Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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The undercover migrant
A young man from rural Ghana goes undercover on the migrant trail recording his journey
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Bolivia’s Mennonites, Justice and Renewal
In 2009, Mennonite women in a far-flung Bolivian colony reported mass rape.
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Guyana - bracing for the oil boom
South America’s second poorest nation is about to get very rich
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The Crossing
The British gangs making big money smuggling migrants across the English Channel
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Bangladesh versus Yaba
Thousands of Bangladeshi addicts are hooked on Yaba, a methamphetamine and caffeine mix
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Restoring Brazil's National Treasure
Can the treasures lost when Brazil's National Museum burnt down be salvaged or replaced?
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Poland's partisan ghosts
For some in Poland the Cursed Soldiers are national heroes; for others they are murderers
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Nepal fights foreign paedophiles
Hunting western paedophiles is a priority for a new police unit in Nepal
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Unrest in Ukraine’s little Hungary
Tensions are rising on Ukraine's western border with Hungary
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The crypto factor: the winners and losers in virtual investment
Cryptocurrencies have been around for 10 years, so why are many still dogged by scandal?
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Abandoned in the Amazon
The dangers of flying in the great wilderness of the Brazilian rainforest
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The Church of Denmark abuse scandal
How a Church of Denmark priest sexually abused children for a decade without detection
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Empty Spain and the caravans of love
How does a lonely, Spanish shepherd find love when single women have left for the city?
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Malawi: Life after death row
A ground-breaking re-sentencing project has changed the fates of more than 100 inmates
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Can we fix it? The inside story of match fixing in tennis
The inside story of how players and betting gangs are fixing matches in tennis
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The Pledge
Students die every year on US college campuses because of dangerous β€hazingβ€ rituals
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Japan's Elderly Crime Wave
Elderly pensioners in Japan commit petty crimes so that they can be sent to prison
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Closing Uganda’s Orphanage
Hundreds of illegal orphanages in Uganda, many funded by UK charities, face closure.
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France, Algeria and the Battle for Truth
A widow’s 60 year campaign for the truth about her husband’s death in the Algerian War
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Balkan Border Wars - Serbia and Kosovo
Old enemies Serbia and Kosovo discuss what for some is unthinkable - an ethnic land swap
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The Brazilian Footballer Who Never Was
How one boy’s dream was cut short by the beautiful game’s ugly prejudice in Brazil.
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Armenia: Return to a Town that Died
Two British firefighters revisit the scene of Armenia's devastating earthquake in 1988.
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DNA, Me and the Family Tree
How home DNA testing kits are revealing more than some people bargained for.
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China's Hidden Camps
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ gains rare access to a region of China where Muslims are being held without trial
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Inside Burundi’s Killing Machine
An investigation into repression in Burundi, one of Africa's most secretive countries.
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A Stark Choice for Cambodia's Surrogates
Locked up for renting out their wombs, mothers in Cambodia must make an agonising choice.
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Nigeria's Patient 'Prisoners'
Nigerian patients held in hospital because they cannot pay their medical bills
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Modern Slavery Survivors
The stories of men trafficked into forced labour in the UK
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Saudi's Crown Prince in the spotlight
Mohammed bin Salman is under intense scrutiny following the killing of Jamal Khashoggi
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West Africa’s Fish Famine
An important fish that millions depend on is being turned into animal feed for export.