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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Marching into History - Part Two
Wed 24 Nov 2010
"Lucky them, they didn't have to fight the battles we fought. " Michael Goldfarb traces...
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Road Kill - Part Two - Costa Rica
Mon 22 Nov 2010
"There are no words to describe when you lose your child, especially one who was full...
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The Impossible Life of Jacques Costeau
Fri 19 Nov 2010
Pioneering French marine explorer Jacques Cousteau brought marine life to cinema and...
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Assignment: Trouble in Dagestan
Thu 18 Nov 2010
Almost every day in the Russian republic of Dagestan there are reports of Islamist and...
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Marching into History - Part One
Wed 17 Nov 2010
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they...
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Road Kill - Part One - Kenya
Mon 15 Nov 2010
"It's a woman with a tiny baby and luggage on the back of a motorbike with no helmet.
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The Great Palace of Verse
Fri 12 Nov 2010
Completed by the poet Ferdowsi in 1010 AD, the Shahnameh is widely regarded as a of...
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Assignment: Congo's Blood Gold
Thu 11 Nov 2010
For Assignment Thomas Fessy investigates allegations that a senior Congolese general a...
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Baghdad Boy - Part Two
Wed 10 Nov 2010
Ali Abbas became an icon of the Iraq War when images of him with his arms amputated...
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Return to White Horse - Part Two
Mon 8 Nov 2010
"With the city being built here on our doorstep, I can look after the children and...
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The Battle of King Salmon - Part Two
Fri 5 Nov 2010
“If you say bye bye to that fountain of life you may as well say bye bye to my heritage.
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Assignment - Burma Votes
Thu 4 Nov 2010
The people of Burma go to the polls on November 7th for the first time in 20 years.
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Baghdad Boy - Part One
Wed 3 Nov 2010
Seven years after an American rocket attack destroyed his home, killed 16 members of...
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Return to White Horse - Part One
Mon 1 Nov 2010
"We took the decision to build a new city ten years ago. We had four objectives: and -...
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The Battle of King Salmon
Fri 29 Oct 2010
Nick Rankin reports from Alaska during the greatest wild salmon run in the world and...
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Assignment: Irish Anger
Thu 28 Oct 2010
As Ireland faces up to one of Europe's most punishing financial crises, Ed Butler at...
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The Other Guantanamo
Wed 27 Oct 2010
Travel writer Polly Evans goes to Guantanamo, Cuba, and talks to local people about...
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Assignment - Drugs and Power in Kyrgyzstan
Thu 21 Oct 2010
The BBC's Central Asia correspondent, Rayhan Demytrie, explores the relationship drugs...
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Great Expectations Part 4
Wed 20 Oct 2010
Organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games argue that its legacy will be felt for to come...
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Great Expectations Part 3
Wed 13 Oct 2010
It is two years to go until the London 2012 Olympic Games and the residents of a have...
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Mysteries of the Brain - Part Four
Mon 11 Oct 2010
"I find it difficult to recognize famous people because they have very symmetrical faces.
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The City That Sacked Its Staff
Fri 8 Oct 2010
In the midst of a financial crisis, Maywood, a small city near Los Angeles, took the...
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Why Europe's Roma stay poor
Thu 7 Oct 2010
It’s halfway through the European ‘Decade of Roma inclusion’ but millions of in...
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Memory Wars - Silent No More
Wed 6 Oct 2010
Can oral history challenge or alter the official past of a nation? History is often to...
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Mysteries of the Brain - Part Three
Mon 4 Oct 2010
"I have to choose between the fruit salad and the cream cake. Rationally, I know what...
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The Empire's Last Officers
Fri 1 Oct 2010
As a 23-year-old, young British colonial officer John Smith was put in charge of the...
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Assignment: Black and Single
Thu 30 Sep 2010
There's a tough marriage market in the US for single, college educated, black women.
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Assignment - Jamaica's Sprint Factory
Wed 29 Sep 2010
Jamaica has a reputation for producing world class athletes. Athletes are nurtured a...
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Memory Wars - The Ghosts of Europe
Wed 29 Sep 2010
Can oral history challenge or alter the official past of a nation? History is often to...
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Mysteries of the Brain - Part Two
Mon 27 Sep 2010
“When I wake up in the morning I think I’ve still got two normal arms and I have...
