The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Summer with Greta
Greta Thunberg describes her remarkable year and makes a plea for action on climate change
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Unmapped world
Why is so much of Africa still not mapped properly?
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The 'grandma benches' of Zimbabwe
An innovative Zimbabwean therapy is helping solve a mental health crisis
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Coronavirus: The economic shock
Alongside the medical emergency, what will Covid-19 mean for the global economy?
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New York Covid-19 diary
Public health expert Dr Tom Frieden reflects on the global pandemic.
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The edge of change
How has the coronavirus pandemic created an opportunity to reshape our world?
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Reporting Covid-19
Following two local newspapers as they report the pandemic from their turf.
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Dame Vera Lynn
A celebration of the life of Dame Vera Lynn, the 'Forces Sweetheart' who has died at 103
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My fake news whodunnit
Who wrote a fake story that smeared a Senegalese politician in Michelle Madsen’s name?
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Killer Mike - The Rapper Turned Speech Maker
Mark Coles looks at rapper Killer Mike who made a plea for calm after George Floyd’s death
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In My Present Isolation
Six authors on different continents convey their thoughts during their present isolation.
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America Beyond Black and White
How can America move beyond its history of racial discrimination?
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Jamaica: A Brother’s Story
Steve Walker investigates the murder of his brother, a returnee from Britain to Jamaica.
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Abortion Under Lockdown
What happened in Texas when coronavirus closed the abortion clinics?
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The Covid Generation
The effect of coronavirus on the employment prospects and lives of the class of 2020.
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Iran's long game
How top military commander Qasem Soleimani helped advance Iranian national interests
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Testing treatments
Potential treatments for Covid-19 are trialled on patients
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The Death Row book club
An inmate’s first-hand account of creating a book club on Death Row.
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Recycling Chile, recycling Spain
Why is Spain rubbish at recycling and Chile so much better? Leena Vuotovesi finds out.
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Recovering at home
The Coronavirus Frontline follows covid positive patients discharged to recover at home
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Seven dead, 46 injured: One Chicago weekend
As violence rockets across the USA we look back at a weekend of shootings in Chicago
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Postcards from isolation
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service listeners talk about lockdown life during the coronavirus pandemic
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The Coronavirus Front Line
This is the account of one hospital’s race to help those made ill by the Coronavirus.
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Wuhan: The beginning of coronavirus Covid-19
In December 2019, Chinese doctors and officials grapple with a mysterious new virus
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One hundred days of Brexit
One hundred days with new MPs in the North of England from Brexit, Day to lockdown