Thought-Provoking Global Stories
Learn more about the world we live in with these thought-provoking documentaries.
Extreme and Online—Louis Theroux's Forbidden America, Series 1
Louis meets the young and inflammatory figures of the modern American far right.
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The Contestant—Storyville
A man spends 15 months alone in a room, naked, unaware he is being broadcast on live TV.
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Shadow Healers: South Africa's Psychedelic Journey—Eye Investigations
Africa Eye investigates South Africa's Illegal industry in psychedelic treatments.
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Writing with Fire—Storyville
A Storyville documentary that follows journalists at India's only newpaper run by women.
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Rebuilding Bucha—Storyville
Five people in Bucha, Ukraine, attempt to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of war.
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The Zero Line: Inside Russia's War
Russian soldiers and civilians film in secret, exposing executions and brutality.
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India's Opioid Kings—Eye Investigations
Who is flooding West Africa with dangerous opioids? BBC Eye goes undercover to find out.
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America's New Female Right
Layla Wright meets the American women posting offensive content online.
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Exposed: China's Spycam Porn—Eye Investigations
Hunting the criminals who are hiding cameras in hotel rooms to film people having sex.
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The Schools that Break Children—Eye Investigations
An investigation into Chinese bootcamps promising to ‘fix’ problem children.
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Into The Void: Putin's Foreign Fighters—Eye Investigations
BBC Eye investigates the networks enticing young men into joining Russia’s ranks.
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Make Me Perfect: Manufacturing Beauty in China—Eye Investigations
China’s booming cosmetic surgery industry is facing a shortage of qualified practitioners.
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Episode 1—Sin City: The Real Las Vegas, Series 1
Tir Dhondy investigates Las Vegas: from the big spenders to life beyond the bright lights.
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Meow Meow: Russia’s Mephedrone Teen Crisis—Eye Investigations
BBC Eye investigates the hidden problem of synthetic drugs devastating Russia’s youth.
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26.2 to Life: Inside the San Quentin Prison Marathon—Storyville
Three men sentenced to life undertake running a marathon around a crowded prison yard.
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Agent of Happiness—Storyville
A road movie following Amber and Guna, happiness agents for the government of Bhutan.
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Rio’s Favela Wars—Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone, Series 1
Ashley is in Brazil to meet young men living in some of Rio’s most dangerous favelas.
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My Backyard—Putin vs the West, Path to War
When Putin first invades Crimea in 2014, the west’s top leaders struggle to respond.
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Black Box Diaries—Storyville
Documentary following director Shiori Ito’s brave investigation of her own sexual assault.
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Episode 1—Rage Against the Regime: Iran, Series 1
Iranians protest Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2009 election victory - with deadly consequences.
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Born in Bethlehem—Eye Investigations
This film follows staff and expectant mothers at the Holy Family Hospital, Bethlehem
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Praying for Armageddon—Storyville
Storyville film exploring the power and influence of American Evangelical Christians.
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Eternal Spring: The Heist of China’s Airwaves—Storyville
How Falun Gong practitioners hit back at the Chinese government by hijacking the airwaves.
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Mr Nobody Against Putin—Storyville
A Russian schoolteacher risks everything to expose rising militarism in his classroom.
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