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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Forward Thinking: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Wed 10 Apr 2024
Why a celebrated astrophysicist believes space research needs a new approach
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Assignment: New Caledonia - new agreement needed
Tue 9 Apr 2024
Can the French settlers and indigenous Kanak of New Caledonia agree on a constitution?
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In the Studio: Ellie Simmonds
Mon 8 Apr 2024
The Paralympic gold medallist follows the construction of a new public swimming pool
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El Salvador's missing children
Sun 7 Apr 2024
Children separated from their parents by civil war now in search of their birth families
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The Fifth Floor: My Ramadan
Sat 6 Apr 2024
How are people observing Ramadan around the world, and why is it different this year?
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BBC OS Conversations: Living with cancer
Sat 6 Apr 2024
How six young women around the world are living with cancer
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Heart and Soul: The caste faultlines in Modi’s India
Fri 5 Apr 2024
How the Hindu majority in Modi’s India is still divided by caste
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Azovstal: The 80 day siege
Thu 4 Apr 2024
Ukrainian citizens and soldiers who survived the siege of Azovstal recount their ordeal
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Forward Thinking: Is it ethical to live longer?
Wed 3 Apr 2024
The dilemmas caused by treatments that could tackle some of our most serious illnesses
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Assignment: Secret Sisters. Political prisoners in Belarus
Tue 2 Apr 2024
Belarus has huge numbers of political prisoners - many of them are women
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In the Studio: Maria Grachvogel
Mon 1 Apr 2024
Maria Grachvogel shares her passion for creating outfits and working with Victoria Beckham
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Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary
Sun 31 Mar 2024
Fugees Family: the refugee football team who became my life - Lives Less Ordinary
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Bonus: The Global Jigsaw: Moscow attack: disinfo wars
Sat 30 Mar 2024
Who is behind the Crocus City Hall attack? We track the blame game.
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BBC OS Conversations: Messages from Gaza
Sat 30 Mar 2024
Four women share their experiences of resilience, fear and despair in war-torn Gaza
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Heart and Soul: An ‘Encore’ for Jesus
Fri 29 Mar 2024
The older women taking vows and becoming nuns in their 50s and 60s.
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Rwanda 30 years on
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Rwanda's journey towards healing and reconciliation after the 1994 genocide
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Bonus: The Black 14
Tue 26 Mar 2024
The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism
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In the Studio: Helmut Deutsch and Michael Volle - Staging Winterreise
Mon 25 Mar 2024
An acclaimed pianist and baritone tackle Franz Schubert's song cycle
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Heart and Soul: How the Church’s role in Argentina’s dictatorship shook the nation’s faith
Fri 22 Mar 2024
How the Church’s role in Argentina’s bloody military dictatorship changed people’s faith
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Assignment: Border Stories, part 2 - Coyotes and Kidnap
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Tales of kidnap and extortion from those who risk everything to enter the US from Mexico
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A reckoning with drugs in Oregon
Wed 20 Mar 2024
How has Oregon’s radical drug decriminalisation policy changed lives?
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Trapped in Oman
Tue 19 Mar 2024
The fight to bring home a group of Malawian domestic workers trapped in servitude
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In the Studio: Colm Tóibín
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Inside the creative world of the acclaimed author of Brooklyn