Episodes
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1. Into The Void: Putin's Foreign Fighters
13 Jan 2026 · 55 min
BBC Eye exposes how Russia is recruiting young foreign men to fight in its war against Ukraine, uncovering deception, exploitation, and shattered lives.
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2. Hunting the Traffickers
19 Jan 2026 · 28 min
Africa Eye is given exclusive access to the Sierra Leone Police as they target criminal gangs trafficking vulnerable people across West Africa and help one father try to find his missing children.
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3. Wanted: The Interpol Files
26 Jan 2026 · 21 min
A BBC Eye investigation in which an Interpol whistleblower reveals the international police organisation’s failure to stop Russia abusing its wanted list for its political ends.
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4. State of Fear
2 Feb 2026 · 51 min
A wave of enforced disappearances of government critics is spreading fear across Tanzania. Africa Eye investigates these abductions through powerful testimony from survivors of abduction and torture.
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5. Exposed: China's Spycam Porn
6 Feb 2026 · 54 min
Criminals are hiding secret cameras in hotel rooms and private homes across China to secretly film unsuspecting victims having sex and then selling the footage online.
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6. Gen Z Under Fire
26 Feb 2026 · 41 min
BBC Eye investigates the 2025 Gen Z uprising in Nepal. Using exclusive footage the investigation reveals what happened, why and who gave the order to shoot.
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7. Shadow War: Islamic State Group in Africa
16 Mar 2026 · 27 min
Africa Eye follows Puntland forces on the front line in far-eastern Somalia, examining how the Islamic State group has regrouped, drawn in foreign fighters and expanded its influence across Africa.
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8. Eels: Billion Dollar Babies
24 Mar 2026 · 58 min
BBC Eye reveals how soaring global demand for eel has fuelled a vast illegal trade worth billions, exposing criminal networks, trafficking routes and controversial deals.
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9. Target Tehran
27 Mar 2026 · 11 min
As Tehran faces intense bombardment, BBC Eye examines what is being targeted and hears from residents caught in the crossfire.
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10. Life on the Spectrum
6 Apr 2026 · 47 min
With over 60 million people on the autistic spectrum globally, Africa Eye reveals the extreme realities for those living with autism in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world.
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11. Stolen Lives
14 Apr 2026 · 55 min
Hundreds of children in Pakistan have been infected with HIV. But how did the outbreak happen? And is a government hospital to blame? BBC Eye goes undercover to find out.
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12. Abandoned: Searching for Soldier Dad
20 Apr 2026 · 47 min
Africa Eye follows a groundbreaking process helping Kenyans track down their British dads. Families are finding answers, in a landmark case exposing the human cost of Britain’s military presence.
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13. Save Our Dogs
4 May 2026 · 29 min
Inside the world of Uganda's sham pet shelters: Africa Eye goes undercover where scammers profit from animals in distress, while dog lovers around the world team up to fight back.
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14. Lebanon’s Black Wednesday
6 May 2026 · 13 min
On April 8th Israel dropped 100 bombs in just 10 minutes across Lebanon in what the IDF called Operational Eternal Darkness. To the Lebanese people who lived it, it was known as Black Wednesday.
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15. Pray Raid Repeat
23 May 2026 · 31 min
BBC Eye investigates the emergence of Russia’s largest nationalist group. These vigilantes are taking the law into their own hands – targeting migrants and those who go against ‘traditional values’.
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16. Manosphere Messiahs
28 May 2026 · 54 min
BBC Eye investigates the rise of the global manosphere, meeting the influencers cashing in, their devoted followers, and the women paying the price.
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17. Surviving Biafra
1 Jun 2026 · 75 min
Some of the last survivors from Nigeria’s Civil War, also known as the Biafran War, share their memories from the frontline.
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18. The Careless Machine: Exposing Instagram's Darkest Secret
3 Jul 2026 · 26 min
BBC Eye has found Instagram in India is running paid ads promoting child sex abuse material. The ads use terms including “rape” and “child video” and link to content on the messaging app Telegram.
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19. Ukraine Survivors: Finding My Abusers
7 Jul 2026 · 45 min
BBC Eye talks to Ukrainians civilians abused in Russian-occupied Ukraine and tracks down the prison guards, officials and soldiers likely responsible.
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20. Tundu Lissu: A Fight Too Far?
13 Jul 2026 · 22 min
BBC Africa Eye profiles Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu who has spent more than a year in prison awaiting trial on treason charges, for which he could face the death penalty.
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21. Inside Iran: The People and The Power
30 Jul 2026 · 20 min
With rare access inside Iran, the BBC World Service travels the length of the country. From the capital Tehran to its strategic southern coastline, meeting Iranians living with an uncertain future.
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22. South Africa: Anatomy of a Cover Up: Episode 1
10 Aug 2026 · 28 min
With exclusive access to police evidence, Africa Eye uncovers a disturbing story of power, secrecy and murder at the heart of South Africa's security establishment.
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23. The Taliban: Coming out of the Shadows
24 Aug 2026 · 28 min
Through rare access to Taliban figures we examine what drives the Taliban’s oppression of women and can they govern this war-torn nation?
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24. South Africa: Anatomy of a Cover Up: Episode 2
24 Aug 2026 · 27 min
With exclusive access to police evidence, Africa Eye uncovers a disturbing story of power, secrecy and murder at the heart of South Africa's security establishment.
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25. Nigeria: Faith, Fear and Fake News
3 Sept 2026 · 28 min
The claim of a "Christian genocide" in Nigeria has shaped US policy and sparked military action, but does the evidence support the narrative? BBC Africa Eye investigates.
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26. Catching My Teacher
21 Sept 2026 · 54 min
Two former students lift the lid on sexual abuse and cover-ups at Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia. BBC Eye tracks down their teachers evading justice.
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27. El Salvador: Security At Any Cost?
28 Sept 2026 · 47 min
Once known as one of the world's most violent countries, El Salvador has been transformed by a sweeping anti-gang crackdown. BBC Brasil’s Joao Fellet travels to El Salvador to explore the trade-offs between security, civil liberties, political power and justice.
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28. Gaza's Ceasefire Summer
30 Sept 2026 · 26 min
BBC Eye Investigations and the World Service’s Arabic Forensic team have captured what life is like for families in Gaza today, across a summer of ceasefire and bombardment.
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29. Goodbye Raila
12 Oct 2026 · 33 min
Thousands gathered to mourn Raila Odinga. It ended in bloodshed. #BBCAfricaEye investigates In October 2025, thousands of Kenyans packed Nairobi's Kasarani Stadium to pay their final respects to former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. But as tensions flared near the VIP section, gunfire erupted inside the stadium. Three men, all fathers never made it home. BBC Africa Eye analysed more than 1,500 photos and videos, alongside post-mortem evidence and eyewitness testimony, to reconstruct the deadly events of that day. Creating a 3D replica of the stadium, our investigation finds the three victims were far from the confrontation that preceded the shooting and traces the movements of a specialist VIP police protection unit whose members fired their weapons inside the stadium.
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30. Shadowmen: Russians working with Ukraine
19 Oct 2026 · 76 min
Two men tell of secret operations inside Russia. BBC Eye has gained access to a shadow world of agents and double agents.
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31. Isata: The Life and Death of a Sex Worker
9 Nov 2026 · 46 min
For six years, Africa Eye followed Isata Kamara's extraordinary struggle to survive. Her tragic end exposes the unimaginable challenges faced by thousands of young women in Sierra Leone.
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32. The Model Trap: Exposing Jeffrey Epstein's Network
10 Nov 2026 · 57 min
BBC Eye reveals new evidence showing how scouts, agencies and powerful fashion figures helped Jeffrey Epstein gain access to young women after his conviction for sex offences.
Eye Investigations 2026: quick answers
How many episodes are in Eye Investigations 2026?
2026 of Eye Investigations has 32 episodes, about 21 hours in total.
When did Eye Investigations 2026 come out?
2026 premiered on 13 Jan 2026.