Unreported World

Season 16

Unreported World is a foreign affairs programme produced by Quicksilver Media Productions and broadcast by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. Over the course of its twenty-four series, reporters have travelled to dangerous locations all over the world in an attempt to uncover stories usually ignored by the world media. The first episode of series 24 was broadcast on 2 November, 2012.

Where to Watch Season 16

16 Episodes

  • The City That Beat Isis
    E1
    The City That Beat IsisA unique, devastating insight into the last days in the battle between Kurdish fighters and Isis for the Syrian town of Kobani.
  • America's Cowboy Kids
    E2
    America's Cowboy KidsThis action-packed, eye-opening episode visits Texas to meet the young children participating in what has been described as the world's most dangerous organised sport: bull-riding.
  • Standing Up to Mugabe
    E3
    Standing Up to MugabeUnreported World meets the brave - and very funny - comics risking their security by satirising Zimbabwe's politicians online.
  • Vaccination Wars
    E4
    Vaccination WarsUnreported World meets the health workers risking their lives to vaccinate children against polio in Pakistan, where the Taliban have issued a decree against vaccination.
  • 40 Years to Find My Family
    E5
    40 Years to Find My FamilyIn Cambodia, Krishnan Guru-Murthy meets families torn apart by the Khmer Rouge genocide, who are now being reunited by reality TV.
  • Generation Football
    E6
    Generation FootballAde Adepitan investigates unscrupulous agents preying on young footballers in Cameroon who are desperate to make a career playing for teams in Europe or the Middle East.
  • The Black Mambas: Saving the Rhino
    E7
    The Black Mambas: Saving the RhinoIn South Africa, reporter Evan Williams and director Laura Warner meet the Black Mambas: the world's first all-female anti-poaching unit, who are battling to save the rhino from extinction.
  • Miss Crimea
    E8
    Miss CrimeaIn the disputed territory of Crimea, Marcel Theroux meets Tatar families worried about what Russian rule might bring and a young woman who hopes to become the first Tatar winner of Miss Crimea.
  • China's Gay Shock Therapy
    E9
    China's Gay Shock TherapyUnreported World reveals how some Chinese hospitals use nausea-inducing drugs and electric shock therapy to 'cure' gay people, while gay rights activists are closely monitored by the police.
  • The Fight for Sight
    E10
    The Fight for SightIn this uplifting episode, reporter Ade Adepitan meets medics in Malawi who perform 15-minute operations that allow blind people to see.
  • The Girl Who Lost Her Face
    E11
    The Girl Who Lost Her FaceReporter Giles Duley visits a remarkable clinic for victims of acid attacks in Bangladesh, and follows one young victim as she rebuilds her life, and the inspirational team helping her.
  • Frontline Family Reunions
    E12
    Frontline Family ReunionsReporter Morland Sanders meets the aid workers trying to reunite children and parents who are trapped on different sides of the frontline in the brutal civil war in South Sudan.
  • Mafia Hunter
    E13
    Mafia HunterKrishnan Guru-Murthy meets the television journalist in Sicily who's risking his life to expose the Mafia bosses whose tentacles still reach far into almost every aspect of life.
  • Mexico's Baby Business
    E14
    Mexico's Baby BusinessReporter Kiki King investigates Mexico's fast-growing, multi-billion-dollar surrogacy industry.
  • 30 Years a Slave
    E15
    30 Years a SlaveMarcel Theroux investigates the growing national scandal in South Korea of modern-day slaves, many of whom have learning difficulties and worked for years on a remote island chain.
  • Brazil's Child Preachers
    E16
    Brazil's Child PreachersChild preachers in Brazil are attracting large crowds and becoming celebrities, as the country's fast-growing evangelical movement gains religious and political power.

 

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