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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Europe's Illiberal Democrats: Hungary
Tue 14 Nov 2017
Hungary is becoming an "illiberal democracy". Is that its right, or a slide to autocracy?
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Remembering Solidarity
Fri 10 Nov 2017
Five Solidarity members reflect on the movement that ended communist rule in Poland
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Namibia’s Missing Millions
Thu 9 Nov 2017
David Grossman on Namibia’s missing tax millions revealed in the Paradise Papers
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The Invisible Hand of Donald Trump
Thu 9 Nov 2017
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times examines the economic impact of President Donald Trump
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The Last Kamikazes
Tue 7 Nov 2017
The indoctrination of Japan’s World War Two suicide pilots told by the last survivors
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Trump Re-Elected
Sat 4 Nov 2017
Donald Trump’s election win revisited - could he do it again in 2020?
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The Lost Children of ISIS
Thu 2 Nov 2017
Searching for captive children still lost after the retreat of so-called Islamic State
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Before I Go
Wed 1 Nov 2017
Four people share their life-affirming experience of living with a terminal illness
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The Red and the White: Retribution
Tue 31 Oct 2017
The story of the Red Terror in the North of Russia nearly 100 years ago
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AKA Mystery Island
Sat 28 Oct 2017
A tiny South Pacific island hosts 25,000 cruise ship tourists a month but at what cost?
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Sweden’s Child Migrant Mystery
Thu 26 Oct 2017
Why do asylum-seeking children in Sweden withdraw from the world & how can they recover?
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Nigeria: Shooting it Like a Woman
Wed 25 Oct 2017
Nigerian director Tope Oshin celebrates women film-makers currently reinventing Nollywood
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The Red and the White: Britain’s Arctic Prison
Tue 24 Oct 2017
How foreign troops incarcerated Russians on 'Death Island' in the White Sea
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A New Church for the Red State
Sun 22 Oct 2017
How a reforming priest brought revolution to Russia’s Orthodox Church
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Zanzibar: Spirits and Psychiatry
Thu 19 Oct 2017
The mentally-sick in Zanzibar turn to profiteering exorcists for treatment
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C-Section Brazil
Wed 18 Oct 2017
Brazil is the caesarean capital of the world. What is behind this C-section “epidemic”?
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The Red and the White: Intervention
Tue 17 Oct 2017
The story of a forgotten war fought by Western troops in Arctic Russia at the end of WW1
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I Speak Navajo
Sat 14 Oct 2017
"Growing up and not speaking the language, I felt this loss or this void"
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Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Abuse in Indonesia
Thu 12 Oct 2017
Indonesia has just conducted its first ever national survey on domestic violence
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Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Violence in Peru
Wed 11 Oct 2017
Rates of domestic violence in the Peruvian Andes are particularly high
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Behind Closed Doors: Solutions to Domestic Abuse in Kenya
Tue 10 Oct 2017
Unity is a village without men set up by Samburu women in response to domestic abuse
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Pakistani Media in the UK
Thu 5 Oct 2017
Manveen Rana uncovers hate speech and sectarianism in the UK's Urdu media
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Che Today
Tue 3 Oct 2017
Five decades after his death, how important is El Che for young Cubans today?
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The Silent Forest - Part Two
Sun 1 Oct 2017
How the locals of Thailand and Myanmar are resisting the destruction of their forests
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The Fish that Ate Florida
Sat 30 Sep 2017
Why some people want to eradicate the lionfish from Florida's waters
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Africa’s Billion Pound Migrant Trail
Thu 28 Sep 2017
Africa’s migrant trade is among the most lucrative. Can it ever be stopped?
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Making the Grade
Wed 27 Sep 2017
The global expansion of British music exams, and its very modern challenges
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The Avocado Wall
Tue 26 Sep 2017
The amazing success story of the avocado in the US as a case study for the future trade
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The Silent Forest - Part One
Sun 24 Sep 2017
The communities of rainforests of South-east Asia resisting destruction of their forests
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Life After Life
Sat 23 Sep 2017
How thousands of Americans given life sentences as children now have a chance of freedom
