The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2010

With the World Cup underway, many fans will be avidly debating the fate of their nations in the tournament, but it is at domestic level where football has the most support. Follow David Goldblatt as he adventures into the meaning and madness of the game. Third stop, the Ghana derby.

Aung San Suu Kyi leads the pro-democracy movement in Burma. She has been under house arrest for 17 years. A personal look at the woman behind the political icon.

Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian author Wole Soyinka travels to South Africa to assess the past and present of the rainbow nation through the eyes of its finest writers. How has the post-Apartheid nation evolved?

With the World Cup underway, many fans will be avidly debating the fate of their nations in the tournament, but it is at domestic level where football has the most support. Follow David Goldblatt as he adventures into the meaning and madness of the game. Second stop, the Cairo derby.

Amoret Whitaker is a forensic entomologist. She is called in to help on cases where it is difficult to determine the time of death. How does the study of insects help to solve crimes?

The Indian government is engaged in its biggest ever offensive against Maoist insurgents in Jharkand state in eastern India. Large swathes of the territory are under rebel control and access to the area is rare. British Anthropologist Alpa Shah has visited a Maoist-controlled region in Jharkand and this is her unique portrait of day to day life in some of the region's poorest villages.

Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian author Wole Soyinka travels to South Africa to assess the past and present of the rainbow nation through the eyes of its finest writers. How has the post-Apartheid nation evolved?

With the World Cup fast approaching many fans will be avidly debating the fate of their nations in the tournament, but it is at domestic level where football has the most support. Follow David Goldblatt as he adventures into the meaning and madness of the game. First stop, the Milan derby.

What is the mood of South Africa ahead of the 2010 World Cup? Audrey Brown talks to those who cannot wait to welcome the world to South Africa, as well as others who are more skeptical.

When Thai soldiers stormed an anti-government protest in Bangkok last month more than 80 people were killed. Thawil - a rice farmer from the northeast of the country - was one of them. Assignment tell his story, who he was and what his death signals for Thailand's future.