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8 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
25 mins
Animal trafficking has increased dramatically. Ade Adepitan visits the remote city of Iquitos in Peru where undercover filming reveals both the scale and brazenness of the trade in protected wildlife.
Episode 2
25 mins
The Russian Orthodox Church is at the forefront of a new movement combining religion and nationalism and has forged close ties with President Putin. But is it also responsible for a wave of intolerance?
Episode 3
25 mins
The United States of America is in the grip of an illiteracy crisis, with nearly one in five of all adults unable to read. Reporter Kiki King visits Detroit where two thirds of high school students struggle with basic reading skills.
Episode 4
25 mins
Syrian refugee children with serious medical conditions are suffering and dying in the refugee camps of Lebanon while they wait for the help that the international community offered them.
Episode 5
25 mins
Krishnan Guru-Murthy reports on the problems facing Burma's fledgling democracy. Just 1 year after taking office, civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing mounting criticism.
Episode 6
25 mins
Seyi Rhodes visits the set of a hit South Korean TV show that has made stars of defectors from neighbouring North Korea by mixing showbiz entertainment with shocking personal stories of conditions in the secretive state.
Episode 7
25 mins
Samoa and American Samoa have the highest levels of obesity in the world. Reporter Sophie Morgan reveals how they are flooded with unhealthy food and fatty off-cuts considered unfit for human consumption.
Episode 8
24 mins
Reporter Seyi Rhodes travels to Senegal to explore the growing national obsession with wrestling. The country's fastest growing sport offers young men a way to escape poverty but has a darker side.