S01E01 Hells Angels
The strand opens with a documentary on the seemingly unstoppable rise of some of the world's most dangerous men. The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club's membership is rapidly growing in number, with new sub-factions springing up...
This World
S01E14: Child Rescuers
The harrowing story of one man's efforts to stop children being sexually exploited in Costa Rica. Bruce Harris infiltrated a paedophile porn ring and went undercover as a customer in a child brothel to get evidence that has finally led to prosecutions - but also death threats. The film reveals the wider world picture of a growing trade that needs individuals, international governments and the tourist industry to act together to make a difference. (Postponed from 10 June) Producer Phil Wright ; Editor Karen O'Connor
Overview
The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world.
International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent".
Episodes
S01E02 Ethiopia: A Journey
In 1984, with Ethiopia in the grip of famine, Michael Buerk filed two shocking reports highlighting the plight of the sick and the dying. The harrowing images prompted aid efforts from around the world, yet...
S01E03 Football and Freedom
As South Africa celebrates a decade of democracy, this film follows the fortunes of two of the country's promising young footballers. Both possess their share of talent but Seth is white, and from a wealthy...
S01E04 American Virgins
Why are more and more of America's teenagers saying no to sex? The Bush administration is allocating large amounts of dollars to abstinence programmes, many of which are faith-based. One such organisation is the Silver...
S01E05 Access to Evil
Crisis talks over North Korea's nuclear weapons have already begun but, away from the show-city of Pyongyang, there's evidence that the communist power is testing its chemical weapons on women, children, families of dissidents, and...
S01E06 Iran, a Murder Mystery
In June 2003 photographer Zahra Kazemi returned to her native Iran, after 30 years in exile, to photograph student protests. Three weeks later she was dead. Jim Muir looks into the circumstances surrounding her death,...
S01E11 One Day of War
Every minute, two people are killed in conflicts around the world, but little is known about those fighting and dying. Here, starting a new run of the This World strand, film-makers follow 16 different people...
S01E12 LAPD - Protect and Serve?
October 2002: can Los Angeles - the murder capital of America - be made a safer place? New LA police chief William J Bratton is brought in to reduce the chilling statistics of 658 people...
S01E13 The Secret Swami
Sai Baba is India's most prolific guru. To his millions of followers around the world he is also the embodiment of God on Earth. Many devotees, however, who sought his spiritual enlightenment received more than...
S01E14 Child Rescuers
The harrowing story of one man's efforts to stop children being sexually exploited in Costa Rica. Bruce Harris infiltrated a paedophile porn ring and went undercover as a customer in a child brothel to get...
S01E15 The Boy from the Block
On 15 February this year Aboriginal teenager Thomas "TJ" Hickey died from an injury his family claim was sustained after being chased by a police patrol in a rundown area of Sydney. Hickey's death sparked...
S01E16 Saudi: the Family in Crisis
Saudi Arabia's rich and secretive royal family is facing a growing predicament in the aftermath of 9/11, the US-led invasion of Iraq and the recent al-Qaeda bombings across the kingdom. Having fended off the assaults...
S01E17 The Real Bangkok Hilton
Thailand's Bang Kwang prison, often dubbed "the Bangkok Hilton", is arguably the most infamous jail in the world. As the Thai authorities try to crack down on drug trafficking, This World gains the first ever...
S01E21 Dolphin Hunters
New series 1/5. The This World team return with an investigation in Japan into the links between those who slaughter dolphins in traditional hunts and those who put the mammals on show for entertainment. Paul...
S01E22 Guinea Pig Kids
Experimental drug trials are condemning children to painful lives and even death. In New York, children born to HIV-positive mothers are being used as test subjects for Aids/HIV drugs. Relatives who refuse are seeing children...
S01E23 Locked in Paradise
Boot camps are all the rage for American parents looking to tame their troublesome teens. Raphael Rowe travels to the deceptively named Tranquility Bay in Jamaica, where unruly children have been made to lie on...
S01E24 If ... We Could Stop the Violence
Twenty years from now, the media is reporting record low levels of violent crime. In this world, Liam, a hard-to-control youngster, has failed preliminary tests to establish the scale of his problem. He will be...
