The Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Generation change: Part one
The new generation of change makers working to fight hunger and climate change
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MTV@40
The birth of a ground-breaking concept - MTV, 24-hour music TV
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Afghan girls given a sporting chance
The fortunes of teenage football players settling into new lives in the UK and Europe
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I Wonder as I Wander
The origins and emotional impact of the Appalachian carol I Wonder as I Wander
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CODA: I'm the thumb in my family
The remarkable stories of the children who act as interpreters for their deaf parents
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When the Beatles didn't meet Imelda
The disastrous visit to the Philippines by the Beatles in 1966
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Parcels of CARE
How food packages from American relief organisation CARE eased starvation after WW2
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The big $ giveaway
What's behind the trend for giving away money online?
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Malcolm in the Midlands
Why did one of the world’s most prominent civil rights activists visit Britain in 1965?
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Only bleeding: How Swedes opened up about periods
The provocative and practical ways Swedes made menstruation less taboo
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Into the Stephen Sondheim archive
The work of composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim explored by actor Maria Friedman
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Poison: Jacob Zuma's toxic obsession
Is Jacob Zuma the victim of an elaborate international conspiracy to poison him?
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Internet instigators
Meet the internet instigators who are who are organising protests through social media
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Changing country music
Lady Nade explores the roots of country and Americana and its debt to black music
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Drone academy: Reaching for the sky
How drone technology is inspiring young Malawians to reach for the sky
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Regarding the pain of others
The gulf between the reality of war and our ability to comprehend it
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Trading tribulation
Exploring the highs and lows of financial trading on smartphone apps.
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The hack that changed the world
Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
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On the Covid ward
How medical teams look after the emotional well-being of Covid patients and families
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More yield, less field
Could a farming technique called Pfumvudza be Zimbabwe's answer to food security?
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The lost art of breathing
Each of us takes more than 25,000 breaths a day. But are we even doing it right?
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Somalia’s forgotten hostages
The sailors held captive for years and the retired British Colonel who helped free them
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World Book Café: PEN
An exploration of Freedom of Expression around the world.
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Smart women, male genius
Science writer and broadcaster Angela Saini debunks the myth of male genius
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Afghanistan and me
Thirty years of Afghan’s tumultuous history, told through one woman’s experience
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9/11: The day that changed our lives forever
New Yorkers and others remember how they coped with the trauma of 9/11
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Mikis Theodorakis remembered
Beyond Zorba – the prolific and turbulent life of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis
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The world according to search
A look at popular and puzzling internet searches from around the world
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Archiving Black America
Maya Millett speaks to the archivists amplifying the buried stories of African-Americans
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A bad business
Twenty years after the collapse of Enron, how difficult is it to commit corporate fraud?