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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Museum of Lost Objects: Kashmir’s Palladium cinema
Sat 15 Jul 2017
The conflict in Kashmir told through the life and times of a burnt-out movie theatre
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Museum of Lost Objects: The Necklace That Divided Two Nations
Sat 15 Jul 2017
India and Pakistan's tussle for Indus Valley antiquities after partition
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Salam to Queen and Country
Thu 13 Jul 2017
Soldiers speak out about what it is like to serve as a Muslim in the British army
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Myanmar’s Drug Vigilantes
Thu 13 Jul 2017
A vigilante drug squad tackles a heroin epidemic in northern Myanmar’s jade mines
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The Jewish Queens of Bollywood
Tue 11 Jul 2017
The untold story of how Jewish women became the first female superstars of Indian cinema
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Looking for Aunt Martha's Quilt
Mon 10 Jul 2017
In 1892, Liberian farmer Martha Ann Erskine Ricks presented Queen Victoria with a quilt
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Give Back the Land
Tue 4 Jul 2017
A white land owner and black farm workers share ownership of their land in South Africa
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Macron's Quest
Sun 2 Jul 2017
Who is the former banker and civil servant and how did he rise so far so fast?
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Europe's Drug Wars
Sat 1 Jul 2017
Irish crime journalist Paul Williams asks whether Europe’s drugs wars are out of control
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Siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery
Thu 29 Jun 2017
One night of terror at Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery in July 2016
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Blind Man Roams the Globe: London's Square Mile
Wed 28 Jun 2017
Peter White explores the sounds and smells of London’s Square Mile
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Young in Hong Kong
Tue 27 Jun 2017
The post-1997 generation of Hong Kong, how they see themselves and what makes them tick
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Hong Kong: Twenty Years On
Sun 25 Jun 2017
How have the hopes and fears of Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China played out?
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Get Out Of Jail Free
Thu 22 Jun 2017
Each year 35,000 New Yorkers end up in jail because they can’t afford bail
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Blind Man Roams the Globe: Marrakesh
Wed 21 Jun 2017
The sounds of Marrakesh explored through the ears of a blind man
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Las Vegas Stripped Bare
Sun 18 Jun 2017
Behind the gambling, glitz and glamour of this extraordinary desert oasis
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UK Election: Something Happened, but What?
Thu 15 Jun 2017
What the UK election results say about Britain, Brexit, and the different generations
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Weapons of Mass Surveillance
Thu 15 Jun 2017
How western high tech mass surveillance is being sold to governments in the Middle East
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What Went Wrong with Brazil?
Wed 14 Jun 2017
How Brazil went from economic boom years to its worst recession on record
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The Death of the Cockfighters
Wed 14 Jun 2017
Carlos Dews revisits the world of cockfighting – now illegal – of his youth
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Return to Aleppo
Sat 10 Jun 2017
One man’s extraordinary quest to find out what became of his home in Aleppo’s old town
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The Driver and the Dictator
Fri 9 Jun 2017
The 1958 Grand Prix in Havana that ended with the kidnapping of F1's Juan Manuel Fangio
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Recycling Beirut
Thu 8 Jun 2017
How Lebanese citizens are learning to clean up their own government’s stinking mess
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A Very British Election
Tue 6 Jun 2017
A portrait of the UK Election campaign and the role of populism in the 2017 UK election
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Syria’s World Cup Dream
Thu 1 Jun 2017
War and crippling sanctions, yet Syria’s extraordinary World Cup journey continues
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The Origins of the American Dream
Wed 31 May 2017
Exploring the meaning of The American Dream, and how it began
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Watching my Father
Tue 30 May 2017
The rise in suicide rates among Indian farmers and the impact on their families
