The Documentary Podcast

The Documentary Podcast

Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can uncover hidden truths and make sense of the world. The best of documentary storytelling from the BBC World Service. From China’s state-backed overseas spending, to on the road with Canada’s Sikh truckers, to the front line of the climate emergency, we go beyond the headlines. Each week we dive into the minds of the world’s most creative people, take personal journeys into spirituality and connect people from across the globe to share how news stories are shaping their lives.

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Sri Lanka: The new climate of fear

Sri Lanka: The new climate of fear

There’s a new climate of fear in Sri Lanka. This time it’s the Muslim community who are fearful of the future. The Easter bomb attacks in Sri Lanka - targeting churches and international hotels - horr...

5 Joulu 201926min

How Scarborough saved the world

How Scarborough saved the world

The work of GCHQ started just after the end of World War One as telegraph became a vital means of military communications. We hear from people who worked at the listening station in the Yorkshire seas...

4 Joulu 201927min

Giving peace a chance

Giving peace a chance

John Lennon and Yoko Ono's bed-in for peace protest and the people who witnessed it

3 Joulu 201932min

The man who laughed at al-Qaeda

The man who laughed at al-Qaeda

Raed Fares, founder of Syria's legendary Radio Fresh FM, was mowed down by unknown gunmen as he left his studios in rebel-held Idlib in November 2018. The death of the man who fought hatred with humou...

28 Marras 201927min

Emperor complex

Emperor complex

In the span of five years, Chairman Huang turned farmland in China’s Sichuan province into Seaside City. The ocean-themed town, which Huang says was inspired by Dubai and Disneyland, is now home to mo...

26 Marras 201927min

The Malawi tapes

The Malawi tapes

A race is on to save thousands of tapes of traditional Malawian music in danger of disintegrating in the archives of state broadcaster, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation. The old reel-to-reel tapes date...

24 Marras 201950min

Russian women fight back

Russian women fight back

Domestic abuse in Russia is endemic with thousands of women dying at the hands of their partners every year. Despite this a controversial law was passed in 2017, which scrapped prison sentences for fi...

21 Marras 201926min

Sierra Leone: The price of going home

Sierra Leone: The price of going home

Fatmata, Jamilatu and Alimamy all see themselves as failures. They’re young Sierra Leoneans who risked everything for the sake of a better life in Europe. Along the way, they were imprisoned and ensla...

14 Marras 201927min

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