This World

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2023
2023x1
The Shamima Begum Story
Episode overview
07, 2023
At 15, Shamima Begum left London to join the terror group Islamic State. It made global headlines. She and her two friends became known as the Bethnal Green Girls.
2023x2
Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop
Episode overview
07, 2023
Mobeen Azhar explores the suffocating reality of being a J-pop idol, the influence that Johnny Kitagawa had on the media and exposes the brutal consequences of turning a blind eye.
2023x3
Inside Taiwan: Standing Up to China
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23, 2023
Taiwan is at the heart of a struggle between two nuclear powers – China and the United States - and there are fears it will become the next global conflict. President Xi Jinping insists .. show full overview
2023x3
Murder in Mayfair
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28, 2023
In 2008, student Martine Vik Magnussen was killed after a night out. The only suspect, the son of a billionaire, fled the UK to Yemen. Reporter Nawal Al-Maghafi is determined to speak to him.
2023x4
Turkey: Empire of Erdogan (Part 1)
Episode overview
09, 2023
Erdogan becomes mayor of Istanbul, is imprisoned and banned from politics, but fights back and wins the election. Ten years of Erdogan's rule lead to mass protests in Istanbul.
2023x5
Turkey: Empire of Erdogan (Part 2)
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10, 2023
Erdogan faces a military coup and responds with a brutal crackdown on dissent, taking control of the military and judiciary to become the most powerful president of modern Turkey.
2023x7
Inside the Iranian Uprising
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29, 2023
In September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian girl, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody. She had been arrested by Iran’s religious police, accused of not wearing her hijab properly. The .. show full overview
2023x7
Why Sharks Attack
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18, 2023
After three recent fatal shark attacks in Egypt, this film investigates whether pressure from human activity and climate change is altering the behaviour of sharks.
2023x8
Living Next Door to Putin (Part 1)
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12, 2023
The war in Ukraine has had a huge impact on the eastern European countries that share a border with Russia. On a road trip from Poland, north through the Baltic States, Katya explores .. show full overview
2023x9
Living Next Door to Putin (Part 2)
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19, 2023
Continuing her journey north along Russia’s border, Katya travels from Estonia into snowy Scandinavia. In Finland, a country scarred by past war with Russia, she discovers a state of .. show full overview
2023x10
Disappeared: Mexico's Missing 43 (Part 1)
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07, 2023
Nine years ago, a group of students were attacked on their way to a protest in Mexico City. Forty three young men were forced off passenger buses, never to be seen again. Federal .. show full overview
2023x11
Disappeared: Mexico's Missing 43 (Part 2)
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07, 2023
The second part of the documentary looks at what happened in the years after the disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, Mexico. As the parents of the missing continued to search for .. show full overview