The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2014

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

Episodes

Total: 197

The parents of four teenage girls in the BBC World Service programme All That Stands In The Way, mee

Four teenage girls from the BBC World Service programme All That Stands In The Way, meet for the ver

The Reykjavik Confessions

2014/5/15

Simon Cox investigates a notorious miscarriage of justice in Iceland which many see as a stain on th

Our Missing Girls

2014/5/14

Finding Nigeria's missing girls has become a global cause with a massive online campaign #BringBackO

Being Brazilian

2014/5/13

As the World’s media prepares to descend on Brazil for the 2014 World Cup, Julia Carneiro presents

Law Behind Bars

2014/5/10

Most people who face criminal charges in Kenya go to court without a lawyer. The Kenyan judiciary ad

Across Argentina’s vast GM belt, there are claims of an on-going health crisis. One provincial Mini

Swinging Addis

2014/5/7

In the 1960s and early '70s, Addis Ababa's nightlife was electrified by a blend of traditional folk

Being Brazilian

2014/5/6

As the World’s media prepares to descend on Brazil for the 2014 World Cup, Julia Carneiro presents t

After the humiliations of World War Two, France was insistent on reasserting itself as a world power

The Party of No

2014/5/1

Mark Mardell examines America's Grand Old Party which has been engaged in a civil war; now the Estab

Egyptian author Tarek Osman examines the build up to the Arab Spring. As with the previous experimen

How is technology transforming education, and what will the classroom of the future look like? Sarah

Lighting Lagos

2014/4/24

Neal Razzell spends days and nights in Lagos with the electricity teams who are working to literally

The Rise of Islamism

2014/4/23

Eyptian author Tarek Osman explores the events which converged and led to the rise of Islamism from

How technology is transforming education. How do children learn best? And have traditional teaching

Africans in the Holy Land

2014/4/19

The African quarter of Jerusalem, Ethiopian Jews returned to their ancient homeland and African asyl

Vietnamese now cross in their thousands to visit Cambodian border casinos. Ed Butler reports on (som

Tracing the history of the modern Arab world through some of the great political dreams that have sh

Preparing for Disaster

2014/4/15

Lu Olkowski reports on New York's growing 'prepper' movement - people who are fearful of the future