Season 19
10 episodes · 2019
1Carnival Wars
A film from Brazil exploring the impact of the country's new President, Jair Bolsonaro, on the LGBT community. Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director Kate Hardie-Buckley travel to Sao Paulo - which holds the world record for the largest gay pride parade ever - as its inhabitants prepare for Carnival.
2Banged Up for Blasphemy
Marcel Theroux meets people - including children - who've fallen foul of Pakistan's strict blasphemy laws, and the lawyers and activists who are determined to see them sentenced to death.
3Mafia Showdown
Krishnan Guru-Murthy meets Vittorio Brumotti, a fearless TV reporter who's taking on Mafia drug-dealers and gangsters in southern Italy.
4Girls Behind Bars
In Madagascar, Unreported World investigates the extraordinary stories of children locked up in adult prisons for up to three years before their cases are heard in court
5Censoredfinale
Reporter Sahar Zand travels to Nicaragua, where President Ortega has launched a crackdown on the independent media in a country gripped by civil disruption and economic chaos.
6Forest of Fear
Ade Adepitan reports from the Republic of the Congo on the plight of the Baka tribe, who are under threat as the forests where they hunt are turned into a national park.
7Hurricane Hell
Exploring the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian's rampage through the Bahamas. When Dorian hit the region back in August, it sparked worldwide headlines. In its aftermath, reporter Seyi Rhodes uncovers the dark story of how Haitian migrants have been left homeless and now, prohibited from rebuilding, are being deported by the government.
8Schools Under Siege
Adnan Sarwar meet pupils, parents and teachers trying to survive at a primary school caught in a turf war between lawless drug-dealing gangs in Cape Town, South Africa
9Social Media Martyrs
Sahar Zand meets Iraq's new social media stars. They've got millions of followers, but, as Unreported World finds out, fame can have deadly consequences.
10Timbuktu's Lost Treasures
Krishnan Guru-Murthy travels to Mali, where continual fighting has severely impacted tourism and threatened the upkeep of significant historic sites