Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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South Africa Unplugged
Why is Africa’s biggest provider of energy unable to keep the lights on?
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Saving India’s Parsis
India’s Parsi population is declining. Can Parsis be persuaded to make more babies?
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MH17 – A Sister’s Story
A sister’s story of loss - and hope – in the aftermath of the downing of MH17.
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Returning Jihadis: a Danish solution?
Deradicalising young Moslems in Denmark – is the Aarhus Model working?
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Estonia’s Russian Problem
This NATO nation has readied for war – but fears being undermined from within.
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The Mysterious Magnate and Moldova’s Missing Millions
How did a billion dollars mysteriously disappear from banks in Moldova?
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Who Killed Alberto Nisman?
The suspicious death of a prosecutor who accused Argentina's government of a cover-up
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Istanbul: Resisting Erdogan’s Bulldozer
The run-down area of Istanbul standing against Erdogan’s bid for more power
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Aid to Nepal: Following the Money
Will the aid money pouring in to Nepal after the earthquakes end up in the right place?
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Somalia: Back from the Brink
Is Somalia turning the tide against the extremists of al-Shabab?
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Peru's Wildlife for Sale
Around 400 species of fauna and flora is under threat from illicit trafficking in Peru
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Georgia: Orthodoxy in the Classroom
Georgia's schools and the radical priests who want to influence them
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Wrestling Out of Poverty
In India, a wrestler in the family can mean a ticket out of poverty
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‘Police State' Portugal
Does Portugal have a problem with police brutality and racism?
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Who's Afraid of Teatr Doc?
Why does Vladimir Putin fear a tiny drama company which operated from a Moscow basement?
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Canada’s Red River Murders
Why are so many of Canada's Aboriginal women and girls being murdered?
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Escaping Tanzania's 'cutting season'
The story of a Tanzanian safe house – a place where girls find refuge from FGM
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Saving Gaza’s Grand Piano
Gaza's only grand piano is lovingly restored as music offers hope to troubled children
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Meeting the Houthis and Their Enemies in Yemen
Safa al-Ahmad on her trip reporting the takeover of Yemen capital Sanaa by Houthi rebels
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Inside Eritrea
Eritrea reaches its Millienium Goal targets in child mortatlity, maternal health and HIV
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ISIS: Looting for Terror
Are groups such as Islamic State profiting from the global trade in illicit antiquities?
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The Bizarre Workings of St Louis County Missouri
How a cluster of tiny US cities are accused of fuelling community tensions
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Banished to Papua New Guinea
Asylum seekers aiming for Australia are being banished to camps in Papua New Guinea.
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Ukraine: The Untold Story of the Maidan Killings
Gabriel Gatehouse investigates who really did the shooting in Maidan square a year ago
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Egypt: Searching for Justice
Thousands of people have been arrested but is there justice in Egypt?
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French, Republican and Muslim, Insha’Allah?
Do France’s Muslims feel there's a place for them in a strongly secular French Republic?
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Germany, Islam and the New Right
Pegida is Germany's anti-Islamisation movement and it is growing
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Greece: The Rubber Glove Rebellion
The cleaners who have raised their rubber gloves in defiance of Greek public sector cuts
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Japan: Should Comics be Crimes?
Why are cartoons depicting children in explicit sexual situations still legal in Japan?
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Colombia – Where the Truth Lies Buried
In Medellin, they plan to excavate for human remains at one of the city's rubbish tips