This World (television programme)
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This World is a BBC television documentary strand, shown in the United Kingdom on BBC Two, and occasionally internationally on BBC World. The subject matter is mainly social issues and current affairs stories from around the world.
Most films in the series run for one hour and in the UK are usually broadcast at 2100 on Tuesday or Thursday evenings. The This World website includes additional features and a discussion facility for public comment on the programmes. The BBC streams episodes in RealVideo format via its website for a limited period after they have been shown, and sells them on DVD and VHS by mail order.
[edit] Partial episode list
| Title | Subject | Air date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Day of War | the experiences of 16 fighters in different conflicts on 22 March 2004 | 2004-05-27 | 90-minute special; transcript |
| Coming of Age | rites of passage experienced by young people in different cultures around the world | 2005-02-22 | 90-minute special; transcript |
| Tiger Traffic | Siberian tiger poaching and wildlife trafficking in Russia | 2005-03-08 | transcript |
| It's My Country Too | the lives of Salman Ahmad and Muslims in the United States, and the Muslims for Bush pressure group | 2005-03-15 | transcript |
| Inside Israel's Jails | the lives of Palestinian militants in Israeli gaols | 2005-03-22 | |
| The Headmaster and the Headscarves | the effect of the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools on ħijāb-wearing female Muslim students | 2005-03-29 | |
| Blood and Land | land reform and related violence in South Africa | 2005-07-05 | |
| Bad Medicine | the international trade in counterfeit drugs | 2005-07-12 | |
| Property To Die For | home ownership and the property market in Russia | 2005-07-19 | |
| At The Epicentre | reconstruction after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake in Lampuuk, Aceh | 2005-07-26 | transcript |
| Looking For China Girl | demographic imbalance between the sexes in the People's Republic of China | 2005-08-02 | transcript |
| Iran's Nuclear Secrets | Iranian nuclear programme | 2005-08-23 | updated version of a programme shown in May 2005 |
| The Last Stand | Israeli settlers' efforts to resist the unilateral disengagement plan in the Gaza Strip | 2005-11-10 | transcript |
| The Jungle Beat | illegal logging in the Amazon Rainforest | 2005-11-17 | transcript |
| Death Metal Murders | purported links between death metal, Satanism and murders in Italy | 2005-11-24 | |
| Living Positive | the experiences of AIDS stigma by six HIV-positive people around the world on 22 July 2005 | 2005-12-01 | transcript |
| Munich: Operation Bayonet | Operation Wrath of God | 2006-01-24 | |
| Kidnap Cops | kidnappings in São Paulo | 2006-04-13 | |
| How To Plan A Revolution | pro-democracy youth movements in Azerbaijan | 2006-04-20 | |
| Drug Trials: The Dark Side | clinical trials in India administered without informed consent | 2006-04-27 | The Constant Gardener is a fictional portrayal of a similar theme |
| Killer's Paradise | proliferation of murders of women in Guatemala | 2006-05-04 | see also the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez, a similar case |
