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 Crescent and the Cross - Part Four
Mon 30 Nov 2009
In the final part of this series, Owen Bennett-Jones examines the Islamic leader who...
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StoryCorps - Part One
Fri 27 Nov 2009
How would you like to leave a record of your life for your That's the future for of an...
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Assignment Malvinas War Crimes
Thu 26 Nov 2009
Twenty seven years after Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falklands, or the...
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Assignment - The Congo Connection
Thu 26 Nov 2009
In Assignment Peter Greste investigates whether Rwandans in France and Germany are a...
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Short Changing the Planet
Wed 25 Nov 2009
The BBC World Service has been investigating the controversial issue of whether poor...
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The Crescent and The Cross: Part Three
Mon 23 Nov 2009
In the third instalment of The Crescent and the Cross, Owen Bennett Jones examines one...
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John Simpson Returns to 1989 - Part Two
Thu 19 Nov 2009
The BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of life...
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A Dollar A Day - Part Three
Wed 18 Nov 2009
In Nepal, severe drought and unreliable monsoon rains have led to acute food shortages.
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The Crescent and The Cross: Part Two
Mon 16 Nov 2009
Owen Bennett Jones explores five crucial battles in the relationship between and Islam...
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Assignment: Better Banking
Thu 12 Nov 2009
As governments struggle to curb the so-called “casino-banking” practices which for...
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Africa's Forgotten Soldiers
Thu 12 Nov 2009
Seventy years after the start of the Second World War the overwhelming impression is a...
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A Dollar a Day - Part 2
Wed 11 Nov 2009
Thrown off nearby farms at the time of Namibia’s independence, the squatters of a...
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The Crescent and the Cross - Part One
Mon 9 Nov 2009
The Crescent and the Cross, a four-part series, presented by Owen Bennett-Jones, in...
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Youssou N’Dour at 50
Thu 5 Nov 2009
To mark the 50th birthday of Youssou N'Dour, Robin Denselow travels to Senegal to the...
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Assignment - Guinea on the Brink
Thu 5 Nov 2009
Mark Doyle reports from Guinea in West Africa on the harrowing events of 28 September...
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A Dollar a Day - Part 1
Wed 4 Nov 2009
What keeps a billion people trapped in the most persistent poverty? Mike Wooldridge to...
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Russia's all-female military regiments
Mon 2 Nov 2009
The extraordinary but little-known tale of Russia's three all-female regiments that on...
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Public Places, Private Lives - Part Two
Fri 30 Oct 2009
Public Places, Private Lives is a series of portraits of well known places that reveal...
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Assignment - Dying to Give Birth
Thu 29 Oct 2009
Jill McGivering travels to Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, to meet a doctor who is...
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Rebranding Nigeria - Part Two
Wed 28 Oct 2009
Nigeria is campaigning for a new image and a new reputation in an effort to attract...
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MI6 - A Century in the Shadows - Part Tree
Mon 26 Oct 2009
The head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service Sir John Scarlett, talks for the...
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Public Places, Private Lives - Part One
Fri 23 Oct 2009
Public Places, Private Lives is a series of portraits of well known places that reveal...
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Assignment - Protecting Britain's Children
Thu 22 Oct 2009
When a 17 month-old London child died after horrific abuse by his family, it unleashed...
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Rebranding Nigeria - Part One
Wed 21 Oct 2009
Can the home of 419 internet scams, corruption and voodoo ever transmit a positive Is...
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MI6 - A Century in the Shadows
Mon 19 Oct 2009
In Programme Two, we find out what were spies really up to behind the Iron Curtain.
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Assignment Armenia: The cleverest nation on the planet
Thu 15 Oct 2009
Every two years teams from all over the world compete with one another in the Chess...
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John Simpson Returns to 1989
Thu 15 Oct 2009
The BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of life...
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MI6 - A century in the shadows
Mon 12 Oct 2009
An unprecedented look inside MI6 - Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, which marks...
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Memento, part two
Fri 9 Oct 2009
Imagine that conflict and violence force you to flee your country, leaving behind all...
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Assignment - Three Strike Lifers
Thu 8 Oct 2009
A life sentence for stealing a pair of socks. In California the tough 'three strikes'...
