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The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service

Original BBC documentary storytelling, bringing award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and “unputdownable” audio. New episodes every week from The Documentary, Assignment, Heart and Soul, In the Studio, BBC OS Conversations and The Fifth Floor.

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Philip K. Dick's novella The Minority Report was famously adapted into a science fiction blockbuster by director Steven Spielberg in 2002. More than 20 years later, it is now being adapted for the stage by writer David Haig and director Max Webster. ... more

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A bonus episode from the What in the World podcast. Korean shamans hold significant cultural importance in Korean society. They are often portrayed in Korean dramas and films, adorned in shiny and colourful traditional attire, dancing on sharp knives... more

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How do you prepare for the worst-case scenario? Juna Moon has been talking to young people in South Korea about how they perceive the threat of war in the region and how they’re planning for it. Growing up in Taiwan after the 1999 Jiji earthquake, Jo... more

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The situation in the Middle East is being described as uncharted territory following strikes involving Iran and Israel. This is framed around the war between Israel and Hamas, now in its seventh month. Three people in Israel share their experiences w... more

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    I think the topics that being used in this podcast need to be reviewed since its lack of attractiveness.

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    Kavita Puri’s new show on the bengal famine is outstanding….binge worthy and deeply moving. The music is beautiful yet evocative of this terrible tragedy deliberately and callously created by the colonial British chiefly Churchill.

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    United States2 months ago
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    Can you believe, a blind guy like me, yet I could see, the art by the sea.

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    blindGuyJoe
    United States2 months ago
  • Fabulous research and interviews.

    Polar Silk Road podcasts are sensational. I listen to all the Documentary pods.

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    NeverBored.
    United States4 months ago
  • Surprisingly balanced panel from the BBC.

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    jimbob
    5 months ago

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