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Dan Snow and Anita Rani visit the Moscow Metro and discuss its history.
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Dan Snow investigates the history of residents of Mexico City since the Aztecs.
Building upwards | World's Busiest Cities
Earthquake protection in Mexico City's building design.
China and Hong Kong | World's Busiest Cities
Dan Snow investigates Hong Kong's precarious relationship with China.
Crime | World's Busiest Cities
Dan Snow investigates how Mexico City's police work from the sky.
Earthquake prediction | World's Busiest Cities
The vital importance of earthquake prediction in Mexico City.
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Dan Snow investigates the devastating impact that earthquakes are having on the city. He visits an organisation that save peop...
Free Trade | World's Busiest Cities
The history of HSBC and banking in Hong Kong.
Globalisation and Immigration | World's Busiest Cities
Anita Rani visits Chungking Mansions, a culturally diverse location in Hong Kong, where people from over hundred count...
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Dan Snow views Hong Kong from the sky and witnesses how the city's growth is slowly connecting it to mainland China.
Housing in the City | World's Busiest Cities
Dan Snow investigates post-war communal living during the Soviet Union.
Migrant Workers | World's Busiest Cities
The experience of live-in domestic workers in Hong Kong.
Overcrowding | World's Busiest Cities
Ade Adepitan investigates the extortionate real estate prices of central Hong Kong.
Pollution Problems | World's Busiest Cities
How Mexico City is tackling pollution.
South China Sea Trade | World's Busiest Cities
Hong Kong's busy port is a vital gateway to trade in the South China Sea.
Soviet Russia | World's Busiest Cities
The social and political history of Moscow.
The Cable Car | World's Busiest Cities
Ade Adepitan views Mexico City from the cable car system.
The Kremlin | World's Busiest Cities
Dan Snow visits the heart of Russia politics, the Kremlin.
Trade | World's Busiest Cities
Global trade in Hong Kong's busy harbour.
Traffic Problem | World's Busiest Cities
Anita Rani experiences the worst rush hour traffic in Europe.
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3: Ingenuity | Welcome to Rio
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