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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World of wisdom: Love
Sun 21 Mar 2021
Life-lessons on kids in lockdown, coping with bereavement and learning to love yourself
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World of wisdom: Breathe
Sat 20 Mar 2021
Three wise people offer advice on anxiety, screen dependence and learning from lockdown
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What happened with the AstraZeneca vaccine?
Sat 20 Mar 2021
How did a vaccine hailed as a gamechanger end up in a scientific and political storm?
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Coronavirus: Reporting Covid-19
Sat 20 Mar 2021
We speak to journalists who have spent the past year reporting on the pandemic
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Scotland's contested identity
Thu 18 Mar 2021
From Dundee to the Orkneys we hear voices on both sides of Scotland’s independence debate
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What does the future hold? Covid, women and the US economy
Tue 16 Mar 2021
Nada Tawfik explores economic empowerment, opportunity and pay for women in the US economy
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The Royal Family’s missed chance
Sat 13 Mar 2021
Ros Atkins examines the monarchy's role in a modern, multicultural and democratic society
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Coronavirus: Resilience during a year of the pandemic
Sat 13 Mar 2021
We hear from people whose lives have followed an extraordinary path during the pandemic
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The disinformation dragon
Thu 11 Mar 2021
China’s new strategy of promoting disinformation in the West through social media
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The empty desk: Women, Covid and the US economy
Tue 9 Mar 2021
Why are women experiencing disproportionate job losses due to Covid in the US?
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The Saudis and the superpower
Sat 6 Mar 2021
Ros Atkins on Joe Biden’s first foreign policy test - how to deal with Saudi Arabia
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Coronavirus: War and Covid trauma
Sat 6 Mar 2021
How does the experience of a pandemic compare to being in a war?
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A year of Covid
Tue 2 Mar 2021
The story of a year of Covid-19 told through the voices of England’s doctors and nurses
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Facebook's global power and influence
Sat 27 Feb 2021
Ros Atkins considers whether the company is now too powerful and its impact on democracy
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Coronavirus: Venezuela's hospitals
Sat 27 Feb 2021
Two doctors in Venezuela talk about the healthcare crisis in their country
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Kenya’s unhappy doctors and nurses
Thu 25 Feb 2021
How one young doctor’s death has exposed problems in Kenya’s health sector
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I am Robert Chelsea
Tue 23 Feb 2021
The story of the first African-American to have a full face transplant
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How the Irish shaped Britain
Sun 21 Feb 2021
Fergal Keane explores the profound influence the Irish have had on Britain
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Covid-19: The cost of keeping schools closed during a pandemic
Sat 20 Feb 2021
With millions of schools shut worldwide, how do we get children back in the classroom?
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Coronavirus: Living in a refugee camp
Sat 20 Feb 2021
A Syrian father and his daughter talk about life in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan
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Drug-free in Norway?
Thu 18 Feb 2021
Can Norwegians with psychosis benefit from radical, drug-free treatment?
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Inside the brain of Jeff Bezos
Tue 16 Feb 2021
The ideas that made Jeff Bezos the richest man on Earth
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World Wide Waves: The sounds of community radio
Sun 14 Feb 2021
For World Radio Day, we visit community radio stations around the globe.
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The slow search for the origin of Covid-19
Sat 13 Feb 2021
Why does so much remain unknown about the start of the pandemic?
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Coronavirus: The vaccinated
Sat 13 Feb 2021
A hospital porter and a hospital cleaner talk about their work during the pandemic
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Unmasked: Stories from the PPE frontline
Thu 11 Feb 2021
How protected are the factory workers who make gloves used by doctors fighting Covid?
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Coronavirus Front Line: The search for a vaccine - part two
Tue 9 Feb 2021
The medical teams at Bradford investigate the hesitancy over the Covid-19 vaccine
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Trump impeachment: The Republicans' dilemma
Sat 6 Feb 2021
Ros Atkins looks at the future of the GOP after Donald Trump and the Capitol storming
