The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Tree of diplomacy
How botany has kept the US and China talking for decades
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How did we get here: Israel and the Palestinians
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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The Engineers: Flying at the Edge
Engineers Kelly Latimer, Rob Miller, Daniel Moczydlower discuss their pioneering work
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The teenagers who wired Romania
How Romanian teenagers built a daring DIY internet network that inspired telecoms giants
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How did we get here: Israel and the Palestinians
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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The sound of soft power
Does the world still need international radio as a tool of soft power?
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A battle that changed Ireland
How a World War One battle still affects people and communities
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Israel and the Palestinians: 6: Israel’s early years to the Six Day War
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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Driving across the divide
Israeli volunteers meet ill Palestinians at checkpoints to drive them to hospital.
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Love on trial: India’s age of consent controversy
Brishbhanu Baruah examines India's Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
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Israel and the Palestinians: 5. From WW2 to the First Arab-Israeli war
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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The Chinese Fentanyl King
How did a graduate from China’s top university become an alleged drug kingpin in Mexico?
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Israel and the Palestinians: 4. The Balfour Declaration to the Arab Revolt
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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Secrets of the ant trade
The multi-million-dollar ant trade and the enthusiasts stamping out illegal ant smuggling
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Israel and the Palestinians: 3. From the 19th Century to World War One
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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Israel and the Palestinians: 2. From the Muslim conquest to the 19th Century
The establishment of Arab rule, the Crusades and the Muslim commander Salah ad-Din
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Sheba: Just like us?
Primate experimentation: we have the need, but do we have the right?
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Agony and ecstasy: A history of penalty shootouts
What makes a penalty shootout so dramatic?
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Israel and the Palestinians: 1. From earliest times to the Romans
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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The Russian dream
Meet the Westerners moving to Russia on Putin’s “anti-woke” visa
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The Black Power Station: I rap what I like
Meet the young South African hip hop artists translating hardship into hope
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Manosphere messiahs: Kenya
The rise of the global manosphere, including Kenyan influencer Andrew Kibe
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Africa's football dreamers
Justice Baidoo meets the Ghanaian boys and girls dreaming of football superstardom
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Manosphere messiahs: Mexico
The real-world impact of the global manosphere including Mexican influencer El Temach
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The Sarkozy affair
The story of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s rise and fall
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When Shiraz calls
Intimate conversations of two Iranian sisters - one in the UK, the other in Iran
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An animal exodus
The UK Natural History Museum is moving millions of precious specimens to a new home
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For the love of dogs
In Uganda, dog-rescue scammers con animal lovers online
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How to Spend Billions – Fast: Carney’s Defence Deadline
Inside Canada's sprint to hit NATO’s 2% by 31 March 2026
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Atomic crossroads: Poland's Nuclear Future
Poland aims to open its first nuclear power station. Is Chernobyl a distant memory?