The Documentary Podcast Podcast
A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the ѿý. Investigating, reporting and telling true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism and global issues.
A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the ѿý. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues.
From Trump's new world order, to war in Sudan, to the legacy of football icon Mo Salah, The Documentary investigates major global stories.
We delve into social media, take you into the minds of the world's most creative people and explore personal approaches to spirituality. Every week, we also bring together people from around the globe to discuss how news stories are affecting their lives.
A new episode most days, all year round. From our ѿý World Service teams at: Assignment, Heart and Soul, In the Studio, OS Conversations, The Fifth Floor and Trending.
Episodes to download
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The Herds: Life-sized puppets flee climate change
Mon 18 Aug 2025
Puppet animals travel from the Congo Basin to the Arctic Circle, to flee climate change
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Ghost cities FC
Sun 17 Aug 2025
Inside the displacement and division of Nagorno Karabakh’s refugee football clubs
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Comedians and Afghan weddings
Sat 16 Aug 2025
How Afghans found alternative ways to celebrate weddings after the Taliban banned music
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Messages from Sudan's war
Sat 16 Aug 2025
People inside Sudan share their experiences of the war they say the world has ignored
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The president’s path: Trump’s Latino base
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Will Trump’s Latino Base Hold in the 2026 Midterms?
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Birding the gender gap
Thu 14 Aug 2025
An exploration of how the study of female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature
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Mo Salah: Egyptian king
Wed 13 Aug 2025
The impact and legacy of global football icon Mo Salah on Egypt and beyond
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Tajikistan’s last, lonely hyenas
Tue 12 Aug 2025
One man’s determination to save the last few striped hyenas of Tajikistan
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Has Ghana's ‘Year of Return’ been a success?
Sun 10 Aug 2025
In 2019 Ghana's tourism board encouraged people to return to Ghana but has it worked?
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Why are Chinese micro-dramas so popular?
Sat 9 Aug 2025
What's behind the success of a Chinese short form video trend that has expanded globally
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Israelis and the war in Gaza
Sat 9 Aug 2025
Israelis discuss the war in Gaza and their fears for the hostages being held
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Freddie’s second verse
Fri 8 Aug 2025
Freddie left fame behind to follow Buddhism and find stillness in Hong Kong
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The Engineers: Exploring the human
Thu 7 Aug 2025
Innovations in neuro-science, blood-bubble drug delivery and ingestible electronics
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New Zealand: Heading across the ditch
Wed 6 Aug 2025
What will New Zealand's rapidly changing demographics mean for the country's future?
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Waiting for my Dad - Ukraine's children of the missing
Tue 5 Aug 2025
A pioneering summer camp for Ukrainian children with missing parents
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Luke Jerram: A good yarn
Mon 4 Aug 2025
Artist Luke Jerram creates a big ball of yarn to roll through the streets of Bradford
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Why a South Korean church bought a village in Paraguay
Sat 2 Aug 2025
How the remote rural village of Puerto Casado ended up at the centre of a land dispute
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Hunger in Gaza
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Doctors and journalists share their experiences of the struggle to get enough food
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Bergen-Belsen: Among graves, we were born
Fri 1 Aug 2025
Two women born in Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons Camp return to their birthplace
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Controlling nature's data
Thu 31 Jul 2025
The London tech firm creating a huge genome database which can help create new products
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The JNIM branch of al-Qaeda
Wed 30 Jul 2025
The JNIM branch of al-Qaeda is one of the world's deadliest jihadist groups
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Can Greenland go it alone?
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Many Greenlanders would like full independence from Denmark – but can they afford it?
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Marina Tabassum: Designing London's Serpentine Pavilion
Mon 28 Jul 2025
Memories of Bangladesh inspire Marina Tabassum's design for London's Serpentine Pavilion
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The shooting of India’s biggest hip hop star
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Inside the world of Punjabi rap and gangsters
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The hidden pain of fibroids
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Why is uterine fibroids, a problem that affects millions of women rarely talked about?
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Rāgas and Redemption: Alam Khan’s Spiritual Legacy
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Alam Khan wrestles with carrying his father’s sacred musical legacy
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The battle for Bangladesh: Eye Investigations
Thu 24 Jul 2025
ѿý Eye investigates the deadly uprising that led to the downfall of Sheikh Hasina
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Vancouver's mental health crisis
Tue 22 Jul 2025
A deadly attack in Vancouver prompts a conversation about mental health in the province
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Wynton Marsalis: The sound of democracy
Mon 21 Jul 2025
The creative process of Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter and bandleader Wynton Marsalis