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.
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Assignment: The 'ghost city' of Cyprus
Tue 3 Sep 2024
The beach resort frozen in time by 50 years of conflict, and the struggle over its future
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In the Studio: Laurie Anderson
Mon 2 Sep 2024
One of America's most daring artists records a new album inspired by Amelia Earhart
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Global Dancefloor: Tbilisi
Mon 2 Sep 2024
In Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, the underground music scene is fighting against a clampdown
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Three Million: 8. Road to the past
Sun 1 Sep 2024
Kavita meets some of the last survivors of the 1943 Bengal famine
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The Fifth Floor: Ukraine's 'Memory Cafés'
Sat 31 Aug 2024
Could a cup of coffee become an act of love and remembrance?
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BBC OS Conversations: Three years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan
Sat 31 Aug 2024
Afghan women discuss their everyday life and the impact of tighter new restrictions
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Heart and Soul: Afghanistan 20 years on
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Julia Paul discovers what happened to the young women she taught in Kabul 20 years ago
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Courting success: A journey to Paris 2024
Thu 29 Aug 2024
Kgothatso Montjane talks about her life as a wheelchair tennis champion
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Bonus: The Inquiry - What does Hezbollah want?
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Hezbollah has intensified attacks on Israel - who are they and what do they want?
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Assignment: The struggle for Jerusalem’s Old City
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Why Armenians in Jerusalem say they are fighting an existential battle
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In the Studio: Architect Daniel Libeskind
Mon 26 Aug 2024
Creating a building to house Albert Einstein's legacy, work and research in Jerusalem
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The next Paralympians
Sun 25 Aug 2024
The trailblazing sports stars with a learning disability and the barriers they face
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The Fifth Floor: What really happened in Bakhmut?
Sat 24 Aug 2024
Why was the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut such an important target for Russia?
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BBC OS Conversations: Women's safety in India
Sat 24 Aug 2024
Indians share their experiences of attitudes towards women in the country
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Heart and Soul: Corruption in the Curia
Fri 23 Aug 2024
How financial investigator Libero Milone fell foul of the Vatican but kept his faith
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Solutions Journalism: A better start
Thu 22 Aug 2024
The people finding solutions to improve the odds for premature babies
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Invisible souls
Wed 21 Aug 2024
The fishermen who say they were mistreated by a Scottish fishing company speak out
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Assignment: Ukraine - on the front line
Tue 20 Aug 2024
Drone technology is transforming the battlefield in Ukraine.
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Under ash: Uncovering Maui’s past
Sun 18 Aug 2024
How historic mistreatment contributed to the 2023 deadly Hawaiian wildfires
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The Fifth Floor: The rise of caste influencers in India
Sat 17 Aug 2024
The young women taking to social media to show 'caste pride'
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BBC OS Conversations: Life in Venezuela
Sat 17 Aug 2024
Venezuelans inside the country and abroad share their stories
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Heart and Soul: Muslim sex education
Fri 16 Aug 2024
The educators teaching Muslim women about healthy sex
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India's fight against TB
Thu 15 Aug 2024
India has set itself a target to eradicate tuberculosis by 2025. But can it succeed?
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Solutions Journalism: The art of air pollution
Wed 14 Aug 2024
We meet the creatives that are turning deadly air pollution into art, ink and jewellery
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Assignment: Rejecting Public Education in Arizona
Tue 13 Aug 2024
‘School choice’: Why are parents opting out of public education for their children?
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In the Studio: Munch on the move
Mon 12 Aug 2024
How do you take an Edvand Munch exhibition worth millions to both sides of the Atlantic?
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'Indocumentados’: America’s undocumented migrants
Sun 11 Aug 2024
First-hand accounts of the precarious lives of America’s undocumented Latinos
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The Fifth Floor: Vietnam's matchmakers
Sat 10 Aug 2024
Why so many Vietnamese women use matchmaking agencies to find a foreign spouse?
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BBC OS Conversations: Gen Z and power change in Bangladesh
Sat 10 Aug 2024
Young voices on the extraordinary political upheaval in their country
