The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2015

The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2015.

Episodes

Total: 196

A fuzzy team photo from the 1980s sends Tim Whewell on a journey to track down football players from

The Dhnie family find themselves sleeping rough, getting caught up in riots and being detained as th

My Mother's Sari

2015/12/30

Shahidha traces the story of the sari, explores how it feels to wear one and asks what it meant for

Young, Clever and Libyan

2015/12/29

Twenty three of Libya's finest technology graduates plan to rebuild their country

Meet the Dhnie family in Turkey as they prepare to make the journey to Greece, along with thousands

In Search of Vadim Kozin

2015/12/27

Marc Almond travels to Moscow in search of the marvelous Russian tenor Vadim Kozin, tango-singer and

The Year of Migration

2015/12/26

This year, the number of migrants reaching Europe has reached unprecedented levels. It is a crisis w

The deaths of five school children in Malaysia have provoked an anguished debate about education and

The Kampala Dream House

2015/12/23

Amidst the slums of Kampala, MLISADA (Music, life skills and arts for destitution alleviation) is a

Shopping in India is traditionally an intensely hands-on experience, but many are now embracing the

A Greek Drama

2015/12/20

This summer, as Greece and its creditors argued over the terms of a bailout, the fate of nations – a

Space Wars

2015/12/19

Why war in space is not just Hollywood fantasy but a fast-approaching threat

A recent health scandal in Cambodia has prompted the government to clamp down on unlicensed doctors.

A Cold War Dance

2015/12/16

How dance during the Cold War was designed to challenge America's military image with The Martha Gra

Akwasi Sarpong visits Uganda’s thriving coding scene, to find out if home-grown, technology-based so

A Home in Space

2015/12/13

European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is back on Earth after 200 days in space. She

Ben Hammersley meets creators and fans to investigate how extended fictional universes, from Star Wa

Robert Jones: Free at last?

2015/12/10

Aleem Maqbool investigates New Orleans’ justice system to find out how Robert Jones spent 23 years i

The world of in-game betting where gamblers test their skill and luck almost as the action happens i

Bola Mosuro travels to Ghana to meet the women who are making their mark in the male dominated world