Military conscription, a first hunting trip and a circumcision - the symbolic transformation from childhood to adulthood. These poignant chronicles of adolescence disclose the universal themes that unite - and divide - us all
It may have been voted man's most popular animal in a recent poll, but the tiger is critically endangered, with poaching the main cause. Now conservationists have taken up arms against poachers and wildlife traffickers.
Since 9/11 the US is a changed country - especially for Muslims. This World follows Salman Ahmed, founding member of successful rock band Junoon, as he explores what it means to be an American Muslim these days.
Israel's jails are at a bursting point. This World gained unprecedented and unrestricted access inside two of the country's highest security prisons, Be'er Sheva and Hasheron.
The clock is ticking on Iran's race to go nuclear and diplomatic efforts to stop it are on their last legs. The Islamic state says it has been developing nuclear energy for purely peaceful purposes.
More than 1,500 white farmers have been murdered in the past decade in South Africa, where Caucasians still own 75% of the land. Is this a campaign to drive them off the land or just another aspect of the country's persistent crime wave?
The counterfeit drug industry is huge and the profits are vast. Some are harmless but others are lethal. Fake drugs kill vulnerable people: the weak, the old, and the sick. And once consumed, the evidence is destroyed.
Property values in Moscow rose by 40% in 2004. But as big business moves in, are ordinary Russians being forced to move out? But Property to Die For reveals the untold horror stories of today's Moscow property market.
Lampuuk, an hour's drive from Banda Aceh in Indonesia, the city closest to the epicentre of the earthquake and tsunami of 26 December 2004. Here we follow residents, determined to rebuild their lives despite a lack of help.
The Chinese government reckons as many as 40 million men will be permanent bachelors within 15 years, a consequence of the country's one-child-per-family dogma and the fact that unwanted daughters are often aborted or killed.
Despite years of warnings, why were US authorities so unprepared for what became one of the most devastating hurricanes in American history? The Hurricane That Shook America is the story of the journey towards catastrophe in New Orleans.
As the publicity surrounding Kate Moss 's alleged cocaine use once more brings the drug to the fore, Paul Kenyon investigates the violent culture at the source of 90 per cent of the world's cocaine in Colombia.
The grand edifice of India's Bollywood - the world's biggest film industry - was rocked earlier this year by allegations of a casting couch and sex being traded for film roles. Reporter Tanya Datta goes behind the scenes to investigate.
In a cloak-and-dagger E3 million deal with a strand of Germany's criminal fraternity, the Tate and Scotland Yard managed to recover a brace of JMW Turner masterpieces snatched by thieves while on loan to an exhibition in Frankfurt.
After 18 months unrestricted access into the secret planning of the resistance to the Israeli disengagement from Gaza, The Last Stand tells the story of Israeli settlers fighting against their govt's plan to evict them from their homes.
Stem cell transplants could offer the prospect of "science fiction-like" treatments to repair the human body in the future. But some desperately ill people are looking for a cure now.
The Brazilian environment police are getting tough with illegal loggers in the Amazon, but those who make a living from the trees are not giving up without a fight.
Murder, rape, satanism and necrophilia is the staple diet of millions of teenagers who listen to the lyrics of extreme heavy metal music. This World investigates the potential links between "death metal" and a series of gruesome crimes.
Living Positive is a film about six people living with HIV - rather than dying from Aids. We follow six HIV-positive people, each of them on the same day, in six different parts of the world.
