Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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The Battle of Palma
Daring escapes and tragic consequences after militants attack a remote town in Mozambique
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America’s solitary inmates
What is it like to spend decades as a prisoner in solitary confinement?
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Sexual healing in the Israeli military
Healing the deepest of battle wounds through ground-breaking sexual therapy
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Denmark: Goodbye to mink
Can Denmark's mink industry rise again?
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Namibia: The price of genocide
How can Germany make up for its colonial atrocities in Namibia?
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Shipping’s dirty secret
Lifting the lid on the dangerous and polluting world of international shipbreaking
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Scotland's contested identity
From Dundee to the Orkneys we hear voices on both sides of Scotland’s independence debate
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The disinformation dragon
China’s new strategy of promoting disinformation in the West through social media
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A year of Covid
The story of a year of Covid-19 told through the voices of England’s doctors and nurses
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Kenya’s unhappy doctors and nurses
How one young doctor’s death has exposed problems in Kenya’s health sector
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Drug-free in Norway
Can Norwegians with psychosis benefit from radical, drug-free treatment?
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Unmasked: Stories from the PPE frontline
How protected are the factory workers who make gloves used by doctors fighting Covid?
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Europe’s most dangerous capital
Bucharest’s crumbling buildings are full of life despite the frequent earth tremors
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The exiles: Hong Kong at a crossroads
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters facing a tough decision. Do they stay or do they flee?
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Lisa Montgomery: The road to execution
The story behind one of America’s most shocking murders – and the woman who did it
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Social influencers and the perfect body
How online influencers get paid to promote cosmetic surgery
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Libya's brothers from Hell
How seven ruthless brothers held a small Libyan town in their murderous grip.
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Searching for Wisdom in Lagos
How one young man went missing after Nigerian troops opened fire at a protest
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Shipwreck
Searching for the identities of those who died in a Mediterranean shipwreck
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Darfur: A precarious peace
As UN peacekeepers leave Sudan’s troubled Darfur region, who will now protect civilians?
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Syria's soldiers of fortune
The young Syrians who find themselves fighting in the war in Nagorno Karabakh
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Me and my trolls
One victim’s quest to discover why complete strangers tormented her on social media
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The Mapuche: Fighting for their right to heal
The Mapuche battle to get respect for their approach to healthcare in southern Chile
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Martinique: The poisoning of paradise
The historic link between slavery and the toxic contamination of a Caribbean island
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The burning scar
Investigating a palm oil giant buying vast areas of Asia’s largest remaining rainforest
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Sicily’s prisoner fishermen
Eighteen Sicilian fishermen are in jail in Benghazi, accused of fishing in Libya’s waters
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US election: Socially distant
Two socially distanced views of the pre-election political landscape of America
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The British and their fish
Grimsby, the once-mighty UK fishing port that hopes Brexit will bring a renaissance
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Reza's story
A death-defying migrant's story
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Portland, prisons and white supremacy - part two
How the death of a black teenager highlighted America’s struggle white gang violence