Episode 2 | Scots in China

Episode 2 | Scots in China

Development and Inequality | BBC Two Scotland | 2019 | 58'59''

In this episode, Neil tries to predict what is next for the country and its people.

Episode 1 | Scots in China

Episode 1 | Scots in China

Development and Inequality | BBC Two Scotland | 2019 | 59'00''

Neil Oliver explores the role of Scots in the reinvention of China. In this episode, he explores the contradiction between China's embrace of both...

Captain Phillips (2013)

Captain Phillips (2013)

Development and Inequality | BBC One | 2023 | 2'04'29''

Film drama based on the true story of the hijacking by pirates of the MV Maersk Alabama off the coast of Somalia and the bravery of her crew in a des...

04: Chicken | Blood, Sweat and Takeaways

04: Chicken | Blood, Sweat and Takeaways

Development and Inequality | BBC Three | 2009 | 56'51''

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

03: Rice | Blood, Sweat and Takeaways

03: Rice | Blood, Sweat and Takeaways

Development and Inequality | BBC Three | 2009 | 57'11''

Six young British food consumers go to live and work alongside the workers in Thailand's rice industry, where they must survive on a ty...

02: Prawn | Blood, Sweat and Takeaways

02: Prawn | Blood, Sweat and Takeaways

Development and Inequality | BBC Three | 2009 | 57'13''

Six young British food consumers go to live and work alongside the workers in Indonesia's prawn industry. They are surprised to find t...

01: Tuna | Blood, Sweat and Takeaways

01: Tuna | Blood, Sweat and Takeaways

Development and Inequality | BBC Three | 2009 | 56'59''

Six young British food consumers go to live and work alongside the workers in Indonesia's tuna industry, enduring the heat in the canne...

Cuba with Simon Reeve | This World

Cuba with Simon Reeve | This World

Case Studies | BBC HD | 2012 | 58'58''

Simon Reeve heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution and asks if the new economic openness could...

S02E02 | Sea City

S02E02 | Sea City

Development and Inequality | BBC One | 2014 | 29'07''

A look behind the scenes at the Port of Southampton and at a few of the people who keep the port running. Plus, the sailors who enjoy the annual cricket ma...

03: Revolution | Robert Peston Goes Shopping

03: Revolution | Robert Peston Goes Shopping

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2013 | 58'54''

Robert Peston reveals how shopping in Britain was transformed over the 20th century, focusing on how the high street is coping w...

02: Addiction | Robert Peston Goes Shopping

02: Addiction | Robert Peston Goes Shopping

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'05''

The remarkable story of the 1990s and 2000s, when the goods we bought got cheaper, fashion got faster and supermarkets got smarter.

01: Seduction | Robert Peston Goes Shopping

01: Seduction | Robert Peston Goes Shopping

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'09''

Robert Peston charts how shopping in Britain was transformed from a chore to be endured in the 1950s into our favourite pastime b...

S01E01: Blood in the Sea | Living on the Edge

S01E01: Blood in the Sea | Living on the Edge

Development and Inequality | Channel 5 | 2014 | 45'15''

Chris lives and works with the fishermen of Mauritania as they make their daily living battling the ocean swells in the fertile...

How They Built The Channel Tunnel

How They Built The Channel Tunnel

Development and Inequality | Channel 4 | 1992 | 48'50''

Looking at how the Channel Tunnel was built from an engineering point of view.

Tea Fortunes | Commodities

Tea Fortunes | Commodities

Development and Inequality | Channel 4 | 1986 | 50'51''

The history of tea is now closely associated with the british empire, but only china and japan grew tea indigenously.

Underground Britain | Countryfile

Underground Britain | Countryfile

Development and Inequality | BBC One | 2023 | 55'00''

Sean Fletcher visits Cornwall to unearth the legacy of the county's renowned tin and copper mining industries. Tom Heap finds out if mining...

S03E01E1: Tea Bags | Inside the Factory

S03E01E1: Tea Bags | Inside the Factory

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2017 | 59'03''

Gregg Wallace receives some tea leaves from Kenya and follows them through the factory that produces one quarter of all the tea drunk...

Gap and Nike: No Sweat? | Panorama

Gap and Nike: No Sweat? | Panorama

Development and Inequality | BBC One | 2000 | 38'56''

Gap and Nike say their top-selling clothes are made under the strictest ethical codes. Paul Kenyon uncovers some disturbing realities.

S06E05: Fish | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S06E05: Fish | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2016 | 28'11''

The teens make their way to a fish-canning plant on the Taiwanese coast.

S06E04: Tea | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S06E04: Tea | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2016 | 28'11''

The teens fly to the island of Taiwan to work on an enormous tea plantation.

S06E03: Onesies | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S06E03: Onesies | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2016 | 28'13''

The teens get the chance to make onesies in Cambodia.

S06E02: Coffee | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S06E02: Coffee | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2016 | 27'42''

The kids head off to a remote Cambodian coffee plantation.

S06E01: Bags | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S06E01: Bags | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2016 | 28'36''

Ellie, Alice, Faith, Joe and Sam begin their working journey in Cambodia.

S05E05: Clothes Recycling | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S05E05: Clothes Recycling | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2015 | 28'11''

The kids make their way south west, to a clothes-recycling centre in Bristol.

S05E03: Buses | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S05E03: Buses | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2015 | 28'30''

The kids move to London to join the cleaning team at a bus garage.

S05E02: Textiles | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S05E02: Textiles | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2015 | 27'51''

The kids head to a textiles factory in Leicester.

S03E01E1: Bikes | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S03E01E1: Bikes | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2013 | 28'09''

Oliver, Rhianna, Michael, Kassia and Mali are set to work in an enormous bike factory.

S02E02: Photo Factory | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

S02E02: Photo Factory | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2018 | 28'19''

In part two of their Britain trip, our five kids head join Stacey Dooley as she heads to Liverpool to a huge ph...

S01E04: Shoes | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

S01E04: Shoes | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2017 | 28'17''

Five kids work alongside the people in the UK who make and do the things they rely on, travelling to an enormous shoe f...

S01E03: Cosmetics | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

S01E03: Cosmetics | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2017 | 28'10''

Five kids work alongside the people in the UK who make and do the things they rely on, travelling to a cosmetics fa...

S01E01: Recycling | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

S01E01: Recycling | Show Me What You’re Made Of: UK

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2017 | 28'28''

Five kids work alongside the people in the UK who make and do the things they rely on. The kids start their working...

S05E04: Fish Factory | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S05E04: Fish Factory | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2015 | 28'22''

The kids head to a fish-processing factory in the north eastern port of Grimsby.

S04E05: Diamonds | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S04E05: Diamonds | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2014 | 28'11''

The kids head to the diamond-mining capital of Africa.

S04E04: Clothing and Skateboard Factory | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S04E04: Clothing and Skateboard Factory | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2014 | 28'13''

The kids fly to South Africa to build skateboards.

S04E03: Pineapple Farm | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S04E03: Pineapple Farm | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2014 | 28'11''

The kids travel to Nsawam to work on a pineapple farm.

S04E02: E-Waste | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S04E02: E-Waste | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2014 | 27'56''

The kids work on a toxic e-waste site where old technology can end up.

S04E01: Cocoa | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S04E01: Cocoa | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2014 | 28'12''

The kids have to prove themselves to a village full of cocoa farmers.

S03E05: Hats | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S03E05: Hats | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2013 | 28'10''

It's the last leg of the kid's incredible adventure around Brazil and they head to a Brazilian town that is the world's capi...

S03E03: Technology | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S03E03: Technology | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2013 | 28'09''

It's halfway through the kids epic trip around Brazil and they are in the Amazon rainforest. They attempt to cope livi...

S05E01: Strawberries | Show Me What You’re Made Of

S05E01: Strawberries | Show Me What You’re Made Of

Development and Inequality | CBBC | 2015 | 28'14''

The kids head to an enormous strawberry farm on the south coast.

Chocolate – The Bitter Truth | Panorama

Chocolate – The Bitter Truth | Panorama

Development and Inequality | BBC One | 2010 | 59'00''

Paul Kenyon goes undercover as a cocoa trader in West Africa and discovers children as young as seven working long hours on coc...

06: The Industrial Landscape | Britain from Above

06: The Industrial Landscape | Britain from Above

Development and Inequality | BBC One | 2008 | 29'21''

Comparing footage of Britain's industrial landscape in the 1940s with today.

Unofficial Oil Drilling | Burma with Simon Reeve

Unofficial Oil Drilling | Burma with Simon Reeve

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2018 | 6'02''

Simon Reeve visits one of Burma's main oil-producing regions, where some local people have swapped farming for unofficial oi...

Mandalay Jade Market | Burma with Simon Reeve

Mandalay Jade Market | Burma with Simon Reeve

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2018 | 5'27''

In Mandalay, the second largest city in Burma, Simon Reeve goes to a jade market and explores the trading of the valuable stone.

Marbale tea factory | This World

Marbale tea factory | This World

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2014 | 2'49''

Simon Reeves visits a tea factory in Uganda.

Nestle | This World

Nestle | This World

Agriculture and farming | BBC Two | 2014 | 2'32''

Simon Reeve visits a Nestle factory, in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Mombasa Tea Auction | This World

The Mombasa Tea Auction | This World

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2014 | 2'47''

Simon Reeve visits the Mombasa Tea Auction.

The Rana Plaza Disaster | This World

The Rana Plaza Disaster | This World

Development and Inequality | BBC Two | 2014 | 4'59''

Witnesses and victims of the Rana Plaza disaster tell their stories of the day.