Crossing Continents Episodes Episode guide
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Russia's New Energy Frontier
Lucy Ash visits Russia's Arctic where reindeer herders and gas companies compete for land.
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A Death in Honduras
A profile of the People's Funeral Service in Honduras, the most murderous nation on earth.
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The Marriage Breakers of Bangladesh
Angus Crawford joins Bangladeshis working to halt the illegal practice of child brides.
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The Pink Certificate
Emre Azizlerli investigates how gay men in Turkey are humiliated by the army.
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Forced Sterilisation in Uzbekistan
Natalia Antelava uncovers evidence of the involuntary sterilisation of women in Uzbekistan
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The Angola 2
Why have two Louisiana prison inmates been held in solitary confinement for 40 years?
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Canada's prescription drug crisis
Crossing Continents investigates prescription drug abuse among Canada's aboriginal people.
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What happened to the Kurdish spring?
Gabriel Gatehouse investigates freedom and repression in Kurdish Iraq.
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Saving the Brazilian Amazon
Justin Rowlatt investigates Brazilian successes in fighting deforestation.
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Frank Wild's last journey
Retracing the route of Antarctic explorer Frank Wild, Shackleton's second-in-command.
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The Graves of Kashmir
Who are the thousands of people discovered in mass graves in Indian Kashmir?
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China's Migrant Worker Mega-City
Tales of discontent and reform from Guangzhou, China's mega-city of migrants.
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Exposing Bali's Orphanages
Ed Butler investigates abuse of children and scamming of volunteers by Bali's orphanages.
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Farming Zimbabwe
Martin Plaut investigates Zimbabwe's agriculture ten years after the farm invasions.
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Roubles and Radicals in Dagestan
Lucy Ash asks if a billionaire's roubles can help to end Dagestan's bloody insurgency.
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India's Whistleblowers
How local level campaigners against corruption in India face threats and violence.
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Zimbabwe's child migrants
The stories of young children travelling alone from Zimbabwe to South Africa.
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9/11 - Toxic Ash
Investigating the health impact on New York from the collapse of the World Trade Centre.
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The Mystery of Dirar Abu Sisi
Gabriel Gatehouse investigates the mysterious disappearance of Dirar Abu Sisi.
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Takoradi, Ghana's Oil City
A portrait of the sleepy Ghanaian city of Takoradi at the start of an oil boom.
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Murder, migration and Mexico
Linda Pressly joins migrants on their perilous journey north through Guatemala and Mexico.
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The Mourides of Senegal
Tim Judah reports from Senegal on the growing influence of the Mouride Sufi brotherhood.
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Escape from North Korea
Reporting the desperate and dangerous efforts of North Koreans to flee to the South.
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Libyan refugees
The mountain Berbers of Libya fighting for their culture and their lives against Gaddafi.
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On the road with Hillary Clinton
An on-the-road behind-the-scenes profile of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Searching for an Alzheimer's Cure in Colombia
Does the key to curing Alzheimer's lie with a poor extended family in Medellin, Colombia?
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The Pakistan Connection
Owen Bennett-Jones explores Pakistan's connections to jihadi groups.
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South Africa: Aurora Mine Controversy
Martin Plaut investigates alleged shortcomings at gold mines in South Africa.
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What happened next?
Lucy Ash returns to some significant stories Crossing Continents covered in recent years.
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Germany
David Goldblatt looks at whether Berlin's alternative culture is under threat.