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The Documentary Episodes

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    Harold Evans at 90

    Legendary newspaper man Harold Evans reveals his lifelong pursuit of the truth.

  2. Crypto Rico: Blockchain for a Broken Paradise

    Can a blockchain technology boom reboot the fate of hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico?

  3. Skateboarding is 60

    How a wooden board with four roller-skate wheels started a sub-culture across the globe

  4. Soft Power Seduction: China Lures Taiwan’s Youth

    Is China using its economic clout to lure the youth of Taiwan?

  5. The Thailand Cave Rescue

    The rescue of 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand

  6. Nye Bevan: The Man Who Made the NHS

    The story of Labour politician Nye Bevan, who created Britain’s National Health Service

  7. Outsider's View of the NHS

    As the NHS reaches its 70th birthday how is it viewed by those who work within it?

  8. World Book Cafe: Detroit

    Four writers discuss Detroit’s literary culture and the role writing in its resurgence

  9. From Prison to Prime Minister?

    Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has twice been jailed but will soon be prime minister

  10. Sounds of the City

    The noisiest metro, 24-hour police sirens and throbbing music are features of Moscow city

  11. The Commission

    The Warren Commission was set up to investigate John F. Kennedy's assassination

  12. You Can Handle The Truth

    Can children, if taught properly, become the firewall against alternative facts?

  13. World Book Cafe: Beirut

    Beirut's longstanding tradition of storytelling and literary culture

  14. Hush

    Hear the extraordinary soundscape of Mount Denali National Park, Alaska

  15. Is Eating Plants Wrong?

    Plant scientists claim that plants cannot just sense, but communicate, learn and remember

  16. Triple Score Wellington

    Africa’s first and only World Scrabble Champion tells his story

  17. Counting Down

    The campaigns on both sides of the abortion referendum in Ireland

  18. The Day Hope Died: Remembering Robert Kennedy

    Why did Bobby Kennedy leave such a lasting impression on US politics and society?

  19. The New Art Race

    How will the rivalry amongst oil rich states affect the buying and selling of art?

  20. Virtual Mothering

    Filipina migrant workers in the UK and their children tell their stories

  21. The World’s Marriage Story

    Why do people still place their faith in marriage?

  22. The Macron Effect

    Emmanuel Macron’s first year in office and what he is doing for France – and Europe

  23. My Mixed Up World

    How do young people of mixed heritage decide what cultural and racial boxes they tick?

  24. Magical Money

    Rory Cellan-Jones reports on the new digital currency gold rush that’s sweeping the world.

  25. The Voices of the Amazon

    The indigenous Kuikuro people in Brazil share a day in their lives

  26. Blind, Black and Blue

    The blind musicians at the heart of an American musical revolution

  27. Imperial Echo

    The Commonwealth’s origins in the British Empire, and its value in the modern world

  28. The Response: China

    Stories direct from China sent using the smartphone technology in our pockets

  29. Corruption Incorporated: The Odebrecht Story

    Inside, ‘the largest foreign bribery case in history’

  30. Bermuda's Change of Heart

    How Bermuda has become the first country in the world to repeal same-sex marriage

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