The Documentary Podcast Episodes Episode guide
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Clearing the Air
Ten years ago, Ireland became the first country in the world to ban smoking in the...
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Cleansing Turkey
Public employee one day, enemy of the state the next. The post coup reality in Turkey.
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City of the Future
Dealing with immigration, an exploding population, and a divide between rich and poor
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Citizen Journalists
What is the future of news, when the internet may undermine the old-fashioned ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s...
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Citizen Journalism - Part Two
n the second episode Michael Buerk visits Cairo and experience for himself how - among...
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Citizen journalism - democracy or chaos?
Michael Buerk analyses the potential – and the dangers – of citizen journalism.
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Christmas with Melania
A profile of US First Lady Melania Trump
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Chinua Achebe A Hero Returns
Richard Dowden joins the greatest of all African novelists, Chinua Achebe, on his trip...
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Chinua Achebe A Hero Returns
Richard Dowden joins the greatest of all African novelists, Chinua Achebe, on his trip...
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China’s World Cup Dreams
How a small rural school could help China achieve its World Cup dream
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China’s Ketamine Fortress
Celia Hatton explores how China is struggling to contain underground ketamine
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China's Zero-Covid Dilemma
Ros Atkins looks at why China is still pursuing a strict zero-Covid strategy
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China's rocket man
What does a pioneering scientist's story reveal about China and America?
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China's Long Arm 4
China has turned its attention to the US in its search for natural resources, even the...
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China's Long Arm 3
Lucy Ash assesses the wider impact of China's insatiable appetite for natural and on...
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China's Long Arm 2
Maurice Walsh considers whether China might use its growing military power to reclaim...
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China's Long Arm 1
Maurice Walsh examines whether US government concerns about rising defence spending in...
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China's Leftover Men
Lucy Ash reports on China’s gender imbalance which by 2020 will leave 24 million for...
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China's Hidden Camps
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ gains rare access to a region of China where Muslims are being held without trial
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China's Global Popstars
meet Ruhan Jia one of the young hopefuls in the world of state-manufactured pop.
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China's Generation Gap: Part Two
How attitudes towards family, marriage, divorce, dating differ between generations
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China's Generation Gap: Beijing
How have political, social and economic changes affected relations between generations?
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China's Forgotten Admiral
Zheng He was an epic seafarer who predates Columbus - and who symbolises China's...
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China's Family Planning Army
China's once hated population police are being turned into child development specialists.
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China's Economy: The Insider's View - Part Two
The Chinese market is still dominated by large state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
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China's Economy: The Insider's View - Part One
The world is increasingly looking to China for help with the economy. But what are In...
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China's accidental activists
The women battling the Chinese state after their loved ones were jailed as dissidents
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China Shaking the World - part one
Michael Robinson examines the political, economic and cultural mechanisms of China's -...
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China in Vogue
Fashion magazines, consumerism, and the changing face of Chinese fashion.
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China in slogans
How Communist Party slogans reveal a turbulent century of Chinese history