The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2012

Undercover in Damascus for Assignment. Tim Whewell enters the dangerous world of the Syrian opposition to find out how strong they are – and what they really want.

Nina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing who were hosts in 2008 and Rio de Janeiro, who will be hosts in 2016.

Australia's mining boom is proving lucrative for its so called Fly in Fly Out (FIFO) workers but as James Fletcher reports in Assignment, it can come at a cost.

The gap between the super-rich and the rest has grown sharply around the world. Michael Robinson examines its effects on London.

Nina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing who were hosts in 2008 and Rio de Janeiro, who will be hosts in 2016.

Assignment goes inside the fast and furious world of North American ice hockey. Alex Capstick reports.

The gap between the super-rich and the rest has grown sharply around the world. Michael Robinson examines its effects on London.

Karen Bowerman retraces the route of Antarctic explorer Frank Wild - Sir Ernest Shackleton's second-in-command - as Wild's ashes are taken to South Georgia for burial next to Shackleton.

For Assignment Gabriel Gatehouse asks whether the autonomous Kurdish region in Northern Iraq should be a model for the Middle East to follow or avoid?

Farayi Mungazi looks at the role of sport in shaping the country's national identity and asks whether sporting success will always be part of Australia's soft power.