Sam Bagnall
Director
This World (2004)
Season 2010
The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent".
Released Jan. 4, 2004
Episode 60 min
14+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.reenactment
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S7E1 - Closing Guantanamo
On his second day in office, President Obama pledged to close the Guantanamo Detention Centre within a year. Michael Portillo finds out why he's not been able to keep his promise.
Jan. 3, 2010, midnight
S7E2 - Obama and Me
Documentary following the lives of ordinary Americans who voted for Barack Obama and had high hopes for his presidency. How have their lives been changed in Obama's first year?
Jan. 19, 2010, midnight
S7E3 - Tsunami: Five Years On
Documentary telling the powerful story of how the survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 have tried to rebuild their lives.
Jan. 27, 2010, midnight
S7E4 - Mexico's Drug War
Violence is running out of control in Mexico as rival drug cartels battle over the smuggling routes. Katya Adler journeys deep into the heart of a shocking conflict.
Feb. 7, 2010, midnight
S7E5 - Stolen Brides
Lucy Ash investigates bride stealing in Chechnya, following two families as they struggle to negotiate a compromise over the fate of a young woman abducted in the street.
Aug. 11, 2010, midnight
S7E6 - Surviving Haiti
Filmed over the six months after the Haiti earthquake, This World follows four of the few who were rescued from a death beneath the rubble.
Aug. 18, 2010, midnight
S7E7 - The Wounded Platoon
A shocking look at heroism, grief, combat, drugs, alcohol, brutal murder and the consequences of multiple tours and post-traumatic stress for a generation of American soldiers.
Aug. 25, 2010, midnight
S7E8 - Hostage in the Jungle
The story of the kidnapping of Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and her assistant Clara Rojas. Both of them spent six years in the jungle before their rescue.
Oct. 20, 2010, midnight
S7E9 - Tea Party America
As the US prepares to vote in crucial mid-term elections, political journalist Andrew Neil investigates the right-wing Tea Party, the fastest-growing political movement in the US.
Nov. 1, 2010, midnight
S7E10 - Pakistan's Flood Doctor
Documentary. Jane Corbin travels with Doctor Shershah Syed through the flood ravaged Sindh province in Pakistan as he performs life-saving operations.
Dec. 13, 2010, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 6741 min.
Released: Jan. 4, 2004
Last Air Date: Feb. 17, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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