This World Season 6 Episodes

Episode 1

Mandela at 90

After years of retirement from political life, Nelson Mandela, the world's most admired statesman, allows cameras into his private world. Unique behind-the-scenes footage offers a window into his world.

Episode 2

Escaping North Korea

Investigative documentary. The dramatic stories of North Koreans who are risking everything to escape the repression and hunger of their homeland and reach safety in the South.

Episode 3

The Madoff Hustle

Investigative documentary. Willard Foxton, whose father committed suicide after falling for an elaborate con, heads to the US to investigate the fraud and its fallout.

Episode 4

Gypsy Child Thieves

60 mins

Across Europe thousands of young children are being trafficked and forced onto the streets to beg and steal by Romanian Gypsy organized criminal gangs who make millions of Euros by ruthlessly exploiting them.

Episode 5

An Iranian 'Martyr'

Investigative documentary series. The story of Neda Agha Soltan, an Iranian woman who was shot in Tehran in June 2009, and has been claimed as a martyr for Iran's protest movement.

Episode 6

Can Obama Save the Planet?

International investigative documentary series. Justin Rowlatt reports on whether President Obama is on target to keep his climate change promises.

Episode 7

Stalin's Back

John Sweeney travels more than 5000 miles through the old USSR, from Stalin's birthplace in Georgia to a former labour camp in Russia, to find out if one of the 20th century's most notorious mass-murderers is really being rehabilitated.