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The Documentary Episodes

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    Into the Stephen Sondheim archive

    The work of composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim explored by actor Maria Friedman

  2. Poison: Jacob Zuma's toxic obsession

    Is Jacob Zuma the victim of an elaborate international conspiracy to poison him?

  3. Internet instigators

    Meet the internet instigators who are who are organising protests through social media

  4. Changing country music

    Lady Nade explores the roots of country and Americana and its debt to black music

  5. Drone academy: Reaching for the sky

    How drone technology is inspiring young Malawians to reach for the sky

  6. Regarding the pain of others

    The gulf between the reality of war and our ability to comprehend it

  7. Trading tribulation

    Exploring the highs and lows of financial trading on smartphone apps.

  8. The hack that changed the world

    Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?

  9. On the Covid ward

    How medical teams look after the emotional well-being of Covid patients and families

  10. More yield, less field

    Could a farming technique called Pfumvudza be Zimbabwe's answer to food security?

  11. The lost art of breathing

    Each of us takes more than 25,000 breaths a day. But are we even doing it right?

  12. Somalia’s forgotten hostages

    The sailors held captive for years and the retired British Colonel who helped free them

  13. World Book Café: PEN

    An exploration of Freedom of Expression around the world.

  14. Smart women, male genius

    Science writer and broadcaster Angela Saini debunks the myth of male genius

  15. Afghanistan and me

    Thirty years of Afghan’s tumultuous history, told through one woman’s experience

  16. 9/11: The day that changed our lives forever

    New Yorkers and others remember how they coped with the trauma of 9/11

  17. Mikis Theodorakis remembered

    Beyond Zorba – the prolific and turbulent life of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis

  18. The world according to search

    A look at popular and puzzling internet searches from around the world

  19. Archiving Black America

    Maya Millett speaks to the archivists amplifying the buried stories of African-Americans

  20. A bad business

    Twenty years after the collapse of Enron, how difficult is it to commit corporate fraud?

  21. Hiroshima successors

    As memories of the atomic bomb fade, an unusual practice keeps survivors’ stories alive

  22. Two smiley faces: Episode six

    How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication

  24. Africa’s vaccine ambitions

    What efforts are underway in Africa to build a home grown vaccine manufacturing industry?

  25. Two smiley faces: Episode five

    How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication

  26. Beijing: Beyond the masks

    Liyang Liu explores her home city Beijing in the wake of the pandemic

  27. A tale of two Tokyos

    Ken Nishikawa and Nick Luscombe take inspiration and hope from the Tokyo Olympics of 1964

  28. Two smiley faces: Episode four

    How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication

  29. The road to rock'n'roll

    How a network of black performance venues in a segregated USA shaped music history

  30. Lex Gillette: A leap in the dark

    Paralympian Lex Gillette and guide coach Wesley go for Gold in 2021

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