Unreported World - Season 14 / Year 2013
Season 14 / Year 2013
Episodes
Cuba, Basketball and Betrayal
Saving Kenya's Street Kids
Gaza's Property Ladder
Syria's Rebel Doctor
Hong Kong's Tiger Tutors
Bangladesh Women's Driving School
Yemen: Death Row Teenagers
Making Brazil Beautiful
Afghanistan's Hunted Women
Unreported World gaining rare access to the secret houses that shelter women hiding from violent husbands or from families who have tried to kill them for refusing to take part in arranged marriages.
Venezuela's Kidnap Cops
Reporter Kiki King travels to Caracas, the kidnap capital of the world. With exclusive access to the Venezuelan police force's elite Anti-Kidnap Squad, Unreported World follows officers as they fight back against the kidnap gangs with a mixture of brute force and technical ingenuity.
China's Lonely Hearts
Reporter Marcel Theroux and director Frankie Fathers join some of China's many millions of male lonely hearts on their search for a wife, and meet some of the 'Love Hunters' working to find them an ideal bride.
Mexico: The Abandoned
Reporter Ade Adepitan and director Daniel Bogado join a remarkable group of former patients of Mexico City's mental health institutions as they investigate the horrifi and inhumane conditions endured by thousands of men and women known as The Abandoned.
India's Slumkid Reporters
Reporter Mary-Ann Ochota and Director Suzie Samant meet Delhi's remarkable young reporters who run the only newspaper written for and by street children in India.
Egypt's Tomb Raiders
Reporter Aidan Hartley and Director Alex Nott investigate the shocking effects of the recent political unrest on Egypt's ancient wonders and the people who rely on the tourists who visit them.
The Jungle Midwife
Reporter Seyi Rhodes and Director Wael Dabbous travel into the jungles of the Central African Republic with a local midwife tending to mothers under threat from poor medical conditions and from the Lord's Resistance Army.
Nepal: The Orphan Business
Reporter Evan Williams and Director Laura Warner film undercover in some of Nepal's orphanages where many children with families are being presented as orphans to elicit cash from well-meaning donors.
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