The Documentary Podcast Podcast
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.
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.
From Australia's relationship with China, to Turkey's sinkhole problem, to understanding the behaviour of dictators, we go beyond the headlines.
Each week, all year round, we bring you the stories shaping our world. From the personal voices behind the headlines to perspectives on faith and spirituality and how work and money impact our lives. Discover how people find solutions to global problems and look at the world through the lens of its media.
Powered by the BBC World Service’s global network, The Documentary Podcast is about the people living the story – helping you see the world with greater clarity.
Episodes to download
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Ruling Iran: A Profile of the Supreme Leader
Tue 2 Aug 2011
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is Iran's Supreme Leader, a position he has held since 1989.
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Assignment: The Afghan Governors
Thu 28 Jul 2011
Ten years after foreign forces invaded Afghanistan, they've begun to hand full back to...
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Afghanistan: War Without End?
Tue 26 Jul 2011
To mark ten years since the invasion of Afghanistan, key decision-makers reveal the of...
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The Dead News Network
Sat 23 Jul 2011
A medium tells Colette Kinsella what it's like to have a life like the film, The Sixth...
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Assignment: Luis Posada Carriles
Thu 21 Jul 2011
Cuba and Venezuela describe Luis Posada Carriles as the Bin Laden of the Americas.
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Atomic States - Part Two
Tue 19 Jul 2011
BBC Environment Correspondent Richard Black explores the history and likely future of...
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Womb For Rent
Sat 16 Jul 2011
Is outsourcing pregnancy to India exploitative or mutually beneficial? Over the course...
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Assignment: On the road with Hillary
Thu 14 Jul 2011
In this week's Assignment the BBC's State Department correspondent Kim Ghattas has to...
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Atomic States - Part One
Tue 12 Jul 2011
BBC Environment Correspondent Richard Black explores the history and likely future of...
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The Big House: Part Two
Sun 10 Jul 2011
Sharon Mascall follows 18 young Aboriginal men through a new rehabilitation programme...
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Assignment - Korea's People Smugglers
Thu 7 Jul 2011
Defecting from North Korea is a dangerous business. It comes at a high price and no of...
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America's Own Extremists - Part Two
Tue 5 Jul 2011
BBC Washington Correspondent Jonny Dymond, investigates why America is facing a threat...
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The Big House: Part One
Sat 2 Jul 2011
Sharon Mascall follows 18 young Aboriginal men through a new rehabilitation programme...
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The story of Rafiq Hariri
Thu 30 Jun 2011
Who was Rafiq Hariri and who might have wanted to kill him. Owen Bennett Jones reports...
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America's Own Extremists - Part One
Tue 28 Jun 2011
BBC Washington Correspondent Jonny Dymond, examines why some native born American are...
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Picturesque Street
Sat 25 Jun 2011
This year Russia is marking the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the USSR.
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Assignment: Alzheimer's in Colombia
Thu 23 Jun 2011
An extended family in Colombia struck by hereditary and very early onset Alzheimer's a...
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Embracing The Dragon - Part Two
Tue 21 Jun 2011
Will Taiwan's new rapprochement with China bring opportunity, or hand Beijing control...
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Dot.Com Camps
Sat 18 Jun 2011
Ruth Evans reports on a unique dot.com venture providing jobs for the poor.
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Antigua beyond Stanford
Thu 16 Jun 2011
Emma Joseph reports for Assignment from Antigua on how people are rebuilding their two...
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Embracing The Dragon - Part One
Tue 14 Jun 2011
Will Taiwan's new rapprochement with China bring opportunity, or hand Beijing control...
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The Kill Factor: Part Two
Sat 11 Jun 2011
Soldiers who have killed in war at close quarters talk about how it affects them today.
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Assignment - Shaken Babies
Thu 9 Jun 2011
Shaken baby syndrome - the sudden and violent shaking of an infant which often results...
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Bubble Trouble? - Part Three
Tue 7 Jun 2011
Across the world the cost of basic commodities is soaring. Endless demand from China...
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The Kill Factor: Part One
Sat 4 Jun 2011
Soldiers who have killed in war at close quarters talk about how it affects them today.
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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...
