The Documentary Podcast

First, the story of Mike Flynn whose remarkable resilience and incredible fitness helped a... more

Since 2023, Sudan has been engulfed by a brutal civil war. More than 150,000 people have b... more

Mika Obanda creates vibrant mosaics using egg shells in his Kenyan studio. He gets the egg... more

Why don’t I have a father? Cathy is 10 years old when she starts asking questions. The sec... more

At 93, Paul Biya is the oldest head of state in the world. In November he will have been t... more

As Sir David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday, we bring together conservationist... more

Thirty years after the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, some convicted perpetrators a... more

The Kremlin’s pursuit of a “sovereign internet” has raised fears of a digital Iron Curtain... more

Artemis II astronaut, Jeremy Hansen, reflects on the mission, adapting to life back on Ear... more

In Scotland, from 1940 to 1963, the artist Joan Eardley produced a cache of monumental sea... more

Eighteen months ago, the renovation of the railway station in Serbia’s second biggest city... more

Mityana is a bustling regional town in central Uganda, where motorbikes are king. Here an ... more

The personal correspondence, photographs and papers of the late convicted sex offender and... more

Imagine being dressed up for a night out with friends and being thrown out of a bar becaus... more

Pastor Jane Codrington grew up in a conservative faith environment before leaving the inst... more

Forty years after Chernobyl, Poland aims to open its first nuclear power plant. Shortly af... more

Misha Glenny and guests discuss one of the wonders of the natural world. In 1875 in the we... more

Is defence of the petrol car and liberated motoring becoming the new battleground for Euro... more

*** This programme contains scenes of a sexual nature and discussion of sexual assault, in... more

China is installing solar panels and wind turbines so fast that its greenhouse gases emiss... more