Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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Genoa's broken bridge
An icon of Italian design; a centrepiece of a community; a tragedy waiting to happen?
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America's hospital emergency
A small town goes on life-support after its lone hospital closes
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The spy in your pocket
How sophisticated spy-ware can be used to track our everyday activities. Who is watching?
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Bitter brew
The harrowing story of rape, murder and violence on a Kenyan tea plantation
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Germany鈥檚 climate change frontline
A German forest is disappearing; devoured by a coalmine. Can the trees be saved?
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Denmark's migrant ghettos
Denmark's immigration policy is among the most controversial in western Europe
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Marseille: France鈥檚 crumbling city
As its city centre falls apart, Marseille is facing a crisis
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Dying from Mistrust in Ukraine
How mistrust of vaccine has brought a forgotten disease back to Europe
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Morocco鈥檚 Hash Trail to Europe
Growers, smugglers and the police who鈥檇 stop them
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Turkey鈥檚 Political Football
How has rivalry on the football field reflected the political divisions in Turkey?
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Sudan鈥檚 white-coated uprising
The role Sudan鈥檚 doctors played in defying its ruler Omar al-Bashir
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The undercover migrant
A young man from rural Ghana goes undercover on the migrant trail recording his journey
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Bolivia鈥檚 Mennonites, Justice and Renewal
In 2009, Mennonite women in a far-flung Bolivian colony reported mass rape.
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Guyana - bracing for the oil boom
South America鈥檚 second poorest nation is about to get very rich
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The Crossing
The British gangs making big money smuggling migrants across the English Channel
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Bangladesh versus Yaba
Thousands of Bangladeshi addicts are hooked on Yaba, a methamphetamine and caffeine mix
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Restoring Brazil's National Treasure
Can the treasures lost when Brazil's National Museum burnt down be salvaged or replaced?
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Poland's partisan ghosts
For some in Poland the Cursed Soldiers are national heroes; for others they are murderers
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Nepal fights foreign paedophiles
Hunting western paedophiles is a priority for a new police unit in Nepal
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Unrest in Ukraine鈥檚 little Hungary
Tensions are rising on Ukraine's western border with Hungary
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The crypto factor: the winners and losers in virtual investment
Cryptocurrencies have been around for 10 years, so why are many still dogged by scandal?
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Abandoned in the Amazon
The dangers of flying in the great wilderness of the Brazilian rainforest
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The Church of Denmark abuse scandal
How a Church of Denmark priest sexually abused children for a decade without detection
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Empty Spain and the caravans of love
How does a lonely, Spanish shepherd find love when single women have left for the city?
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Malawi: Life after death row
A ground-breaking re-sentencing project has changed the fates of more than 100 inmates
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Can we fix it? The inside story of match fixing in tennis
The inside story of how players and betting gangs are fixing matches in tennis
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The Pledge
Students die every year on US college campuses because of dangerous 鈥渉azing鈥� rituals
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Japan's Elderly Crime Wave
Elderly pensioners in Japan commit petty crimes so that they can be sent to prison
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Closing Uganda鈥檚 Orphanage
Hundreds of illegal orphanages in Uganda, many funded by UK charities, face closure.
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France, Algeria and the Battle for Truth
A widow鈥檚 60 year campaign for the truth about her husband鈥檚 death in the Algerian War
