Africa United

01: Morocco | Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

Afua explores how a younger generation of Moroccan creatives are transforming old traditions into thrilling new music, art, weav...

01: Nepal | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

In a demanding and emotional journey, Kate Humble travels with the Raute, Nepal's very last nomadic community of just 140 hunter-...

03: South Africa | Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

Afua Hirsch discovers new art, music and theatre in South Africa's townships as she explores creativity emerging in amapian...

1: Peace | Welcome to Rio

Documentary series exploring Rio's shanty-towns, the favelas. In Cantagalo, delivery man Rocky carries goods up the steep staircases overlooking Co...

1: Power and the People | China

How do the values of the ruling Chinese Communist Party translate into daily life? The Party bases its legitimacy on delivering both stabilit...

2: Leather | Blood, Sweat and Luxuries

Young British consumers work alongside luxury goods makers in Africa and Asia. In Addis Ababa the Brits join the locals who rely on th...

2: War | Welcome to Rio

A look at Rio's drug-trafficking favelas, being 'pacified' by the government's special forces ahead of the World Cup in increasingly violent incursions.

3: Ingenuity | Welcome to Rio

This episode looks at the resourcefulness of some of Rio's poorest residents, revealing how favela residents exploit their opportunities.

3: Marapu | Tribe with Bruce Parry

On the Indonesian island of Sumba, Bruce Parry lives in a village where the dead are buried amongst the living and where powerful ancestra...

Albania | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan travels to Albania to get an insider's guide to the country and to find out whether his own pre...

Challenges and opportunities | Welcome to Lagos

How people are adapting to life in Lagos informal settlements, which includes sorting through and recycling everything in the...

Child labour | This World

Simon Reeves investigates child labour on tea plantations in Uganda.

Education in Ghana | Children at Work

A look at a typical school in a Ghanaian cocoa village, where students often work after school.

Episode 1 | Africa with Ade Adepitan

Ade Adepitan embarks on the first leg of his journey around Africa. He travels from Cape Verde to Senegal and the Ivory Coast, before fi...

Episode 1 | Welcome to India

Documentary series which explores life in India. It follows two people as they try to carve out homes - one in Kolkata and the other on a Mumbai...

Episode 1 | Welcome to Lagos

A look at life in the Olusosun rubbish dump, where around 1,000 people live on top of the rubbish in houses built from scrap.

Episode 2 | Africa with Ade Adepitan

Ade Adepitan embarks on the second leg of his journey around Africa. This time he is in Central Africa, travelling from Gabon to Uganda,...

Episode 2 | Welcome to India

This episode follows three people as they attempt to make a living from turning the stuff others would call waste into an opportunity.

Episode 2 | Welcome to Lagos

This episode follows those who choose to live and work on the waters of Lagos Lagoon, including a father of 18 who lives in a house built on sti...

Episode 3 | Africa with Ade Adepitan

Ade begins this leg of his journey in Tanzania, in Selous Game Reserve. He is on the lookout for elephants but numbers in this park have...