The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2014

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The BBC World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2014.

  1. 2014-12-30

    Surviving the Most Lethal Route in the World

    One boat, two families; trying to escape war in Syria, desperate to start a new life in Europe. In October 2013, dozens of migrants aboard that boat died, as it travelled across the Mediterranean Sea. But some eventually made it to Malta. What happened next?

    Surviving the Most Lethal Route in the World

  2. 2014-12-30

    Musa's Money

    The richest man of all time was 14th Century monarch King Mansa Musa, who reigned over Mali from 1312 to 1337. His fortune came from gold and salt, and control of trade routes.

    Musa's Money

  3. 2014-12-28

    The Lipinski

    A startling 300-year journey of a Stradivarius violin through the lives of geniuses, dictators, refugees, and the Milwaukee thieves who stole it from violinist Frank Almond.

    The Lipinski

  4. 2014-12-25

    The Great War Diaries

    How ordinary people – soldiers, mothers, nurses, even children – experienced World War One and the little-known human side of the world's first truly global conflict. With stories of love, loss, hope and fervour.

    The Great War Diaries

  5. 2014-12-25

    Abdi and the Golden Ticket

    Assignment follows Abdi Nor, a winner of the annual US green card lottery, as he attempts to escape from a life of poverty in Kenya and realise the American dream.

    Abdi and the Golden Ticket

  6. 2014-12-24

    Karaoke as Art?

    Is karaoke now an art form? Music critic Katie Puckrik hits the clubs in Portland, Oregon, to find out.

    Karaoke as Art?

  7. 2014-12-23

    Tupac Shakur: Hip Hop Immortal

    Tupac Shakur trained as an actor, posed as a street thug and became a best selling rapper, but he died in 1996. Mythologised and revered, is Tupac a modern Black American folk hero?

    Tupac Shakur: Hip Hop Immortal

  8. 2014-12-23

    The Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra

    The Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste or Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra, is the only symphony orchestra in Central Africa. It was founded in the mid-1990s by Armande Diangienda. In the beginning a small handful of would be musicians, made long arduous daily journeys to rehearsals that lasted seven hours, Monday to Friday. They waited patiently to take turns on the few available instruments - and gradually taught themselves to play.

    The Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra
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