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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Heart and Soul: Corruption in the Curia
Fri 23 Aug 2024
How financial investigator Libero Milone fell foul of the Vatican but kept his faith
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Solutions Journalism: A better start
Thu 22 Aug 2024
The people finding solutions to improve the odds for premature babies
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Invisible souls
Wed 21 Aug 2024
The fishermen who say they were mistreated by a Scottish fishing company speak out
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Assignment: Ukraine - on the front line
Tue 20 Aug 2024
Drone technology is transforming the battlefield in Ukraine.
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Under ash: Uncovering Maui’s past
Sun 18 Aug 2024
How historic mistreatment contributed to the 2023 deadly Hawaiian wildfires
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The Fifth Floor: The rise of caste influencers in India
Sat 17 Aug 2024
The young women taking to social media to show 'caste pride'
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BBC OS Conversations: Life in Venezuela
Sat 17 Aug 2024
Venezuelans inside the country and abroad share their stories
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Heart and Soul: Muslim sex education
Fri 16 Aug 2024
The educators teaching Muslim women about healthy sex
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India's fight against TB
Thu 15 Aug 2024
India has set itself a target to eradicate tuberculosis by 2025. But can it succeed?
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Solutions Journalism: The art of air pollution
Wed 14 Aug 2024
We meet the creatives that are turning deadly air pollution into art, ink and jewellery
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Assignment: Rejecting Public Education in Arizona
Tue 13 Aug 2024
‘School choice’: Why are parents opting out of public education for their children?
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In the Studio: Munch on the move
Mon 12 Aug 2024
How do you take an Edvand Munch exhibition worth millions to both sides of the Atlantic?
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'Indocumentados’: America’s undocumented migrants
Sun 11 Aug 2024
First-hand accounts of the precarious lives of America’s undocumented Latinos
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The Fifth Floor: Vietnam's matchmakers
Sat 10 Aug 2024
Why so many Vietnamese women use matchmaking agencies to find a foreign spouse?
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BBC OS Conversations: Gen Z and power change in Bangladesh
Sat 10 Aug 2024
Young voices on the extraordinary political upheaval in their country
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Heart and Soul: Digital grief
Fri 9 Aug 2024
Could AI versions of loved ones who have died help the bereaved deal with their grief?
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The Global Jigsaw: The Taliban’s war on women
Thu 8 Aug 2024
The group’s return to power in Afghanistan has seen the erasure of women from public life
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Bonus: The Engineers - Intelligent Machines
Thu 8 Aug 2024
We speak to three engineers at the forefront of the 'Machine Learning: AI' revolution
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Solutions Journalism: Going bananas
Wed 7 Aug 2024
Can the killer fungus Tropical Race 4 that is ravaging banana plantations be stopped?
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Assignment: The Italian town where praying is a political issue
Tue 6 Aug 2024
Monfalcone’s mayor has effectively tried to ban collective Muslim prayer in her town
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In the Studio: B-girl Ray Gun
Mon 5 Aug 2024
Australia’s top female breakdancer prepares for her debut at the Paris 2024 Olympics
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Erasing Hong Kong
Sun 4 Aug 2024
Paul French explores how Hong Kong's history is being revised and erased
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The Fifth Floor: Three years of Taliban rule
Sat 3 Aug 2024
Two BBC Afghan journalists reflect on the third anniversary of the Taliban takeover.
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BBC OS Conversations: Protests in Bangladesh
Sat 3 Aug 2024
The fears, stress and loss experienced by those both within and outside the country
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Heart and Soul: Wrestling for redemption in Jordan
Fri 2 Aug 2024
The would-be Olympic champion who is now fighting to overcome his past traumas in Jordan
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Bonus: World Book Club - Edna O'Brien
Thu 1 Aug 2024
We look back to an interview with Irish author, Edna O'brien, on her book Country Girls
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Bonus: The Global Story - Divorce
Wed 31 Jul 2024
In a bonus episode of The Global Story podcast - Divorce: The art of breaking up
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Bonus: HARDtalk - The Whistleblowers
Tue 30 Jul 2024
In a bonus episode from HARDtalk - what motivates whistleblowers?
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In the Studio: Willard Wigan
Mon 29 Jul 2024
World-renowned micro-sculptor Willard Wigan carves a tribute to Charles Darwin
