In Lagos, Nigeria, three British mechanics are guided and challenged for ten days by extraordinary slum dwellers who use dedication, passion and gu...
Documentary in which Andrew Marr looks at how people live in five of the world's biggest megacities: London, Dhaka, To...
Documentary series exploring Rio's shanty-towns, the favelas. In Cantagalo, delivery man Rocky carries goods up the steep staircases overlooking Co...
Andrew Marr takes a look at safety and security, two of the biggest challenges faced by each and every metropolis, vis...
Young Brits embark on a crash course in urban survival in the world's biggest slums. Three trainee chefs swap their clean UK kitchens for street ...
In Mexico City, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Ade Adepitan uncover the hidden systems and armies of people that help run this sprawl...
Young Brits embark on a crash course in urban survival in the world's biggest slums. Three plumbers learn to plumb the local way in the open sewer...
Dan Snow investigates the history of residents of Mexico City since the Aztecs.
Earthquake protection in Mexico City's building design.
How people are adapting to life in Lagos informal settlements, which includes sorting through and recycling everything in the...
Dan Snow investigates how Mexico City's police work from the sky.
The vital importance of earthquake prediction in Mexico City.
Dan Snow investigates the devastating impact that earthquakes are having on the city. He visits an organisation that sav...
India's one-percenters throw open their doors on a life of unparalleled luxury and decadence in the boom town of Mumbai, with vertical pa...
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...
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.
Anita Rani and Justin Rowlatt continue their epic car journeys across China, heading for their final destination, the financial mega-city of...
A two-part documentary detailing a two-week stay in Mumbai's Dharavi slum.
The hustle is on across the city from the beach parties on the seafront to Asia's biggest slum to the Taj Mahal Hotel as wedding fever ta...
As India looks to the coming century, a new generation is hoping to become the super-rich of tomorrow, and the actions they take today wi...
The impacts of the rapid growth of the megacity Jakarta.
Anita Rani, Ade Adepitan, Ant Anstead and Dan Snow try commuting New York-style, joining 5.5 million commuters on the iconic Staten Is...
How Mexico City is tackling pollution.
Ade Adepitan views Mexico City from the cable car system.
Anita Rani investigates the transport systems in ever growing Mexico City.
Ade Adepitan visits residents of Mexico City that have built their own housing.
Anita Rani investigates Mexico City's sewage systems.
Ade Adepitan investigates solutions to the Mexico City water crisis.
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