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Episode 1
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
05/02/2010
Nick Baker goes in search of China's seafaring legend Zheng He.
Opposing Obama
Gary Younge meets people who think Barack Obama's presidency is nothing but bad news.
Episode 2
12/02/2010
The stories and history of the bizarre phenomenon of sending messages in bottles across...
15/02/2010
Maurice Walsh reports on the changing face of religion in New York, as Hispanics are ta...
19/02/2010
Iranian Kazem Ariaiwand runs the most northerly kebab shop on the planet. This is his e...
10/03/2010
Is the internet changing the way Indians make matches and find life partners?
12/03/2010
The story of how an internet cafe changed a young Sydneysider's career steers Nick Bake...
The Virtual Revolution
The Great Levelling: has the internet lived up to the ideals of its founders?
Episode 3
The Cost of Free - how business has colonised the web.
Episode 4
Homo Interneticus - are our brains being rewired by the net?
Afghan Bloggers
Discover the world online in Afghanistan and meet the country's community of bloggers.
The Other Internet
An investigation into the censored world of the Chinese internet
22/03/2010
Sorious Samura follows a Hutu refugee as she returns home to Rwanda after the genocide.
26/03/2010
In Australia the shed is used to combat loneliness and depression in the older male gen...
29/03/2010
Frances Fyfield looks at the writ of habeas corpus, which safeguards individuals from a...
My World 1
Documentaries featuring very personal human stories and arresting global issues.
07/04/2010
Ros Atkins observes attitudes to tourism in three countries where he grew-up - the Baha...
14/04/2010
21/04/2010
Libyan dissident Jaballah Matar disappeared 20 years ago, and his son Hisham is investi...
Generation Jihad
Peter Taylor investigates the terrorist threat from young Muslims radicalised on the web.