The DocumentaryEpisodes Episode guide
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Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island - part two
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learnin to rap on Rikers Island jail
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Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island - part one
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learning to rap in Rikers Island jail
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A23a: Biography of an Iceberg
As A23a reaches its final chapter, glaciologist Catherine Walker charts the life and death
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The Price of Peace
Exploring the divided views on justice and reconciliation in Colombia.
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LA: Rising from the Ashes
Jonathan Glancey meets architects leading LA’s recovery from 2025’s catastrophic fires.
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How did we get here: Israel and the Palestinians
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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BBC Eye Investigatons
Documentary series offering high-impact investigations and in-depth reporting
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How did we get here: Israel and the Palestinians
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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Tree of diplomacy
How botany has kept the US and China talking for decades
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How did we get here: Israel and the Palestinians
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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The Engineers: Flying at the Edge
Leaders in the field of aircraft engineering join BBC presenter Caroline Steel
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The Teenagers Who Wired Romania
How Romanian teenagers built a daring DIY internet network that inspired telecoms giants
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How did we get here: Israel and the Palestinians
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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The sound of soft power
Does the world still need international radio as a tool of soft power?
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A battle that changed Ireland
How a World War One battle still affects people and communities
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Israel and the Palestinians: 6: Israel’s early years to the Six Day War
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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Driving across the divide
Israeli volunteers meet ill Palestinians at checkpoints to drive them to hospital.
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Love on trial: India’s age of consent controversy
Brishbhanu Baruah examines India's Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
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Israel and the Palestinians: 5. From WW2 to the First Arab-Israeli war
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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The Chinese Fentanyl King
How did a graduate from China’s top university become an alleged drug kingpin in Mexico?
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Israel and the Palestinians: 4. The Balfour Declaration to the Arab Revolt
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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Secrets of the ant trade
The multi-million-dollar ant trade and the enthusiasts stamping out illegal ant smuggling
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Israel and the Palestinians: 3. From the 19th Century to World War One
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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A history of the United States in 100 objects: 1. The Century Safe
In 1876, Americans filled an iron safe with objects meant to tell their story
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Israel and the Palestinians: 2. From the Muslim conquest to the 19th Century
The establishment of Arab rule, the Crusades and the Muslim commander Salah ad-Din
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Sheba: Just like us?
Primate experimentation: we have the need, but do we have the right?
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Agony and ecstasy: A history of penalty shootouts
What makes a penalty shootout so dramatic?
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Israel and the Palestinians: 1. From earliest times to the Romans
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
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The Russian dream
Meet the Westerners moving to Russia on Putin’s “anti-woke” visa
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The Black Power Station: I rap what I like
Meet the young South African hip hop artists translating hardship into hope
