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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Amar: Alone in the world
Sat 25 May 2019
Amar was orphaned in an Iraqi bombing so who is the woman claiming he is her son?
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The undercover migrant
Thu 23 May 2019
The extraordinary story of a young man from Ghana going undercover on the migrant trail
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Beyond Borders: Seeking safety in Canada and Lebanon
Sun 19 May 2019
How Syrian refugees have found new lives in Canada and Lebanon
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Me, the refugee
Sun 19 May 2019
The story of a 12-year-old girl seeking asylum in a strange county – told from the inside
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Bolivia’s Mennonites, Justice and Renewal
Thu 16 May 2019
In 2009, Mennonite women in a far-flung Bolivian colony reported mass rape.
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Slavery's untold story
Tue 14 May 2019
Tayo Popoola discovers the story of the slaves owned by the Cherokee Indian tribe
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Left behind
Sun 12 May 2019
Migrants make headlines all the time, but what about those they leave behind?
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Guyana - bracing for the oil boom
Wed 8 May 2019
South America’s second poorest nation is about to get very rich
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The populist curtain: Austria and Italy
Wed 8 May 2019
The coalition of centre-right and far-right parties that are running Austria and Italy
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When the things start to talk
Tue 7 May 2019
An internet of things insider reflects on the implications of ‘things’ that talk
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The crossing
Thu 2 May 2019
The British gangs making big money smuggling migrants across the English Channel.
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The populist curtain: Poland and Hungary
Wed 1 May 2019
The populists governing European nations along the former Iron Curtain’s route
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Dark fibres and the frozen north
Tue 30 Apr 2019
If data is the new oil, are data centres the new oil rigs?
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Flat 113 at Grenfell Tower
Sun 28 Apr 2019
What went wrong in flat 113 at Grenfell Tower? Katie Razzell pieces together the evidence
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Bangladesh versus Yaba
Thu 25 Apr 2019
Thousands of Bangladeshi addicts are hooked on Yaba, a methamphetamine and caffeine mix
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South Africa's Born Frees at 25
Tue 23 Apr 2019
South Africa 25 years after the 1994 elections that brought Nelson Mandela to power
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Restoring Brazil's National Treasure
Thu 18 Apr 2019
Can the treasures lost when Brazil's National Museum burnt down be salvaged or replaced?
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Snooker: Young, cool and Chinese
Tue 16 Apr 2019
Stephen Hendry examines the rise in popularity of snooker in China
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New York City’s pirates of the air
Sat 13 Apr 2019
The secretive radio stations that link the Big Apple’s vibrant migrant communities
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Order! Order!
Sat 13 Apr 2019
Mark D’Arcy reviews the chaotic past few weeks of debates on Brexit in the UK Parliament
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Poland's partisan ghosts
Thu 11 Apr 2019
For some in Poland the Cursed Soldiers are national heroes; for others they are murderers
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India's forbidden love
Tue 9 Apr 2019
How inter-faith and inter-caste marriages are leading to bitter divisions in India
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Will AI kill development?
Sat 6 Apr 2019
Will robotisation prevent poorer countries taking the traditional route to prosperity?
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Nepal Fights Foreign Paedophiles
Thu 4 Apr 2019
Hunting western paedophiles is a priority for a new police unit in Nepal
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Will China and America go to war?
Wed 3 Apr 2019
Will the competition between China and the US inevitably lead to military conflict?
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Not #MeToo, I'm French
Tue 2 Apr 2019
Helene Daouphars asks why #MeToo was so controversial in France.