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PublicRadioFan.com is developed and edited by Kevin A. Kelly. This site and its database copyright © 2001-2024, Kevin A. Kelly (except for some BBC data which was supported by backstage.bbc.co.uk but is outdated since they stopped updating mid-2017).

List of all documentary programs

Follow the (i) link next to any program for schedule listings and audio links.
50 More Things That Made the Modern Economy (BBC WS)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
99 Percent Invisible (PRX)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX
Aftereffect (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
American Experience (PBS (USA)/WGBH)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PBS (USA), WGBH
American RadioWorks (APM)   (i) (2 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, APM
Archive on 4 (BBC)   (i) (5 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Arts and Ideas, WCAI (WGBH)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, WGBH
Arts and Ideas, WGBH (WGBH)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, WGBH
As I Recall (KBIA)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, KBIA
As It Happened (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Assignment (BBC WS)   (i) (226 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
B-Side Radio (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra's Stories (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Background Briefing (ABC)   (i) (25 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
Backstory    (i) (31 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page
Believed (NPR/Mich Pub)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR, Mich Pub
Ben Jackson (BBC)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Best of Our Knowledge (WAMC)   (i) (11 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, WAMC
Best of Public Radio (NHPR)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, NHPR
Boston Calling (BBC WS)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
Bugle and the Passing Bell (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
By Design (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
C'est La Vie (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Campus (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Caught (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
Clowning Around on 4 Extra (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Culture, Class and Marine Le Pen (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Curious Ear (RTE (Ireland))   (i) (35 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, RTE (Ireland)
Desert Island Discs (BBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC
Desert Island Discs Revisited (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Doc Project (CBC)   (i) (84 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Documentary (BBC WS)   (i) (563 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
Documentary on One (RTE (Ireland))   (i) (36 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, RTE (Ireland)
Documentary on One - Archive (RTE (Ireland))   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, RTE (Ireland)
Earshot (ABC)   (i) (24 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
Ella Fitzgerald: A Glorious Noise (BBC)   (i) (4 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Embedded (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Enough Rope (ABC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
Everything You Think About Sport Is Wrong (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Explore Pennsylvania History (WITF)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, WITF
Eyewitness (RNZ (New Zealand))   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, RNZ (New Zealand)
Fear Itself (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Fifth Floor (BBC WS)   (i) (185 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
Flitting to France: A New Alliance (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Frankly Speaking (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
FutureProofing (BBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC
Game Changer (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Great Lives (BBC)   (i) (4 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC
Hard to Stomach (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Head to Toe (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Hearing Voices (NPR)   (i) (6 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
History Hour (BBC WS)   (i) (237 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
History Podcast (ABC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
History Show (RTE (Ireland))   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, RTE (Ireland)
Horizons (CMG (China))   (i) (11 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, CMG (China)
How I Built This (NPR)   (i) (49 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Humankind (PRX)   (i) (21 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX
In Focus (DW (Germany))   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, DW (Germany)
Inappropriate Questions (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Inheritance Tracks (BBC)   (i) (4 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Inside Story (VOA)   (i) (7 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, VOA
Insight or Spectrum (RNZ (New Zealand))   (i) (7 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, RNZ (New Zealand)
Jim Cathcart (BBC)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
John Gielgud - An Actor in His Time (BBC)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
KCUR Documentaries and Specials (KCUR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, KCUR
KPR Presents (KPR)   (i) (4 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, KPR
KUOW Spotlight (KUOW)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, KUOW
KUT Presents (KUT)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, KUT
Kind World (WBUR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, WBUR
Kiwew (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Last Word (BBC)   (i) (4 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC
Late Show (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Life Upclose (CMG (China))   (i) (11 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, CMG (China)
Live Through This (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Living Out Loud (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Love Plus Radio (PRX)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX
Making of a Nation (VOA)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, VOA
Mark Rylance - Golden Lads and Girls (BBC)   (i) (4 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Marketing: Hacking the Unconscious (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Metamorphosis (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Mirrored (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Moment of Indiana History (WFIU)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, WFIU
Mongrel Nation (ABC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
More or Less (BBC WS)   (i) (262 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
Morning Stories (WGBH)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, WGBH
National Radio Project (NRP)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NRP
Nationwide (RTE (Ireland))   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, RTE (Ireland)
New Orleans Calling (WWOZ)   (i) (14 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, WWOZ
New Zealand Society (RNZ (New Zealand))   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, RNZ (New Zealand)
Next Stop, Mississippi (MPB)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, MPB
O Dark 30 (KUT)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, KUT
On Gambling (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Our Heritage (SABC)   (i) (5 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, SABC
Outfront (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
P.O.V. - Interviews (PBS (USA))   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PBS (USA)
PBS Newshour - Patchwork Nation (PBS (USA))   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PBS (USA)
PRX Remix (PRX)   (i) (50 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX
People Fixing the World (BBC WS)   (i) (147 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
People in America (VOA)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, VOA
Pete Wilson (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
Picking Up the Pieces (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Polish Society and Culture (Polish R)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, Polish R
Postcards (CMG (China))   (i) (11 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, CMG (China)
Present at the Creation (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Primetime (RTE (Ireland))   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, RTE (Ireland)
Profile (BBC)   (i) (6 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC
Profiles (WFIU)   (i) (2 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, WFIU
Punt PI (BBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC
Radio Chronicles (KPFA)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, KPFA
Radio Rookies (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
Radio Specials (KQED)   (i) (5 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, KQED
ReSound (Chi PM)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, Chi PM
Rear Vision (ABC)   (i) (59 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
Reasonably Sound (APM)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, APM
Recivilization (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Reveal (PRX)   (i) (101 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, PRX
Revision Quest (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Rough Translation (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Ryan Davies: Clown Prince of Wales (BBC)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
S-Town (Chi PM)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, Chi PM
Saturday Live (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC
Scattered (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
Short Cuts (BBC/CBC)   (i) (39 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC, CBC
Sound Effect (KNKX)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, KNKX
Soundprint    (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page
Spectrum (RNZ (New Zealand))   (i) (4 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, RNZ (New Zealand)
State of the Re:Union (PRX/NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX, NPR
Stories in Sound (BBC)   (i) (4 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC
Story from Here (CBC)   (i) (22 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, CBC
StoryCorps (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Tapestry of the Times (Your Public/Smithsonian)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, Your Public, Smithsonian
The Compass (BBC WS)   (i) (286 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
The Echo Chamber (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
The Heart (PRX)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX
The Ideas That Make Us (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
The Inquiry (BBC WS)   (i) (189 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
The Listening Project (BBC)   (i) (10 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
The Lost Cockney Voice (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
The Minefield (ABC)   (i) (18 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, ABC
The New Blur Album (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
The Railway People (BBC)   (i) (4 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
The Reunion (BBC)   (i) (4 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
The Self Employment Paradox (BBC)   (i) (4 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
The Shock (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
The Stakes (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
The Story (BBC WS)   (i) (250 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
The Untold (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC
The Why Factor (BBC WS)   (i) (31 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
Theory of Everything (PRX)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX
There Goes the Neighborhood (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
This Is America (VOA)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, VOA
Throughline (NPR)   (i) (20 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Time to Travel (SABC)   (i) (1 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, SABC
To the Best of our Knowledge (PRX/WPR)   (i) (70 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, PRX, WPR
Trailbreakers (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Transom Highlights (Transom)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, Transom
Travel with Rick Steves (R. Steves)   (i) (113 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, R. Steves
Unfictional (KCRW)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, KCRW
Unreserved (CBC)   (i) (39 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Verbatim (ABC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, ABC
WNYC's Documentary of the Week (NYPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NYPR
White Lies (NPR)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, NPR
Wild Side (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Winnipeg Famous (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Wiretap (CBC)   (i) (41 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Witness History (BBC WS)   (i) (416 broadcasts+podcast)  Official links: program page, BBC WS
Women with a Past (BBC)   (i) (2 broadcasts)  Official links: program page, BBC
World on Fire (CBC)   (i) (podcast)  Official links: program page, CBC
Your Weekly Constitutional    (i) (6 broadcasts)  Official links: program page