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• Season 1 Episode 4: Manila to Mindanao

  Simon Reeve leads a team of journalists into the Philippines, exploring the mountainous rice terraces of the north and the war-torn Muslim regions of the south. They learn how the rising population of the capital Manila has led to a thriving community in its largest cemetery, while Simon meets Imelda Marcos, the widow of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, as she markets a new line of beauty products. Last in the series

• Season 1 Episode 3: Istanbul to Anatolia

  Simon Reeve and the team examine the friction between Eastern and Western mentalities on the journey through Turkey, from the metropolis of Istanbul to the border with Iraq. He finds tension between the religious freedoms written into the country's constitution and Islamic culture, which becomes stricter the further east he goes. Includes reports on the Turkish honey industry and an increase in grave robberies

• Season 1 Episode 2: Africa's Rift Valley

  Simon Reeve leads the team tracing the ancient Rift Valley down the east of Africa. Among some of the world's most extraordinary wildlife, he finds the only US military base in Africa, a leading element of the war on terror. Tanya Datta visits the Ethiopian mountains to investigate the trade in a local narcotic, while Emeka Onono learns about Kenya's fragile peace after recent elections led to violence