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The Documentary Podcast Episodes

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    The Fifth Floor: Leaving for an African dream

    Actor Idris Elba is planning to move to Africa. What's inspiring him, and many others?

  2. The Fifth Floor: K-drama craze

    K-dramas are taking the world by storm. What's the secret of their success?

  3. The Fifth Floor: Javier Milei's first year in power

    Argentina's president promised to cut spending with his infamous chainsaw. Did it work?

  4. The Fifth Floor: IVF and me

    BBC journalist Ana Maria Roura shares her experience of undergoing fertility treatments

  5. The Fifth Floor: Is Islamic State still a threat?

    Jihadist media specialist Mina Al-Lami analyses IS' most recent activities

  6. The Fifth Floor: Inside the Taliban's surveillance network

    Why did the Taliban install over 90,000 hi-definition CCTV cameras in Kabul?

  7. The Fifth Floor: Inside an Iranian prison

    Friendship, singing, and executions: The stories of women inside Evin prison

  8. The Fifth Floor: India's deadliest scam

    Instant loan apps promise easy money. But what's the catch?

  9. The Fifth Floor: India's 'godwoman'

    Divya Arya on the flamboyant life of one of India's most influential 'godwomen'

  10. The Fifth Floor: Ikat fashion and other Uzbek wonders

    Ibrat Safo explores Uzbekistan's love story with textiles

  11. The Fifth Floor: How to apologise to a king

    What to do and what to wear when apologising to the Ashanti King of Ghana

  12. The Fifth Floor: From Paris to the world, Olympics 2024

    The Olympics Games through the lens of our Fifth Floor colleagues

  13. The Fifth Floor: For the love of football

    Why is football such a universal language? Stories from Argentina, Iran and Kenya

  14. The Fifth Floor: Fleeing Chechnya

    Why do some young women in Chechnya decide to leave everything behind?

  15. The Fifth Floor: Fighting crime with kitchen spoons

    How a group of Nigerian women came together to protect their community from violence

  16. The Fifth Floor: Exam nightmares

    Stories from India and China about the exams that shape the lives of millions

  17. The Fifth Floor: Education against the odds

    How the BBC's Dars Arabic show is trying to reach children who are out of school

  18. The Fifth Floor: China’s global mining for green tech

    The Global China Unit's latest report on Chinese mines overseas

  19. The Fifth Floor: China's empty maternity wards

    How falling birth rates led to the closure of over 400 maternity wards in China

  20. The Fifth Floor: Can climate change stories be cool?

    A real life Squid Game in South Korea and a virtual tour of Brazil's giant ravines

  21. The Fifth Floor: Bollywood binge

    Old hits and horror movies: what is trending in Bollywood right now

  22. The Fifth Floor: Behind Georgia's political turmoil

    Why does Georgia find itself in a time of political turmoil?

  23. The Fifth Floor: Are Korean beauty products too light?

    How global demand is reshaping the Korean beauty industry

  24. The Fifth Floor: An Afghan love story

    From the fall of Kabul, to falling in love

  25. The Fifth Floor: A journalist's life in Israel

    What is it like to live and work as a journalist in Israel right now?

  26. The Father of English Football

    How decisions noted by Ebenezer Morley in 1863 allowed football to become the most of...

  27. The fate of Russia’s soldiers

    Tim Whewell follows the story of a Russian prisoner of war in Ukraine

  28. The famine at the edge of the ocean

    Journalist Raissa Ioussouf meets the people worst affected by Madagascar's famine

  29. The Fake Paralympians: 6.Fallout

    Why are learning disability athletes still feeling the impact of cheating 21 years on?

  30. The Fake Paralympians: 5. Court

    A criminal case is brought against the alleged cheats. Will justice be done?

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