Our World (2007)

  • Premiered: Apr 2007
  • Episodes: 635
  • Followers: 3
  • Running
  • BBC World News
  • Friday
  • Documentary News

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Season 2013
2013x1
India's Lost Girls
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Jan 19, 2013
Natalia Antelava investigates the growing trade in girls in India.
2013x2
The Iron Ladies Of Burma
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Jan 26, 2013
Two farmers' daughters in Burma are spearheading protests against a Chinese-backed mine.
2013x3
Hillary: America's Diplomat in Chief
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Feb 02, 2013
As Hillary Clinton leaves office Kim Ghattas reports on her particular brand of diplomacy.
2013x4
Kenya Elections - A Family Affair
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Feb 09, 2013
Karen Allen reports on the legacy of past electoral unrest in Kenya.
2013x5
Murder in the Mediterranean
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Feb 16, 2013
Featuring news on issues around the world. Corsica has the highest murder rate per capita in Europe - many of the killings are blamed on organised criminal gangs. Tom Esslemont investigates.
2013x6
Guatemala's Sweet Deal
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Mar 02, 2013
Examining the reasons behind Guatemala's new trade privileges in detail.
2013x7
The Battle for Mali
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Mar 09, 2013
Andrew Harding examines the roots of the conflict and assesses the prospects for peace.
2013x8
Nigeria's Hidden Conflict
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Mar 16, 2013
Mark Lobel uncovers how the violence in north-eastern Nigeria is terrorising lives.
2013x9
Born Under a Bad Sign
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Mar 23, 2013
Yalda Hakim investigates the rise in numbers of babies born with birth defects in Iraq.
2013x10
Mongolian Boom-time
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Mar 30, 2013
Mongolia is expected to top the world's growth tables once again.
2013x11
Who Am I?
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Apr 06, 2013
Report on babies taken from their mothers during Argentina's military dictatorship.
2013x12
Paragliding Over Mosul
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Apr 13, 2013
Yalda Hakim wants to get into Mosul, said to be the most dangerous city in the world.
2013x13
In Your Eyes: The Women of Iraq
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Apr 20, 2013
Yalda Hakim reports from Baghdad on how life has changed for women in Iraq.
2013x14
Electrifying Africa
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Apr 27, 2013
How East Africa's green energy revolution is chasing the darkness from rural homes.
2013x15
Sri Lanka's Open Wounds
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May 04, 2013
Victims of Sri Lanka's civil war address the lasting legacy of 30 years of violence.
2013x16
Ukraine's AIDS Racket
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May 11, 2013
Leaders of Ukraine's Orange Revolution promise to tackle the country's Aids epidemic.
2013x17
Romario Tackles Brazil
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May 18, 2013
With exclusive access to the footballing politician, Tim Franks investigates why one of Brazil's World Cup heroes is shooting down the BRIC giant's moment of glory.
2013x18
Rescuing Russia's Orphans
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May 25, 2013
Tim Whewell report on the struggle to free Russian orphans from the state system.
2013x19
The Violent Heart of LA
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Jun 01, 2013
The BBC's Frank Gardner witnesses first-hand how lives are torn apart by gun crime.
2013x20
Fleeing Syria
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Jun 08, 2013
Bombed and fired at by government troops, over a million Syrians seek refuge abroad
2013x21
Bangladesh: Out of the Rubble
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Jun 15, 2013
After one of the world's worst industrial disasters, Yalda Hakim visits Bangladesh.
2013x22
Meet the Hackers
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Jun 22, 2013
Featuring news on issues around the world. Susan Watts meets the Scottish teenager who acted as the PR man for a group of hackers called LulzSec and learns how he was drawn into a life lived almost entirely online.
2013x23
Treasures of the Deep
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Jun 29, 2013
David Shukman investigates signs of a global race to mine the ocean floor.
2013x24
Lebanon on the Brink
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Jul 06, 2013
Nahed Abouzeid investigates a Lebanon teetering on the brink of an intra-religious war.
2013x25
In Sickness and in Debt
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Jul 13, 2013
What impact are austerity measures in Greece having on the nation's health?
2013x26
Yemen: The Most Dangerous Journey on Earth
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Jul 20, 2013
Yalda Hakim follows Ethiopian migrants on a journey to find work in Saudi Arabia.
2013x27
Australia's Adoption Shame
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Jul 27, 2013
Duncan Kennedy looks back on the story of Australia's practice of forced adoptions.
2013x28
Peres at 90
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Aug 03, 2013
Chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet meets Israeli president Shimon Peres.
2013x29
Yemen - America's New Frontline
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Aug 10, 2013
Yalda Hakim reports from America's new front line, Yemen.
2013x30
Clinton in Africa
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Aug 17, 2013
The BBC's Komla Dumor travels to East Africa with the former US president Bill Clinton.
2013x31
Bahrain: Policing Protest
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Aug 24, 2013
As unrest continues, Bill Law investigates allegations of police brutality in Bahrain.
2013x32
Myanmar's Extremist Monk
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Aug 31, 2013
Jonah Fisher visits Burma to meet a Buddhist monk and members of Burma's Muslim community.
2013x33
Germany Under Pressure
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Sep 07, 2013
How politicians in Germany are confronting unwelcome truths about Europe's richest country
2013x34
Coffee's Cruel Secret
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Sep 14, 2013
Chris Rogers goes undercover in Indonesia to investigate coffee production.
2013x35
Indonesia: The Mercury Time Bomb
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Sep 21, 2013
Linda Pressly visits Indonesia, where deadly mercury is being used to mine gold.
2013x36
China's Love Hunters
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Sep 28, 2013
By the end of this decade 24 million Chinese men won't be able to find wives.
2013x37
Tel Aviv Comes Out
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Oct 05, 2013
Tim Samuels explores how Tel Aviv has deliberately set out to become a gay mecca.
2013x38
Russia's Frozen Assets
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Oct 12, 2013
Daniel Sandford investigates the dash to exploit Russia's untapped wealth.
2013x39
Dropping the Knife: Gambia
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Oct 19, 2013
Gambian activists try to put an end to the tradition of female genital mutilation.
2013x40
Dropping the Knife: Kurdistan
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Oct 26, 2013
Shaimaa Khalil reports on the remarkable grass-roots campaign that led to the centuries' old practice of female genital mutilation being outlawed in Kurdistan.
2013x41
Iran's Secret Army
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Nov 02, 2013
Yalda Hakim investigates the clandestine role of Iran in Syria's civil war, providing a dramatic insight into Tehran's support for the Assad regime on the ground.
2013x42
Sri Lanka's Unfinished War
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Nov 09, 2013
As commonwealth leaders prepare to meet in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, Our World investigates on-going allegations of rape and torture by the Sri Lankan security forces.
2013x43
Colombia's Child Soldiers
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Nov 16, 2013
Thousands of children have been forced to fight in Colombia's 50-year conflict. With peace talks underway, Tom Esslemont meets children as they find their way back to society.
2013x44
Exorcising Mexico's Demons
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Nov 30, 2013
The Roman Catholic church in Mexico is training a record number of priests as exorcists.
2013x45
Peru's Cocaine Trail
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Dec 07, 2013
Sue Lloyd-Roberts follows the trail of cocaine from the coca plant in the Amazon jungle to the young mules who try to smuggle it out of the country to consumers in Europe.
2013x46 Season finale
Turkey's Hidden Truths
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Dec 29, 2013
Following her reporting on protests in Istanbul last summer, the BBC's Selin Girit was the target of a hate campaign on Twitter begun by a senior Turkish politician. For Our World, Selin .. show full overview

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