Sam Bagnall
Director
This World (2004)
Season 2008
The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent".
Released Jan. 4, 2004
Episode 60 min
14+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.reenactment
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S5E1 - The Boys From Baghdad High
Documentary. Four classmates from different backgrounds were given cameras to capture everyday life in Baghdad. What does the future hold for these teens?
Jan. 8, 2008, midnight
S5E2 - Baghdad: A Doctor's Story
Shot by an Iraqi doctor, this film reveals the conditions of a civilian ER in Baghdad where the ambulance crews go from one dangerous mission to another.
Jan. 14, 2008, midnight
S5E3 - Girl Racer
International investigative documentary series. This film tells the story of beautiful Laleh Seddigh, who has become Iran’s national motor sports champion.
Feb. 19, 2008, midnight
S5E4 - Diamonds and Justice
Liberian Charles Taylor was on trial in the Hague in January for, allegedly, backing rebels in neighbouring Sierra Leone. Is he as evil as the West claims?
Feb. 26, 2008, midnight
S5E5 - Deep South Divide
Tom Mangold returns to the school in Jena, Louisiana to investigate the events that triggered the biggest black civil rights march since the 60s last year.
March 4, 2008, midnight
S5E6 - Miss Gulag
Documentary series. Every spring, staff at women's prison UF 91-9, Siberia, organise a beauty pageant to lift spirits and help inmates win time off for good behaviour.
March 11, 2008, midnight
S5E7 - Lethal Solution
International documentary series. The eighth amendment of the US Constitution bans 'cruel and unusual' punishment - so should American prisons use lethal injection?
March 18, 2008, midnight
S5E8 - Bannatyne Takes on Big Tobacco
Duncan Bannatyne, the scourge of Dragons' Den, journeys to Africa to explore the rise in the number of kids smoking and the activities of one tobacco company in particular.
July 1, 2008, midnight
S5E9 - Battle of the Bishops
Documentary. With the worldwide Anglican Church on the brink of an historic split, this film goes behind the scenes with the key players in the splinter movement.
July 21, 2008, midnight
S5E10 - Murder in the Snow
Investigative documentary series. Here, the story of Himalayan mountaineers who witnessed the shooting of Tibetan refugees by Chinese border guards in 2006.
Nov. 10, 2008, midnight
S5E11 - The Man Who Armed the World
Accused of being one of the most notorious arms dealers and sanction busters in the world, Russian businessman Viktor Bout languishes in jail in Bangkok. This World tells the story of the dramatic international sting which finally brought him to justice, and the battle to extradite him to the USA.
Nov. 17, 2008, midnight
S5E12 - American Time Bomb
Investigative documentary series. Is America facing a greater threat to its economy than the meltdown of its banking system? David Walker, former US Comptroller General, thinks so.
Nov. 24, 2008, midnight
S5E13 - Forced to Marry
Investigative documentary series. Saira Khan investigates the dramatic stories of British Asians taken to Pakistan by their parents and forced to marry against their will.
Dec. 1, 2008, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 6741 min.
Released: Jan. 4, 2004
Last Air Date: Feb. 17, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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