The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service 5308 - A battle that changed Ireland

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 Sierra Leone's cocaine trail, to Israelis driving sick Palestinians to hospital, to child obesity in Italy...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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The Documentary Podcast

Episodes

A battle that changed Ireland

Sierra Leone: The cocaine trail

The Kenyans taking on multinational chemical companies

James Turrell: Master Of Light

Driving across the divide

Saving Nigeria's vultures

The lifelong toll of surviving disaster

Searching for my samurai mother

The spirit of Tala: The rapid rise of Tonga's netball team

Bonus: Forgiving a killer - from Lives Less Ordinary

Italy’s child obesity time-bomb

Tom Bailey: Can a walk across the Arctic be art?

Love on trial: India's age of consent controversy

Belarus's university in exile

Older women and the challenge of IVF

Harry Haft's unspeakable fight

Follow the money: The beef with US beef

Moscow’s enemy number one

Euthanasia in Spain: Whose life is it anyway?

The Chinese fentanyl king

Jordanian director Zain Duraie

Fruit Wars!

Chasing the Wimbledon dream

Diving for Yuko

Secrets of the ant trade

Was ‘Made in China’ made in America?

China’s collapsing population

Karin Slaughter: thriller penned in mountain cabin

A history of the United States in 100 objects: 1: The Century Safe

Balochistan's disappeared

The Venezuelan earthquakes

Cast out: Faith of a gay Nigerian priest

The social lives of bacteria

The Food Chain: Can I save the family restaurant?

Switzerland's population cap referendum

The poetry of Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh

How did we get here? 1. Israel and the Palestinians

Witnessing the 'Hand of God'

What is it like to have a lung transplant?

Musician on a mission to keep bhajans alive

Agony and ecstasy: A history of penalty shootouts

Brexit Ten Years On (part 2)

Brexit Ten Years On (part 1)

Sean Cooney, singer and dog lover

The Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast

How Germany fails disabled people

Everest tourism's toll on Sherpas

South Africa's migrant deadline

War, God and the Islamic Republic

The Russian Dream