The Documentary Podcast by BBC World Service

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- Beijing: Beyond the masks

Sat, 31 Jul 2021
1543
- Extreme weather

Sat, 31 Jul 2021
1542
- Rebuilding Beirut’s village in a city

Thu, 29 Jul 2021
1541
- A tale of two Tokyos

Tue, 27 Jul 2021
1540
- Two smiley faces: Episode four

Sun, 25 Jul 2021
1539
- The road to rock'n'roll

Sat, 24 Jul 2021
1538
- The Tokyo Olympics

Sat, 24 Jul 2021
1537
- Dangerous liaisons in Sinaloa

Thu, 22 Jul 2021
1536
- Lex Gillette: A leap in the dark

Tue, 20 Jul 2021
1535
- Two smiley faces: Episode three

Sun, 18 Jul 2021
1534
- China in slogans

Sat, 17 Jul 2021
1533
- Breaking through

Sat, 17 Jul 2021
1532
- Coronavirus: England Unlocking

Sat, 17 Jul 2021
1531
- Finding Grace

Wed, 14 Jul 2021
1530
- Sporting heroines of history

Tue, 13 Jul 2021
1529
- Coronavirus: Refusing the vaccine

Sat, 10 Jul 2021
1528
- Two smiley faces - part two

Sun, 11 Jul 2021
1527
- The mixed beat

Sat, 10 Jul 2021
1526
- Missing from Manhattan

Thu, 08 Jul 2021
1525
- Bats: Friend or foe?

Tue, 06 Jul 2021
1524
- Coronavirus: Face masks

Sat, 03 Jul 2021
1523
- Two Smiley Faces

Sun, 04 Jul 2021
1522
- The runaway maids of Oman

Thu, 01 Jul 2021
1521
- Guru: Who knew what and when?

Tue, 29 Jun 2021
1520
- Marvellous medicine

Sun, 27 Jun 2021
1519
- A right to health

Sat, 26 Jun 2021
1518
- Coronavirus: Survivor's guilt

Sat, 26 Jun 2021
1517
- Nigeria’s kidnapped children

Thu, 24 Jun 2021
1516
- Guru: A dark legacy

Tue, 22 Jun 2021
1514
- The life of Kenneth Kaunda

Sun, 20 Jun 2021
1513
- Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Sat, 19 Jun 2021
1512
- Women in Iran

Sat, 19 Jun 2021
1511
- Syria’s decade of conflict: The many colours of Raqqa

Thu, 17 Jun 2021
1510
- Guru: Living a lie

Tue, 15 Jun 2021
1507
- When Kissinger went to China

Sat, 12 Jun 2021
1506
- Life in Iran

Sat, 12 Jun 2021
1505
- Syria’s decade of conflict: Islamic State’s most wanted

Thu, 10 Jun 2021
1504
- Being mum

Tue, 08 Jun 2021
1503
- Bonus: The Lazarus Heist Episode 1

Sat, 05 Jun 2021
1502
- Introducing: The Lazarus Heist

Sat, 05 Jun 2021
1501
- Coronavirus: The Olympics

Sat, 05 Jun 2021
1500
- Syria’s decade of conflict: Syria's secret library

Thu, 03 Jun 2021
1499
- Globalisation in reverse

Tue, 01 Jun 2021
1498
- The Tulsa tragedy that shamed America

Sat, 29 May 2021
1497
- Hip-hop and healing: Commemorating Tulsa

Sat, 29 May 2021
1496
- Coronavirus: Getting Covid after vaccination

Sat, 29 May 2021
1495
- Syria’s decade of conflict: The battered champions of Aleppo

Thu, 27 May 2021
1494
- Reaching back to Hands Across America

Tue, 25 May 2021
1493
- Vaccinating the world

Sat, 22 May 2021
1492
- Israel and Gaza

Sat, 22 May 2021

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