The Box That Changed Britain

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...

01: 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, Sh...

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...

03: Globalisation | World 2000

What is globalisation and how does it affect us?

Episode 1 | 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 teenag...

02: 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 a...

Episode 1 | China: A New World Order

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

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 Coffee Trail with Simon Reeve | This World

Simon Reeve heads to Vietnam to uncover the stories behind the morning pick-me-up. He travels to the central highlands, where ...

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.

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 ...

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.

S01E02: In the Mexican Drug War | The Insider: Reggie Yates

Documentary in which Reggie Yates visits Acapulco, Mexico, to live the life of a soldier fighting on the front li...

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 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.

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...

04: Chicken | Blood, Sweat and Takeaways

Six young British food consumers go to live and work alongside people in south east Asia's poultry industry.

Harry Potter worth £4bn to London | BBC London

The Harry Potter franchise is worth about £4bn to the London's economy, according to the London School of Economics (LSE).

Jeans | The World, My Stuff and Me

Short film exploring the secret life of a teenager's stuff - relating global consumer and economic issues to their everyday things.