The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Womb For Rent
Is outsourcing pregnancy to India exploitative or mutually beneficial?
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The Antartic Explorer
Retracing the route of Antarctic explorer Frank Wild, Shackleton's second-in-command.
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The Women Of Tahrir Square
Why some women are disappointed and angry at the Egyptian revolution's failures.
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The Songs of Comrade Time
Monica Whitlock goes in search of The Children's Choir of the USSR.
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Knitting In Tripoli
An intimate story of life during the Libyan war.
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The Trouble With Condoms
Frank and intimate personal stories of why the safe sex message is still so often ignored.
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New Global Economics: The Shock and the Shift
Martin Wolf examines how the world has changed since the financial crisis four years ago.
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The Boy With The Violin
Priyath Liyanage goes to Sri Lanka in search of the boy with the violin.
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Upsetting The Apple Cart: The Genius of Steve Jobs
Mark Gregory examines the legacy of Steve Jobs. Did he invent a new way of doing business?
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29/10/2011
With Gaddafi dead, Owen Bennett-Jones explores what happens after dictators fall.
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Lives In Landscape
Alan Dein explores the impact of the recent riots in England on one London man
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Down and Out in Paris and London
We retrace George Orwell's account of poverty in Paris and London, 80 years on.
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Always Hope: Cambodia's New Music
How Cambodia's new bands are promising signs of a culture in recovery.
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The Politics Of Dancing: How Disco Changed The World
Martha Reeves uncovers the politics of disco music.