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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Togetherness: Coronavirus Global Conversations
Sun 12 Apr 2020
A place to talk about the impact of the disease on you, your family and your communities
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Coronavirus and Europe
Sat 11 Apr 2020
The challenges posed by and the consequences of the outbreak of Covid-19 in Europe
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Women of the World
Sat 11 Apr 2020
Kim Chakanetsa talks to the acclaimed authors Isabel Allende and Edna O’Brien
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Don't log off - part two
Sat 11 Apr 2020
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
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Extreme measures
Thu 9 Apr 2020
Can extremists who murder people like Jack Merritt ever be de-radicalised?
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Melbourne: The sounds of the city
Tue 7 Apr 2020
Peter White, blind since birth, explores Melbourne through the sounds he hears.
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Togetherness: Coronavirus Global Conversations
Sun 5 Apr 2020
Coronavirus Global Conversations is a place to talk about the impact of the disease.
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Germany's refugee teachers
Sat 4 Apr 2020
As Germany struggles with a teacher shortage, can refugee teachers fill the gap?
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Don't Log Off
Sat 4 Apr 2020
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
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The man who died for trees
Thu 2 Apr 2020
A mystery killing has shocked Romania as the fight over its ancient forests turns deadly
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Miami: The sounds of the city
Tue 31 Mar 2020
Peter White, blind since birth, explores Miami through the sounds he hears
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Ethiopia and Eritrea: Rebirth at the border
Mon 30 Mar 2020
What does the future hold on either side of the Ethiopia-Eritrea border?
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North Korea's celebrity defectors
Thu 26 Mar 2020
How North Korean defectors have become a hugely valuable commodity in South Korea
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Indonesia: Not cool to date
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Saying no to dating is part of a growing ultraconservative social movement in Indonesia
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The importance of Jurgen Klopp
Tue 24 Mar 2020
Becky Milligan presents a profile of Jurgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool Football Club
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New York Stories with Joe Pascal
Sun 22 Mar 2020
Joe Pascal meets Darryl McDaniels of the legendary rap group Run-DMC
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Ireland’s housing hunger
Thu 19 Mar 2020
How young people in Ireland are facing a huge housing crisis
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Behind the Hong Kong protests
Sun 15 Mar 2020
What is motivating the demonstrators on the city’s streets – and their opponents?
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The trees that bleed
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Illegal logging of the endangered rosewood tree is decimating forests in Casamance
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She2He2She
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Nele and Ellie identified as transmen in their teens. Both are now reidentifying as female
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Introducing 13 Minutes to the Moon Season 2
Mon 9 Mar 2020
Jump on-board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story
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Something In The Air?
Thu 5 Mar 2020
Cabin crew claim toxic air is harming them, but airlines say there’s no proven link
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The Detransitioners: He2She2He
Tue 3 Mar 2020
Transgender journeys of people who transitioned and then returned to their birth gender
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Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip-hop on Rikers Island - Part two
Sun 1 Mar 2020
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learning to rap in Rikers Island jail
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Confessions of a mafia boss
Thu 27 Feb 2020
Dominic Casciani gets exclusive access to a former mafia boss turned prosecution witness
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Don't log off - part two
Wed 26 Feb 2020
People in Afghanistan, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and beyond explore what unites them
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Houston, we have a new criminal justice system
Tue 25 Feb 2020
Can new judges transform Houston’s criminal justice system?
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Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip-hop on Rikers Island - Part one
Sun 23 Feb 2020
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learning to rap in Rikers Island jail
