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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Terra Madre
Thu 6 Jan 2011
The world’s disappearing food tribes and how their traditional food production may a...
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Blind Man Roams the Globe
Wed 5 Jan 2011
Peter White is blind, but travels all over the world for his job. Though listening to...
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Brazil: Lula's Legacy - part two
Mon 3 Jan 2011
In this two-part series, the BBC’s Paulo Cabral looks at Brazil’s investment fever...
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MI6 - A Century in the Shadows (Part Three)
Fri 31 Dec 2010
In the final part of this series, Sir John Scarlett, the former head of Britain's the...
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Assignment - Reporting Mindanao
Thu 30 Dec 2010
The Philippines is one of the most dangerous places in the world to report from.
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The Foods that Make Billions - Part Three
Wed 29 Dec 2010
How have advertisers and brand specialists convinced us to buy a commodity that is for...
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Brazil: Lula's Legacy - Part One
Mon 27 Dec 2010
In this two-part series, the BBC’s Paulo Cabral travels to the two places that life...
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MI6 - A Century in the Shadows (Part Two)
Christmas Eve 2010
The second part in this series describes what went on behind the Iron Curtain during...
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Assignment - Mexico's Toughest Cop
Thu 23 Dec 2010
For Assignment Rob Walker travels to the city of Tijuana on Mexico's border with the...
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The Foods that Make Billions - Part Two
Wed 22 Dec 2010
How have advertisers and brand specialists convinced us to buy a commodity that is for...
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Power and the Judges - Part Two
Mon 20 Dec 2010
Many Turks have lost faith in their judges, who are seen as out of touch and too close...
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MI6 - A Century in the Shadows
Fri 17 Dec 2010
Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, marks its centenary this year and BBC security...
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The Foods that Make Billions
Wed 15 Dec 2010
How have advertisers and brand specialists convinced us to buy a commodity that is for...
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Power and the Judges - Part One
Mon 13 Dec 2010
Why are judges so important in today's world and how do the courts earn and use their...
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Extremes of Corruption: Somalia - Part Two
Fri 10 Dec 2010
Does Somalia deserve its bad reputation for corruption? In the second of a two-part of...
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Extremes of Corruption: Sweden - Part One
Thu 9 Dec 2010
Does Sweden live up to its squeaky clean image? In the first of a two-part series at -...
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Oiling the Machine - Corruption in Chicago
Wed 8 Dec 2010
"We like our crooks, our fast Eddies, and we find them entertaining. " Steve Edwards to...
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Manny Pacquiao - Part Two
Fri 3 Dec 2010
In this exclusive two-part documentary, Mike Costello travels to the Philippines to...
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Assignment - Europe's Missing Millions
Thu 2 Dec 2010
For Assignment Angus Stickler tracks how money has gone astray across the 27 member of...
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Would You Kill the Big Guy: Part One
Mon 29 Nov 2010
You're standing on a footbridge next to a very big man. The only way you can stop an...
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Manny Pacquiao - Part One
Fri 26 Nov 2010
In this exclusive two-part documentary, Mike Costello travels to the Philippines to...
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Assignment: Anger in Punjab Province
Thu 25 Nov 2010
More than six million people in Pakistan now face the start of winter without adequate...
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Marching into History - Part Two
Wed 24 Nov 2010
"Lucky them, they didn't have to fight the battles we fought. " Michael Goldfarb traces...
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Road Kill - Part Two - Costa Rica
Mon 22 Nov 2010
"There are no words to describe when you lose your child, especially one who was full...
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The Impossible Life of Jacques Costeau
Fri 19 Nov 2010
Pioneering French marine explorer Jacques Cousteau brought marine life to cinema and...
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Assignment: Trouble in Dagestan
Thu 18 Nov 2010
Almost every day in the Russian republic of Dagestan there are reports of Islamist and...
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Marching into History - Part One
Wed 17 Nov 2010
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they...
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Road Kill - Part One - Kenya
Mon 15 Nov 2010
"It's a woman with a tiny baby and luggage on the back of a motorbike with no helmet.
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The Great Palace of Verse
Fri 12 Nov 2010
Completed by the poet Ferdowsi in 1010 AD, the Shahnameh is widely regarded as a of...
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Assignment: Congo's Blood Gold
Thu 11 Nov 2010
For Assignment Thomas Fessy investigates allegations that a senior Congolese general a...
