Abdul Aziz Ghazi
101 East (2007)
2016
Bold, untold stories from across Asia and the Pacific. Al Jazeera's in-depth, weekly current affairs programme from the world's most populated region.
Released March 23, 2007
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, News, War
Keywords: imdb.affair, tmdb.asia, tmdb.politics, tmdb.economics, tmdb.culture
Network: Al Jazeera English
S10E1 - The Bounty Hunters
As weak law enforcement allows the Philippines' most wanted fugitives to evade capture, are bounty hunters the answer?
Jan. 6, 2016, midnight
S10E2 - Too Young to Wed: Child Marriage in Bangladesh
101 East travels to Bangladesh to find out why young girls are often forced to marry men twice their age.
Jan. 14, 2016, midnight
S10E3 - Out of Sight: Malaysia's Orang Asli
101 East investigates what led to the deaths of five indigenous children who went missing in the jungles of Malaysia.
Jan. 21, 2016, midnight
S10E4 - Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence in Australia
101 East examines why domestic violence touches so many Australian women and asks what is being done to turn the tide.
Jan. 28, 2016, midnight
S10E5 - South Korea's Hangover
South Koreans drink twice as much liquor as Russians, but is this national obsession with alcohol reversible?
Feb. 4, 2016, midnight
S10E6 - Australia: In the Line of Fire
Australians living in the world's most fire-prone region grapple daily with a life-or-death choice: fight or flight.
Feb. 18, 2016, midnight
S10E7 - Inside Indonesia's Drug War
Indonesia's drug laws are some of the strictest in the world, but are long jail terms and capital punishment working?
Feb. 25, 2016, midnight
S10E8 - On Thin Ice: India's National Ice Hockey Team
India's national ice hockey team is fighting to win hearts and matches in their quest for international sporting glory.
March 3, 2016, midnight
S10E9 - Cambodia: Unlicensed to Heal
101 East investigates Cambodia's healthcare system and asks if unlicensed village medics are the best hope for the sick.
March 10, 2016, midnight
S10E10 - The Orangutan Whisperer
Can orangutan expert Leif Cocks and special jungle schools in Sumatra help save the endangered species from extinction?
March 24, 2016, midnight
S10E11 - Cambodia, My New Home
We follow refugees who hoped to live in Australia as they are resettled in Cambodia in a controversial transfer deal.
March 31, 2016, midnight
S10E12 - Rodrigo Duterte: Guns, Goons and the Presidency
Using gun power, he cleaned up his violent city. Now he wants the Filipino presidency. We join his wild ride to the top.
April 7, 2016, midnight
S10E13 - Nepal: After the Earthquake
We return to Nepal to find out how people have endured the aftermath of one of the nation's deadliest natural disasters.
April 14, 2016, midnight
S10E14 - Hong Kong's Missing Booksellers
Five Hong Kong booksellers vanish, only to surface in China. How and why did they get there?
April 21, 2016, midnight
S10E15 - Hong Kong: Aged and Abandoned
Hong Kong is one of the world's richest cities, so why are thousands of elderly residents collecting rubbish to survive?
May 5, 2016, midnight
S10E16 - India's Love Detectives
Hiring private detectives to investigate lovers is big business in India as modern technology challenges tradition.
May 12, 2016, midnight
S10E17 - Shark Alarm: Protecting Australia's Swimmers
101 East dives headfirst into the debate over whether Australia is doing enough to protect swimmers from shark attacks.
May 19, 2016, midnight
S10E18 - Good Morning Pakistan: Journalists Under Threat
In Pakistan's tribal areas, journalists risk it all to deliver the news.
June 2, 2016, midnight
S10E19 - China's Rich Girls
We enter the inner circle of China's new generation of elites to get an insight into a world where money is no object.
June 9, 2016, midnight
S10E20 - Myanmar's Poppylands
Growing opium provides vital income for thousands of families in Myanmar but the drug is devastating entire communities.
June 16, 2016, midnight
S10E21 - Afghanistan's Slippery Slopes
A ski industry has sprung up in the remote alps of Afghanistan. But will this enterprise survive a resurgent Taliban?
June 23, 2016, midnight
S10E22 - How Safe are Asia's Airlines?
101 East investigates if Asia's budget airlines are sacrificing safety as competition for passengers heats up.
July 7, 2016, midnight
S10E23 - Afghanistan: Medics Under Fire
We investigate the dangers facing medics on the frontline in the wake of a fatal attack on a hospital in Afghanistan.
July 14, 2016, midnight
S10E24 - No Safe Haven: Chinese Dissidents Living in Fear
Thailand has long been a sanctuary for Chinese dissidents, but it no longer offers safety for those seeking refuge.
July 21, 2016, midnight
S10E25 - How to be a Chinese Tourist
We go on tour in Paris with the Chinese tour groups who have joined the notorious club of the world's worst tourists
July 28, 2016, midnight
S10E26 - The Rise of India's superbugs
Tens of thousands of newborns are dying every year in India from antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Aug. 11, 2016, midnight
S10E27 - Finding Love In Japan
Romance is proving problematic for Japanese youth. Can state-sanctioned matchmaking provide the perfect love potion?
Aug. 18, 2016, midnight
S10E28 - Inside Fukushima's Time Bomb
Five years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster many residents are still living in a radioactive nightmare.
Aug. 25, 2016, midnight
S10E29 - India's Miracle Babies
India's elderly new mothers: Are doctors playing God, or does every woman have the right to bear a child?
Sept. 1, 2016, midnight
S10E30 - Asia's Kidney Black Market
We explore Asia's organ black market, from the villages of Nepal to the Indian city known as the 'Great Kidney Bazaar'.
Sept. 8, 2016, midnight
S10E31 - The End of China Inc?
As time is running out for China to pay off its bad debts, 101 East investigates if this could be the end of China Inc.
Sept. 15, 2016, midnight
S10E32 - Maid in Singapore
Agents in Myanmar are recruiting girls as young as 15 to work as domestic helpers in Singapore.
Sept. 29, 2016, midnight
S10E33 - Japan: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
A look at Japan's justice system as forced confessions and wrong convictions threaten to taint law enforcement agencies.
Oct. 6, 2016, midnight
S10E34 - Hope for Australia's Indigenous
We investigate how the Australian town of Bourke is trying to save their indigenous youth from a life of crime.
Oct. 20, 2016, midnight
S10E35 - India's Slave Brides
101 East investigates how every year, tens of thousands of girls and women in India are trafficked into slave marriages.
Nov. 10, 2016, midnight
S10E36 - Rodrigo Duterte: The President's Report Card
The Philippine president has been accused of ordering extrajudicial killings, but who is the man behind the headlines?
Nov. 17, 2016, midnight
S10E37 - Malaysia: Babies for Sale
101 East investigates the sinister world of baby selling in Malaysia, where infants are sold to the highest bidder.
Nov. 24, 2016, midnight
S10E38 - China's Left-Behind Generation
Millions of China's children are growing up without their parents. We look at the struggles of a generation left behind.
Dec. 1, 2016, midnight
S10E39 - China's African Gold Rush
101 East travels into Ghana's tropical rainforest where 30,000 Chinese miners hunt for gold.
Dec. 15, 2016, midnight
S10E40 - Fleeing South Korea
Young skilled South Koreans throw away their careers for manual jobs overseas to flee the pressures of life at home.
Dec. 29, 2016, midnight
Network: Al Jazeera English
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: March 23, 2007
Last Air Date: Sept. 21, 2017, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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