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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Macau: Monte Carlo of the Orient
Wed 14 Oct 2015
How Macau overtook Las Vegas to become the world's most lucrative gambling centre
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The Pop Star and the Prophet
Tue 13 Oct 2015
Was Jacques Attali right when he predicted the value of recorded music would plummet?
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Roma: A Decade On
Mon 12 Oct 2015
Did the 'Decade of the Roma Inclusion' succeed in helping Europe’s poorest minority?
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An Interview with Edward Snowden
Mon 12 Oct 2015
Why Edward Snowden exposed the mass surveillance by American and British intelligence
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Revolutionaries: Artificial Intelligence
Fri 9 Oct 2015
The rewards and Challenges of AI and how it is changing our world
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Great expectations: Migrants in Germany
Thu 8 Oct 2015
Why has Germany become the choice destination for thousands of refugees across Europe
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The Battle for the Art of Detroit
Wed 7 Oct 2015
Should a city owing $18 billion sell its prestigious art collection?
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Spain’s Battle for the Bull
Thu 1 Oct 2015
Neal Razzell reports on Spain’s economic crisis which has hit bullfighting hard
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We Real Cool: The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks
Wed 30 Sep 2015
A portrait of African-American poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950
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Wall in the Head
Tue 29 Sep 2015
The invisible cultural and mental divide between former East Germans and West Germans
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The War the World Needs to Remember
Sat 26 Sep 2015
Recalling the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, and its continuing legacy
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Inside the Tea Gardens of Assam
Thu 24 Sep 2015
Jane Deith investigates conditions for tea workers in Assam
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Incarnations: Profiles of Guru Nanak, Mirabai, Akbar and Malik Ambar
Sun 20 Sep 2015
The life of Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism, poet Mirabai, Mughal ruler Akbar, Malik Akbar
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Yemen’s Forgotten War
Thu 17 Sep 2015
Gabriel Gatehouse looks at a humanitarian crisis and allegations of war crimes in Yemen
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Africa Surprising - Change and Innovation
Tue 15 Sep 2015
Religious tensions in Zanzibar, South Africa's schools and China's influence in Africa
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Africa Surprising - Signs of Change
Tue 8 Sep 2015
Changes in education, health and the media - Ethiopia; Mozambique; Tanzania; South Africa
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Hodei - The Man Who Vanished
Thu 3 Sep 2015
A young man disappears on a night out in Antwerp.Where did he go and how could he vanish?
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Rhymes, Revolution and Resistance
Wed 2 Sep 2015
Arabic hip hop artists explore the effect of politically charged words on the Arab Spring
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Losing Louisiana
Thu 27 Aug 2015
Meet the community struggling to survive on one of the world’s fastest eroding coastlines
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The Future of 3D Printing
Wed 26 Aug 2015
Could recent developments in 3D printing benefit the natural world?
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Tom Fletcher - the 'Naked Diplomat'
Tue 25 Aug 2015
Britain’s former mould-breaking ambassador to Lebanon, Tom Fletcher.
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The Harragas of Algeria
Thu 20 Aug 2015
The Harragas of Algeria - young people who burn their identity papers and head to Europe.
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Amerasians - Children of the Dust
Wed 19 Aug 2015
Trista Goldberg looks at the story of Vietnamese Amerasians.
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Interview with Masoumeh Ebtekar
Wed 19 Aug 2015
An interview with one of Iran's vice presidents, Masoumeh Ebtekar, in Tehran.
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The Bin Laden Tapes
Tue 18 Aug 2015
Exploring the audio archive found in Osama Bin Laden's compound in Afghanistan.
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Cuba on the Move
Thu 13 Aug 2015
Will Grant takes a ride on Cuba's bumpy roads where change is in the air
