The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Ukraine: How did we get here?
Edward Stourton and expert guests explain the steps that led to the conflict
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Inside the world's biggest humanitarian warehouse
Meet the men and women helping to run Unicef's central distribution hub in Copenhagen
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Jobfished
How people were hired to work for a successful design agency but the whole thing was fake
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The River Man
Why did the IRA execute Irish former policeman James Kane 100 years ago?
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Dark patterns
The complex web designs manipulating us to click, buy or subscribe
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World Wide Waves '22: The sounds of community radio
Radio stations around the world keeping traditions alive
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No satisfaction
Why young people are having less sex than previous generations
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Pakistan's long game
Owen Bennett-Jones examines the long game Pakistan played in the US defeat in Afghanistan
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Music that survived the Nazis: Part two
How music was kept alive by Jewish musicians in the camps and ghettos of Nazi Europe
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Fighting tobacco in Zambia
The story of Brenda Chitindi's efforts to introduce a Tobacco Control Bill in Zambia
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Music that survived the Nazis: Part one
The wealth of music during the Nazi era including secret sessions by Jewish musicians
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Tale of a tiny fish: Part two
The tale of the disappearing Yaboi - a tiny nutritious fish from Senegal
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Silence would be treason
The last prison writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa in the run-up to his execution
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Tale of a tiny fish: Part one
The tale of the disappearing yaboi - a tiny nutritious fish from Senegal
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Forest fear
Deforestation allows what's hidden within to get out, possibly to spread deadly pathogens
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Gone but not forgotten: Syria's missing persons
Wafa Mustafa has been searching for her dad since he went missing in Syria in July 2013
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Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime
The impact of Talking Heads' iconic single Once in a Lifetime
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Instahappiness
Could one online inspirational quote actually change your life?
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Reflecting on the life of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning campaigner
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Generation change: Part two
The new generation fighting to taboos around organ donation and for diversity in STEM
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Generation change: Part one
The new generation of change makers working to fight hunger and climate change
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MTV@40
The birth of a ground-breaking concept - MTV, 24-hour music TV
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Afghan girls given a sporting chance
The fortunes of teenage football players settling into new lives in the UK and Europe
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I Wonder as I Wander
The origins and emotional impact of the Appalachian carol I Wonder as I Wander
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CODA: I'm the thumb in my family
The remarkable stories of the children who act as interpreters for their deaf parents
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When the Beatles didn't meet Imelda
The disastrous visit to the Philippines by the Beatles in 1966
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Parcels of CARE
How food packages from American relief organisation CARE eased starvation after WW2
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The big $ giveaway
What's behind the trend for giving away money online?
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Malcolm in the Midlands
Why did one of the world鈥檚 most prominent civil rights activists visit Britain in 1965?
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Only bleeding: How Swedes opened up about periods
The provocative and practical ways Swedes made menstruation less taboo
