BBC Radio Podcasts from The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2015
The Battered Champions of Aleppo
A Syrian football team torn apart by civil war. Tim Whewell is on a quest to find them.
A New Life 2 - Crossing the Continent
The Dhnie family find themselves sleeping rough and getting caught up in riots
My Mother's Sari
Tracing the history of the sari and how it can symbolise loss, love and nostalgia
Young, Clever and Libyan
Twenty three of Libya's finest technology graduates plan to rebuild their country
A New Life 1 - The Dhnie Family
Meet the Dhnie family in Turkey as they prepare to make the journey to Greece from Syria.
In Search of Vadim Kozin
Marc Almond goes in search of a Russian superstar who vanished in Siberia
The Year of Migration
The key moments that shaped the migrant numbers reaching Europe at unprecedented levels
Malaysia’s Runaway Children
Five school children starve to death in the Malaysian jungle. Why weren't they protected?
The Kampala Dream House
The children's home in Kampala where every child is given a musical chance for a future
Online Shopping, Indian Style
How consumers in India are embracing the online shopping revolution
A Greek Drama
An original drama retelling the story Greece, its creditors and its bailout
Space Wars
Why war in space is not just Hollywood fantasy but a fast-approaching threat
Cambodia: Trust Me I’m Not a Doctor
The risks people take in rural Cambodia to get basic healthcare
A Cold War Dance
How dance during the Cold War was designed to challenge America's military image.
Young, Geeky and Black: Kampala
Can Uganda’s burgeoning tech scene help fast-track the country’s development?
A Home in Space
European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the International Space Station
Homer, Hagrid and the Incredible Hulk
How fictional universes, from Star Wars to Harry Potter took over global culture
Robert Jones: Free at last?
How did Robert Jones spend 23 years in jail for crimes another man had been convicted of?
Does the House Always Win?
Does in-game betting pose a threat to the integrity of some our most popular sports?
Young, Geeky and Black: Accra
Meet the people making sure Ghana’s girls are plugged in to the tech revolution
Albania: Shadows of the Past
Maria Margaronis explores the debris of Albania's painful past
Young, Geeky and Black: Memphis
Meet the black women challenging the tech industry’s lack of diversity
Changing Climate Change: Politics
What chance is there for a deal on climate change in Paris?
Greece: No Place to Die
The complex business of dying in Greece
Changing Climate Change: Solutions
How can we meet the energy needs of a growing population without creating CO2 emissions?
The Drug Mules of the Andes
Peru's drug 'mules' - youngsters hiking cocaine from the jungle to the highlands
Changing Climate Change: The Science
A look at the science behind climate change ahead of this year's summit in Paris
Sex and the Synod: Decision Time
Catholic bishops gather in Rome to debate their Church’s teachings on sex and family
Home: Bangladesh
Three women from the Bangladeshi community speak candidly about the Bangladeshi diaspora
Home: Bangladesh
Three Bangladeshi women in east London talk about the changes in their community
Norway-Russia: an Arctic friendship under threat
The sacking of a newspaper editor strains an old friendship between Norway and Russia
Minecraft: More Than a Game
Why are children hooked on Minecraft? Does it stimulate creativity or disengage them?
A Profile of Aung San Suu Kyi
Is Aung San Suu Kyi on the brink of power in Myanmar?
An Interview with Egyptian President al-Sisi
Lyse Doucet speaks to Egyptian President al-Sisi ahead of his visit to London this week
Puerto Rico: The Have Nots and the Have Yachts
Why locals are leaving, and super-rich Americans are coming in the opposite direction
Philip Glass: Taxi Driver
Musician Philip Glass revisits his life '70s New York as a taxi driver and as a composer
Sex and the Synod: Pushing the Boundaries
Austria – on the frontline of the battle over Catholic doctrine on sex and the family
Three Pounds in My Pocket - Part Two
Stories of the pioneers who came to post war Britain from the Indian subcontinent.
South Sudan – can the world’s youngest country survive?
Tim Franks asks why the world's youngest nation is falling apart
Poems from Syria
The emotions and humanity of the Syrian people as seen through the eyes of its poets
Myanmar’s Bright Young Stars
How youth radio is helping to shape Myanmar's shift from military rule
Misunderstanding Japan
Exploring stereotypes of Japan from workaholics to submissive women and bizarre crazes
The Mayor, the Migrants and France’s Far Right
Lucy Ash reports from the French city of Beziers which has become a Far-right fortress
Hanging Around - the Hang Drum Story
Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie explores the story of the Hang
More Than One Kind of Love
Homosexuality in Namibia and the LGBT community's struggle for social acceptance
Fighting Terror with Torture
Does harsh interrogation yield reliable intelligence in the fight against terror?
The Pop Star and the Prophet
Was Jacques Attali right when he predicted the value of recorded music would plummet?
Roma: A Decade On
Did the 'Decade of the Roma Inclusion' succeed in helping Europe’s poorest minority?
An Interview with Edward Snowden
Why Edward Snowden exposed the mass surveillance by American and British intelligence
Revolutionaries: Artificial Intelligence
The rewards and Challenges of AI and how it is changing our world
Great expectations: Migrants in Germany
Why has Germany become the choice destination for thousands of refugees across Europe
The Battle for the Art of Detroit
Should a city owing $18 billion sell its prestigious art collection?
Eleanor Roosevelt
How Eleanor Roosevelt helped shape the role of First Lady
Spain’s Battle for the Bull
Neal Razzell reports on Spain’s economic crisis which has hit bullfighting hard
We Real Cool: The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks
A portrait of African-American poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950
Wall in the Head
The invisible cultural and mental divide between former East Germans and West Germans
The War the World Needs to Remember
Recalling the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, and its continuing legacy
Inside the Tea Gardens of Assam
Jane Deith investigates conditions for tea workers in Assam
Incarnations: Profiles of Guru Nanak, Mirabai, Akbar and Malik Ambar
The life of Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism, poet Mirabai, Mughal ruler Akbar, Malik Akbar
Yemen’s Forgotten War
Gabriel Gatehouse looks at a humanitarian crisis and allegations of war crimes in Yemen
Time Noodles
The ancient Japanese art of sit-down comedy, known as Rakugo
Africa Surprising - Change and Innovation
Religious tensions in Zanzibar, South Africa's schools and China's influence in Africa
Incarnations 1
Profiles of the Buddha; Mahavira Jain; Ashoka and Aryabhata.
Paraguay’s Schoolgirl Mothers
Why are Paraguayan children so vulnerable to abuse?
Africa Surprising - Signs of Change
Changes in education, health and the media - Ethiopia; Mozambique; Tanzania; South Africa
Hodei - The Man Who Vanished
A young man disappears on a night out in Antwerp.Where did he go and how could he vanish?
Rhymes, Revolution and Resistance
Arabic hip hop artists explore the effect of politically charged words on the Arab Spring
Losing Louisiana
Meet the community struggling to survive on one of the world’s fastest eroding coastlines
The Future of 3D Printing
Could recent developments in 3D printing benefit the natural world?
Tom Fletcher - the 'Naked Diplomat'
Britain’s former mould-breaking ambassador to Lebanon, Tom Fletcher.
The Harragas of Algeria
The Harragas of Algeria - young people who burn their identity papers and head to Europe.
Amerasians - Children of the Dust
Trista Goldberg looks at the story of Vietnamese Amerasians.
Interview with Masoumeh Ebtekar
An interview with one of Iran's vice presidents, Masoumeh Ebtekar, in Tehran.
The Bin Laden Tapes
Exploring the audio archive found in Osama Bin Laden's compound in Afghanistan.
Cuba on the Move
Will Grant takes a ride on Cuba's bumpy roads where change is in the air
Tunisia on the Fault Line
Deserted beaches and empty hotels: a package holiday after the terror attack in Sousse.
Bank Account Bans
Peter Oborne investigates why bank accounts of some British Muslims were closed.
China’s Ketamine Fortress
Celia Hatton explores how China is struggling to contain underground ketamine
The Killing of Farkhunda
In Kabul a 28-year-old woman was beaten to death after being accused of burning the Koran
The Polonium Trail
Alexander Litvinenko died after being poisoned with polonium. But who wanted him dead?
A Mediterranean Rescue
Gabriel Gatehouse aboard a rescue ship searching for migrants in the Mediterranean
Snow White and the Seven Signs of Ageing
Are there more productive ways of dealing with ugly attitudes to ageing?
The Search for Tiny Libraries in New Zealand
The tiny libraries dotting the New Zealand countryside providing books for local readers
The Cook, the Carpenter and the Migrants
The ordinary Italians coping with the Mediterranean migrant crisis
The President Obama Interview
President Obama talks about the US and Africa, Britain leaving the EU and US gun laws
South Africa Unplugged
Why is Africa’s biggest provider of energy unable to keep the lights on?
Salt and its Diverse History - Part Two
The history of salt from the production of artisan salts to its role in our diet
Company v Country
The booming and lucrative business of multinational companies suing governments
Saving India’s Parsis
India’s Parsi population is declining. Can Parsis be persuaded to make more babies?
Salt and its Diverse History - Part One
An exploration into the diverse history of Salt
A Portait of Horace Parlan
Jazz pianist Horace Parlan relfects on his life in jazz from his Danish care-home
MH17 – A Sister’s Story
A sister’s story of loss - and hope – in the aftermath of the downing of MH17.
My Pakistani Jazz Orchestra
Izzat Majeed could have retired quietly, but instead he formed the Sachal Jazz Ensemble.
My Changing City
London's East End is rapidly changing. How can residents preserve their local community?
Returning Jihadis: a Danish solution?
Deradicalising young Moslems in Denmark – is the Aarhus Model working?
How to Hire a Master
The world of head-hunting, looking for high-profile candidates for prestigious positions
The Death of Ukraine
How emigration, low birth rate and early deaths mean a demographic time-bomb for Ukraine
Estonia’s Russian Problem
This NATO nation has readied for war – but fears being undermined from within.
This is Me Totally Sausage
German comedian Henning Wehn explores the growing use of ELF – English as a lingua franca
Inside Interpol
What exactly is Interpol and how does it function?
The War that Changed the World: Jordan
The impact of WW1 on the political landscape of the Middle East
The Mysterious Magnate and Moldova’s Missing Millions
How did a billion dollars mysteriously disappear from banks in Moldova?
Writing a New South Africa: Place and Contested Space
Exploring the themes of place and contested space amongst South Africa's literary talent
The Moment that Made Putin
How did the collapse of East Germany shape Putin's career and behaviour today?
In Search of The Real Searchers
The real and reel history of the classic American Western The Searchers
Who Killed Alberto Nisman?
The suspicious death of a prosecutor who accused Argentina's government of a cover-up
Writing a New South Africa: Page and Stage
A picture of South Africa as seen by a new generation of writers and poets
The Resurrection Men
The business of acquiring and selling dead bodies for medical research and science
Istanbul: Resisting Erdogan’s Bulldozer
The run-down area of Istanbul standing against Erdogan’s bid for more power
Writing a New South Africa: Johannesburg
A picture of South Africa now, as seen by a new generation of writers and poets
Soccer Nuns
The struggles of the Tibet women’s soccer team as the Fifa Women's World Cup 2015 begins
A Brief History of Anger
Spats, tantrums and explosions from the archive. American satirist Joe Queenan presents
Aid to Nepal: Following the Money
Will the aid money pouring in to Nepal after the earthquakes end up in the right place?
The Philippines: Workers Without Borders
Claudia Taranto travels to the Philippines where 10% of the population work overseas.
Australia: Workers Without Borders
Claudia Taranto travels to Australia where she hears how temporary workers are the of...
The World’s Richest Terror Army
The story of how Islamic State, a small band of fanatical jihadi fighters, became the...
Somalia: Back from the brink
With defectors inside the militant group al-Shabab is Somalia turning against extremism?
Singapore: Workers Without Borders
Claudia Taranto visits Singapore, which is increasingly reliant on labour from abroad...
Nepal: Workers Without Borders
Claudia Taranto travels to Nepal where - until the recent disasters - 1600 people were...
Peru's Wildlife for Sale
Peru is one of the most biodiverse nations in the world. But its precious wildlife is...
African Students Abroad
Over 35,000 African students studied at British universities last year - part of a of...
Jordan Takes On the Islamic State's Digital Machine
The Jordanian social media campaign run in response to the burning of pilot Moaz...
The Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture
American historian David Blight explores the legacy of the American Civil War - the of...
Georgia: Orthodoxy in the Classroom
Natalia Antelava asks if the creeping influence of the Orthodox Church in Georgia’s...
Lost Children of the Holocaust
Following the end of World War Two, the BBC began a series of special radio appeals on...
The Saudi Arabian Spring
Tarek Osman considers how the impact of the Arab Uprisings of 2011 was felt in Saudi...
The Islamic State's Social Media Machine
Dominic Casciani explores the way the so called Islamic State use social media to to...
The Rape of Berlin
Lucy Ash investigates the mass rapes committed by Soviet troops in Germany at the end...
Wrestling out of Poverty
In India, a wrestler in the family can mean a ticket out of poverty. Rupa Jha meets to...
Saudi Arabia: Sands of Time
Tarek Osman investigates the rise of the Kindgom of Saudi Arabia. In this second he at...
PJ O'Rourke on the UK Campaign Trail
American satirist PJ O’Rourke travels across Britain trying to work out why party in...
The Abandoned
Will Coley listens to the stories of Ethiopian and Eritrean migrants who have made the...
‘Police State' Portugal
Does Portugal have a problem with police brutality and racism? The residents of Cova a...
PJ O'Rourke on the UK Election Trail
American writer and satirist PJ O’Rourke hits the campaign trail to give his own on...
The Rise of the Kingdom
Egyptian writer Tarek Osman follows the dramatic events that led to the establishment...
Who Will Govern Britain
As the UK heads towards a highly competitive general election with an uncertain Mary a...
Who's Afraid of Teatr Doc?
Teatr Doc is widely praised for its hard-hitting plays about contemporary Russia.
Stand Up for China
Comedian Des Bishop finds out what makes the chinese laugh. He has learnt Mandarin to...
Canada’s Red River Murders
More women and girls from Canada's Aboriginal population go missing or are murdered of...
The Meaning of Mongol
Imagine your nationality was used by people all around the world to describe someone a...
Australia's Afghan Cameleers - Part Two
Dawood Azami talks to some of the descendants of the thousands of Afghan pioneers in...
The Best Nightclub in Africa
World renowned DJ Edu, aka The ‘Afro Boss’, is on a journey across Africa to how...
Escaping Tanzania's 'cutting season'
The story of a Tanzanian safe house, a place where girls find refuge from female - a...
Sheltering on the Night Bus
Ahmed has spent much of the last three and a half years sleeping on London’s night...
Australia's Afghan Cameleers - Part One
Dawood Azami focuses on the life and legacy of the Afghan cameleers, who first arrived...
Fridgeonomics
What’s in your fridge? That’s the question former BBC Africa Service editor Ohene...
Lee Kuan Yew: The Man who Made Singapore
Edward Stourton looks back at the remarkable life of Lee Kuan Yew, who transformed a...
Saving Gaza’s Grand Piano
Tim Whewell tells the story of how Gaza's only grand piano is being restored and of -...
On Language Location: Myanmar
Formerly known as Burma, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is in a state of upheaval.
Festival Time
Indian Journalist Rupa Jha travels to her own state of Bihar, where nearly 10% of the...
Understanding Ebola
How did the disease originate & how was its deadly progress checked? Statistician Hans...
Can Soup Change the World?
Detroit Soup is an innovative crowdfunding dinner which has raised more than $85,000 -...
Meeting the Houthis and Their Enemies in Yemen
Lyse Doucet talks to journalist Safa al-Ahmad about her recent reporting trip to Yemen...
On Language Location: Bhutan
Bhutan is a landlocked country in the eastern Himalaya, best known as a Buddhist where...
Living India - A Dalit's Tale
Journalist Rupa Jha travels to her own state of Bihar, where nearly 10% of the now and...
Can the World Get Rich Forever
Theo Leggett looks at our apparent addiction to economic growth as the secret to and...
Eritrea - Thurs
Has Eritrea reached its Millenium Development Goals target early? BBC’s Yalda Hakim...
Sasha's Song
In a rapidly changing Russia, Sasha Tsaliuk continues to fight for the existence of...
Living India - Bihar
India is home to an extraordinary number of people, languages and religions, but one...
ISIS: Looting for Terror
As evidence grows that major historical sites are being looted in Syria, how much are...
Sandhurst and the Sheikhs
Four reigning Arab monarchs have passed through the UK's Royal Military Academy or its...
Maskirovka: Deception Russian-Style
Lucy Ash examines the Russian military strategy of deception, maskirovka, from the to...
The Price of Inequality
If the statistics can be believed, over the last 30 years the gap between rich and in...
The Bizarre Workings of St Louis County Missouri
Claire Bolderson reports on the tiny independent cities that make up St Louis County...
Gone
As part of the BBC's A Richer World season, Rustam Qobil visits a desert where people...
My Africa - Tanzania
My Africa offers a series of inspiring snapshots of a continent working towards future...
Batting for the Middle Kingdom
The Chinese Cricket Association has set itself the target of achieving Test match and...
Banished to Papua New Guinea
Australia is one of the most popular destinations for asylum seekers escaping their...
My Africa - Rwanda
As part of the BBC's Richer World season, Alan Kasujja travels to three countries in a...
The Palace of Shame
The imperial summer palace in Beijing was looted and destroyed by French and British...
Ukraine: The Untold Story of the Maidan Killings
One year on from the massacre in Kiev’s Maidan square, when more than fifty...
Digitising Stalin
For Stalin, privacy was key. So how would he feel about his secrets being revealed? to...
Egypt - Searching for Justice
Claire Read has spent the last six months following a court case in Egypt and trying...
My Africa - Uganda
My Africa offers a series of inspiring snapshots of a continent working towards future...
Heaven and Earth: Le Ly Hayslip
A Vietnamese woman's perspective of the Vietnam War. Her memoirs have inspired film an...
Tata: India's Global Giant
Tata is the biggest industrial employer in the UK, owning Jaguar, Land Rover & Tetley.
The Mengele Twins
The testimonies of twins who survived the brutal medical experiments of Dr Josef the...
The Best Nightclub in Africa
World renowned DJ and BBC 1Xtra presenter DJ Edu is on a journey to find the best in...
French, Republican and Muslim, Insha'Allah
In the wake of the recent attacks in Paris, do France’s Muslims feel there’s a for...
August Shines
British actor Lenny Henry traces the life and works of August Wilson, the great black...
Love Your Wife Day
Even by the sometimes-bizarre standards of modern Japanese culture, the annual is one...
Govindpuri Sound
Slum settlements have a strong visual identity. We are used to seeing TV footage of of...
The Lives and Deaths of Naftali and Mohammed
Last summer the deaths of four innocent teenagers in Israel, three Jewish and one to...
Germany, Islam and the new Right
Germany's nascent anti-Islamisation movement, Pegida, is attracting a new middle aged...
Your Rubbish, Our Hope
For decades rubbish pickers crawled their way over the biggest rubbish dump in South...
Remembering Rio
Machado de Assis was born in 1839 of mixed race, an epileptic with little formal...
Greece - The Rubber Glove Rebellion
The protest by cleaners, laid off from tax offices and the Greek Finance Ministry, has...
Olive Wars
The olive harvest in the West Bank is all about tradition. The first rains of the the...
India's Beats: The Hungry Generation
Allen Ginsberg arrived in early 1960s Calcutta to discover a collective of angry young...
Three Pounds in my Pocket
In the 1950s and 1960s tens of thousands of migrants came to Britain from the Indian...
Bureaucracy and Brutality
Former jihadi Aimen Dean gives a unique insight into the workings of Islamic State.
Japan - Should comics be crimes?
James Fletcher travels to Japan to find out why they decided earlier this year not to...
Codename: Madeleine
Noor Inayat Khan was one of the most courageous, unusual secret agents of World War Two.
Death, Sex and Money
We like to think of our romantic lives as pure and unbothered by the cold business of...
MINT - One Year On
A year ago, we asked former Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill to identify the next -...
Colombia – Where the Truth Lies Buried
In Medellin there's a huge dump. Locals say it's where the truth is buried - they're...