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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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...
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Mexico - Exorcising the Narco-Devil
Thu 28 Nov 2013
Vladimir Hernandez meets the Mexican Catholic priests who believe the country's drug -...
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The Father of English Football
Tue 26 Nov 2013
How decisions noted by Ebenezer Morley in 1863 allowed football to become the most of...
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Moldova - Sour Grapes
Thu 21 Nov 2013
Tiny Moldova is the world's 7th biggest wine exporter so a ban on exports to Russia...
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The Rhetoric of Cancer
Tue 19 Nov 2013
Are military metaphors such as 'battling' always appropriate when it comes to dealing...
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JFK: Dallas Remembers
Sat 16 Nov 2013
People with a perspective on the assassination and death of John F Kennedy in Dallas:...
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Colombia Child Soldiers
Thu 14 Nov 2013
With rare access to the government's rehabilitation programme Tom Esslemont meets as...
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Across Jamaica's Gay Divide - Part One
Sat 9 Nov 2013
Jamaica's gay rights and anti-homosexuality movements: what it is like to be a gay in...
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Indonesia: The Humungous Healthcare Plan
Thu 7 Nov 2013
Can Indonesia create the world's largest public health system? Claire Bolderson...
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Who's Holding the Baby
Tue 5 Nov 2013
Madeleine Morris explores alternative childcare with a visit a boarding school where...
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Melilla’s Border Stories
Thu 31 Oct 2013
Melilla is one of Europe’s most southerly land borders with Africa, a town under...
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The Pink Panthers
Sun 27 Oct 2013
The inside story of the world’s most successful gang of jewel thieves, nicknamed The...
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Lighting Lagos
Thu 24 Oct 2013
Neal Razzell spends days and nights in Lagos with the electricity teams who are to to...
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Women on the Front Line
Tue 22 Oct 2013
Emma Barnett examines which countries in the world do allow women to serve, and the of...
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Women Farmers
Mon 21 Oct 2013
The toils and tribulations of Polly Apio a smallholder in rural Uganda, where men own...
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Battling Booze in Alice Springs
Thu 17 Oct 2013
James Fletcher travels to Alice Springs in Australia to hear first-hand how alcohol is...
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Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase
Tue 15 Oct 2013
"Anything that can happen on earth, at some point happens in the sky. " Air hostess the...
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The Bucket List
Mon 14 Oct 2013
Cancer-fighting BBC foreign correspondent Helen Fawkes shares her list of things she...
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Ageing and Caring
Sun 13 Oct 2013
As the global population ages, is it time for a re-think about how we view elderly to...
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Malala's Story
Sat 12 Oct 2013
The dramatic, disturbing and inspiring story of Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the...
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After the Collapse - the Rana Plaza Legacy
Thu 10 Oct 2013
More than a thousand garment workers died and several thousand were injured in the of...
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China and America: Harmony and Hostility
Thu 3 Oct 2013
The BBC's North America Editor, Mark Mardell, travels to China to explore the most in...
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The Iraq War
Mon 30 Sep 2013
Lucy Ash looks at the conflicts within Iraq between 2005 and 2012, told from the point...
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Isolation
Sun 29 Sep 2013
Man is a social creature, so how does he cope in situations of isolation - bereft of -...
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Attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall: The People's Story
Sat 28 Sep 2013
The BBC’s Anne Soy reflects on what these last few days will mean for the future of...
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Attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall: The People's Story
Sat 28 Sep 2013
The BBC’s Anne Soy reflects on what these last few days will mean for the future of...
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Venezuela – Out of Stock
Thu 26 Sep 2013
Ed Butler follows consumer’s quest for goods, the phenomenon of widespread and asks...
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The Iraq War
Tue 24 Sep 2013
Lucy Ash looks at the mistakes made early in the occupation of Iraq during the period...
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The Red Cross Crisis
Sat 21 Sep 2013
The Red Cross turns 150 this year, but is their humanitarian role still relevant?...
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Indonesia – The Mercury Menace
Thu 19 Sep 2013
Linda Pressly investigates the threat from mercury poisoning to the health of gold...
