The Documentary Podcast Episodes Episode guide
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Assignment: What future for Assad’s army?
When President Assad fell, half a million servicemen were sacked but not all are guilty
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Assignment: Vancouver Gangland
The Canadian city of Vancouver is routinely named as one of the best communities in in...
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Assignment: Unlawful Detention
Every year thousands of asylum seekers are detained in Britain. They are held while to...
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Assignment: Unidentified flying drones in Denmark
Mysterious drone sightings in Denmark reveal a new era in UFOlogy
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Assignment: Ukraine - on the front line
Drone technology is transforming the battlefield in Ukraine.
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Assignment: Ukraine - fighting for openness
Meet the citizens battling for better government on Ukraine's home front
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Assignment: Ukraine - building back better
How will Ukraine ensure the billions needed to rebuild the country are properly spent?
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Assignment: Trouble in Dagestan
Almost every day in the Russian republic of Dagestan there are reports of Islamist and...
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Assignment: Trafficked from Uganda to Iraq
Anna Cavell tells the extraordinary story of a rescue of a group of Ugandan women who...
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Assignment: Total Recall - The Toyota Story
Toyota, the world's biggest car company, is in crisis, accused of putting the public...
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Assignment: The village versus the mine
An ancient village in northern Portugal fights plans for a lithium mine on its doorstep
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Assignment: The village that came back from the dead
The coalmine that swallows villages whole and the village that survived
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Assignment: The struggle for Jerusalem’s Old City
Why Armenians in Jerusalem say they are fighting an existential battle
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Assignment: The struggle for Barbuda's future
How a resort for millionaires sparked a battle for a Caribbean island paradise
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Assignment: The Rise and Fall of Wikileaks
The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, is currently in England fighting extradition...
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Assignment: The Most Dangerous Gang in America
The United States has long been home to violent gangs, from the Mafia to the Bloods...
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Assignment: The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Russian Theatre
How Russia’s oldest independent theatre – from a remote town - was forced into exile
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Assignment: The Italian town where praying is a political issue
Monfalcone’s mayor has effectively tried to ban collective Muslim prayer in her town
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Assignment: The human cost of developing Cambodia's Angkor wonder
Changing the temple complex of Cambodia's '8th wonder of the world'
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Assignment: The Gambia - when migrants are forced to go home
The young Gambians who had to give up on their journey to Europe
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Assignment: The Families of Manshiyet Nasser
Catherine Miller reports from one of Cairo's biggest slums where - in 2008 - a massive...
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Assignment: The child rescue con
Exposed: the charity which claims to save children from trafficking and abuse
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Assignment: The Caspian crisis
Why is the Caspian Sea shrinking and what does this means for the region?
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Assignment: The Art of Match-Fixing
A series of recent arrests across Europe has highlighted the growing threat of in...
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Assignment: The Afghan Governors
Ten years after foreign forces invaded Afghanistan, they've begun to hand full back to...
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Assignment: The 'ghost city' of Cyprus
The beach resort frozen in time by 50 years of conflict, and the struggle over its future
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Assignment: Thawil - the Red Shirt protestor
When Thai soldiers stormed an anti-government protest in Bangkok last month more than...
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Assignment: Tempting fate - Istanbul's earthquake dilemma
Emily Wither reports from Istanbul on the threat of an earthquake striking the city
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Assignment: Taxing Questions for Greeks
No-one likes paying tax - but avoiding it is a way of life for many people in Greece,...
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Assignment: Taught to fear - corporal punishment in the classroom
Reported cases of teachers beating their students in Kenyan schools are on the rise