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 (10)
1. The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve
Aired 12 January 2014 • 60 min
Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Kenya and Uganda to uncover the stories behind Britain's favourite drink, meeting the people who pick, pack and transport tea.
2. The Coffee Trail with Simon Reeve
Aired 26 January 2014 • 60 min
Simon Reeve heads to Vietnam to uncover the stories behind the morning pick-me-up. He travels to the central highlands, where he meets the people who grow, pick and pack coffee.
3. How China Fooled the World - with Robert Peston
Aired 18 February 2014 • 60 min
Robert Peston travels to China to investigate how the economic giant could actually be in trouble. It is a story of spending and investment on a scale never seen before.
4. Copacabana Palace
Aired 12 May 2014 • 60 min
As Brazil prepares to host the World Cup, Copacabana Palace follows the lives of the staff and guests at one of Latin America's most iconic hotels.
5. The Secret Life of Your Clothes
Aired 14 July 2014 • 60 min
Documentary in which Ade Adepitan explores the afterlife of some of the clothes we donate to charity shops. He follows the trail to Ghana, the biggest importer of our castoffs.
6. Clothes to Die For
Aired 21 July 2014 • 60 min
Documentary about survivors of the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza, an eight-storey commerical building in Bangladesh, and the safety of the Bangladeshi garment industry.
7. Ireland's Lost Babies
Aired 17 September 2014 • 60 min
Journalist Martin Sixsmith hears the moving stories of the parents and children involved in a transatlantic adoption run by the Irish Catholic Church during the 1950s and 60s.
8. Life in Solitary
Aired 21 September 2014 • 60 min
Following attempts by the new warden of Maine State Prison to reform the practice of solitary confinement, which has seen inmates locked up alone for days, years or even decades.
9. Terror at the Mall
Aired 24 September 2014 • 60 min
Revisiting the terrorist attack on Kenya's Westgate Shopping Mall in September 2013, when four gunmen killed 71 people. Featuring CCTV footage and interviews with the survivors.
10. Rwanda's Untold Story
Aired 1 October 2014 • 60 min
Documentary series. This World reveals evidence that challenges the accepted story of one of the most horrifying events of the late 20th century, the Rwandan genocide.