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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Inside Transgender Pakistan
Mon 31 Jul 2017
Pakistan's Hijra, or third gender, community shun a new emerging transgender identity
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The children of partition
Mon 31 Jul 2017
The effects of the Partition of India in 1947 on generations of Indians
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Yangon Renaissance: Poets, Punks and Painters
Wed 26 Jul 2017
Inside Yangon as revealed through the artists, writers and musicians forging new Myanmar
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Stravinsky in South Africa
Tue 25 Jul 2017
Igor Stravinsky’s ground-breaking concert for a black audience at the height of apartheid
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Museum of Lost Objects: Delhi's Stolen Seat of Power
Sun 23 Jul 2017
The creation and capture of Mughal India’s coveted Peacock Throne
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If You're Going to San Francisco
Sat 22 Jul 2017
In the summer of 1967, thousands of hippies descended on San Francisco
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The Battle for Raqqa
Thu 20 Jul 2017
On the frontline with the female Kurdish fighters liberating Raqqa and themselves
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The End of Sand
Thu 20 Jul 2017
Our planet's sand reserves may be running out, with serious consequences for society
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Reclaiming Karachi
Thu 20 Jul 2017
Inspiring stories of change from the streets of Pakistan's largest city
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The Response: America’s Story - My 100 Days
Wed 19 Jul 2017
President Trump's first 100 days as seen by the residents of the city of Boise, Idaho
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The Response: America's Story - Immigration
Tue 18 Jul 2017
First-hand stories of migrants' journeys to America and what the Trump presidency means
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The Response: America's Story - Health
Mon 17 Jul 2017
Insights into the impact of Obamacare and what its repeal means for Americans
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The Response: America's Story - President Trump
Sun 16 Jul 2017
The real lives of Americans and what they want from their president
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Galapagos Islands: A Little World Within Itself
Sat 15 Jul 2017
Sarah Darwin follows Charles Darwin’s footsteps to see the Galapagos Islands
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Museum of Lost Objects: Kashmir’s Palladium cinema
Sat 15 Jul 2017
The conflict in Kashmir told through the life and times of a burnt-out movie theatre
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Museum of Lost Objects: The Necklace That Divided Two Nations
Sat 15 Jul 2017
India and Pakistan's tussle for Indus Valley antiquities after partition
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Salam to Queen and Country
Thu 13 Jul 2017
Soldiers speak out about what it is like to serve as a Muslim in the British army
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Myanmar’s Drug Vigilantes
Thu 13 Jul 2017
A vigilante drug squad tackles a heroin epidemic in northern Myanmar’s jade mines
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The Jewish Queens of Bollywood
Tue 11 Jul 2017
The untold story of how Jewish women became the first female superstars of Indian cinema
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Looking for Aunt Martha's Quilt
Mon 10 Jul 2017
In 1892, Liberian farmer Martha Ann Erskine Ricks presented Queen Victoria with a quilt
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Give Back the Land
Tue 4 Jul 2017
A white land owner and black farm workers share ownership of their land in South Africa
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Macron's Quest
Sun 2 Jul 2017
Who is the former banker and civil servant and how did he rise so far so fast?
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Europe's Drug Wars
Sat 1 Jul 2017
Irish crime journalist Paul Williams asks whether Europe’s drugs wars are out of control
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Siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery
Thu 29 Jun 2017
One night of terror at Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery in July 2016
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Blind Man Roams the Globe: London's Square Mile
Wed 28 Jun 2017
Peter White explores the sounds and smells of London’s Square Mile
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Young in Hong Kong
Tue 27 Jun 2017
The post-1997 generation of Hong Kong, how they see themselves and what makes them tick
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Hong Kong: Twenty Years On
Sun 25 Jun 2017
How have the hopes and fears of Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China played out?
