The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2008

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The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2008.

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Soft Jihad Assignment

Aug 07 2020 22 mins

In the United States a small but increasingly vocal group of people believe that members of the country's Muslim community are working from within to turn America into an Islamic state. This group of right wing thinkers believe this so-called 'Soft Jihad' is being carried out in schools, universities and other institutions across the country and they want to put a stop to it. In As

Brand Cuba part one

Dec 29 2008 22 mins

In Brand Cuba, Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have kept Cuba alive in the public imagination over such a long period.

Too Many Santas

Dec 26 2008 23 mins

Throughout much of the Christian world Christmas is the time when Santa Claus dominates – a fat jolly chap who is our friend.

Assignment In Exile

Dec 25 2008 20 mins

There are more than 10 million Palestinians living around the world, more than half of whom are stateless. In this year when Israel has been marking its 60th anniversary many Palestinians have been reflecting on the event that for them meant exile. The 'naqba', or catastrophe, is how they describe the destruction of many of their villages and towns and their own dispersal following

Return to White Horse Village part three

Dec 23 2008 23 mins

While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million farmers have been stuck in poverty. Their only hope of a wage has been far from home in the factories and building sites of the boomtowns.

Timeline part three

Dec 19 2008 23 mins

Timeline is the programme where the past sheds light on recent events though use of archive material.

Assignment A Return to Helmand

Dec 18 2008 22 mins

Last year our correspondent Jill McGivering reported from Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan on the constant violence and the struggle to bring development to the region. Now she's returned, one year on, to see if there's been any progress.

Return to White Horse Village part two

Dec 17 2008 23 mins

While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million farmers have been stuck in poverty.

1968: The year that changed the world?

Dec 12 2008 23 mins

In this four part series, using archive recordings and music from the time, Sir John Tusa examines what made 1968 such a climactic year. Programme three looks at how race and nationalism finally came to a head in 1968.

Assignment Bolivia on the Brink

Dec 10 2008 22 mins

And now Assignment asks whether Bolivia is on the brink of civil war. In the run-up to next month’s crucial vote on a new constitution, Daniel Schweimler reports from the wealthy and white-dominated city of Santa Cruz, where the dispute over the policies of the country’s indigenous President Evo Morales are spilling over into racial violence.