The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Oprah 鈥� Global Icon
The rise of talk show host, philanthropist, media proprietor and actress Oprah Winfrey
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Trump: A Year in Tweets
What can President Trump's tweets tell us about his presidency and the US?
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The End of Innocence in Venezuela
How criminal gangs in Venezuela use children as young as 10 and teenagers in their wars
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Pandemic: The Story of the 1918 Flu
How the flu pandemic of 100 years ago affected every corner of the world
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The Hackers of Siberia
Intellectuals banished to an inhospitable land created a pool of talent and creativity
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Aretha at 75
In memory of the 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin who dies aged 76
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Mugabe's Last Days
Robert Mugabe stepped down after four decades in power, the transition took just ten days
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Your Life in a Cup of Coffee
Fortune-telling via Turkish coffee grounds, a practice popular across the Middle East.
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Russia's Exit Dilemma
Stay or go? Lucy Ash explores the choice facing Russia鈥檚 brightest and best.
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Rite of Passage
How military service shapes Israeli society and its future
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Who Killed the Circus?
America鈥檚 longest running circus, Ringling, Barnum and Bailey, is closing after 146 years
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Art for the Millions - Staging the New Deal
Uncovering the power and passion of the government funded theater in the USA
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Afghanistan Calling
How former Afghan child refugee Dr Waheed Arian is breaking medical boundaries
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Make America Great Again
Why is the word America such a controversial one outside of the US?
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The Odyssey of General Anders' Army
Many thousands of Polish people took a chance to escape Soviet gulags by joining an army
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Neurolaw and Order
How young offenders and the US legal system are being reformed through neuroscience data
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The Face of China
What Chinese magazines and their readers tell us about culture and politics in China
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The CIA's Secret War in Laos
A son uncovers his father's double-life as a CIA spy in a covert mission in 1960s Laos
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Offence, Power and Progress
Is taking offence on social media over-sensitivity or a force for progress?
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Stockfish
How did stockfish - cod that is dried in Norway鈥檚 cold air - become a Nigerian staple?
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The First Woman on the Moon
Wally Funk looks at mankind's return to the Moon and if a woman might actually get there
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Remembering Solidarity
Five Solidarity members reflect on the movement that ended communist rule in Poland
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The Invisible Hand of Donald Trump
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times examines the economic impact of President Donald Trump
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The Last Kamikazes
The indoctrination of Japan鈥檚 World War Two suicide pilots told by the last survivors
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Trump Re-Elected
Donald Trump鈥檚 election win 8th November 2016 revisited - could he do it again in 2020?
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Before I Go
Four people share their life-affirming experience of living with a terminal illness
