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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1968: The year that changed the world?
Fri 5 Dec 2008
In this four part series, using archive recordings and music from the time, Sir John a...
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Assignment - Aids and the Caribbean
Thu 4 Dec 2008
Five years after doing a series of reports on HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean, Emma her...
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Timeline - part one
Wed 3 Dec 2008
In this topical and lively series, contemporary stories and events are explored the of...
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1968: The year that changed the world?
Fri 28 Nov 2008
In this four part series, using archive recordings and music from the time, Sir John a...
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Tired of Terror Part Two
Tue 25 Nov 2008
Rupa Jha explores what ex-militants in Kashmir and their families expect from the future.
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Street Art Part One
Thu 20 Nov 2008
This series looks at street art in two very different cities: New York and Sao Paulo.
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Giving up the gun in Kashmir
Tue 18 Nov 2008
Rupa Jha talks to former militants in Kashmir and their families about why they took...
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The world without...copper
Fri 14 Nov 2008
You might think that copper is just another metal, but in fact it is a vital substance.
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Toxic Trailers - Assignment
Thu 13 Nov 2008
Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless when Hurricane Katrina devastated...
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Hard lessons from Afghanistan Part Two
Wed 12 Nov 2008
Former Kabul correspondent Alan Johnston reflects on decades of turmoil in from the in...
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Animal Migration in a Climate of Change - Part Three
Mon 10 Nov 2008
Animal Migration in a Climate of Change is a special four-part series that explores is...
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The world without...cows
Fri 7 Nov 2008
Discover just how important cows have been civilisation, all around the world.
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Hard Lessons from Afghanistan Part One
Wed 5 Nov 2008
Former Kabul correspondent Alan Johnston reflects on decades of turmoil in from the in...
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Animal Migration in a Climate of Change
Tue 4 Nov 2008
Animal Migration in a Climate of Change is a special four-part series that explores is...
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The PR battle for the Caucasus
Mon 3 Nov 2008
The South Ossetian conflict not only sparked a military war between Russia and but a...
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Rat Attack
Fri 31 Oct 2008
Neil McCarthy pieces together a story of rats, famine and insurrection from the 1950's...
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The Lost Veterans
Wed 29 Oct 2008
Andrew Purcell investigates the growing homelessness crisis among Iraq and Afghanistan...
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America’s First Principles
Mon 27 Oct 2008
Allan Little presents an appraisal of the man described as America's Apostle of Thomas...
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Failure or Fraud
Fri 24 Oct 2008
As the global banking crisis deepens, a flood of multi-million dollar lawsuits is to...
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Is al-Qaeda winning? Part Four
Mon 20 Oct 2008
The Saudi Interior Ministry and the US Military in Iraq have offered al - Qaeda and...
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Out Of The Ghetto
Fri 17 Oct 2008
This special documentary exploring life in Chicago's inner city is based on Ghetto an...
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The View from Kashmir Assignment
Thu 16 Oct 2008
A series of protests against Indian rule in Kashmir has left more than 30 people dead...
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Is al-Qaeda Winning? Part Three
Fri 10 Oct 2008
Owen Bennett-Jones tests the big promises governments have made about the financial on...
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In the Shadow of the Cartel Assignment
Thu 9 Oct 2008
In Mexico, the government has deployed thousands of troops in an attempt to break up...
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Children of the Revolution Part two
Wed 8 Oct 2008
In Iran, the constant drugs crisis and loss of skilled workers contrast with a lively...
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Is al Qaeda Winning? part two
Fri 3 Oct 2008
Owen Bennett-Jones looks at al Qaeda's hard power and military capabilities in its key...
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Africa's Guantanamo Assignment
Thu 2 Oct 2008
In Assignment, Robert Walker travels to East Africa to investigate a secret detention...
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Children of the revolution Part one
Wed 1 Oct 2008
This series explores what life offers to Iran's burgeoning young population who are by...
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Is al Qaeda Winning? Part one
Mon 29 Sep 2008
Seven years into the global war on terror, is al-Qaeda winning? It's a deceptively one...
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Pakistan's Tribal areas
Thu 25 Sep 2008
Pakistan's government is locked in an intense battle with Islamist militants for of on...
