This World

Four friends and classmates are coming of age in Baghdad. One is Kurdish, one Christian, one Shia and one from a mixed Sunni/Shia background. This programme was filmed by the students themselves during the 2006/07 academic year, offering a unique insight

Shot by an Iraqi doctor, this film reveals the terrible conditions of a civilian ER in Baghdad. Al Yarmouk Hospital is in the most dangerous area of Baghdad. As the bomb victims come flooding in, the ambulance crews go from one dangerous mission to another.

Shot by an Iraqi doctor, this film reveals the terrible conditions of a civilian ER in Baghdad. Al Yarmouk Hospital is in the most dangerous area of Baghdad. As the bomb victims come flooding in, the ambulance crews go from one dangerous mission to another.

This film tells the story of beautiful Laleh Seddigh, an Angelina Jolie lookalike who has become Iran's national motor sports champion. Under the sport's rules, she can race directly against male drivers as long as she follows Muslim dress codes.

Liberian Charles Taylor stands trial in the Hague for allegedly backing rebel soldiers in neighbouring Sierra Leone with his diamond mining profits. His charges are horrific: he is accused of using child soldiers, condoning amputations and rape and puttin

Some 18 months ago in the mixed race town of Jena, Louisiana, two nooses were strung up on a schoolyard tree - a deliberate act by three white students against their fellow black colleagues. Within a year the racist sparks had started the flames of a ne

Can a beauty pageant raise spirits in a Siberian women's prison?

Is lethal injection a 'cruel and unusual' punishment, and thus unconstitutional in the US?

On the morning of 16 April 2007, on the Virginia Tech campus in America, a 23-year-old student called Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people before turning his gun on himself. The incident became the worst gun rampage in US history. Using extensive access to key witnesses, it delves into the mystery of how Cho, a young man with no criminal history, became a mass murderer.

Duncan Bannatyne journeys to Africa to explore the rise in the number of kids smoking.

Going behind the scenes of the Anglican Church's historic split.

The story of Himalayan mountaineers who filmed Tibetan refugees being shot by the Chinese.

Accused of being one of the most notorious arms dealers and sanction busters in the world, Russian businessman Viktor Bout languishes in jail in Bangkok. This World tells the story of the dramatic international sting which finally brought him to justice, and the battle to extradite him to the USA.

Is America facing a greater threat to its economy than the meltdown of its banking system?

Forced to marry. Helping British women escape unwanted marriages in Pakistan