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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The Great Writ
Mon 29 Mar 2010
The writ of Habeas Corpus prevents an individual from unlawful detention.
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Shed Men
Fri 26 Mar 2010
Australian men are typically defined as confident and unassailable characters, but is...
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Assignment - Love and Morals in Mangalore
Thu 25 Mar 2010
Tinku Ray reports from Mangalore in south India where street vigilantes are making it...
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Queenan's Crime Scenes
Wed 24 Mar 2010
American author Joe Queenan's passion for crime fiction sees him heading to two very...
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Road to Rwanda
Mon 22 Mar 2010
"I don't know anything about the genocide. I didn't kill anyone or steal from anyone.
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The Other Internet
Fri 19 Mar 2010
China patrols its cyberspace carefully. The government there closes down hundreds of...
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Afghan Bloggers
Wed 17 Mar 2010
Najieh Ghulami looks at the way bloggers in Afghanistan operate and how increased will...
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The Virtual Revolution - Homo Interneticus
Mon 15 Mar 2010
Dr Aleks Krotoski concludes her investigation of the internet twenty years on by our...
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Internet Cafe Hobo - Part Three
Fri 12 Mar 2010
Nick finds that internet cafes are not just a way to stay in contact with family, and...
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Assignment: Hackers For Hire
Thu 11 Mar 2010
An investigation into the expertise of Russian hackers. What makes them so good at...
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Online dating in India
Wed 10 Mar 2010
The people behind the booming online dating industry in India believe they are society...
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The Virtual Revolution - The Cost Of Free
Mon 8 Mar 2010
How commerce has colonised the web - and how web users are paying for what appear to...
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Spanning the World - Part Two
Fri 5 Mar 2010
The Ponte Milvio, the bridge that spans the Tiber river in Rome, is a site of both and...
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Great Expectations, part two
Wed 3 Mar 2010
Nina Robinson returns to east London for the second part of Great Expectations, the in...
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The Virtual Revolution - Enemy Of The State
Mon 1 Mar 2010
How has the online world impacted on global politics? Twenty years on from the of the...
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Home from Home Part Two
Sat 27 Feb 2010
London based British-Asian DJ, Bobby Friction travels to North America to find out the...
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Spanning the World - Part One
Fri 26 Feb 2010
Italian artist Joseph Stella depicted the Brooklyn Bridge in New York as a metaphor in...
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Assignment: Taxing Questions for Greeks
Thu 25 Feb 2010
No-one likes paying tax - but avoiding it is a way of life for many people in Greece,...
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Great Expectations, part one
Wed 24 Feb 2010
The world may be coming to East London in 2012, but the world is already represented...
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The Virtual Revolution -- The Great Leveller
Mon 22 Feb 2010
Since its birth almost twenty years ago, the World Wide Web has transformed our world...
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Polar Bear Kebabs
Fri 19 Feb 2010
Iranian Kazem Ariaiwand runs the most northerly kebab shop on the planet.
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Assignment - Mexico's Drug War
Thu 18 Feb 2010
A war is raging between rival drug cartels along Mexico's border with the United States.
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Obama's America - The End of the Dream
Wed 17 Feb 2010
As the United States endures its worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, the...
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New York's Catholics
Mon 15 Feb 2010
The religious face of New York is being transformed. Once the preserve of the Irish...
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Message in a Bottle
Fri 12 Feb 2010
The fabric of island life as described through the most non-instant of communication -...
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Assignment: Unlawful Detention
Thu 11 Feb 2010
Every year thousands of asylum seekers are detained in Britain. They are held while to...
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Obama's America - Part One
Wed 10 Feb 2010
Simon Schama examines some of the daunting challenges facing Barack Obama, both on the...
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Opposing Obama - Part Two
Mon 8 Feb 2010
Author and journalist Gary Younge tells the story of the other side of the Obama who...
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China's Forgotten Admiral
Fri 5 Feb 2010
Zheng He was an epic seafarer who predates Columbus - and who symbolises China's...
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Textbook Diplomacy - Part Two
Wed 3 Feb 2010
In Europe, school history textbooks are used to heal the wounds of conflict, overcome...
