3: Globalisation | World 2000

Episode 1 | The Chinese Are Coming

Justin Rowlatt investigates what the world will be like if China overtakes America as the world's economic superpower. He looks at the phe...

Untold: Inside the Shein Machine

Reporter Iman Amrani explores how Shein has mastered social media marketing to become a global fast fashion phenomenon. With rumours spreadi...

Requiem for Detroit?

Built by the car for the car, Detroit was the embodiment of the American dream. Now it leads the way again but in a very different direction.

Dan Snow's History of Congo | This World

Dan Snow travels to Congo to reveal how its troubled history has turned one of the world's potentially richest countries into one of...

Apple's Broken Promises | Panorama

Richard Bilton takes an undercover look at what life is like for the workers making the iPhone 6 in China and the children working in dang...

The Box That Changed Britain

Poet Roger McGough narrates the story of how a simple invention - the shipping container - changed the world forever and forced Britain into the...

Episode 2 | The Chinese Are Coming

Justin Rowlatt asks what will happen if China overtakes America as the world's economic superpower. Justin sees China's impact on industry...

1: The City of the Future | Reggie in China

Beginning his adventure, Reggie Yates visits Shenzhen, the brainchild of 80s Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. Just 40 years old, She...

Inside Dubai: Playground of the Rich

Meet Sonia, whose wardrobe is worth £4 million; Abu, whose car number plate alone is worth £7 million; Money Kicks, a teenage billionair...

Belfast City: Mud, Sweat and 400 Years

Presenter and engineer Dick Strawbridge returns to Belfast to tell the story of one of the world's most important seaports. Using stat...

Cars | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey explore how much we really know about the logistics that enable Britain to buy and sell ...

China: A New World Order | Episode 1

The story of Xi Jinping's controversial six-year rule, and how he set about transforming China into a controlled state where loyalty to ...

S02E04: Violent Coast: Nigeria | Holidays in the Danger Zone

Ben Anderson 's journey along the troubled West African coast ends in the continent's most populous country, Nig...

Rural urban migration in China | Today

Workers for the Chinese fast-fashion brand Shein are labouring for more than 75-hours a week; the BBC talk to the workers about their ...

Bangladesh: The End of Fast Fashion? | Our World

Has coronavirus changed the way we buy clothes forever - and what about those who are being left behind?

Boohoo's Broken Promises | Panorama

Fast fashion giant Boohoo faced serious criticism in 2020 for poor working conditions at its suppliers. A Panorama investigation reveals ...

Episode 3 | China: A New World Order

This third film explores the growing tension over allegations that the Chinese state has engaged in large-scale industrial espionage and...

2: City of Dreams | Reggie in China

Reggie Yates visits Beijing, the belly of the beast, home to President Xi Jinping, meeting migrant workers and millionaire businessmen al...

3: East Meets West | Reggie in China

In this final episode, Reggie Yates visits Chengdu, meeting artists pushing government censorship to its limit, and to Shanghai, where C...

Counting the Cost

Climate change, the COVID pandemic and now the crisis in Ukraine, have disrupted supply chains and exacerbated the soaring cost of living, leaving people o...