The Documentary Podcast

By BBC World Service

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.

Episodes (50)

Inheritance: Samsung: 1. My kingdom for a horse

25m4/1/2026

The Saltmakers

26m4/2/2026

God, grief and the chatbot

26m4/3/2026

Surviving a shark attack

23m4/4/2026

The woman fighting IS in Somalia

25m4/4/2026

Growing up black in a white family – the truth behind my birth

39m4/5/2026

Chef Rodolfo Guzman: Chilean summer menu

26m4/6/2026

Albania: Land, money and the sea

26m4/7/2026

The Extractor

26m4/8/2026

The battle for Hungary

40m4/9/2026

Freddie’s second verse

26m4/10/2026

Your questions answered about Artemis II and space travel

14m4/10/2026

Hopes for a 'fragile' Middle East ceasefire

23m4/11/2026

Bringing India's daughters back home

26m4/11/2026

British Queen Elizabeth II's century of fashion

26m4/12/2026

Helping prisoners become better parents

23m4/13/2026

Pakistan: Hospitals putting children at risk of HIV

26m4/13/2026

Surviving my daughter's killing

24m4/15/2026

Back to books: Sweden’s digital backlash

29m4/16/2026

Jamaica: Shaken, not broken

26m4/17/2026

Experiences of miscarriage

23m4/18/2026

Counting the soldiers dying for Russia

26m4/18/2026

Patti LuPone: Taking the stage at Carnegie Hall

23m4/19/2026

The last dance floor in Chernobyl

58m4/20/2026

In Iceland's defence

26m4/21/2026

Under the influence of AI

27m4/23/2026

Faith and revolution in the Philippines

26m4/24/2026

Meet the preppers

23m4/25/2026

Inside the Mugabe dynasty

26m4/25/2026

Introducing: The Climate Question: China's green energy revolution

27m4/26/2026

Neha Vyaso: Crafting consent in Bollywood

26m4/27/2026

Driving Against Net Zero

26m4/28/2026

In Our Time: The Mariana Trench

49m4/29/2026

Atomic crossroads: Poland's nuclear future

26m4/30/2026

A church without walls

26m5/1/2026

My social life as a wheelchair user

24m5/2/2026

Mapping Epstein's global connections

26m5/2/2026

For the love of dogs

26m5/3/2026

Artist Joan Eardley

26m5/5/2026

Serbia: Under The Canopy

24m5/5/2026

13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II: What’s next for Nasa's Artemis mission?

41m5/6/2026

Russia's 'nyet' to the internet

35m5/7/2026

Befriending the man who killed my family

26m5/8/2026

Searching for Soldier Dad: Ep 1. Love story

34m5/10/2026

Mika Obanda: Mosaic art

26m5/11/2026

Return to Khartoum: War, loss and hope

29m5/12/2026

Introducing: Not By The Playbook - Why it is never too late

58m5/13/2026

An animal exodus

26m5/14/2026

Speaking from the Heart

26m5/15/2026

Hantavirus nearly killed me

23m5/16/2026

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