The Documentary Podcast Podcast
Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can uncover hidden truths and make sense of the world. Documentary storytelling 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. The best of documentary storytelling from the BBC World Service.
From conflict in the Middle East to the advance of AI, to the front line of the climate emergency, we go beyond the headlines. Each week we dive into the minds of the world’s most creative people, take personal journeys into spirituality and connect people from across the globe to share how news stories are shaping their lives.
Episodes to download
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Black Lives Matter: The Story of a Slogan
Sun 31 Jan 2016
Can the Black Lives Matter movement change America?
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Women in Love in Bangladesh
Thu 28 Jan 2016
Lipika Pelham on the extraordinary story behind Bangladesh’s first same sex wedding.
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Raising the Dead
Wed 27 Jan 2016
Music teacher Francesco Lotoro resurrects the music of Holocaust victims
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The New Face of Development
Sun 24 Jan 2016
Can the new Sustainable Development Goals eradicate poverty by 2030?
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Burying Chernobyl - Part Two
Wed 20 Jan 2016
Alla Kravchuk returns to Pripyat, Ukraine, now a ghost town following Chernobyl
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Molenbeek Through the Looking Glass
Thu 14 Jan 2016
Can Belgium solve the problems of the Brussels district dubbed 'Jihadi Central'?
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Burying Chernobyl - Part One
Wed 13 Jan 2016
Can the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in April 1986 be made safe?
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Red Lights and Red Lines: Prostitution in Europe
Sun 10 Jan 2016
Do different prostitution laws in Europe help sex trafficking to flourish?
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Brazil versus Sleaze
Thu 7 Jan 2016
Untangling the web of corruption in a forgotten corner of Brazil
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The Listening Project in Lebanon
Wed 6 Jan 2016
Life as a refugee after fleeing the war in Syria to make a new life in Lebanon
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The Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
Tue 5 Jan 2016
The multi-ethnic orchestra in Rome that is a beacon of hope amid an immigration crisis
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A New Life 3 - Germany
New Year's Day 2016
The Dhnie family has arrived in Germany, but the difficulties of a new life begin.
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The Battered Champions of Aleppo
Thu 31 Dec 2015
A Syrian football team torn apart by civil war. Tim Whewell is on a quest to find them.
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A New Life 2 - Crossing the Continent
Wed 30 Dec 2015
The Dhnie family find themselves sleeping rough and getting caught up in riots
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A Cold War Dance
Wed 30 Dec 2015
How dance during the Cold War was was designed to challenge America's military image.
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My Mother's Sari
Wed 30 Dec 2015
Tracing the history of the sari and how it can symbolise loss, love and nostalgia
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Young, Clever and Libyan
Tue 29 Dec 2015
Twenty three of Libya's finest technology graduates plan to rebuild their country
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A New Life 1 - The Dhnie Family
Mon 28 Dec 2015
Meet the Dhnie family in Turkey as they prepare to make the journey to Greece from Syria.
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In Search of Vadim Kozin
Sun 27 Dec 2015
Marc Almond goes in search of a Russian superstar who vanished in Siberia
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The Year of Migration
Boxing Day 2015
The key moments that shaped the migrant numbers reaching Europe at unprecedented levels
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Malaysia’s Runaway Children
Christmas Eve 2015
Five school children starve to death in the Malaysian jungle. Why weren't they protected?
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The Kampala Dream House
Wed 23 Dec 2015
The children's home in Kampala where every child is given a musical chance for a future
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Online Shopping, Indian Style
Tue 22 Dec 2015
How consumers in India are embracing the online shopping revolution
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A Greek Drama
Sun 20 Dec 2015
An original drama retelling the story Greece, its creditors and its bailout
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Space Wars
Sat 19 Dec 2015
Why war in space is not just Hollywood fantasy but a fast-approaching threat
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Cambodia: Trust Me I’m Not a Doctor
Thu 17 Dec 2015
The risks people take in rural Cambodia to get basic healthcare
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A Cold War Dance
Wed 16 Dec 2015
How dance during the Cold War was designed to challenge America's military image.
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Young, Geeky and Black: Kampala
Tue 15 Dec 2015
Can Uganda’s burgeoning tech scene help fast-track the country’s development?
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A Home in Space
Sun 13 Dec 2015
European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the International Space Station
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Homer, Hagrid and the Incredible Hulk
Sat 12 Dec 2015
How fictional universes, from Star Wars to Harry Potter took over global culture
