Our World

Season 12

34 episodes · premiered Jan 13, 2018

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  1. E1 Ukraine's Frontline Bakery

    Jan 13, 2018 · 30m

    Lucy Ash reports from Marinka in eastern Ukraine, where a new bakery brings some comfort and sustenance to war-weary locals.

  2. E2 China's Chat Girls

    Jan 19, 2018 · 30m

    Lele Tao is an internet superstar in China's $3 billion dollar 'live streaming' industry. With more than a million fans she can earn thousands of dollars a day.

  3. E3 Russia's Ghost Towns

    Jan 27, 2018 · 30m

    Hundreds of industrial towns across Russia face extinction. Once the pride of the Soviet Union, many have now been abandoned and millions have lost jobs and homes after the collapse of their local industry. The government now has a plan to save at least some of Russia's dying towns.

  4. E4 France's Stolen Children

    Feb 3, 2018 · 30m

    More than two thousand children were taken to France from the Indian Ocean island of Reunion between the 1960s and early 1980s as part of a French government plan to repopulate rural areas. Promised a better life, and an education, many suffered sexual and physical abuse. Some, now middle aged, are seeking an apology and compensation from the French state. Earlier this year, Katie Razzall travels from France to Réunion with two women searching for the families they lost more than 50 years ago.

  5. E5 The Trauma of War

    Feb 10, 2018 · 30m

    For nearly 40 years Afghanistan has been in a constant state of war. How has this affected the mental health of its people? Sahar Zand reports.

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  10. E10 Iraq's War on Meth - with Yalda Hakim

    May 5, 2018 · 30m

    Basra is in the grip of a crystal meth epidemic. Yalda Hakim has gained exclusive access to Basra's SWAT team and the prison where dealers and addicts are kept in the same cell.

  11. E11 Mexico's Streets of Blood

    May 12, 2018 · 30m

    A showcase of BBC journalism with programmes that expose and evaluate global topics. Mexico's murder rate reached a record high in 2017, with close to 30,000 dying in drug related violence. The coastal city of Acapulco is particularly dangerous, in the grip of vicious turf wars between gangs over control of the drugs trade. Clive Myrie follows a paramedic and a body collector in Acapulco and meets a senior member of a powerful drug syndicate.

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  26. E26 Australia and New Zealand; Troubled Neighbours

    Oct 20, 2018 · 30m

    For decades Australians and New Zealanders have had the right to live and work in each other's country - but those rights have now been curtailed by Australia.

  27. E27 Second Platoon - Still Fighting

    Oct 27, 2018 · 30m

    A decade after returning from Iraq, Our World meets a group of former US soldiers still struggling to adjust to life back home.

  28. E28 Ukraine's Church: Rejecting Russia

    Nov 3, 2018 · 30m

    In Ukraine a new independent Orthodox church is set to reject 350 years of spiritual domination by Russia. Four years into a war against Russian backed rebels many Ukrainians want to sever ties with their closest neighbour. But will the trauma caused by this religious schism further divide Ukraine?

  29. E29 Saudi's Crown Prince on Trial

    Nov 10, 2018 · 30m

    In the wake of the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Our World can reveal allegations that close associates of the Prince have been involved in torture and murder in the past.

  30. E30 Justice for Qandeel?

    Nov 17, 2018 · 30m

    Two years ago Qandeel Baloch was murdered in her bed, the victim of a so-called honour killing that rocked Pakistan and the world.

  31. E31 Who Cares About Israel's Thai Workers?

    Nov 23, 2018 · 30m

    Around 25 thousand people from Thailand work on Israel's farms. Filmed over a year, Our World investigates allegations that many are being exploited.

  32. E32 China's Hidden Camps

    Nov 30, 2018 · 30m

    The Chinese government denies locking up millions of Muslims, claiming people willingly attend special 'vocational schools' to combat 'terrorism and religious extremism'.

  33. E33 Burundi's Torture Houses

    Dec 7, 2018 · 30m

    BBC investigation has now uncovered evidence of government sponsored torture and killings designed to silence dissent in Burundi, East Africa.

  34. E34 The Struggle for Poland's Future

    Dec 14, 2018 · 30m

    For Our World Yalda Hakim has been to Poland to meet ordinary Poles, some urging immigrants to assimilate or leave.