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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Return to Trebizond - Part Two
Fri 16 Apr 2010
In 1923 hundreds of thousands of Christian and Muslims moved between what is now and...
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Assignment - Zimbabwe's New Farmers
Thu 15 Apr 2010
It's ten years since Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe initiated a land reform which...
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Living With Tourists - Part Two
Wed 14 Apr 2010
How does tourism affect local culture? In the second part of Living With Tourists, Ros...
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Generation Jihad - Part Two
Mon 12 Apr 2010
Peter Taylor investigates the terrorist threat from young Muslim extremists on the...
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Return to Trebizond
Fri 9 Apr 2010
In 1923 hundreds of thousands of Christian and Muslims moved moved between what is now...
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Assignment - the French Burqa Ban
Thu 8 Apr 2010
With several European countries now considering banning face veils in public places,...
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Living With Tourists - Part One
Wed 7 Apr 2010
Is tourism encroaching on lives, highlighting inequalities and causing antipathy and...
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Generation Jihad
Mon 5 Apr 2010
In the first of a three-part series, Peter Taylor investigates the terrorist threat on...
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My World
Fri 2 Apr 2010
Diverse short films that represent humanity. That was the end result of the BBC World...
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Assignment: The Art of Match-Fixing
Thu 1 Apr 2010
A series of recent arrests across Europe has highlighted the growing threat of in...
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Queenan's Crime Scenes - Part Two
Wed 31 Mar 2010
American author Joe Queenan visits Sweden, perhaps the most exciting and important for...
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The Great Writ
Mon 29 Mar 2010
The writ of Habeas Corpus prevents an individual from unlawful detention.
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The Great Writ
Mon 29 Mar 2010
The writ of Habeas Corpus prevents an individual from unlawful detention.
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Shed Men
Fri 26 Mar 2010
Australian men are typically defined as confident and unassailable characters, but is...
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Assignment - Love and Morals in Mangalore
Thu 25 Mar 2010
Tinku Ray reports from Mangalore in south India where street vigilantes are making it...
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Queenan's Crime Scenes
Wed 24 Mar 2010
American author Joe Queenan's passion for crime fiction sees him heading to two very...
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Road to Rwanda
Mon 22 Mar 2010
"I don't know anything about the genocide. I didn't kill anyone or steal from anyone.
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The Other Internet
Fri 19 Mar 2010
China patrols its cyberspace carefully. The government there closes down hundreds of...
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Afghan Bloggers
Wed 17 Mar 2010
Najieh Ghulami looks at the way bloggers in Afghanistan operate and how increased will...
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The Virtual Revolution - Homo Interneticus
Mon 15 Mar 2010
Dr Aleks Krotoski concludes her investigation of the internet twenty years on by our...
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Internet Cafe Hobo - Part Three
Fri 12 Mar 2010
Nick finds that internet cafes are not just a way to stay in contact with family, and...
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Assignment: Hackers For Hire
Thu 11 Mar 2010
An investigation into the expertise of Russian hackers. What makes them so good at...
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Online dating in India
Wed 10 Mar 2010
The people behind the booming online dating industry in India believe they are society...
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The Virtual Revolution - The Cost Of Free
Mon 8 Mar 2010
How commerce has colonised the web - and how web users are paying for what appear to...
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Spanning the World - Part Two
Fri 5 Mar 2010
The Ponte Milvio, the bridge that spans the Tiber river in Rome, is a site of both and...
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Great Expectations, part two
Wed 3 Mar 2010
Nina Robinson returns to east London for the second part of Great Expectations, the in...
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The Virtual Revolution - Enemy Of The State
Mon 1 Mar 2010
How has the online world impacted on global politics? Twenty years on from the of the...
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Home from Home Part Two
Sat 27 Feb 2010
London based British-Asian DJ, Bobby Friction travels to North America to find out the...
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Spanning the World - Part One
Fri 26 Feb 2010
Italian artist Joseph Stella depicted the Brooklyn Bridge in New York as a metaphor in...
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Assignment: Taxing Questions for Greeks
Thu 25 Feb 2010
No-one likes paying tax - but avoiding it is a way of life for many people in Greece,...
