The Documentary Podcast podcast

The Documentary Podcast

A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the BBC. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues. From Trump's new world order, to war in Sudan, to the legacy of football icon Mo Salah, The Documentary investigates major global stories. We delve into social media, take you into the minds of the world's most creative people and explore personal approaches to spirituality. Every week, we also bring together people from around the globe to discuss how news stories are affecting their lives. A new episode most days, all year round. From our BBC World Service teams at: Assignment, Heart and Soul, In the Studio, OS Conversations, The Fifth Floor and Trending.

A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the BBC. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues. From Trump's new world order, to war in Sudan, to the legacy of football icon Mo Salah, The Documentary investigates major global stories. We delve into social media, take you into the minds of the world's most creative people and explore personal approaches to spirituality. Every week, we also bring together people from around the globe to discuss how news stories are affecting their lives. A new episode most days, all year round. From our BBC World Service teams at: Assignment, Heart and Soul, In the Studio, OS Conversations, The Fifth Floor and Trending.

 

#2000

A people’s history of Gaza

The back-story of Gaza, from the 1940s to the 2010s, told through the personal experiences... more

16 hrs Ago

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:40

16 hrs Ago


#1999

Reporting the impact of  the Gaza ceasefire

Following the ceasefire in Gaza, this week has seen the release of hostages and prisoners ... more

Yesterday

26 MINS

26:28

Yesterday


#1998

Families in Israel and Gaza share their stories

After two years and two days of war in Gaza, Israel and Hamas have agreed the first phase ... more

Yesterday

23 MINS

23:20

Yesterday


#1997

Mamdani New York

Zohran Mamdani catapulted on to New York’s political scene this summer when he captured th... more

17 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:31

17 Oct 2025


#1996

Fighting on two fronts

More than a third of Ukraine’s scientific institutions have been damaged or destroyed by R... more

16 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:33

16 Oct 2025


#1995

Sabotage by smartphone

Ukrainian teenagers are being recruited online to carry out sabotage against their own cou... more

15 Oct 2025

17 MINS

17:40

15 Oct 2025


#1994

Drugs, Overdose, Hope - North Carolina and Nevada

Drug overdose has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. Fentanyl – a synthetic opioid... more

14 Oct 2025

54 MINS

54:28

14 Oct 2025


#1993

Alexey Seliverstov: Bionic birdsong

How fixed is the borderline between human music and the sounds of nature? That is a questi... more

13 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:29

13 Oct 2025


#1992

Brazil's Miracle: an Indigenous disaster

During the Brazilian military dictatorship, the Krenak indigenous people were banned from ... more

12 Oct 2025

49 MINS

49:32

12 Oct 2025


#1991

Tackling loneliness in India

India is known for its close knit families and communities, but modern work practices mean... more

11 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:28

11 Oct 2025


#1990

Trump and autism: People affected speak out

President Donald Trump recently addressed what he described as the “horrible crisis” in au... more

11 Oct 2025

22 MINS

22:58

11 Oct 2025


#1989

Searching for hope as a hostage in Gaza

After two long years President Trump has announced a ceasefire agreement which should see ... more

10 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:29

10 Oct 2025


#1988

Global dancefloor: Saigon

Frank McWeeny heads to the dancefloors of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) to uncover what Vietna... more

09 Oct 2025

36 MINS

36:35

09 Oct 2025


#1987

The biker gang ‘securing’ deadly Gaza aid sites

We have identified seven members of an anti-Islamic biker gang who oversaw security teams ... more

08 Oct 2025

22 MINS

22:25

08 Oct 2025


#1986

Bolivia’s Cholitas – From Outcasts to Icons

With their pleated skirts and bowler hats the “cholita” women are a common sight in Bolivi... more

07 Oct 2025

27 MINS

27:21

07 Oct 2025


#1985

Stephen Jones’ hats: A party on your head

After growing up in the north of England British milliner Stephen Jones went on to become ... more

06 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:30

06 Oct 2025


#1984

Nuclear tensions in the Middle East

The narratives and the doctrines built on ever-growing suspicions and fears that are once ... more

05 Oct 2025

49 MINS

49:54

05 Oct 2025


#1983

The Kremlin’s reporter

Pavel Zarubin has access to President Putin that other journalists can only dream of. He i... more

04 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:28

04 Oct 2025


#1982

Conversations from a year in Gaza and Israel

We look back over the past 12 months of the conflict between Israel and Hamas through the ... more

04 Oct 2025

23 MINS

23:39

04 Oct 2025


#1981

Orthodoxy or death: The fight for Mount Athos

**This programme contains discriminatory language** On Greece’s Mount Athos, the most holy... more

03 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:28

03 Oct 2025