The Documentary
The best of BBC World Service documentaries and other factual programmes.
- Website
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nq0lx
- Description
- The best of BBC World Service documentaries and other factual programmes.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-03-29 03:47
- last episode published
- 2025-03-29 01:30
- publication frequency
- 2.44 days
- Contributors
- BBC
- Owner
- BBC World Service
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 2642
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture News History
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Episodes
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| 2025-03-29 | Across Turkey, hundreds of thousands of people have been taking to the streets after the arrest of President Erdogan’s main political rival, the Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu. It is the worst unrest for more than a decade and police have fired tear ... |
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| 2025-03-28 | In a cinema in south-west Germany, an audience is gathered to watch an Oscar-winning film, The Zone of Interest, about the life of Rudolf Höss, commandant of Auschwitz. Those present comprise Jewish people from around the world, and the special guest i... |
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| 2025-03-27 | The fires that devastated parts of Los Angeles in January this year killed at least 29 people and destroyed thousands of homes. Angelino Laura Hubber talks to those affected by the fires and looks at the ongoing impact on the artistic and cultural life... |
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| 2025-03-26 | Life expectancy in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, increased by 19 years (from 46 to 65) from 2000 to 2019 - mostly due to reductions in mortality from HIV, TB and malaria, and declines in childhood diseases. What does this very rapi... |
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| 2025-03-25 | The global online scamming industry is said to be worth some $500 billion a year. It operates in secret, in complexes hidden behind high fences in countries all over the world. It is a particular problem in the Philippines, where much of the industry i... |
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| 2025-03-24 | Education is a hot topic in the United States. President Donald Trump recently began taking steps to dismantle the Department of Education, saying it’s a waste of money and it had failed students. However, in the US, it’s the individual states, not the... |
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| 2025-03-24 | In our time of looming ecological disaster, radical minds are needed to rethink the way we live. In Saudi Arabia, NEOM are building a futuristic new city: The Line. The Line will consist of two gigantic, unbroken rows of skyscrapers, with living space ... |
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| 2025-03-23 | European leaders have had cause to rethink their roles within Nato recently, in light of statements coming from the US Government. The Trump administration’s dealings with Russia to try and broker a peace deal in Ukraine, have called into question Amer... |
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| 2025-03-22 | Georgia finds itself in political turmoil. For decades many Georgians have longed to be a part of the EU, feeling that their values align more closely than they do with neighbours such as Russia and Turkey. But the goverment, led by the conservative Ge... |
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| 2025-03-22 |
BBC OS Conversations: Ukraine: What do Russians think about the war? For the first time in three years, there’s talk of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Negotiations are ongoing, but at the time of recording this programme, the conflict continues. We’ve heard many times from Ukrainians expressing their thoughts o... |
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