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The Documentary Podcast Episodes

  1. The Antartic Explorer

    Karen Bowerman retraces the route of Antarctic explorer Frank Wild - Sir Ernest - as...

  2. The Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2024

    Music and messages for the isolated staff at British research stations in the Antarctic

  3. The Ancestors Are Calling

    The pressure on Lesego Mangwanyane - a South African journalist - to become a sangoma,...

  4. The Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture

    American historian David Blight explores the legacy of the American Civil War - the of...

  5. The Aid Audit

    The best of 蜜芽传媒 World Service documentaries and other factual programmes.

  6. The Ahr Valley flood

    In July, the River Ahr in Germany rose engulfing ancient towns and villages in its path

  7. The Afro-Mexicans

    Mexico鈥檚 black communities feel ignored and are using culture to fight for recognition.

  8. The Afghan Arms Bazaar Assignment

    As the insurgency in Afghanistan grows, Kate Clark travels undercover to investigate...

  9. The advertising trap

    Digital advertising has taken over the world. But is it all based on smoke and mirrors?

  10. The Accrington Pals

    The Battle of the Somme and a wartime tragedy that struck Northern England 100 years ago

  11. The accordion wars of Lesotho

    Why has accordion music led to the killing of so many in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho?

  12. The Abandoned

    Will Coley listens to the stories of Ethiopian and Eritrean migrants who have made the...

  13. The 66 Club

    Ruth Evans tells the extraordinary story of 11 women brought together on the internet...

  14. The 5G con that could make you sick

    Assignment investigates how bad science could be damaging people鈥檚 health

  15. The 10 years that changed women's football

    How women's football has boomed in the past decade, and what challenges still lie ahead

  16. The 'grandma benches' of Zimbabwe

    A scheme which trains up grandmothers in talking therapy has helped over 50,000 people

  17. Thank You for My Freedom

    Former Beirut hostage John McCarthy has never thanked Giandomenico Picco, the United...

  18. Thailand鈥檚 Slave Fishermen

    Why and how illegal migrants from Burma and Cambodia are being forced onto Thai boats...

  19. Thai Buddhism - Monks, Mercs and Women

    The rifts and sexual politics challenging Thai Buddhism and its devotees.

  20. Textbook Diplomacy - Part Two

    In Europe, school history textbooks are used to heal the wounds of conflict, overcome...

  21. Textbook Diplomacy - Part One

    Mark Whitaker looks at South Africa鈥檚 struggle to produce school history textbooks...

  22. Terror and Technology: The Unabomber

    How a reclusive maths prodigy terrorised America and how the media amplified his cause

  23. Terra Madre

    The world鈥檚 disappearing food tribes and how their traditional food production may a...

  24. Telling Tales: The Tohono O鈥檕dham Nation

    Retelling of an ancient Native American story and its resonance with contemporary issues

  25. Telling Tales: The Sultan's Son and the Rich Man's Daughter

    A story from Zanzibar in which a young wife has to save her life and its resonance today

  26. Telling Tales: The Odyssey

    A difficult and long journey for both Odysseus and modern day refugees - caught in limbo

  27. Tel Aviv Comes Out

    In many Middle East countries being gay can lead to the death penalty.

  28. Tehrangeles

    The largest Iranian community outside Iran can be found in the heart of LA.

  29. Ted Cruz - Republican

    The rise of Ted Cruz, the only man left who could thwart Donald Trump

  30. Teacher Flower

    In the 1980s Kathy Flower became the most famous face on Chinese television, as to of...

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