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The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2007

The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2007.

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The Clinton Years Part 4

The Clinton Years Part 4

Gavin Esler tells the story of Bill Clinton's controversial and colourful presidency, from epic victories to personal tu... Read more

17 Sep 2007

22mins

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Heritage, The Balkans - Part Two: Dubrovnik, Croatia

Heritage, The Balkans - Part Two: Dubrovnik, Croatia

Malcolm Billings explores the reconstruction projects slowly restoring the region's cultural legacy.

22 Aug 2007

21mins

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Assignment - Leila's story

Assignment - Leila's story

Leila is a young woman in Iran, sold into prostitution by her family at the age of 9, later forced into a temporary marr... Read more

7 Dec 2007

22mins

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Assignment - Eritrea's persecuted Christians

Assignment - Eritrea's persecuted Christians

Assignment reports on the persecution of Christians in Eritrea - home to one of the oldest Christian churches in the wor... Read more

28 Sep 2007

22mins

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On the road in Iraq

On the road in Iraq

Many ordinary people in Iraq continue to live in extraordianry circumstances. World Affairs coresspondent, Mike Woolridg... Read more

14 Sep 2007

21mins

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Seeing Iraq, Thinking Vietnam Part 2

Seeing Iraq, Thinking Vietnam Part 2

Jonathan Marcus explores the impact of these two conflicts on the american political psyche.

3 Dec 2007

22mins

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Heritage, The Balkans - Part One: Kosovo

Heritage, The Balkans - Part One: Kosovo

Malcolm Billings explores the reconstruction projects slowly restoring the region's cultural legacy.

14 Aug 2007

21mins

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Press for Freedom - part three

Press for Freedom - part three

Building democracy: What is the role of radio in building democracy? In Papua, a new radio station is being installed as... Read more

19 Dec 2007

23mins

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The Clinton Years - part 2

The Clinton Years - part 2

From authorising emergency bailout during the Mexican economic collapse to balancing the budget, Clinton's strategic use... Read more

3 Sep 2007

21mins

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The Clinton Years - Part 1

The Clinton Years - Part 1

When William Jefferson Clinton was elected President of the United States on 3 November 1992, hope was in the air. Thoug... Read more

27 Aug 2007

22mins

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Maids: The Untold Story Part 1

Maids: The Untold Story Part 1

It reads like a soap opera, but this is not fiction: round-the-clock confinement, crippling illness, rape, escape, suici... Read more

10 Aug 2007

22mins

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Assignment: Ghanaian Drug Mules

Assignment: Ghanaian Drug Mules

Gabby O'Donnell goes to Ghana to meet some convicted drugs mules, and hears how they, as much as the users, can end up b... Read more

9 Aug 2007

22mins

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Maids: The Untold Story - Part Two

Maids: The Untold Story - Part Two

In the second programme, Judith Kampfner looks at women who work as maids in their own countries. Children, sometimes as... Read more

8 Aug 2007

21mins

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Sudan: The Lost Boy Returns

Sudan: The Lost Boy Returns

Jane Little follows one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan" who goes back to be reunited with his mother and to marry a girl fro... Read more

23 Aug 2007

22mins

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Zimbabwe Out of Control - Part 2

Zimbabwe Out of Control - Part 2

In the second of these two programmes, Paul Bakibinga considers how Zimbabwe might become prosperous one more.

16 Aug 2007

22mins

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We're No Angels

We're No Angels

Karin Wells investigates controversial new laws in Poland that require over 35s to prove they never collaborated with Co... Read more

21 Sep 2007

21mins

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Top of the Class - Part 2

Top of the Class - Part 2

Owen Bennett-Jones visits two of the world's leading educational establishments - Harvard University and Westminster Sch... Read more

19 Sep 2007

22mins

Ranked #18

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Press For Freedom Part 1

Press For Freedom Part 1

BBC's Roy Greenslade looks at how far reporting 'the truth' can be endangered by governments, corporations and the new w... Read more

12 Dec 2007

22mins

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Assignment - Inside Gaza

Assignment - Inside Gaza

Six months ago, the radical Palestinian faction Hamas took total control of the Gaza Strip. Israel and Egypt responded ... Read more

29 Nov 2007

22mins

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A Journey from Conflict to Brotherhood

A Journey from Conflict to Brotherhood

John McCarthy looks at how the Kaduna Declaration in Kaduna, Nigeria, has had some success in bringing Muslims and Chris... Read more

26 Sep 2007

22mins

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