Documentary
A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.
Revealing the shocking lottery of child birth across the globe. The life chances of newly born babies in the rich world and the poor world.
A look at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty.
An investigation into the behaviour of multi-national companies in Africa.
How the wealthiest Americans spend their money and how the poorest Americans are shut out.
Poor people through the ages, beginning in Neolithic times and up to the present.
A Jordanian mother's successful struggle to pull herself and her family out of poverty by travelling to India to train as a solar engineer.
How rich, land-hungry nations are leasing Mali's land to create agri-business farms.
Getting an education and a life in contemporary China. A look at Chinese education through the lives of a tutor, a student and a jobseeker.
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In the midst of unprecedented national prosperity in the 1960s, poverty was "rediscovered" by American policy makers, media and the public. This series examines how the poor fared during these years and the resultant evolution of foundation and public sector programs addressing the challenges of poverty.
Michael Palin’s latest adventure takes him into the heart of one of the most fascinating, politically-charged and historically complicated areas on earth - the Philippines. A place still dominated by the legacy of the Marcos family and its most infamous husband and wife couple Ferdinand and Imelda, whose 21-year rule from 1965-86 ended with an alleged $10 billion theft from the nation’s coffers, as their extravagant regime was exposed.
An immersive history series in which Ruth Goodman and Rob Rinder explore Britain's defining historical events through the contrasting experiences of the rich and the poor. Blending expert insight, authentic locations and compelling real-life stories, the series reveals how wealth, class and resilience shaped everyday life across Britain's most dramatic moments in history.
