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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Assignment - Britain's gangmasters
Thu 4 Oct 2007
Assignment reports on the fate of thousands of migrants from eastern Europe, who come...
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Stem Cell Bazaar - Part 1
Wed 3 Oct 2007
Do stem cells really offer a miracle cure? Are the clinics offering genuine treatments...
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Rebuilding Southern Sudan Part 2
Mon 1 Oct 2007
Darfur has diverted attention from Southern Sudan, now emerging from civil war.
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Assignment - Burma: the road to crisis
Sat 29 Sep 2007
The two week uprising in Burma has been ruthlessly put down by the Burmese military.
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Assignment - Eritrea's persecuted Christians
Thu 27 Sep 2007
Assignment reports on the persecution of Christians in Eritrea - home to one of the in...
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A Journey from Conflict to Brotherhood
Wed 26 Sep 2007
John McCarthy looks at how the Kaduna Declaration in Kaduna, Nigeria, has had some in...
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Rebuilding Southern Sudan Part 1
Mon 24 Sep 2007
Darfur has diverted attention from Southern Sudan, now emerging from civil war.
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We're No Angels
Fri 21 Sep 2007
Karin Wells investigates controversial new laws in Poland that require over 35s to...
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Assignment - Liverpool's drug gangs
Thu 20 Sep 2007
Assignment reports on how a once model public housing project in Liverpool, has become...
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Top of the Class - Part 2
Wed 19 Sep 2007
Owen Bennett-Jones visits two of the world's leading educational establishments - and...
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The Clinton Years Part 4
Mon 17 Sep 2007
Gavin Esler tells the story of Bill Clinton's controversial and colourful presidency,...
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On the road in Iraq
Fri 14 Sep 2007
Many ordinary people in Iraq continue to live in extraordianry circumstances.
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Assignment - Rough justice in Japan
Thu 13 Sep 2007
We report on a miscarriage of justice in Japan - a case which has opened a debate how...
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Top of the Class - Part 1
Wed 12 Sep 2007
Education matters - Owen Bennett-Jones visits educational establishments which have to...
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The Clinton Years Part 3
Mon 10 Sep 2007
Having won a second term, Clinton found new confidence when dealing with foreign policy.
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The Clinton Years - part 2
Mon 3 Sep 2007
From authorising emergency bailout during the Mexican economic collapse to balancing...
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Mother's Mountain
Fri 31 Aug 2007
In August 1986 Julie Tullis became the first British woman climber to reach the summit...
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Heritage, The Balkans - Part Three: Bosnia
Wed 29 Aug 2007
Malcolm Billings explores the reconstruction projects slowly restoring the region's...
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The Clinton Years - Part 1
Mon 27 Aug 2007
When William Jefferson Clinton was elected President of the United States on 3 1992,...
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Sudan: The Lost Boy Returns
Fri 24 Aug 2007
Jane Little follows one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan" who goes back to be reunited with...
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Heritage, The Balkans - Part Two: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Wed 22 Aug 2007
Malcolm Billings explores the reconstruction projects slowly restoring the region's...
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Zimbabwe Out of Control - Part 2
Thu 16 Aug 2007
In the second of these two programmes, Paul Bakibinga considers how Zimbabwe might one...
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Malaria and Fake Drugs
Thu 16 Aug 2007
Jill McGivering follows the trail of fake drugs, from the marginalised communities at...
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Heritage, The Balkans - Part One: Kosovo
Tue 14 Aug 2007
Malcolm Billings explores the reconstruction projects slowly restoring the region's...
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Zimbabwe Out of Control - Part 1
Fri 10 Aug 2007
In the first of two programmes, Paul Bakibinga considers the causes behind the of the...
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Maids: The Untold Story Part 1
Fri 10 Aug 2007
It reads like a soap opera, but this is not fiction: round-the-clock confinement, and...
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Assignment: Ghanaian Drug Mules
Thu 9 Aug 2007
Gabby O'Donnell goes to Ghana to meet some convicted drugs mules, and hears how they,...
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Maids: The Untold Story - Part Two
Wed 8 Aug 2007
In the second programme, Judith Kampfner looks at women who work as maids in their own...
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Coming Out Part 2
Mon 6 Aug 2007
In South Africa, equality - on the basis of race, language, culture and sexual - are...
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Heritage, The Balkans - Part Four: Butrint, Albania
Sun 5 Aug 2007
Malcolm Billings explores the reconstruction projects slowly restoring the region's...
