Unreported World

The Invisible People. Unreported World visits Lebanon to reveal the plight of some of the most vulnerable refugees fleeing the war in Syria: disabled people, many of whom are children.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vietnam's Dog Snatchers.Unreported World investigates how dog thieves are stealing thousands of pet dogs from family homes in Vietnam to meet the demand for dog meat.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Surviving Ebola. Unreported World provides a unique view of what life is like for the health workers battling Ebola in Sierra Leone and the families affected by the virus.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Africa's Drug Scandal. Cancer now kills more people in Africa than malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis combined. Reporter Krishnan Guru-Murthy and director Daniel Bogado travel to Senegal to reveal how patients across the continent are being deprived of the single most important drug for relieving the pain of cancer - morphine - despite governments having the funds to purchase supplies.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jamaica's Underground Gays.In an eye-opening episode, reporter Ade Adepitan and director Andrew Careter travel to Kingston to investigate the growth of homophobic attacks in Jamaica and to meet the gay and transgender group who've ended up living in a storm drain, where they suffer shocking violence, attacks and insults because of their sexuality.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Neighbours At War. Krisnan Guru-Murthy and director Adam Pletts manage to film on both sides of the lines in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, where Sunni Muslim fighters are besieging an Alawite neighbourhood in a conflict mirroring that happening in Syria. Guru-Murthy uncovers a vicious low-level war of sniping, assassinations and kneecappings, and meets commanders and gunmen who revel in killing their neighbours, and whose hate has taken over their lives.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Cursed Twins. Unreported World visits a remote area of Madagascar, where the dead make the rules. A set of taboos, handed down from long-dead ancestors, controls what you eat, when you work and every aspect of how you behave. Reporter Kiki King and director David Fuller visit the town of Mananjary, on the isolated east coast, to reveal how one taboo against twins leads to children being abandoned and mothers becoming outcasts.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Carjack City. At least 30 vehicles are carjacked every day in South Africa. The country's cars are routinely fitted with satellite trackers, so that if they're carjacked by theives an armed response unit can track them. Reporter Marcel Theroux and director James Brabazon visit the country's capital, Pretoria where this type of crime is acute.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kickboxing Kids. This powerful episode documents the lives of Thai children as young as seven who fight in the brutal sport of Muay Thai, knocking out their opponents with elbows, knees and fists. It can leave the kids brain damaged, but adult gambling on these unpredictable fights is big business, and their families put enormous pressure on the kids to fight and win. Reporter Mary-Ann Ochota and director Daniel Bogado follow 11-year old Nat Thanarak, one of the best child boxers in the north of the country, as he prepares for the biggest match of his career so far, against a 12-year old champion from another province.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dancing In the Danger Zone. Reporter Evan Williams and director Marcel Mettelsiefen meet the extraordinary young dancers and musicians at Iraq's only music and ballet school, who are battling to keep their art alive against the rising tide of sectarian violence in Baghdad.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The World's Dirtiest River. The Indonesian island of Java is home to the planet's most polluted river and a textile industry supplying some of the world's biggest fashion brands. Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director Hugo Ward expose the extraordinary amount of untreated toxic waste from the textile factories, non-degradable plastics, household rubbish, dead animals and human effluent blanketing the Citarum river, which 35 million people rley on for drinking, cooking and washing.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nepal: The Orphan Business. Unreported World goes undercover in orphanages in Nepal, where they discover that many children have been taken from impoverished parents, and used by orphanage owners to attract donations.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Jungle Midwife. Reporter Seyi Rhodes meets a local midwife in the jungles of the Central African Republic saving mothers and babies in one of the most dangerous places in the world to give birt.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Egypt's Tomb Raiders. Unreported World investigates the shocking effects Egypt's political unrest is having on the country's tourism industry and its unique archaeological heritage.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

India: Slumkid Reporters. Reporter Mary-Ann Ochota and director Suzie Samant travel to Delhi to meet the remarkable children who run the only newspaper in India campaigning on the problems that street children face.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mexico: The Abandoned. Ade Adepitan, Daniel Bogado and former hospital patients gain access to Mexico's psychiatric institutions to secretly film the horrific and inhumane conditions endured by thousands of men and women.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

China's Lonely Hearts. China is predicted to have 24 million single men looking for love by 2020. Reporter Marcel Theroux meets two people who represent inequality in love in modern China.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Afghanistan's Hunted Women . Unreported World gains rare access to secret houses in Afghanistan sheltering women hiding from violent husbands or from families who have tried to kill them for refusing arranged marriages.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Making Brazil Beautiful. Seyi Rhodes reports on the huge growth in cosmetic surgery in Brazil, where the pursuit of beauty means more subsidised or free surgery; does Brazil risk losing what's so special about its own people?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yemen: Death Row Teenagers. Krishnan Guru-Murthy travels to Yemen to reveal the scores of young men locked up in prisons and awaiting execution for crimes they are accused of committing while they were children  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.