Life Episode Guide

Episode Guide

  • Returning Dreams

    In the aftermath of Liberia's civil war, children are fighting to reclaim their futures and return home.

  • Returm to Srebrenica

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Reel to Real: Holding Our Ground

    International efforts to assure reproductive health and rights conflict.

  • Between War and Peace

    The United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia encourages combatants to turn in their weapons and wage peace.

  • Trouble in Paradise
  • The Hospice

    Sister Leonia creates a hospice in Zambia, to combat the AIDS epidemic.

  • The Perfect Famine

    A look at how rich countries help the world's poor without rewarding unaccountable regimes

  • Kosovo: Rebuilding the Dream

    UN-Habitat officials try to rebuild the municipal government and trust in the region

  • The Trade Trap

    The arguments for and against the possibility that trade could be the way out of poverty for poor countries

  • Danger! Children at Work

    Children in Guatemala begin making fireworks, often at the age of 6.

  • The Road to Rio

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • The On-Going Story

    The international community's commitment to social and economic development and human rights

  • The Son's Legacy

    The story of Itzhak Frankental, father of a murdered son and founder of The Parent's Forum

  • Area K

    The global economy affects everyone.

  • Lines in the Dust

    An insight into how literacy is being tackled in Ghana, as men and women are encouraged to debate issues

  • City Life

    With growing urbanization, cities must take advantage of the globalized economy.

  • Holy Smoke

    Buddhist monks are now spreading the campaign to persuade Cambodians to give up tobacco.

  • Paying the Price

    The background to Aids treatment in Africa and why the South African government is refusing to authorise a national programme of treatment for sufferers

  • My Hanoi

    A family must move due to the dramatic growth of the city.

  • Stop the Traffic

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Missing Out

    Following two birth attendants in Niger : a country where less than a third of the population has access to health care : as they try to persuade women to take iron folate and visit hospital

  • Brazil: Winning Against Aids

    A report on the fight against Aids in Brazil, and how the success of their treatment programme has attracted the attention of other countries, including the USA

  • The Miller's Tale

    How Egyptians have resisted attempts to fortify their bread with iron

  • The Story So Far

    The promise of the eradication of poverty.

  • The Other Side

    How Mexican villagers are trying to ensure that their children won't have to migrate to the US to achieve their dreams

  • Patently Obvious

    how the world Trade Organisation patent regulations are benefiting the Indian state of Gujarat

  • A Fistful of Rice

    Tackling malnutrition in Nepal, where nine out of ten children suffer from the condition

  • Waiting to Go

    The problems faced by the estimated 250,000 Palestinian refugees living in the Lebanon

  • Gaza Under Siege

    The experiences of a refugee family living in the Gaza Strip following the Palestinian uprising

  • The Barcelona Blueprint

    A tour of Barcelona's redeveloped seafront and docks, followed by a studio debate

  • My Mother Built This House

    The stories of three shack dwellers who have been rehoused by the South African Homeless People's Federation

  • Doing the Right Thing

    How Porto Alegre in Brazil, is putting direct democracy into action by giving all its citizens a say in running the city

  • Pavements of Gold

    With urban poverty set to become one of the major problems of the 21st century, why do so many migrants still believe big cities will provide a better life?

  • Paradise Domain

    The sale of the domain name dot tv : one of the few valuable assets belonging to the tiny South Pacific nation of Tuvali

  • Together Against Violence

    Local leaders joined forces to challenge gangs to heal their differences in a ghetto suburb of Kingston, Jamaica.

  • The Health Protestors

    Following the progress of the new People's Health Charter, from the decision to draw it up to the debates over the wording

  • The Long March

    Government development of irrigation systems in Chendu, south-west China

  • Life: The On-going Story

    Life revisits some of the stories covered in earlier episodes.

  • The Debt Police

    A network of 'Watch' groups monitor governments and hold them accountable for burdening the poorest countries with debt.

  • The Outsiders

    A young journalist in Kiev reveals some of the moral and economic dilemmas facing adolescents today.

  • Bolivia Blues

    Initiatives to co-ordinate donor agencies and foreign aid in an attempt to reduce poverty in Bolivia

  • A-OK

    The lack of vitamin A in developing countries and the lives this endangers

  • Educating Lucia

    Girls in Zimbabwe face many obstacles on the road to education.

  • Lost Generations

    Attempts to stop the cycle of malnourished mothers passing on their deficiencies to their children in Maharashta, Mysore and Delhi

  • Without Rights

    Palestinian refugees living in Jerusalem and the West Bank face new problems.

  • God Among the Children

    Growing inner-city violence prompts the formation of the Boston Ten Point Coalition.

  • In the Name of Honour

    The oppression of the Kurds has unleashed a chain of violence mostly directed towards their women.

  • For a Few Pennies More

    There are two billion people at risk from iodine deficiency.

  • Patents and Patients

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Because We're Worth It

    The poor in China receive help in order to break the cycle of poverty and ignorance.

  • Kosovo: A House Still Divided?

    The resentment that remains between Serbs and Kosovo Albanians years ago in the civil war

  • Untouchable

    Discrimination based on the caste system was made illegal in India in 1947, but it still exists today.

  • Back in Business?
  • Regopstaan's Dream

    The story of an elder in the Khomani clan of the Bushmen of the Kalahari, who fought to regain control of their land

  • Up In Smoke

    In Malawi, tobacco is the major export crop. But economic dependency on tobacco has not brought the country wealth

  • The Posse

    A group of friends try to make it to the elite in Brazil's socially divided society

  • Cash Flow Fever

    The hidden economy of sending and receiving money abroad

  • The Cost of Living

    Ninety per cent of the people infected with HIV live in developing countries.

  • Sowing the Seeds of Hunger

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Credit Where Credit is Due

    The work of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee which aims to alleviate the worst symptoms of poverty by offering millions of villagers a loan

  • The Silent Crisis
  • The Silver Age

    Advances in science and health care mean that more people are living longer but there are fewer young people to take care of them.

  • The Doctor's Story

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • India Inhales

    Tobacco companies are launching new campaigns in India to lure in new smokers, while activists have pledged to stop them.

  • Kill or Cure

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • All Different, All Equal

    Five years after the Beijing Conference on Women, the progress in achieving greater equality for women is stifling.

  • For Richer For Poorer

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • The Summit

    World leaders meet in Geneva for a five-year review of the 1995 Copenhagen Social Summit promises.

  • At the End of a Gun: Women and War

    War causes thousands of women to become victims of injury and violence.

  • Cheated of Childhood

    A look at the economic and social threats of homeless children in Russia

  • The Donor Circus

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • The Right to Choose

    The traditional role of inferiority for women in Africa is being challenged to change.

  • The Seattle Syndrome

    Drastic import controls with alliance of liberals mean people in developing countries are fighting new colonialism.

  • Seeing is Believing

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Ted Francis

    Rosie Boycott talks to Ted Francis : the man who lied to protect Jeffrey Archer, little realising that his friend would use it as a potential alibi to protect him in his libel case against the Daily Star. Thirteen years later, he achieved notoriety by risking his own liberty to bring Archer down

  • The Great Health Service Swindle

    The health services in rich countries that are dependent on doctors and nurses from developing countries

  • The Boxer

    The story of Luis, a 27-year-old poverty-stricken Mexican who is determined to realise his ambition to become a champion boxer

  • Philadelphia Story

    A homeless, unemployed woman has no healthcare.

  • It Takes a Village

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Killing Poverty

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • An Act of Faith: The Phelophepa Health Train

    The life of Lilian Cingo, manager of the Phelophepa health train touring the poorest, most remote areas of South Africa

  • Srebrenica: Looking for Justice

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • From Docklands to Dhaka

    A British doctor goes to Bangladesh to prove his theory that treating illness in poor areas involves working with an entire community.

  • School's Out

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Geraldo Off-line

    The global economy affects a Brazilian factory worker.

  • An Introduction: The Story So Far

    The globalized economy may be running out of control.

  • Roma Rights

    Roma is still excluded from health, education and jobs. But changes is happening. Once disparate Roma groups are joining forces to get their collective voice heard

  • Whose Agenda is it Anyway?

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Yemeni Futures

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Staying Alive

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Warming Up In Mongolia

    Repairing environmental damage by burning fossil fuels

  • This Hard Ground

    The Sri Lankan army, the government and the NGOs discuss the prospects of long-term political settlement and lasting peace in their country

  • USA Special : Philadelphia Story

    The story of Cheri Honkala, a homeless, unemployed American woman with no healthcare insurance

  • When the Crows Come Home

    Documentary on rural Jamaica which is struggling to make ends meet on farming

  • Listen to the Kids!

    Children in developing countries often have a huge responsibility at work and in the home

  • Educating Yaprak

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Geraldo's Brazil

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Helping Ourselves

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Coffee Go-Round

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Brazil's Land Revolution

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Aids Crisis Control

    Revealing how Eastern Europe is experiencing an HIV epidemic

  • Balancing Acts

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Blue Danube

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Holding Our Ground

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • How Green is My Valley?

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Reaching Out to the Grass Roots

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Real Leap Forward

    How China succeeded in freeing so many people from poverty

  • Sierra Leone: Back in Business

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Millenium Goals: Dream or Reality?

    Human stories and expert analysis explaining the concept of globalisation

  • Keeping Tabs

    How the HPIC initiative monitors governments in an attempt to relieve the burden of debt in the world's poorest countries

  • In the Wake of War

    How Burundi in Africa is finally getting the benefits of a peace process

  • A is for Additives

    The plight of youngsters in developing countries who are dying from common childhood diseases due to Vitamin A deficiency

  • Slum Futures

    Investigation into Mumbai's extraordinary slum culture