About this season
The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent".
Episodes (12)
1. America's Poor Kids
Aired 6 March 2013 • 60 min
Child poverty has reached record levels in America. This documentary offers a unique perspective on the nation's flagging economy, told from the point of view of the children.
2. A History of Syria with Dan Snow
Aired 11 March 2013 • 60 min
A History of Syria with Dan Snow
3. Iraq: Did My Son Die in Vain?
Aired 20 March 2013 • 60 min
Documentary. The father of an RAF reservist killed in Basra in 2007 travels to the Iraqi city to discover the impact of the war and the subsequent occupation on ordinary Iraqis.
4. South Africa: The Massacre that Changed a Nation
Aired 24 April 2013 • 60 min
In August 2012, 34 miners were shot dead by police as they protested outside a mine. Peter Hain MP uncovers a day of shocking brutality and disturbing allegations.
5. The Mafia's Secret Bunkers
Aired 1 May 2013 • 60 min
Author and mafia historian John Dickie uncovers the truth about Italy's most powerful mafia, the 'Ndrangheta', believed to be Europe's biggest cocaine traffickers.
6. India's Supersize Kids
Aired 13 August 2013 • 60 min
Investigating the obesity epidemic engulfing India's growing middle class. Anita Rani travels to Mumbai to meet some of India's overweight teenagers.
7. America's Stoned Kids
Aired 24 August 2013 • 60 min
Professor John Marsden heads to Colorado, which voted to legalise the recreational use of cannabis in November 2012, to investigate the impact this could have on teenage drug use.
8. Terror in the Desert
Aired 31 August 2013 • 60 min
In January 2013, 39 people died and dozens of workers were held hostage when terrorists stormed a gas plant in Algeria. British survivors tell their dramatic and harrowing stories.
9. Dan Snow's History of Congo
Aired 9 October 2013 • 60 min
Dan Snow travels to Congo to reveal how its troubled history has turned one of the world's potentially richest countries into one of its poorest.
10. No Sex Please, We're Japanese" "The Great Japanese Retirement
Aired 24 October 2013 • 60 min
As Japan faces a future which could see its population shrink by a third in just 40 years, Anita Rani explores the reasons why the Japanese are not having enough babies.
11. World's Busiest Maternity Ward
Aired 31 October 2013 • 60 min
In crowded Manila, the capital of the Philippines, Anita Rani follows the lives of three different women and visits a hospital where up to 100 babies are born each day.
12. Don't Panic - The Truth About Population
Aired 7 November 2013 • 60 min
Statistician Professor Hans Rosling presents a spectacular portrait of our rapidly changing world, showing how the problems of rapid population growth are starting to be conquered.