Documentaries
Throughout the week BBC World Service offers a wide range of documentaries and other factual programmes. This podcast offers you the chance to access landmark series from our archive.
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Recent episodes (10)
Assignment - Equatorial Guinea
Thu, 9 Feb 12
Duration:
24 minsRob Walker investigates what’s happened to billions of dollars in oil revenues paid to the government of Equatorial Guinea.
Docs: Dickens And India - Mutual Friends 07 Feb 12
Tue, 7 Feb 12
Duration:
50 minsTo celebrate the bicentenary of Charles Dickens' birth, Indian writer Ayeesha Menon explores India's love affair with Dickens.
Docs: Dreaming Dickens: Feb 03 12
Fri, 3 Feb 12
Duration:
24 minsIn this documentary-fantasy we bring the danger back to Dickens. Slipping in and out of his weird and brilliant imagination, we see modern London as he might have done, travelling through the city's streets at night to crack dens and strip-joints as the police sirens wail. We meet characters from his novels and characters who would be in his novels if he were still alive today.
Assignment: Opposing Syria's President Assad
Thu, 2 Feb 12
Duration:
24 minsUndercover in Damascus for Assignment. Tim Whewell enters the dangerous world of the Syrian opposition to find out how strong they are – and what they really want.
Docs: Great Expectations: Part Eight - 27 Jan 12
Fri, 27 Jan 12
Duration:
24 minsNina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing who were hosts in 2008 and Rio de Janeiro, who will be hosts in 2016.
Assignment - Australia's FIFO Workers
Thu, 26 Jan 12
Duration:
24 minsAustralia's mining boom is proving lucrative for its so called Fly in Fly Out (FIFO) workers but as James Fletcher reports in Assignment, it can come at a cost.
Docs: The Wealth Gap – The View from London: Part Two 24 Jan 12
Tue, 24 Jan 12
Duration:
24 minsThe gap between the super-rich and the rest has grown sharply around the world. Michael Robinson examines its effects on London.
Dos: Great Expectations: Part Seven - 21 Jan 12
Fri, 20 Jan 12
Duration:
24 minsNina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing who were hosts in 2008 and Rio de Janeiro, who will be hosts in 2016.
The Toughest Guys On Ice
Thu, 19 Jan 12
Duration:
24 minsAssignment goes inside the fast and furious world of North American ice hockey. Alex Capstick reports.
Docs: The Wealth Gap – The View from London: Part One 17 Jan 12
Tue, 17 Jan 12
Duration:
24 minsThe gap between the super-rich and the rest has grown sharply around the world. Michael Robinson examines its effects on London.
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Play recent episodes
- Assignment - Equatorial Guinea
- Docs: Dickens And India - Mutual Friends 07 Feb 12
- Docs: Dreaming Dickens: Feb 03 12
- Assignment: Opposing Syria's President Assad
- Docs: Great Expectations: Part Eight - 27 Jan 12
- Assignment - Australia's FIFO Workers
- Docs: The Wealth Gap – The View from London: Part Two 24 Jan 12
- Dos: Great Expectations: Part Seven - 21 Jan 12
- The Toughest Guys On Ice
- Docs: The Wealth Gap – The View from London: Part One 17 Jan 12
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