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 (5)
1. The Bank Raiders of Beirut
Aired 14 April 2023 • 24 min
Over a million people have been locked out of their bank accounts, able only to withdraw a few hundred pounds of their own money a month. Guru-Murthy interviews Riad Salameh, long-serving governor of the Central Bank, who since their discussion has charged with money laundering, illicit enrichment and embezzlement.
2. Your Phone's Dirty Gold
Aired 21 April 2023 • 24 min
Guillermo Galdos investigates how illegal Amazonian gold could be in your smart phone, as he follows Brazilian police cracking down on mining in protected Indigenous regions.
3. Inside Little North Korea
Aired 28 April 2023 • 24 min
In Kyoto, Japan, a Korean community with a network of schools and businesses has a tight bond with North Korea. But rising regional tensions is putting their way of life at risk.
4. India's Leopard Attacks
Aired 5 May 2023 • 24 min
The alarming rise of leopards attacking humans as growing cities and lethal wildlife clash.
5. Drag Queen Culture Wars
Aired 12 May 2023 • 24 min
A report from Tennessee, where tensions over whether drag queens should be able to perform in front of children are resulting in their performances being banned in public. On a wider scale, at least 15 Republican-controlled US states are now introducing legislation to stop drag performances.