Crossing Continents Episodes Episode guide
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The Mayor of Mogadishu
Is Mogadishu on the mend? A day in the life of the new Somali/British mayor of Mogadishu.
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Israel's New Front Line
How exemption from conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews is exposing Israel's faultlines.
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Gold and Governance in Romania
Tessa Dunlop investigates why a plan for a massive gold mine is dividing Romania.
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Bulgaria's Criminal Football
Investigating the links between football, corruption and politics in Bulgaria.
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Korea Host Bars
The host bars revealing the cracks in South Korea's conservative social structures.
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Cold Turkey in Karachi
Mobeen Azhar finds out how a charity is helping heroin addicts in Karachi.
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Rwanda Cycling
Rwanda's new heroes, its cycling team, are helping it to overcome the trauma of genocide.
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Spain's White Elephants
Spain is in economic crisis. What can a new, closed airport tell us about what went wrong?
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China Tweeting
Shanghai-based journalist Duncan Hewitt finds out how microblogging is changing China.
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Some Promised Land
Migrants fleeing war or poverty who are risking their lives to reach the European Union.
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China: Too Old to Get Rich?
Mukul Devichand tells the stories of Shanghai's rapidly ageing population.
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Russia's New Energy Frontier
Lucy Ash visits Russia's Arctic where reindeer herders and gas companies compete for land.
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A Death in Honduras
A profile of the People's Funeral Service in Honduras, the most murderous nation on earth.
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The Marriage Breakers of Bangladesh
Angus Crawford joins Bangladeshis working to halt the illegal practice of child brides.
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The Pink Certificate
Emre Azizlerli investigates how gay men in Turkey are humiliated by the army.
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Forced Sterilisation in Uzbekistan
Natalia Antelava uncovers evidence of the involuntary sterilisation of women in Uzbekistan
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The Angola 2
Why have two Louisiana prison inmates been held in solitary confinement for 40 years?
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Canada's prescription drug crisis
Crossing Continents investigates prescription drug abuse among Canada's aboriginal people.
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What happened to the Kurdish spring?
Gabriel Gatehouse investigates freedom and repression in Kurdish Iraq.
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Saving the Brazilian Amazon
Justin Rowlatt investigates Brazilian successes in fighting deforestation.
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Frank Wild's last journey
Retracing the route of Antarctic explorer Frank Wild, Shackleton's second-in-command.
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The Graves of Kashmir
Who are the thousands of people discovered in mass graves in Indian Kashmir?
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China's Migrant Worker Mega-City
Tales of discontent and reform from Guangzhou, China's mega-city of migrants.
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Exposing Bali's Orphanages
Ed Butler investigates abuse of children and scamming of volunteers by Bali's orphanages.
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Farming Zimbabwe
Martin Plaut investigates Zimbabwe's agriculture ten years after the farm invasions.
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Roubles and Radicals in Dagestan
Lucy Ash asks if a billionaire's roubles can help to end Dagestan's bloody insurgency.
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India's Whistleblowers
How local level campaigners against corruption in India face threats and violence.
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Zimbabwe's child migrants
The stories of young children travelling alone from Zimbabwe to South Africa.
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9/11 - Toxic Ash
Investigating the health impact on New York from the collapse of the World Trade Centre.
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The Mystery of Dirar Abu Sisi
Gabriel Gatehouse investigates the mysterious disappearance of Dirar Abu Sisi.