Broadcast date
2014-02-05 • 35 episodes
Episodes of this season
1. 40 Years of Solitude
event 2014-02-05 • schedule 45m
What will become of families stranded in Vietnam since their Moroccan fathers defected from the French army in 1953?
2. Escape in Istanbul
event 2014-02-12 • schedule 45m
Exclusive gated communities are springing up across Istanbul, but how are they shaping the social fabric of the city?
3. The Power and the Pain
event 2014-02-19 • schedule 45m
We trace the reasons for the split between north and South Sudan and its impact on the lives of ordinary South Sudanese.
4. A Passage to Nowhere
event 2014-02-26 • schedule 45m
A story of migrants in Lebanon, whose dreams of finding a new life abroad often turn out to be little more than fantasy.
5. Stateless
event 2014-03-04 • schedule 45m
Tens of thousands of Greeks, often ethnic Turks, were stripped of their nationality and now face a battle to regain it.
6. Syria: The Battle Beyond
event 2014-03-19 • schedule 47m
Educated, middle-class Syrian exiles share their thoughts on the revolution and their determination to return home.
7. Slave
event 2014-04-02 • schedule 46m
One man fights to save the life of his daughter, then himself, finding redemption in helping others avoid his own fate.
8. Coming Back
event 2014-04-09 • schedule 46m
In 1944, Stalin deported 218,000 Crimean Tatars to Central Asia – we tell the story of their struggle to return home.
9. Harvest Time
event 2014-04-30 • schedule 47m
A poor Kurdish family travels across Turkey searching for farm-work in exploitative conditions. Shortened version of the feature documentary He bû tune bû (Once Upon a Time) by Kazım Öz.
10. Lost Cities of Palestine
event 2014-05-14 • schedule 48m
An extraordinary insight into Palestinian life in the city before 1948, revealing the loss of a culture and lifestyle. Aired previously in Arabic in 2011 on an unspecified date, this is the first airing in English.
11. Syria: The Wounds of War
event 2014-05-21 • schedule 47m
The personal stories of three members of the Syrian opposition forces treated for critical wounds in Germany.
12. Area C
event 2014-05-28 • schedule 47m
Instead of transferring to Palestinian control, the biggest 'Area' in the West Bank remains firmly in Israeli hands.
13. Shattered Heritage
event 2014-06-04 • schedule 48m
The 1991 and 2003 attacks on Iraq destroyed museums, libraries, theatres and heritage sites.
14. Brazil: World Cup Nation
event 2014-06-11 • schedule 48m
Brazil's revival, despite the World Cup protests, from 1990s debt and inflation to stability and relative wealth today.
15. Roadtrip Iraq
event 2014-06-16 • schedule 48m
From north to south, Iraqis tell of the damage wrought in the overthrow of a dictator and the chaos that has followed.
16. Journey Into an Invisible War
event 2014-06-17 • schedule 48m
The story of how Israeli settlements continue to spread into Palestinian territory despite international opposition.
17. Algerian Wedding
event 2014-06-26 • schedule 48m
A rare glimpse at traditional life in Algeria as we go behind the scenes at three weddings in the country's west.
18. Going Against the Grain
event 2014-07-02 • schedule 48m
Journalist Gideon Levy is arguably the most hated man in Israel for his reports on the occupied Palestinian territories.
19. The Uighurs: Eternal Exile
event 2014-07-10 • schedule 44m
Follow the story of exiled Uighur Muslims of Central Asia, many of whom fled Chinese control of their land in 1949.
20. Son of the Desert
event 2014-07-17 • schedule 48m
Italian marathon runner Max Calderan goes on a spectacular Ramadan journey across the desert of the Sinai Peninsula.
21. Syria: So Near, So Far
event 2014-07-23 • schedule 45m
Five Syrian refugees in Turkey reveal their hopes, fears and why their homeland feels like a world away.
22. Gypsy Melody
event 2014-07-30 • schedule 48m
Two Serbian Gypsies celebrate Roma culture through music.
23. Gaza: Left in the Dark
event 2014-08-06 • schedule 47m
Constant power outages mean the people of Gaza are forced to live much of their lives off the grid.
24. Khuzaa: Attack and Aftermath
event 2014-08-11 • schedule 46m
What happened to residents trapped in the besieged southern Gaza town of Khuzaa?
25. Hunger Strike
event 2014-08-12 • schedule 48m
To what length do Palestinian prisoners in Israel go on hunger strike?
26. Slavery in Yemen
event 2014-09-10 • schedule 48m
Despite government denials, this investigation uncovers evidence of slave labour in Yemen.
27. Shattered Dreams
event 2014-09-17 • schedule 46m
Bangladeshi students travel to the UK in hope of a prestigious education only to find the reality is quite different.
28. The Bedouin of Petra
event 2014-09-24 • schedule 47m
We follow the B'doul tribe of the ancient Jordanian city of Petra as they eke out a living in a modern-day tourist site.
29. Stronger Than Words
event 2014-10-01 • schedule 48m
The inspirational story of the daily lives of the deaf community of Gaza.
30. Between the Desert and the Fire
event 2014-10-08 • schedule 47m
Eritreans, fleeing their own country for decades, are now using refugee camps in Sudan as a first step into Europe.
31. Ceuta: Multicultural City
event 2014-10-15 • schedule 44m
In an autonomous Spanish city on the north coast of Africa, people of four religions live together in peace.
32. Wave Upon Wave
event 2014-10-22 • schedule 47m
The story of Syrians fleeing conflict, first to Libya and then to Europe on journeys fraught with danger and turmoil.
33. Stories From the Intifada (1)
event 2014-12-10 • schedule 46m
Eyewitnesses describe the conditions that led to the 1987-1993 Palestinian uprising (first Intifada) and the tactical methods adopted in the West Bank and Gaza to combat Israeli occupation.
34. Stories From the Intifada (2)
event 2014-12-17 • schedule 46m
How the Intifada became a new form of Palestinian resistance – and the possibility and viability of a new Intifada today.
35. Camels in the Outback
event 2014-12-26 • schedule 48m
Can a Qatari former camel herder find an alternative to the mass killing of camels underway in Australia?
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