Crossing ContinentsEpisodes Episode guide
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27/01/2026
Insight and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world.
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Greece: Rescuers on Trial
The aid workers put on trial for people-smuggling after saving migrants from drowning
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The Netherlands - ten new cities?
The Netherlands is experiencing a housing crisis. Could ten new cities be the answer?
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South Africa and the fight against TB
Why South Africa's global impact in the fight against tuberculosis is under threat.
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When Christian nationalists come to town
People in Gainesboro, Tennessee have some new neighbours - and not everyone is happy.
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Argentina's elusive big cats
After decades of extinction, wild jaguars are roaming once again in northern Argentina.
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Stolen brides of Kazakhstan: the fightback
What if a stranger decided to marry you? Would you agree?
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The struggle of Israel's peace movement
The Israeli and Palestinian activists who defy threats to dare to call for peace.
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Haitians Living in Fear in the Dominican Republic
How Haitians in the Dominican Republic are being targeted for expulsion.
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‘A new foe’: Conscripting women in Denmark
18-year-old girls in Denmark are facing the draft, as the military boosts its numbers.
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Kenya: A Battle for Gen Z
Protests, abductions, defiance - the young people caught in a struggle for Kenya.
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Saving Gaza's Past
How Palestinians are trying to save Gaza's 5,000-year history.
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Galicia’s wild horses in peril
Europe’s largest herd of wild horses, in north-west Spain, is under threat. Why?
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Suing 'Alligator Alcatraz': Immigration in the US
The legal battles against America’s infamous new immigrant detention centre.
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Europe’s migrant crisis: the truck that shocked the world
Seventy-one migrants suffocated in a truck in 2015. Could the tragedy have been prevented?
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Tajikistan’s Last, Lonely Hyenas
One man’s determination to save the last few striped hyenas of Tajikistan
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Waiting for my Dad - Ukraine's children of the missing
A pioneering summer camp for Ukrainian children with missing parents.
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Colombia's webcam women
Colombia is a global hub of the adult webcam industry employing an estimated 500,000 women
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Syria - Return to Ruins
After 13 years of civil war, what awaits Syrians returning to their homes?
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Russia's Church in Texas
The Americans converting to Orthodox Christianity in Texas...
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Leaving Israel for Cyprus
Thousands of Israelis are making a new home in Cyprus in the wake of 7th October
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Dicing with democracy? Romania’s cancelled election
A cancelled election and a divided country - is Romania’s democracy under threat?
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Spain - can an algorithm predict murder?
How a risk assessment tool is used by police in Spain to predict gender-based violence.
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Unidentified Flying Drones in Denmark
Mysterious drone sightings in Denmark reveal a new era in UFOlogy.
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Lebanon: Hezbollah in trouble
Battered in the war with Israel, Hezbollah is under pressure - even from its supporters.
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Reel Revolution? The dramatic rise of Saudiwood
Saudi's film industry is booming but not all stories can be told.
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Death Marches: uncovering the truth beneath the soil
How a town in Poland – once in Germany - is discovering its troubling past.
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The Gambia: When migrants are forced to go home
The young Gambians who had to give up on their journey to Europe.
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South Korea: The Feminist Hunters
How feminists in South Korea are being hunted down, attacked and sacked.
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The human cost of developing Cambodia's Angkor wonder
Changing the temple complex of Cambodia's '8th wonder of the world'.
