The Documentary Podcast Podcast
The best documentaries 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 documentaries 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.
From the global housing crisis to gerrymandering in US politics to the miracle doctor of Lourdes, we go beyond the headlines.
Each week, all year round, we bring you the stories shaping our world. From the personal voices behind the headlines to perspectives on faith and spirituality and how work and money impact our lives. Discover how people find solutions to global problems and look at the world through the lens of its media.
Powered by the BBC World Service’s global network, The Documentary Podcast is about the people living the story – helping you see the world with greater clarity.
Episodes to download
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Assignment - Romania Gold Rush
Thu 30 Aug 2012
Tessa Dunlop travels to Romania to investigate why a proposed open-cast gold mine, be...
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Swimming with Piranhas
Tue 28 Aug 2012
Mike Greenwood journeys across one of the world's final frontiers, the Chaco in to how...
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The Culture Of Gaming - Part Two
Sat 25 Aug 2012
Aleks Krotoski explores what computer gaming offers as a cultural medium.
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Inside The Paralympics: 5/5 Wheelchair Rugby
Fri 24 Aug 2012
Gareth Mitchell visits Canada to meet one of the teams behind the most violent sport...
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Inside The Paralympics: 4/5 Cheating in the Paralympics
Thu 23 Aug 2012
Measures to stop drugs cheats in the Paralympics are already in place but as BBC World...
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Bulgaria's Deadly Game
Thu 23 Aug 2012
No fewer than twenty football bosses have been murdered in Bulgaria in the last decade.
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Inside The Paralympics: 3/5 Ukraine's Success
Wed 22 Aug 2012
In Beijing in 2008, the Ukrainian Paralympic Team came 4th in the league of medals.
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Great Expectations - Episode 9
Tue 21 Aug 2012
Documentary-maker Nina Robinson concludes her two-year project to capture the of to to...
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Inside The Paralympics: 2/5 Technology
Tue 21 Aug 2012
Gareth Mitchell looks at the technology behind the Paralympics and visits a German are...
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Inside The Paralympics: 1/5 Intellectual Disabilities
Mon 20 Aug 2012
Athletes with learning disabilities, back in the Paralympics after a 12 year ban
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The Culture Of Gaming - Part One
Sat 18 Aug 2012
Aleks Krotoski explores what computer gaming offers as a cultural medium.
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Korea's Host Bars
Thu 16 Aug 2012
Lucy Williamson reports on the host bars in South Korea that cater to women's desires...
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Just Add Cash - Part Two
Tue 14 Aug 2012
Financial journalist and broadcaster Max Flint investigates the positives of inflation.
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Cold Turkey in Karachi
Thu 9 Aug 2012
Karachi has a population of 20 million, of whom an estimated half a million are heroin...
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Just Add Cash - Part One
Tue 7 Aug 2012
Financial journalist and broadcaster Max Flint investigates the negatives of inflation...
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Riding in Rwanda - Assignment
Thu 2 Aug 2012
Tim Mansel reports from Ruhengeri in the mountainous north-west of Rwanda on the who...
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An Unspeakable Act - Part Two
Tue 31 Jul 2012
In the second part of his bold examination of rape in the DRC, award winning writer of...
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Learning To Lose
Sun 29 Jul 2012
Olympic athletes dream of winning, but don't they owe it to themselves to prepare for...
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Spain's Runway to Nowhere
Thu 26 Jul 2012
What can a new but closed airport tell us about Spain's economic crisis?
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Syria - The Road To Justice
Wed 25 Jul 2012
The mass killings of civilians in Houla immediately led to calls for the ICC to and to...
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An Unspeakable Act - Part One
Tue 24 Jul 2012
In this powerful documentary, Will Storr examines a taboo that still reigns even in of...
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Securing The Games
Mon 23 Jul 2012
BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera talks to the people behind the largest in to...
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London Calling: No Greater Love
Sat 21 Jul 2012
A powerful memorial to the bravery of an ordinary man Leigh Pitt, who saved a boy from...
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Culture and Freedom in Benghazi
Thu 19 Jul 2012
Nina Robinson explores newfound cultural freedoms in Libya’s second city Benghazi.
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It Started With a Tweet - Part 2
Tue 17 Jul 2012
Shanghai-based journalist Duncan Hewitt concludes his look at the burgeoning trend in...
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London Calling: The London Chronicles
Sat 14 Jul 2012
Can a city retain a memory and if so what does it sound like? Francesca Panetta goes...
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The Business Of Personality - Part Two
Sat 14 Jul 2012
How do people from different companies use psychological assessments in the workplace?...
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Peru's Gold Rush
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Assignment's Rob Walker reports on the frantic gold rush in Peru that is threatening...
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It Started With a Tweet - Part 1
Tue 10 Jul 2012
In the first of a two-part series, Duncan Hewitt investigates the impact of in China,...
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The Business Of Personality - Part One
Sun 8 Jul 2012
How do people from different companies use psychological assessments in the workplace?...
