The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour
Paul Gambaccini reveals the story behind the making of Magical Mystery Tour.
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Don’t Log Off
Alan Dein attempts to cross the world on a late-night excursion via Facebook and Skype.
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Iran's Currency Crisis
What does the collapse in Iran's currency mean for ordinary people and the regime?
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The Cabinet of Animosities
The museum that exhibits objects left behind at the end of love affairs
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African Perspective: Lipstick Evangelists
What is it like to be a door-to-door Avon salesperson in South Africa?
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15/09/2012
Owen Bennett Jones traces the story of the Assads from the Baathist coup in 1963 - present
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Mexico Rising
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondent Will Grant challenges stereotypes as he investigates Mexico's economy.
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Game Changer: 20 Years of the Premier League
Clubs or corporations? Jim White reports on the Premier League's first 20 years.
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No Country For Old Women
Old women accused of witchcraft are banished to Northern Ghana's witchcamps.
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Swimming With Piranhas
Mike Greenwood reports from Paraguay on the battle for one of the last wildernesses.
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Episode 9
Nina Robinson returns to East London, to see how its residents feel post-Olympics.
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Wheel And Come Again: 50 Years Of Jamaican Music
Colin Grant looks at the cycles of Jamaican music in Wheel and Come Again.
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The People's Games: London 2012
The Olympic Games through the sounds of the people involved.
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Learning To Lose
When Olympic athletes lose it can be devastating - should they be preparing for this?
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Securing The Games
Gordon Corera talks to the people ensuring the safety of the Olympic Games.
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No Greater Love
A powerful memorial to the bravery of an ordinary man - Leigh Pitt.
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World Service Writers
Razia Iqbal looks at writers of many nationalities who have worked for the World Service
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Echoes Of Bush House
Charting the relationship between this iconic building and the broadcasts produced there.
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African Perspective: Living on Death
Two mortuary attendants in Zambia discuss their work and the stigma they must deal with.
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Song By Song By London - Episode Two
Robert Elms reflects on music from Noel Coward, Lily Allen, The Clash and The Kinks.
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Song By Song By London - Episode One
Robert Elms reflects on music from Professor Green, Suggs, Russ Henderson and David Bowie.