BBC World Service - The Documentary

The Death Row book club

An inmate’s first-hand account of creating a book club on Death Row.

Why is Spain rubbish at recycling and Chile so much better? Leena Vuotovesi finds out.

1/9 Clarke Peters uncovers the stories of black musicians in Europe up to the Jazz Age

Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic.

2/2 Homage to Harlem with poetry, music and the story of chef Marcus Samuelsson

Zeinab Badawi looks at doctors from developing countries working in the developed world

The Coronavirus Frontline follows covid positive patients discharged to recover at home

As violence rockets across the USA we look back at a weekend of shootings in Chicago

People reflect on the pop country classic Crazy, made famous by Patsy Cline

Alan Dein connects with people who are anxious about their family businesses