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 China’s state-backed overseas spending, to on the road with Canada’s Sikh truckers, 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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Ukraine after four years of war
Yesterday
Despite relentless bombardments the people of Kharkiv love their city more than ever
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Remembering Ukrainians who have lost their lives in the war
Yesterday
Families and friends share their memories of loved ones
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‘Oasis of peace’ in wartime
Friday
The challenges faced by Israeli Jews and Arabs living together in a unique community
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Alex Eala: The tennis star who could be a game-changer for the Philippines
Wednesday
Why the Philippines' Alex Eala was the hottest ticket at the Australian Open
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Bridgerton: Behind the scenes
Last Monday
Producer Jess Brownell takes us behind the scenes of Bridgerton
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Kirsty Coventry: Becoming president of the IOC
Fri 13 Feb 2026
How Kirsty Coventry made history as the first African and first woman president of the IOC
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Kentucky’s Real People Radio
Thu 12 Feb 2026
WMMT radio in Kentucky reaches some of the least heard communities in America
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Trump and Greenland: How MAGA went Arctic
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Donald Trump's desire to acquire Greenland has been years in the making
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Loving, living and dying together in the Netherlands
Tue 10 Feb 2026
The story of Jan and Els who opted for euthanasia, and died together in the Netherlands
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China's Population 'Rhinoceros'
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Why China's shrinking population is like a charging rhino: dangerous and unavoidable
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Returning to Gaza
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Palestinians who've been separated by war reflect on the opening of the Rafah crossing
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Caught on camera: Exposing China’s spycam porn
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Hunting the criminals who hide cameras in hotel rooms to film people having sex
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Game of clones
Thu 5 Feb 2026
How has cloning Polo horses in Argentina been a game-changer, for both sport and biotech?
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From American Pastor to Whirling Dervish
Wed 4 Feb 2026
Former US Christian pastor, Ismail Fenter, fell for Rumi and became a whirling dervish
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India's sportswomen playing to be seen
Tue 3 Feb 2026
How sport is giving some young women in India a way out of child marriage.
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Liberation Radio
Mon 2 Feb 2026
Matthew Sweet on an exhibition about soldiers who sought refuge in Sweden
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Archaeology and war
Sat 31 Jan 2026
A Russian archaeologist has been imprisoned for his dig in occupied Crimea
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ICE in Minnesota
Sat 31 Jan 2026
How life has changed since Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived
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Jesus in a shop doorway
Fri 30 Jan 2026
A former addict and gangster turns his past into a life of faith
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Hungary: The alternative to Orban
Thu 29 Jan 2026
Can opposition leader Peter Magyar challenge Viktor Orban?
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Shepherd's Eye In The Sky
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Bola Mosuro meets the nomadic herders feeding Africa and fighting climate change
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Nigeria: Killings, land and cattle
Tue 27 Jan 2026
Inside a conflict that’s fuelled controversial claims of “Christian genocide”
