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This World

This World - Season 2014 (2014)

Audience Score
60

Season 2014 Episodes

1. The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve

January 12th, 20141 hr

Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Kenya and Uganda to uncover the stories behind Britain's favourite drink, meeting the people who pick, pack and transport tea.

2. The Coffee Trail with Simon Reeve

January 26th, 20141 hr

Simon Reeve heads to Vietnam to uncover the stories behind the morning pick-me-up. He travels to the central highlands, where he meets the people who grow, pick and pack coffee.

3. How China Fooled the World - with Robert Peston

February 18th, 20141 hr

Robert Peston travels to China to investigate how the economic giant could actually be in trouble. It is a story of spending and investment on a scale never seen before.

4. Copacabana Palace

May 12th, 20141 hr

As Brazil prepares to host the World Cup, Copacabana Palace follows the lives of the staff and guests at one of Latin America's most iconic hotels.

5. The Secret Life of Your Clothes

July 14th, 20141 hr

Documentary in which Ade Adepitan explores the afterlife of some of the clothes we donate to charity shops. He follows the trail to Ghana, the biggest importer of our castoffs.

6. Clothes to Die For

July 21st, 20141 hr

Documentary about survivors of the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza, an eight-storey commerical building in Bangladesh, and the safety of the Bangladeshi garment industry.

7. Ireland's Lost Babies

September 17th, 20141 hr

Journalist Martin Sixsmith hears the moving stories of the parents and children involved in a transatlantic adoption run by the Irish Catholic Church during the 1950s and 60s.

8. Life in Solitary

September 21st, 20141 hr

Following attempts by the new warden of Maine State Prison to reform the practice of solitary confinement, which has seen inmates locked up alone for days, years or even decades.

9. Terror at the Mall

September 24th, 20141 hr

Revisiting the terrorist attack on Kenya's Westgate Shopping Mall in September 2013, when four gunmen killed 71 people. Featuring CCTV footage and interviews with the survivors.

10. Rwanda's Untold Story

October 1st, 20141 hr

Documentary series. This World reveals evidence that challenges the accepted story of one of the most horrifying events of the late 20th century, the Rwandan genocide.

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