China and the Pandemic | 54 Days

Cadbury Exposed | Dispatches

Undercover in Ghana, Antony Barnett investigates Britain's best-loved chocolate brand and reveals for the first time child labour in its supply ...

The Debt Saviours

Access-all-areas documentary following Christians Against Poverty, asking whether the charity's motivation is debt relief or bringing people to Jesus.

Episode 1 | Made in Britain

Evan Davis busts the myths that Britain was wrong to let manufacturing go abroad, and that it has become a nation of shopkeepers.

03: Marx | Masters of Money

Stephanie Flanders examines the revolutionary and controversial ideas of Karl Marx which, as the global financial crisis continues, are once agai...

10 Years Old & Living in Poverty

Brand new documentary following three families coping with very challenging financial circumstances, all told from the unique perspective of...

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 ...

Episode 2 | Made in Britain

Evan Davis looks at how Britain's focus on the knowledge economy contributes greatly to the nation's bank balance.

05: Downfall | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

Mrs Thatcher's leadership style and judgement on Europe and the poll tax create splits in her cabinet and public anger, le...

Episode 3 | Made in Britain

Evan travels to Dubai to explore how the country's service expertise has been successfully exported around the world.

How containerisation reduces costs | Why...?

Explores the benefits of economies of scale to reduce costs for globalisation.

Inside Assad's Syria | Unreported World

Ramita Navai spends two weeks undercover in some of the most dangerous parts of Syria with members of the opposition movement determi...

04: That Bloody Woman | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

As Mrs Thatcher's government transforms the British economy, tensions erupt within her inner circle and personal ...

Containerisation | Why...?

Highlights the importance of shipping to globalisation.

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...

Episode 4 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve travels through Texas and Mexico. In Texas, Simon joins the US Border Patrol, who pick up migrants who have illegally c...

The importance of tourism | Colombia with Simon Reeve

Explains the importance of tourism for a developing economy.

After Brexit: The Battle for Europe | This World

The European Union faces the biggest challenge in its 60-year history, with the rise of populist eurosceptic movements acros...

Brexit and Exit | Meet the Lords

Brexit hits the Lords with a bang when they vote on leaving Europe and become the centre of the nation's attention, and the Queen pays her a...

Congo: The Real Mobile Phone War | Unreported World

Juliana Ruhfus finds that the lucrative mining of the ore coltan from which tantalum is extracted, and used in the produc...

Episode 1 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

20 volunteers test their skills against some of the jobs in Britain's low-wage sector. In this episode, th...