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Season 2015
The northern French port of Calais is facing an international refugee crisis. Thousands of illegal migrants have descended on the town with the intention of making it across the English
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The northern French port of Calais is facing an international refugee crisis. Thousands of illegal migrants have descended on the town with the intention of making it across the English Channel to the UK, any way they can. Many are fleeing deadly wars at home and are prepared to take extreme risks. Some sneak into the back of UK bound trucks while others hide themselves in the undercarriage. Calais says it can no longer cope with the squatter camps and rising crime which accompany the gangs of desperate young men determined to make it across one of Europe's most heavily guarded borders. Darius Bazargan has been to Calais to meet the migrants, and the locals, caught up in a growing humanitarian crisis.
It's the first planned Palestinian city, a billion dollar project to build homes for 25,000 people with a soccer stadium and even an amphitheatre, complete with Roman columns. Rawabi is
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It's the first planned Palestinian city, a billion dollar project to build homes for 25,000 people with a soccer stadium and even an amphitheatre, complete with Roman columns. Rawabi is the vision of an American-Palestinian multi-millionaire, Bashar Masri, who has staked his fortune on a better future for his people. Though the main building work is largely finished the project, like the peace process, has ground to a halt over disagreements between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Lyse Doucet charts Masri's progress over a year. She meets a family eager to move in, as well as critics, both Israeli and Palestinian. Can Masri finish the city? Or will events beyond his control get the better of his dream?
From Walmart to Apple, from Colorado to California, many companies across the United States say they are bringing jobs back from overseas. As wages rise in countries such as China and
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From Walmart to Apple, from Colorado to California, many companies across the United States say they are bringing jobs back from overseas. As wages rise in countries such as China and India, Natalia Antelava travels across the U.S, and to India, to investigate whether the tide is turning on one of the biggest trends in globalisation - the outsourcing of work from the rich to the developing world.
In Uganda few people are willing to talk about mental illness. Those who suffer are frequently isolated, shunned by their community and rejected by their families. Our World meets a man who has broken the silence.
In Uganda few people are willing to talk about mental illness. Those who suffer are frequently isolated, shunned by their community and rejected by their families. Our World meets a man who has broken the silence.
The Front National was once regarded as a marginal, extremist political party, but economic turmoil in Europe has thrust it into the mainstream of French Politics. Charismatic leader,
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The Front National was once regarded as a marginal, extremist political party, but economic turmoil in Europe has thrust it into the mainstream of French Politics. Charismatic leader, Marine le Pen, helped secure a historic victory for the party in the European Elections, and now has her sights set on the Elysee Palace. In a series of interviews for Our World, conducted before and after the terrorist attacks in Paris, Robert Peston tries to understand what's behind her extraordinary rise, and asks if she could really be president?
With exclusive behind the scenes access, Rupa Jha reports for Our World on the most lavish Indian wedding since independence. Thanks to two decades of dramatic economic growth in India
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With exclusive behind the scenes access, Rupa Jha reports for Our World on the most lavish Indian wedding since independence. Thanks to two decades of dramatic economic growth in India some royal families are enjoying a boom of their own. Harking back to the glory days of the Maharajas, the marriage of the Prince of Rajkot to the Princess of Dungarpore has been described as the most extravagant wedding in India for almost 70 years. The groom's family procession alone featured 2 elephants, 5,000 walking men, led by 30 royally attired princes and ex rulers, camels, horses, 7 gilded horse-drawn carriages and 50 vintage cars. The host, Prince Mandhatasinh Jadeja, entertained thousands during a week of celebrations, including feeding around 15,000 local and needy people. So how does he reconcile such apparent extravagance with the fact that India is home to more poor people than any other country in the world.
Eritrea has been described as one of the most secretive states in the world. Every year, thousands of people flee indefinite military service and arbitrary imprisonment. But now, for the
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Eritrea has been described as one of the most secretive states in the world. Every year, thousands of people flee indefinite military service and arbitrary imprisonment. But now, for the first time in around ten years, BBC News has been allowed to film inside the country. The authorities want to show off some positive news - they say child mortality is falling, maternal health is improving, and malaria has almost been wiped out. But alongside the gleaming hospitals on show, will Our World's Yalda Hakim gets a glimpse of why so many young Eritreans will risk everything to leave the country.
St Helena is preparing for its new airport to receive its first flights. Our World meets St Helenians to discover how they feel about the end to their isolation.
St Helena is preparing for its new airport to receive its first flights. Our World meets St Helenians to discover how they feel about the end to their isolation.
For years it has been hidden in the dusty corner of an abandoned theatre - a magnificent instrument allowed to moulder away in an Islamist-ruled territory where many consider music
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For years it has been hidden in the dusty corner of an abandoned theatre - a magnificent instrument allowed to moulder away in an Islamist-ruled territory where many consider music 'haram' - religiously prohibited. It miraculously survived last year's war between Israel and Hamas, when the theatre itself was half-destroyed around it. Now, the only concert grand piano in Gaza has been rediscovered. Badly out of tune, it's been brought lovingly back to life by an expert flown in from Paris - to be the centrepiece of a project that's bringing music back to the children of Gaza. Our World was given exclusive access to film the restoration of the piano and its first celebratory playing by some of Gaza's budding young musicians.
Our World sets out to discover whether hunting the poachers can save the rhino.
Last year a record number of rhinos were illegally slaughtered for their horns in South Africa's Kruger
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Our World sets out to discover whether hunting the poachers can save the rhino.
Last year a record number of rhinos were illegally slaughtered for their horns in South Africa's Kruger Park. They were killed by poachers, most of them from poor communities in neighbouring Mozambique. The horn is trafficked to Asia, where it can command a higher price than gold or diamonds. Now South Africa is cracking down - up to 50 poachers were shot last year. Our World sets out to discover whether hunting the poachers can save the rhino.
More than 6,000 people have been killed in Ukraine since fighting erupted between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels last Spring. A million people have fled their homes. A
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More than 6,000 people have been killed in Ukraine since fighting erupted between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels last Spring. A million people have fled their homes. A ceasefire signed earlier this year was hailed as a breakthrough - but is it holding? Natalia Antelava reports from both sides of the ceasefire line on whether the fighting has stopped, and what hope there is for a lasting peace.
Central Asian governments are facing pressure from China to clamp down on Uighur demands for their own state. For the eleven million Uighur people who live in China freedom of speech,
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Central Asian governments are facing pressure from China to clamp down on Uighur demands for their own state. For the eleven million Uighur people who live in China freedom of speech, religion and movement is strictly controlled. But just along the Silk Road, across the border in Kazakhstan, a quarter of a million Uighurs enjoy relative freedom. For Our World Rustam Qobil meets Kazakh Uighurs concerned about China's growing influence in the region.
It has been 100 years since the massacres and mass deportation of Armenians who lived in the Ottoman Empire, now Turkey. Armenians say one and a half million people died, while the
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It has been 100 years since the massacres and mass deportation of Armenians who lived in the Ottoman Empire, now Turkey. Armenians say one and a half million people died, while the Turkish government says it was many fewer. The killings remain extremely controversial, with the Turkish government resisting Armenian calls to recognise them as genocide. They're rarely spoken of or taught in Turkish schools. BBC reporter Lara Petrossian's Armenian great-grandfather was one of the few who escaped and started a new life abroad. A century on, Lara visits her Armenian family's destroyed neighbourhood in Turkey. She is joined by BBC Turkish reporter Rengin Arslan, and together they discover how little remains of Armenian culture and community. As they discover their families' very different versions of the past, they try to understand why the story of the massacres continues to be so difficult to tell.
For years they were imprisoned, beaten, and raped. Now Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, two of the girls who were kidnapped by Ariel Castro in Cleveland, Ohio, speak about their harrowing
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For years they were imprisoned, beaten, and raped. Now Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, two of the girls who were kidnapped by Ariel Castro in Cleveland, Ohio, speak about their harrowing ordeal. They, along with Castro's third victim Michelle Knight, managed to escape in 2013. Berry and DeJesus talk to Kirsty Wark about their kidnap, incarceration, and how they survived.
A team of Norwegian scientists has spent the winter on a research ship in the Arctic examining the sea ice. They say it's becoming thinner. David Shukman has been aboard their ship.
A team of Norwegian scientists has spent the winter on a research ship in the Arctic examining the sea ice. They say it's becoming thinner. David Shukman has been aboard their ship.
More than 7 thousand people were killed by the earthquake in Nepal in April 2015, and hundreds of thousands more were made homeless. For Nepalis living in poor and remote mountain
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More than 7 thousand people were killed by the earthquake in Nepal in April 2015, and hundreds of thousands more were made homeless. For Nepalis living in poor and remote mountain villages, the challenge of rebuilding their homes and livelihoods is immense. Yalda Hasim reports from Nepal for Our World on the survivors struggling to salvage what they can in the devastating aftermath of the disaster.
For years it has been hidden in the dusty corner of an abandoned theatre, a magnificent instrument allowed to moulder away in an Islamist-ruled territory where many consider music
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For years it has been hidden in the dusty corner of an abandoned theatre, a magnificent instrument allowed to moulder away in an Islamist-ruled territory where many consider music 'haram' - religiously prohibited. It miraculously survived the war between Israel and Hamas, when the theatre itself was half-destroyed around it.
Now, the only concert grand piano in Gaza has been rediscovered. Badly out of tune, it has been brought lovingly back to life by an expert flown in from Paris, to be the centrepiece of a project that's bringing music back to the children of Gaza.
Our World was given exclusive access to film the restoration of the piano and its first celebratory playing by some of Gaza's budding young musicians.
In January a high-profile prosecutor was found in a pool of blood in his bathroom, days before he was due to release a report condemning the Argentine government. Wyre Davies examines
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In January a high-profile prosecutor was found in a pool of blood in his bathroom, days before he was due to release a report condemning the Argentine government. Wyre Davies examines claims that he was murdered and that the investigation into his death was bungled.
Buenos Aires may be fading at the edges but it is still one of the world's great capitals - witness to some of the most tragic and momentous events in Argentine history. It is a city where military generals have justified coups d'etats, where grandmothers have marched in defiance against tyranny and where populist icons have vainly tried to unite a divided nation. Even today, intrigue and political scandal are never too far below the surface.
When the RMS Lusitania set sail from New York for England in May 1915 the German government took out adverts in the American newspapers warning that travellers sailed at their own risk.
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When the RMS Lusitania set sail from New York for England in May 1915 the German government took out adverts in the American newspapers warning that travellers sailed at their own risk. The Lusitania's captain was confident the ship was too fast to be attacked, but it was hit by a torpedo from a German U- boat and sank in less than 20 minutes. More than thirteen hundred people were drowned, and the disaster was a key factor in rallying Americans to the Allied cause. Duncan Kennedy finds out why mystery still surrounds the sinking, and pieces together what happened on the Lusitania's last journey.
Iraq's second city is closed to the outside world and tightly controlled by its new rulers. With exclusive, secretly filmed footage of life in Mosul, Yalda Hakim tells the story a city run by Islamic State.
Iraq's second city is closed to the outside world and tightly controlled by its new rulers. With exclusive, secretly filmed footage of life in Mosul, Yalda Hakim tells the story a city run by Islamic State.
The War on Drugs in the United States led to a huge increase in America's prison population. For decades, hundreds of thousands of people convicted of even minor drug crimes received
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The War on Drugs in the United States led to a huge increase in America's prison population. For decades, hundreds of thousands of people convicted of even minor drug crimes received long jail terms. President Obama says this has been counter-productive, consigning generations of young people to jail. Under a new presidential clemency initiative thousands of drug offenders can apply for early release.
Our World speaks to some who have been freed and looks at the changing approach to tackling drug offences in the United States.
Our World documents the heroism and horror of what is happening in the Mediterranean on a daily basis and tries to discover what motivates a person to risk all in the pursuit of a European dream.
Our World documents the heroism and horror of what is happening in the Mediterranean on a daily basis and tries to discover what motivates a person to risk all in the pursuit of a European dream.
During the civil war in Bosnia, hundreds of Arab jihadists came to join Bosnian Muslims fighting against their neighbours the Serbs and Croats. Grouped into secret fighting units in
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During the civil war in Bosnia, hundreds of Arab jihadists came to join Bosnian Muslims fighting against their neighbours the Serbs and Croats. Grouped into secret fighting units in Central Bosnia, this was the first time in centuries Jihad had been fought against a Western, Christian enemy. Two decades later Bosnia is still reaping the consequences. In the past month ISIS declared the Balkans the next front of Jihad - and in remote mountain villages extremists are flying the ISIS flag. Mark Urban returns to Bosnia for 'Our World' and discovers how secular Bosnian society has been infiltrated by a militant Islamism which operates to this day.
A new drug of choice, ketamine, is flooding China's night clubs, and the Chinese authorities are losing the battle to stop its spread. Criminal gangs have discovered ways to make it
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A new drug of choice, ketamine, is flooding China's night clubs, and the Chinese authorities are losing the battle to stop its spread. Criminal gangs have discovered ways to make it easily and plentifully, and high profile raids and executions are not affecting soaring production. Ketamine has long been used as an anaesthetic, but now many take it recreationally for its hallucinatory highs. Celia Hatton reports for Our World on the growing addiction to ketamine. She travels to The Fortress, a village in southern China thought to be at the heart of China's ketamine production.
Over the past ten years, thousands of unaccompanied children have fled to the UK from war-torn Afghanistan, but when they turn 18 they have to return or face deportation. Chris Rogers
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Over the past ten years, thousands of unaccompanied children have fled to the UK from war-torn Afghanistan, but when they turn 18 they have to return or face deportation. Chris Rogers follows some of the young men, who claim their deportation to Afghanistan would be inhumane and that the UK is now their home.
Malaria kills a child every minute and disables millions of adults. While there has been success in tackling the disease, malarial mosquitos are posing a new threat. They've started biting during the day. Judy Aslett reports from Burkina Faso.
Malaria kills a child every minute and disables millions of adults. While there has been success in tackling the disease, malarial mosquitos are posing a new threat. They've started biting during the day. Judy Aslett reports from Burkina Faso.
Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy, was poisoned in a London hotel in November 2006. He drank tea laced with radioactive polonium, and died three weeks later. It was designed to
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Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy, was poisoned in a London hotel in November 2006. He drank tea laced with radioactive polonium, and died three weeks later. It was designed to be the perfect murder, and the cause of death almost went undiscovered. So who killed him and why? Richard Watson investigates the polonium trail and reveals how it leads to President Putin's door.
Zarghuna Kargar tells the story of Farkhunda, a 27-year-old Afghan woman, and religious scholar who was brutally murdered by a mob in the streets of Kabul in March. At the time it was wrongly alleged that she had burnt the Qu'ran.
Zarghuna Kargar tells the story of Farkhunda, a 27-year-old Afghan woman, and religious scholar who was brutally murdered by a mob in the streets of Kabul in March. At the time it was wrongly alleged that she had burnt the Qu'ran.
An escalating ground and air war in Yemen, against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, has brought the country to the point of collapse. Millions of people are in danger. Gabriel Gatehouse reports.
An escalating ground and air war in Yemen, against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, has brought the country to the point of collapse. Millions of people are in danger. Gabriel Gatehouse reports.
Mukul Devichand reports on the mood amongst bloggers in Bangladesh following the murders of four atheist internet bloggers, apparently for challenging religious beliefs.
Mukul Devichand reports on the mood amongst bloggers in Bangladesh following the murders of four atheist internet bloggers, apparently for challenging religious beliefs.
Yalda Hakim visits Seoul to investigate why South Koreans are so reluctant to bring up someone else's child.
Yalda Hakim visits Seoul to investigate why South Koreans are so reluctant to bring up someone else's child.
With Nikki Fox. Rio de Janeiro is gearing up for its big year. The famous Brazilian city will host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. But what is everyday life like in Rio for
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With Nikki Fox. Rio de Janeiro is gearing up for its big year. The famous Brazilian city will host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. But what is everyday life like in Rio for disabled people, and how will these Paralympic preparations affect them?
During Sierra Leone's ten-year civil war seven thousand children were forced to join the fighting, abducted from their families, drugged and made to kill. As the war came to an end,
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During Sierra Leone's ten-year civil war seven thousand children were forced to join the fighting, abducted from their families, drugged and made to kill. As the war came to an end, thousands of brutalised boys and young men were disarmed and tried to return to their communities - but they were not always welcomed back. Jewoh Nathaniel Sesay, also known as MashP, was one of them. Like many former child soldiers, MashP suffers from mental health problems. He's now approaching thirty and still trying to come to terms with his past. Our World meets MashP as he tries to rebuild his life, his relationships and make sense of his past.
Growing numbers of Russians are consulting mystics and psychics. It's been a longstanding flirtation - most famously, a century ago, the country's last Royal family became reliant on a
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Growing numbers of Russians are consulting mystics and psychics. It's been a longstanding flirtation - most famously, a century ago, the country's last Royal family became reliant on a mystical faith healer called Rasputin. But now, 21st century Russians, faced with growing uncertainty and insecurity, are flocking to mystics for help. For Our World the BBC Russian Service's Olga Smirnova investigates the phenomenon.
Just four years after South Sudan was granted independence, becoming the world's newest country, it has descended into chaos and conflict. The fighting, mostly along ethnic lines, has
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Just four years after South Sudan was granted independence, becoming the world's newest country, it has descended into chaos and conflict. The fighting, mostly along ethnic lines, has created one of the world's largest humanitarian crises. Thousands have been killed, more than two million people displaced, and the country is on the brink of famine. Our World's Yalda Hakim travels deep into rural South Sudan - where no Western journalist has been. She meets traumatised people, some on the verge of starvation.
In the UAE, sex outside marriage can land you in prison. Three women tell of how they fell foul of the law, revealing that it's often pregnant women and mothers who are most vulnerable.
In the UAE, sex outside marriage can land you in prison. Three women tell of how they fell foul of the law, revealing that it's often pregnant women and mothers who are most vulnerable.
In 1988, in the final months of the Iran-Iraq War, the Kurdish city of Halabja was devastated in a chemical weapons attack by Saddam Hussein. An estimated 5000 people were killed. Many
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In 1988, in the final months of the Iran-Iraq War, the Kurdish city of Halabja was devastated in a chemical weapons attack by Saddam Hussein. An estimated 5000 people were killed. Many injured and orphaned children were taken across the border to Iran for treatment - most never saw their families again. Now, almost 30 years later, one of those children makes an emotional return to Halabja to try and find the family she lost.
Greece's biggest cities have run out of places to bury the dead. Graves are now rented rather than owned, and, after three years, bodies are exhumed to make space for new ones. Chloe Hadjimatheou reports.
Greece's biggest cities have run out of places to bury the dead. Graves are now rented rather than owned, and, after three years, bodies are exhumed to make space for new ones. Chloe Hadjimatheou reports.
The Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone lasted 18 months. Despite the country being declared free of the disease in November, thousands of survivors now face a bleak future.
The Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone lasted 18 months. Despite the country being declared free of the disease in November, thousands of survivors now face a bleak future.
In the midst of the refugee crisis Catrin Nye spends three months in Gera, in the east of Germany, as new residents arrive from war-torn Syria. She follows two families in the small
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In the midst of the refugee crisis Catrin Nye spends three months in Gera, in the east of Germany, as new residents arrive from war-torn Syria. She follows two families in the small city, one German and one Syrian. She sees how they adapt to life alongside one another and how the Paris attacks affect the reception the Syrian arrivals receive.
Duncan Kennedy finds out why mystery still surrounds the sinking of RMS Lusitania, and pieces together what happened on that fateful last journey in which more than thirteen hundred people were drowned.
Duncan Kennedy finds out why mystery still surrounds the sinking of RMS Lusitania, and pieces together what happened on that fateful last journey in which more than thirteen hundred people were drowned.
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