Season 1
8 episodes · 2012
1Four Born Every Second
Revealing the shocking lottery of child birth across the globe. The life chances of newly born babies in the rich world and the poor world.
2Give Us the Money
A look at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty.
3Stealing Africa
An investigation into the behaviour of multi-national companies in Africa.
4Park Avenue - Money, Power and the American Dream
How the wealthiest Americans spend their money and how the poorest Americans are shut out.
5Poor Us - An Animated History of Poverty
Poor people through the ages, beginning in Neolithic times and up to the present.
6Solar Mamas
A Jordanian mother's successful struggle to pull herself and her family out of poverty by travelling to India to train as a solar engineer.
7The Great Land Rush
How rich, land-hungry nations are leasing Mali's land to create agri-business farms.
8China's Ant Peoplefinale
Getting an education and a life in contemporary China. A look at Chinese education through the lives of a tutor, a student and a jobseeker.
