Documentary Archive
I don’t remember when I first listened to the World Service (or to BBC Radio, period), but it was a long time ago. I’ve never liked complete silence while I’m inside a room, for some reason (I really don’t know why, but it really does spook me), and so from quite an early age I’ve used spoken word recordings (audiobooks, radio, podcasts, etc.) as a way of filling the void. (This morning I woke up out of a dream about elephants to discover a podcast about elephants playing quietly, but audibly, over my speakers.)
The World Service has a huge documentary archive that goes back to 2004, and after browsing it a little today, I’m fairly sure I’ll be visiting it frequently in the future.