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The Documentary (Documentary)

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KPCC 89.3 Tue, May 29 at 1:06am (Pacific)

About The Documentary

In-depth investigations and reports reveal a window on the world to help you understand what lies behind the headlines.

  • London, United Kingdom
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Thu, May 24

DocArchive: The Marriage Breakers of Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, twenty percent of girls are married before their fifteenth birthday. This week's Assignment looks at the issue of child marriage, through the eyes of three children.
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Wed, May 23

The Documentary: The Art Of Monarchy: Episode 1

A look at some of the most personal images in the Royal Collection.
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Tue, May 22

Docs: The Art Of The Monarchy - Part One - 22 May 12

Will Gompertz, begins a four-part exploration of almost 1000 years of the British Monarchy as told through the objects of art they collected. In part one, he looks at some of the most personal images in the Royal Collection.
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Thu, May 17

DocArchive: Too Old To Get Rich - Assignment

China's natural ageing process has been accelerated by the One Child Policy. For Assignment, Mukul Devichand asks whether Shanghai's ageing population could be undermining economic growth.
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Tue, May 15

Docs: Danger In The Download - Part Three 15 May 12

In the final episode, Ed Butler investigates the many internet stakeholders. What can governments do to protect the net? And what can we do?
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Thu, May 10

DocArchive: Migrants of the Caribbean - Assignment

The drowning of more than fifty people people in a small fishing boat in the Dominican Republic has left the local community in shock.
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Tue, May 8

Danger in the Download - Part Two 8 May 12

Is the Internet's original architecture and governance still fit for purpose? Or has it gone out of control and become hopelessly insecure?
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Thu, May 3

DocArchive: A Death in Honduras

Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world. Linda Pressly profiles the People's Funeral Service - a unique organisation offering succour in a sea of violence.
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Thu, Apr 26

DocArchive: In the Shadow of Charles Taylor

Sierra Leonean journalist Amara Bangura travels through Sierra Leone and Liberia to meet those who remember the brutality of the Charles Taylor era.
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Tue, Apr 24

Docs: Nigerian Crossroads - Part Two 24 Apr 12

Nigeria is at a crossroads between chaos and a modern state. Can it become the pioneer for Africa? Mark Doyle investigates.
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Sat, Apr 21

Docs : Soap Operas - Part One 21 Apr 12

Can soap operas around the world help people approach their lives with a more positive attitude? Your World examines the impact in Rwanda, Turkey, Brazil and India.
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Thu, Apr 19

Docs: Bahrain Formula 19 Apr 12

Formula 1 returns to Bahrain this weekend. Last year's race was cancelled amid political unrest. Can the race heal wounds and allow the country to move on?
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Tue, Apr 17

Docs: Nigerian Crossroads - Part One 17 Apr 12

Nigeria is at a crossroads between chaos and a modern state. Can it become the pioneer for Africa? Mark Doyle investigates.
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Sat, Apr 14

Docs: Global Perspectives: Chatsworth - A Chance For Change 14 Apr 12

'Sugars' addiction in the township of Chatsworth near Durban and the hallucinogenic detox which gives addicts the chance to change their lives.
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Thu, Apr 12

Docs: Assignment - Forcible Sterilisation In Uzbekistan 12 Apr 12

Natalia Antelava uncovers evidence that women are being sterilised, often without their knowledge, in an effort by the Uzbek government to control the population.
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Tue, Apr 10

Docs: The School To Prison Pipeline 10 Apr 12

Nina Robinson reports from Texas on how the heavy hand of the law in some US schools is criminalising the very young.
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Thu, Apr 5

Docs: Assignment - Forty Years In Solitary, Louisana Style

Tim Franks looks at the case of two US inmates who have been held in solitary confinement in Louisiana for what will be 40 years this month.
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Tue, Apr 3

Docs: The War Over Syria 03 Mar 12

Barbara Plett investigates how the conflict in Syria, and the future of the Assads, might reshape the Middle East.
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Sat, Mar 31

Docs: Neon Cowboy 31 Mar 12

Writer Bart Bull explores the extraordinary story of the Neon Cowboy at the Round Up Drive In, in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Thu, Mar 29

DocArchive: Canada's Prescripton Drug Crisis

Assignment investigates prescription drug abuse among Canada's First Nation communities.
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Tue, Mar 27

Docs: The Pink Certificate 27 Mar 12

Military service is mandatory for all Turkish men - they can only escape it if they are ill, disabled or homosexual. But proving homosexuality is a humiliating ordeal. Emre Azizlerli lifts the lid on the only country within the Nato military alliance to discriminate against homosexuals in this way.
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Fri, Mar 23

Docs: The Secret Policemen 24 Mar 12

Why secrecy for Catholic police officers in Northern Ireland can be the difference between life and death.
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Thu, Mar 22

Docs: Assignment - Facing the Future in Greece 22 Mar 12

What's it like to be a graduate in Greece contemplating the future? Chloe Hadjimatheou reports for Assignment on the prospects for new graduates in Athens who are at the start of their working lives.
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Tue, Mar 20

Docs: Europe's Choice - Part Three - 20 Mar 12

Allan Little looks at key moments and issues that brought the European Union to the current crisis. In part three he examines new resentments and divisions within the EU exposed by the crisis.
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Fri, Mar 16

Docs: Torture By Music 17 Mar 12

British citizen, Ruhal Ahmed, spent two years in Guantanamo Bay. After his release he returned home to Tipton in the West Midlands without ever being charged with a crime by the British or US governments. During his incarceration Ruhal was repeatedly tortured by his captors. The technique he feared most was being tortured with music. We chart Ruhal's progress as he attempts to silence torture by music.
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Thu, Mar 15

DocArchive: Assignment - Syrian Stories

Divided by conflict. The human stories behind Syria's uprising. Owen Bennett Jones reports for Assignment.
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Mon, Mar 12

Docs: Europe's Choice - Part Two - 12 Mar 12

Allan Little looks at key moments and issues that brought the European Union to the current crisis. In part two, he focuses on the failure to enforce the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact.
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Thu, Mar 8

DocArchive: Gaza - The World's Strangest Marathon

Jon Donnison travels to Gaza for Assignment to witness the world's strangest marathon.
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Tue, Mar 6

Docs: Europe's Choice - Part One - 06 Mar 12

Allan Little looks at key moments and issues that brought the European Union to the current crisis. In part one he focuses on the transformation of Europe following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
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Thu, Mar 1

DocArchive: Assignment - Favela Pacified

The BBC's Nina Robinson reports for Assignment from one of Rio de Janeiro's biggest urban slums, or favelas, to see whether drug gangs can be controlled for good.
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The Art Of Monarchy - Episode 1

Today
A look at some of the most personal images in the Royal Collection.

The Art Of Monarchy - Episode 2

Tue, May 29
Will Gompertz explores one thousand years of British monarchs, through objects they col...