The Documentary Podcast Podcast
Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can make sense of the world. Home of the best documentaries from the BBC World Service.
Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can uncover hidden truths and make sense of the world. Home of the best documentaries from the BBC World Service.
From the impact of drought on crops, tourism and trade, to Africa's first film city, to the Romanian teenagers who built a DIY internet...we go beyond the headlines.
Each week we look at the stories shaping our world and hear voices connecting people from across the globe, asking how news stories are shaping their lives. We also follow spiritual journeys, examine the world through the lens of its media and focus on solutions to global problems.
Episodes to download
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Assignment - France Food Fights
Thu 22 Dec 2011
France has long been a country with a reputation for some of the best food in the world.
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Tales From The Arab Spring: Counter Revolution (Libya)
Wed 21 Dec 2011
The BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen looks back over a momentous year in the East...
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The Truth About NGOs - Malawi
Tue 20 Dec 2011
Allan Little investigates allegations of NGO inefficiency, political bias and lack of...
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Tales From The Arab Spring: Revolution (Egypt)
Tue 20 Dec 2011
The BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen looks back over a momentous year in the East...
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Boundaries Of Blood: Part Two
Sat 17 Dec 2011
Shahzeb Jillani explains how the 1971 war over Bangladesh shaped modern Pakistan.
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Assignment Cholera in Haiti
Thu 15 Dec 2011
A hard hitting Assignment from Mark Doyle who reports on the massive cholera outbreak...
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Boundaries Of Blood: Part One
Sat 10 Dec 2011
Shahzeb Jillani explains how the 1971 war over Bangladesh shaped modern Pakistan.
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Exposing Bali's Orphanages
Thu 8 Dec 2011
In Assignment Ed Butler investigates reports that some orphanages in Bali are being as...
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Out In The World: Part Two
Tue 6 Dec 2011
Richard Coles confronts accusations that the West is attempting to force gay rights on...
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Knitting In Tripoli
Sat 3 Dec 2011
Knitting in Tripoli tells an intimate story of life during the Libyan war through the...
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A New Global Economics: Radical Economics - Part Two
Fri 2 Dec 2011
Was the economic crisis caused by fundamental problems with the system rather than a...
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The Missing in Kashmir
Thu 1 Dec 2011
A dark secret lies beneath the earth in Indian Kashmir. Bodies - thousands of them.
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Out In The World: Part One
Tue 29 Nov 2011
Richard Coles confronts accusations that the West is attempting to force gay rights on...
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The Trouble With Condoms
Mon 28 Nov 2011
Around one million people around the world are infected with a sexually transmitted...
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A New Global Economics: Radical Economics - Part One
Sat 26 Nov 2011
Was the economic crisis caused by fundamental problems with the system rather than a...
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Assignment - Roubles & Radicals in Dagestan
Thu 24 Nov 2011
A Dagestani billionaire, Suleiman Kerimov is bankrolling a football club and building...
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New Global Economics: The Shock & the Shift
Tue 22 Nov 2011
Martin Wolf, Chief Economic Commentator of The Financial Times, examines how the world...
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The Boy With The Violin
Fri 18 Nov 2011
The BBC's Priyath Liyanage searches for a boy who was carrying a violin case when he a...
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Upsetting The Apple Cart - The Genius of Steve Jobs
Thu 17 Nov 2011
Mark Gregory examines the legacy of Steve Jobs. How will he be compared to the great a...
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Assignment - India's Whistleblowers
Thu 17 Nov 2011
Rupa Jha reports for Assignment on India's whistleblowers - the people who find on the...
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A Short History Of Story: Part Two
Fri 11 Nov 2011
Noah Richler traces the development of storytelling from the earliest creation myths...
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The Dark Side Of Diplomacy: Part Two
Tue 8 Nov 2011
Diplomacy is often presented as an artform, the peak of civilisation in a barren world...
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The state of Israel
Tue 8 Nov 2011
Tim Franks reports from Israel for Assignment on how the country now sees itself as in...
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A Short History Of Story: Part one
Sat 5 Nov 2011
Noah Richler traces the development of storytelling from the earliest creation myths...
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Assignment: Spain's Stolen Babies
Thu 3 Nov 2011
Katya meets the heartbroken families in Spain searching for their children and the now...
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The Dark Side Of Diplomacy: Part One
Tue 1 Nov 2011
Diplomacy is often presented as an artform, the peak of civilisation in a barren world...
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After The Dictators
Sat 29 Oct 2011
As Libyans absorb the impact of the death of Gaddafi, Owen Bennett-Jones presents a...
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Musical Migrants: Zanzibar
Sat 29 Oct 2011
Meet Yusuf Mahmoud, who swapped Cheltenham for Zanzibar because of his love of African...
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One Day In Syria
Thu 27 Oct 2011
For Assignment, Bill Law paints a portrait of one day in the Syrian revolution, via to...
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The British Establishment: Who For? - Part Two
Tue 25 Oct 2011
Why does Britain's narrow and elite establishment keep stumbling from crisis to crisis?