BBC World Service - The Documentary Podcast

Assignment: The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Russian Theatre

How Russia’s oldest independent theatre – from a remote town - was forced into exile

The opportunities and challenges of Africa's rapid urbanisation

The opening of The Perelman Performing Arts Center built on the site of NY’s Twin Towers

The rarely heard voices of the domestic workers who care for other people's children

Young people on both sides describe their lives right now

The history and context of the decades long conflict between Israel and the Palestinians

Exploring extraordinary spiritual awakenings that follow a confrontation with death

An ancient village in northern Portugal fights plans for a lithium mine on its doorstep

What is the future for Africa's rapidly swelling cities?

Mohsen Makhmalbaf takes us behind the scenes of the making of Kandahar