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.
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A Song for Spanish Miners
Thu 4 Sep 2014
Natalio Cosoy meets the miners of northern Spain who sing to their patron saint, Santa...
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Ata Kak and the Crate Diggers
Wed 3 Sep 2014
Giving Africa's obscure musical gems a new lease of life - meet the fans of sounds...
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Delivering the King's Speech
Tue 2 Sep 2014
King George VI spoke to the world about the declaration of war on Germany in 1939.
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Atlantic Crossing
Sat 30 Aug 2014
Air traffic controllers have guided trans-Atlantic flights since 1919.
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Guatemala’s Addicts Behind Bars
Thu 28 Aug 2014
Pentecostal churches in Guatemala run many of the country's compulsory drug centres...
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Poetry Idol
Wed 27 Aug 2014
Million's Poet is a hugely popular televised competition to find the best poet in the...
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Native American News
Tue 26 Aug 2014
TV made in the USA by tribal people, for tribal people covering everything from to and...
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War, Lies and Audiotape
Sat 23 Aug 2014
Did President Johnson take the US to war with Vietnam on a lie, or was he misled? DD...
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Goodbye Ireland; Goodbye Gaelic Football
Thu 21 Aug 2014
As more young people leave Ireland, Gaelic Football is losing its lifeblood.
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Roots Reggae and Rebellion Part Two
Wed 20 Aug 2014
Rastafari's global impact after the explosion of Jamaica's Roots Reggae scene in the...
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Grapes of Wrath Revisited
Tue 19 Aug 2014
The classic novel, a parable of America's Great Depression, as applied to the US today.
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Chasing China's Doomsday Cult
Thu 14 Aug 2014
The BBC's China Editor investigates an elusive cult at the centre of a grisly murder...
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Roots Reggae and Rebellion Part One
Wed 13 Aug 2014
How Rastafari turned from an ostracised religious sect into a global phenomenon - and...
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A Day in the Life of an Immigration Lawyer
Tue 12 Aug 2014
Presenter Nihal Arthanayake visits UK immigration lawyer Harjap Singh Bhangal who to...
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Damming Afghanistan: Lost Stories from Helmand
Sat 9 Aug 2014
The Helmand valley dam complex, is the biggest engineering project in Afghanistan.
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Crimea: Paradise Regained
Thu 7 Aug 2014
As Ukrainian holidaymakers stay away from Crimea's beaches following Russia's of the...
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The Watergate Legacy
Wed 6 Aug 2014
Forty years on from President Nixon’s resignation we hear from Bob Woodward and...
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Afghanistan's Death Lists
Wed 6 Aug 2014
David Loyn investigates how a lost document is helping Afghanistan come to terms with...
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Colombia's Lost Children
Tue 5 Aug 2014
In Colombia’s Marxist guerrilla war, thousands of rebel fighters have been female.
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Fearless Women in Turkish Kurdistan
Thu 31 Jul 2014
Tim Whewell meets the dynamic young women in Turkish Kurdistan who are defining the of...
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A Tale of Two Theatres
Wed 30 Jul 2014
Theatre director Mehmet Ergen guides us through the politically charged arts scene of...
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Yemen's Swap Marriages
Tue 29 Jul 2014
‘I’ll marry your sister if you marry mine. And if you divorce my sister, I’ll...
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Open Eye: Crying Meri
Sat 26 Jul 2014
***WARNING: This programme includes graphic descriptions of sexual violence*** 'A how...
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I Don't Remember the War
Sat 26 Jul 2014
Six talented young writers under 35 explore a great grandparent or grandparent's in...
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Tornado: Hide and Seek
Thu 24 Jul 2014
What do you do when a twisting funnel drops from the sky with tearing winds of up to...
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The War Widows of Aghanistan
Wed 23 Jul 2014
As Nato troops withdraw from Afghanistan, British and Afghan women share their stories...
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At the End of Death Row
Tue 22 Jul 2014
Following recent botched executions in several states, Rajini Vaidyanathan asks the of...
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Kentucky learns to love Obamacare
Thu 17 Jul 2014
Claire Bolderson reports from Kentucky on how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare,...
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Three Continents, Three Generations
Wed 16 Jul 2014
In 1896 the British sent thousands of labourers from India to Kenya, to build the from...
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Back to Charm School
Mon 14 Jul 2014
Ahead of sporting mega-events such as the Olympic Games, local people are being given...
