The Documentary Podcast
A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the BBC. 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 protests in Turkey, to the headphone revolution, 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 BBC World Service teams at: Assignment, Heart and Soul, In the Studio, OS Conversations, The Fifth Floor and Trending.
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- Argentina's elusive big cats
- Michael Symmons Roberts' Christmas card poem
- United in space: How we built the ISS
- Living in fear on South Africa's farms
- Jewish Australians on the Bondi Beach attacks
- Prayers through the checkpoints
- Elephant conservation in Botswana
- Introducing The Bomb: Kennedy and Khrushchev
- Stolen brides of Kazakhstan: The fightback
- Jim Henson's Creature Shop: Back to Fraggle Rock
- A makeover for Syria's interim leader?
- Somalis in America
- The divine gift of sex
- Surgery in a backpack
- The struggle of Israel's peace movement
- Anna-Karin Karlsson: Sunglasses made for icons
- Steel from shipwrecks
- Reporting the Nigerian school kidnappings
- Australia’s under-16 social media ban
- The mosque for Bangladesh’s transgender women
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