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A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the 大象传媒. Investigating, reporting and telling true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism and global issues.

A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the 大象传媒. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues.

From the plight of young women in Afghanistan, to Syria鈥檚 water wars, to keeping African languages alive, The Documentary investigates major global stories.

We delve into social media, take you into the minds of the world鈥檚 most creative people and explore personal approaches to spirituality. Every week, we also bring together people from around the globe to discuss how news stories are affecting their lives.

A new episode most days, all year round. From our 大象传媒 World Service teams at: Assignment, Heart and Soul, In the Studio, OS Conversations, The Fifth Floor and Trending.

Updated: daily
Episodes available: indefinitely

Episodes to download

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    Bangladesh鈥檚 Hidden Shame

    Thu 9 Jun 2016

    A report on the alleged persecution of the indigenous peoples of Bangladesh.

  • The Deobandis: Pakistan

    Wed 8 Jun 2016

    Owen Bennett Jones heads to Pakistan in his exploration of South Asia's Deobandi Islam

  • Listening to the Bones - Part Two

    Tue 7 Jun 2016

    The forensic team looking for clues in bones to look for Latin America's 'disappeared'

  • Target: Tolo TV

    Thu 2 Jun 2016

    Yalda Hakim on how a Kabul TV station has paid a terrible human price for its journalism

  • The Deobandis: India

    Wed 1 Jun 2016

    India鈥檚 Deobandi school of Islam and its mission to preserve Islam in its purest form

  • Listening to the Bones - Part One

    Tue 31 May 2016

    The Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology and their quest for clues from victims' bones

  • Terror and Technology: The Unabomber

    Sun 29 May 2016

    How a reclusive maths prodigy terrorised America and how the media amplified his cause

  • Capturing South Africa

    Thu 26 May 2016

    Why the Gupta family of Indian entrepreneurs are accused of 'capturing' South Africa

  • Next Stop - Mariachi Plaza

    Wed 25 May 2016

    A night out in the Latino suburbs with the mariachis of Boyle Heights, East LA

  • Shea Gold

    Tue 24 May 2016

    The plight of rural women making shea butter in Ghana鈥檚 northern regions

  • Iraq鈥檚 Kurds: From Flight to Freedom

    Sun 22 May 2016

    Twenty-five years ago thousands of Iraqi Kurds died fleeing Saddam Hussein鈥檚 forces

  • Ghana: The Obuasi Stand-Off

    Thu 19 May 2016

    Why have illegal miners invaded three of Ghana's gold mines in recent months?

  • The Sprung Floor

    Wed 18 May 2016

    Dancer Dane Hurst on his dream to teach modern dance to under-privileged kids in SA

  • Rebel Song Journey

    Tue 17 May 2016

    One man鈥檚 struggle to keep singing despite losing everything in the Sri Lankan civil war

  • Die Klassen - Health and Family

    Sun 15 May 2016

    The Syrian refugees who arrived in Berlin in 2015 and their attempts to settle in

  • Checkmate Me In St Louis

    Thu 12 May 2016

    The mid-western city which has become a world centre for the game of chess.

  • The Swedish Ambassador鈥檚 Guide to Eurovision

    Wed 11 May 2016

    Ahead of the world鈥檚 biggest song contest, a diplomat explains why pop is a secret weapon

  • Setting the Past Free - Part Two

    Wed 11 May 2016

    Wrestling with Rudolf Kastner's Holocaust story and the issues it raises

  • Are Human Rights Really Universal?

    Tue 10 May 2016

    The human rights movement vs resistance to human rights by powerful states

  • China's Family Planning Army

    Thu 5 May 2016

    China's once hated population police are being turned into child development specialists.

  • Setting the Past Free - Part One

    Wed 4 May 2016

    The Rudolf Kastner story - a hero or villain of the Holocaust?

  • Are Human Rights Really Universal?

    Tue 3 May 2016

    The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which set out of rights for all humankind

  • Born Free, Killed by Hate in South Africa

    Thu 28 Apr 2016

    The story of Pasca, a young lesbian and how South Africa's rainbow nation has failed her.

  • Forgetting Igbo

    Tue 26 Apr 2016

    The fall and rise of Igbo, one of West Africa鈥檚 most widely spoken languages

  • Beyond Binary

    Sun 24 Apr 2016

    The movement of people who define themselves as 鈥榥on-binary鈥� 鈥� not male, not female

  • Forgotten Girls of Dhaka

    Fri 22 Apr 2016

    What does the future hold for the girls of the Duaripara slum in Dhaka?

  • A Global Queen

    Wed 20 Apr 2016

    The role of British monarchs on the global stage including Elizabeth II

  • Secret Lives

    Sat 16 Apr 2016

    What do our secrets tell us about who we are? And what happens when we reveal them?

  • Where Are You Going? - Kolkata

    Thu 14 Apr 2016

    From the feminist Shakespeare enthusiast to the man dying of AIDS: we're in Kolkata

  • Norway: Parents Against the State

    Thu 14 Apr 2016

    Norway's child protection policies are attracting sharp criticism both at home and abroad.

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