The Documentary

Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.

World Service,2020 episodes

Episodes

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We Real Cool: The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks
A portrait of poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize 1950
30 Sep 2015,26 mins
Incarnations
Incarnations: Profiles of the Buddha; Mahavira Jain; Ashoka and Aryabhata
Sunil Khilnani explores the lives of The Buddha, Mahavira Jain, Ashoka and Aryabhata.
12 Sep 2015,49 mins
Incarnations
19/09/2015 GMT
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
19 Sep 2015,49 mins
Incarnations
Incarnations: Profiles of Shivaji, William Jones, Lakshmibai and Jyotirao Phule
Profiles of Shivaji, William Jones, Jyotirao Phule and Lakshimibai, Rani of Jhansi.
26 Sep 2015,49 mins
A New Ear on the Universe
The hunt for gravitational waves from space as the LIGO observatory prepares to go live.
26 Sep 2015,49 mins
Africa Surprising
Africa Surprising - Signs of Change
Hugh Sykes visits four African nations and finds stories of change
08 Sep 2015,26 mins
Rhymes, Revolution and Resistance
Arabic hip hop artists explore the effect of politically charged words on the Arab Spring
02 Sep 2015,26 mins
Sugar Daddy, Sugar Baby
Young British women students dating rich older men via websites. Who's exploiting who?
01 Sep 2015,23 mins
The Naked Diplomat
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
25 Aug 2015,23 mins
The Cook, the Carpenter and the Migrants
The ordinary Italians who are dealing with the impact of the Mediterranean migrant crisis
25 Jul 2015,49 mins
Lost Children of the Holocaust
The search for a group of child holocaust-survivors
06 May 2015,49 mins
Hunting for Prince's Vault
Does Prince really have thousands of unreleased tracks hidden in an underground vault?
21 Mar 2015,49 mins
Gone - The Sea that Disappeared
An old fisherman remembers the Aral Sea, which has now become a toxic desert
25 Feb 2015,26 mins
Manny Pacquiao
An exclusive documentary with the boxer, politician and man of the Filipino people
15 Jan 2015,25 mins
The Ghostly Voices of World War One
Resurrecting the voices of ordinary soldiers from the British Empire who fought in WW1
09 Nov 2014,49 mins
The Trial of Oscar Pistorius
In 2014 Audrey Brown told the dramatic story of the trial of the athlete Oscar Pistorius
12 Sep 2014,50 mins
The Making of the Modern Arab World
08/04/2014 GMT
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
08 Apr 2014,26 mins
The Making of the Modern Arab World
15/04/2014 GMT
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
15 Apr 2014,26 mins
The Making of the Modern Arab World
22/04/2014 GMT
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
22 Apr 2014,26 mins
The Making of the Modern Arab World
29/04/2014 GMT
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
29 Apr 2014,26 mins
The Education Revolution
21/04/2014 GMT
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
21 Apr 2014,23 mins
The Education Revolution
28/04/2014 GMT
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
28 Apr 2014,23 mins
Africans in the Holy Land
The experiences of people from three different communities in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
19 Apr 2014,49 mins
Preparing for Disaster
Meet the 'Preppers', people who are fearful of the future and preparing for disaster
14 Apr 2014,23 mins
Manchester - A City United
Manchester: A City United
How the city of Manchester shocked the world and helped shape the modern age
12 Apr 2014,49 mins
Mapping the Void
The volunteers who are mapping the world's unmapped places and people
07 Apr 2014,23 mins
A Good Man in Rwanda
How Senegalese captain Mbaye Diagne saved hundreds of lives during the Rwandan genocide
05 Apr 2014,23 mins
The Mystery of Flight 370
How can an aeroplane go missing in the 21st Century?
04 Apr 2014,26 mins
Crypto Wars
The history of the war between government and geeks to control computer cryptography
01 Apr 2014,26 mins
A Taste Of Freedom
Highlights of the Freedom 2014 season on the BBC World Service, with moving stories and...
02 Apr 2014,55 mins