The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Warrior elephant guardians
Former Samburu warriors turn their skills to caring for baby elephants in Kenya
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Dissecting Beethoven
A look at theories that health problems may explain Beethoven’s suffering and his music.
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Don't log off: Opportunity
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
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Disunion
Edward Stourton asks whether Covid-19 could hasten the breakup of the United Kingdom?
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Coping with grief
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the UK’s Chief Rabbi discuss coping with losing a child
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Don't log off: Grounded
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
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Belarus across the barricades - part two
Dazzling poet Valzhyna Mort explores a hundred days of protest in Belarus
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Back down to Earth
Is it time to abandon dreams of human space travel?
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Don't Log Off: Searching for hope
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
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Belarus across the barricades - part one
Day 115 of the astonishing protests in Belarus
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100 Women: Women in power
Mary Ann Sieghart hears the inspiring stories of women in power
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Don't Log Off: Resilience
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
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100 Women: The mushroom woman
How Chido Govera's curiosity with mushrooms helped feed her family and other growers
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100 Women: Rebel girls soundtrack
The ways in which real events are reflected in the lyrics of popular songs
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Barack Obama talks to David Olusoga
Ahead of the release of his memoirs, the former President talks to David Olusoga
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The five-day election
Voters talk about waiting for results of the unusually protracted US presidential election
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Obesity crisis in Thai temples
Why are Buddhist monks in Thailand more obese than the population at large?
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Blood lands
The frenzied attack in a farmhouse that left two dead and a South African town divided
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India's missing children
Rajini Vaidyanathan searches for one of the many Indian children trafficked into slavery.
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America decides: How it happened
Philippa Thomas introduces a rapid-fire round-up of the US presidential election
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Missing and murdered: America’s forgotten native girls
The shocking violence against Native American women
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China's rocket man
What does a pioneering scientist's story reveal about China and America?
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Fighting together in Korea
How the Korean War forced the US military to desegregate
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A perfect match
The inequalities in US healthcare exposed through a deeply personal story
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The TikTok election
Sophia Smith Galer finds out how TikTok could influence the outcome of the US election
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Dyslexia: Into adulthood
Stella Sabin looks at the continuing impact of dyslexia in adult life.
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Spitfire stories
How a WW2 icon was made, piece by piece, against all odds. With historian Victoria Taylor
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Dyslexia: Language and childhood
Toby Withers explores how you can be dyslexic in one language, but not in another
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Songs of the Humpback Whale
The story of Roger Payne’s best-selling environmental album, released 50 years ago
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What has Nobel done for the world?
What it takes to win a Nobel prize and what it means for the lives and careers of winners