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This World Season 5

January. 08,2008
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The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent".

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This World

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The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent".

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This World Season 5 Full Episode Guide

Episode 13 - Forced to Marry
First Aired: December. 01,2008

Investigative documentary series. Saira Khan investigates the dramatic stories of British Asians taken to Pakistan by their parents and forced to marry against their will.

Episode 12 - American Time Bomb
First Aired: November. 24,2008

Investigative documentary series. Is America facing a greater threat to its economy than the meltdown of its banking system? David Walker, former US Comptroller General, thinks so.

Episode 11 - The Man Who Armed the World
First Aired: November. 17,2008

Accused of being one of the most notorious arms dealers and sanction busters in the world, Russian businessman Viktor Bout languishes in jail in Bangkok. This World tells the story of the dramatic international sting which finally brought him to justice, and the battle to extradite him to the USA.

Episode 10 - Murder in the Snow
First Aired: November. 10,2008

Investigative documentary series. Here, the story of Himalayan mountaineers who witnessed the shooting of Tibetan refugees by Chinese border guards in 2006.

Episode 9 - Battle of the Bishops
First Aired: July. 21,2008

Documentary. With the worldwide Anglican Church on the brink of an historic split, this film goes behind the scenes with the key players in the splinter movement.

Episode 8 - Bannatyne Takes on Big Tobacco
First Aired: July. 01,2008

Duncan Bannatyne, the scourge of Dragons' Den, journeys to Africa to explore the rise in the number of kids smoking and the activities of one tobacco company in particular.

Episode 7 - Lethal Solution
First Aired: March. 18,2008

International documentary series. The eighth amendment of the US Constitution bans 'cruel and unusual' punishment - so should American prisons use lethal injection?

Episode 6 - Miss Gulag
First Aired: March. 11,2008

Documentary series. Every spring, staff at women's prison UF 91-9, Siberia, organise a beauty pageant to lift spirits and help inmates win time off for good behaviour.

Episode 5 - Deep South Divide
First Aired: March. 04,2008

Tom Mangold returns to the school in Jena, Louisiana to investigate the events that triggered the biggest black civil rights march since the 60s last year.

Episode 4 - Diamonds and Justice
First Aired: February. 26,2008

Liberian Charles Taylor was on trial in the Hague in January for, allegedly, backing rebels in neighbouring Sierra Leone. Is he as evil as the West claims?

Episode 3 - Girl Racer
First Aired: February. 19,2008

International investigative documentary series. This film tells the story of beautiful Laleh Seddigh, who has become Iran’s national motor sports champion.

Episode 2 - Baghdad: A Doctor's Story
First Aired: January. 14,2008

Shot by an Iraqi doctor, this film reveals the conditions of a civilian ER in Baghdad where the ambulance crews go from one dangerous mission to another.

Episode 1 - The Boys From Baghdad High
First Aired: January. 08,2008

Documentary. Four classmates from different backgrounds were given cameras to capture everyday life in Baghdad. What does the future hold for these teens?

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