06: Solar Mamas | 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.

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

Ben Lewis's funny, sinister animated odyssey takes us through the changing image of poverty - helping us define w...

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...

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.