The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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This Cultural Life: Sting
Sting reveals the experiences and influences that shaped his songwriting
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Kids who care
Oritsé Williams hears from children who are unpaid carers for family members
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Women pro surfers: Battling the waves
How women surfers fought the sexism of the 1970s to create the first pro-surf world tour
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Escape from the Taliban: Point of no return
Sana Safi returns to the story of two Afghan women judges trying to escape the Taliban.
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Happy news of 2022
A look back at the most uplifting, joyous, positive news stories of the year
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The people v J Edgar Hoover: Part two
The life and legacy of J Edgar Hoover, who ran the FBI for almost five decades
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The people v J Edgar Hoover: Part one
How J Edgar Hoover built and then ran the FBI for almost five decades
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Nelson Mandela: A legacy in music
Joan Armatrading gives an account of Mandela's life as a lover and an inspirer of music
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Sweden's green power struggle
The indigenous Sami people who say carbon-cutting technology is harming their way of life
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The World Service is 90
Calling the world since 1932. Meet the journalists and hear the treasured archive
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First contact
Farrah Jarral on preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials
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Asylums of Japan: Makiko's story
What is being done to change Japanese attitudes toward mental health?
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Living in space
Human beings will soon be living in space - but who will go and what will it be like?
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India: Our trains, electric
India aims to have electrified the entirety of its rail network by the end of 2023
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Tribal justice
The legal battle that could transform life for Native Americans in the US
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The reluctant millionaires
Abigail Disney meets an unusual group of millionaires who are demanding to pay more tax
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Which country should I play for?
How mixed heritage players decide which country to represent in international football
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Qatar and the fall of Fifa
Alex Capstick investigates the controversial bidding process for the Qatar World Cup
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The health wagon
On the road with the oldest mobile clinic in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia
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The Coming Storm: The regime
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
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DeFord Bailey and country music in Nashville
The story of African-American ‘Harmonica Wizard’ DeFord Bailey and country music
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Colombia's life-saving pop song
How a message hidden inside a pop song saved the lives of soldiers in captivity
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The real lives of Doha's housewives
Qatar has plans to level the gender playing field, but how is that working out for women?
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Arnold Shultz and bluegrass in Kentucky
The black fiddler and guitarist Arnold Shultz and his influence on bluegrass music
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The weather changers
What is weather modification, does it really work and if so, is it problem free?
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The Coming Storm: The mid-terms and 'groomers'
Listen online at bbcworldservice.com/comingstorm
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Frank Johnson, Joe Thompson and the fiddle in North Carolina
Rhiannon Giddens uncovers the history of African American roots music
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The crime that only women commit
Why are women penalised for ageing?
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The bleak reality behind the red light district
Stories of sexual exploitation and human trafficking in Amsterdam's red light district
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Your climate change questions with António Guterres
Justin Rowlatt puts your questions to the UN Secretary General
