This World

2004 - Present NR 6.2

Award-winning BBC documentary strand reporting on social issues and current affairs stories from around the world.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Hells Angels

1. Hells Angels

Aired: Jan 4, 2004

The strand opens with a documentary on the seemingly unstoppable rise of some...

Episode 2 Ethiopia: A Journey

2. Ethiopia: A Journey

Aired: Jan 11, 2004

In 1984, with Ethiopia in the grip of famine, Michael Buerk filed two shockin...

Episode 3 Football and Freedom

3. Football and Freedom

Aired: Jan 18, 2004

As South Africa celebrates a decade of democracy, this film follows the fortu...

Episode 4 American Virgins

4. American Virgins

Aired: Jan 25, 2004

Why are more and more of America's teenagers saying no to sex? The Bush admin...

Episode 5 Access to Evil

5. Access to Evil

Aired: Feb 1, 2004

Crisis talks over North Korea's nuclear weapons have already begun but, away ...

Episode 11 One Day of War

11. One Day of War

Aired: May 27, 2004

Every minute, two people are killed in conflicts around the world, but little...

Episode 13 The Secret Swami

13. The Secret Swami

Aired: Jun 17, 2004

Sai Baba is India's most prolific guru. To his millions of followers around t...

Episode 14 Child Rescuers

14. Child Rescuers

Aired: Jun 20, 2004

The harrowing story of one man's efforts to stop children being sexually expl...

Episode 21 Dolphin Hunters

21. Dolphin Hunters

Aired: Nov 9, 2004

New series 1/5. The This World team return with an investigation in Japan int...

Episode 22 Guinea Pig Kids

22. Guinea Pig Kids

Aired: Nov 30, 2004

Experimental drug trials are condemning children to painful lives and even de...

Episode 23 Locked in Paradise

23. Locked in Paradise

Aired: Dec 7, 2004

Boot camps are all the rage for American parents looking to tame their troubl...

Info about This World

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BBC Two

Genres: Documentary