The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Reclaiming Karachi
Inspiring stories of change from the streets of Karachi
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Galapagos Islands: A Little World Within Itself
Sarah Darwin follows Charles Darwin’s footsteps to see the Galapagos Islands
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Salam to Queen and Country
Zubeida Malik speaks to Muslim soldiers serving in the British army.
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The Jewish Queens of Bollywood
The untold story of how Jewish women became the first female superstars of Indian cinema
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Looking for Aunt Martha's Quilt
In 1892 Liberian farmer Martha Ann Erskine Ricks took a gift of a quilt to Queen Victoria
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Give Back the Land
A white land owner and black farm workers share ownership of their land in South Africa
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Macron's Quest
Who is the former banker and civil servant and how did he rise so far so fast?
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Europe's Drug Wars
Irish crime journalist Paul Williams asks whether Europe’s drugs wars are out of control
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Young in Hong Kong
The post-1997 generation of Hong Kong, how they see themselves and what makes them tick
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Hong Kong: Twenty Years On
How have the hopes and fears of Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China played out?
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Germany: Reluctant Giant
Why does Germany fear becoming a military power?
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Las Vegas Stripped Bare
Behind the gambling, glitz and glamour of this extraordinary desert oasis
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UK Election: Something Happened, but What?
What the UK election results say about Britain, Brexit, and the different generations
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What Went Wrong with Brazil?
How Brazil went from economic boom years to its worst recession on record
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The Death of the Cockfighters
The highly complex cultural practice of cockfighting and its place in the modern world
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The Driver and the Dictator
The 1958 Grand Prix in Havana that ended with the kidnapping of F1's Juan Manuel Fangio
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World Book Café: Berlin
Damien McGuinness is in Berlin to ask what excites its book lovers
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A Very British Election
A portrait of the UK Election and the impact of the Manchester attack on the campaigns
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Watching my Father
The rise in suicide rates among Indian farmers and the impact on their families
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Remembering Challenger
Four people affected by the Challenger space shuttle disaster reflect on the event
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Inside the Israeli Hospital
The Israeli doctors treating Syrians who have been smuggled over the border with injuries
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The Khan Mutiny
The Muslim male actors taking over Bollywood amidst growing Hindu fundamentalism in India
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The Robots' Story
How might robots help us live, work and even love in the future?
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Chaplains of the Sea
Port chaplains provide support to the world's 1.5 million merchant seafarers
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A Woman Half in Shadow
The story of African-American novelist and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston
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The Silent Wound
How veterans of Colombia's war are dealing with genital wounds and loss of masculinity
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Subversion, Russia and the West
How the murky world of subversion still dominates East-West relations