Crossing Continents Episodes Episode guide
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Cricket, Colour and Quotas in South Africa
Black sporting talent is still struggling to break through into South Africa's top teams.
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Albania's Cannabis Boom
Investigating Albania's 'green gold'.
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Checkmate for the King of Chess?
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov - master or pawn in the great game of chess?
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Cleansing Turkey
Public employee one day, enemy of the state the next. The post-coup reality in Turkey.
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Fixing India's Car Crash Capital
The people who are trying to stop the relentless road deaths in India's biggest city.
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Torah and Tech in Israel
David Baker meets Israel's new breed of high-tech Haredim.
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Addicted in Suburbia
Heroin, opiates, and suburban Ohio.
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Protesting in Putin's Russia
Sarah Rainsford looks at how Russia is dealing with dissent in the run-up to elections.
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Colombia's Forgotten Exodus
The people displaced by war in Colombia who fear they will never be able to return home.
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Poland's Amateur Defenders
Why are more people in Poland preparing for war? Tim Whewell investigates.
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Going Hungry in Venezuela
Vladimir Hernandez reports from Venezuela, which is struggling to feed its own people.
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Syria's Secret Library
The story of the library in a besieged Syrian town providing a lifeline to its community.
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Stealing Innocence in Malawi
The shocking world of the men in Malawi tasked with stealing the innocence of young girls.
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Checkmate Me in St Louis
The mid-western city which has become a world centre for the game of chess.
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China's Family Planning Army
China's once-hated population police are being turned into child development specialists.
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Forgetting Igbo
Nkem Ifejika cannot speak Igbo, the language of his forefathers, and he wants to know why.
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'Islamic State's' Most Wanted
The astonishing story of a group of young men in Syria resisting so-called Islamic State.
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Norway: Parents Against the State
Norway's child protection policies are attracting sharp criticism both at home and abroad.
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Born Free, Killed by Hate in South Africa
The story of Pasca, a young lesbian, and how South Africa's rainbow nation has failed her.
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Thai Buddhism - Monks, Mercs and Women
Linda Pressly on the rifts and sexual politics challenging Thai Buddhism and its devotees.
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Romania: The Shepherds Revolt
Lucy Ash asks what is behind a violent protest by thousands of Romanian shepherds.
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Molenbeek, Through the Looking Glass
Can Belgium solve the problems of the Brussels district dubbed Jihadi Central?
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Brazil Versus Sleaze
Untangling the web of corruption in a forgotten corner of Brazil. With Linda Pressly.
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The Battered Champions of Aleppo
Tim Whewell is on a quest to find a Syrian football team who were torn apart by civil war.
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Saving India's Parsis
India's Parsi population is declining. Can Parsis be persuaded to make more babies?
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Cambodia: Trust Me, I'm not a Doctor
The risks people take in rural Cambodia to get basic healthcare.
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Malaysia's Runaway Children
Five school children starve to death in the Malaysian jungle. Why weren't they protected?
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Albania: Shadows of the Past
Maria Margaronis explores the debris of Albania's painful past.
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Greece: No Place to Die
The complex business of dying in Greece. With Chloe Hadjimatheou.
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The Drugs Mules of the Andes
Peru's drug 'mules' - youngsters hiking cocaine from the jungle to the highlands.