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Our World Season 5

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5x01 From Rubble to Recovery aired Jan 29, 2011

It is ten years since the Gujarat earthquake struck killing thousands and making many more homeless. Aid poured in, and a decade on, the worst-affected area ... read more

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5x02 Somalia's Forgotten Suffering aired Feb 05, 2011

Zeinab Badawi travels to parts of Somalia rarely seen by the outside world, and to neighbouring Djibouti, to witness the suffering of those who have fled the... read more

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5x03 The Gulf: Armed & Dangerous aired Feb 12, 2011

As the schism widens between Shias and Sunnis in the Gulf region, Bill Law heads to Bahrain and Kuwait and discovers that fear itself is already threatening ... read more

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5x04 Oil, Politics and Hugo Chavez aired Feb 19, 2011

Are the wheels coming off of Venezuela's socialist revolution? Around 40 per cent of the new parliament is comprised of MP's from opposition parties. James R... read more

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5x05 The Guantanamo Prisoner aired Feb 25, 2011

Orla Guerin talks to Saad Iqbal Madni, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay for over five years who remains haunted by his time there.

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5x06 Cyberwar aired Mar 05, 2011

A cyber attack on our energy, water or financial infrastructure could bring much of our everyday lives - even the global economy - grinding to a halt. Susan ... read more

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5x07 Palin's Race aired Mar 12, 2011

Jackie Long profiles Sarah Palin in her home state of Alaska and asks if she could yet become the first woman President of the United States.

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5x08 Cuba at the Crossroads aired Mar 19, 2011

Cuba is undergoing major economic change. The government is cutting back on subsidies like the ration cards, and planning to lay off more than a million peop... read more

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5x09 Behind the Saudi Veil aired Apr 02, 2011

Some Saudi women call their country the 'biggest women's prison in the world'. Others are content with their traditional place in life. Many want change - bu... read more

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5x10 Tragedy at Smolensk aired Apr 09, 2011

Peter Marshall investigates the air crash which killed the President of Poland and his entire cabinet a year ago. What went wrong, and how has the tragedy ch... read more

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5x11 Building Helmand aired Apr 16, 2011

If the West's strategy in Afghanistan is to succeed, the victory will have to be more than military. David Loyn travels to the frontline province of Helmand ... read more

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5x12 Sisters of the Revolution aired Apr 23, 2011

Bill Law meets five Egyptian women who have been working for political change. How has the fall of Mubarak changed their lives - and what are their hopes for... read more

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5x13 The Vanishing Antarctica aired Apr 30, 2011

Richard Wilson travels to the West Antarctic Ice Shelf to see the work of the British scientists who are investigating changes to the shape of the ice - and ... read more

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5x14 Ecuador's Oil Gamble aired May 07, 2011

Linda Pressly reports on the controversial deal offered by Ecuador over an oilfield under pristine rainforest. Ecuador is asking for billions to stop the fie... read more

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5x15 Yemen Uprising aired May 13, 2011

In the midst of worsening political and economic turmoil, Yemen's President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, clings to power. Natalia Antelava looks at a country being t... read more

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5x16 Pirate Hunters aired May 21, 2011

It's the scourge of international shipping. But for many from the failed state of Somalia, piracy has become a lucrative business. A few dozen warships are n... read more

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5x17 Stalin's Toxic Legacy aired May 28, 2011

High in the mountains of Georgia, campaigners say there is an ecological disaster.

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5x18 China's Green Revolution aired Jun 04, 2011

China pollutes more than any other country on earth, but now the Chinese government says it wants the country to go green. So can China really clean up its a... read more

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5x19 Journey from Tahrir aired Jun 24, 2011

Tim Whewell travels through Egypt and into Gaza to explore the impact of the country's revolution on the people there.

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5x20 Inside Assad's Syria aired Jul 02, 2011

Sue Lloyd-Roberts travels undercover through Syria to the capital Damascus to find out what is really going on under Assad's rule.

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5x21 Uganda - Experiments in Aid aired Jul 16, 2011

Humphrey Hawksley reports from the Karamoja region of northern Uganda where the UN is pioneering an ambitious plan to end hunger and the region's long-term d... read more

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5x22 24/07/2011 aired Jul 24, 2011

Featuring news programmes on current issues around the world

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5x23 Ruling Iran aired Jul 30, 2011

James Reynolds profiles Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran's Supreme Leader.

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5x24 Oldham: Crossing The Line aired Aug 06, 2011

Ten years after the race riots, Oldham's government tries to bring communities together.

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5x25 Barcelona - Bullfighting And Cathedrals aired Aug 13, 2011

In Barcelona, Steve Smith looks at the declining interest in bullfighting.

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5x26 Gorbachev - Part 1, The Great Dissident aired Aug 20, 2011

Bridget Kendall charts the rise to power of Mikhail Gorbachev.

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5x27 Gorbachev - Part 2, The Great Dissident aired Aug 21, 2011

Bridget Kendall charts the downfall of Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union.

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5x28 Living With Slums aired Aug 26, 2011

By 2050, it is expected that around two billion people will live in slums. Paul Mason visits Manila to find out if we have to learn to live with slums.

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5x29 Fallout 9-11 aired Sep 03, 2011

The destruction of the twin towers was a site that became the definition of terror. It was an onslaught that killed nearly three thousand people - but a deca... read more

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5x30 That September Day aired Sep 10, 2011

Laura Trevelyan meets three New Yorkers all affected in different ways by 9/11. Their minute-by-minute recollections of that azure-blue morning convey the ch... read more

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5x31 Securing New York aired Sep 16, 2011

Granted rare access, this film follows the New York Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation as they fight terrorism in the city and work to... read more

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5x32 Crossing Steinbeck's America aired Sep 24, 2011

As America grapples with a deepening recession, white-collar workers are now losing their homes in increasing numbers. Paul Mason travels the country down th... read more

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5x33 Dangerous Journeys North aired Oct 02, 2011

Central American migrants heading north to the United States fear that they are increasingly in danger of being kidnapped and murdered by drug gangs. Linda P... read more

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5x34 Mission For Maths aired Oct 09, 2011

Milton Nkosi follows the Warwick in Africa programme - bringing young teachers from the UK to South Africa. Can they really help, and what will teaching in t... read more

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5x35 The Witchdoctors' Children aired Oct 15, 2011

Chris Rogers uncovers evidence of violence against children in Uganda, and investigates the practice of trafficking young victims into the UK.

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5x36 School of Olympic Dreams aired Oct 22, 2011

Bishop Okiring School in Kenya boasts world-class athletes among its former pupils and their success has inspired a generation of determined pupils to try fo... read more

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5x37 Abuse in America aired Oct 30, 2011

As government figures confirm that nearly two thousand children a year die of abuse or neglect in the United States, Natalia Antelava goes to Texas to invest... read more

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5x38 Europe's Christian Exodus aired Nov 05, 2011

In Europe the power of Christian ritual is waning. More than 180 thousand German Catholics left the Church last year - and in the last half century the Prote... read more

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5x39 The Arctic Convoys aired Nov 12, 2011

Between 1941 and 1945 the Arctic convoys transported millions of tonnes of crucial supplies and munitions from Scotland to Russia. Robert Hall meets the surv... read more

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5x40 29/12/2011 - Wind Turbines aired Dec 29, 2011

David Shukman explores the extraordinary engineering behind Britain's giant wind turbines, and asks if offshore wind really is the answer to our energy needs.

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