People & Power

Jan 21, 2015 · 25m

The damaging health effects of Tunisia's phosphate mines on workers who hoped the Arab Spring would bring change.

Jan 28, 2015 · 25m

This three-part People & Power report goes behind the scenes with a pro-democracy campaign trying to ensure free elections in Hong Kong.

Feb 18, 2015 · 25m

People & Power investigates how a match-fixer and his syndicate corrupted global football.

Feb 25, 2015 · 25m

People & Power investigates the environmental consequences of palm oil plantations in equatorial Africa.

Mar 4, 2015 · 25m

People & Power meets young Muslims who have abandoned the West to fight in Syria.

Mar 18, 2015 · 25m

People & Power investigates whether rising ethnic tensions in Macedonia could result in civil conflict.

Apr 1, 2015 · 25m

Can an international boycott of Israeli goods and services help end its occupation of Palestinian lands?

Apr 8, 2015 · 25m

How Chinese entrepreneurs have taken control of Madagascar's booming vanilla trade and what it means for local farmers.

Apr 29, 2015 · 25m

We investigate the shady world of Britain's fake marriage brokers and how they beat the UK's tough immigration rules.

May 6, 2015 · 25m

In the second part of With This Passport I Thee Wed, our undercover reporters turned their attention to those who provide legal advice to migrants seeking visas - in particular two lawyers who were said to have a curious attitude to the UK's immigration laws. The distorting effect of fake marriages on the UK immigration system and the suspicions and tougher rules they give rise to can only make it harder for those genuine migrants who want to enter Britain legally and make - as so many of them have - a real contribution to its society. But until a better answer to the problem is found, the criminal gangs who take huge sums of money from would-be migrants and exploit women from poorer parts of Europe will only continue to flourish.

May 20, 2015 · 25m

People & Power investigates how Chad is responding to the threat posed by Boko Haram across West Africa.

May 27, 2015 · 25m

Are advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and other technologies leading to fewer jobs and more inequality?

Jun 3, 2015 · 25m

As automation gets cheaper than the cost of labour, developing economies are being hit the hardest.

Jun 10, 2015 · 25m

An investigation into the abuse and exploitation of aboriginal women in Canada and the authorities' failure to stop it.

Jun 17, 2015 · 25m

People and Power investigates the sinister impact of a secret cyber war on the Syrian civil war.

Jul 29, 2015 · 25m

We investigate why the Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania are nervous about Russia's regional ambitions.

Aug 5, 2015 · 25m

The politics of ransom paying: should governments give money to armed groups in exchange for hostages?

Aug 12, 2015 · 25m

People and Power exposes how Peru's Amazonian rainforest is being stripped bare by corruption.

Aug 19, 2015 · 25m

People & Power investigates two deadly attacks by the Israeli army during the 2014 war on Gaza.

Aug 27, 2015 · 25m

People & Power investigates South Korea's disturbing rise in suicides, particularly among the elderly.

Sep 2, 2015 · 25m

We investigate allegations that despite its new democratic institutions, police torture continues in Tunisia.

Sep 23, 2015 · 25m

People & Power investigates allegations that Kenya’s police are involved in extra judicial killings.

Sep 30, 2015 · 25m

An investigation into the high rate of child sex abuse in Jamaica and the government's failure to protect its children.

Oct 7, 2015 · 25m

People & Power investigates India's Hindu fundamentalists and their influence on the country's government.

Oct 14, 2015 · 25m

People & Power investigates the use of exploited labour in Italy’s famous tomato industry.

Oct 21, 2015 · 25m

We investigate Romania's efforts to rid the country of corruption amid its powerful political and business elites.

Oct 28, 2015 · 25m

How a pioneering approach to treating mental illness is helping to fight one of the world's most neglected diseases.