05: Poor Us – An Animated History of Poverty | Why Poverty?

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

An orphan from the slums of Mumbai makes it all the way to the final question of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The police think he must be cheati...

02: KS3 | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Linked to the KS3 geography curriculum, this programme looks at how humans have learnt to live with extremes and covers fiv...

04: Gold and E-waste | Blood, Sweat and Luxuries

Young British consumers work alongside luxury goods makers in Africa and Asia. In Ghana they mine gold and discover the terr...

01: Four Born Every Second | Why Poverty?

Documentary exploring the effects of contemporary poverty on children and infant mortality rates around the world, from the UK to A...

04: Trade, Debt and Aid | World 2000

Global creation and distribution of wealth, effect of fair trade and international debt.

Episode 2 | Burma with Simon Reeve

Simon visits Mandalay and travels to a conflict zone to meet a rebel army who have been fighting the Burmese military for decades.

Lasting impacts of the Vietnam War | This World

Simon Reeve investigates the continued impacts of the Vietnam War on rural communities in Vietnam.

Kolkata with Sue Perkins

Sue Perkins immerses herself in the complex life of Kolkata and sees how it is reinventing itself as a megacity with a reputation for eccentricity, ...

02: Give Us the Money | Why Poverty?

Documentary, using archive footage and interviews with key players, which looks at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against po...

03: Stealing Africa | Why Poverty?

With reference to Zambian copper mines, Christoffer Guldbrandsen investigates the dark heart of the tax system employed by multi-nationals...

Breadline Kids

Sobering documentary following families in Dumfries, Glenrothes, Glasgow and Aberdeen who are struggling to make ends meet.

Mining leaks | Panorama

Tesla's mining provider is Glencore who have come under large scrutiny due to deaths of miners as well as chemical spills.

Reality of cobalt mining society | Panorama

The society surrounding the mines in Kolwezi, DRC are severely impoverished and many of the children rely on handouts from the mi...

This is Congo | Storyville

A raw and unfiltered insight into the bloodiest conflict since the Second World War - the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

04: Park Avenue - Money, Power and the American Dream | Why Poverty?

Film looking at inequality in the US through the prism of two near-adjacent Park Avenues - one an exclus...

06: Solar Mamas | Why Poverty?

Documentary following the story of a Jordanian mother who challenges the status quo of her traditional marriage by travelling to India to trai...

07: The Great Land Rush | Why Poverty?

Documentary looking at how rich, land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are leasing Mali's land in order to turn large areas ...

08: China's Ant People | Why Poverty?

Film looking at the realities of Chinese education through the lives of a private college tutor, a graduate jobseeker and a high school...

British colonialism and Kenyan tea | This World

Simon Reeve investigates the colonial history that has shaped both the landscape and tea trade in Kenya.

Climate change and the coffee industry | Natural World

Climate change is threatening the future of the coffee industry in Vietnam.