Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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Hanging by a thread: Bangladesh’s garment workers
The devastating effect of the coronavirus pandemic on Bangladesh’s garment industry
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Spain’s care home nightmare
Why did so many people die in just one elderly care home in Madrid?
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Saving Zimbabwe’s forests
Honey bees, cow dung and mulch; how a company in Zimbabwe is preventing deforestation
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Chile: An education for all
Students and teachers in Chile demand an end to inequality in education
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Extreme measures
Jack Merritt was killed trying to deradicalise extremists. Can rehabilitation work?
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The man who died for trees
A mystery killing has shocked Romania as the fight over its ancient forests turns deadly
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Indonesia: Not cool to date
Saying no to dating is part of a growing ultraconservative social movement in Indonesia
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Ireland’s housing hunger
How young people in Ireland are facing a huge housing crisis
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The trees that bleed
Illegal logging of the endangered rosewood tree is decimating forests in Casamance
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Something in the air?
Cabin crew claim toxic air is harming them, but airlines say there is no proven link
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Confessions of a mafia boss
Dominic Casciani gets exclusive access to a former mafia boss turned prosecution witness
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Riding the Motel 22: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½less in California
California’s homeless take a ride on the ‘Motel 22’
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El Salvador: The story of Karla Turcios
A woman is murdered in El Salvador every three days. Karla Turcios was one of them
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Panic in Bulgaria
“They’re coming for our childrenâ€: How fear of social workers has gripped Bulgaria
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Colombia’s new cocaine war
Michael Buchanan gets rare access to Colombia’s cocaine producers and smugglers
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Finland's race to go carbon neutral
The Finnish fisherman who believes he has a solution to climate change
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Ayahuasca: Fear and healing in the Amazon
Psychedelic plants, the spiritual tourism backlash - and sexual abuse
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Belarus: The wild world of Chernobyl
'We lived with wolves' says 90-year-old Galina - a witness to life before Chernobyl
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Disappeared in Thailand
A grisly discovery in a murder investigation in Thailand may lead to significant change.
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Iceland: The great thaw
Iceland's glaciers are melting and scientists predict they could all be gone in 200 years
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County lines: Girl drug runners in the UK
The story of girls trapped in the violent world of cross-country drugs gangs in the UK
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A fight for light in Lebanon
How a corrupt system condemns Lebanese to the misery of constant power-cuts
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Sri Lanka: The new climate of fear
Muslims in Sri Lanka are deciding whether to stay or leave amidst a new climate of fear
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The man who laughed at al-Qaeda
Remembering Raed Fares the Radio Fresh FM founder who fought hatred with humour in Syria.
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Russian women fight back
Domestic violence is endemic and often deadly in Russia but some women are fighting back
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Sierra Leone: The price of going home
What happens to migrants who give up trying to reach Europe – and go home as failures?
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Albania’s Iranian guests
Who are the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), Albania’s Iranian guests?
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The Zogos of Liberia
Inside the lives of Liberia’s forgotten child soldiers
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Being black in Italy
Meet the black Italians fighting to claim their place in a nation that’s still very white
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Argentina’s ‘white gold’ rush
Are lithium-powered electric vehicles as ‘green’ as we think they are?