The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2011

The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2011

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The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2011 episodes

  • Iconic Geometry - Stonehenge

    Leading structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond goes beyond the well known histories of three celebrated monuments: Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal and the Great Pyramid, to reveal the hidden geometry at their cores.

    24 min
  • The Road To Tripoli

    Events in Libya have reached a dramatic conclusion.

    After a six month uprising, rebel forces have swept into the capital Tripoli. The Leader Colonel Gaddafi, after almost 42 years in power, has been forced from power. James Reynolds reports how this happened and what were the key turning points in Libya's conflict.

    27 min
  • The Too Hard Basket

    Warning: This documentary contains conversations about sexual experience. Disabled people are rarely touched in a loving way or thought of as sexually desirable yet they have the same need for a sex life as everyone else. John Blades, who has a major disability himself, takes a look at the importance of touch to every human being.

    24 min
  • The Education of Ashif Jaffer

    Can a young Canadian man with Down's Syndrome get a university degree? Alisa Siegal follows the story of Ashif Jaffer who wants to fulfil his dream for a university education and the degree that goes with it.

    24 min
  • The Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden

    BBC Security correspondent Gordon Corera tells the untold tale of how the Americans hunted their most wanted man - from the caves of Tora Bora in Afghanistan through to his stronghold in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad.

    24 min

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