Our World (2007)

Season 2012

Current affairs documentary reporting on issues around the world.
Where to Watch Season 2012
33 Episodes
  • Has The Amazon Been Saved?
    E1
    Has The Amazon Been Saved?
  • Brainwaves
    E2
    BrainwavesAdvances in technology are allowing scientists to understand the human brain as never before. Susan Watts looks at new approaches to dealing with mental illness, and whether brain-enhancing drugs can actually make you smarter
  • Dagestan's Football Dreams
    E3
    Dagestan's Football DreamsA billionaire in Dagestan is pouring vast sums of money into the republic's football team in a bid to bring stability. But can changing things on the pitch really change the region's politics?
  • Hope for Haiti?
    E4
    Hope for Haiti?Two years after the devastating earthquake hit Haiti, 500,000 people are still living in tents. Now Haiti's new president has a vision - investment, jobs, and reviving the army. Laura Trevelyan asks whether there can be hope for Haiti?
  • Beyond the Abyss
    E5
    Beyond the AbyssIt's more than 50 years since the only successful manned mission to the deepest point on the planet - the Mariana Trench. Now a new wave of explorers is racing to be the next to go beyond the abyss.
  • Bahrain's Forgotten Spring
    E6
    Bahrain's Forgotten SpringFeaturing news on issues around the world. It's been nearly a year since Saudi troops rolled into Bahrain to help crush a pro-democracy uprising.
  • Supply Chain Children
    E7
    Supply Chain ChildrenGlobalisation has brought the world's goods to the west. But how can rich consumers be sure they are buying food and clothing manufactured without harming workers - especially children? Humphrey Hawksley reports
  • Canada's First Nations Crisis
    E8
    Canada's First Nations CrisisPrescription drug abuse is devastating the communities of Canada's indigenous First Nations peoples. Linda Pressly reports from Northern Ontario where addiction affects three quarters of the population.
  • No Man's Land
    E9
    No Man's LandChris Rogers investigates the plight of illegal migrants from India trapped in the UK without a home, work or an identity, and goes to their home villages to find out what makes them want to leave
  • President and the Pulpit
    E10
    President and the PulpitThe government in the Philippines wants to provide free contraception to help cut the birth rate and reduce poverty. The proposal puts it on a collision course with the ultra-conservative Catholic Church. Kate McGeown reports from Manila.
  • Titanic Remembered
    E11
    Titanic RememberedFeaturing news on issues around the world. A hundred years after the sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage Jon Kay reports from the memorial cruise.
  • The Marriage Breakers of Bangladesh
    E12
    The Marriage Breakers of BangladeshIn Bangladesh one in five girls are married by the age of 15, even though that breaks the law. Angus Crawford reports from Dhaka on an extraordinary new campaign to stop the teenage girls of the city being taken as child brides.
  • Dodging the Pirates
    E13
    Dodging the PiratesFeaturing news on issues around the world. The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner travels the world's most dangerous seas, to experience the threat from Somali pirates.
  • The Interrogators
    E14
    The InterrogatorsFeaturing news on issues around the world. As the men accused of responsibility for planning the 9/11 attacks face trial by a military commission, Peter Taylor examines the history of their capture and imprisonment.
  • Spain's Stolen Babies
    E15
    Spain's Stolen BabiesFeaturing news on issues around the world. Spain is reeling from allegations that thousands of babies were taken from their mothers and trafficked. Katya Adler investigates the impact of the stolen baby scandal through the eyes of the children and parents who were separated at birth
  • Human Torches of Tibet
    E16
    Human Torches of TibetAs a wave of protests and self-immolations continues against the rule of China on the Tibetan plateau, Sue Lloyd-Roberts asks the Dalai Lama if the dream of increased independence for Tibet is dead.
  • A Death in Honduras
    E17
    A Death in HondurasHonduras has the highest murder rate in the world. Linda Pressly meets the staff of the People's Funeral Service, who deal each day with the fall-out from these extreme levels of violence.
  • The Edge of the Earth
    E18
    The Edge of the EarthThe biggest gas reserves on the planet are in the Russian Arctic. Lucy Ash travels to the remote Yamal Peninsula, high above the Arctic Circle, to meet both the people who travel there for work, and the indigenous herders whose way of life is under threat.
  • Abdullah is Beautiful
    E19
    Abdullah is BeautifulFeaturing news on issues around the world. A special project at a hospital in Jordan is treating patients from across the Middle East who have been caught up in the region's conflicts. Caroline Hawley travels to Amman to meet the real people - many of them children - behind the casualty statistics.
  • India's Water Crisis
    E20
    India's Water CrisisFeaturing news on issues around the world. India receives adequate rainfall for its billion-plus population, but the country is facing a crisis as water is diverted from poor rural areas to fill water tanks and swimming pools in richer cities like Delhi. Jill McGivering reports.
  • Miami Justice
    E21
    Miami JusticeTim Samuels investigates the case of Krishna Maharaj - a Briton imprisoned for murder in Miami more than a quarter of a century ago, and still behind bars despite evidence he had nothing to do with the crime.
  • The Governor's Dirty Billions
    E22
    The Governor's Dirty BillionsFeaturing news on issues around the world. Peter Marshall reports on the corrupt politician who stole vast sums of money from the people of Nigeria, and the British lawyers who helped him launder the cash.
  • Germany's Far Right
    E23
    Germany's Far RightFeaturing news on issues around the world. Katya Adler examines the extent of far-right extremism in Germany following a recent outcry when it emerged that a group of three neo-Nazis had apparently been able to go on a ten-year killing spree of racially-motivated murders
  • Corruption Crusader
    E24
    Corruption CrusaderFeaturing news on issues around the world. Despite ANC pledges to combat the issue, millions of South African lives are blighted by corruption. But the people are now placing their faith in one woman - Thuli Madonsela - the country's anti-corruption supremo. She has quickly become a household name and is already conducting 14,000 investigations, as Karen Allen report.
  • The Curse of Gold
    E25
    The Curse of GoldFeaturing news on issues around the world, Humphrey Hawksley goes to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda to investigate the link between minerals, war and business.
  • China's Toughest Test
    E26
    China's Toughest TestFeaturing news on issues around the world. John Sudworth spends a year following the lives of pupils in a Shanghai school as they prepare for the university entrance exam which will dictate the course of their lives.
  • Bombing Belarus?
    E27
    Bombing Belarus?John Sweeney reports undercover from Belarus on the bombing of the Minsk metro and the trial and execution of two men for the crime. But were they really guilty and did they get a fair trial?
  • Cold Turkey in Karachi
    E28
    Cold Turkey in KarachiKarachi is facing a drugs epidemic - it is estimated that half a million chronic heroin addicts live in the port city which is a main route to the west. Mobeen Azhar finds out how a charity is trying to help addicts and their families.
  • Trafficked
    E29
    TraffickedFeaturing news on issues around the world. Laura Trevelyan explores the hidden world of sex trafficking, from a small Mexican town built on the profits of the sex trade to the streets of New York City.
  • Witchhunt in Iraq
    E30
    Witchhunt in IraqIn modern-day Iraq, many have become targeted for their sexual orientation. Natalia Antelava travels to Baghdad where she investigates government involvement in the deadly persecution of gay men and women in Iraq
  • Gridlock Sao Paulo
    E31
    Gridlock Sao PauloFeaturing news on issues around the world. The Brazilian mega-city of Sao Paulo has the worst traffic jams in the world. Paulo Cabral looks at how frustrated commuters are trying to beat the stranglehold of daily gridlock
  • The Big Melt
    E32
    The Big MeltScientists say the Arctic ice is melting at an unprecedented speed and they fear it could have a dramatic effect on the weather in Europe. David Shukman reports from a Norwegian research station deep inside the Arctic Circle and witnesses the impact of a record-breaking summer thaw.
  • Syria - Descent into Hell
    E33
    Syria - Descent into HellSue Lloyd Roberts looks back on the key events of the Syrian uprising and speaks to people she met while undercover there.
 
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