This WorldSaison 2023

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Award-winning BBC documentary strand reporting on social issues and current affairs stories from around the world.

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11 épisodes

The Shamima Begum Story
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The Shamima Begum StoryAt 15, Shamima Begum left London to join the terror group Islamic State. It made global headlines. She and her two friends became known as the Bethnal Green Girls.
Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop
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Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-PopMobeen Azhar explores the suffocating reality of being a J-pop idol, the influence that Johnny Kitagawa had on the media and exposes the brutal consequences of turning a blind eye.
Murder in Mayfair
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Murder in MayfairIn 2008, student Martine Vik Magnussen was killed after a night out. The only suspect, the son of a billionaire, fled the UK to Yemen. Reporter Nawal Al-Maghafi is determined to speak to him.
Turkey: Empire of Erdogan (Part 1)
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Turkey: Empire of Erdogan (Part 1)Erdogan becomes mayor of Istanbul, is imprisoned and banned from politics, but fights back and wins the election. Ten years of Erdogan's rule lead to mass protests in Istanbul.
Turkey: Empire of Erdogan (Part 2)
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Turkey: Empire of Erdogan (Part 2)Erdogan faces a military coup and responds with a brutal crackdown on dissent, taking control of the military and judiciary to become the most powerful president of modern Turkey.
Inside the Iranian Uprising
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Inside the Iranian UprisingIn September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian girl, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody. She had been arrested by Iran’s religious police, accused of not wearing her hijab properly. The authorities said she had died of a heart attack, but rumours spread that she had been beaten on arrest. Citizens took to the streets in their thousands in fury. This is an extraordinary and shocking insight into what has been happening across Iran, revealing a regime under huge pressure and resorting to extreme cruelty to control its citizens.
Why Sharks Attack
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Why Sharks AttackAfter three recent fatal shark attacks in Egypt, this film investigates whether pressure from human activity and climate change is altering the behaviour of sharks.
Living Next Door to Putin (Part 1)
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Living Next Door to Putin (Part 1)The war in Ukraine has had a huge impact on the eastern European countries that share a border with Russia. On a road trip from Poland, north through the Baltic States, Katya explores the consequences of Putin’s war on the west. She discovers a region still reeling from the legacy of the Soviet Union, where the war in Ukraine has reopened old wounds. But she also meets the people fighting back against the new threat in any way they can – from those travelling to Ukraine to fight on the front line, to the people making armoured ambulances in their garages.
Living Next Door to Putin (Part 2)
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Living Next Door to Putin (Part 2)Continuing her journey north along Russia’s border, Katya travels from Estonia into snowy Scandinavia. In Finland, a country scarred by past war with Russia, she discovers a state of hyper-preparedness as she travels deep into the bunkers beneath Helsinki. In Norway, she finds a more relaxed attitude, but one where personal relationships are breaking down in all sorts of ways – between reindeer herders, families and nuclear scientists.
Disappeared: Mexico's Missing 43 (Part 1)
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Disappeared: Mexico's Missing 43 (Part 1)Nine years ago, a group of students were attacked on their way to a protest in Mexico City. Forty three young men were forced off passenger buses, never to be seen again. Federal investigators blamed corrupt municipal police working with the local drug cartel. With the aid of testimony by survivors and families of the abductees, this film takes a closer look at the case.
Disappeared: Mexico's Missing 43 (Part 2)
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Disappeared: Mexico's Missing 43 (Part 2)The second part of the documentary looks at what happened in the years after the disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, Mexico. As the parents of the missing continued to search for their sons, renewed hope emerged in 2018 with a new government and the appointment of special prosecutor Omar Gomez Trejo, who spearheaded a fresh investigation into the disappearances.