The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Why India is mad for motorbikes
An investigation into the deep-seated and increasing passion for motorcycling in India
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The Soviet Feminist Army
The Soviet women spreading feminist ideas in Afghanistan
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World Book Café: Dublin
Authors Naoise Dolan and Caitriona Lally on living and writing in Dublin
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August in Minsk
A summer of protest in Belarus recorded by Minsk journalist Ilya Kuzniatsou
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Red State refugees
Can refugees save the small, conservative town of Cactus, Texas?
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Stitching souls
Maria Margaronis sews and hears the stories of Gee’s Bend's historic quilters
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Fighting talk: How language can make us better
What impact does the language we use around cancer have on those living with the disease?
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Worlds apart
If globalisation is on its last legs - again - what might the impacts be?
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The Bomb
An explosion that changed history. Could one man have stopped it?
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The new tech Cold War
Is the West losing the technological race for supremacy with China?
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The Bomb
An explosion that changed history. Could one man have stopped it?
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The most important, least important thing
Why is watching sport so important to us as a species? What happens when it disappears?
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The confined: A story of hidden children
How Jewish children and French nuns together defied the Nazis
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Embankment baby
Tony May was abandoned as a baby in 1942. Can DNA testing reveal who his parents were?
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DNA and me
What do at-home DNA test kits tell us about our identity?
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The Coronavirus Frontline special
From vaccine trials to new treatments, this investigation tracks Covid-19 breakthroughs
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Summer with Greta
Greta Thunberg describes her remarkable year and makes a plea for action on climate change
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Unmapped world
Why is so much of Africa still not mapped properly?
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The 'grandma benches' of Zimbabwe
An innovative Zimbabwean therapy is helping solve a mental health crisis
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Coronavirus: The economic shock
Alongside the medical emergency, what will Covid-19 mean for the global economy?
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New York Covid-19 diary
Public health expert Dr Tom Frieden reflects on the global pandemic.
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The edge of change
How has the coronavirus pandemic created an opportunity to reshape our world?
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Reporting Covid-19
Following two local newspapers as they report the pandemic from their turf.
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Dame Vera Lynn
A celebration of the life of Dame Vera Lynn, the 'Forces Sweetheart' who has died at 103