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Home | Economics

The Global Context and Development

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Factors limiting development

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For Sama | Dispatches

For Sama | Dispatches

Channel 4 | 2019 | 1'20'49''

An epic and intimate journey filmed through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria. Waad al-Kateab tells the story of how she fell in love, marrie...

Inside Assad's Syria | Unreported World

Inside Assad's Syria | Unreported World

Channel 4 | 2011 | 23'36''

Ramita Navai spends two weeks undercover in some of the most dangerous parts of Syria with members of the opposition movement determi...

Myanmar Report | Unreported World

Myanmar Report | Unreported World

Channel 4 | 2021 | 24'29''

A Burmese filmmaker's on the front line in Myanmar as protestors defy the military junta's coup. As pressure to release political prisoners...

Congo: The Real Mobile Phone War | Unreported World

Congo: The Real Mobile Phone War | Unreported World

Channel 4 | 2001 | 24'30''

Juliana Ruhfus finds that the lucrative mining of the ore coltan from which tantalum is extracted, and used in the produc...

The Corrupt Billionaire | Panorama

The Corrupt Billionaire | Panorama

BBC One | 2020 | 29'15''

Leaked documents reveal how an impoverished country was corruptly exploited by its former ruling family. With Richard Bilton.

Sri Lanka's Killing Fields

Sri Lanka's Killing Fields

Channel 4 | 2011 | 49'10''

A hard-hitting investigation into the final weeks of the Sri Lankan civil war, featuring devastating video evidence of horrific war crimes. Contai...

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Globalisation

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Cars | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Cars | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'58''

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey explore how much we really know about the logistics that enable Britain to buy and sell ...

Brexit: Behind Closed Doors: Part 2 | Storyville

Brexit: Behind Closed Doors: Part 2 | Storyville

BBC Four | 2019 | 58'19''

The untold story of the Brexit negotiations... from the other side, with exclusive access to the EU parliament's representat...

Brexit: Behind Closed Doors: Part 1 | Storyville

Brexit: Behind Closed Doors: Part 1 | Storyville

BBC Four | 2019 | 59'34''

The untold story of the Brexit negotiations... from the other side, with exclusive access to the EU parliament's representat...

5: Downfall | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

5: Downfall | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'39''

Mrs Thatcher's leadership style and judgement on Europe and the poll tax create splits in her cabinet and public anger, lea...

Cadbury Exposed | Dispatches

Cadbury Exposed | Dispatches

Channel 4 | 2022 | 26'06''

Undercover in Ghana, Antony Barnett investigates Britain's best-loved chocolate brand and reveals for the first time child labour in its supply ...

After Brexit: The Battle for Europe | This World

After Brexit: The Battle for Europe | This World

BBC Two | 2017 | 59'05''

The European Union faces the biggest challenge in its 60-year history, with the rise of populist eurosceptic movements acros...

Brexit and Exit | Meet the Lords

Brexit and Exit | Meet the Lords

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'58''

Brexit hits the Lords with a bang when they vote on leaving Europe and become the centre of the nation's attention, and the Queen pays her a...

Rice Farmers | Counting the Cost

Rice Farmers | Counting the Cost

BBC World News | 2022 | 4'52''

The high price of fertiliser is pushing up the cost of rice production in Thailand, which has a knock-on effect on the buyers of the rice.

Counting the Cost

Counting the Cost

BBC World News | 2022 | 23'11''

Climate change, the COVID pandemic and now the crisis in Ukraine, have disrupted supply chains and exacerbated the soaring cost of living, leaving people o...

Italian steel industry | Counting the Cost

Italian steel industry | Counting the Cost

BBC World News | 2022 | 4'05''

High energy costs are putting steel workers jobs at risk.

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Inequality

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2: Having It All | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

2: Having It All | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

BBC Scotland | 2023 | 57'59''

Kirsty Wark explores the 1980s and 90s, when legislative leaps enshrined new rights for women. But with sexism rife,...

1: The Disruptors | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

1: The Disruptors | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

BBC Scotland | 2023 | 57'56''

Kirsty Wark reveals how pioneering women of the 1960s and 70s seized the baton from previous generations and surged...

4: That Bloody Woman | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

4: That Bloody Woman | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'39''

As Mrs Thatcher's government transforms the British economy, tensions erupt within her inner circle and personal r...

Episode 2 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Episode 2 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

BBC Two | 2016 | 58'54''

Volunteers test their skills against some of the jobs in Britain's low-wage sector. This time, they are wo...

Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

BBC Two | 2016 | 58'37''

20 volunteers test their skills against some of the jobs in Britain's low-wage sector. In this episode, they do our di...

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 4 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 4 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

BBC Two | 2016 | 22'14''

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills against some of th...

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 3 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 3 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

BBC Two | 2016 | 31'49''

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills against some of th...

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 2 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 2 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

BBC Two | 2016 | 22'39''

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills against some of th...

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 1 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 1 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

BBC Two | 2016 | 35'58''

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills against some of th...

10 Years Old & Living in Poverty

10 Years Old & Living in Poverty

Channel 5 | 2014 | 44'04''

Brand new documentary following three families coping with very challenging financial circumstances, all told from the unique perspective of...

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International trade and trade blocs

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Brexit: Behind Closed Doors: Part 2 | Storyville

Brexit: Behind Closed Doors: Part 2 | Storyville

BBC Four | 2019 | 58'19''

The untold story of the Brexit negotiations... from the other side, with exclusive access to the EU parliament's representat...

Brexit: Behind Closed Doors: Part 1 | Storyville

Brexit: Behind Closed Doors: Part 1 | Storyville

BBC Four | 2019 | 59'34''

The untold story of the Brexit negotiations... from the other side, with exclusive access to the EU parliament's representat...

Let's strike a US-EU deal | Wake Up to Money

Let's strike a US-EU deal | Wake Up to Money

BBC Radio 5 Live | 2025 | 55'42''

Will Bain looks at the trade deal agreed between the EU and the US. Plus, what does the Lionesses Euros win mean for sponsorship...

After Brexit: The Battle for Europe | This World

After Brexit: The Battle for Europe | This World

BBC Two | 2017 | 59'05''

The European Union faces the biggest challenge in its 60-year history, with the rise of populist eurosceptic movements acros...

Immigration: Who Should We Let In? | Panorama

Immigration: Who Should We Let In? | Panorama

BBC One | 2018 | 28'54''

With concerns about immigration forming a key part of the vote to leave the EU, Nick Robinson explores what immigration the pub...

Brexit and Exit | Meet the Lords

Brexit and Exit | Meet the Lords

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'58''

Brexit hits the Lords with a bang when they vote on leaving Europe and become the centre of the nation's attention, and the Queen pays her a...

Farage Fans & UKIP Lovers

Farage Fans & UKIP Lovers

Channel 5 | 2015 | 45'12''

Documentary looking at those who support UKIP, from fishermen who say that their livelihoods are being destroyed by EU legislation to those who bla...

Is Britain Broke? | Panorama

Is Britain Broke? | Panorama

Balanced government budget | BBC One | 2025 | 28'56''

Ros Atkins sets out to discover the truth about how our money is spent and why politicians keep running into trouble when they try to cut spending.

The Debt Saviours

The Debt Saviours

Belief and values | BBC Two | 2018 | 59'33''

Access-all-areas documentary following Christians Against Poverty, asking whether the charity's motivation is debt relief or bringing people to Jesus.

China and the Pandemic | 54 Days

China and the Pandemic | 54 Days

Economics | BBC Two | 2021 | 1'14'02''

54 Days tells the story of the events that led to the lockdown and the gulf between what Chinese officials and scientists knew and what they...

10 Years Old & Living in Poverty

10 Years Old & Living in Poverty

Economics | Channel 5 | 2014 | 44'04''

Brand new documentary following three families coping with very challenging financial circumstances, all told from the unique perspecti...

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