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.
Episodes to download
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The great dolphin release
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Freeing Johnny, Rocky and Rambo, the dolphins of the world's last travelling circus
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Assignment: Ageing without a safety net in Malaysia
Tue 17 Sep 2024
How Malaysia failed to plan for its fast-growing elderly population
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In the Studio: Lenin Tamayo and Q-pop
Mon 16 Sep 2024
Peruvian singer Lenin Tamayo, creator of Quechua pop, works on his next EP
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Solutions Journalism: The African 'Babelfish'
Sun 15 Sep 2024
How Bonaventure Dossou's translation app is increasing accessibility to African dialects
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The Fifth Floor: Exam nightmares
Sat 14 Sep 2024
Stories from India and China about the exams that shape the lives of millions
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BBC OS Conversations: Are we still in love with dating apps?
Sat 14 Sep 2024
We hear from people who ditched their dating apps and from those who found love on them
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Heart and Soul: Indigenous healing on the party island of Ibiza
Fri 13 Sep 2024
Indigenous spirituality on the modern island of Ibiza
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Trending: Can we live without our phones?
Thu 12 Sep 2024
Marianna Spring investigates the impact of smartphones and social media on teens
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Flying high: The return of the peregrine falcon
Thu 12 Sep 2024
The fastest animal on earth – the peregrine falcon – is thriving alongside us
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The Midwife’s Confession: Eye Investigates
Tue 10 Sep 2024
‘Now another girl has been born, kill her’ – Indian midwives make a shocking confession
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Assignment: Ivory Coast's cocoa crisis
Tue 10 Sep 2024
The journey from cocoa to chocolate in Ivory Coast
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In The Studio: Tuan Andrew Nguyen - The healing power of art
Mon 9 Sep 2024
Using film, sculpture and installations, Tuan explores how memories haunt the present
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Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary
Sun 8 Sep 2024
Indiana Jones: the kids who remade a blockbuster — Lives Less Ordinary
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The Fifth Floor: Pakistan's internet mystery
Sat 7 Sep 2024
People in Pakistan are struggling to use social media. Why?
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BBC OS Conversations: What's it like to have mpox
Sat 7 Sep 2024
Mpox sufferers and doctors share their experiences
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Heart and Soul: Synagogue for sale
Fri 6 Sep 2024
Polish anthropologist Alexandra Janus deliberates buying back a piece of her heritage
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Bonus: CrowdScience - How do fish survive in the deep ocean?
Thu 5 Sep 2024
What allows fish to cope with the immense water pressure of the ocean depths?
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West Bank: Settlers, guns and sanctions
Wed 4 Sep 2024
Extremist settlers are supported by “state-linked” organisations, BBC Eye reveals
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Assignment: The 'ghost city' of Cyprus
Tue 3 Sep 2024
The beach resort frozen in time by 50 years of conflict, and the struggle over its future
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In the Studio: Laurie Anderson
Mon 2 Sep 2024
One of America's most daring artists records a new album inspired by Amelia Earhart
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Global Dancefloor: Tbilisi
Mon 2 Sep 2024
In Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, the underground music scene is fighting against a clampdown
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Three Million: 8. Road to the past
Sun 1 Sep 2024
Kavita meets some of the last survivors of the 1943 Bengal famine
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The Fifth Floor: Ukraine's 'Memory Cafés'
Sat 31 Aug 2024
Could a cup of coffee become an act of love and remembrance?
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BBC OS Conversations: Three years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan
Sat 31 Aug 2024
Afghan women discuss their everyday life and the impact of tighter new restrictions
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Heart and Soul: Afghanistan 20 years on
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Julia Paul discovers what happened to the young women she taught in Kabul 20 years ago
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Courting success: A journey to Paris 2024
Thu 29 Aug 2024
Kgothatso Montjane talks about her life as a wheelchair tennis champion
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Bonus: The Inquiry - What does Hezbollah want?
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Hezbollah has intensified attacks on Israel - who are they and what do they want?
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Assignment: The struggle for Jerusalem’s Old City
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Why Armenians in Jerusalem say they are fighting an existential battle
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In the Studio: Architect Daniel Libeskind
Mon 26 Aug 2024
Creating a building to house Albert Einstein's legacy, work and research in Jerusalem
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The next Paralympians
Sun 25 Aug 2024
The trailblazing sports stars with a learning disability and the barriers they face
