Crossing Continents Episodes Episode guide
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Black and Proud in Brazil
How black Brazilians are asserting their rights thanks to a controversial education law.
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Taming the Pilcomayo
A journey up the 'suicidal' Pilcomayo river that separates Paraguay from Argentina.
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33 Ways to Dispel a Chinese Mistress
Ed Butler explores an unusual new industry that has taken hold in some of China's cities.
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Daphne and the Two Maltas
A brutal killing, an unsolved murder and the divided island of Malta.
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The Lost Children of Isis
Searching for the captive children still lost after the retreat of so-called Islamic State
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Pride, Passion and Palestinian Horses
A love for Arabian horses unites Israelis and Palestinians.
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The Tula Toli Massacre
The chilling story of a massacre of Rohingya muslims in a small village in Myanmar.
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Panama's Vanishing Islands
Panama's idyllic islands are threatened by a rising sea, but one community has a plan.
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Starting from Scratch in Uganda
How do you make a new home in the African bush with a machete, rope and plastic?
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Bulgaria on a Cliff Edge
What's it like to live in the country with the fastest-shrinking population in the world?
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Abdi in America
A young Somali refugee tries to live the American dream.
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The Sailors of Sevastopol
Sevastopol - home to Russia's Black Sea fleet and source of international tensions.
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Abkhazia - a Land Forgotten
Tim Whewell travels to remote Abkhazia where the price of statehood is deep isolation.
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Romania's Webcam Boom
Inside Romania's live web-camming world - the engine of the online sex industry.
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Last Call from Aleppo
In besieged East Aleppo, a terrified mother of three makes one last desperate phone call.
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Inside Transgender Pakistan
Pakistan's Hijra, or third gender, community shun a new emerging transgender identity.
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Banishing America's 'Bad Hombres'
Lucy Ash asks how a ruthless street gang is affecting the immigration debate in the US.
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Elephants, Politics and Sri Lanka
Religiously and politically potent, Sri Lankan elephants are killing more and more humans.
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Living with the Dead
Some Indonesians live alongside dead family members for years.
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Wives Wanted in the Faroes
Men in the Faroe Islands are having to look far beyond their shores for marriage.
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Cuba's Cancer Revolution
In a revolutionary first, one of Cuba's cancer treatments gets a US drug trial.
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Coming Out of the Shadows in Kenya
In Kenya home-grown activists are helping intersex people come out into the open.
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Hong Kong's Secret Dwellings
The hidden lives of the thousands of people who live on industrial sites in Hong Kong.
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Brazil's modern-day Captains of the Sands
A Brazilian novel about street children written 80 years ago still resonates today.
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Russia's Extreme Selfie Daredevils
Lucy Ash meets the young Russians taking death-defying photos to gain internet fame.
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Siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery
One night of terror at Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery in July 2016.
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Poland: Behind the Black Protests
Women in Poland are angry with their government and with the Catholic church.
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Mexico - The Town That Said, 'No!'
The story of Cheran, a Mexican town that rose up against organised crime.
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Punk Art and Protest in Malaysia
James Fletcher asks if art and activism can bring about change in Malaysia.
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India's Silent Terror
Jill McGivering reports on the rising tide of Hindu extremism in India.
