The Global Context and Development

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 ...

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 | 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 ...

How containerisation reduces costs | Why...?

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

Episode 3 | Made in Britain

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

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...

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...

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...

The Suez Canal blockage and supply chains | Why...?

What was the impact on businesses from the Suez Canal blockage in 2021?

Brexit: Behind Closed Doors: Part 1 | Storyville

The untold story of the Brexit negotiations... from the other side, with exclusive access to the EU parliament's representat...

Brexit: Behind Closed Doors: Part 2 | Storyville

The untold story of the Brexit negotiations... from the other side, with exclusive access to the EU parliament's representat...

Rice Farmers | Counting the Cost

The high price of fertiliser is pushing up the cost of rice production in Thailand, which has a knock-on effect on the buyers of the rice.

Italian steel industry | Counting the Cost

High energy costs are putting steel workers jobs at risk.

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...

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 ...

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...

02: Having It All | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

Kirsty Wark explores the 1980s and 90s, when legislative leaps enshrined new rights for women. But with sexism rife...

01: The Disruptors | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

Kirsty Wark reveals how pioneering women of the 1960s and 70s seized the baton from previous generations and surge...

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 4 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills against some of th...

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 3 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills against some of th...

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 2 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills against some of th...

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 1 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills against some of th...

Episode 2 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Volunteers test their skills against some of the jobs in Britain's low-wage sector. This time, they are wo...

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...

Immigration: Who Should We Let In? | Panorama

With concerns about immigration forming a key part of the vote to leave the EU, Nick Robinson explores what immigration the pub...

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...

Episode 3 | Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler

Katya continues her journey through Spain, training with a team of firefighters, and heads to France, witnessing a rocket lau...

Episode 2 | Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler

Katya continues her journey through Germany and into Spain, paragliding over Neuschwanstein Castle and meeting nationalists i...

Episode 1 | Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler

Katya visits Italy and Germany to explore how they're changing in the turbulent new world. She attends the Palio in Siena, jo...

Trump Fights Back on Tariffs | Newsnight

The US president hits back as the appeal court presses pause on the judges' decision to halt his tariff plan. With Paddy O'Connell.

Is the UK Economy in Trouble? | Newsnight

With UK borrowing costs the highest since 2008, how much trouble is chancellor Rachel Reeves and the UK economy in? Plus LA wildfir...

20/12/24 - Global economy 2025 | Talking Business

What's in store for the global economy in 2025? Will the spending of US consumers continue to be the bright spot that keep...

Let's strike a US-EU deal | Wake Up to Money

Will Bain looks at the trade deal agreed between the EU and the US. Plus, what does the Lionesses Euros win mean for sponsorship...

Brexit: Behind Closed Doors: Part 1 | Storyville

The untold story of the Brexit negotiations... from the other side, with exclusive access to the EU parliament's representat...

Brexit: Behind Closed Doors: Part 2 | Storyville

The untold story of the Brexit negotiations... from the other side, with exclusive access to the EU parliament's representat...

Farage Fans & UKIP Lovers

Documentary looking at those who support UKIP, from fishermen who say that their livelihoods are being destroyed by EU legislation to those who bla...

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...

The Corrupt Billionaire | Panorama

Leaked documents reveal how an impoverished country was corruptly exploited by its former ruling family. With Richard Bilton.

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...

For Sama | Dispatches

An epic and intimate journey filmed through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria. Waad al-Kateab tells the story of how she fell in love, marrie...

04: The Colonial Idea | The Age of Uncertainty

Professor Galbraith traces the colonial adventure, from the Crusades to the present, from the fall of Acre to the fall of Saig...

Market failure: Lithium | Simon Reeve's South America

A look at the impact on traditional industries by the drive of selling lithium.

26/09/25 - India economy | Talking Business

Ben Thompson looks at India's economic options as it copes with 50 per cent tariffs on its imports to the United States and forg...

09/05/25 - Trump and tarrifs | Talking Business

What does President Trump's trade war mean for Europe? At nearly $1tn it's one of the biggest trade relationships in the worl...

31/10/25 - Argentina e-Build economy | Talking Business

Can Argentina's economic reforms make a lasting difference, and do they hold any lessons for the rest of the world?

Colombia with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve explores Colombia at a pivotal point in its history. For 50 years, Colombia has been in the grip of a brutal civil war, but in late 201...

Myanmar Report | Unreported World

A Burmese filmmaker's on the front line in Myanmar as protestors defy the military junta's coup. As pressure to release political prisoners...

Sri Lanka's Killing Fields

A hard-hitting investigation into the final weeks of the Sri Lankan civil war, featuring devastating video evidence of horrific war crimes. Contai...