Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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The Mapuche: Fighting for their right to heal
The Mapuche battle to get respect for their approach to healthcare in southern Chile
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Martinique: The poisoning of paradise
The historic link between slavery and the toxic contamination of a Caribbean island
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The burning scar
Investigating a palm oil giant buying vast areas of Asia鈥檚 largest remaining rainforest
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Sicily鈥檚 prisoner fishermen
Eighteen Sicilian fishermen are in jail in Benghazi, accused of fishing in Libya鈥檚 waters
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US election: Socially distant
Two socially distanced views of the pre-election political landscape of America
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The British and their fish
Grimsby, the once-mighty UK fishing port that hopes Brexit will bring a renaissance
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Reza's story
A death-defying migrant's story
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Portland, prisons and white supremacy - part two
How the death of a black teenager highlighted America鈥檚 struggle white gang violence
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Portland, prisons and white supremacy - part one
How the death of Larnell Bruce highlighted America鈥檚 struggle with white gang violence
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Poland's gay pride and prejudice
The row over sexuality that threatens to unleash a culture war in Poland
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The trouble with Dutch cows
Must the Netherlands' world-beating cows be sacrificed to save the country's environment?
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South Africa moonshine
The price of going 鈥榙ry鈥� during the pandemic
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Naziha Syed Ali: Pakistan鈥檚 fearless female reporter
The Pakistani journalist on holding her country鈥檚 powerful elite to account
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Hugh Sykes: Reporting from the frontlines
Hugh Sykes recounts the drama, danger and humour of life on the journalistic frontline
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Barbara Demick: True stories from North Korea
The writer Barbara Demick discusses her 鈥榥arrative non-fiction鈥� style of journalism
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Milton Nkosi: The apartheid child who changed Africa鈥檚 story
How a boy from Soweto rose to become the 大象传媒鈥檚 chief journalist in Africa.
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Algeria's plague revisited
A tale of two plagues in the Algerian city of Oran - one fictional and the other Covid-19
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Venezuela's 'Bay of Piglets'
A failed coup in Venezuela - a story of hubris, incompetence, and treachery
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The many colours of Raqqa
How Syria's secret photographer worked and survived under every force in the conflict
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What the sediment revealed in Lebanon
What鈥檚 behind the scandal sparked by a delivery of tainted fuel to crisis-ridden Lebanon?
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The missing bodies of Guayaquil
Families search for their loved ones, victims of Covid-19, in Ecuador鈥檚 largest city
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Wuhan: City of silence
Where did Covid-19 come from? John Sudworth searches for answers where it first emerged
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Kenya鈥檚 locust hunters
As desert locusts swarm across East Africa, can Kenya鈥檚 locust hunters prevent a plague?
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The 5G con that could make you sick
Some think that 5G can make you ill and there are scientists who say they can prove it
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The seafarers stranded on the high seas
How thousands of seafarers are stuck working on vessels and unable to go home
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The Chechen blogger on the run
Who is behind the wave of assassinations and attacks on Chechen asylum seekers in Europe?
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Belarus: Masking the virus
Carry on regardless says Belarus鈥檚 president in the face of the coronavirus pandemic
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SOS from the Mediterranean
The desperate race to save migrants at sea over one weekend
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Boris Johnson and Britain鈥檚 Covid-19 crisis
What catching Covid-19 reveals about the politics and leadership style of Boris Johnson
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Hanging by a thread: Bangladesh鈥檚 garment workers
The devastating effect of the coronavirus pandemic on Bangladesh鈥檚 garment industry
