Our World Season 2020

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2020x01 Colombia: The New Cocaine War aired Jan 17, 2020

Colombia has long been the world's largest producer of cocaine. A historic peace deal in 2016 was meant to reduce the amount of cocaine being produced by off... read more

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2020x02 Who Betrayed Hevrin Khalaf? aired Jan 24, 2020

In October 2019, a rising star of Syrian democratic politics, 34-year-old Hevrin Khalaf, was brutally murdered in the Kurdish-governed north east of the coun... read more

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2020x03 The Hunt for Gaza's Lost Treasure aired Feb 01, 2020

In 2017 a group of fishermen found a hoard of precious coins on the sea bed off the coast of Gaza. They were decadrachms from the reign of Alexander the Grea... read more

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2020x04 Journey to the Doomsday Glacier aired Feb 07, 2020

Glaciologists have described Thwaites Glacier as the "most important" glacier in the world, the "riskiest" glacier, even the "doomsday" glacier. Scientist... read more

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2020x05 Confessions of a Mafia Killer aired Feb 14, 2020

Panzuto was a mafia boss, and a hardened killer. For years he played a key role in Naples' Camorra, but now he has turned state witness and is helping put hi... read more

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2020x06 Facing the Bombers aired Feb 21, 2020

Our World gained unprecedented access to enter Indonesia’s prison to witness both Garil and Sarah meeting the bombers who killed their parents.

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2020x07 Blasian Love in South Africa aired Feb 28, 2020

Few events are more nerve wracking than meeting the parents of someone you love. For black and Asian couples in South Africa, it's even more challenging.

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2020x08 Wuhan: Life under Lockdown aired Mar 13, 2020

Coronavirus is now spreading around the world as governments scramble to contain it. The outbreak began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which has been locked d... read more

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2020x09 The Trees That Bleed aired Mar 20, 2020

Illegal logging of the endangered rosewood tree is decimating forests in Casamance in Senegal. The BBC investigates the trade worth trade worth hundreds of m... read more

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2020x10 North Korea's Celebrity Defectors aired Mar 27, 2020

There are over 30 000 North Korean defectors currently living in South Korea. Most have fled the brutal regime of Kim Jong-un in the hope of a better life an... read more

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2020x11 Sri Lanka: One Year On aired Apr 17, 2020

One year on, Jane Corbin returns to the island and meets three of those whose lives were changed that day and who have set out to help rebuild the Sri Lanka ... read more

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2020x12 Saving Eden aired Apr 25, 2020

Deforestation has skyrocketed in Colombia since the peace deal of 2016. Our World joins a team of scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as they go o... read more

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2020x13 Venezuela Falling Backwards aired May 02, 2020

Oil-rich Venezuela has been in an ever-growing state of crisis since Hugo Chavez died in 2013 and the crash in global oil prices.

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2020x14 India's Missing Children aired May 08, 2020

In India, a child goes missing every eight minutes. The children are often trafficked into domestic labour or the sex trade. Many are never seen again.

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2020x15 Ireland's Traveller Women aired May 15, 2020

Irish society has changed dramatically in recent years, but discrimination against travellers remains widespread. In 2017, in a bid to change public attitude... read more

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2020x16 Spain's Coronavirus Heroes aired May 22, 2020

Spain is one of the countries hardest hit by coronavirus. Ice rinks have been turned into morgues, and drive-through funerals have caused heartbreak for many... read more

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2020x17 New York: Coronavirus Diaries aired May 30, 2020

New York has been the epicentre of America's coronavirus outbreak, with nearly 30,000 deaths in the state so far. As the virus took hold in March, doctors an... read more

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2020x18 South Korea: How to Fight Coronavirus aired Jun 06, 2020

In January, a woman passenger had her temperature checked at Incheon International Airport - and South Korea discovered its first case of coronavirus. In the... read more

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2020x19 Wuhan: Life After Lockdown aired Jun 19, 2020

The lockdown in Wuhan has now been lifted, and the city is trying to recover. But just how normal is daily life in Wuhan now - and how are its people adjusti... read more

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2020x20 Kenya's Locust Hunters aired Jun 27, 2020

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2020x21 Coronavirus Cruises aired Jul 03, 2020

More than 25 million people go on cruises each year. As coronavirus spread, cruise ships suffered devastating outbreaks that resulted in thousands being infe... read more

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2020x22 Brazil: One Virus, Two Worlds aired Jul 10, 2020

Brazil has been devastated by coronavirus. More than 1.4 million people have been infected and the numbers are rising fast. Our World travels to Sao Paulo.

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2020x23 Coronavirus in Iran aired Sep 19, 2020

Reporting on the Coronavirus from inside Iran.

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2020x24 Police Brutality - American Witnesses aired Sep 26, 2020

The killing of George Floyd, caught on camera by eyewitnesses, has led to an outpouring of anger in America. But what happens when the cameras are turned off? read more

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2020x25 Europe's Cycling Revolution aired Oct 03, 2020

Over a billion euros has been invested in cycling across Europe since the start of the pandemic. Some of the continent's biggest cities are being transformed... read more

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2020x26 Trump and God aired Oct 10, 2020

Lebo Diseko meets Christian voters in the swing state of North Carolina and explores how important faith will be in a contest that Biden has billed as a batt... read more

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2020x27 The Day Moria Burned aired Oct 16, 2020

On 8 September, the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos went up in flames. More than 12,000 migrants, already living in dire conditions, were bu... read more

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2020x28 America's Tik Tok Election aired Oct 24, 2020

TikTok is one of the fastest growing apps in the world and has now been downloaded more than two billion times. It is most famous for lip-syncing teenagers a... read more

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2020x29 Bangladesh: The End of Fast Fashion? aired Oct 31, 2020

Bangladesh has the world's second largest garment manufacturing industry, which for decades fuelled Europe and America's appetite for fast fashion. But as co... read more

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2020x30 Iran and the Mystery Murders aired Nov 07, 2020

Could the Iranian regime have orchestrated assassinations and an attempted bombing on European soil?

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