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Season 10

10 episodes · 2023

  1. 1Lebanon, Australia and Melilla

    31 Jan 2023

    John Ray investigates why a mother of two is a folk hero in Lebanon, Dan Rivers revisits the Australian bush-fires of 2020, and Rageh Omaar explores a migrant crisis in Melilla.

  2. 2Turkey, South Africa and New York

    02 Mar 2023

    Peter Smith reports on Turkey's recent deadly earthquake, Rageh Omaar explores an energy crisis in South Africa, and Rebecca Barry learns about cannabis licences in New York state.

  3. 3Australia, Portugal and Denmark

    28 Mar 2023

    Sangita Lai reports from Denmark, while James Mates looks into a controversial euthanasia law in Portugal and Dan Rivers examines the experience of Australia's Indigenous community.

  4. 4Greece, Lapland and Mexico

    25 Apr 2023

    Reporting on the aftermath of Greece's worst rail disaster, community challenges in the Arctic Circle, and a controversial new Mexican god.

  5. 5USA, Mexico and France

    30 May 2023

    Rageh Omaar explores a controversial new train system in Mexico, Dan Rivers probes a new law in Tennessee, and Rachel Townsend examines a new approach to later life care in France.

  6. 6Italy, Philippines and Bulgaria

    27 Jun 2023

    Lucy Watson is in Rome at one of Italy's most infamous prisons as it takes steps to accommodate trans women prisoners. Nina Nannar is in Bulgaria discovering how the ancient pagan tradition of firewalking is being kept alive.

  7. 7South Africa, Spain and Slovenia

    25 Jul 2023

    Rohit Kachroo travels to South Africa seeking answers to the 21 teenage deaths in a nightclub. Ellie Pitt examines a new Spanish law that requires employers to give paid 'menstrual leave" to women who suffer from disabling periods.

  8. 8Centralia, Turkey and Germany

    26 Sep 2023

    Amanda Walker witnesses doctors working to treat America's fentanyl addicts, Rohit Kachroo meets Russians in Turkey fleeing the war at home, and Julie Etchingham visits the Stasi archive of the former east German secret police.

  9. 9India, Italy and Germany

    31 Oct 2023

    Romilly Weeks meets a charity reuniting families in India, Ben Chapman explores a devastation of clam farming in Italy, and Rhys Williams visits the mythical land of Mythodea

  10. 10Iceland, Sweden and Denmark

    30 Nov 2023

    Sangita Lal visits the world's first direct air capture and storage plant in Iceland, Stacey Foster discovers a seaweed feed in Sweden, and Chris Choi explores Danish eco villages.