The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Whose Truth?: Russia v Ukraine
Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk is documenting alleged Russian war crimes
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Losing Attar
How our changing world has decimated Kannuaj's centuries old attar industry
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Things Fell Apart: Mikki's hero's journey
An unlikely culture warrior pours fuel on the fires
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The forgotten people of the Ravi River
We meet the people in western India cut off from the mainland by a bridgeless river
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Whose Truth?: The vaccine
Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Kariko was caught up in a Covid vaccine disinformation storm
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Three Million: 6. Silk scarves
How the legacy of the Bengal Famine of 1943 lives on in Britain today
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Greening the Hajj
What can Muslims do to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of the pilgrimage to Mecca?
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Things Fell Apart: You'll own nothing and be happy
A councillor, a Danish politician and an edible insect chef become unwitting hate figures
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Gaming Africa
Kobby Spiky explores the challenges for gamers and developers in Africa
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Things Fell Apart: A hierarchy of trauma
A story about trauma and its ever-changing definition
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Perfume’s dark secret
Children as young as five are picking jasmine, an ingredient used in leading perfumes
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Things Fell Apart: Things weren't back to normal
An argument between a parent and her child during lockdown has far-reaching consequences
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Shadow war: China and the West
Gordon Corera asks what approach Western powers should take to a defining challenge
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Denmark's esports revolution
Why a European country has put competitive gaming on the school curriculum
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Things Fell Apart: Spicy Brando
A young man is arrested on the most bizarre charges
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Labelling the world
How one manual has had a huge influence on the diagnosis of mental health conditions
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Crime and punishment in South Africa
With trust in police falling, volunteer groups have begun patrolling the streets
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Things Fell Apart: Tonight's the night, comrades
A family of Twilight fans blunder into a dreadful, real-life horror
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Twin towns
Why being a twin in Nigeria could mean life or death
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Things Fell Apart: We're coming after you, honey
A medical scandal has world-shattering consequences
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Super-rich Swedes
Why is Sweden home to so many dollar billionaires?
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Things Fell Apart: The most mysterious deaths
The bizarre origins of a world-altering act of violence
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Forward Thinking: Can feminism fix the internet?
Our technology dominated world is in a crisis – what are the solutions?
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The poker parent
Can teaching a child to raise, call and bluff help them learn lessons about life?
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Forward Thinking: Can going vegan feed the world?
What would it take for you to give up meat?
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His and hers medicine
Dr Zoe Williams examines historical inequalities in the diagnosis and treatment of women
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El Salvador's missing children: Part two
Can Salvadoran children adopted during the country’s civil war find their birth families?
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Forward Thinking: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Why a celebrated astrophysicist believes space research needs a new approach
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El Salvador's missing children: Part one
Children separated from their parents by civil war now want to find their birth families
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Forward Thinking: Is it ethical to live longer?
The dilemmas caused by treatments that could tackle some of our most serious illnesses