The Documentary Podcast Podcast
Download the latest documentaries Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
Episodes to download
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As the World Sees Britain: Germany and how it sees Britain
Today
Political and cultural figures in Germany on how they and their communities see Britain
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George Weah: The footballing president
Yesterday
Is Liberia’s footballing President George Weah achieving his goals?
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Can we fix it? The inside story of match fixing in tennis
Last Thursday
The inside story of how players and betting gangs are fixing matches in tennis
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The Trumped Republicans
Last Wednesday
Republican insider Ron Christie assesses how Donald Trump has shaken up his own party
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The Ballads of Emmett Till
Sun 10 Feb 2019
Fourteen year-old Emmett Till was murdered in 1955. His death has resonated ever since
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The Pledge
Thu 7 Feb 2019
Students die every year on US college campuses because of dangerous “hazing” rituals
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My Brexit Dilemma
Wed 6 Feb 2019
For Adrian Goldberg, Brexit has raised a dilemma: should he get a German passport?
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Sweeping the World
Tue 5 Feb 2019
Imtiaz Dharker presents a reflective evocation of the broom, in words, sound and music
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The Politics of Mongolian Hip Hop
Sat 2 Feb 2019
How Mongolia’s massive hip hop scene is shaping the country’s future
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Japan's Elderly Crime Wave
Thu 31 Jan 2019
Elderly pensioners in Japan commit petty crimes so that they can be sent to prison
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Solving Alzheimer's: Living and Dying with Alzheimer's
Tue 29 Jan 2019
How best to live and die with dementia and the difficult choices people have to make
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Songs from the Depths of Hell
Sun 27 Jan 2019
Blessed with a photographic memory Aleksander Kulisiewicz recorded songs of the damned...
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Closing Uganda’s Orphanage
Thu 24 Jan 2019
Hundreds of illegal orphanages in Uganda, many funded by UK charities, face closure.
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Solving Alzheimer's: The Trillion Dollar Disease
Tue 22 Jan 2019
How will governments find the money and workers to care for Alzheimer’s sufferers?
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The Assassination - Part Two
Sun 20 Jan 2019
Who killed Benazir Bhutto? Why has a 10-year investigation failed to find her killers?
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France, Algeria and the battle for truth
Thu 17 Jan 2019
A widow’s 60 year campaign for the truth about her husband’s death in the Algerian War
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Africa’s Drone Experiment
Wed 16 Jan 2019
Is there a viable case for drone deliveries in East Africa?
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Solving Alzheimer's: Fear and Stigma
Tue 15 Jan 2019
How fear and lack of understanding of Alzheimer’s is stigmatising those who have it
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The Assassination - Part One
Sun 13 Jan 2019
Who killed Benazir Bhutto? And why has 10-year investigation failed to find her killers?
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Balkan Border Wars - Serbia and Kosovo
Thu 10 Jan 2019
Old enemies Serbia and Kosovo discuss what for some is unthinkable - an ethnic land swap
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Cuban Voices
Tue 8 Jan 2019
Ordinary Cubans reveal what their lives have really been like under Castro’s socialism
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From the Ground Up
Sat 5 Jan 2019
The Central African Republic and its struggle to develop after years of conflict
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The Brazilian Footballer Who Never Was
Thu 3 Jan 2019
How one boy’s dream was cut short by the beautiful game’s ugly prejudice in Brazil.
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New York's Flower Market: Things my Father Loved
New Year's Day 2019
What does it take to make a living in the New York flower market?
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Childish Gambino: This is 2018
Sun 30 Dec 2018
How and why Childish Gambino’s This is America video echoed around the world in 2018
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Armenia: Return to a Town that Died
Thu 27 Dec 2018
Two British firefighters revisit the scene of Armenia's devastating earthquake in 1988.
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Carols of the Times
Sun 23 Dec 2018
Composer Bob Chilcott explores the history of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
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DNA, Me and the Family Tree
Thu 20 Dec 2018
How home DNA testing kits are revealing more than some people bargained for.
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