The Documentary Podcast Episodes Episode guide
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The Story of Braille
Peter White tells the story of Louis Braille, the founder of Braille, and the story in...
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The Story of Aids: 4. The end of an epidemic?
How activists and medical staff fought the government to U-turn on Aids treatment in SA
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The Story of Aids: 3. Aids denialism in South Africa
How South Africa became the epicentre of the global HIV-Aids crisis
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The Story of Aids: 2. Act Up fights back
How the Aids protest group Act Up accelerated America's response to the crisis
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The Story of Aids: 1. The beginning
The early years of the HIV-Aids crisis, as told by the people who lived through it
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The storming of the US Capitol: what happened next
Ros Atkins looks at the aftermath of the attack in 2021
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The Stem Cell Hard Sell
Phil Kemp investigates a Florida-based stem cell study.
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The state of the planet
The UN Secretary General joins Lucy Hockings and activists from around the world
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The state of Israel
Tim Franks reports from Israel for Assignment on how the country now sees itself as in...
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The spy of Raspberry Falls
A former CIA officer begins 20 years in prison for selling secrets to the Chinese
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The Spy in Your Pocket
How sophisticated spy-ware can be used to track our everyday activities. Who's watching?
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The Sprung Floor
Dancer Dane Hurst on his dream to teach modern dance to under-privileged kids in SA
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The Soviet Feminist Army
The army of Soviet women spreading feminist ideas in Afghanistan
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The Sound of Soweto - Part Two
The music of Soweto that came to represent resistance and black South African culture
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The Sound of Soweto - Part One
The role of music as defiance in Soweto, South Africa's oldest township
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The Songs of Comrade Time
The Children's Choir of the USSR sang to their leaders, they sang to their people, and...
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The Slumlords of Nairobi
Anne Soy investigates why there is no business like slum business
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The slow search for the origin of Covid-19
Why does so much remain unknown about the start of the pandemic?
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The Singing Fish of Batticaloa
Since the 18th Century, Tamil fishermen have claimed to navigate by the mysterious of...
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The Silent Wound
How veterans of Colombia's war are dealing with genital wounds and loss of masculinity
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The Silent War
Why has India's north-east insurgency lasted so long, and is there any hope of a The...
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The Silent Forest - Part Two
How the locals of Thailand and Myanmar are resisting the destruction of their forests
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The Silent Forest - Part One
The communities of rainforests of South-east Asia resisting destruction of their forests
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The Silent Epidemic
Drowning is the cause of a quarter of a million child fatalities every year.
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The Silent Enemy
Tim Whewell travels to the Turkish border and to Lebanon to talk to the doctors and to...
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The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
After the humiliations of World War Two, France was insistent on reasserting itself as...
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The shutdown: Misinformation
India has been responsible for more shutdowns each year than any other country. Why?
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The shutdown: Elections
Why do internet shut downs happen during elections and what is the impact on democracy?
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The Shutdown: Conflict
Why do governments shut down the internet during times of conflict?
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The Short History of Five Notes
Dancehall singer Sean Paul, Hip hop star Missy Elliot and Malian singer Habib Koite a...
