA hope to repair its...
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Tahrir Square
Fri 18 Feb 2011
The BBC's Magdi Abdelhadi - himself Egyptian-born - relives the drama on the final of...
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Assignment: Europe's New Politics - Part Two
Thu 17 Feb 2011
In part two of Europe's New Politics, the BBC's Chris Bowlby travels to Austria and to...
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What Can I Say? - Part One
Wed 16 Feb 2011
In this four-part documentary, Gary Bryson travels across South East Asia to explore...
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Shaking the World - Part Four
Mon 14 Feb 2011
This series has shown how China is barrelling ahead with new infrastructure and new to...
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Fri 11 Feb 2011
"Mosquito one, mosquito two, mosquito jump in a hot callaloo. " What are the world's do...
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Assignment: Europe's New Politics
Thu 10 Feb 2011
Chris Bowlby investigates for Assignment how the far right is influencing mainstream...
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One Block in Harlem - Part Two
Wed 9 Feb 2011
Michael Goldfarb traces the iconic neighbourhood's story by telling the history of a...
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Shaking the World - Part Three
Mon 7 Feb 2011
Michael Robinson examines the social tensions within China that threaten the growth of...
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Profile: Mohamed ElBaradei
Fri 4 Feb 2011
Mukul Devichand tells the story of Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel Laureate and former to...
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Assignment - Palliative Care in India
Thu 3 Feb 2011
As part of the BBC's Extreme World coverage Linda Pressly reports from India on care -...
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One Block in Harlem - Part One
Wed 2 Feb 2011
Michael Goldfarb traces the iconic neighbourhood's story by telling the history of a...
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Shaking the World - Part Two
Mon 31 Jan 2011
As China's role has become the world's banker, Michael Robinson looks at the clash of...
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Japan: A Friend In Need
Fri 28 Jan 2011
Would you still walk down the aisle if you found out that you're prospective in-laws,...
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Assignment - India's Microcredit Meltdown
Thu 27 Jan 2011
Why is there a crisis in India's microcredit industry? For Assignment Madeleine Morris...
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Open Eye: Part Two
Wed 26 Jan 2011
Why are racial tensions increasing in one of the most progressive countries in Europe?...
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Shaking the World - Part One
Mon 24 Jan 2011
This documentary series examines the political, economic and cultural mechanisms of...
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Lost Voices of Afghanistan
Fri 21 Jan 2011
"My mind is unhinged and I'm sick of the smell of blood / it's hard to stay human in a...
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Assignment: Baghdad International Airport
Thu 20 Jan 2011
A snapshot of Iraq as seen through the prism of its main airport. For Assignment, to...
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Open Eye: Part One
Wed 19 Jan 2011
What sort of relationships do photojournalists form with the people that are the of of...
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Inside the IMF - Part Two
Mon 17 Jan 2011
In the past two years the International Monetary Fund has come out of the shadows to a...
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Wikipedia at 10
Fri 14 Jan 2011
As it enters its tenth year, we look at the history and evolution of Wikipedia, which...
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Assignment - Cyber Bullied
Thu 13 Jan 2011
For Assignment, Nina Robinson reports on how teenagers are navigating their online in...
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Blind Man Roams the Globe - Part Two
Wed 12 Jan 2011
Peter White is blind, but travels all over the world for his job. By listening to the...
