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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Empty Spain and the Caravans of Love
Thu 28 Feb 2019
How does a lonely, Spanish shepherd find love when single women have left for the city?
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Egypt and how it sees Britain
Wed 27 Feb 2019
Neil MacGregor explores how other countries see Britain
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Hearing me
Tue 26 Feb 2019
What does life sound like for someone whose hearing has suddenly changed?
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The Miracle of St Anthony's
Sun 24 Feb 2019
How an impoverished school achieved amazing success on and off the basketball court
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Malawi: Life After Death Row
Thu 21 Feb 2019
A ground-breaking re-sentencing project has changed the fates of more than 100 inmates
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As the World Sees Britain: Germany and how it sees Britain
Wed 20 Feb 2019
Political and cultural figures in Germany on how they and their communities see Britain
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George Weah: The footballing president
Tue 19 Feb 2019
Is Liberia’s footballing President George Weah achieving his goals?
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Can we fix it? The inside story of match fixing in tennis
Thu 14 Feb 2019
The inside story of how players and betting gangs are fixing matches in tennis
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The Trumped Republicans
Wed 13 Feb 2019
Republican insider Ron Christie assesses how Donald Trump has shaken up his own party
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The Ballads of Emmett Till
Sun 10 Feb 2019
Fourteen year-old Emmett Till was murdered in 1955. His death has resonated ever since
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The Pledge
Thu 7 Feb 2019
Students die every year on US college campuses because of dangerous “hazing” rituals
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My Brexit Dilemma
Wed 6 Feb 2019
For Adrian Goldberg, Brexit has raised a dilemma: should he get a German passport?
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Sweeping the World
Tue 5 Feb 2019
Imtiaz Dharker presents a reflective evocation of the broom, in words, sound and music
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The Politics of Mongolian Hip Hop
Sat 2 Feb 2019
How Mongolia’s massive hip hop scene is shaping the country’s future
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Japan's Elderly Crime Wave
Thu 31 Jan 2019
Elderly pensioners in Japan commit petty crimes so that they can be sent to prison
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Solving Alzheimer's: Living and Dying with Alzheimer's
Tue 29 Jan 2019
How best to live and die with dementia and the difficult choices people have to make
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Songs from the Depths of Hell
Sun 27 Jan 2019
Blessed with a photographic memory Aleksander Kulisiewicz recorded songs of the damned...
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Closing Uganda’s Orphanage
Thu 24 Jan 2019
Hundreds of illegal orphanages in Uganda, many funded by UK charities, face closure.
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Solving Alzheimer's: The Trillion Dollar Disease
Tue 22 Jan 2019
How will governments find the money and workers to care for Alzheimer’s sufferers?
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The Assassination - Part Two
Sun 20 Jan 2019
Who killed Benazir Bhutto? Why has a 10-year investigation failed to find her killers?
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France, Algeria and the battle for truth
Thu 17 Jan 2019
A widow’s 60 year campaign for the truth about her husband’s death in the Algerian War
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Africa’s Drone Experiment
Wed 16 Jan 2019
Is there a viable case for drone deliveries in East Africa?
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Solving Alzheimer's: Fear and Stigma
Tue 15 Jan 2019
How fear and lack of understanding of Alzheimer’s is stigmatising those who have it
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The Assassination - Part One
Sun 13 Jan 2019
Who killed Benazir Bhutto? And why has 10-year investigation failed to find her killers?
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Balkan Border Wars - Serbia and Kosovo
Thu 10 Jan 2019
Old enemies Serbia and Kosovo discuss what for some is unthinkable - an ethnic land swap
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Cuban Voices
Tue 8 Jan 2019
Ordinary Cubans reveal what their lives have really been like under Castro’s socialism
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From the Ground Up
Sat 5 Jan 2019
The Central African Republic and its struggle to develop after years of conflict
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The Brazilian Footballer Who Never Was
Thu 3 Jan 2019
How one boy’s dream was cut short by the beautiful game’s ugly prejudice in Brazil.
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New York's Flower Market: Things my Father Loved
New Year's Day 2019
What does it take to make a living in the New York flower market?
