The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Drone academy: Reaching for the sky
How drone technology is inspiring young Malawians to reach for the sky
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Regarding the pain of others
The gulf between the reality of war and our ability to comprehend it
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Trading tribulation
Exploring the highs and lows of financial trading on smartphone apps.
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The hack that changed the world
Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
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On the Covid ward
How medical teams look after the emotional well-being of Covid patients and families
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More yield, less field
Could a farming technique called Pfumvudza be Zimbabwe's answer to food security?
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The lost art of breathing
Each of us takes more than 25,000 breaths a day. But are we even doing it right?
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Somalia’s forgotten hostages
The sailors held captive for years and the retired British Colonel who helped free them
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World Book Café: PEN
An exploration of Freedom of Expression around the world.
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Smart women, male genius
Science writer and broadcaster Angela Saini debunks the myth of male genius
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Afghanistan and me
Thirty years of Afghan’s tumultuous history, told through one woman’s experience
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9/11: The day that changed our lives forever
New Yorkers and others remember how they coped with the trauma of 9/11
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Mikis Theodorakis remembered
Beyond Zorba – the prolific and turbulent life of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis
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The world according to search
A look at popular and puzzling internet searches from around the world
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Archiving Black America
Maya Millett speaks to the archivists amplifying the buried stories of African-Americans
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A bad business
Twenty years after the collapse of Enron, how difficult is it to commit corporate fraud?
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Hiroshima successors
As memories of the atomic bomb fade, an unusual practice keeps survivors’ stories alive
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Two smiley faces: Episode six
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication
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Africa’s vaccine ambitions
What efforts are underway in Africa to build a home grown vaccine manufacturing industry?
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Two smiley faces: Episode five
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication
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Beijing: Beyond the masks
Liyang Liu explores her home city Beijing in the wake of the pandemic
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A tale of two Tokyos
Ken Nishikawa and Nick Luscombe take inspiration and hope from the Tokyo Olympics of 1964
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Two smiley faces: Episode four
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication
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The road to rock'n'roll
How a network of black performance venues in a segregated USA shaped music history
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Lex Gillette: A leap in the dark
Paralympian Lex Gillette and guide coach Wesley go for Gold in 2021
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Two smiley faces: Episode three
How do the Unicode Consortium decide what is included in the official emoji keyboard?
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China in slogans
How Communist Party slogans reveal a turbulent century of Chinese history
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Breaking through
How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games
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Sporting heroines of history
Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson explores the role of women in sport through history