This World

Season 2014

2014 · 10 episodes · 10h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve

   12 Jan 2014 · 60 min

   Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Kenya and Uganda to uncover the stories behind Britain's favourite drink, meeting the people who pick, pack and transport tea.

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   2. The Coffee Trail with Simon Reeve

   26 Jan 2014 · 60 min

   Simon Reeve heads to Vietnam to uncover the stories behind the morning pick-me-up. He travels to the central highlands, where he meets the people who grow, pick and pack coffee.

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   3. How China Fooled the World - with Robert Peston

   18 Feb 2014 · 60 min

   Robert Peston travels to China to investigate how the economic giant could actually be in trouble. It is a story of spending and investment on a scale never seen before.

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   4. Copacabana Palace

   12 May 2014 · 60 min

   As Brazil prepares to host the World Cup, Copacabana Palace follows the lives of the staff and guests at one of Latin America's most iconic hotels.

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   5. The Secret Life of Your Clothes

   14 Jul 2014 · 60 min

   Documentary in which Ade Adepitan explores the afterlife of some of the clothes we donate to charity shops. He follows the trail to Ghana, the biggest importer of our castoffs.

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   6. Clothes to Die For

   21 Jul 2014 · 60 min

   Documentary about survivors of the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza, an eight-storey commerical building in Bangladesh, and the safety of the Bangladeshi garment industry.

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   7. Ireland's Lost Babies

   17 Sept 2014 · 60 min

   Journalist Martin Sixsmith hears the moving stories of the parents and children involved in a transatlantic adoption run by the Irish Catholic Church during the 1950s and 60s.

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   8. Life in Solitary

   21 Sept 2014 · 60 min

   Following attempts by the new warden of Maine State Prison to reform the practice of solitary confinement, which has seen inmates locked up alone for days, years or even decades.

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   9. Terror at the Mall

   24 Sept 2014 · 60 min

   Revisiting the terrorist attack on Kenya's Westgate Shopping Mall in September 2013, when four gunmen killed 71 people. Featuring CCTV footage and interviews with the survivors.

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    10. Rwanda's Untold Story

    1 Oct 2014 · 60 min

    Documentary series. This World reveals evidence that challenges the accepted story of one of the most horrifying events of the late 20th century, the Rwandan genocide.