Crossing Continents Episodes Episode guide
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Reggaeton: The pride of Puerto Rico?
Reggaeton’s the soundtrack to Puerto Rico, reflecting the cultural and political scene.
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Mexico - Coyotes and Kidnap
Tales of kidnap and extortion from those who risk everything to enter the US from Mexico.
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Secret Sisters. Political prisoners in Belarus
Belarus has huge numbers of political prisoners - many of them are women.
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American Mercenaries: Killing in Yemen
Why former soldiers were hired to carry out assassinations in Yemen in 2015.
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Bulgaria: the people smugglers
The men who risk jail to help migrants across Europe – meeting the people smugglers.
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The Struggle for Barbuda's Future
How a resort for millionaires sparked a battle for a Caribbean island paradise.
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Bones that speak
Thousands of people were killed in the 'war on drugs' in the Philippines.
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Bolivia’s giant fish intruder
The giant freshwater fish that's invading Bolivia's Amazonian rivers.
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Ukraine: Building back better
How will Ukraine ensure the billions needed to rebuild the country are properly spent?
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Ukraine: Fighting for Openness
Meet the citizens battling for better government on Ukraine's home front.
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Cyprus: The battle over songbird slaughter
How killing migrating birds became a multi-million dollar criminal business.
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Poland's Forest Frontier
Poland builds a wall through one of Europe’s most precious forests. What’s the impact?
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Florida's political refugees
From Miami to Chicago, Lucy Proctor meets the conservatives and liberals swapping states.
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How a war has changed a Norwegian town
How once friendly relations between Norway and Russia have frozen in the far north.
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Missing in Syria
The desperate search by thousands of Syrian families for their missing relatives.
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Surviving Greece's migrant boat disaster
Three men describe surviving one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in decades.
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Singing Morocco's New Identity
The young female stars of Gnawa music now challenging the boundaries of Moroccan identity
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Belize's Blue Bond
Can a financial deal with a conservation charity save Belize's economy?
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Zimbabwe's worker exodus
Why tens of thousands of Zimbabweans are fleeing their country to work in the West.
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When Wagner came home
The fear stalking Russia as ex-convicts from the Wagner mercenary group return home.
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Returning to Romania
With 20% of its population living abroad, the Romanian government wants its diaspora back
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Botswana: Living with elephants
The battle to keep the peace between people and elephants in northern Botswana.
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Ukraine: the men who don’t want to fight
Thousands of Ukrainian men are dodging the draft – and risking their lives in the process.
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Hard Times in the Big Easy
New Orleans is the murder capital of the United States.
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Searching for my son
Omar’s son was pulled alive from the rubble of Turkey’s earthquake, but where is he?
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Kenya's Free Money Experiment
Why thousands of Kenyan villagers are being given free cash.
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Laos: the most bombed country on earth
50 years since the last US bombs fell on Laos, they’re still killing and maiming.
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Leaving Sri Lanka
Record numbers are fleeing the island in the wake of a brutal economic crisis.
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Gran Chaco - Paraguay’s vanishing forest
A massive new road across Paraguay threatens a fragile eco-system and two communities.
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Vienna: getting housing right
Does Vienna have the world’s best public housing? Chris Bowlby reports