16 episodes

Unreported World - Season 16

First aired Mar 27, 2015Season 16

Browse all 16 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

The City That Beat Isis

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Mar 27, 2015

A unique, devastating insight into the last days in the battle between Kurdish fighters and Isis for the Syrian town of Kobani.

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Episode 2

America's Cowboy Kids

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Apr 3, 2015

This action-packed, eye-opening episode visits Texas to meet the young children participating in what has been described as the world's most dangerous organised sport: bull-riding.

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Episode 3

Standing Up to Mugabe

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Apr 10, 2015

Unreported World meets the brave - and very funny - comics risking their security by satirising Zimbabwe's politicians online.

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Episode 4

Vaccination Wars

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Apr 17, 2015

Unreported World meets the health workers risking their lives to vaccinate children against polio in Pakistan, where the Taliban have issued a decree against vaccination.

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Episode 5

40 Years to Find My Family

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Apr 24, 2015

In Cambodia, Krishnan Guru-Murthy meets families torn apart by the Khmer Rouge genocide, who are now being reunited by reality TV.

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Episode 6

Generation Football

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May 1, 2015

Ade Adepitan investigates unscrupulous agents preying on young footballers in Cameroon who are desperate to make a career playing for teams in Europe or the Middle East.

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Episode 7

The Black Mambas: Saving the Rhino

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May 8, 2015

In South Africa, reporter Evan Williams and director Laura Warner meet the Black Mambas: the world's first all-female anti-poaching unit, who are battling to save the rhino from extinction.

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Episode 8

Miss Crimea

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May 15, 2015

In the disputed territory of Crimea, Marcel Theroux meets Tatar families worried about what Russian rule might bring and a young woman who hopes to become the first Tatar winner of Miss Crimea.

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Episode 9

China's Gay Shock Therapy

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May 22, 2015

Unreported World reveals how some Chinese hospitals use nausea-inducing drugs and electric shock therapy to 'cure' gay people, while gay rights activists are closely monitored by the police.

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Episode 10

The Fight for Sight

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Oct 9, 2015

In this uplifting episode, reporter Ade Adepitan meets medics in Malawi who perform 15-minute operations that allow blind people to see.

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Episode 11

The Girl Who Lost Her Face

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Oct 16, 2015

Reporter Giles Duley visits a remarkable clinic for victims of acid attacks in Bangladesh, and follows one young victim as she rebuilds her life, and the inspirational team helping her.

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Episode 12

Frontline Family Reunions

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Oct 23, 2015

Reporter Morland Sanders meets the aid workers trying to reunite children and parents who are trapped on different sides of the frontline in the brutal civil war in South Sudan.

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Episode 13

Mafia Hunter

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Oct 30, 2015

Krishnan Guru-Murthy meets the television journalist in Sicily who's risking his life to expose the Mafia bosses whose tentacles still reach far into almost every aspect of life.

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Episode 14

Mexico's Baby Business

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Nov 6, 2015

Reporter Kiki King investigates Mexico's fast-growing, multi-billion-dollar surrogacy industry.

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Episode 15

30 Years a Slave

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Nov 13, 2015

Marcel Theroux investigates the growing national scandal in South Korea of modern-day slaves, many of whom have learning difficulties and worked for years on a remote island chain.

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Episode 16

Brazil's Child Preachers

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Nov 20, 2015

Child preachers in Brazil are attracting large crowds and becoming celebrities, as the country's fast-growing evangelical movement gains religious and political power.