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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Yiddish - a Struggle for Survival - Part One
Wed 7 Oct 2009
Yiddish was the language of the Jewish Diaspora, the language of a people on the move...
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The Crash: Back from the brink
Mon 5 Oct 2009
The third part of the BBC's definitive series on the banking crash tells the story of...
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Memento, part one
Fri 2 Oct 2009
Imagine that conflict and violence force you to flee your country, leaving behind all...
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Assignment - The Mystery of the Arctic Sea
Thu 1 Oct 2009
It's straight out of the pages of a thriller novel: a cargo ship, lost without trace;...
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Desperate Dreams - Part Two
Wed 30 Sep 2009
Presenter Jenny Cuffe sets out to find Fereinatu, a teenage girl who was trafficked...
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Assignment - Chasing the Tax Cheats
Tue 29 Sep 2009
This week's Assignment looks at the much-vaunted crackdown on tax havens announced by...
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The Crash: The Age of Risk
Mon 28 Sep 2009
The second of this three-part series that examines the boom before the bust of 2008 at...
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Building out of the Recession - part two
Fri 25 Sep 2009
Can we build our way out of the recession? The Empire State Building was started just...
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Desperate Dreams - part one
Tue 22 Sep 2009
Two years ago, Jenny Cuffe followed the journeys of migrants trying to leave Africa a...
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The Crash: The bank that busted the world
Mon 21 Sep 2009
What were the key moments that led to financial meltdown, and what happened in the The...
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Building Out of the Recession
Thu 17 Sep 2009
Just weeks after the Wall Street Crash in 1929, work began on the Empire State Building.
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Assignment - Dog Fighting in Chicago
Thu 17 Sep 2009
If my dog is tough then I'm tough. Killer dogs give teenagers status in Chicago.
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Dreams from my mother
Tue 15 Sep 2009
President Barack Obama has famously written of the influence exerted on him by his in...
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Benjamin Jealous - the future of the NAACP
Mon 14 Sep 2009
enjamin Jealous is the leader of America's oldest and largest black civil rights group.
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World Stories: Mexico's Missing Island
Fri 11 Sep 2009
Bermeja Island is missing. This strategically important island was clearly visible on...
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Citizen Journalism - Part Two
Wed 9 Sep 2009
n the second episode Michael Buerk visits Cairo and experience for himself how - among...
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Mastering Business
Wed 9 Sep 2009
What role did the business schools play in last year's financial crisis? In this of Ed...
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Why is Africa poor? Part three
Mon 7 Sep 2009
Enterprise, money, innovation are all there. Is tapping into a continent's optimism to...
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World Stories: Israel's Muslim soldiers
Fri 4 Sep 2009
Rachid Sekkai from the BBC's Arabic Service talks to Muslims currently serving in the...
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Assignment - China Saving's Habit
Thu 3 Sep 2009
Colin Yu is a teacher who lives in Shanghai. He has a job but still struggles to his...
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Citizen journalism - democracy or chaos?
Wed 2 Sep 2009
Michael Buerk analyses the potential – and the dangers – of citizen journalism.
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Why is Africa poor? Part Two
Mon 31 Aug 2009
Accusations of tribalism, corruption and complacency have all been offered as to the...
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World stories: new media in Kashmir
Fri 28 Aug 2009
Violent footage from the Kashmir conflict has been shared almost in real-time by on...
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Assignment - Mutiny in Bangladesh
Thu 27 Aug 2009
Six months ago there was a short military revolt in Bangladesh that threatened to push...
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Why is Africa poor?
Mon 24 Aug 2009
Mark Doyle crosses the continent of Africa and finds a place rich in natural resources...
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World Stories: Fighting for Pao Culture in Burma
Fri 21 Aug 2009
Ko Ko Aung from the BBC's Burmese Service, travelled to Burma to find out why a rebel...
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America's African Outpost
Thu 20 Aug 2009
Fran Abrams is given rare access to the US base in Djibouti questioning military local...
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Gold - part two
Wed 19 Aug 2009
Nick Rankin descends into the deepest goldmine in the world – Tau Tona in South for...
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Selling cheese to the Chinese
Fri 14 Aug 2009
Mukul Devichand tells the story of the Europeans who are trying to persuade China's to...
