About this season
A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
Episodes (10)
1. Assassination Nation/The Killer Kids of the Taliban
9.5Aired 5 April 2013 • 30 min
Assassination Nation: Political assassinations in the Philippines; The Killer Kids of the Taliban: Taliban-supported child suicide bombers in Afghanistan.
2. Escape from North Korea/World's Most Dangerous Border
9.0Aired 12 April 2013 • 30 min
Escape from North Korea: Desperate defectors flee North Korea; The World's Most Dangerous Border: Kashmir’s line of control – the world’s most dangerous place.
3. Gun School/Toxic Iraq
9.0Aired 19 April 2013 • 30 min
Gun School: Armed preparedness in a New Mexico school; Toxic Iraq: the human toll of post-war toxic waste in Iraq.
4. Chinese Cockblock/European Meltdown
6.8Aired 26 April 2013 • 30 min
Chinese Cockblock: The plight of desperate bachelors in China; European Meltdown: ultra-extreme reactions to the economic crisis in Europe.
5. Mormon Lost Boys/The Fat Farms of Mauritania/Mumbai Slumscraper
Aired 3 May 2013 • 30 min
Mormon Lost Boys: Exiled sons of polygamists; The Fat Farms of Mauritania: fat farms for Mauritanian women; Mumbai Slumscraper: have and have-nots in Mumbai.
6. Corruption
Aired 10 May 2013 • 30 min
China's Ghost Towns: How China’s appetite for housing created huge ghost cities; Egypt On The Brink: the violent aftermath of Arab Spring in Egypt.
7. Addiction
9.0Aired 17 May 2013 • 30 min
Tobaccoland: Tobacco obsession in Indonesia; Underground Heroin Clinic: treating heroin addiction with hallucinogens in Mexico.
8. Fighting Chances
Aired 31 May 2013 • 30 min
Senegalese Laamb Wrestling: Laamb wrestling in Senegal; The World is Sinking: the rising tide of climate change.
9. Gangs & Oil
Aired 7 June 2013 • 30 min
Chiraq: Failed state on the south side of Chicago; Nigeria's Oil Pirates: oil drilling in the Niger River Delta.
10. The Hermit Kingdom
6.0Aired 14 June 2013 • 30 min
Basketball Diplomacy: VICE makes history on a trip to North Korea to play hoops and meet with "supreme leader" Kim Jong-un.