This World

Season 2014

10 episodes · Jan 12, 2014

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  • S11E1

    The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve

    Jan 12, 201460m

    Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Kenya and Uganda to uncover the stories behind Britain's favourite drink, meeting the people who pick, pack and transport tea.

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  • S11E2

    The Coffee Trail with Simon Reeve

    Jan 26, 201460m

    Simon Reeve heads to Vietnam to uncover the stories behind the morning pick-me-up. He travels to the central highlands, where he meets the people who grow, pick and pack coffee.

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  • How China Fooled the World - with Robert Peston
    S11E3

    How China Fooled the World - with Robert Peston

    Feb 18, 201460m

    Robert Peston travels to China to investigate how the economic giant could actually be in trouble. It is a story of spending and investment on a scale never seen before.

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  • S11E4

    Copacabana Palace

    May 12, 201460m

    As Brazil prepares to host the World Cup, Copacabana Palace follows the lives of the staff and guests at one of Latin America's most iconic hotels.

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  • S11E5

    The Secret Life of Your Clothes

    Jul 14, 201460m

    Documentary in which Ade Adepitan explores the afterlife of some of the clothes we donate to charity shops. He follows the trail to Ghana, the biggest importer of our castoffs.

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  • S11E6

    Clothes to Die For

    Jul 21, 201460m

    Documentary about survivors of the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza, an eight-storey commerical building in Bangladesh, and the safety of the Bangladeshi garment industry.

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  • S11E7

    Ireland's Lost Babies

    Sep 17, 201460m

    Journalist Martin Sixsmith hears the moving stories of the parents and children involved in a transatlantic adoption run by the Irish Catholic Church during the 1950s and 60s.

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  • S11E8

    Life in Solitary

    Sep 21, 201460m

    Following attempts by the new warden of Maine State Prison to reform the practice of solitary confinement, which has seen inmates locked up alone for days, years or even decades.

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  • S11E9

    Terror at the Mall

    Sep 24, 201460m

    Revisiting the terrorist attack on Kenya's Westgate Shopping Mall in September 2013, when four gunmen killed 71 people. Featuring CCTV footage and interviews with the survivors.

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  • Rwanda's Untold Story
    S11E10

    Rwanda's Untold Story

    Oct 1, 201460m

    Documentary series. This World reveals evidence that challenges the accepted story of one of the most horrifying events of the late 20th century, the Rwandan genocide.

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