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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Yiddish: A Struggle for Survival part one
Fri 13 Mar 2009
Yiddish was the language of the Jewish Diaspora, the language of a people on the move...
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Yiddish: A Struggle for Survival part one
Fri 13 Mar 2009
Yiddish was the language of the Jewish Diaspora, the language of a people on the move...
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Indonesian Journeys West Timor
Wed 11 Mar 2009
In the run up to elections, Anita Barraud finds out why poverty and starvation are for...
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Indonesian Journeys West Timor
Tue 10 Mar 2009
In the run up to elections, Anita Barraud finds out why poverty and starvation are for...
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Third Agers Part Two
Mon 9 Mar 2009
What is it really like to be old? In this four part series, Jane Little meets people...
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Third Agers Part Two
Mon 9 Mar 2009
What is it really like to be old? In this four part series, Jane Little meets people...
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Indonesian Journeys Aceh
Fri 6 Mar 2009
Anita Barraud explores how peace and democracy is working in Aceh, a region that has...
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Public Places Private Lives
Wed 4 Mar 2009
Trafalgar Square is a must-see destination on any tourist map of the UK.
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Public Places Private Lives
Wed 4 Mar 2009
Trafalgar Square is a must-see destination on any tourist map of the UK.
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Third Agers - Part One
Mon 2 Mar 2009
What is it really like to be old? In this four part series, Jane Little meets Third to...
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Assignment: Kenya Reconciliation
Thu 26 Feb 2009
It's a year since Kenya's political rivals signed a power-sharing agreement to end the...
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Indonesian Journeys - Jakarta
Tue 24 Feb 2009
In the run up to the Indonesian elections in April, Anita Barraud travels to four of a...
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Fresh Start - Part Three
Mon 16 Feb 2009
Lucy Ash looks at a successful prison reform scheme in Kansas that is turning crack...
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Beatles in the USSR
Fri 13 Feb 2009
As Beatlemania swept throughout the world in 1964, it seemed unable to penetrate the...
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Fresh Start - Part Two
Fri 6 Feb 2009
Lucy Ash looks at why allowing prisoners to raise puppies has proved to be a way of...
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The Wildlife Smugglers
Fri 6 Feb 2009
Worldwide, the illegal trade in wildlife is worth up to $25 billion US a year.
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Assignment - Children for Sale
Thu 5 Feb 2009
Nadene Ghouri goes undercover to expose the trade in children by some charities in the...
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The Bicycle Diaries - part three
Fri 30 Jan 2009
This three-part series looks at the impact the bicycle has had on people's lives.
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Fresh Start - Part One
Fri 30 Jan 2009
As prison numbers in Britain continue to soar, what can be done to stop criminals In...
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Assignment - A City Divided
Thu 29 Jan 2009
At the end of last year, violent clashes broke out in Jos in central Nigeria after a...
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The Legacy of George W Bush - Part Two
Mon 26 Jan 2009
Justin Webb explores the domestic and international legacies of President George W as...
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The Bicycle Diaries - part two
Fri 23 Jan 2009
This three-part series looks at the impact the bicycle has had on people's lives.
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Human Rights and Wrongs at the UN
Tue 20 Jan 2009
Is the UN's Human Rights Council fulfilling its role to protect the most vulnerable or...
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The Bicycle Diaries - part one
Fri 16 Jan 2009
This series features three portraits of the use of the bicycle around the world.
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The Legacy of George W Bush - Part One
Thu 15 Jan 2009
Justin Webb explores the domestic and international legacies of President George W as...
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Obama: Professor President
Tue 13 Jan 2009
Kwame Anthony Appiah is one of America’s leading public intellectuals.
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The Pardon Game
Thu 8 Jan 2009
A US president has a constitutional and inalienable right to grant pardons. Bush.
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Brand Cuba - part two
Mon 5 Jan 2009
On 1st January 2009, Cuba marks the 50th anniversary of its revolution.
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The Story of Braille
Fri 2 Jan 2009
Peter White tells the story of Louis Braille, the founder of Braille, and the story in...
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Brand Cuba part one
Mon 29 Dec 2008
In Brand Cuba, Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have kept Cuba alive in...
