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20 Episodes 2004 - 2004
Episode 1
The program, made with access to US and Canadian gang investigators, follows the rise and rise of the Hell's Angels and their fearsome culture of violence.
Episode 2
Twenty years ago the BBC's Michael Buerk reported from Ethiopia's "biblical" famine. In this film, Michael travels back to Ethiopia and talks to many people whose lives have been permanently scarred by the horrific famine.
Episode 3
Seth is white from a wealthy background, while Thuso is black and sleeps on his granny's kitchen floor. Both are gifted young footballers in post-apartheid South Africa. This World follows their attempts to break into the professional game
Episode 4
It's all about abstinence. At least, that's what the Silver Ring Thing movement is teaching teenagers in the United States. More and more young people are pledging themselves to abstinence programmes - saying no to sex before marriage.
Episode 5
Reveals for the first time how the regime of North Korea is testing chemical weapons on political prisoners in a secret network of prisons. Contains exclusive testimonies of victims who lived to tell their tales as well as witnesses.
Episode 6
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.
Episode 7
Ten years after the genocide that saw Hutus kill nearly one million Tutsis in just 100 days, Rwanda is still trying to come to terms with its bloody past.
Episode 8
Every 30 seconds, war, civil or int'l, costs two people their lives. Many of these wars receive very little attention from the world's media. Filmmakers follow 16 people in a single day to reveal the human stories behind the conflicts.
Episode 9
Since leaving prison in April 2004, former Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu talks about his arrest in a world exclusive television interview.
Episode 10
When William Bratton was sworn in as chief of its police department, LA was the homicide capital of America. Can he curb gang violence and reduce the murder rate? After 658 homicides in just one year, LA became the country's murder capital
Episode 11
Resident British children's charity director Bruce Harris, has spent years tracking down paedophiles in Costa Rica who have used legal loopholes to evade prosecution.
Episode 12
52 mins
It has been estimated that Sri Satya Sai Baba, India's biggest spiritual leader, has up to 30 million devotees around the world. But increasing numbers of former followers are alleging he has sexually abused them or their families. This World investigates. Swamis, otherwise known as yogis or gurus, are the holy men of India, and part of ancient tradition. Sai Baba, 78, is based in Puttaparthi, near Bangalore in southern India. His distinctive 1960s orange robes and Afro hairstyle make him instantly recognizable. As the country's biggest "God-man" - a human being who declares himself divine - he professes to be the reincarnation of a Hindu God-man from the 19th Century. Sai Baba not only commands huge regular audiences at the local ashram (religious retreat) - where he performs countless "miracles" - he also boasts followers from more than 165 countries world-wide. But as the This World team discovers as they travel from India to California, there are a number of former devotees who have turned away from his teachings, claiming he has ruined their lives. Alaya, a former follower who claims he was sexually abused by the swami, says in the program: "I remember him saying, if you don't do what I say, your life will be filled with pain and suffering." In an intimate and powerful portrait, Alaya's family talks openly about how they feel they were betrayed. Back in India, there are serious questions to be asked of politicians, who seem to have continuously ignored the problem. Indeed, some would say, the correct position for these politicians appears to be at the feet of Sai Baba. He certainly has friends in high places, and throughout the scandal, his popularity has remained intact. Has this "God-man" been wrongly accused or does his status mean he is immune to criticism?
Episode 13
17 yr old Aboriginal Thomas James Hickey, or TJ to his friends and family, died on Valentine's Day 2004. He was impaled on a metal fence after falling off his bicycle near the notorious Sydney suburb of Redfern, also called The Block.
Episode 14
Both foreign nationals and Saudi Muslims are now targets for terror attacks. Can the ruling royals fight terrorism while reconciling the conflicting demands of hardline fundamentalists and liberal reformers?
Episode 15
Dubbed the "Bangkok Hilton" by the West, Thailand's Bangkwang jail is one of the most notorious prisons in the world. The film tells the human stories of prisoners struggling to stay sane in the jail's cramped conditions.
Episode 16
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.
Episode 17
President Mugabe says the people of Zimbabwe have enough to eat, but he stands accused of letting them starve for his own political gain.
Episode 18
Doc about HIV drug experimentation on kids by Anthony Fauci and the NIAID.
Episode 18
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 taken away and are having to battle against the social work authorities. This World investigates.
Episode 19
Desperate US parents are sending their troublesome teenagers to tough boarding schools overseas, but many have had second thoughts when they discover just how tough these schools can be.
Episode 20
The US is fighting battles on many fronts, but what happens when the Pentagon delegates a war to private contractors who are rewarded with money and not medals?