The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2012
The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2012
BBC World Service
The BBC World Services wide range of documentaries from 2012.
Burma Dec 2012
New democratic freedoms are allowing farmers to protest as companies grab their land for agriculture and land. Lucy Ash reporting.
Dec 27, 2012
23 min
Bollywood Breaking Barriers
Does the Bollywood film industry need to broaden its fanbase to appeal to international, non-Indian audiences to survive in the future?
Dec 25, 2012
23 min
Lullabies in the Arab World
A look at the unique narratives and symbolism of the lullabies of the Arab world, which are a form of self-expression for women.
Dec 22, 2012
23 min
El Salvador Dec 2012
El Salvador's violent street gangs have made a truce. The murder rate has plummeted, and quality of life for many Salvadorans has improved dramatically. But can it last?
Dec 20, 2012
23 min
Bollywood Breaking Barriers
After 100 years of Bollywood cinematic magic, how are filmmakers dealing with India's diverging audiences and wildly different expectations?
Dec 18, 2012
23 min
No Greater Love
A powerful memorial to the bravery of an ordinary man Leigh Pitt, who saved a boy from drowning but did not himself survive.
Dec 15, 2012
23 min
Argentina’s Numbers Game Dec 2012
The IMF is threatening to throw Argentina out of the Fund if it doesn’t start reporting credible figures for inflation.
Dec 13, 2012
23 min
The Cost of Doing Time
Many ex-offenders in the US leave prison indebted to the courts. Why do one in five people in Philadelphia owe around $1.5 billion in criminal court debt?
Dec 11, 2012
23 min
Anzac
For 95 years, the ‘Anzac Legend’ has been at the heart of Australia’s national identity. Through a government-sponsored programme of commemoration and education, Australians are taught that part of their identity was forged on the battlefields of Europe, the Gallipoli peninsula and in South-East Asia throughout the twentieth century. Sharon Mascal asks what Anzac means today.
Dec 8, 2012
49 min
A Long Walk Into History
Sol River talks to James Meredith, who walked into history as the first black student at the University of Mississippi in 1962.
Dec 8, 2012
49 min
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