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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The Missing Migrants
Sat 29 Mar 2014
Each year, thousands of Latin American migrants illegally cross the US border via a...
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The Silent Enemy
Thu 27 Mar 2014
Tim Whewell travels to the Turkish border and to Lebanon to talk to the doctors and to...
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Brazil: Confronting the Past
Tue 25 Mar 2014
Monica Vasconcelos reports that fifty years after the coup, Brazil has started to deal...
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All that Stands in the Way
Sat 22 Mar 2014
Young women lack the same opportunities as men, despite most countries legislating...
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"Blacks Only"
Sat 22 Mar 2014
Under apartheid in South Africa, stand-up comedy was exclusively the domain of white...
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The Door Back to Mexico
Thu 20 Mar 2014
The BBC’s Valeria Perasso is on the US border, exploring the journey taken by as the...
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India - Press for Sale
Tue 18 Mar 2014
Does 'paid media' threaten democracy? Shilpa Kannan investigates corruption in India...
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The Freedom to Broadcast Hate
Sat 15 Mar 2014
Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, the Middle East has experienced a of new TV to...
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Where Are You Going?
Sat 15 Mar 2014
Catherine Carr charts the course of one day in the lives of many people, making many...
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Hungary’s Crusading Conductor
Thu 13 Mar 2014
Hungarian conductor – Ivan Fischer – is holding up a mirror to Hungarian society...
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Is the UK press Free?
Wed 12 Mar 2014
With regulation of newspapers planned, Steve Hewlett and a panel of international ask:...
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China in Vogue
Tue 11 Mar 2014
Fashion magazines, consumerism, and the changing face of Chinese fashion.
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Freedom to be Single
Sat 8 Mar 2014
Rupa Jha meets fellow Indian women who choose to be, or are forced to be, single.
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Will Carlos Acosta Get to the Pointe
Sat 8 Mar 2014
A decision by his father to send him to ballet school changed the direction of Carlos...
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Uruguay’s Radical Drugs Policy
Thu 6 Mar 2014
Thousands of Uruguayans are hooked on a highly addictive cocaine derivative –...
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Freedom of the Mind
Tue 4 Mar 2014
Ingrid Betancourt - who was held captive for six years - explores how people's minds...
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India’s Wedding detectives
Thu 27 Feb 2014
The number of families in India employing detectives to spy on future brides and is on...
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Guantanamo Voices
Tue 25 Feb 2014
Ex-Guantanamo detainees talk about freedom and how detention in the military prison...
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Missing Histories: China and Japan
Sat 22 Feb 2014
They are Asia’s economic giants – yet the historical record of Japan and China to...
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Lebanon – Dancing into the Abyss
Thu 20 Feb 2014
Kim Ghattas travels through her native country Lebanon exploring the deepening sense...
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Missing Histories: China and Japan
Sat 15 Feb 2014
They are Asia’s economic giants - yet the historical record of Japan and China to...
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Digging up the Dead in Russia
Thu 13 Feb 2014
The story of Russia's volunteer diggers armed with spades and metal detectors who and...
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My War, My Playlist
Sat 8 Feb 2014
What role does music play for today’s soldiers? Soldiers stationed at Camp Bastion -...
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The Right to Die for Children
Thu 6 Feb 2014
Voluntary euthanasia for adults has been legal since 2002 in Belgium. Now legislators...
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The Road to Sochi
Tue 4 Feb 2014
With accusations of corruption and criminality, are the concerns about Sochi Given all...
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MINT - Turkey - Beyond the Silk Road
Mon 3 Feb 2014
For centuries, Turkish traders have exploited their location on the historic Silk Road...
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MINT - Mexico - Brave New World
Mon 3 Feb 2014
Mexico's hope of becoming the workshop of North America was shattered by China's of is...
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Turkey's Hidden Truths
Sat 1 Feb 2014
Turkey has notoriously vague and extensive anti-terror laws which have been used to of...
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MINT - Nigeria - Africa's Hope
Thu 30 Jan 2014
Nigeria is a nation of young, vibrant and natural entrepreneurs. Can they overcome the...
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Dieudonne - France's most dangerous comedian?
Thu 30 Jan 2014
What does the popularity of controversial comedian Dieudonné tell us about France of...
