This World

  • Premiered: Jan 2004
  • Episodes: 206
  • Followers: 6
  • Running
  • BBC Two
  • Thursday at 21
  • Documentary News

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Season 2009
2009x1
Mandela at 90
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 31, 2009
After years of retirement from political life, the world's most admired statesman has allowed cameras into his private world. Mandela at 90 reveals a man of flesh and blood; irreverent, .. show full overview
2009x2
Escaping North Korea
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Air date
Apr 06, 2009
This World tells the stories of North Koreans who risk torture and execution to escape their homeland and make the dangerous and difficult journey to South Korea.
2009x3
The Madoff Hustle
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Air date
Jun 28, 2009
On June 29th, Bernie Madoff will be sentenced for perpetrating an elaborate con. From his headquarters in New York, the capital of American finance, Madoff masterminded a fraud that .. show full overview
2009x4
Gypsy Child Thieves
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Air date
Sep 02, 2009
Across Europe children are being forced onto the streets to beg and steal. They come from one of the poorest communities in Europe - the Romanian Gypsies. For centuries Gypsies have .. show full overview
2009x5
An Iranian 'Martyr'
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Air date
Nov 24, 2009
On June 20th, a young Iranian woman was shot in the street in Tehran. The video of her death, filmed on a mobile phone, was seen by millions around the world. This World tells the .. show full overview
2009x6
Can Obama Save the Planet?
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Air date
Nov 25, 2009
Justin Rowlatt reports on whether President Obama is on target to keep his climate-change promises. Travelling across the States, using public transport only, Justin encounters coal .. show full overview
2009x7 Season finale
Stalin's Back
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Air date
Dec 02, 2009
Joseph Stalin is back. Or is he? Reporter John Sweeney travels more than 5000 miles through the old Soviet Union, from Stalin's birthplace in Georgia to a former labour camp in .. show full overview

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