Jean Mackenzie
Presenter
Global Eye (2025)
Series 1
A weekly programme from the BBC World Service, bringing forensic journalism from all corners of the world by BBC Eye, the World Service’s critically acclaimed investigative unit. It features expert global correspondents getting to the heart of the biggest international stories.
Released Sept. 8, 2025
Episode 28 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, News
Keywords: tmdb.world-wide, tmdb.investigative-journalism, tmdb.international, tmdb.feature-report
Production Companies: BBC World Service
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 08/09/2025: Ukraine Under Fire & Sudan’s Crisis
In the first episode, we hear from residents in Ukraine's Kharkiv and Nawal Al-Maghafi reports on the escalating crisis in Sudan.
Sept. 8, 2025, midnight
S1E2 - 15/09/2025: Syria’s Lost Children & South Korea’s Martial Law
In this week’s episode: an investigation into the disappearance of children under the Assad regime in Syria and Jean Mackenzie reports on the political turmoil in South Korea following the short-lived declaration of martial law last year.
Sept. 15, 2025, midnight
S1E3 - 22/09/2025: Fake News Network & Melting Alaska
In this episode, a BBC undercover reporter exposes a fake news operation in a European country about to go to the polls and Anna Holligan is in Alaska, America's last frontier, where rising temperatures are threatening communities, livelihoods and fragile ecosystems.
Sept. 22, 2025, midnight
S1E4 - 29/09/2025: Kenya’s Protest Killings
In this week’s episode, an investigation exposing members of the security forces who shot dead protesters at Kenya's parliament last year. And reporting from Nairobi, Waihiga Mwaura explores the aftermath of that brutal crackdown on those who took to the streets.
Sept. 29, 2025, midnight
S1E5 - 06/10/2025: Missing Leader Mystery & Cuba’s Economic Collapse
In this week’s episode, significant new evidence that may hold the clue to the fate of a Middle Eastern political leader missing for more than 40 years, and Will Grant reports from Havana on Cuba's worst economic crisis since the Cold War.
Oct. 6, 2025, midnight
S1E6 - 13/10/2025: Opioid Crisis in West Africa & Report from Kashmir
This week, an investigation into unlicensed opioids that have been driving a major public health crisis in West Africa and Diyva Arya is in Indian Administered Kashmir.
Oct. 13, 2025, midnight
S1E7 - 20/10/2025: Spies in Hong Kong & Lebanon's Uncertain Future
In this week’s episode, BBC Eye uncovers a growing culture of surveillance and informants in Hong Kong in the wake of the so-called “patriots law” and Carine Torbey reports from Beirut on how what is happening in Lebanon could shape the future of the entire Middle East.
Oct. 20, 2025, midnight
S1E8 - 27/10/2025: Gen Z Uprisings and the Fall of Two Leaders
In this week’s episode we explore the rise of gen Z protests around the world. The Eye team uncovers what really happened during the popular youth uprising that led to the downfall of Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Sammy Awami is in Madagascar, where another wave of political unrest driven by gen Z anger and frustration toppled President Andry Rajoelina.
Oct. 27, 2025, midnight
S1E9 - 03/11/2025: Dubai’s Hidden Sex Trade – and the Threat Facing Peru’s Uncontacted Tribes
In this episode, the Eye team goes undercover to expose an illegal prostitution ring in Dubai, and Stephanie Hegarty is in Peru to report on the plight of one of the world’s largest uncontacted tribes.
Nov. 3, 2025, midnight
S1E10 - 10/11/2025: Wildlife in Colombia’s River Magdalena in Peril as Brazil Prepares for UN Climate Summit
In this episode, BBC Eye investigates a disturbing trend of wildlife deaths along Colombia’s lifeblood, the River Magdalena, and Camilla Mota reports from Brazil ahead of the latest United Nations climate talks.
Nov. 10, 2025, midnight
S1E11 - 17/11/2025: New Evidence Challenges U.S. Probe into 2005 Haditha Killings
In this episode, Anna Foster reports from Iraq and BBC Eye uncovers new evidence raising serious doubts about the American investigation and trial for the 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians carried out by US marines in the town of Haditha.
Nov. 17, 2025, midnight
S1E12 - 24/11/2025: Palau’s Role in the World’s Largest Bitcoin Seizure
In this week’s episode, BBC Eye tells the incredible story of the Chinese woman behind behind the scam that led to the world's biggest bitcoin seizure and Shawn Yuan reports from the Pacific Island Nation of Palau.
Nov. 24, 2025, midnight
S1E13 - 01/12/2025: Georgia Police accused of using chemical agent as Russia’s Shadow war expand
In this week’s episode, BBC Eye investigates allegations that police in the former former Soviet republic, Georgia used a chemical weapon against protestors and Elizaveta Fokht reports from Berlin on Russia’s shadow war against the West.
Dec. 1, 2025, midnight
S1E14 - 08/12/2025: South Africa’s G20 - Housing Woes & Trump’s Refugees
Nomsa Maseko reports from South Africa in the wake of the first-ever G20 on African soil. In two exclusive reports, Eye Investigations hears from residents of abandoned and hijacked buildings just a few kilometres from the summit location and, in the province of Free State, meets some of President Trump’s South African refugees.
Dec. 8, 2025, midnight
S1E15 - 15/12/2025: The Deceit Behind Cancer Charity Scams in Conflict Areas
BBC Eye’s Simi Jolaoso reports on a global scam network that claims to raise millions of dollars for children with cancer in war zones and deprived areas, but none of the funds raised ever reach them.
Dec. 15, 2025, midnight
S1E16 - 05/01/2026: Greenland’s Stolen Children & The Future of the French Republic
In this week’s episode, how Greenlandic parents across Denmark are fighting to be reunited with children forcibly taken into care.
Andrew Harding reports from Paris on whether the French Republic, created to bring stability after years of upheaval, can still hold together today.
Jan. 5, 2026, midnight
S1E17 - 12/01/2026: Silicon Valley and the Future of AI
AI is changing everything – from how we work to how we live. The World Service’s cyber correspondent Joe Tidy is in Silicon Valley, California, the beating heart of the AI revolution to report on exactly what’s at stake. And he’ll be exploring the next frontier of artificial intelligence, one that was, until recently, a sci-fi dream.
Jan. 12, 2026, midnight
S1E18 - 19/01/2026
None
Jan. 19, 2026, midnight
BBC Two
28 min/ep
519 min
Sept. 8, 2025
Jan. 12, 2026, midnight
Jan. 19, 2026, midnight
Returning Series
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