Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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Norway: Parents Against the State
Norway's child protection policies are attracting sharp criticism both at home and abroad.
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The Panama Papers
A major investigation reveals how the world's most notorious regimes get around sanctions
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Thai Buddhism: Monks, Mercs and Women
The rifts and sexual politics challenging Thai Buddhism and its devotees.
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Romania: The Shepherds鈥� Revolt
The shepherds protesting over what they see as a threat to their traditional way of life
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Hungary at the Cutting Edge
Maria Margaronis examines Hungary's hardline response to migration in Europe
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Kidnapped in Mexico
Vladimir Hernandez gets a rare insight into the world of kidnapping in Mexico
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America鈥檚 Angry Cowboys
The growing dispute over public land between America鈥檚 rural communities and government
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The Christians Stranded in Thailand
The plight of Christians fleeing violence in Pakistan and seeking refuge in Thailand
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Germany at the Centre of EU Migration Crisis
Chris Bowlby explores how Germany found itself at the centre of Europe's migration crisis
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Trump v the Republicans: PJ O鈥橰ourke on the Campaign Trail
PJ O鈥橰ourke is on the trail of Donald Trump in New Hampshire
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Gaddafi and the Man with the Golden Gun
The search for the golden gun seized by rebels when Col Gaddafi was captured
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Women in Love in Bangladesh
Lipika Pelham on the extraordinary story behind Bangladesh鈥檚 first same sex wedding
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The Great Tennis Fix
Have the tennis authorities done enough to investigate allegations of match fixing?
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Molenbeek Through the Looking Glass
Why has Molenbeek in Belgium been dubbed 鈥榡ihadi-central鈥� and what can be done about it?
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Brazil versus Sleaze
The web of corruption and scandal that has deepened Brazil's economic crisis
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The Battered Champions of Aleppo
The quest to find the football champions of Aleppo, now torn apart by civil war
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Malaysia鈥檚 Runaway Children
Five school children starve to death in the Malaysian jungle. Why weren't they protected?
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Cambodia: Trust Me I鈥檓 Not a Doctor
How unlicensed 'doctors' are often the preferred option for basic healthcare in Cambodia
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Robert Jones: Free at last?
How did Robert Jones spend 23 years in jail for crimes another man had been convicted of?
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Albania: Shadows of the Past
Can Albania come to terms with its past - the prisons, concrete bunkers, secret police?
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Greece: No Place to Die
The complex business of dying in Greece where the dead are exhumed after three years
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The Drug Mules of the Andes
Peru's drug 'mules' - youngsters hiking cocaine from the jungle to the highlands
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Norway-Russia: An Arctic Friendship Under Threat
The sacking of a newspaper editor strains an old friendship between Norway and Russia
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Puerto Rico: The Have Nots and the Have Yachts
Why locals are leaving, and super-rich Americans are coming in the opposite direction
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South Sudan: Can the World鈥檚 Youngest Country Survive?
Tim Franks asks why the world's youngest nation is falling apart
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The Mayor, the Migrants and France鈥檚 Far Right
Lucy Ash reports from the French city of Beziers which has become a Far-Right fortress.
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Fighting Terror with Torture
Does harsh interrogation yield reliable intelligence in the fight against terror?
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Great Expectations: Migrants in Germany
What can migrants arriving in Germany really expect? Can the cities receiving them cope?
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Spain鈥檚 Battle for the Bull
Spain's national bullfighting association has warned that the tradition is in crisis
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Inside the Tea Gardens of Assam
The working conditions for tea workers in the tea plantations of Assam
