Unreported World

Brazil's Child Preachers (Series 2015 Episode 16)

Fri, 27 Nov 2015 20:01:00 GMT

Child 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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30 Yeas A Slave (Series 2015 Episode 15)

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:01:00 GMT

Marcel 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.

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Mafia Hunter (Series 2015 Episode 13)

Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:34:00 GMT

Krishnan 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.

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Frontline Family Reunions (Series 2015 Episode 12)

Fri, 30 Oct 2015 20:03:00 GMT

Reporter 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

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The Girl Who Lost Her Face (Series 2015 Episode 11)

Fri, 23 Oct 2015 19:05:00 GMT

Reporter 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

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The Fight For Sight (Series 2015 Episode 10)

Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:10:17 GMT

In this uplifting episode, reporter Ade Adepitan meets medics in Malawi who perform 15-minute operations that allow blind people to see

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China's Gay Shock Therapy (Series 2015 Episode 9)

Fri, 09 Oct 2015 19:10:01 GMT

China's Gay Shock Therapy. Reporter Shaunagh Connaire and director Patrick Wells are in China to reveal how some hospitals use treatments including nausea-inducing drugs and electric shock therapy to ‘cure’ gay people.

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Miss Crimea (Series 2015 Episode 8)

Fri, 22 May 2015 19:05:04 GMT

Miss Crimea. In 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.

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The Black Mambas: Saving the Rhino (Series 2015 Episode 7)

Fri, 15 May 2015 19:05:17 GMT

The Black Mambas: Saving the Rhino. In 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

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Generation Football (Series 2015 Episode 6)

Fri, 01 May 2015 19:05:31 GMT

Generation Football. Ade 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.

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40 Years to Find My Family (Series 2015 Episode 5)

Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:04:14 GMT

40 Years to Find My Family. In Cambodia, Krishnan Guru-Murthy meets families torn apart by the Khmer Rouge genocide, who are now being reunited by reality TV.

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Vaccination Wars (Series 2015 Episode 4)

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 19:04:37 GMT

Vaccination Wars. Unreported World meets the health workers risking their lives to vaccinate children against polio in Pakistan, where the Taliban have issued a decree against vaccination.

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Standing Up To Mugabe (Series 2015 Episode 3)

Fri, 10 Apr 2015 19:04:27 GMT

Standing Up To Mugabe.Unreported World meets the brave - and very funny - comics risking their security by satirising Zimbabwe's politicians online

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America's Cowboy Kids (Series 2015 Episode 2)

Fri, 03 Apr 2015 19:04:02 GMT

America's Cowboy Kids. This 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

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The City That Beat ISIS (Series 2015 Episode 1)

Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:03:07 GMT

The City That Beat ISIS. A unique, devastating insight into the last days in the battle between Kurdish fighters and Isis for the Syrian town of Kobani

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15 and Learning to Speak (Series 2014 Episode 16)

Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:11:16 GMT

15 and Learning to Speak. Unreported World follows the inspirational work of the sign language teachers transforming the lives of deaf children and adults in Uganda who have never been able to communicate until now.

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Tripoli Burning (Series 2014 Episode 15)

Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:11:16 GMT

Tripoli Burning. Libya is so dangerous most foreigners have left. Embedded in Tripoli's fire station, reporters Seyi Rhodes and Laura Warner gained a vivid snapshot of life in a disintegrating country.

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The Kids of Murder High (Series 2014 Episode 14)

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:11:16 GMT

The Kids of Murder High. Ade Adepitan meets the inspirational head teacher in Honduras who's battling to give his pupils the best chance of survival in one of the most dangerous places on Earth.

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India's Electric Dreams (Series 2014 Episode 13)

Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:10:16 GMT

India's Electric Dreams. Krishnan Guru-Murthy examines the Indian government's drive to provide electricity for every village in the country, and how it will affect the country's environment.

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SIberia's Next Supermodels (Series 2014 Episode 12)

Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:10:16 GMT

Siberia's Next Supermodels.Unreported World meets some of the thousands of young Russian women moving to China to become models, but finding the work and conditions a lot harder than they had expected.

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The Invisible People (Series 2014 Episode 11)

Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:10:16 GMT

The Invisible People. Unreported World visits Lebanon to reveal the plight of some of the most vulnerable refugees fleeing the war in Syria: disabled people, many of whom are children.

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Vietnam's Dog Snatchers (Series 2014 Episode 10)

Fri, 03 Oct 2014 09:10:16 GMT

Vietnam's Dog Snatchers.Unreported World investigates how dog thieves are stealing thousands of pet dogs from family homes in Vietnam to meet the demand for dog meat.

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Surviving Ebola (Series 2014 Episode 9)

Fri, 26 Sep 2014 09:09:16 GMT

Surviving Ebola. Unreported World provides a unique view of what life is like for the health workers battling Ebola in Sierra Leone and the families affected by the virus.

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Africa's Drug Scandal (Series 2014 Episode 8)

Fri, 30 May 2014 09:05:16 GMT

Africa's Drug Scandal. Cancer now kills more people in Africa than malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis combined. Reporter Krishnan Guru-Murthy and director Daniel Bogado travel to Senegal to reveal how patients across the continent are being deprived of the single most important drug for relieving the pain of cancer - morphine - despite governments having the funds to purchase supplies.

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Jamaica's Underground Gays (Series 2014 Episode 7)

Fri, 23 May 2014 09:05:16 GMT

Jamaica's Underground Gays.In an eye-opening episode, reporter Ade Adepitan and director Andrew Careter travel to Kingston to investigate the growth of homophobic attacks in Jamaica and to meet the gay and transgender group who've ended up living in a storm drain, where they suffer shocking violence, attacks and insults because of their sexuality.

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Neighbours At War (Series 2014 Episode 6)

Fri, 16 May 2014 09:05:16 GMT

Neighbours At War. Krisnan Guru-Murthy and director Adam Pletts manage to film on both sides of the lines in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, where Sunni Muslim fighters are besieging an Alawite neighbourhood in a conflict mirroring that happening in Syria.Guru-Murthy uncovers a vicious low-level war of sniping, assassinations and kneecappings, and meets commanders and gunmen who revel in killing their neighbours, and whose hate has taken over their lives.

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The Cursed Twins (Series 2014 Episode 5)

Fri, 09 May 2014 09:05:16 GMT

The Cursed Twins. Unreported World visits a remote area of Madagascar, where the dead make the rules.A set of taboos, handed down from long-dead ancestors, controls what you eat, when you work and every aspect of how you behave.Reporter Kiki King and director David Fuller visit the town of Mananjary, on the isolated east coast, to reveal how one taboo against twins leads to children being abandoned and mothers becoming outcasts.

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Carjack City (Series 2014 Episode 4)

Fri, 02 May 2014 09:05:16 GMT

Carjack City. At least 30 vehicles are carjacked every day in South Africa. The country's cars are routinely fitted with satellite trackers, so that if they're carjacked by theives an armed response unit can track them.Reporter Marcel Theroux and director James Brabazon visit the country's capital, Pretoria where this type of crime is acute.

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Kickboxing Kids (Series 2014 Episode 3)

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:04:16 GMT

Kickboxing Kids. This powerful episode documents the lives of Thai children as young as seven who fight in the brutal sport of Muay Thai, knocking out their opponents with elbows, knees and fists.It can leave the kids brain damaged, but adult gambling on these unpredictable fights is big business, and their families put enormous pressure on the kids to fight and win.Reporter Mary-Ann Ochota and director Daniel Bogado follow 11-year old Nat Thanarak, one of the best child boxers in the north of the country, as he prepares for the biggest match of his career so far, against a 12-year old champion from another province.

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Dancing In the Danger Zone (Series 2014 Episode 2)

Fri, 18 Apr 2014 09:04:16 GMT

Dancing In the Danger Zone. Reporter Evan Williams and director Marcel Mettelsiefen meet the extraordinary young dancers and musicians at Iraq's only music and ballet school, who are battling to keep their art alive against the rising tide of sectarian violence in Baghdad.

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The World's Dirtiest River (Series 2014 Episode 1)

Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:04:16 GMT

The World's Dirtiest River. The Indonesian island of Java is home to the planet's most polluted river and a textile industry supplying some of the world's biggest fashion brands. Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director Hugo Ward expose the extraordinary amount of untreated toxic waste from the textile factories, non-degradable plastics, household rubbish, dead animals and human effluent blanketing the Citarum river, which 35 million people rley on for drinking, cooking and washing.

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Nepal: The Orphan Business (Series 2013 Episode 16)

Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:11:16 GMT

Nepal: The Orphan Business. Unreported World goes undercover in orphanages in Nepal, where they discover that many children have been taken from impoverished parents, and used by orphanage owners to attract donations.

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The Jungle Midwife (Series 2013 Episode 15)

Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:11:16 GMT

The Jungle Midwife. Reporter Seyi Rhodes meets a local midwife in the jungles of the Central African Republic saving mothers and babies in one of the most dangerous places in the world to give birt.

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Egypt's Tomb Raiders (Series 2013 Episode 14)

Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:11:16 GMT

Egypt's Tomb Raiders. Unreported World investigates the shocking effects Egypt's political unrest is having on the country's tourism industry and its unique archaeological heritage.

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India: Slumkid Reporters (Series 2013 Episode 13)

Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:11:16 GMT

India: Slumkid Reporters. Reporter Mary-Ann Ochota and director Suzie Samant travel to Delhi to meet the remarkable children who run the only newspaper in India campaigning on the problems that street children face.

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Mexico: The Abandoned (Series 2013 Episode 12)

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:10:16 GMT

Mexico: The Abandoned. Ade Adepitan, Daniel Bogado and former hospital patients gain access to Mexico's psychiatric institutions to secretly film the horrific and inhumane conditions endured by thousands of men and women.

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China's Lonely Hearts (Series 2013 Episode 11)

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 09:10:16 GMT

China's Lonely Hearts. China is predicted to have 24 million single men looking for love by 2020. Reporter Marcel Theroux meets two people who represent inequality in love in modern China.

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Afghanistan's Hunted Women (Series 2013 Episode 9)

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 09:10:16 GMT

Afghanistan's Hunted Women . Unreported World gains rare access to secret houses in Afghanistan sheltering women hiding from violent husbands or from families who have tried to kill them for refusing arranged marriages.

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Making Brazil Beautiful (Series 2013 Episode 8)

Fri, 31 May 2013 09:05:16 GMT

Making Brazil Beautiful. Seyi Rhodes reports on the huge growth in cosmetic surgery in Brazil, where the pursuit of beauty means more subsidised or free surgery; does Brazil risk losing what's so special about its own people?

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Yemen: Death Row Teenagers (Series 2013 Episode 7)

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:05:16 GMT

Yemen: Death Row Teenagers. Krishnan Guru-Murthy travels to Yemen to reveal the scores of young men locked up in prisons and awaiting execution for crimes they are accused of committing while they were children

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Bangladesh Women's Driving School (Series 2013 Episode 6)

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:05:16 GMT

Bangladesh Women's Driving School . Unreported World meets the young women in Bangladesh who are learning to be professional drivers but who face extraordinary odds, both on the dangerous roads and from social taboos

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Hong Kong's Tiger Tutors (Series 2013 Episode 5)

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:05:16 GMT

Hong Kong's Tiger Tutors . Marcel Theroux meets the students in Hong Kong aiming for success in one of the most competitive exam environments in the world, and meets the millionaire tutor seen as a key to success

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Syria's Rebel Doctor (Series 2013 Episode 4)

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:05:16 GMT

Syria's Rebel Doctor. Reporter Evan Williams meets Dr Rami Habib, the NHS doctor who is risking his life by providing frontline medical care to the victims of the worsening conflict in Syria.

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Gaza's Property Ladder (Series 2013 Episode 3)

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:04:16 GMT

Gaza's Property Ladder. In war-torn Gaza, Location, Location, Location means finding an apartment in one of the highly sought-after areas that are usually not shelled or hit by missiles.

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Saving Kenya's Street Kids (Series 2013 Episode 2)

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:04:16 GMT

Saving Kenya's Street Kids. Aidan Hartley reports from his home town in Kenya on an extraordinary project to rescue the children who live on its streets.

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Cuba, Basketball and Betrayal (Series 2013 Episode 1)

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:04:16 GMT

Cuba, Basketball and Betrayal. Ade Adepitan meets some of Cuba's top basketball players and finds out why some of them are defecting when the country seems to be opening up.

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Burma: The Village That Took on the Generals (Series 2012 Episode 16)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:12:16 GMT

Burma: The Village That Took on the Generals. After 50 years of dictatorship, Burma is re-emerging from isolation as a pariah state. But development is leading to social unrest as tensions build between big business and locals.

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Russia's Radical Chic (Series 2012 Episode 15)

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:12:16 GMT

Russia's Radical Chic. Unreported World meets Ksenia Sobchak, the glamorous young Russian socialite who has swapped high-profile TV stardom for a life leading political protests against President Putin.

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Egypt: Sex, Mobs and Revolution (Series 2012 Episode 14)

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:12:16 GMT

Egypt: Sex, Mobs and Revolution. Unreported World examines the increase in sexual assaults and harassment in Egypt, revealing claims that young men are being paid to attack women, but the new generation are fighting back.

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Mumbai's Party Police (Series 2012 Episode 13)

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:11:16 GMT

Mumbai's Party Police. Young clubbers in Mumbai are being arrested and assaulted in a police crackdown on the city's nightlife. The film examines how East meets West and where generations clash as India changes.

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The Master Chef of Mogadishu (Series 2012 Episode 12)

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:11:16 GMT

The Master Chef of Mogadishu. Unreported World meets the British Somali man who has set up a chain of restaurants in Mogadishu as one of the world's most dangerous cities tries to rebuild itself.

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Dominican Republic: Baseball Dreams (Series 2012 Episode 11)

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:11:16 GMT

Dominican Republic: Baseball Dreams. Unreported World visits the Dominican Republic, where baseball is one of the few routes out of poverty for young men. But the cost of failure at the age of 18 can be devastating.

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Iraq: Indonesia's Tobacco Children (Series 2012 Episode 10)

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:11:16 GMT

Iraq: Indonesia's Tobacco Children. Indonesia is the world's fastest growing tobacco market, with a dramatic number of child smokers. Unreported World reveals how children are harvesting and producing tobacco for the UK.

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USA: Talk Radio Nation (Series 2012 Episode 9)

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:11:16 GMT

USA: Talk Radio Nation. Krishnan Guru-Murthy meets the American talk-radio hosts broadcasting to a country more polarised than ever before, who say journalistic neutrality is a form of bias and censorship.

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Honduras: The Lost Girls (Series 2012 Episode 8)

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:06:16 GMT

Honduras: The Lost Girls. Ramita Navai and Talya Tibbon investigate the disappearance of hundreds of young Honduran women who have been enticed over the Mexican border and forced into the sex trade.

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Libya: My Week With Gunmen (Series 2012 Episode 7)

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:06:16 GMT

Libya: My Week With Gunmen. Reporter Peter Oborne and director Richard Cookson travel to Libya and reveal a country freed from Gadaffi's dictatorship but still riven by factionalism, militias and violence.

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Cameroon: Last of the Great Apes (Series 2012 Episode 6)

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:05:16 GMT

Cameroon: Last of the Great Apes. Unreported World visits Cameroon where there are fears that the practice of eating bushmeat - including endangered gorillas and chimpanzees - could trigger a new global pandemic of viruses.

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Ukraine: The Teenagers Who Live Underground (Series 2012 Episode 5)

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:05:16 GMT

Ukraine: The Teenagers Who Live Underground. UNICEF estimates that there may be as many as 100,000 street children in Ukraine. Marcel Theroux and Suemay Oram go underground in Kiev to meet them.

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Congo: Magic, Gangs and Wrestlers (Series 2012 Episode 4)

Fri, 11 May 2012 09:05:16 GMT

Congo: Magic, Gangs and Wrestlers. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Seyi Rhodes and Wael Dabbous uncover allegations that many professional wrestlers are involved in gang violence and political intimidation.

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Afghanistan: Lights, Camera, Death Threats (Series 2012 Episode 3)

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:04:16 GMT

Afghanistan: Lights, Camera, Death Threats. Cinema was outlawed in Afghanistan under the Taliban and a decade later, despite their overthrow, death threats remain a fact of life for Afghan filmmakers. Unreported World investigates.

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Baghdad Bomb Squad (Series 2012 Episode 2)

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:04:16 GMT

Baghdad Bomb Squad. With unprecedented and exclusive access to the Baghdad Bomb Squad, reporter Krishnan Guru-Murthy follows a band of brave Iraqi officers trying to prevent further murderous attacks.

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Terror In Sudan (Series 2012 Episode 1)

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:04:16 GMT

Terror In Sudan. As George Clooney campaigns against the atrocities being committed in Sudan, Unreported World has filmed extensive documentary footage from the war zone.

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Episode 20: Unreported World

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:12:00 GMT

Australia's Hidden Valley. Unreported World investigates the effect of controversial emergency legislation on Australia's Aboriginal population. The government has used this legislation to take control of many Aboriginal settlements. It said this was help to end violence and child abuse, and combat the alcohol abuse that ravages many Aboriginal communities.Reporter Oliver Steeds and director Ed Braman begin their journey in Alice Springs - visited by tens of thousands of Britons every year for its aboriginal art galleries and tourist sites - where alcohol addiction is still ravaging the lives of the country's original inhabitants, many of whom live in desolate squatter camps on the outskirts of town.

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Episode 19: Unreported World

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:12:27 GMT

Honduras: Diving into Danger. Indigenous people in Honduras are risking their lives diving to dangerous depths for lobsters destined for North American and European diners. Overfishing means they must now dive as deep as 150ft to land their catch. Each time they dive, they risk paralysis or death from the bends.Reporter Jenny Kleeman and director Daniel Bogado travel into the Caribbean with divers on board a lobster diving boat. Kleeman discovers that while companies and consumers care about buying tuna that's caught in a way that doesn't harm dolphins, we don't seem to care about lobster that's caught in a way that has left hundreds dead and thousands paralysed.

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Episode 18: Unreported World

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:11:00 GMT

Trinidad: Guns, Drugs and Secrets. Trinidad has become the murder capital of the Caribbean. While half a million tourists soak up the carnival atmosphere every year, the government has introduced a state of emergency to try to stop the gang violence that results in a murder on average every 17 hours.

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Episode 17: Unreported World

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:11:00 GMT

India's Child Savers. Across India more than 60,000 children go missing every year. Unreported World explores the dark side of the booming economy, as many children are kidnapped into domestic slavery for the growing middle class and businesses, and others are kidnapped for ransom by those desperate to share some of the country's new wealth.

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Episode 16: Unreported World

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:11:52 GMT

Going for Gold in Gaza. Aidan Hartley meets members of the Palestinian Paralympic team hoping to qualify for London 2012. They find athletes struggling to train in the conflict zone.

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Episode 15: Unreported World

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:11:38 GMT

Russia: Vlad's Army. Unreported World reveals the huge personality cult around Vladimir Putin as it follows the extraordinary actions of the mass youth movement dedicated to protecting the interests of the Prime Minister and Russia.

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Episode 14: Unreported World

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:10:27 GMT

Nigeria's Millionaire Preachers. Miracles, expensive cars, exorcisms and bodyguards: religion is big business in Nigeria. Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director Matt Haan travel to Lagos to reveal the extraordinary world of the millionaire preachers.

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Episode 13: Unreported World

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:10:53 GMT

Uganda's Miracle Babies: In this week's Unreported World, Jenny Kleeman and Suemay Oram travel to Uganda to investigate hydrocephalus: a preventable yet misunderstood condition that affects a quarter of a million babies a year in Sub-Saharan Africa.They visit Africa's only paediatric neurosurgery hospital and meet the mothers in a race against time to save their babies' lives.

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Episode 12: Unreported World

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:10:00 GMT

Undercover Syria: Ramita Navai and Wael Dabbous spend two weeks living undercover in some of the most dangerous parts of Syria with members of the opposition movement determined to overthrow President Assad's brutal dictatorship.

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Episode 11: Unreported World

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:10:00 GMT

South Africa: Trouble in the Townships. New Unreported World reporter Krishnan Guru-Murthy visits South Africa. Seventeen years after it was freed from apartheid, he finds a country in which violent protests against corruption and the lack of basic services mean its ambition to lead the continent as a prosperous democracy hangs in the balance.Simmering with anger, South Africa's people tell Krishnan they feel a sense of betrayal they will tolerate no longer.

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Episode 10: Unreported World

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:06:00 GMT

In the final episode of the current series, Unreported World travels to Indonesia to meet young environmental activists battling to save endangered species such as orang-utans and sea turtles. Reporter Aidan Hartley and producer Rodrigo Vazquez visit a vast market where critically endangered animals are sold as pets or for the Chinese medicine trade, and uncover allegations of corruption and harassment of the campaigners.

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Episode 09: Unreported World

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:06:00 GMT

In episode nine, reporter Ramita Navai and director Paul Kittel arrive in the Sinai desert in north-east Egypt just over a month after the revolution that toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak. Smuggling from Egypt to Israel has gone on for years, but now the smugglers are focused on people rather than goods.

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Episode 08: Unreported World

Fri, 27 May 2011 18:05:00 GMT

In episode eight, reporter Seyi Rhodes and director Alex Nott arrive in Abidjan, the commercial capital of the Ivory Coast in West Africa, to report on the escalating political crisis. Instead they find themselves one of the few television crews to be there as terrifying violence tears apart a city that had been described as the Paris of West Africa.

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Episode 07: Unreported World

Fri, 20 May 2011 18:05:00 GMT

In episode seven, reporter Evan Williams and Director Alex Nott travel to Ciudad Juarez, on the US border, to experience the daily life of a journalist who has been called one of the most courageous women in Mexico.Luz Sosa is chief crime reporter on El Diario, the main newspaper in Ciudad Juarez, where more than 3000 were murdered last year as powerful drug cartels fight for control of routes to smuggle cocaine and heroin into the US.

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Episode 06: Unreported World

Fri, 13 May 2011 18:05:00 GMT

In episode six, Unreported World exposes the plight of hundreds of children in Burundi locked up for years without trial in adult prisons, among some of the most dangerous criminals in the country.

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Episode 05: Unreported World

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:04:00 GMT

In episode five, Reporter Oliver Steeds and producer Matt Haan travel to China to follow one father's inspirational search for his son, who was abducted and sold into slavery. They expose one of the untold stories behind China's economic boom, discovering how thousands of young men with mental impairments have been kidnapped and forced to work in brick factories.

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Episode 04: Unreported World

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:04:00 GMT

In episode four, 'Pakistan: Defenders of Karachi', Peter Oborne and director Edward Watts spend time with a few courageous individuals who are risking their lives to hold the line against anarchy in Pakistan's largest city.

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Episode 03: Unreported World

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:04:00 GMT

In episode three, 'Nigeria: Sex, Lies and Black Magic', reporter Jenny Kleeman and director James Jones travel from Italy to Africa to reveal how human traffickers are using black magic to coerce and trap Nigerian women into a life of prostitution in Europe.

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Episode 02: Unreported World

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:04:00 GMT

In episode two, Aidan Hartley travels to eastern Congo to witness the remarkable work of one man who liberates the child soldiers who have been forced to fight in one of the world's longest-running conflicts.

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Episode 01: Unreported World

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:03:00 GMT

In the first of the Channel 4 Unreported World podcasts, Seyi Rhodes meets some remarkable people fighting back against leprosy in India. Here millions are affected by the disease and are being pushed to the margins of society, ostracised by their friends and families.

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