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 Inside California's Porn Industry
Thu 2 Jun 2011
California is the world's largest producer of commercial pornographic movies.
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Fifa - Football, Power and Politics
Wed 1 Jun 2011
David Goldblatt tells the turbulent story of Fifa, international football's governing...
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Bubble Trouble? - Part Two
Tue 31 May 2011
Across the world the cost of basic commodities is soaring. Endless demand from China...
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The Ancestors Are Calling
Sat 28 May 2011
The pressure on Lesego Mangwanyane - a South African journalist - to become a sangoma,...
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Assignment - Stalin's Toxic Legacy
Thu 26 May 2011
Twenty years on from the collapse of the Soviet Union the toxic legacy of its still on...
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Bubble Trouble? - Part One
Tue 24 May 2011
Across the world the cost of basic commodities is soaring. Endless demand from China...
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Assignment Calling for Change in Yemen
Thu 19 May 2011
For months Yemen has been the scene of widespread unrest and anti-government protests.
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Wars of Diplomacy: Part Two
Tue 17 May 2011
In the space of just over ten days in March 2011, the United Nations Security Council...
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Assignment - The Pakistan Connection
Thu 12 May 2011
The killing of Osama bin Laden has stirred deep suspicions about whether the Pakistani...
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Wars Of Diplomacy: Part One
Tue 10 May 2011
In the space of just over ten days in March 2011, the United Nations Security Council...
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Building on Sand: Part Two
Sat 7 May 2011
Jonathan Glancey looks at whether Dubai has a sustainable policy towards building in...
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Assignment - Mission Bin laden
Thu 5 May 2011
On a moonless night on Sunday May 1st, four American military helicopters descended on...
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Alive In Chernobyl: Part Two
Tue 3 May 2011
On the 25th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl power plant, Olga to...
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Building on Sand: Part One
Sat 30 Apr 2011
Jonathan Glancey looks at whether Dubai has a sustainable policy towards building in...
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Assignment - A Matter of Life and Death
Thu 28 Apr 2011
Jill McGivering reports from Pakistan where calls for debate about the country's laws...
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Alive In Chernobyl: Part One
Tue 26 Apr 2011
On the 25th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl power plant, Olga to...
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After the Crash - Part Two
Sat 23 Apr 2011
On the anniversary of the Smolensk air crash, writer and historian Adam Zamoyski how a...
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Assignment: Trafficked from Uganda to Iraq
Thu 21 Apr 2011
Anna Cavell tells the extraordinary story of a rescue of a group of Ugandan women who...
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Who Says I Can't Fish?
Tue 19 Apr 2011
Restrictions on commercial fishing in Europe were put in place to aid sustainability,...
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After the Crash - Part One
Sat 16 Apr 2011
One year on from the Smolensk air crash, writer and historian Adam Zamoyski examines...
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Assignment - Louisiana Deep Water
Thu 14 Apr 2011
A year ago, the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico creating a huge...
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Pomp and Matrimony
Tue 12 Apr 2011
From the news coverage of the 1923 wedding of the future King George VI to Elizabeth...
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Great Expectations
Fri 8 Apr 2011
In dense blocks of flats and social housing, just 10 minutes away from the Olympics to...
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Assignment - Jos: A City Still Divided
Thu 7 Apr 2011
Assignment reports on the shocking sectarian violence in the Nigerian city of Jos.
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For King or Country? Part Two - America
Tue 5 Apr 2011
A committed republican and ardent monarchist examine the case for and against monarchy...
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Great Expectations
Sat 2 Apr 2011
Great Expectations follows the lives of people who live in the diverse ethnic mix of...
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Assignment - Speaking up in Saudi Arabia
Thu 31 Mar 2011
In this week's Assignment Sue Lloyd Roberts reports from Saudi Arabia where custom and...
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For King or Country? Part One - Sweden
Tue 29 Mar 2011
A committed republican and ardent monarchist examine the case for and against monarchy...
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How My Country Speaks - Part Two
Fri 25 Mar 2011
"It just takes 26 letters to create the universe, the word is dismantled and then the...
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Assignment - Somaliland - Going it Alone
Wed 23 Mar 2011
It’s twenty years since Somaliland declared itself independent but it still remains...