Uncensored with Michael Ware
Best known as a war correspondent, notably for his fearless, access-driven coverage of the Iraq War, Michael Ware is ready to embark on a new journey of discovery. From executive producer Peter Berg, "Uncensored" sees Ware employing his run-and-gun approach to storytelling as he investigates especially fascinating people, places and cultures, from witchcraft in Papua New Guinea to paparazzi in Los Angeles. Along the way, the journalist digs deeper into his subjects' stories by interacting with them and discussing and dissecting their answers to his questions.
- 2017-2017
- 1 season
- National Geographic
- Documentary, News
Best known as a war correspondent, notably for his fearless, access-driven coverage of the Iraq War, Michael Ware is ready to embark on a new journey of discovery. From executive producer Peter Berg, "Uncensored" sees Ware employing his run-and-gun approach to storytelling as he investigates especially fascinating people, places and cultures, from witchcraft in Papua New Guinea to paparazzi in Los Angeles. Along the way, the journalist digs deeper into his subjects' stories by interacting with them and discussing and dissecting their answers to his questions.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2017
Episode 1
Witch Hunt
Tue, Jan 24, 2017 47 mins
Ware's first stop takes him to Papua New Guinea, an island nation clawing its way into the modern world but dragging with it ancient traditions of witchcraft and sorcery. Ware is here to investigate one of the country's storied and highly controversial practices: Women who are thought to be witches are hunted and killed.
Episode 2
Fashion Week Wars
Tue, Jan 31, 2017 47 mins
New York Fashion Week emanates celebrity, glamour and style. Former war correspondent, Michael Ware travels deep into the heart of New York City during Fashion Week as the city pulses with pageantry, runway shows, models, celebrities and chic elite. Ware tries to find meaning in the enigmatic fashion world.
Episode 3
Chasing Iranian Spies
Tue, Feb 7, 2017 47 mins
Ware gains insider access to the Iranian dissident group the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MeK). Their goal is to overrun Iran. Teenagers flock to join - to drive tanks, to learn infantry skills, to fight and to die. Ware travels to see the female fighters whom he previously interviewed and finds out where they are now, what has become of them and whether any of them are still alive.
Episode 4
Africa's Last King
Tue, Feb 14, 2017 47 mins
King Mswati is the last remaining absolute monarch of Africa, ruling over the entire Kingdom of Swaziland. The western media portrays Swaziland as a struggling nation, its population suffering beneath the rule of a self-absorbed playboy king. But is there truth behind these headlines? Ware journeys deep into the monarchy to find out what it's like to be one of the world's last true kings.
Episode 5
Riding for Mother Russia
Tue, Feb 21, 2017 47 mins
Ware rides with The Night Wolves, a pro-Putin Russian Orthodox motorcycle gang lauded by the Kremlin. They are on the front-lines of Russia's battle for Eastern Ukraine and are at the forefront of the battle between East and West.
Episode 6
Cuban Rum and Revolution
Tue, Feb 28, 2017 47 mins
In recent months images of a "new" Cuba have been broadcast - an island peppered with bright red 1950s Chevys parked along picturesque cobblestone streets, bluest of blue oceans and people dancing in the streets, all of this amid a joyous geopolitical and diplomatic air of rapture as the United States historically embraces Castro's Cuba. But is this Cuba we see in photos the real Cuba?
Episode 7
The Deep South
Tue, Mar 7, 2017 47 mins
Ware travels down South to learn about Southern tradition. His first stop is a tailgate at the University of Alabama football game, where he examines the importance of football and race relations in sport. Then, he travels to Montgomery, where he visits the home of American literary legend F. Scott Fitzgerald. In Charleston, South Carolina, he examines the culinary renaissance and plantations.
Episode 8
Paparazzi!
Wed, Mar 15, 2017 47 mins
Paparazzi find themselves in some of the most bizarre and sometimes life-threatening scenarios trying to get raw, candid photos of celebrities, athletes and politicians. Ware embeds himself with paparazzi to find out what exactly they go through to get the shots fans crave. He stands by the celebrity entrance of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," and waits outside Catch night club with Kevin Smith.