About this season
Unreported World is a foreign affairs programme produced by Quicksilver Media Productions and broadcast by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. Over the course of its twenty-four series, reporters have travelled all over the world in an attempt to uncover stories usually ignored by the world media.
Episodes (8)
1. Gaza: Journeys To Heaven & Hell
Aired 11 January 2002
Sandra Jordan investigates why so many young Palestinians have turned to violence in their struggle for self-determination.
2. Uzbekistan: Our New Friend
Aired 18 January 2002
Marcel Theroux finds that government repression has driven young people towards joining the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and asks if the "War on Terror" will accelerate the process.
3. Somalia
Aired 25 January 2002
Juliana Ruhfus visits at a country blighted by war and poverty and ruled by warlords, and asks if America's attempts to control Islamic extremism in the country will only further radicalise its population.
4. Philippines: The Bearers of the Sword
Aired 8 February 2002
Jonathan Miller investigates Al-Qaeda's alleged Southeast Asian connections, including the kidnap gang Abu Sayyaf.
5. India: Saffron Warrior
Aired 27 July 2002
Burhan Wazir investigates the ultra-nationalist groups who are redefining modern India.
6. Nigeria: The Country that Doesn't Work
Aired 25 November 2002
7. Indonesia's Dirty War
Aired 13 December 2002
Jonathan Miller finds that security forces have been committing human rights abuses against civilians in their attempts to suppress a rebel army fighting for independence.
8. El Salvador: Killing to Belong
Aired 20 December 2002
Sandra Jordan reports on how refugees deported back to El Salvador have established the gang culture they grew up with in the US.