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Cuba with Simon Reeve

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Simon Reeve heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution and asks if the new economic openness could lead to political liberalisation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Reeve
Director:
Tom McCarthy
Producer:
Tom McCarthy
Series Producer:
Sarah Waldron
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall
Production Manager:
Theresa Lydon

This World

America's Poor Kids

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Child poverty has reached record levels in America. This documentary offers a unique perspective on the nation's flagging economy, told from the point of view of the children. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Brian Woods
Executive Producer:
Lucy Hetherington
Director:
Jezza Neumann

This World

A History of Syria with Dan Snow

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Dan Snow travels to Syria to see how the current civil war has been shaped by the country's tumultuous history, unpicking the historic divisions between the myriad factions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Snow
Presenter:
Dan Snow
Executive Producer:
Sam Collyns
Executive Producer:
Sam Collyns

This World

Iraq: Did My Son Die in Vain?

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Documentary. The father of an RAF reservist killed in Basra in 2007 travels to the Iraqi city to discover the impact of the war and the subsequent occupation on ordinary Iraqis. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall
Series Producer:
Sarah Waldron

This World

India's Supersize Kids

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Investigating the obesity epidemic engulfing India's growing middle class. Anita Rani travels to Mumbai to meet some of India's overweight teenagers. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Andy Wells
Director:
Andy Wells
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall
Presenter:
Anita Rani

This World

America's Stoned Kids

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Professor John Marsden heads to Colorado, which voted to legalise the recreational use of cannabis in November 2012, to investigate the impact this could have on teenage drug use. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Chris Alcock
Director:
Chris Alcock
Series Producer:
Sarah Waldron
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall
Presenter:
John Marsden

This World

Dan Snow's History of Congo

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Dan Snow travels to Congo to reveal how its troubled history has turned one of the world's potentially richest countries into one of its poorest. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Snow
Executive Producer:
Sam Collyns

This World

No Sex Please, We're Japanese

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

As Japan faces a future which could see its population shrink by a third in just 40 years, Anita Rani explores the reasons why the Japanese are not having enough babies. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Anita Rani
Series Producer:
Sarah Waldron
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall

This World

World's Busiest Maternity Ward

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

In crowded Manila, the capital of the Philippines, Anita Rani follows the lives of three different women and visits a hospital where up to 100 babies are born each day. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Sarah Waldron
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall
Presenter:
Anita Rani

This World

How China Fooled the World - with Robert Peston

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Peston
Producer:
Guy Smith
Director:
Guy Smith
Series Producer:
Sarah Waldron
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall

This World

World's Richest Terror Army

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Documentary. The inside story of how a small band of fanatical jihadists became the world's richest terror army. Peter Taylor looks at the wealth of the so-called Islamic State. Show more

Contributors

Reporter:
Peter Taylor
Producer:
Mike Rudin
Director:
Mike Rudin
Series Producer:
Sarah Waldron
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall