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  BBC World Service  

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 Syria after Assad to rebuilding Ukraine, to how AI changed our lives, 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 Syria after Assad to rebuilding Ukraine, to how AI changed our lives, 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.

 

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#2000

BBC OS Conversations: Protests in Turkey

Across Turkey, hundreds of thousands of people have been taking to the streets after the a... more

8 hrs Ago

23 MINS

23:12

8 hrs Ago

#1999

Heart and Soul: Kai Höss - My grandfather the Commandant of Auschwitz

In a cinema in south-west Germany, an audience is gathered to watch an Oscar-winning film,... more

Yesterday

26 MINS

26:31

Yesterday

#1998

The Cultural Frontline: The Los Angeles fires

The fires that devastated parts of Los Angeles in January this year killed at least 29 peo... more

27 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:29

27 Mar 2025

#1997

Malawi: Life in your years

Life expectancy in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, increased by 19 year... more

26 Mar 2025

35 MINS

35:36

26 Mar 2025

#1996

Assignment: Who is Alice Guo?

The global online scamming industry is said to be worth some $500 billion a year. It opera... more

25 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:43

25 Mar 2025

#1995

Encore: Rejecting public education in Arizona

Education is a hot topic in the United States. President Donald Trump recently began takin... more

24 Mar 2025

27 MINS

27:31

24 Mar 2025

#1994

In the Studio: The Line

In our time of looming ecological disaster, radical minds are needed to rethink the way we... more

24 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:30

24 Mar 2025

#1993

Do we need a new Nato?

European leaders have had cause to rethink their roles within Nato recently, in light of s... more

23 Mar 2025

23 MINS

23:17

23 Mar 2025

#1992

The Fifth Floor: Behind Georgia's political turmoil

Georgia finds itself in political turmoil. For decades many Georgians have longed to be a ... more

22 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:27

22 Mar 2025

#1991

BBC OS Conversations: Ukraine: What do Russians think about the war?

For the first time in three years, there’s talk of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.... more

22 Mar 2025

23 MINS

23:06

22 Mar 2025

#1990

Heart and Soul: The mosque for Bangladesh’s transgender women

In Bangladesh, hijras - once a revered community - have long lived on the margins. Also kn... more

21 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:30

21 Mar 2025

#1989

What’s your poison: The methanol crisis

In November 2024, six people died after visiting a bar in Vang Vieng, Laos. Authorities in... more

20 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:29

20 Mar 2025

#1988

Assignment: Georgia - keeping the protest alive

Daily protests across the country have continued in Georgia since disputed elections in Oc... more

18 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:44

18 Mar 2025

#1987

In the Studio: Himali Singh Soin and David Soin Tappeser

Artists Himali Singh Soin and David Soin Tappeser explore the complex weave of histories a... more

17 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:29

17 Mar 2025

#1986

LOUD: Is noise an invisible killer?

BBC health correspondent James Gallagher investigates how our noisy world is damaging our ... more

16 Mar 2025

49 MINS

49:29

16 Mar 2025

#1985

The Fifth Floor: The Kenyan women saying no to motherhood

According to Kenya’s Health Ministry, between 2020 and 2023, about 16,000 women in Kenya d... more

15 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:34

15 Mar 2025

#1984

BBC OS Conversations: Cuts to US foreign aid funding

On his first day in office, Donald Trump froze foreign aid funding, ordering an immediate ... more

15 Mar 2025

23 MINS

23:06

15 Mar 2025

#1983

Heart and Soul: Ayahuasca and the new spiritual tourism

For centuries, ayahuasca has been a sacred plant for the Shipibo-Konibo peoples of the Per... more

14 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:30

14 Mar 2025

#1982

The village of sex offenders

Set among endless sugar-cane fields in a remote part of southern Florida, Restoration Dest... more

13 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:38

13 Mar 2025

#1981

Assignment: Guatemala’s ‘Indigenous Spring’

Guatemala’s been going through huge political upheavals. Protestors brought the country to... more

11 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:41

11 Mar 2025