Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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Greenland: To Dig or Not to Dig?
Will mining harm the environment - or lead the country to independence?
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Brazil: Fighting Slavery
On the road with one of Brazil's anti-slavery hit squads
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Bangladesh: Trials of Strength
Are the trials of alleged war criminals from the conflict of 1971 politically motivated?
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The Revenge Porn Avengers
The Texan women fighting 'revenge porn' sites after their naked pictures went online
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India: Resisting Rape
One year on in Delhi, are things any better for women who have chosen to report rape?
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Mexico: Exorcising the Narco-Devil
Why Catholic priests in Mexico believe they can fight drug trafficking through exorcism
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Moldova - Sour Grapes
Will Russian politics crush the thriving wine industry of tiny Moldova?
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Colombia Child Soldiers
The plight of children forced to fight in the conflict between Farc and government forces
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Indonesia: The Humungous Healthcare Plan
Can Indonesia create the world’s largest public health system?
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Melilla’s Border Stories
Migrants wait for months to scale the fence at Melilla, Europe’s border with Africa
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Lighting Lagos
Following the men and women who are trying to light Lagos, street by street, bulb by bulb
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Battling Booze in Alice Springs
How alcohol is affecting the Aboriginal community in Australia
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After the Collapse - the Rana Plaza Legacy
Has anything changed for garment workers in Bangladesh after the collapse of a factory?
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China and America: Harmony and Hostility
How will the relationship between American and China define the world we live in?
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Venezuela – Out of Stock
How Venuezuela's looming economic crisis is threatening the supply of basic consumer goods
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Indonesia's Mercury Menace
How mercury poisoning is threatening the health of Indonesian gold-miners
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Matchmaking in Modern China
Why China's gender imbalance will leave 24 million bachelors looking for love by 2020
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Boom and Bust in Australia’s Coal Country
The story of business in Mackay in Queensland and its good - and not so good - times
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Inside Gay Pakistan
Mobeen Azhar discovers a secret vibrant gay scene in urban Pakistan
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Turkey’s New Opposition
Can Turkey's new anti-government alliance hold together?
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Kazakhstan’s Living Gulags
How allegations of torture in Kazakhstan's prisons resonates with former Soviet gulags
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Bombing Boston
Is the US pursuing the most effective anti-terrorism strategy?
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Miracle Village
The unique community in Florida where over half the residents are registered sex offenders
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Spain: Operation FGM
The doctor offering reconstructive surgery to women scarred by female genital mutilation
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Welfare Britain – the New Reality
London families talk to Nina Robinson about the reality of new welfare reforms.
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Greece – In Sickness and in Debt
The volunteer medics helping to prop up the struggling Greek healthcare system
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Sweden’s Angry Suburbs
Why did Stockholm’s suburbs erupt into violence at the end of May?
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Kermit Gosnell: Doctor and Murderer
Dr Kermit Gosnell regulary performed illegal abortions. Why did authorities fail to act?
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France – The Tale of Two Factories
In the town of Amiens tyre manufacturers Goodyear and Dunlop face very different fates
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
The mystery of an unidentified young man found dead on a west London street