S2008 E2 • Baghdad: A Doctor's Story

Shot by an Iraqi doctor, this film reveals the terrible conditions of a civilian ER in Baghdad. Al Yarmouk Hospital is in the most dangerous area of Baghdad. As the bomb victims come flooding in, the ambulance crews go from one dangerous mission to another.

Première diffusion : 14 janvier 2008

S2008 E1 • The Boys From Baghdad High

Four friends and classmates are coming of age in Baghdad. One is Kurdish, one Christian, one Shia and one from a mixed Sunni/Shia background. This programme was filmed by the students themselves during the 2006/07 academic year, offering a unique insight

Première diffusion : 8 janvier 2008

S2008 E2 • Baghdad: A Doctor's Story

Shot by an Iraqi doctor, this film reveals the terrible conditions of a civilian ER in Baghdad. Al Yarmouk Hospital is in the most dangerous area of Baghdad. As the bomb victims come flooding in, the ambulance crews go from one dangerous mission to another.

Première diffusion : 14 janvier 2008

S2008 E3 • Girl Racer

This film tells the story of beautiful Laleh Seddigh, an Angelina Jolie lookalike who has become Iran's national motor sports champion. Under the sport's rules, she can race directly against male drivers as long as she follows Muslim dress codes.

Première diffusion : 19 février 2008

S2008 E4 • Diamonds and Justice

Liberian Charles Taylor stands trial in the Hague for allegedly backing rebel soldiers in neighbouring Sierra Leone with his diamond mining profits. His charges are horrific: he is accused of using child soldiers, condoning amputations and rape and puttin

Première diffusion : 26 février 2008

S2008 E5 • Deep South Divide

Some 18 months ago in the mixed race town of Jena, Louisiana, two nooses were strung up on a schoolyard tree - a deliberate act by three white students against their fellow black colleagues. Within a year the racist sparks had started the flames of a ne

Première diffusion : 4 mars 2008

S2008 E6 • Miss Gulag

Can a beauty pageant raise spirits in a Siberian women's prison?

Première diffusion : 11 mars 2008

S2008 E7 • Lethal Solution

Is lethal injection a 'cruel and unusual' punishment, and thus unconstitutional in the US?

Première diffusion : 18 mars 2008

S2008 E8 • Massacre of Virginia Tech

On the morning of 16 April 2007, on the Virginia Tech campus in America, a 23-year-old student called Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people before turning his gun on himself. The incident became the worst gun rampage in US history. Using extensive access to key witnesses, it delves into the mystery of how Cho, a young man with no criminal history, became a mass murderer.

Première diffusion : 8 avril 2008

S2008 E9 • Bannatyne Takes on Big Tobacco

Duncan Bannatyne journeys to Africa to explore the rise in the number of kids smoking.

Première diffusion : 1 juillet 2008

S2008 E10 • Battle of the Bishops

Going behind the scenes of the Anglican Church's historic split.

Première diffusion : 21 juillet 2008

S2008 E11 • Murder in the Snow

The story of Himalayan mountaineers who filmed Tibetan refugees being shot by the Chinese.

Première diffusion : 10 novembre 2008

S2008 E12 • 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.

Première diffusion : 17 novembre 2008

S2008 E13 • American Time Bomb

Is America facing a greater threat to its economy than the meltdown of its banking system?

Première diffusion : 24 novembre 2008

S2008 E14 • Forced to Marry

Forced to marry. Helping British women escape unwanted marriages in Pakistan

Première diffusion : 1 décembre 2008