Our World (2007)

  • Premiered: Apr 2007
  • Episodes: 635
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Season 2011
2011x1
From Rubble to Recovery
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 29, 2011
It is ten years since the Gujarat earthquake struck killing thousands and making many more homeless. Aid poured in, and a decade on, the worst-affected area of Kutch is now transformed.
2011x2
Somalia's Forgotten Suffering
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Feb 05, 2011
Zeinab Badawi travels to parts of Somalia rarely seen by the outside world, and to neighbouring Djibouti, to witness the suffering of those who have fled the 20 years of violence.
2011x3
The Gulf: Armed & Dangerous
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Feb 12, 2011
As the schism widens between Shias and Sunnis in the Gulf region, Bill Law heads to Bahrain and Kuwait and discovers that fear itself is already threatening peace in the Gulf.
2011x4
Oil, Politics and Hugo Chavez
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Feb 19, 2011
Are the wheels coming off of Venezuela's socialist revolution? Around 40 per cent of the new parliament is comprised of MP's from opposition parties. James Robbins investigates whether .. show full overview
2011x5
The Guantanamo Prisoner
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Feb 25, 2011
Orla Guerin talks to Saad Iqbal Madni, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay for over five years who remains haunted by his time there.
2011x6
Cyberwar
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Mar 05, 2011
A cyber attack on our energy, water or financial infrastructure could bring much of our everyday lives - even the global economy - grinding to a halt. Susan Watts looks at the world's dependence on digital systems and the threat of cyberwarfare.
2011x7
Palin's Race
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Mar 12, 2011
Jackie Long profiles Sarah Palin in her home state of Alaska and asks if she could yet become the first woman President of the United States.
2011x8
Cuba at the Crossroads
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Mar 19, 2011
Cuba is undergoing major economic change. The government is cutting back on subsidies like the ration cards, and planning to lay off more than a million people. Instead, people can now set up businesses for the first time. Michael Voss reports.
2011x9
Behind the Saudi Veil
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Apr 02, 2011
Some Saudi women call their country the 'biggest women's prison in the world'. Others are content with their traditional place in life. Many want change - but will it happen? Sue Lloyd-Roberts goes to Saudi Arabia to find out.
2011x10
Tragedy at Smolensk
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Apr 09, 2011
Peter Marshall investigates the air crash which killed the President of Poland and his entire cabinet a year ago. What went wrong, and how has the tragedy changed Poland's relationship with Russia?
2011x11
Building Helmand
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Apr 16, 2011
If the West's strategy in Afghanistan is to succeed, the victory will have to be more than military. David Loyn travels to the frontline province of Helmand to find out if British aid and development can deliver a hard-won peace.
2011x12
Sisters of the Revolution
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Apr 23, 2011
Bill Law meets five Egyptian women who have been working for political change. How has the fall of Mubarak changed their lives - and what are their hopes for the future?
2011x13
The Vanishing Antarctica
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Apr 30, 2011
Richard Wilson travels to the West Antarctic Ice Shelf to see the work of the British scientists who are investigating changes to the shape of the ice - and the possible consequences for our world.
2011x14
Ecuador's Oil Gamble
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May 07, 2011
Linda Pressly reports on the controversial deal offered by Ecuador over an oilfield under pristine rainforest. Ecuador is asking for billions to stop the field being developed, but will the deal work?
2011x15
Yemen Uprising
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May 13, 2011
In the midst of worsening political and economic turmoil, Yemen's President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, clings to power. Natalia Antelava looks at a country being transformed through popular uprising, and America's response to it.
2011x16
Pirate Hunters
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May 21, 2011
It's the scourge of international shipping. But for many from the failed state of Somalia, piracy has become a lucrative business. A few dozen warships are now patrolling the Indian .. show full overview
2011x17
Stalin's Toxic Legacy
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May 28, 2011
High in the mountains of Georgia, campaigners say there is an ecological disaster.
2011x18
China's Green Revolution
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Jun 04, 2011
China pollutes more than any other country on earth, but now the Chinese government says it wants the country to go green. So can China really clean up its act? Justin Rowlatt goes to see the impact of three unbroken decades of economic growth.
2011x19
Journey from Tahrir
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Jun 24, 2011
Tim Whewell travels through Egypt and into Gaza to explore the impact of the country's revolution on the people there.
2011x20
Inside Assad's Syria
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Jul 02, 2011
Sue Lloyd-Roberts travels undercover through Syria to the capital Damascus to find out what is really going on under Assad's rule.
2011x21
Uganda - Experiments in Aid
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Jul 16, 2011
Humphrey Hawksley reports from the Karamoja region of northern Uganda where the UN is pioneering an ambitious plan to end hunger and the region's long-term dependency on aid.
2011x22
24/07/2011
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Jul 24, 2011
Featuring news programmes on current issues around the world
2011x23
Ruling Iran
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Jul 30, 2011
James Reynolds profiles Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran's Supreme Leader.
2011x24
Oldham: Crossing The Line
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Aug 06, 2011
Ten years after the race riots, Oldham's government tries to bring communities together.
2011x25
Barcelona - Bullfighting and Cathedrals
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Aug 13, 2011
In Barcelona, Steve Smith looks at the declining interest in bullfighting.
2011x26
Gorbachev - The Great Dissident - Part 1
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Aug 20, 2011
Bridget Kendall charts the rise to power of Mikhail Gorbachev.
2011x27
Gorbachev - The Great Dissident - Part 2
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Aug 21, 2011
Bridget Kendall charts the downfall of Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union.
2011x28
Living With Slums
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Aug 26, 2011
By 2050, it is expected that around two billion people will live in slums. Paul Mason visits Manila to find out if we have to learn to live with slums.
2011x29
Fallout 9-11
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Sep 03, 2011
The destruction of the twin towers was a site that became the definition of terror. It was an onslaught that killed nearly three thousand people - but a decade later, the attack isn't over.
2011x30
That September Day
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Sep 10, 2011
Laura Trevelyan meets three New Yorkers all affected in different ways by 9/11. Their minute-by-minute recollections of that azure-blue morning convey the chaos and confusion which engulfed Manhattan as the twin towers were hit by hijacked planes.
2011x31
Securing New York
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Sep 16, 2011
Granted rare access, this film follows the New York Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation as they fight terrorism in the city and work to prevent a second 9/11.
2011x32
Crossing Steinbeck's America
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Sep 24, 2011
As America grapples with a deepening recession, white-collar workers are now losing their homes in increasing numbers. Paul Mason travels the country down the same road as John .. show full overview
2011x33
Dangerous Journeys North
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Oct 02, 2011
Central American migrants heading north to the United States fear that they are increasingly in danger of being kidnapped and murdered by drug gangs. Linda Pressly follows part of the migrants' route - from Peten in Guatemala.
2011x34
Mission For Maths
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Oct 09, 2011
Milton Nkosi follows the Warwick in Africa programme - bringing young teachers from the UK to South Africa. Can they really help, and what will teaching in the townships teach them?
2011x35
The Witch Doctor's Children
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Oct 15, 2011
Chris Rogers uncovers evidence of violence against children in Uganda, and investigates the practice of trafficking young victims into the UK.
2011x36
School of Olympic Dreams
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Oct 22, 2011
Bishop Okiring School in Kenya boasts world-class athletes among its former pupils and their success has inspired a generation of determined pupils to try for Olympic medals.
2011x37
Abuse in America
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Oct 30, 2011
As government figures confirm that nearly two thousand children a year die of abuse or neglect in the United States, Natalia Antelava goes to Texas to investigate the roots of this epidemic of child deaths.
2011x38
Europe's Christian Exodus
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Nov 05, 2011
In Europe the power of Christian ritual is waning. More than 180 thousand German Catholics left the Church last year - and in the last half century the Protestant Church has lost half its membership. Robert Pigott reports.
2011x39
The Arctic Convoys
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Nov 12, 2011
Between 1941 and 1945 the Arctic convoys transported millions of tonnes of crucial supplies and munitions from Scotland to Russia. Robert Hall meets the survivors who served on these little-known convoys.
2011x40 Season finale
29/12/2011 - Wind Turbines
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Air date
Dec 29, 2011
David Shukman explores the extraordinary engineering behind Britain's giant wind turbines, and asks if offshore wind really is the answer to our energy needs.

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