This World

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

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Season 2010
2010x1
Closing Guantanamo
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Air date
Jan 03, 2010
On his second day in office, President Obama pledged to close the Guantanamo Detention Centre within a year. Michael Portillo reports for This World on why it has proved impossible for .. show full overview
2010x2
Obama and Me
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Jan 19, 2010
It has been quite a year for America's first black president. Promising change and appealing for unity, Barack Obama won his way into two wars and the worst recession since the 1930s. .. show full overview
2010x3
Tsunami: 5 Years On
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Jan 27, 2010
The Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 was just the beginning, for those who survived. A massive earthquake caused a tidal wave that killed a quarter of a million people, but many millions more .. show full overview
2010x4
Mexico's Drug War
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Feb 07, 2010
Violence is running out of control in Mexico as rival drug cartels battle over the smuggling routes to America. Mexico's president has declared war on the gangsters but the only result .. show full overview
2010x5
Stolen Brides
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Aug 11, 2010
Reporter Lucy Ash travels to Chechnya to investigate the extraordinary practice of bride stealing. Young women are being kidnapped off the street and married to men they may never have .. show full overview
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Surviving Haiti
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Aug 18, 2010
The earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January caused death and destruction on a massive scale. Tens of thousands were killed instantly, thousands of others were buried under the rubble .. show full overview
2010x7
The Wounded Platoon
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Aug 25, 2010
Since the Iraq War began, 17 US soldiers based at Fort Carson, Colorado, have been charged or convicted in 14 murders, manslaughters and attempted murders. Many of these crimes involved .. show full overview
2010x8
Hostage in the Jungle
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Oct 20, 2010
Ingrid Betancourt was the world's most famous hostage. On February 23rd 2002, Ingrid, a presidential candidate in Colombia's elections, was kidnapped by the left-wing FARC rebel group .. show full overview
2010x9
Tea Party America
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Nov 01, 2010
The fastest-growing political movement in the US today is the so-called Tea Party - a right-wing grassroots revolt with hundreds of thousands of supporters and local branches all over .. show full overview
2010x10 Season finale
Pakistan's Flood Doctor
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Dec 13, 2010
Documentary. Doctor Shershah Syed is a man with a mission - a famous surgeon from Karachi who has spent his life caring for vulnerable women in Pakistan. Now he's caught up in the .. show full overview

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