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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Coronavirus: Europe’s unvaccinated
Sat 27 Nov 2021
We speak to people who are resisting or refusing to get the jab
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Reaching for the sky
Tue 23 Nov 2021
How drone technology is inspiring young Malawians to reach for the sky
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Regarding the pain of others
Sat 20 Nov 2021
The gulf between the reality of war and our ability to comprehend it
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Coronavirus: Europe
Sat 20 Nov 2021
Several European countries are seeing surges in coronavirus infections
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Rising tensions with Russia
Sat 20 Nov 2021
Ros Atkins looks at recent developments between Russia and the West
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Salmon wars
Thu 18 Nov 2021
How a bitter fight is playing out in the American west over the future of a fish
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The hack that changed the world
Sat 13 Nov 2021
Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
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On the Covid ward
Sat 13 Nov 2021
How medical teams look after the emotional well-being of Covid patients and families
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Climate: Coal mining
Sat 13 Nov 2021
Two coal miners in North America discuss the impact of climate regulations on their lives
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The fight for Nazanin’s freedom
Sat 13 Nov 2021
Ros Atkins on how the British-Iranian is caught up in a complex geo-political situation
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Evia’s inferno
Thu 11 Nov 2021
The wildfires on the Greek island Evia which devastated lives and landscapes
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More yield, less field
Tue 9 Nov 2021
Could a farming technique called Pfumvudza be Zimbabwe's answer to food security?
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Climate: Civil disobedience
Sat 6 Nov 2021
Three people explain why they take part in civil disobedience to fight climate change
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Tree planting and climate change
Sat 6 Nov 2021
Ros Atkins looks at why vast tree planting initiatives are concerning some experts
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The Ahr Valley flood
Thu 4 Nov 2021
In July, the River Ahr in Germany rose engulfing ancient towns and villages in its path
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A Geochemical HIstory of LIfe on Earth: 5. The Anthropocene
Sun 31 Oct 2021
Could human engineering stabilise the Earth's climate and chemistry in the long term?
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The Story of Aids: 4. The end of an epidemic?
Sat 30 Oct 2021
How activists and medical staff fought the government to U-turn on Aids treatment in SA
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Climate: Animals under threat
Sat 30 Oct 2021
We consider the impact of climate change on animals and the food chain
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Ros Atkins on: The US and China’s climate commitments
Sat 30 Oct 2021
Ros Atkins looks at the climate promises of two of the world’s biggest polluters
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Lytton Burns
Thu 28 Oct 2021
Climate Crisis isn't coming. It's here!Extreme weather events are becoming the new normal
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A Geochemical History of Life on Earth: 4. The great chemistry experiment
Sun 24 Oct 2021
What can the last 66 million years teach us about the consequences of climate change?
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The Story of Aids: 3. Aids denialism in South Africa
Sat 23 Oct 2021
How South Africa became the epicentre of the global HIV-Aids crisis
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Climate: Changing seas
Sat 23 Oct 2021
We hear from people the in the countries affected by sea level rise
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Ros Atkins on: The UK’s rising Covid cases
Sat 23 Oct 2021
Ros Atkins explains why Covid-19 cases in the UK are higher than most of its neighbours
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Denmark’s Red Van
Thu 21 Oct 2021
A unique project aimed at reducing harm to women selling sex in Copenhagen
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The lost art of breathing
Tue 19 Oct 2021
Each of us takes more than 25,000 breaths a day. But are we even doing it right?
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A series of unfortunate events
Sun 17 Oct 2021
How a chemical element may have held evolution back for a billion years
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The Story of Aids: 2. Act Up fights back
Sat 16 Oct 2021
How the Aids protest group Act Up accelerated America's response to the crisis
