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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Manchester: A City United
Sat 12 Apr 2014
How Manchester helped shape the modern age. Communism, free trade, the co-operative or...
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Central African Republic - A Road Through Hatred
Thu 10 Apr 2014
Can a unique friendship between two men of god end the killings in the Central African...
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The Rise and Fall of Arab Liberalism
Wed 9 Apr 2014
The history of the Arab world, including Egypt's 19th Century encounters with Europe...
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Mapping the Void
Tue 8 Apr 2014
How does being on a map affect your work, education and rights? Meet the The who are -...
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A Good Man in Rwanda
Sat 5 Apr 2014
The story of Capt Mbaye Diagne, one of the unsung heroes of Rwanda’s genocide.
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The Mystery of Flight 370
Fri 4 Apr 2014
How can an airplane go missing in the 21st Century and why - nearly a month after it -...
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Ukraine – The Criminal Paper Trail
Thu 3 Apr 2014
Lucy Ash talks to the Ukrainian volunteers and activists who are painstakingly a stash...
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Crypto Wars
Wed 2 Apr 2014
Hacking, security, encryption: Gordon Corera explores the history of the war between...
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Nigeria's Working Children
Tue 1 Apr 2014
Mustapha Mohammed meets Nigerian boys who have to work to support their families in of...
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The Education Revolution: Part Two
Tue 1 Apr 2014
Sarah Montague turns her attention to universities, in particular, to MOOCs (Massive...
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The Man Who Went Looking For Freedom
Mon 31 Mar 2014
In 1983 at the height of the deprivations and repression of Nicolae Ceausescu's regime...
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Guns in America
Sat 29 Mar 2014
More gun deaths are due to suicide than homicide in the US. But what happens to the to...
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The Missing Migrants
Sat 29 Mar 2014
Each year, thousands of Latin American migrants illegally cross the US border via a...
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The Silent Enemy
Thu 27 Mar 2014
Tim Whewell travels to the Turkish border and to Lebanon to talk to the doctors and to...
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Brazil: Confronting the Past
Tue 25 Mar 2014
Monica Vasconcelos reports that fifty years after the coup, Brazil has started to deal...
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All that Stands in the Way
Sat 22 Mar 2014
Young women lack the same opportunities as men, despite most countries legislating...
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"Blacks Only"
Sat 22 Mar 2014
Under apartheid in South Africa, stand-up comedy was exclusively the domain of white...
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The Door Back to Mexico
Thu 20 Mar 2014
The BBC’s Valeria Perasso is on the US border, exploring the journey taken by as the...
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India - Press for Sale
Tue 18 Mar 2014
Does 'paid media' threaten democracy? Shilpa Kannan investigates corruption in India...
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The Freedom to Broadcast Hate
Sat 15 Mar 2014
Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, the Middle East has experienced a of new TV to...
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Where Are You Going?
Sat 15 Mar 2014
Catherine Carr charts the course of one day in the lives of many people, making many...
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Hungary’s Crusading Conductor
Thu 13 Mar 2014
Hungarian conductor – Ivan Fischer – is holding up a mirror to Hungarian society...
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Is the UK press Free?
Wed 12 Mar 2014
With regulation of newspapers planned, Steve Hewlett and a panel of international ask:...
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China in Vogue
Tue 11 Mar 2014
Fashion magazines, consumerism, and the changing face of Chinese fashion.
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Freedom to be Single
Sat 8 Mar 2014
Rupa Jha meets fellow Indian women who choose to be, or are forced to be, single.
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Will Carlos Acosta Get to the Pointe
Sat 8 Mar 2014
A decision by his father to send him to ballet school changed the direction of Carlos...
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Uruguay’s Radical Drugs Policy
Thu 6 Mar 2014
Thousands of Uruguayans are hooked on a highly addictive cocaine derivative –...
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Freedom of the Mind
Tue 4 Mar 2014
Ingrid Betancourt - who was held captive for six years - explores how people's minds...
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India’s Wedding detectives
Thu 27 Feb 2014
The number of families in India employing detectives to spy on future brides and is on...
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Guantanamo Voices
Tue 25 Feb 2014
Ex-Guantanamo detainees talk about freedom and how detention in the military prison...