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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Survival and revival in the Torres Strait
Wed 29 Jan 2020
The islanders fighting to save their home and their language
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South Korea’s hope in hell
Tue 28 Jan 2020
The personal stories of students and young people struggling with the pressure to succeed
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The remarkable resistance of Lilo
Sun 26 Jan 2020
Lilo and Erich Gloeden hid Jews from the Nazis in wartime Berlin
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Finland's race to go carbon neutral
Thu 23 Jan 2020
The Finnish fisherman who believes he has a solution to climate change
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Greenland: Why music matters
Sun 19 Jan 2020
Kate Molleson explores music’s place on the world’s largest island
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Ayahuasca: Fear and healing in the Amazon
Thu 16 Jan 2020
Psychedelic plants, the spiritual tourism backlash - and sexual abuse
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Germany: Justice and memory
Sun 12 Jan 2020
How has Germany tried to come to terms with the legacy of its Nazi past?
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Belarus: The wild world of Chernobyl
Thu 9 Jan 2020
'We lived with wolves' says 90-year-old Galina - a witness to life before Chernobyl
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The world turned upside down
Fri 3 Jan 2020
What will the end of the world’s dependence on oil mean for geopolitics?
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Disappeared in Thailand
Thu 2 Jan 2020
A grisly discovery in a murder investigation in Thailand may lead to significant change
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Hey Sisters, Sew Sisters
Tue 31 Dec 2019
The seamstresses who sewed soft goods components for space craft and space suits
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Time has chosen us
Sun 29 Dec 2019
The Soviet War in Afghanistan told through its teenage soldiers and their music
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Iceland: The great thaw
Boxing Day 2019
Iceland's glaciers are melting and scientists predict they could be gone in 200 years.
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Ii: The greenest town in Europe
Christmas Eve 2019
The town of Ii in northern Finland is a green trailblazer
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sun 22 Dec 2019
Razia Iqbal speaks to US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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County lines: Girl drug runners in the UK
Thu 19 Dec 2019
The story of girls trapped in the violent world of cross-country drugs gangs in the UK
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Romania’s revolution 30 years on
Wed 18 Dec 2019
How has Romania moved on from its totalitarian past?
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The Rainbow Railroad
Tue 17 Dec 2019
A Canadian organisation is helping LGBT people escape persecution via a secret network.
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Judy Garland: The final rainbow
Sun 15 Dec 2019
The story of Judy Garland's last concerts in London at the Talk of The Town nightclub
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A fight for light in Lebanon
Thu 12 Dec 2019
How a corrupt system condemns Lebanese to the misery of constant power-cuts
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From Bude to Berlin
Wed 11 Dec 2019
GCHQ's listening station at Bude, its hidden past and how it was forced out into the open
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My Big Korean-Iranian Wedding
Tue 10 Dec 2019
What happens when an Iranian marries a South Korean and their families meet?
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The digital election: How social media is reshaping UK democracy
Sat 7 Dec 2019
US political media expert Travis Ridout assesses efforts to influence UK voters
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Sri Lanka: The new climate of fear
Thu 5 Dec 2019
Muslims in Sri Lanka are deciding whether to stay or leave amidst a new climate of fear
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How Scarborough saved the world
Wed 4 Dec 2019
GCHQ's Scarborough station and its role in WW2, the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis
