Unreported World - Season 16

Unreported World

Season 16

2015 • 16 Episodes

Episodes

The City That Beat Isis - Unreported World

1. The City That Beat Isis

March 27, 2015

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

America's Cowboy Kids - Unreported World

2. America's Cowboy Kids

April 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.

Standing Up to Mugabe - Unreported World

3. Standing Up to Mugabe

April 10, 2015

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

Vaccination Wars - Unreported World

4. Vaccination Wars

April 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.

40 Years to Find My Family - Unreported World

5. 40 Years to Find My Family

April 24, 2015

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

Generation Football - Unreported World

6. Generation Football

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.

The Black Mambas: Saving the Rhino - Unreported World

7. The Black Mambas: Saving the Rhino

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.

Miss Crimea - Unreported World

8. Miss Crimea

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.

China's Gay Shock Therapy - Unreported World

9. China's Gay Shock Therapy

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.

The Fight for Sight - Unreported World

10. The Fight for Sight

October 9, 2015

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

The Girl Who Lost Her Face - Unreported World

11. The Girl Who Lost Her Face

October 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.

Frontline Family Reunions - Unreported World

12. Frontline Family Reunions

October 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.

Mafia Hunter - Unreported World

13. Mafia Hunter

October 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.

Mexico's Baby Business - Unreported World

14. Mexico's Baby Business

November 6, 2015

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

30 Years a Slave - Unreported World

15. 30 Years a Slave

November 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.

Brazil's Child Preachers - Unreported World

16. Brazil's Child Preachers

November 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.