The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Inside Afghanistan's secret schools
Sana Safi finds out how teenage girls are getting around the Taliban ban on education
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Invading the past: Russia and science fiction
Catherine Merridale explores Russian science fiction in the age of Putin
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Women writing Zimbabwe
Tawanda Mudzonga explores why Zimbabwe has produced so many renowned women writers
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Nigeria and the song of the bell
The journeys of church bells herald Africa's new role as the beating heart of Christianity
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Kew Gardens: Botany and the British empire
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is re-examining its past and preparing for the future
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The Sir Salman Rushdie interview
The Indian-born British-American author talks to Newshour’s Razia Iqbal
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Women's football: Passion versus profit
What is the state of play for women’s football around the globe?
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Bangladesh's clothing conundrum
Can clothes be sustainably produced and still remain affordable?
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Wagner's revolt: The world takes stock
The Global Jigsaw hears how Russia's friends and foes have responded to Wagner's mutiny
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Biniam Girmay: Africa’s new cycling hero
Can Biniam Girmay be the first black African cyclist to win a stage of Tour de France?
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The monkey haters
The disturbing trade in the torture of Macaque monkeys filmed and sold online
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Controlled and connected: 50 years of the cell phone
How has the cell phone revolutionised our lives since the first call in 1973?
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Swan's head, tiger's roar
Hip-hop artist Mrs M, actress Bayra Bela and throat-singer Zolzaya on art in Mongolia
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Yellowstone: The first national park
The pivotal role of art in the creation of Yellowstone, the world's first national park
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Metaleurop : A stain on France
The people of Evin in France live above an environmental disaster they cannot flee from
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Global dancefloor: Salvador
How a music collective is advocating for oppressed communities in Brazil
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Beirut: Life in the unliveable city
Writer Lina Mounzer reveals how the people of her beloved Beirut are coping amid crisis
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Iraq: Generation Invasion
Young Iraqis recall life under US-occupation and speak of their hopes for the future
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Global dancefloor: Beirut
Keeping nightlife alive in a country in crisis
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France: Soundtrack to the revolution
Young people fight the power in France energised by a movement of revolutionary music
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Good evening Europe
Emmelie de Forest reveals stories behind iconic songs from the Eurovision Song Contest
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The making of King Charles
What kind of monarch will King Charles III be?
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The day I met the King
People across the world recall their meetings with King Charles III of the United Kingdom
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Harry Belafonte: A life
Harry Belafonte was known for his singing. Following his death, we look back on his life
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After the earthquake: Turkey’s election
Will February's deadly earthquake change Anatolia's support for President Erdogan?
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The hidden caste codes of Silicon Valley
Indian workers are thriving in Silicon Valley but some say they face caste discrimination
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The ghost ship
A tanker drifts, unmanned, onto an Indian beach - like a ghost. What really happened?
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Deep Waters: Container ships
Container ships carry everything we buy - but those giant boxes hold secrets too
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Happy News
The Happy Pod, our new weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world.
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Deep Waters: Sanctions and the new 'dark' fleet
How sanctions on Russian oil have increased the world's secretive "dark fleet"