The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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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: The hidden world of global shipping
Bulk carriers are the unseen porters of the world even during war and pandemic
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Happy News
The Happy Pod, our new weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world
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Tito Puente: Mambo man
A centenary celebration of Tito Puente, the man also known as 鈥楾he King of Latin Music鈥�
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Blind faith: Do genetic eye disease 鈥榯reatments' work?
Ramadan Younes investigates the world of genetic eye disease 鈥榯reatments鈥�
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Can technology save democracy?
Is technology eroding democracy or can it reconnect citizens to their governments?
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Happy News
How a computer data centre could heat pools, Michelle Yeoh, Guillaume Diop and more
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Iraq War: A choice of horrors
After the disastrous war in Iraq, should the West ever intervene in foreign conflicts?
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The boat smugglers
How boats used in migrant Chanel crossings are sourced and the huge profits being made
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Somebody is watching me
How misogyny and tech have made South Korea the digital sex crime capital of the world
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Happy news
Positive news stories
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The long haul of long Covid
The challenge for scientists globally in finding a treatment for long Covid
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Happy news
The chicken who sailed around the world, and the naughty huskies who found a new home
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Flying Seagulls: Child's play
The travelling project bringing circus and play to marginalised kids around the world
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No place like 'Nam
Meet the Vietnam war veterans who have decided to leave the USA and retire to Vietnam
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Ukraine: A year of war
Correspondents mark 12 months since the start of the Ukraine war
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Fishrot: Clear waters, murky dealings
How journalists in Namibia and Iceland broke an epic corruption scandal, all about fish
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America's first black bank
Szu Ping Chan looks at the the history and collapse of The Freedman鈥檚 Bank and its legacy
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World Wide Waves '23: The sounds of community radio
How Rumphi FM in Malawi and Inuit radio in Canada are supporting marginalised communities
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The travelling speech therapist
Travelling speech therapist Mary Weinder travels to the Turks and Caicos islands
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The Night Witches of World War Two
The all-female Soviet combat unit which terrorised German forces using wooden biplanes
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Brexit: Three years on
Three years after leaving the EU, what does Brexit mean for Britain's place in the world?
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A short history of sadness
Author Helen Russell explores a history of gloom, and how different cultures tackle it
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This Cultural Life: Abdulrazak Gurnah
Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah on his cultural influences
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Sierra Leone's children of war
What happened to Sierra Leone's child soldiers?
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The Black Book
Why was the Black Book, a chronicle of the Nazi extermination of Soviet Jews banned?
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Yiddish glory: Jewish refugees in Central Asia
A journey to discover Yiddish songs confiscated by the KGB
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This Cultural Life: Akram Khan
Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan on the cultural turning points of his life
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What do you think you are? Part two
Are animals 'sentient' beings? Sue Armstrong reports on the latest scientific evidence
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The price of citizenship
What does it mean to be a citizen? Is it about belonging, or about convenience?
