This World is a BBC television documentary strand, shown in the United Kingdom on BBC Two, and occasionally internationally on BBC World. The subject matter is mainly social issues and current affairs stories from around the world.

Most films in the series run for one hour and in the UK are usually broadcast at 2100 on Tuesday or Thursday evenings. The This World website includes additional features and a discussion facility for public comment on the programmes. The BBC streams episodes in RealVideo format via its website for a limited period after they have been shown, and sells them on DVD and VHS by mail order.

[edit] Partial episode list

Title	Subject	Air date	Notes
One Day of War	the experiences of 16 fighters in different conflicts on 22 March 2004	2004-05-27	90-minute special; transcript
Coming of Age	rites of passage experienced by young people in different cultures around the world	2005-02-22	90-minute special; transcript
Tiger Traffic	Siberian tiger poaching and wildlife trafficking in Russia	2005-03-08	transcript
It's My Country Too	the lives of Salman Ahmad and Muslims in the United States, and the Muslims for Bush pressure group	2005-03-15	transcript
Inside Israel's Jails	the lives of Palestinian militants in Israeli gaols	2005-03-22
The Headmaster and the Headscarves	the effect of the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools on ħijāb-wearing female Muslim students	2005-03-29
Blood and Land	land reform and related violence in South Africa	2005-07-05
Bad Medicine	the international trade in counterfeit drugs	2005-07-12
Property To Die For	home ownership and the property market in Russia	2005-07-19
At The Epicentre	reconstruction after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake in Lampuuk, Aceh	2005-07-26	transcript
Looking For China Girl	demographic imbalance between the sexes in the People's Republic of China	2005-08-02	transcript
Iran's Nuclear Secrets	Iranian nuclear programme	2005-08-23	updated version of a programme shown in May 2005
The Last Stand	Israeli settlers' efforts to resist the unilateral disengagement plan in the Gaza Strip	2005-11-10	transcript
The Jungle Beat	illegal logging in the Amazon Rainforest	2005-11-17	transcript
Death Metal Murders	purported links between death metal, Satanism and murders in Italy	2005-11-24
Living Positive	the experiences of AIDS stigma by six HIV-positive people around the world on 22 July 2005	2005-12-01	transcript
Munich: Operation Bayonet	Operation Wrath of God	2006-01-24
Kidnap Cops	kidnappings in São Paulo	2006-04-13
How To Plan A Revolution	pro-democracy youth movements in Azerbaijan	2006-04-20
Drug Trials: The Dark Side	clinical trials in India administered without informed consent	2006-04-27	The Constant Gardener is a fictional portrayal of a similar theme
Killer's Paradise	proliferation of murders of women in Guatemala	2006-05-04	see also the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez, a similar case

[edit] External links

• This World official website
• This World FAQ