The Documentary Episodes Episode guide

Lenny Henry tells the story of August Wilson, America's greatest modern black playwright.

August Shines homepage

Chie Kobayashi finds out what the annual 'Love Your Wife Day' tells us about love and life in Japan today.

Love Your Wife Day homepage

What happened to the rubbish pickers on South America’s biggest rubbish dump, closed two years ago?

Your Rubbish, Our Hope homepage

Juliana Iootty traces the life of Machado de Assis, Brazil’s great literary genius that the rest of the world doesn’t know about

Remembering Rio homepage

Jeremy Bowen sees how the olive harvest is at the heart of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis for control of land.

Olive Wars homepage

A look at the Hungry Generation – the angry young Calcutta poets whose antics struck a chord with the Beat Generation.

India's Beats - The Hungry Generation homepage

Kavita Puri hears stories of the pioneering migrants who arrived in Britain in the 1950’s from the Indian subcontinent.

Three Pounds in My Pocket homepage

Former Jihadi Aimen Dean tells Peter Marshall how Islamic State came to power and how it survives.

Islamic State - Bureaucracy And Brutality homepage

Shahidha Bari tracks the story of Noor Inayat Khan, one of Britain’s most courageous secret agents of the Second World War.

Codename Madeleine homepage

This programme looks at the ways money complicates our relationships, what we learn, and what questions still linger.

Death, Sex and Money homepage

Al Letson asks: is Tupac Shakur a modern Black American folk hero?

Tupac Shakur - Hip Hop Immortal homepage

Fergus Nicoll recounts the extraordinary story of the world's richest man ever - 14th century monarch King Mansa Musa of Mali.

Musa's Money homepage

Is karaoke now an art form? Music critic Katie Puckrik hits the clubs in Portland, Oregon, to find out.

Karaoke as Art? homepage

Nicki Paxman meets the Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra, the only symphony orchestra in Central Africa.

The Kinshasha Symphony Orchestra homepage

Razia Iqbal meets the mothers of Jihadists in Austria brought together for the first time

Mothers of Jihadists homepage

Lyse Doucet explores the lives of Afghan women, the war of attrition on their hard-won rights, and their fears for the future.

Afghan Women - Speaking Out, Losing Lives homepage

To mark the company's centenary, Laura Barton crosses the USA by Greyhound bus.

Greyhound 100 homepage

Mukti Jain Campion uncovers the long history of the swastika and examines calls for it to be reclaimed from its Nazi association

Reclaiming the Swastika homepage

Comedian Colm O'Regan offers his sideways view of the last 150 years of thinking about capitalism - with help from an audience.

Number Crunched: Colm O'Regans Story of Capitalism homepage

Was graffiti the great art of the 70s? New York pioneers share their stories and explore the city's relationship with graffiti.

Grafitti - Kings on a Mission homepage

Linda Pressly explores the legacy of Pablo Escobar and how the story of the drug baron resonates in popular culture in Colombia.

The Cult of Pablo Escobar homepage

A former commander of armed forces in Afghanistan embarks on a quest to find out what has been achieved by the 14 year campaign.

Afghanistan: The Lessons of War homepage

Naomi Grimley tells the story of how a farm girl mixed glamour and the gospel to invent broadcast evangelism in 1920s LA.

Sister Aimee homepage