The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2014

The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2014.

Episodes

Total: 197

The Watergate Legacy

2014/8/6

Forty years on from President Nixon’s resignation we hear from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, wh

Colombia's Lost Children

2014/8/5

In Colombia’s Marxist guerrilla war, thousands of rebel fighters have been female. When they got pre

Tim Whewell meets the dynamic young women in Turkish Kurdistan who are defining the future of their

A Tale of Two Theatres

2014/7/30

Theatre director Mehmet Ergen guides us through the politically charged arts scene of his native hom

Yemen's Swap Marriages

2014/7/29

‘I’ll marry your sister if you marry mine. And if you divorce my sister, I’ll divorce yours.’ That i

Open Eye: Crying Meri

2014/7/26

***WARNING: This programme includes graphic descriptions of sexual violence*** 'A humanitarian crisi

I Don't Remember the War

2014/7/26

Six talented young writers under 35 explore a great grandparent or grandparent's involvement in Worl

Tornado: Hide and Seek

2014/7/24

What do you do when a twisting funnel drops from the sky with tearing winds of up to 500 km an hour?

As Nato troops withdraw from Afghanistan, British and Afghan women share their stories of being wido

At the End of Death Row

2014/7/22

Following recent botched executions in several states, Rajini Vaidyanathan asks whether the future o

Claire Bolderson reports from Kentucky on how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is changing liv

In 1896 the British sent thousands of labourers from India to Kenya, to build the Uganda Railway fro

Back to Charm School

2014/7/15

Ahead of sporting mega-events such as the Olympic Games, local people are being given a "clean-up" a

No Destination

2014/7/12

Fifty years ago, at the height of the Cold War and at the time of increasing tensions between East a

Nigeria Undercover

2014/7/10

Yalda Hakim hears from residents deep in Boko Haram territory, in northern Nigeria, who are caught b

Bombay Jazz

2014/7/9

Sarfraz Manzoor charts the extraordinary story of jazz in India when some of the world's most accomp

Yellow Cab Blues

2014/7/8

Meet New York's rookie cabbies - fledgling taxi-drivers trying to earn a living in the most stressfu

Are international regulations designed to stop money and equipment reaching terrorist organisations

Baroness Oona King, former British Labour MP, discovers her American family's role in the fight for

Alvin Hall delves into the inspirations and fears that influence people’s differing attitudes toward