Season 2009 (2009)

Mandela at 90
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January 31, 2009 • 1h

After years of retirement from political life, Nelson Mandela, the world's most admired statesman, allows cameras into his private world.

Escaping North Korea
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April 6, 2009 • 1h

The dramatic stories of North Koreans who are risking everything, including torture and execution, to escape the repression and hu...Read more

The Madoff Hustle
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June 28, 2009 • 1h

Investigative documentary. Willard Foxton, whose father committed suicide after falling for an elaborate con, heads to the US to i...Read more

Gypsy Child Thieves
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September 2, 2009 • 1h

This World examines the shocking phenomenon of Romanian Gypsy children across Europe forced to beg and steal, and the racism and d...Read more

An Iranian 'Martyr'
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November 24, 2009 • 1h

Investigative documentary series. The story of Neda Agha Soltan, an Iranian woman who was shot in Tehran in June 2009, and has bee...Read more

Can Obama Save the Planet?
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November 25, 2009 • 1h

International investigative documentary series. Justin Rowlatt reports on whether President Obama is on target to keep his climate change promises.

Stalin's Back
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December 2, 2009 • 1h

Joseph Stalin is back. Or is he? Reporter John Sweeney travels more than 5000 miles through the old Soviet Union, from Stalin's b...Read more