Podcast

The Documentary Podcast

Author: BBC
Feed episode count: 2000
Official site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nq0lx
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Summary

Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can uncover hidden truths and make sense of the world. The best of documentary storytelling from the BBC World Service. From conflict in the Middle East to the advance of AI, to the front line of the climate emergency, we go beyond the headlines. Each week we dive into the minds of the world’s most creative people, take personal journeys into spirituality and connect people from across the globe to share how news stories are shaping their lives.

Episodes

Jul 24, 2026 · not_requested

Searching for my samurai mother

Duration seconds: 1590
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p0h36k

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Jul 23, 2026 · not_requested

The spirit of Tala: The rapid rise of Tonga's netball team

Duration seconds: 1941
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p00pqv

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Jul 22, 2026 · not_requested

Bonus: Forgiving a killer - from Lives Less Ordinary

Duration seconds: 2555
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p003ds

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Jul 21, 2026 · not_requested

Italy’s child obesity time-bomb

Duration seconds: 1630
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nzyl4m

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Jul 20, 2026 · not_requested

Tom Bailey: Can a walk across the Arctic be art?

Duration seconds: 1589
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nzfm8z

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Jul 19, 2026 · not_requested

Love on trial: India's age of consent controversy

Duration seconds: 1604
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nyr9w8

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Jul 18, 2026 · not_requested

Belarus's university in exile

Duration seconds: 1582
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nzf7mt

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Jul 18, 2026 · not_requested

Older women and the challenge of IVF

Duration seconds: 1390
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nzg954

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Jul 17, 2026 · not_requested

Harry Haft's unspeakable fight

Duration seconds: 1594
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nyyg5c

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Jul 16, 2026 · not_requested

Follow the money: The beef with US beef

Duration seconds: 1172
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nyyq08

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Jul 15, 2026 · not_requested

Moscow’s enemy number one

Duration seconds: 1593
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nxvztm

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Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

Euthanasia in Spain: Whose life is it anyway?

Duration seconds: 1757
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nykdgl

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Jul 12, 2026 · not_requested

The Chinese fentanyl king

Duration seconds: 1610
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ny35p8

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Jul 12, 2026 · not_requested

Jordanian director Zain Duraie

Duration seconds: 1589
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nxw5j2

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Jul 11, 2026 · not_requested

Fruit Wars!

Duration seconds: 1596
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ny2ch3

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Jul 11, 2026 · not_requested

Chasing the Wimbledon dream

Duration seconds: 1395
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ny35kv

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Jul 10, 2026 · not_requested

Diving for Yuko

Duration seconds: 1601
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nxn0b0

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Jul 9, 2026 · not_requested

Secrets of the ant trade

Duration seconds: 1588
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nxmwn6

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Jul 8, 2026 · not_requested

Was ‘Made in China’ made in America?

Duration seconds: 1627
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nxbq99

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Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

China’s collapsing population

Duration seconds: 1610
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nx777r

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Jul 6, 2026 · not_requested

Karin Slaughter: thriller penned in mountain cabin

Duration seconds: 1575
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nwysbx

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Jul 5, 2026 · not_requested

A history of the United States in 100 objects: 1: The Century Safe

Duration seconds: 1587
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nwyrq7

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Jul 4, 2026 · not_requested

Balochistan's disappeared

Duration seconds: 1596
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nwnsp4

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Jul 4, 2026 · not_requested

The Venezuelan earthquakes

Duration seconds: 1394
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nwt50m

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Jul 3, 2026 · not_requested

Cast out: Faith of a gay Nigerian priest

Duration seconds: 1589
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nwhbj2

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Jul 2, 2026 · not_requested

The social lives of bacteria

Duration seconds: 1589
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nw6b4m

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Jul 1, 2026 · not_requested

The Food Chain: Can I save the family restaurant?

Duration seconds: 1588
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nvyq5l

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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

Switzerland's population cap referendum

Duration seconds: 1590
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nvsnp7

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Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested

The poetry of Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh

Duration seconds: 1589
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ntxkw1

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Jun 28, 2026 · not_requested

How did we get here? 1. Israel and the Palestinians

Duration seconds: 1631
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nvk399

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

Witnessing the 'Hand of God'

Duration seconds: 1598
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nv9why

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

What is it like to have a lung transplant?

Duration seconds: 1388
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nvcyj0

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Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested

Musician on a mission to keep bhajans alive

Duration seconds: 1590
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ntxghn

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Jun 25, 2026 · not_requested

Agony and ecstasy: A history of penalty shootouts

Duration seconds: 1599
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ntxcqb

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Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested

Brexit Ten Years On (part 2)

Duration seconds: 3862
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ntfrf8

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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

Brexit Ten Years On (part 1)

Duration seconds: 3876
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ntdymr

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Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested

Sean Cooney, singer and dog lover

Duration seconds: 1600
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nsgfzf

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Jun 21, 2026 · not_requested

The Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast

Duration seconds: 2311
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ns9cqn

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Jun 21, 2026 · not_requested

How Germany fails disabled people

Duration seconds: 1720
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nsg1h4

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Jun 20, 2026 · not_requested

Everest tourism's toll on Sherpas

Duration seconds: 1596
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nt0tbx

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Jun 20, 2026 · not_requested

South Africa's migrant deadline

Duration seconds: 1423
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nt0kr3

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Jun 19, 2026 · not_requested

War, God and the Islamic Republic

Duration seconds: 1649
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nsnn7c

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Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested

The Russian Dream

Duration seconds: 1607
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ns9jp8

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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

Sheba: Just Like Us?

Duration seconds: 2969
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ns7zlw

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Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

Lebanon's Abandoned Lives

Duration seconds: 1762
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ns3607

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Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested

World Cup poetry: Lines for the beautiful game

Duration seconds: 1590
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nrp3w8

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Introducing: Business Daily: Who’s behind Sierra Leone’s illegal fishing problem?

Duration seconds: 1111
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nrp23m

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Jun 13, 2026 · not_requested

Ground zero: reporting an epidemic

Duration seconds: 1597
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nrp4ns

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Jun 13, 2026 · not_requested

World Cup superfans

Duration seconds: 1413
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nrrb9k

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Jun 12, 2026 · not_requested

Following the path of the rose

Duration seconds: 1591
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nrc5hz

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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

Introducing: What in the World

Duration seconds: 1294
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nr6t8v

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Jun 10, 2026 · not_requested

Introducing: The Interface - What goes on in TikTok's Farlands?

Duration seconds: 2531
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nr0vx9

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Jun 9, 2026 · not_requested

Khartoum: Lessons in war

Duration seconds: 1677
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nqw6tl

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Jun 8, 2026 · not_requested

Trine Hahnemann: mixing cookery and hygge

Duration seconds: 1589
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nqd46n

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Jun 7, 2026 · not_requested

Introducing: The Food Chain - Rethinking the potato

Duration seconds: 1636
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0npwss4

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Jun 6, 2026 · not_requested

Finding soldier Tom

Duration seconds: 1588
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nq9p3r

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Jun 6, 2026 · not_requested

Injured during childbirth

Duration seconds: 1412
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nqd1vy

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Jun 5, 2026 · not_requested

The missionary soldier

Duration seconds: 1594
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nq718j

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Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested

The Black Power Station: I rap what I like

Duration seconds: 1735
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0npjcr7

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Jun 3, 2026 · not_requested

Good Bad Billionaire: Beyonce

Duration seconds: 2718
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0npjb6r

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Jun 2, 2026 · not_requested

Italy’s migrant fruit pickers

Duration seconds: 1743
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0npj76b

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May 31, 2026 · not_requested

Africa's football dreamers

Duration seconds: 2955
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0np2ggw

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May 30, 2026 · not_requested

Embargo and the Cuban spirit

Duration seconds: 1588
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0np25tt

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May 30, 2026 · not_requested

Responding to Ebola

Duration seconds: 1406
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0np25wp

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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

Jamaica’s sacred heartbeat

Duration seconds: 1588
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nntcrh

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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

Manosphere messiahs: Kenya

Duration seconds: 1798
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nnrl0p

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May 28, 2026 · not_requested

Manosphere messiahs: Mexico

Duration seconds: 1804
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nnly27

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May 27, 2026 · not_requested

São Paulo's carnival competition

Duration seconds: 1964
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nndhsm

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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

Sierra Leone: The diamond that saved a thousand lives

Duration seconds: 1869
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nmlt2j

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May 25, 2026 · not_requested

Sydney fireworks, the return

Duration seconds: 1589
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nmlcj2

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May 24, 2026 · not_requested

The Sarkozy affair

Duration seconds: 3438
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nmrk72

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May 23, 2026 · not_requested

AI farewells for Russia’s dead soldiers

Duration seconds: 1588
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nmy299

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May 23, 2026 · not_requested

Life in a volcano danger zone

Duration seconds: 1419
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nmrh0k

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May 22, 2026 · not_requested

Fighting for the children of Chernobyl

Duration seconds: 1596
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nml55t

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May 21, 2026 · not_requested

When Shiraz calls

Duration seconds: 1703
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nmdh8d

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May 20, 2026 · not_requested

Introducing: Focus on Africa - Electric vehicles: fixing Africa's fuel crisis?

Duration seconds: 1432
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nm3hr4

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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

Victim or Accomplice? The Story of Jeffrey Epstein’s Pilot Girlfriend

Duration seconds: 2711
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nlz36r

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May 18, 2026 · not_requested

Thomas Keneally: What’s next for the Schindler’s List author?

Duration seconds: 1590
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nlj35g

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May 17, 2026 · not_requested

Introducing: CrowdScience - What keeps the universe in balance?

Duration seconds: 1948
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nlgzbx

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May 16, 2026 · not_requested

How Belarus silenced its free press

Duration seconds: 1589
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nlgj0g

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May 16, 2026 · not_requested

Hantavirus nearly killed me

Duration seconds: 1396
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nljbz6

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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

Speaking from the Heart

Duration seconds: 1589
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nl93f1

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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

An animal exodus

Duration seconds: 1588
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nktrh2

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May 13, 2026 · not_requested

Introducing: Not By The Playbook - Why it is never too late

Duration seconds: 3535
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nktjph

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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

Return to Khartoum: War, loss and hope

Duration seconds: 1756
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nkklnn

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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

Mika Obanda: Mosaic art

Duration seconds: 1590
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nk4b0h

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May 10, 2026 · not_requested

Searching for Soldier Dad: Ep 1. Love story

Duration seconds: 2089
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0njgcq7

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May 9, 2026 · not_requested

A 93 year old president gets a deputy

Duration seconds: 1589
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nk43sx

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May 9, 2026 · not_requested

Sir David Attenborough

Duration seconds: 1380
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nk5wh2

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May 8, 2026 · not_requested

Befriending the man who killed my family

Duration seconds: 1591
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0njz1pl

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May 7, 2026 · not_requested

Russia's 'nyet' to the internet

Duration seconds: 2142
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0njl7ms

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