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 (7)
1. Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks
Aired 6 January 2016 • 60 min
Documentary piecing together the events of the terrifying Paris shootings of January 2015, which began with an attack on staff at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
2. World War Three: Inside the War Room
Aired 3 February 2016 • 60 min
A committee of senior former British military and diplomatic figures comes together to war-game a hypothetical 'hot war' in eastern Europe.
3. The Great Chinese Crash? With Robert Peston
Aired 17 February 2016 • 60 min
Robert Peston explores China's dramatic economic slowdown and its potential impact on Britain, revealing how China has built up one of the biggest debt bubbles in world history.
4. Inside the Billionaire's Wardrobe
Aired 26 April 2016 • 60 min
Reggie Yates investigates the global super-rich's appetite for luxury goods. Top of the list are animals, but how much do we know about the origins of exotic skins and furs?
5. The New Gypsy Kings
Aired 16 June 2016 • 60 min
Liviu Tipurita goes inside the world of Romania's super-rich Gypsy popstars - a world of fast cars, lavish houses and gangsters - to look at a type of Gypsy music called Manele.
6. Frat Boys: Inside America's Fraternities
Aired 23 June 2016 • 60 min
During one term at the University of Central Florida, This World follows the life of a group of frat boys as they embark on the pledging process.
7. Unarmed Black Male
Aired 2 November 2016 • 60 min
Film following the murder trial of a white police officer in Portsmouth, Virginia, accused of shooting an unarmed black teenager.