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The Documentary Episodes

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    Lex Gillette: A leap in the dark

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

  2. Two smiley faces: Episode three

    How do the Unicode Consortium decide what is included in the official emoji keyboard?

  3. China in slogans

    How Communist Party slogans reveal a turbulent century of Chinese history

  4. Breaking through

    How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games

  5. Sporting heroines of history

    Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson explores the role of women in sport through history

  6. Two smiley faces: Episode two

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

  7. The mixed beat

    Nora Fakim takes a look at mixed identity and how it’s evolving over generations

  8. Bats: Friend or foe?

    They are both feared and revered but what can we learn from bats?

  9. Two smiley faces: Episode one

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

  10. Marvellous medicine

    Have we learned how to permanently accelerate drug development?

  11. A right to health

    What will be the biggest healthcare issue in the next decade?

  12. The life of Kenneth Kaunda

    Celebrating the life and legacy of Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia

  13. Deepwater Horizon oil spill

    The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that caused the largest environmental disaster

  15. When Kissinger went to China

    How Henry Kissinger's secret to trip China 50 years ago changed the Cold War

  16. Being mum

    Ateira Griffin challenges assumptions about black single motherhood

  17. Globalisation in reverse

    Karishma Vaswani in conversation with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

  18. The Tulsa tragedy that shamed America

    Alvin Hall tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

  19. Hip-hop and healing: Commemorating Tulsa

    How the local community is using art and music to commemorate the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

  20. Reaching back to Hands Across America

    Can a human chain between New York and LA ever form again?

  21. Vaccinating the world

    Behind the scenes of the Covid vaccine rollout

  22. Gagarin and the lost Moon

    How Yuri Gagarin's first human flight into space launched a new chapter in exploration

  23. Speaking out

    Ed Adoo and DJ T Storm examine the global impact of β€œStop and Search” policies

  24. Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On now

    The 50th anniversary of the release of Marvin Gaye’s landmark album What’s Going On

  25. Bob Marley: An extraordinary day

    Memories of when Jamaica came to a standstill for Bob Marley’s funeral

  26. Our story - Part 2

    How to be a girl

  27. Where is Jack Ma?

    Days before his company embarked on a share listing, billionaire Jack Ma went missing

  28. Our story - Part 1

    How to be a girl

  29. Don't log off: My life, my world

    Meet Rohan, a young Jamaican farmer, who faces the challenges of drought and the pandemic

  30. Dance Divas: 1988-1998

    The pioneering women of NYC dance music Gladys Pizarro, Gail Sky King, Carla Bandini-Lory

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