The Documentary Podcast Episodes Episode guide
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The Great War Diaries
How ordinary people – soldiers, mothers, nurses, even children – experienced World...
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The Great Tennis Fix
Have the tennis authorities done enough to investigate allegations of match fixing?
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The Great Space Hunt
With the power of nuclear weapons and the potential to wipe out life on Earth, hit...
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The Great Palace of Verse
Completed by the poet Ferdowsi in 1010 AD, the Shahnameh is widely regarded as a of...
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The great German sausage crisis
Who is going to make the sausages in Germany if no-one wants to be a butcher?
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The Great Egg Freeze
Moral, social and medical: the complexities of egg freezing as a company benefit
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The great dolphin release
Freeing Johnny, Rocky and Rambo, the dolphins of the world's last travelling circus
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The Grass is Greener
Why do Ghanaians dream of living a better life abroad? What must change in Ghana for...
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The Grand Egyptian Museum
Jonathan Glancey travels to Cairo to report on a truly remarkable construction project
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The Gospel Truth - Part Two
Was commercialisation responsible for the spread of gospel music beyond the black church?
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The Gospel Truth - Part One
The journey of gospel music from the church to the charts
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The Gospel of Wealth
Gordon Brown meets billionaires inspired by the great philanthropist Andrew Carnegie
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The Global Jigsaw: The Trump effect on global media
Exploring the changes to media around the world caused by cuts to USAGM and USAID
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The Global Jigsaw: The Taliban’s war on women
The group’s return to power in Afghanistan has seen the erasure of women from public life
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The Global Jigsaw: The rebels who retook Aleppo
A shock offensive turned Syria’s forgotten conflict into hot war
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The Global Jigsaw: The evolution of the Islamic State Group
After a lull in activities, in 2024 IS claimed to be behind several major attacks
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The Global Jigsaw: Russia’s gateway to Africa in jeopardy
What would the potential loss of Syrian bases mean for Russia?
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The Global Jigsaw: Netanyahu’s media squeeze
The Israeli government’s push to transform the media landscape
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The Girls Britain Betrayed
At least 1,400 children were sexually exploited in the northern English town of by of...
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The Ghostly Voices of World War One
Hidden away in the backrooms at Humbolt University and the Ethnological Museum in are...
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The ghost ship
A tanker drifts, unmanned, onto an Indian beach - like a ghost. What really happened?
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The Generals Debate Iraq
Owen Bennett-Jones chairs a unique debate with some of the most senior and influential...
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The gay activists who won an Olympic-sized battle
The power of peaceful protest and how to affect change
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The Gardeners of Kabul
Meeting the people with a passion for flowers in a city of conflict
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The Future of Women's Football
Could women's football provide a new, more sustainable model to the men's game? Yvonne...
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The future of the Alawites
Emily Wither meets Syrian Alawites that have fled to Lebanon to escape sectarian violence
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The future of hip-hop: New York
Will rising queer artists and women allow hip-hop to shake off homophobia and misogyny?
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The future of hip-hop: Atlanta
The rising queer artists of Atlanta trying to build a more inclusive future for hip-hop
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The Future of Amnesty International: Part Two
Matthew Bannister tells the story of Amnesty International at 50, and discusses its on...
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The Future of Amnesty International: Part One
Matthew Bannister tells the story of Amnesty International at 50, and discusses its on...