This World

Season 2013

12 episodes · Mar 6, 2013

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  • S10E1

    America's Poor Kids

    Mar 6, 201360m

    Child poverty has reached record levels in America. This documentary offers a unique perspective on the nation's flagging economy, told from the point of view of the children.

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  • S10E2

    A History of Syria with Dan Snow

    Mar 11, 201360m

    A History of Syria with Dan Snow

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  • S10E3

    Iraq: Did My Son Die in Vain?

    Mar 20, 201360m

    Documentary. The father of an RAF reservist killed in Basra in 2007 travels to the Iraqi city to discover the impact of the war and the subsequent occupation on ordinary Iraqis.

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  • S10E4

    South Africa: The Massacre that Changed a Nation

    Apr 24, 201360m

    In August 2012, 34 miners were shot dead by police as they protested outside a mine. Peter Hain MP uncovers a day of shocking brutality and disturbing allegations.

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  • S10E5

    The Mafia's Secret Bunkers

    May 1, 201360m

    Author and mafia historian John Dickie uncovers the truth about Italy's most powerful mafia, the 'Ndrangheta', believed to be Europe's biggest cocaine traffickers.

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  • S10E6

    India's Supersize Kids

    Aug 13, 201360m

    Investigating the obesity epidemic engulfing India's growing middle class. Anita Rani travels to Mumbai to meet some of India's overweight teenagers.

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  • S10E7

    America's Stoned Kids

    Aug 24, 201360m

    Professor John Marsden heads to Colorado, which voted to legalise the recreational use of cannabis in November 2012, to investigate the impact this could have on teenage drug use.

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  • S10E8

    Terror in the Desert

    Aug 31, 201360m

    In January 2013, 39 people died and dozens of workers were held hostage when terrorists stormed a gas plant in Algeria. British survivors tell their dramatic and harrowing stories.

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  • S10E9

    Dan Snow's History of Congo

    Oct 9, 201360m

    Dan Snow travels to Congo to reveal how its troubled history has turned one of the world's potentially richest countries into one of its poorest.

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  • S10E10

    No Sex Please, We're Japanese" "The Great Japanese Retirement

    Oct 24, 201360m

    As Japan faces a future which could see its population shrink by a third in just 40 years, Anita Rani explores the reasons why the Japanese are not having enough babies.

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  • S10E11

    World's Busiest Maternity Ward

    Oct 31, 201360m

    In crowded Manila, the capital of the Philippines, Anita Rani follows the lives of three different women and visits a hospital where up to 100 babies are born each day.

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  • S10E12

    Don't Panic - The Truth About Population

    Nov 7, 201360m

    Statistician Professor Hans Rosling presents a spectacular portrait of our rapidly changing world, showing how the problems of rapid population growth are starting to be conquered.

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