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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Beats, Rhymes and Justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island
Sun 17 Sep 2017
Behind the bars of New York’s notorious jail, Rikers Island, inmates are learning to rap
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Starting from Scratch in Uganda
Wed 13 Sep 2017
How do you make a new home in the African bush with a machete, rope and plastic?
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The Flying Colombians
Wed 13 Sep 2017
We join the world’s cyclists on the gruelling Vuelta a Colombia race
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The Gardeners of Kabul
Tue 12 Sep 2017
Meeting the people with a passion for flowers in a city of conflict
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Seeking Refuge in Houston
Sun 10 Sep 2017
Following storm Harvey, what are the challenges facing Houston’s diverse population?
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Lonely in Lagos
Fri 8 Sep 2017
Poet and broadcaster Wana Udobang speaks with lonely and isolated people in the city
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Bulgaria on a Cliff Edge
Thu 7 Sep 2017
What’s it like to live in the country with the fastest-shrinking population in the world?
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The Hundred Million Dollar Question - Part Two
Wed 6 Sep 2017
What’s the best way to spend $100 million to fix one of humanity’s problems?
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Die Klassen: Die Trennung
Tue 5 Sep 2017
A Syrian father and daughter in Berlin and their struggle to reunite with family
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The Hundred Million Dollar Question - Part One
Wed 30 Aug 2017
What’s the best way to spend $100 million to fix one of humanity’s problems?
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South America in the South Atlantic
Tue 29 Aug 2017
Exploring the often overlooked connections between the Falkland Islands and South America
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Counting Babies in Niger
Thu 24 Aug 2017
Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world and the government wants to change that
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Going Green in the Oil State
Wed 23 Aug 2017
Why are climate change sceptics in Republican Texas embracing renewable energy?
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Venezuela - A Week In The Life Of A Country In Chaos
Sat 19 Aug 2017
Examining the divided nation in the run-up to the recent Constituent Assembly vote
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Romania’s Webcam Boom
Thu 17 Aug 2017
Inside Romania’s live, web-camming world – the engine of the online sex industry
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Partion Voices: Aftermath
Wed 16 Aug 2017
Witnesses recall the aftermath of partition as former British territories were divided.
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Partition Voices: Division
Tue 15 Aug 2017
Kavita Puri hears the untold stories of those who witnessed India’s partition in 1947.
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Pakistan, Partition and The Present, Part Two
Wed 9 Aug 2017
Has Pakistan has lived up to the vision of its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah?
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Pakistan, Partition and the Present - Part One
Tue 8 Aug 2017
The mass migration of 1947 and what that version of events says about the country now
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Last Call from Aleppo
Thu 3 Aug 2017
In besieged East Aleppo a terrified mother of three makes one last desperate phone call
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Hadraawi: The Somali Shakespeare
Wed 2 Aug 2017
Somali life and culture through the work of poet Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadraawi'
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Being Bisexual
Tue 1 Aug 2017
Openly bisexual journalist Nichi Hodgson explores what it means to be bisexual
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Inside Transgender Pakistan
Mon 31 Jul 2017
Pakistan's Hijra, or third gender, community shun a new emerging transgender identity
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The children of partition
Mon 31 Jul 2017
The effects of the Partition of India in 1947 on generations of Indians
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Yangon Renaissance: Poets, Punks and Painters
Wed 26 Jul 2017
Inside Yangon as revealed through the artists, writers and musicians forging new Myanmar