The avocado is a new superfood and its cultivation has been increasing worldwide, including in southern Portugal. But avocado plantations suck up the water in the already drought-stricken country. Local residents and small farmers are fighting back.
Fight for the Climate
In the Netherlands, 200,000 young people are worried about the demise of the world and the major climate disasters they might experience. They learn from Greta Thunberg that the world will end if we continue like this. Climate depression and eco-anxiety have recently become official diagnoses. There is a strong feeling among these teens and the 20-somethings of today that they need to clean up the mess for the generations before them.
Eminent Monsters
Exploring the work of psychiatrist Dr Ewen Cameron, which forms the basis for modern psychological torture used by governments.
Gypsy Kids Taken from Home
Hungary has more Roma gypsy kids in care than any other EU country. Stacey Dooley meets those on the frontline of Hungary’s child protection system.
Coded Bias
It follows researchers and advocates, principally MIT computer scientist and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League Joy Buolamwini, as they explore how algorithms encode and propagate bias.
Romania: Rape of the Forest
It is getting dangerous in Romania’s vast ancient forests. The figures are stark: Six rangers killed (two in 2019 alone) and a further 650 attacked with axes, knives and guns.
21st Century Mythologies
Art historian Professor Richard Clay explores how Mythologies, written in 1957 by French philosopher Roland Barthes, laid bare the myth-making at the heart of popular culture. Now, following in Barthes’s footsteps, Richard Clay dissects some of the everyday myths we still take for granted in the 21st century, revealing the hidden meanings in everything from money, Wi-Fi and race to the Madonna.
Perfect Me
Being beautiful has many advantages: you do better in the relationship market, in finding a job, a house and a network. But who decides what is beautiful? And how do you compete with your idealised, digital self?
The Whale Hunters
Stacey Dooley investigates the controversial world of whale hunting. She witnesses a commercial whale kill and meets the Faroese who kill for food and the activists trying to stop them.
Dogs With Extraordinary Jobs
The series will reveal how dogs’ natural abilities are being harnessed in creative and beneficial ways by scientists, rescuers and the disadvantaged to improve lives, increase safety and maintain the health and biodiversity of our planet.
Rubbish Dump Britain
Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the UK’s fly-tipping crisis and asks why so few criminals are prosecuted for damaging the places we love.
China’s COVID Secrets
The untold story of the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and how China responded. Chinese scientists and doctors, international disease experts and health officials reveal missed opportunities to suppress the outbreak and lessons for the world.