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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Bangladesh: Trials of Strength
Thu 19 Dec 2013
Farhana Haider investigates the prosecution of alleged war criminals from the conflict...
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Uzbek to My Roots
Thu 19 Dec 2013
Amy Cordell's family still cleaves to the ancient traditions of her Bukharian who were...
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Notes from Kampala
Sat 14 Dec 2013
The story of Kampala Music School told by its pupils and teachers. Kampala Music began...
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The Revenge Porn Avengers
Thu 12 Dec 2013
When a group of young Texan women found naked pictures of themselves online, they but...
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The Harder They Come - Part Two
Tue 10 Dec 2013
Forty years after the premiere of Jamaican cult film The Harder They Come, Chris asks...
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Madiba's African Footsteps
Sun 8 Dec 2013
Mandela's 1962 pan-African journey to explain the mission of the ANC and seek support,...
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Life of Mandela
Fri 6 Dec 2013
A look back at the life of Nelson Mandela by the BBC's former South Africa Allan...
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Mandela - an Audio History
Fri 6 Dec 2013
Nelson Mandela on the struggle against apartheid, with words from those who fought - -...
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India: Resisting Rape
Thu 5 Dec 2013
One year on from the horrific attack on a student in Delhi, Joanna Jolly hears from to...
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Jamaica - The Harder They Come
Tue 3 Dec 2013
The cult classic Jamaican crime film The Harder They Come, its reggae soundtrack - and...
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Inside The Vatican
Sat 30 Nov 2013
Pope Francis is being acclaimed for his leadership of the Roman Catholic Church - but...
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It's a Mall World
Sat 30 Nov 2013
Be it in Lagos, Minneapolis or Rio de Janeiro, how have shopping malls become such a...
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Mexico - Exorcising the Narco-Devil
Thu 28 Nov 2013
Vladimir Hernandez meets the Mexican Catholic priests who believe the country's drug -...
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The Father of English Football
Tue 26 Nov 2013
How decisions noted by Ebenezer Morley in 1863 allowed football to become the most of...
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Moldova - Sour Grapes
Thu 21 Nov 2013
Tiny Moldova is the world's 7th biggest wine exporter so a ban on exports to Russia...
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The Rhetoric of Cancer
Tue 19 Nov 2013
Are military metaphors such as 'battling' always appropriate when it comes to dealing...
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JFK: Dallas Remembers
Sat 16 Nov 2013
People with a perspective on the assassination and death of John F Kennedy in Dallas:...
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Colombia Child Soldiers
Thu 14 Nov 2013
With rare access to the government's rehabilitation programme Tom Esslemont meets as...
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Across Jamaica's Gay Divide - Part One
Sat 9 Nov 2013
Jamaica's gay rights and anti-homosexuality movements: what it is like to be a gay in...
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Indonesia: The Humungous Healthcare Plan
Thu 7 Nov 2013
Can Indonesia create the world's largest public health system? Claire Bolderson...
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Who's Holding the Baby
Tue 5 Nov 2013
Madeleine Morris explores alternative childcare with a visit a boarding school where...
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Melilla’s Border Stories
Thu 31 Oct 2013
Melilla is one of Europe’s most southerly land borders with Africa, a town under...
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The Pink Panthers
Sun 27 Oct 2013
The inside story of the world’s most successful gang of jewel thieves, nicknamed The...
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Lighting Lagos
Thu 24 Oct 2013
Neal Razzell spends days and nights in Lagos with the electricity teams who are to to...
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Women on the Front Line
Tue 22 Oct 2013
Emma Barnett examines which countries in the world do allow women to serve, and the of...
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Women Farmers
Mon 21 Oct 2013
The toils and tribulations of Polly Apio a smallholder in rural Uganda, where men own...
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Battling Booze in Alice Springs
Thu 17 Oct 2013
James Fletcher travels to Alice Springs in Australia to hear first-hand how alcohol is...
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Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase
Tue 15 Oct 2013
"Anything that can happen on earth, at some point happens in the sky. " Air hostess the...
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The Bucket List
Mon 14 Oct 2013
Cancer-fighting BBC foreign correspondent Helen Fawkes shares her list of things she...
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Ageing and Caring
Sun 13 Oct 2013
As the global population ages, is it time for a re-think about how we view elderly to...
