Challenges and opportunities | Welcome to Lagos

1: Peace | Welcome to Rio

Documentary series exploring Rio's shanty-towns, the favelas. In Cantagalo, delivery man Rocky carries goods up the steep staircases overlooking Co...

Episode 1 | Africa with Ade Adepitan

Ade Adepitan embarks on the first leg of his journey around Africa. He travels from Cape Verde to Senegal and the Ivory Coast, before fi...

Episode 1 | Welcome to Lagos

A look at life in the Olusosun rubbish dump, where around 1,000 people live on top of the rubbish in houses built from scrap.

2: War | Welcome to Rio

A look at Rio's drug-trafficking favelas, being 'pacified' by the government's special forces ahead of the World Cup in increasingly violent incursions.

Kids with Guns | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley explores the issue of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's civil war, where an estimated 30,000 children have be...

3: Ingenuity | Welcome to Rio

This episode looks at the resourcefulness of some of Rio's poorest residents, revealing how favela residents exploit their opportunities.

Albania | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan travels to Albania to get an insider's guide to the country and to find out whether his own pre...

Episode 2 | Welcome to Lagos

This episode follows those who choose to live and work on the waters of Lagos Lagoon, including a father of 18 who lives in a house built on sti...

Episode 3 | Africa with Ade Adepitan

Ade begins this leg of his journey in Tanzania, in Selous Game Reserve. He is on the lookout for elephants but numbers in this park have...

Informal settlements | Welcome to Lagos

The mass migration to Lagos, Nigeria, is causing ever expanding informal settlements.

The Kids from Kibera | My Life

Kibera in Kenya is one of the largest slums in Africa and it is home to thousands of children, living and playing on the streets. It can be a ...

Episode 1 | Welcome to India

Documentary series which explores life in India. It follows two people as they try to carve out homes - one in Kolkata and the other on a Mumbai...

Episode 3 | Welcome to Lagos

This last episode follows Esther, who lives in a scrap house on the beach in central Lagos. Her village has repeatedly been bulldozed by governm...

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...

S2E2: Mongolia | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan travels to Mongolia - a country which he has almost no prior knowledge of, save for the fact that...

2: Leather | Blood, Sweat and Luxuries

Young British consumers work alongside luxury goods makers in Africa and Asia. In Addis Ababa the Brits join the locals who rely on th...

Rural to urban migration | Welcome to Lagos

Migration from rural environments to the Lagos slums.

S3E2: Sierra Leone | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh visits Sierra Leone, a country with a dark past but hopes for the future. With Gwyn Jay Allen as a guide,...

Haiti | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan travels to some of the most unlikely places on earth for a holiday. Romesh finds out if there is more to H...

S1E2: Suri | Tribe

Explorer Bruce Parry spends time living with the Suri people of Ethiopia. Living in an unstable region of Ethiopia, the Suri are self-sufficient and have ...