The Documentary Podcast Podcast
Download the latest documentaries investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
Episodes to download
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A year of Covid
Tuesday
The story of a year of Covid-19 told through the voices of England’s doctors and nurses
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Facebook's global power and influence
Saturday
Ros Atkins considers whether the company is now too powerful and its impact on democracy
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Coronavirus: Venezuela's hospitals
Saturday
Two doctors in Venezuela talk about the healthcare crisis in their country
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Kenya’s unhappy doctors and nurses
Last Thursday
How one young doctor’s death has exposed problems in Kenya’s health sector
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I am Robert Chelsea
Tue 23 Feb 2021
The story of the first African-American to have a full face transplant
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How the Irish shaped Britain
Sun 21 Feb 2021
Fergal Keane explores the profound influence the Irish have had on Britain
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Covid-19: The cost of keeping schools closed during a pandemic
Sat 20 Feb 2021
With millions of schools shut worldwide, how do we get children back in the classroom?
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Coronavirus: Living in a refugee camp
Sat 20 Feb 2021
A Syrian father and his daughter talk about life in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan
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Drug-free in Norway?
Thu 18 Feb 2021
Can Norwegians with psychosis benefit from radical, drug-free treatment?
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Inside the brain of Jeff Bezos
Tue 16 Feb 2021
The ideas that made Jeff Bezos the richest man on Earth
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World Wide Waves: The sounds of community radio
Sun 14 Feb 2021
For World Radio Day, we visit community radio stations around the globe.
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The slow search for the origin of Covid-19
Sat 13 Feb 2021
Why does so much remain unknown about the start of the pandemic?
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Coronavirus: The vaccinated
Sat 13 Feb 2021
A hospital porter and a hospital cleaner talk about their work during the pandemic
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Unmasked: Stories from the PPE frontline
Thu 11 Feb 2021
How protected are the factory workers who make gloves used by doctors fighting Covid?
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Coronavirus Front Line: The search for a vaccine - part two
Tue 9 Feb 2021
The medical teams at Bradford investigate the hesitancy over the Covid-19 vaccine
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Trump impeachment: The Republicans' dilemma
Sat 6 Feb 2021
Ros Atkins looks at the future of the GOP after Donald Trump and the Capitol storming
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Europe’s most dangerous capital
Thu 4 Feb 2021
Bucharest’s crumbling buildings are full of life despite the frequent earth tremors
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Coronavirus Front Line: The search for a vaccine
Tue 2 Feb 2021
Winifred Robinson reports on the global race to create a vaccine for Covid-19
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Compassion fatigue
Sun 31 Jan 2021
Are people in the medical and humanitarian professions suffering from emotional burnout?
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Coronavirus: Vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minorities
Sat 30 Jan 2021
We hear why some people from ethnic minorities are worried about the vaccine
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The exiles: Hong Kong at a crossroads
Thu 28 Jan 2021
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters facing a tough decision. Do they stay or do they flee?
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Donald Trump and me
Tue 26 Jan 2021
Republican voters in Idaho reflect on President Trump’s legacy and their country’s future
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Voices from the Ghetto
Sun 24 Jan 2021
The contemporaneous attempt to preserve the memory of life in the Warsaw Ghetto
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President Biden: Call for unity
Sat 23 Jan 2021
Nuala McGovern hosts conversations on the challenges ahead for the Biden presidency
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Lisa Montgomery: The road to execution
Thu 21 Jan 2021
The story behind one of America’s most shocking murders – and the woman who did it
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President-elect Joe Biden
Tue 19 Jan 2021
James Naughtie charts the life of the soon-to-be 46th president of the USA, Joe Biden
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My viral video and me
Sun 17 Jan 2021
Colm Flynn tracks down the internet’s original viral video superstars
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Coronavirus: Young widows
Sat 16 Jan 2021
Women who have founded a support group after losing their husbands to Covid-19
