Cocaine Capital of the World
Stacey Dooley investigates why Peru became the world's cocaine capital in 2013, meeting smugglers, producers and government forces.
Stacey Dooley investigates why Peru took the title of the world's cocaine capital in 2013.
Her journey starts in Lima, where she meets the Brits locked up in Peru's jails for smuggling cocaine to Europe. Travelling into the countryside, she then discovers how alarmingly easy it is for cocaine to be grown and produced here.
Stacey joins government forces as they launch a major crackdown in an attempt to destroy this multimillion-dollar industry - but will the fightback be enough?
Finally, she travels deep into the rainforest where farmers are growing a new super-strain of coca plant. Able to grow in damp jungle conditions, it threatens to open up millions of new acres to coca production and flood the world with even greater quantities of cocaine.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Stacey Dooley |
| Producer | Steve Grandison |
| Director | Steve Grandison |
| Executive Producer | Mark Rubens |
Broadcasts
- Mon 12 Aug 201321:00
- Tue 13 Aug 201300:30
- Tue 13 Aug 201303:00
- Wed 14 Aug 201302:00
- Thu 15 Aug 201320:00
- Sun 18 Aug 201302:05
- Mon 19 Aug 201301:00
- Mon 2 Sep 201300:00
- Fri 25 Oct 201320:00
- Wed 1 Oct 201423:10BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
- Wed 1 Oct 201423:40BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
- Thu 2 Oct 201400:10BBC One Scotland HD, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland & Scotland only
- Tue 25 Nov 201421:00
- Wed 26 Nov 201402:00
- Tue 5 May 201521:00
- Wed 6 May 201501:00
- Wed 6 May 201503:00
- Wed 16 Dec 201521:00
- Tue 30 Jan 201823:45BBC One except Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & Wales HD
- Wed 31 Jan 201800:10BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
- Wed 31 Jan 201800:45BBC One Scotland & Scotland HD only
- Wed 7 May 202521:00
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