The Documentary Podcast

Kharkiv: Love in a warzone (Mon, 08 Sep 2025)
Over the past year, BBC Eye has documented life in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, helping to capture the deeply personal stories of those living under the continuing shadow of war. Just 30 kilometres from the Russian border, this Russian-speaking city has sustained some of the heaviest attacks of the war. Reporter Albina Kovalyova follows the stories of people who have nevertheless chosen to continue to live in Kharkiv. One, a writer from the Czech Republic who unexpectedly found love during a visit to this frontline city last year – and who uprooted her life in Prague to move to Ukraine to be with him. He’s an artist from Kharkiv, Konstantin Zorkin, who describes his belief in the transformative power of art and love. These personal stories of love and life are intercut with the violence Russia continues to unleash on this city of over a million people. And they are set against a shifting geopolitical backdrop, of ultimatums and recriminations and talks, as all the while the attacks on Kharkiv and Ukraine continue. Presenter & reporter: Albina Kovalyova Producer: Louise Hidalgo Editor: Rebecca Henschke Executive Producer: Michael Simkin Image: Adela and Konstantin (Credit: Konstantin Zorkin)
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MAST: Architecture on water (Sun, 07 Sep 2025)
Rising sea levels and a worldwide shortage of buildable land make the prospect of floating buildings and infrastructure more beneficial than ever. MAST is an architectural firm based in the southern harbour of Copenhagen in Denmark. Surrounded by shipbuilders and workshops, the MAST studio, run by two young passionate architects, devises and builds houses, community centres, saunas and whole neighbourhoods on water. While many of their projects can be seen on the waters of Copenhagen, the team is inspired by the long tradition of waterborne dwellings across the world and are currently working on constructions in Thailand, the Maldives, the USA , India and Portugal. Architecture critic and author Jonathan Glancey is invited to Copenhagen to see the studio in action and to travel out by boat to look at some of the completed projects. Presenter: Jonathan Glancey Producer: Susan Marling A Just Radio production Image: MAST architects Marshall Blecher and Magnus Maarbjerg (Credit: Susan Marling)
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BBC News

How to see Sunday's 'Blood Moon' total lunar eclipse (Sun, 07 Sep 2025)
A total lunar eclipse will be visible from parts of the UK on Sunday evening, weather permitting.
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Captain Scott’s famous polar shipwreck as never seen before (Wed, 03 Sep 2025)
The Terra Nova carried Captain Scott and his men on their doomed expedition to the South Pole.
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Canada's first lunar rover looks to future space exploration (Mon, 01 Sep 2025)
The mission's goal is to find water on the Moon, which could open the door for a sustained human presence there.
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BBC News

Five key moments from MTV VMAs as Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande win big (Mon, 08 Sep 2025)
Sabrina Carpener was also among the award winners and performers on the night in New York.
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Billy Porter pulls out of Cabaret on Broadway with sepsis (Mon, 08 Sep 2025)
Doctors are confident that the US actor will make "a full recovery", but he has been told to rest.
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Supertramp singer and co-writer Rick Davies dies at 81 (Mon, 08 Sep 2025)
He was behind some of the band's best-known hits including Bloody Well Right and Goodbye Stranger.
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