BBC World Service - The Documentary Podcast

Warrior elephant guardians

Former Samburu warriors turn their skills to caring for baby elephants in Kenya

Conversations about Christmas during a pandemic

As UN peacekeepers leave Sudan’s troubled Darfur region, who will now protect civilians?

Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic

Two Kenyan doctors explain why they’re prepared to strike over their working conditions

The young Syrians who find themselves fighting in the war in Nagorno Karabakh

Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic

Dazzling poet Valzhyna Mort explores a hundred days of protest in Belarus

Is it time to abandon dreams of human space travel?

Is imminent large-scale vaccination a path back to normality?