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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China's Global Popstars
Tue 28 Jan 2014
meet Ruhan Jia one of the young hopefuls in the world of state-manufactured pop.
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Thailand’s Slave Fishermen
Sat 25 Jan 2014
Why and how illegal migrants from Burma and Cambodia are being forced onto Thai boats...
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Homeless in Hungary
Thu 23 Jan 2014
Nick Thorpe reports from Hungary where the government has adopted controversial laws...
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Uzbekistan - Searching for Googoosha
Thu 16 Jan 2014
Natalia Antelava profiles Gulnara Karimova, the socialite, pop star and philanthropist...
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Gene Doping
Tue 14 Jan 2014
It has taken scientists almost 50 years to cure rare diseases through gene therapy.
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Boy for Rent
Sat 11 Jan 2014
Prostitution is said to be one of the world's oldest professions, and one which has of...
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Aid and politics on Syria’s border
Thu 9 Jan 2014
Tim Whewell investigates claims that millions of dollars of aid meant for Syria has to...
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Japan - Should comics be crimes?
Wed 8 Jan 2014
James Fletcher travels to Japan to find out why they decided earlier this year not to...
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MINT - Indonesia
Wed 8 Jan 2014
Indonesia has enjoyed a boom created by its exports of raw materials to China, India...
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
Tue 7 Jan 2014
Breakthrough on the identity of a man found on a London street. Months after Jose from...
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MINT - Mexico
Tue 7 Jan 2014
Mexico's hope of becoming the workshop of North America was shattered by China's of is...
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MINT - Nigeria
Mon 6 Jan 2014
Jim O'Neill investigates Nigeria; can a nation of young, vibrant, natural overcome of...
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Inside the Fed
Tue 31 Dec 2013
The US Federal Reserve, America's central bank, is one hundred years old.
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Riding the Graphene Wave
Tue 31 Dec 2013
Graphene is a super-strong and super-conductive material. Gerry Northam looks at its...
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Brazil - Fighting Slavery
Boxing Day 2013
Brazil's anti-slavery hit-squads are unique. Linda Pressly joins a raid with a band of...
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Who's Left Holding the Baby
Christmas Day 2013
Childcare options in Fiji, where children are taken care of by the community, and as...
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Lines in the Sand
Christmas Eve 2013
The emerging Jihadi challenge across the Sahara and Sahel regions of Africa.
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The Putin Project
Sat 21 Dec 2013
Will the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi showcase a resurgent Russia or hide real Lucy...
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Bangladesh: Trials of Strength
Thu 19 Dec 2013
Farhana Haider investigates the prosecution of alleged war criminals from the conflict...
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Uzbek to My Roots
Thu 19 Dec 2013
Amy Cordell's family still cleaves to the ancient traditions of her Bukharian who were...
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Notes from Kampala
Sat 14 Dec 2013
The story of Kampala Music School told by its pupils and teachers. Kampala Music began...
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The Revenge Porn Avengers
Thu 12 Dec 2013
When a group of young Texan women found naked pictures of themselves online, they but...
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The Harder They Come - Part Two
Tue 10 Dec 2013
Forty years after the premiere of Jamaican cult film The Harder They Come, Chris asks...
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Madiba's African Footsteps
Sun 8 Dec 2013
Mandela's 1962 pan-African journey to explain the mission of the ANC and seek support,...
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Life of Mandela
Fri 6 Dec 2013
A look back at the life of Nelson Mandela by the BBC's former South Africa Allan...
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Mandela - an Audio History
Fri 6 Dec 2013
Nelson Mandela on the struggle against apartheid, with words from those who fought - -...
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India: Resisting Rape
Thu 5 Dec 2013
One year on from the horrific attack on a student in Delhi, Joanna Jolly hears from to...
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Jamaica - The Harder They Come
Tue 3 Dec 2013
The cult classic Jamaican crime film The Harder They Come, its reggae soundtrack - and...
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Inside The Vatican
Sat 30 Nov 2013
Pope Francis is being acclaimed for his leadership of the Roman Catholic Church - but...
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It's a Mall World
Sat 30 Nov 2013
Be it in Lagos, Minneapolis or Rio de Janeiro, how have shopping malls become such a...
