The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2015

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

Episodes

Total: 196

Four reigning Arab monarchs have passed through the UK's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst or its ass

Lucy Ash examines the Russian military strategy of deception, maskirovka, from the 14th Century to t

The Price of Inequality

2015/3/1

If the statistics can be believed, over the last 30 years the gap between rich and poor in the West

Claire Bolderson reports on the tiny independent cities that make up St Louis County and how they st

Gone

2015/2/25

As part of the BBC's A Richer World season, Rustam Qobil visits a desert where people have lost thei

My Africa - Tanzania

2015/2/24

My Africa offers a series of inspiring snapshots of a continent working towards future prosperity. I

The Chinese Cricket Association has set itself the target of achieving Test match status and playing

Australia is one of the most popular destinations for asylum seekers escaping their home countries.

My Africa - Rwanda

2015/2/17

As part of the BBC's Richer World season, Alan Kasujja travels to three countries in his native east

The Palace of Shame

2015/2/16

The imperial summer palace in Beijing was looted and destroyed by French and British troops in 1860.

One year on from the massacre in Kiev’s Maidan square, when more than fifty protestors were kil

Digitising Stalin

2015/2/11

For Stalin, privacy was key. So how would he feel about his secrets being revealed? The Stalin Digit

Claire Read has spent the last six months following a court case in Egypt and trying to get to grips

My Africa - Uganda

2015/2/10

My Africa offers a series of inspiring snapshots of a continent working towards future prosperity. A

A Vietnamese woman's perspective of the Vietnam War. Her memoirs have inspired film director Oliver

Tata is the biggest industrial employer in the UK, owning Jaguar, Land Rover & Tetley. Now, the

The Mengele Twins

2015/1/31

The testimonies of twins who survived the brutal medical experiments of Dr Josef Mengele during the

World renowned DJ and BBC 1Xtra presenter DJ Edu is on a journey to find the best nightclub in Afric

In the wake of the recent attacks in Paris, do France’s Muslims feel there’s a place for them in the

August Shines

2015/1/28

British actor Lenny Henry traces the life and works of August Wilson, the great black playwright, wh