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Africa Calling transports you into the realities of everyday life in Africa. Offering insights into the lives of ordinary African citizens, they are highly visual and diverse examples of life in today’s Africa.

Angula Uzeniu, Unemployed - Namibia

Africa Calling transports you into the realities of everyday life in Africa. Offering insights into the lives of ordinary African citizens, they are highly visual and diverse examples of life in today’s Africa.

Sulaiman Sesay, Gardener - Sierra Leone

Africa Calling transports you into the realities of everyday life in Africa. Offering insights into the lives of ordinary African citizens, they are highly visual and diverse examples of life in today’s Africa.

James Orengo, High Court Advocate - Kenya

Africa Calling transports you into the realities of everyday life in Africa. Offering insights into the lives of ordinary African citizens, they are highly visual and diverse examples of life in today’s Africa.

Livvy Samaria, AIDS Activist - Namibia

Africa Calling transports you into the realities of everyday life in Africa. Offering insights into the lives of ordinary African citizens, they are highly visual and diverse examples of life in today’s Africa.

Abimbola Llo, Optical Lens Manufacturer - Nigeria

Africa Calling transports you into the realities of everyday life in Africa. Offering insights into the lives of ordinary African citizens, they are highly visual and diverse examples of life in today’s Africa.

Sorieh Conteh, Truck Owner - Sierra Leone

Africa Calling transports you into the realities of everyday life in Africa. Offering insights into the lives of ordinary African citizens, they are highly visual and diverse examples of life in today’s Africa.

Bola Black, Traditional Rice Farmer - Nigeria

Africa Calling transports you into the realities of everyday life in Africa. Offering insights into the lives of ordinary African citizens, they are highly visual and diverse examples of life in today’s Africa.

Thailand For Sale

The devastating effects of the recent tourist boom in Thailand on local people and their environment. (1991)

Shrimp Fever

How shrimp farming in Ecuador is destroying the mangrove swamps, essential to the coastal ecosystem. (1991)

Sex, Lemurs, and Holes in the Sky

(Also known as 'Manhattan and Madagascar'). A look at the issues of population, consumption, poverty and environment comparing Manhattan with Madagascar. (1993)

Silk Ceiling part 2

Life on the Edge II

An examination of the 'silk ceiling', the invisible barrier that frustrates the ambitions of many Asian women.

Sex and the Holy City

BBC Panorama

Examines the practical impact of the views of the Vatican and Pope John Paul II, and thus Catholics, regarding contraception use and AIDS prevention through condom use.

Silk Ceiling part 1

Life on the Edge II

An examination of gender inequality and limited opportunities for women in Asia.

Scent of the Street

Life on the Edge III

Follows the lives of area girls, struggling to survive on the streets of the slums in Lagos, Nigeria.

Reclaim the Condom

Life on the Edge II

Examines the campaign of Mozambican agony aunt Sheila to rebrand the condom as a sexy contraceptive rather than a medical appliance, thus encouraging greater use by youg people.

The President's Dilemma

Life on the Edge II

Highlights the challenges faced by the President of Kiribati, believed to be the first island state which may be overcome by rising sea levels due to climate change.

Nottingham Lace

Life on the Edge III

Profiles the last traditional lacemaking factory in the east Midlands of England, and explores the place of traditional crafts in the globalised world.

In the Mayor's Footsteps - Brazil

Life on the Edge

Every year the Mina congregation in Sao Luis, Brazil, choose a child Emperor and Empress.

Moments of Truth

Life on the Edge II

Filmmaker Charles Stewart revisits Ethiopia to trace the progress of people originally filmed during the famine of 1984.

My First Day at School

Early Life

Follows three children as they prepare to start school in Thailand, and asks - what's the best way of ensuring all children have a decent chance?

The Mayor's Dream

Early Life

Examines traditional parenting practices, and assesses the evidence for early stimulation of children's brains.

Looting the Seas

Life on the Edge III

Exposes corruption and overfishing which has brought the bluefin tuna to the point of extinction.

Kung Fu Nuns

Life on the Edge IV

Kunzang amazed her parents by leaving home to become a Drukpa nun, the Buddhist religion named in honour of dragons.

Kibera Kids

Early Life

Explores the value of preschool education in the Kibera slum, and looks at how preschools reflect social values.

How to Become a President

Life on the Edge (series 10)

In aspiring to the presidency of war-torn Liberia, many fear ex-footballer is out of his depth. ‘How to Become a President’ goes on the road to canvass the views of Liberians themselves.

Grace Under Fire

Life on the Edge II

Follows Dr Grace Kodindo, a leading advocate of reproductive health care and rights, as she explores what help is available for the people affected by ongoing bloody conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Elephants' Dream of Peace

Life on the Edge (series 10)

Tells the story of African footballer Didier Drogba's attempts to bring peace to his country of Cote d'Ivoire.

Mucking Up the Med

Fragile Earth

On the 15th anniversary of the Mediterranean Action Plan the fragile ecosystem of the Mediterranean Sea is threatened by over-development, pollution and tourism. (1990)

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Life on the Edge II

Investigates the reasons for a spate of violent attacks on Roma people in Hungary.

Lost Generations

Life I

This episode of 'Life' looks at the impact of globalisation on the number of babies born with low birth weight in India, and at how the cycle of malnourishment may continue for future generations.

In the Name of Honour

Life I

Women in Kurdistan are struggling gain basic human rights. In this film we meet four Kurdish women who are leading this struggle.

India Inhales

Life I

Explores the cynicism of the major global tobacco companies' campaigns in India, and the work of the activists who have pledged to try to stop them.

God Among the Children

Life I

The Boston Ten Point Coalition is an ecumenical group working to mobilise the local community around issues affecting black and Latino youth, especially drug abuse, violence and other destructive behaviour.

For a Few Pennies More

Life I

Kamidi suffers from an iodine deficiency which left him with stunted growth and other physical and mental symptoms. 'Life' looks at how micronutrient deficiencies can be prevented and treated.

From Docklands to Dhaka

Life I

Sam Everington, a GP in Bromley-by-Bow, travels to Bangladesh to find out if community health lessons learnt in London will work across the globe.

Educating Lucia

Life I

As Africa deals with the devestating impact of AIDS compounded by poverty, few girls are getting an education.

The Debt Police

Life I

Life highlights the Uganda Debt Network, an NGO working to ensure that Uganda's debt relief aid reaches the poor and improves their lives.

Credit Where Credit is Due

Life I

Recounts how taking out a micro-credit loan has affected the lives of six women in Bangladesh.

The Cost of Living

Life I

Today ninety per cent of HIV positive people live in developing countries. 'Life' looks at why these countries don't have access to the anti-retroviral drugs which have helped so many in the West.

The Boxer

Life I

We follow Luis as he heads for the US/Mexico border with hopes of escaping the poverty of his village and becoming a famous boxer in the United States.

Bolivian Blues

Life I

'Bolivian Blues' explores the success of a new initiative designed to co-ordinate the work of donor agencies and focus outside aid on achieving real poverty reduction.

Because They're Worth It

Life I

This episode of Life looks at a scheme which is helping poor people break out of the cycle of poverty and ignorance - by providing them with small loans, basic health information and education - and hope.

At the End of a Gun: Women and War

Life I

With more than 30 regional and ethnic conflicts taking place around the world, Life reports from Sri Lanka on the struggle of thousands of women who suffer as a result of wars.

A-OK?

Life I

The prospects for two very different Vitamin A distribution programmes in Ghana and Guatemala, and the future of genetically-modified sources of Vitamin A.

All Different, All Equal

Life I

In this programme 'Life' looks at progress in achieving greater equality for women - five years after the Beijing Conference on Women.

Without Rights

Life I

This 'Life' episode explores the plight of the 1.3 million Palestinian refugees living under Israeli control, who are denied many basic human rights guaranteed to all people under international laws.

Untouchable?

Life I

Discrimination based on caste membership has been, theoretically, illegal since Indian independence in 1947. But it's still an accepted part of everyday life across the continent.

The Summit

Life I

In 1995 the Copenhagen Social Summit promised action on poverty. Five years later the UN General Assembly gathered together in Geneva to review the progress over the past years. This film brings together key players to get their opinion.

The Story So Far

Life I

Leading experts discuss whether ordinary people can expect to share in the fabulous wealth of the globalized economy.

The Silver Age

Life I

Advances in science and healthcare meant that more people are living longer. This week's 'Life' programme explores the implications in three very different countries: Japan, India and Tunisia.

The Seattle Syndrome

Life I

Is the Seattle Syndrome, those who want more restrictions on trade to fight poor wages and exploitative working conditions, a type of colonialism in disguise?

The Right To Choose

Life I

Life reports on the dissonant voices arguing for a change of the tradition of forced marriage in local cultures, and for reproductive health care and primary education for women.

Regopstaan's Dream

Life I

'Regopstaan's Dream' follows Dawid Kruiper, a member of the Khomani clan of Bushmen, as he campaigns to make sure the South African government honours its agreement to allow him and his extended family rights to their Kalahari home.

The Posse

Life I

The story of a group of friends trying to make it in the world's most socially divided society, Brazil.

The Philadelphia Story

Life I

Cheri Honkala's been homeless, unemployed and doesn't have health care. She warns that America's economic boom could yet prove a disturbing model for the rest of the world.

The Outsiders

Life I

Illustrates the upheaval in the Ukrainian society and economy since the collapse of communism.

The Ongoing Story

Life I

Life' revisits some of the stories and issues covered in earlier episodes.

An Act of Faith

Life I

The Phelophepa (Good Clean Health) Train rolls into rural areas in South Africa to provide health care services that the government's health policy does not yet provide.

The Healing Forest

Countries in the South are learning to benefit from their plant species diversity by developing new plant-derived drugs. (1996)

The Farmers of Gaho

Over generations the farmers of the village Gaho in southern Ethiopia have developed unique farming techniques that enable them successfully to grow crops in their arid environment. (1996)

Rights of Passage

Beijing Features

Diane Best’s award-winning film tells the stories of four teenage girls coming-of-age in four very different communities - and the personal cost of this transition to adulthood for each of them. (1994)

Coral Triangle

Assesses the pressures put on coral, the Philippines' most valuable resource, by a population of 58 million. (1988)

Missing Out

Life II

Looks at iron deficiency anaemia in Niger, one of the world's poorest countries. Are iron tablets a sustainable solution?

The Miller's Tale

Life II

This Life episode looks at progress on introducing fortified flour in Egypt and Yemen, two countries affected by iron deficiency, the most common nutritional deficiency in the world,

The Long March

Life II

The Chinese government today is actively encouraging people to move to the city to relieve the pressure on scarce farm land and fragile topsoils. This Life programme looks at the explosive development of new and exisiting cities.

Lines in the Dust

Life II

The Reflect method of community learning and decision-making at work in Ghana and India.

The Health Protestors

Life II

The People's Health Assembly was convened in Bangladesh in 2000 to draw up a charter to deliver health care to the poor and ill.

Holy Smoke

Life II

Buddhist monks are now spearheading a campaign to persuade Cambodians to give up tobacco, in a country with one of the highest rates of smoking in the world and life expectancy of only 54 years.

Gaza Under Siege

Life II

Investigates the effects of Israeli policy in Gaza on one Palestinian family.

A Fistful of Rice

Life II

How PEM, or protein energy malnutrition results in an ongoing intergenerational cycle of lost potential, both physical and mental. Filmed in Nepal.

Doing the Right Thing

Life II

How the Participatory Budget Scheme of direct democracy has turned around the fortunes of Porto Alegre in Brazil.

City Life

Life II

By 2007 more people will live in cities and towns than in the countryside. This Life programme asks how cities can organise themselves to take advantage of the new globalized economy to benefit all their inhabitants - rich and poor.

Brazil - Winning Against AIDS

Life II

Since 1997 the Brazilian government's national HIV/AIDS programme has proved its cost-effectiveness, but is this a programme that can be replicated elsewhere?

Barcelona Blueprint

Life II

How a radical, visionary and participatory local government process has made Barcelona a model 21st century city. Is this a blueprint for development in other cities?

Waiting To Go

Life II

The second of a two-part series exploring the lives of Palestinian refugees (the first was Gaza Under Siege) this Life programme is set in Lebanon, where there are estimated to be 250,000 refugees.

Together Against Violence

Life II

How the local leaders in a poor Jamaican neighbourhood joined forces to challenge gang violence and restore a sense of community.

Stop the Traffick

Life II

After 30 years of war; poverty, corruption and global tourism have comined to make Cambodia vulnerable to the child labour industry. Children as young as four are trafficked into cities to become sex workers, or out to Bangkok to work as beggars or labourers.

The Other Side

Life II

Reveals the devastating impact of Mexican-US migration: the dangers of the crossing, and the gradual undermining of the communities left behind.

My Mother Built this House

Life II

Over 70,000 very poor women belong to the Homeless People's Federation, which was founded to transform the suffering of shack dwellers in South Africa. This Life episode tells the story of three women shack dwellers.

My Hanoi

Life II

Profiles a city in a period of dramatic change - emerging from colonialism and the still-painful memories of the Vietnam war, through socialism to the current free market era.

Paying the Price

Life II

Explores the issues of providing affordable HIV/AIDS drugs in Africa.

Pavements of Gold

Life II

Urban poverty has been described as one of the biggest challenges facing the world in the 21st century. This program looks into the problems of urbanisation and how it will affect us in the future.

Patently Obvious

Life II

Explores the concepts of intellectual property as they relate to developing countries and traditional knowledge.

Paradise Domain

Life (series 2)

Underdeveloped Pacific island country Tuvalu has sold its internet domain name to a rich silicon valley marketing company. But is this good for Tuvalu?

Coffee-Go-Round

Life IV

Life looks at the crisis in the international coffee industry, when coffee farmers receive less than one percent of the price of a cup of coffee sold in a coffee bar.

Brazil's Land Revolution

Life IV

Reports on an initiative which encourages the landless in Brazil to club together to buy up land, with low-interest government loans.

Between War and Peace

Life

Highlights Liberia's efforts to move from civil war to stability in a short space of time.

Balancing Acts

Life IV

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Cairo conference on population and development, Life visits women in four countries to assess how far women have come.

Aiming High

Life IV

Looks at the dramatic positive economic turnaround in Uganda since civil war ended.

Up in Smoke

Life III

In the southern African country of Malawi, tobacco is the major export crop - responsible for 70 per cent of all export earnings. Yet, despite the poor returns from tobacco growing, the government has actually increased the land under cultivation.

The Trade Trap

Life III

Current thinking is for poor countries to trade their way out of poverty, but is the globalised marketplace stacked against them? Life explores the trade trap in Ghana.

Sowing Seeds of Hunger

Life III

Explores the effects of the African AIDS crisis in the lives of ordinary people.

Seeing is Believing

Life (series 3)

Examines the Zambian sugar fortification project, which hopes to eliminate vitamin A deficiency.

The Road From Rio

Life (series 3)

Made in the runup to the 2002 Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development, this programme looks at the chances of success.

The Perfect Famine

Life (series 3)

Looks at the concept of 'governance' through one African example - impending famine in Malawi - including interviews with development experts and economists discussing the issues worldwide.

Patents and Patients

Life (series 3)

Canvasses the issues of availability to, and funding of, HIV/AIDS drugs in India.

Kosovo | Rebuilding the Dream

Life (series 3)

Investigates the problems of re-establishing property rights after the conflict in Kosovo, during which vital records were destroyed.

It Takes a Village

Life (series 3)

Illustrates an experiment in community participation - a village in Bangladesh planned and realised their own health services.

The Doctor's Story

Life (series 3)

How US aid administration policy means withdrawing aid from vital women's healthcare projects in Nepal.

Danger - Children at Work!

Life (series 3)

Looks at the dangerous and unrewarding firecracker cottage industry, which employs children as young as six, and projects which aim to encourage alternative livelihoods

Cheated of Childhood

Life (series 3)

Looks at the lives of street children in St Petersburg, victims of the economic and social prssures in Russian society in the wake of the fall of communism.

Yemeni Futures

Life (series 4)

This Life programme asks what is being done to address the fundamental needs of the Yemeni people, and whether anything has been achieved since unification to improve the quality of their lives.

Whose Agenda is it Anyway?

Life (series 4)

Investigates the Poverty Reduction Strategy Programme (PRSP) process, and its effectiveness in Malawi.

When the Cows Come Home

Life (series 4)

The survival of the Jamaican dairy industry is under threat from cheap subsidised European dairy products.

Warming Up in Mongolia

Life (series 4)

This Life film looks at how Mongolia is powering itself, and examines the long-term environmental implications of exhausting Mongolia’s natural resources.

This Hard Ground

Life (series 4)

Examines the fragile peace in Sri Lanka, and what it means to people who have fled because of the fighting.

Staying Alive

Life (series 4)

Will Bangladesh be able to deliver on its pledge to reduce maternal mortality by 75% by 2015?

Slum Futures

Life (series 4)

Using Mumbai's slums as an example, this Life programme considers how slums are developing around the world.

Roma Rights

Life (series 4)

Roma communities in Europe have been subjected to centuries of persecution and racism. 'Roma Rights' looks at the hard living conditions but it also examines the richness and energy of Roma culture, especially the music.

Return to Srebrenica

Life (series 4)

The story of the rebuilding of Srebrenica in Bosnia, ten years after the worst massacre in Europe since World War II.

Returning Dreams

Life (series 4)

Life returns to Sierra Leone and Liberia, to assess the fate of children caught up in the recent civil war.

The Real Leap Forward

Life (series 4)

How China succeeded in freeing so many coastal people from poverty - and whether it can now use the lessons learned to help poor communities throughout the rest of the country.

Reaching Out to the Grass Roots

Life (series 4)

Looks at two very different approaches to improving the lives of poor people - one through education in Bangladesh, the other through ‘community-driven development’ in Indonesia.

The Millennium Development Goals - Dream or Reality?

Life (series 4)

This introductory programme to the Millennium Development Goals looks at the ambition and scope of each of the individual MDGs, and what the obstacles are to achieving each of them.

Listen to the Kids

Life (series 4)

Life reports on a Unicef initiative to involve children in decisions that affect, not only their own futures - but those of their families and communities.

In the Wake of War

Life (series 4)

Investigates attempts o start a grass roots movement to bring a lasting peace to Burundi and its long-suffering citizens after years of ethnic conflict.

How Green is My Valley?

Life (series 4)

Life visits the valleys of Wales, where the coal and steel industries have left a legacy of ill health and unemployment.

The Hospice

Life (series 4)

Life presents a powerful and intimate insight into the work of a hospice in Zambia, a country on the front line in the world fight against HIV/AIDS.

Holding Our Ground

Life (series 4)

Focuses on the development of reproductive rights since the Cairo conference in 1994.

Helping Ourselves!

Life (series 4)

This programme explores changes in two Indian states that have succeeded in giving previously powerless people some control over their lives.

Educating Yaprak

Life (series 4)

The problem of convincing Turkish parents of the value of educating children, particularly girls, away from home.

Crisis Control: Stemming the Spread of HIV/AIDS

Life (series 4)

Life visits Ukraine and Zambia to assess the progression of the HIV/AIDS epidemic

Blue Danube?

Life (series 4)

Examines the legacy of communism in central Europe, and assesses the potential for future environmental sustainability as countries in the region join the EU.

Looking For My Gypsy Roots

Life on the Edge (series 6)

Explores the place of the Roma within the wider globalised world, as reflected in the experiences of a Hungarian film maker looking for his family.

Kosovo - A House Still Divided?

Life (series 5)

Continuing attempts to clarify land and property rights seized during the civil war.

Killing Poverty

Life (series 5)

Assesses the record of Kenya's Kibaki government in controlling corruption.

Kill or Cure?

Life (series 5)

Investigates the issues surrounding access to cheap drugs in the developing world.

The Great Health Service Swindle

Life (series 5)

Investigates why health care professionals leave developing countries to work abroad, and the impact on health services on both sides.

For Richer, For Poorer

Life (series 5)

Life assesses the changes made by Brazil's worker president, Lula.

Geraldo's Brazil

Life (series 4)

An updated examination of globalisation through the eyes of unemployed car worker Geraldo in Brazil.

Edge of Islam

Life on the Edge (series 6)

Highlights the dilemma faced by young Muslims on the Kenyan island of Lamu - whether to compromise their beliefs in order to prosper in the westernised world.

The Donor Circus

Life (series 5)

Zambia, southern Africa, is one of the poorest countries in the world, where one in every six children dies before reaching their fifth birthday. Its economy depends heavily on international aid. Over 40% of the Zambian government’s budget comes from foreign donors. In 2003 that was $560 million.

The Dilemma of the White Ant

Life on the Edge (series 6)

Investigates the issues raised by the war crimes justice processes in Uganda. Who are the real victims?

Collision Course

Life (series 5)

Every year one and a quarter million people die and more than fifty million are seriously injured in road traffic accidents. Life visits India and Brazil to look at road safety in developing countries.

Castro or Quit?

Life on the Edge (series 6)

Examining the global brain drain, this film highlights the pressure on young professionals in Venezuela to leave their country for greater material rewards abroad.

Cash Flow Fever

Life (series 5)

Worldwide, an estimated 200 billion dollars goes to developing countries every year in the form of remittances direct to poor families. What impact does this have in the fight against poverty?

The Unforgiven

Life on the Edge (series 6)

Issues faced by the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission in investigating war crimes committed during Liberia's brutal civil war.

Trouble in Paradise

Life (series 5)

For tourists, the Maldives are a paradise on earth. But in December 2004 the Tsunami unleashed devastation on this small island nation in the Indian Ocean.

Three Sisters

Life on the Edge (series 6)

The problems faced by young women in Eritrea in readjusting to traditional village sex roles after living independent lives and serving as equals in the Eritrean People's Liberation Front.

Srebrenica - Looking for Justice

Life (series 5)

Examines the long and painful process of identifying the many thousands of men and boys who were slaughtered in Srebrenica in 1995.

The Silent Crisis

Life (series 5)

Explores developing issues in the extremely poor Central African Republic.

School's Out

Life (series 5)

Why desperately poor people in Nigeria are choosing to pay for their children to be educated privately.

Running on Empty

Life on the Edge (series 6)

Highlights the problems of two young mothers living in two very different societies - Wales in the UK, and rural northern Ethiopia..

The Prince

Life on the Edge (series 6)

The efforts of a traditional feudal landowner to introduce the principles of the Millennium Development Goals to his village in Pakistan.

The Pied Piper of Eyasi

Life on the Edge (series 6)

The dilemma faced by a young hunter of the Hadza people in Tanzania, deciding whether to lead his people out of a traditional hunter-gatherer existence.

No Country for Young Girls

Life on the Edge (series 6)

Highlights the continuing practice of sex selection in India, which has resulted in a serious gender imbalance.

Back in Business

Life (series 5)

Eleven years of civil war between 1991 and 2002 left Sierra Leone in ruins. Now the rebuilding has begun, and Sierra Leone is looking for outside investment to kick start its economy.

What a Difference a Loan Makes

Hands On

This Earth Report is introduced by HRH The Prince of Wales and demonstrates how vital even very small loans are to people around the world. (1998)

UK: Tiger Matchmakers

There are only around 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild, confined to a few reserves in Indonesia. The European zoo breeding programme is run from London Zoo, where a cub was born early in 1996 and hand-reared by keepers. (1996)

Mapping The Millennium

A thirty minute full-length documentary covering a meeting of leading environment and development "thinkers" and "achievers" convened by TVE in London in early 1996. Their brief is to identify the critical environmental issues of the next century. (1996)

Living With Disaster

This half-hour documentary is the antidote to TV's usual treatment of disasters like typhoons, flooding and earthquakes. It finds that local communities have developed their own ways of avoiding becoming the helpless victims of disaster. (1996)

Indonesia: Eco Labelling

How can the environmentally-conscious consumer be confident that tropical hardwood is harvested sustainably? In Indonesia, a pioneering scheme is setting a precedent for tough criteria. (1996)

Indonesia: Bamboo Boom

The fastest growing plant on earth is now being harvested sustainably and providing a booming economy on the island of Flores in Indonesia. (1996)

India: Energy From Waste

Biogas is no longer considered the poor man's fuel in India. In Madras, factories like Cadbury's use it as a cheaper, more reliable source of energy than the National Grid. (1996)

India: Bandits And Ravines

The ravines of India's Chambal Valley are hide-outs for the bandits of the region. Links are made between dacoitry and impoverishment of the region through exhaustion of the land. A grassroots conservation project shows the way forward. (1996)

Haiti: Rubbish Crisis

Democracy may have come to Haiti,but the Caribbean nation is divorced from the economic up-turn in the region. The expected flow of development assistance has not happened,with an almost complete breakdown of infra-structure services in the capital. (1996)

Guinea Bissau: Getting Healthier

The image most outsiders have of West Africa is that "nothing works". The small state of Guinea Bissau has managed to immunise a greater percentage of the population than some US cities. (1996)

Guatemala - Stealing the Rainforest

The Maya Biosphere reserve is coming under pressure from logging companies. Local NGOs are mounting a campaign to save the reserve before it's too late. (1996)

Fate Of The Forest

An over-all look at the damage and in some cases benefits which have arisen from deforestation in the Tropics. (1996)

Cities: Feeling The Heat

A look at the world's growing city population and its effects on global warming, produced in 1996.

China: Defeating The Desert

Defying the critics, China is succeeding in mobilising communities to roll back the desert. (1996)

Children's Rights Features

11 features on children's rights, with stories from West Africa, Hong Kong, Mongolia, India, Rwanda, Costa Rica, the USA and Egypt. (1997)

Bhutan : Best Of Both Worlds

In the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, traditional medicine enjoys a status equal to that of modern medicine. Bhutanese patients now have access to both systems, and hospitals and clinics dispense herbal as well as modern medicines. (1996)

Biodiversity: Wealth Or Wilderness

About the value of plant genetic resources and traditional agriculture to sustainable agriculture and food production. (1996)

Australia: Green Olympics

Australia is finding problems in making sure the 2000 Olympics lives up to its "green" billling. (1996)

Who's Got the Power?

Hands On

Hands On this week visits Peru, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and China to look at some of the ways in which these countries are dealing with the growing demand for energy. (1998)

What a Load of Rubbish

Hands On

This Hands On looks at some of the enterprising way in which people are dealing with the 5 billion tonnes of rubbish that is produced on this planet everyday. (1998)

Water - Every Drop Counts

Earth Report looks at the world's most precious resource - water. With demand for water likely to double in the next 2 decades, it is the top priority of countries all round the world. (1998)

Toxic Pizza

Earth Report examines the balance between the economic well being and the health of workers in the heavily polluted Donbass region in Eastern Ukraine. (1998)

St Lucia - Island at Risk

Green Gold, hot sulphur springs and sandy beaches are just some of St Lucia's assets. This film looks at the costs and benefits of different development strategies for one small island. (1998)

Sri Lanka Roadshow

Hands On

Takes us to the coast with stories of coral reefs and baby turtles, then inland to an elephant orphanage and the forests of the ancient Veddhic peoples - the Hands On slot comes from Kathmandu with news of an innovative environmental taxi. (1997)

Spain Roadshow

Energy efficient building in Granada, eco-tourism in Andalucia; an investigation into the consumption of under-sized fish; fish-farming in Donana, and the fate of migratory birds caught in the blades of Spain's many windmills. (1998)

Singapore Roadshow

Earth Report travels to Singapore to look at a cheap, quick, clean and efficient public transport system, which has made the city run like clockwork. (1998)

Second Nature

Western academics are discovering that the people of West Africa are not destroying ancient forests, but have encouraged the forests and managed them effectively for many years. (1998)

Indonesia: Palm Oil, Primates and Pyromania

At the end of 1997 the forest fires in Indonesia blanketed much of the country and its neighbours in South-East Asia in a choking haze. The fires may turn out to be the greatest ecological disaster of the decade. (1998)

Not All At Sea

This Global Edition marks the International Year of the Oceans, featuring stories from all over the world. (1998)

Nepal Roadshow

The Nepal roadshow visits a park high up in the Eastern Himalayas which is now to be protected as a 'Gift to the Earth'. (1998)

Peru: The Inca Inheritance

The rediscovery of the ancient Inca canal system is transforming the environment of today's Andean community. (1998)

Kids Number

Hands On

Earth Report looks at the lives of children around the world - the skills they're learning for the future and some of the problems they face. (1998)

India Roadshow

When India gained its freedom the government was convinced that big power projects and industries held the key to rapid growth. One such project, a dam at the foot of the Himalayas some say has caused more problems than it's worth. (1998)

Handycam Campaigners

The story of three indigenous people filming their stories how the extraction of the world's natural resources is changing their life out of all recognition. (1998)

Grizzlies, Government and the Greens

Hands On this week travels through Canada from Quebec to Ontario to investigate the controversial issue of how Canada is managing its largest export, wood. (1998)

Gran Chaco Roadshow

Hands On

Hands On this week comes from Germany , where environmentally friendly fridges are powered by hydro-carbon gas - an alternative technology which is ozone friendly. (1998)

Going, Going, Gone

It is now up for humans to decide if the thousands od species now threatened with extinction will survive. This programme looks at what stratergies nations must adopt to ensure more species do not end up on the endangered roll call. (1998)

From the Grassroots

Hands On

This Hands On Special looks at various environmental projects across countries of West Africa. (1998)

From Vogue to Vehicle

Hands On

This Hands On Special reports on green technologies around Europe - from Denmark, France, Sweden, Finland and the UK (1998)

Forests - The Last Stand

Hands On

Two thirds of the earth's virgin forests have been wiped out. This programme examines the management of forestry around the world and ways people are working to make it more sustainable. (1998)

East Africa Roadshow

An eclectic mix of stories from Tanzania and Kenya about dynamite, fish, coral reefs, smokeless charcoal, girl footballers, black rhino and cattle raiders! (1998)

Do it Herself

Hands On

Annie Lennox is the guest introducing five 'Hands On' stories about women gaining new economic and social status through inspiring entrepeneurship. (1998)

Coping with Catastrophe

This week's Hands On comes from Somalia where the International Committee of the Red Cross is working with local communities to renovate old irrigation systems. (1998)

Colombia Roadshow

Latin America Season continues this week, travelling to Colombia. The 'Eco Cops' of Bogota patrol the capital's streets. (1998)

Cameroon Roadshow

Logging, AIDS awareness raising, bush meat and a teacher who has put his environmental messages into song. (1998)

China Roadshow

For centuries the rivers and plains of China have experienced floods, but in 1998 several river systems overflowed at the same time. Earth report travels to the forests of the Tibetan Plateau to investigate the role of deforestation and lives. (1998)

Breaking the Cycle

Looks at the effects of poverty - and efforts to counter them - in Scotland, Kenya, Guatemala, Guinea Bissau and the USA (1997)

Brazil Roadshow

Visits an environmental city of the future, the set of the latest soap opera. the Amazon floodplains where fisheries are being regenerated, and the football pitch. (1998)

Brave New World

This Earth Report looks at the changes taking place in peoples' lives across Latin America, as their governments make commitments to sustainable development. (1998)

Botswana - Planning the Future

Botswana's population is putting pressure on fragile natural resources. A National Conservation Strategy has been established, but putting it into practice is tricky, with both conflicts and opportunities appearing along the way. (1998)

Blood Sweat and Business

Hands On

This week's Hands On travels to Madagascar and Uganda to find out how local people are adapting to the changing environment and market forces. 1999

Black Sea - Death Or Reprieve?

The Black Sea is rapidly becoming one of the most polluted marine environments, but positive action is now underway. 1995

Banking on the Gene

This week Earth Report investigates how the diversity of plant life on the planet could solve some of the greatest challenges facing humankind today - if we can halt its destruction. 1998

Bad Earth Dead Onions

Looks at land issues in two different countries South Africa and the Republic of Kalmykia (found to the southeast of Moscow). 1998

After Kyoto

Will the Kyoto summit mark the start of an effective response to climate change and emission control, or was it merely a political fudge? 1998

No Doubt At All

There are those in doubt of the effect greenhouse gases are having on the environment. Some government officials simply refuse to reduce these gases. This programme looks at the damage they cause. (1999)

Nature be Dammed

'Nature be Dammed' is an intimate portrayal of the Besotho, a people whose world is about to be irrevocably destroyed by the rising water caused by the Katse and Mohale dams in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.

Lifting the Lid

Hands On

Each of the six billion people in the world produces 550 litres of excreta a year, and the world's waste is going to waste. This Hands On programme lifts the lid on the world's toilets.

If Trees Could Talk...

Today only 6% of the Atlantic Rainforest survives. Earth Report reveals what people are doing to conserve what remains.

Hunger for Land

After over ten years Earth Report returns to Ethiopia to search for Aklook. 'Hunger for Land' is an intimate story that reveals why poor Africans cannot feed their growing families.

Growing Up 2000

Earth Report began following the lives of ten children who were born in the year of the Rio Earth Summit. In this episode we catch up with Erdo in East Africa and Kay Kay in China who are both eight years old this year.

Europe on Air

This episode of Earth Report explores the difficulties members of the European Union are having in tackling air pollution, as well as national strategies that could point the way to a pollution free future. 1999

Emission Impossible

Earth Report examines various responses to global climate change. The tour begins in the United States, where there is little response to the problem. In contrast, Europe and Latin America have become leaders in carbon trading. 1999

Drinking the Sky

Dutch filmmaker, Joost de Haas, travels to first the wettest and then the driest place on earth to take a look at water management where it really matters.

Deleting the Dirty Dozen

Earth Report travels the world to document the long-term harm and explores the long-term hope heralded by this treaty.

City Scope

Hands On

Five stories from towns and cities from all the continents will show that the sustainable city is a dream some people are turning into reality.

WTO Battle of Seattle

The opponents of globalisation massed in one of the largest demonstrations in the US since the Vietnam War to accuse the World Trade Organisation of putting profit before principle. Earth Report takes a closer look. 1999

Bandits and Backhanders

This film takes a wry, witty look at corruption and its effects on the environment.

Aliens from Planet Earth

Non native species introduced by humans to new areas are now one of the greatest and most dynamic threats to the diversity of the planet.

Sulu Sulawesi

The Sulu-Sulawesi Sea is one of the most important marine environments in the world. 'Earth Report' investigates how it is standing up to the pressure from the people living on its shores.

Still Waters

Still Waters highlights the true worth of our wetlands and explains why it is imperitive that we protect them. 1998

Makaya - Sacred Forest

In this film we see that the survival of the great coastal forest in Kenya owes much to one people's spiritual bond with the forest. 1999

In The Balance

With public opinion overwhelmingly in favour of debt forgiveness, 'In the Balance' finds that the correspondence between poverty and indebtedness should not be taken for granted. 1999

The Good Society

The Earth Report team travelled the globe to ask people about their government, economic situation and about their hopes for the future. The result is this film revealing people's thoughts on 'The Good Society.' 1999

Everybody Lives Downstream

Review of water issues and solutions from around the world, for World Day for Water 1999. (1999)

The Wildscreen Debate

During the Wildscreen film festival in Bristol, 150 film-makers were given a chance to quiz the heads of the four major spending environmental organisations.

White Gold Part 2

Earth Report goes undercover to expose the pirates that are fishing the Patagonian toothfish to the brink of extinction. The team confronts the men who are masterminding the operations from thousands of kilometres away. 1999

White Gold Part 1

This edition of Earth Report tracks pirates around the globe. The treasure is the Patagonian toothfish. The pirates are hunting the fish to extinction. 1999

Water Ways

Hands On

This edition of Hands On goes around the world to examine various means of obtaining fresh water in a sustainable way. 1999

Water Pressure

The European Commission is giving all 15 member states a decade to meet new water quality standards. Earth Report looks at how current and potential EU members are measuring up. 1999

Waste Watchers

Hands On

This episode of 'Hands On' travels around the world to look at innovations in waste disposal.

Change in the Air

In anticipation of the publication of a comprehensive survey on the effects of climate change, Earth Report travels around the gas-guzzling United States to reveal the environmental changes that make the situation increasingly difficult to ignore.

Unnatural Disasters

This week's 'Earth Report' shows that it is poor communities worldwide who are the first to suffer from the decisions made by the rich and powerful that are anything but sustainable.

To Dam or Not to Dam ?

In this Earth Report we examine the findings of the World Commission on Dams on the question: To Dam or not to Dam?

To CAP it All

The Common Agricultural Policy has budgeted $40 billion, at least half the total budget of the European Union, on food price supports for farmers, but it's pressure from consumers in Europe that is having a significant impact on farming there. 1999

Take The Money And Run

Earth Report travels to Cambodia to look at how it's facing conflicting pressures with regard to its natural resources. After decades of living day to day, the case is made to begin thinking about the future.

Sting in the Tale

Hands On

'Hands On' goes around the world searching for innovation in green enterprise. This programme shows how bees, dogs and saris are being used to improve the environment. 1999

A Steppe Ahead

In Easter Mongolia, horses and wildlife far outnumber humans. Conservation efforts are under way to prevent foreign companies, who are after the oil and gold that lies underneath, from destroying the landscape. 1999

Smile, Please

In 1993 UNEP teamed up with Canon to launch a world-wide photo competition about the environment. Earth Report travelled with this year's winners highlighting the remarkable images they produced and the stories behind them.

Sick to Death

The Western environmental movement accuses practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine of endangering rare species. The practitioners claim to be a force of protection. This film examines both points of view.

Pygmies: Short On Land

The Pygmies of Central Africa are facing an uncertain future. In this film we watch the pygmies search for a new identity as the modern world closes in. 1999

The Sea - NOWPAP

The sea lane in the Northwest Pacific is one of the busiest in the world and is seriously polluted. This film looks at the challenges in brokering a Regional Seas agreement in this area.

Sacred Earth

Sacred Earth uses beautiful and moving images to inspire viewers on the potential of a cross faiths pact to safeguard an embattled earth.

Rubbish from the Information Superhighway

Looks at the 'toxic timebomb' of electronic waste. (1998)

River of Memory

This episode of Earth Report follows the campaign of the Himba people and their cheif, Kapika, to prevent the Namibian government constructing a dam which would irrevocably change their way of life.

Reservoir Raiders

In Palestine 'land for peace' has a hollow ring to it unless water supplies are secured. This film records the destruction of a Palestinian farmer's rainwater collection tank by an Israeli army detachment. (1999)

Rescue

This Earth Report follows the efforts of one of the most successful rescue attempts ever, launched by WWF and the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

Race to Save the Sky

The film looks at the massive international effort to end the threat from ozone-depleting chemicals. However, unless steps are taken to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, the endeavor may come to nothing. (1999)

Power To The People

Hands On

'Power to the People' checks out the latest in solar power technologies from around the world.

Poisonous Snakes and Ladders

Earth Report returns to a story covering the cross frontier dumping of hazardous wastes. The film examines to what extent the international accord reached at Basel has impacted this type of exploitation of the developing world. (1999)

The Path of the Jaguar

n Central America, a host of international and local environmental organisations are trying to recreate a unique, contiguous international corridor of sustainably managed, protected land.

Mount Kenya

Mount Kenya has just been declared a World Heritage Site, in part for its beauty, but that beauty is changing. 'Earth Report' documents the growing conflict between humans and wildlife on the mountain.

It's a Gas

Hands On

It's a Gas looks at how the latest in solar, wind and bio-gas technologies provide energy answers where there is no national grid. (1999)

Gone Fishing

Hands On

'Hands On' tracks down what people are doing themselves to combat the global decline in fish stocks.

From The Farm

Hands On

'Hands On' is going organic as we look at the farming and marketing of organic products in Malawi, India, Spain and the UK.

Out of the Forest

Hands On

'Out of the Forest' checks out a range of environmentally sound forest products.

Food Works

Hands On

Celebrates some of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) most successful projects.

On the Move

Hands On

As the world populations grow, so does pressure on local transport. This Hands On looks at a variety of solutions to the transport problem.

Pocket Wilderness

Filmed over the seasons, this Earth Report assesses the environmental pressures on this small pocket of wilderness on the border of England and Wales.

Out of Asia

Hands On

Hands On travels to India, Sri Lanka and Thailand to see how credit initiatives can boost more than just incomes.

The Nature of Business

Corporate leaders who have committed to a sustainable approach in all aspects of business activity, give their views on how global business can take care of the environment and profits at the same time.

The Long Walk

Earth Report visits Guinea, Senegal, Tanzania and Malawi to find out how communities are building the roads essential for development.

Line in the Sand

This Earth Report travels to Alashan to investigate why the desert is growing by 1000 square kilometres a year, and to see what the Chinese authorities and development agencies are doing to draw a line in the sand.

Land Rites

This programme in the Earth Report City Specials season, looks at how land titles may or may not create security for the urban poor.

Hope and the Nile

Earth Report travels down the river to uncover the social and environmental problems facing the countries of the Nile basin, and to see what hope there is on the horizon.

Fate of the Dammed

One of the largest hydro-electric projects in the world, the Tucurui Dam on Brazil's River Tocantins was built to power the industrial development of the Amazon. Earth Report investigates the effects it has had on the region.

Changing Climates: The Science

Charts the history of the science of climate change from the 1820s until the 1990s.

Changing Climates: The Politics

A review of the politics involved in tackling climate change.

Changing Climates: The Impact

Explores the impact of climate change on the main polluters, the US, and on developing countries.

Changing Climates: The Future

Assesses the alternatives to fossil-fuel-powered energy sources and their potential to alleviate climate change.

Water in your Tank

Cars, and transport in general, account for more than 20% of global emissions of carbon dioxide. Earth Report looks at the low-emission cars of the future and asks why they aren't more widely available today.

Up the Ladder

This film takes a look at how the Basel Convention of 1992 has stopped toxic traders dumping their waste on the doorsteps of developing nations.

Toxic Trail Part 2

Investigates the chemical companies' response to charges of selling dangerous chemicals with little supporting information, and highlights alternative methods of pest control.

Toxic Trail Part 1

Visits Thailand and Cambodia to investigate easy availability of toxic agricultural chemicals and their use by local farmers taking no precautions.

Streetwise - Banking on Us

For the millions of people living in shanty towns borrowing from a high street bank is out of the question. We follow four people who tell us the stories of their communities and projects.

Streetwise - A View from the People

Earth Report went to the most deprived districts of a dozen cities to see how the urban poor were benefiting from governments' new resolve to work with them.

Ransom for the Forest

Earth Report visits the Amazon to find out more about the issue which stalled the international climate negotiations in the Hague - carbon sequestration.

Radioactive and Reeling

Earth Report follows the setting up of assistance strategies in Belarus, victim of most of the contamination from the Chernobyl disaster.

Beluga Blues

The sturgeon, prized for its caviar, has been brought to the brink of extinction after 250 million years on the planet. What chance is there to save it?

Out of the Woods

Hands On:

Features stories from around the world where local communities are safeguarding their trees for their own welfare.

Not a Dirty Word

The daily global death toll from drinking dirty water is equivalent to 20 jumbo jet crashes. Earth Report goes to Sao Paolo, Nairobi and Manila to tell the human

No Hiding Place Part 2

Assessment of the chances of survival of the Great Apes in the wild.

No Hiding Place Part 1

What Chance for the Survival of the Great Apes?

Net Profits

Hands On

Looks at measures underway to sustain the boom in fish farming.

The Long Road to Recovery

Exposes the everyday realities of living with the radioactive legacy of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

The Last Summit?

Two months after the Johannesburg Summit of 2002, Earth Report asks, was it worth it?

Land of the Rising Water

Water supply and flood control in Japan.

High-Tech Harvest

The other side of the GM food debate - new crops developed to counter hunger in Africa.

Healing the Rift

An analysis of Kenya's Lake Baringo revitalisation project.

Green Gongs

An overview of the first Ecomove environmental film festival in Berlin.

Fuel For Thought

Hands On

A review of five innovative renewable energy projects.

A Fish Too Far

Fair Trade, Fair Profit

Hands On

Five projects illustrating what makes green enterprise work and bring in a fair price for the producer.

Earth Summit Debate Part 1 and 2

Debate on global issues from the Earth Summit in Johannesburg.

Dam Dam Dam

On the eve of the World Water Forum Earth Report presents the case for and against big dams.

Children of Rio Part 2

A 2002 update to the Growing Up series which follows children born in nine countries in 1992. This programme revisits the children in China, South Africa and Great Britain.

Children of Rio Part 1

A 2002 update to the Growing Up series which follows children born in nine countries in 1992. This programme revisits the children in Rio de Janeiro, Kenya and India.

Children of the New Millennium

Investigates why children suffer disproportionately from pollution and environmental degradation.

Boiling Point

Examines conflicts over water in Africa; the US/Mexican border; and the Middle East.

Baked Alaska

Baked Alaska visits the outermost US State where the benefits and disadvantages of burning fossil fuels stand in stark contrast.

The Angle on Hunger

Why are the world's mountainous regions home to a disproportionate number of hungry people?

Africa - Breaking the Circle

Rich in natural resources, but crippled by debt, poverty and poor governance - Africa, and its environment, are uniquely vulnerable.

Where Families and Mountains Meet

eports on the impact of the collapse of communism on poor communities in Kyrgistan and Tajikistan.

Waste To Wages

Hands On

Ideas from around the world to turn waste into saleable commodities.

Tunnel Vision

Records the rehabilitation of the ancient water management systems of Syria.

The Three Planet Syndrome

Until recently, if you wanted to live in a sustainable house, you probably had to design and build it yourself. In the 1980s UK film maker, Ashley Bruce, did exactly that.

Summit To The Sea Part 2

Examines the environmental problems around mountains, where people in the plains and coastline are feeling the effects of mismanagement on the slopes.

Summit To The Sea Part 1

Examines the environmental problems around mountains, where people in the plains and coastline are feeling the effects of mismanagement on the slopes.

Timber Mafia Part 2

This film uncovers the brutal trade in stolen timber from Indonesia that's ending up in Europe, USA, China, Australia and Japan.

Timber Mafia Part 1

This film uncovers the brutal trade in stolen timber from Indonesia that's ending up in Europe, USA, China, Australia and Japan.

Tiger, Taiga

The seemingly insatiable appetite of the ubiquitous logging industry is now rapidly devouring one of the world's greatest natural wonders; the Taiga Forest of Russia's Far East.

Telltale Signs

Ever more erratic global weather patterns - caused by climate change - have added 170 million people to those already experiencing water shortages.

Silver River

Follows the Arno River through Tuscany, and reports on plans to return the river to its former glory.

Rich Pickings

Exposes the lucrative trade in endangered wildlife in Brazil.

Pure Gene-eous

Hands On

'Pure Gene-eous' profiles communities from Africa, Asia and Latin America, with their own strategies for saving local biodiversity.

Prickly Profit

Prickly Profit looks at alternative efforts to nurture cactus plants which grow well in arid areas and produce a variety of fruits for sale for the export market.

Pumping Pressure

While underground reserves are being pumped dry, Earth Report finds that new ways to catch rainfall can provide a clever antidote to all the talk of a water crisis.

Plumbing The Rights Part 2

Is access to water a human right? According to the United Nations it now is. And yet more than a billion people still go without a safe regular supply.

Plumbing The Rights Part 1

Assesses the potential solutions to water access, such as privatisation and community mobilisation.

Pay Now, Pay Later

Earth Report goes in search of sustainable development projects with a successful track record, and asks whether projects like these can be scaled up, to bring about real change.

Paradise Regained

It is estimated that over 50% of world's tropical forests have been lost or degraded over the last 20 years. But are they gone forever or is it possible to recreate a complex ecosystem like a rainforest?

Paper Tiger

Efforts to maintain temperate rainforests in Tasmania, Australia.

Wetting The Appetite

Examines China's decision to restore its wetlands at the expense of over a million farmers.

Waibulabula

Examines Fiji's pollution problems, their impact on living standards and tourism, and ways to solve them.

Volt Face

Hands On

Volt Face looks at how people are getting their energy needs met without having to tap into large electricity schemes.

Transparency

Think Global Act Natural

Hands On

Is there a way to balance the needs of local people, the environment, and tourists for the benefit of all?

Sky Pirates

Despite the rapid elimination of ozone-destroying chemicals, the hole in the ozone layer has not been plugged. One reason is the illegal trade in CFCs and other ozone-damaging chemicals.

Pulp Aid

Waste paper from Europe is sent to India for recycling. Trouble is, in India there are charges of dumping disrupting local recycling efforts.

Sila Alangotuk- Voices From The Tundra

Climate change threatens the environment and way of life of the Inuit peoples of the Arctic regions.

Oil's Well

What will happen when the oil wells of Gabon become uneconomic?

Home On The Range

Focuses on nomadic herders in Ethiopia and their efforts to live their traditional lifestyle in a changing environment.

Game Over

Examines if wildlife can pay its way, and how the ranching of game animals can be put on a profitable and sustainable footing.

Fishermen's Blues

The prospects for the survival of the inland fisheries of the San Francisco-Rio das Velhas rivers.

The Equator Show

Hands On

The Equator Show features five communities given the UN Equator Initiative prize for their role as protectors of biodiversity.

Dyke Hard

The Saemangeum project on South Korea's Yellow Sea coast will destroy one of Asia's most valuable wetland sites - can it be stopped?

Conserving The Peace

Communicating For Change Part 1

Received wisdom is that the digital divide between North and South is one of the reasons why the poor in the developing world are not able to practice sustainable development.

Chico's Dream

This Earth Report takes a look at which side is winning out in the battle to use, or save, the rainforests of Brazil.

City Slickers

Hands On

Features four stories from around the world where citizens’ groups and neighbourhood committees are finding their own ways of improving their local environment:

Cash No Questions

Hands On

Reports on six alternative, cashless, economy schemes from around the world.

Benefits Beyond Boundaries

Visits several World Heritage Sites to see how protection of the natural environment is being met without sacrificing the needs of local populations.

Woodn't You Know

Woodn't You Know containes six stories showing how natural resources, when used with care, provide ample to meet our needs.

Wealth And Wilderness

Examines the motives and impact of eco-philanthropists buying up land for conservation in poor countries.

Meltdown: Nepal

Witness

How melting ice due to climate change is threatening villages in the Kumbu region of northern Nepal, and affecting the lives of villagers.

Upstream Downstream

Reports on the potential for conflict over water in the Ping River basin in Thailand.

Meltdown: Germany

Witness

The warmer climate in Germany is contributing to an explosion in numbers of tree-borne pests, which have altered the balance of the forest ecosystem.

Source To Sale

Hands On

Innovative schemes to improve access to finance for small entrepreneurs around the world.

Meltdown: Fiji

Witness

The Kabara islanders have always been self-sufficient, relying on fishing and crop cultivation to meet their needs. But over the last 10 years the islanders have witnessed profound changes in the weather and the island’s ecosystems.

Soaking It Up?

Earth Report stays in the Amazon to investigate the role of the rainforest as a 'sink' for carbon dioxide.

Meltdown: Australia

Witness

Examines the long-term damage to corals on the Great Barrier Reef, caused by higher water temperatures, an effect of climate change.

Smokeless In China

China has suffered some of the worst environmental disasters in the world, due in part to the over-exploitation of its natural resources. Earth Report travels to the remote province of Yunnan to investigate.

Slum At The Summit

The high Andes must be one of the most inhospitable places on earth. There's precious little oxygen, and the temperature never rises much above freezing. So why is there a town in this unlikely spot?

Seeds Of Conflict

Assesses the issues surrounding patenting of traditional plant species.

Suspended Dreams

Developing Stories

The appalling impact of modern warfare on the people and their environment is assessed through the lives of four very different Lebanese worldwide. (1992)

Not A Dirty Word 2

The latest UN assessment is that 1.1 billion people live without access to clean drinking water. Earth Report goes to Sao Paolo, Nairobi and Manila to report on cheap community-operated schemes that offer new hope.

Message In A Bottle

Earth Report travels three small island nations, to find out what they are doing to protect themselves from threats - both local and global.

Marooned

The efforts of the Maroons of Surinam to preserve their way of life as timber and mining companies move in.

Rabi

Developing Stories

A modern day fable African fable from Burkina Faso which explores the relationships between a boy and his pet tortoise and his own community. (1992)

Power Struggle

This edition of Earth Report looks at another African power struggle - the struggle to get light and electricity.

People Power

At the Johannesburg 'sustainable development' summit, governments made commitments to involving their citizens in decision-making. Are they keeping their promises?

Naturally Yours

Hands On

How we can buy products that safeguard the environment and do the poor a power of good.

The Paddy Chronicles

Hands On

Reports on how rice systems and rice products are leading the fight against world hunger and poverty.

Making The Connection

Hands On

Reports on projects using telecommunications technology around the world.

Green Currents

Hands On

Access to adequate clean water continues to be a huge challenge for millions throughout the developing world. This film presents six innovative water-related projects.

Last Summit 2

Earth Report returns to Johannesburg to assess the successes of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development.

H20 Hilltops To Oceans Part 2

The UN Environment Programme has identified 150 'dead zones' in the world's oceans, where marine life cannot exist due to lack of oxygen.

H20 Hilltops To Oceans Part 1

How environmental mismanagement on land is becoming a grave threat to our seas.

High Tide

Hands On

Around the world 200 million people depend on fish, directly or indirectly, for food and employment. But by one estimate, 70 percent of world fish stocks are now in urgent need of management to ensure their long-term survival.

A Growing Trend

Hands On

Anita Roddick introduces a programme that shows farmers are cashing in on a growing consumer demand for organic, non-GMO food.

Green Endings

Hands On

This Hands On checks out inspirational recycling initiatives around the globe.

Energetic

Hands On

Innovative eco-friendly energy initiatives from around the world.

Eggs On Coast

An investigation into the horseshoe crab, its uses in human medicine, and the threats to its habitat.

Crossing The Divide Part 2

In the second instalment of Crossing the Divide, Earth Report talks to two more green campaigners who made the leap from environmental activism to mainstream politics:

Crossing The Divide Part 1

Environmental campaigners make it their business to be a thorn in the side of governments. So what makes an environmental activist go into politics?

Blood Timber

Investigates the relationship between logging and the bushmeat trade, and the effects on the local indigenous populations.

Before The Tsunami Part 2

Communities in disaster hotspots report on planning for the next natural disaster.

Before The Tsunami Part 1

Where the will exists, the loss of life and damage caused by natural disasters can often be reduced by modest investment in early warnings and public education.

Lucia

Developing Stories

A powerful drama from a screenplay by the late, acclaimed Filipino director which chronicles the struggle of a Filipino family from a fishing community, as external factors drive them to destitution in the slums of Manila. (1992)

Azhar Park

Examines the impact of new investment to provide green space in crowded Cairo.

Life and Debt

Developing Stories

The tortuous links between Brazil’s debt, the devastation of its rainforest and the killing of street kids in Rio de Janeiro. (1992)

Legacy of Malthus

Developing Stories

Draws parallels between the 19th century evictions of Scottish crofters and peasant farmers in India today, to challenge the accepted wisdom that population causes poverty and environmental destruction. (1994)

A Switch In Time

Profiles five projects supported by ASTAE to bring off-grid electricity to poor rural communities in Asia.

SOS: Save Our Sushi

Investigates the threat to small Pacific states of industrial fishing.

Remaking Shangri-La

In this remote areas of northern Pakistan, unnoticed by the global media, a cultural and environmental revival is underway.

Shedloads

Hands On

Looks at the potential and problems of watershed maintenance and management in South Africa, India and Bolivia.

Pipe Dreams

Sanitation improvement projects in Senegal, Uganda and India aim to provide safe sanitation for all.

Middle Earth Report Part 3: Changing The Future

In this final instalment of the Middle-earth trilogy, we focus on New Zealand's urban and industrial challenges.

Middle Earth Report Part 2: Growing Things

Earth Report goes behind New Zealand's clean, green 'Middle-earth' image, to find out how farming is affecting the country's environment.

Little Geek

In this Earth Report we hitch a ride into the abyss to find a world that we know almost nothing about. Kilometres below the ocean surface there may be as many as five million species as yet unknown to science. And the way to find them is with an ROV or Remotely Operated Vehicle.

Last Pockets Of Paradise

Efforts to protect the last unspoilt areas of the Mediterranean coastline.

Keep It In The Family

Investigates the problems caused by cheap imports competing with local produce in Senegal.

Gross National Happiness (Politics Of Happiness)

Bhutan's king attempts to put his people's happiness ahead of material wealth.

Four Of A Kind Part 2

Profiles of two winners of the Sasakawa Prize - Wangari Maathai and Dener Giovanni.

Four Of A Kind Part 1

Profiles of individuals who have won the Sasakawa Prize for contributions to the protection of the environment.

Eco Economy Part 2

Investigates how positive government policy is fundamental to ensuring natural support systems are maintained.

Eco Economy Part 1

Highlights the work of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, investigating the complexity of the trade-off between economic development and preserving our environment.

E-Frontiers

Innovative uses of new digital technologies to support community action.

Desounen - Dialogue With Death

Developing Stories

This film takes the form of a journey across the Caribbean island of Haiti encountering a population battered but unbowed by years of crushing poverty, political repression and environmental destitution. (1994)

Development With Destruction

Reports on the struggle to prevent the construction of another US military base on Okinawa.

Darfur- Earth Wind And Fire

Filmed inside Sudan to investigate the environmental roots of Darfur's humanitarian crisis.

And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon

Developing Stories

A wry look at how foreign programming - made almost exclusively in the North - is polluting the Caribbean airwaves. (1992)

Death On The Nile

Investigation into water-borne disease in the Nile basin, by Dr Nadia El-Awady

Dakar Dialogues

In preparation for the New York Commission on Sustainable Development, ministers and experts from the world over descended on Dakar, the capital of Senegal, with a commitment to making ours a cleaner world.

Concrete Coasts

Before The Tsunami Part 1

Where the will exists, the loss of life and damage caused by natural disasters can often be reduced by modest investment in early warnings and public education.

Among The Hotspots

Examines how development projects designed to alleviate poverty can threaten biodiversity.

Aliens In The Field

Examines the attractions and drawbacks of genetically modified food in low-income countries.

Africa Works

Hands On

Five stories from four African countries highlighting how new ways of thinking are paying off for local people and the environment.

Timber Futures

NASA estimates that if deforestation continues as it is, rainforests will vanish within 100 years. Timer Futures reports from Indonesia on the effect on habitats and livelihoods.

The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels

Developing Stories

A magical love story between two adolescents in the Gaza Strip, this revelatory drama looks at childhood in a war zone. (1994)

Race To Save The Albatross

Earth Report

Thousands of albatross are killed by long-line fishing every week. Earth Report investigates the future of these iconic seabirds, and the inexpensive fishing methods that can halt their destruction.

Nor Any Drop To Drink

In this Earth Report, we see how countries in the Middle East are beginning to confront the stark reality of too many people and too little water.

Disaster Class

Disasters are predicted to increase dramatically in number and severity over the coming years. Earth Report explores how education can make the difference between life and death.

Cold Coral Deep

Investigates the incredible diversity of wildlife harboured by deep-sea cold coral reefs.

After The Wave

Investigates the lessons that have been learned from the tragic tsunami of December 2004.

Taking Off

Hands On

Looks at developments in transport that help people get around, linking them to essential services, such as markets and emergency medical care.

Plague To Plenty

Hands On

Improving agricultural production by developing new techniques and attacking pests and diseases.

Fate Of The Oceans Part 1

Almost without exception, the world's fishing grounds are being recklessly exploited. Earth Report visits India, the Mediterranean and Bali to investigate.

Fate Of The Oceans Part 2

In the second part of Fate of the Oceans, Earth Report goes in search of sustainable fishing practices.

Energy Wise

Five items on renewable energy initiatives around the world.

Drawing The Line

Features the people who ensure the system of delineation and protection for the Amazon rainforest.

Chemical Conundrum

Explores what we know about the health impacts of chemicals, how they're spreading, and if we can really be safe with so many of them...

Animal Magic

Hands On

This Hands On focuses on animals and their relationship with humans.

Blast

Blast fishing in the Philippines has destroyed much of the indigenous coral of the Visayan Sea. Following the assasination of one anti-blast activist, drastic action must be taken. (2007)

Billion Dollar Bonfire

Gas flaring wastes millions of tonnes of energy every year, and contributes to the ongoing problem of climate change. Earth Report investigates alternatives to this problem. (2007)

Adopt Adapt and Survive

How climate change is affecting people's lives in three east African regions. (2007)

Till Death Do Us Part

In Nigeria, a man cannot die of natural causes. If he is married, his wife must have had a hand in his death. 'Til Death do us Part' shows the infringement of widows' human rights in three different regions of Nigeria. (1998)

Women In Paradise

A timely documentary about global warming, contrasting the industrial development in Northern India, which Prime Minister Nehru saw as the engine fuelling India's development as "the Switzerland of the South". (1990)

When Good Men Do Nothing

Good men did nothing to help Rwandans in 1994. Despite repeated warnings and pleas for help from several different sources inside Rwanda, the UN ignored the genocide which took lives five times faster than the Nazis had 50 years before. (1998)

The Wettest Desert On Earth

THE WETTEST DESERT ON EARTH tells the story of how wet turned into dry and how, thanks to the persistence of a few dedicated scientists, dry can turn wet again. (2000)

We The Peoples

Made to mark World Environment Day 1994, and its theme of grass-roots participation, this series showcases six inspiring stories of communities mobilizing to protect their environment, resources and livlihoods. (1995)

Waste Not Want Not

Habitat Shorts

Waste recycling projects in India and Thailand are helping to create real employment opportunities.

Where Truth Lies

A documentary about the attempts of the Mtimkulo family to give evidence to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission against the opposition of the Secret Police. (1998)

Smiles

An exploration of the corruption, hypocrisy and double standards in Thai government and politics. (1998)

In The Name Of Safety

In the Name of Safety exposes the harrowing plight of innocent women and children, jailed allegedly for their own protection in Bangladesh under an archaic law left over from colonial days. (1998)

Going Home

A documentary tracing the experiences of African refugees in Guinea Bissau. (1998)

Discipline With Dignity

An investigation of the growing campaign against violent corporal punishment in Nepalese schools. (1999)

Trinkets and Beads

The bizarre and disturbing story of the unlikely links between a Texas-based oil company, a missionary and the Ecuadorian Huaorani Indians, now fighting for their land rights. (1996)

The Tree of Our Forefathers

A moving documentary following Alexandre Ferrao and his extended family on their way home, 10 years after they fled the civil war in Mozambique to seek asylum in Malawi. (1994)

Transylvania

Copsa Mica, the dirtiest town in the former Eastern Bloc was the symbol of Nicolae Ceausescu's dream of building a greater Romania. Today its legacy is one of toxic pollution and some of the most depressing urban wastelands in Europe. (1994)

Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow

Explores what influence the 1960's Green Revolution has had on the social structure and ecologies of developing nations. Featuring Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution. (1992)

Life In Slow Motion

Jimi Bello, a Nigerian bureaucrat, attends an energy conference in Ghana, aiming to secure business in Ghana’s oil sector. After meeting a prostitute called Afua and witnessing the poor health of the children in her village, Jimi is compelled to re-evaluate his agenda and also come to terms with the loss of his own child.

Profits From Poison

The harmful effects of chemical pesticides on the human environment contrasted with traditional, environmentally sound alternatives. (1988)

The Preferred Sex... The Desired Number

In Nigeria some women are honoured for bearing many children, while in India women are driven to suicide for bearing girls, not boys. (1995)

Michael Jackson Comes to Manikganj

Examines the effect of western culture on South Asian culture, brought about by satellite telecommunications. (2000)

March for the Land

Follows the momentous trek across Brazil by ten thousand campaigners to demand land reform from the government. (1997)

Love Your Town Like Your Shamba

Showcases the work of the Green Towns environmental videos in Kenya, which encourage community participation. (1995)

Law of the Jungle

The political battle over La Macarena, Colombia's most important wildlife reserve, as political and economic turmoil force landless peasants to take up residence in the protected area. (1989)

The Last Show on Earth

Breathtaking wildlife photography set to an emotive score reveals the plight of endangered species around the world. (1992)

Jungle Pharmacy

A look at research into the commercial possibilites of plant remedies, and exploration of the traditional knowledge of the shamen - the tribal healers in Peru and Brazil who use plant remedies to cure a variety of illnesses. (1989)

Housing the Future

BBC World Debate

A panel of world experts explore the growing global housing shortage and possible solutions.

The Hanging Gardens of Arabia

The centuries-old terracing system of farming in Yemen is falling into disrepair - attempts are being made to restore it. (1990)

Half the Sky

Captures the social history of women in China this century through the stories of 4 generations of women in one family. (1995)

Gene Hunters

How can the DNA from Amerindians in Colombia and other indigenous peoples around the world help prevent diseases like AIDS and who will benefit? (1994)

Growing Up II

The first Growing Up looked at the prospects for eleven babies born within a year of the Rio Earth Summit 1992. Growing Up II is the second installment of what happened to these children and their families. (1996)

Growing Up (I)

What does the furure hold for the children of the new Millennium? From Brazil to China - in Norway, Kenya, India, Latvia, the UK, South Africa and the US - GROWING UP follows the lives of 11 babies born in the year of the 1992 UN Earth Summit to find out. (1993)

Food: Who Pays the Price?

BBC World Debate

There’s a rural revolution underway and it’s having a profound impact on the global food chain.

Fields of Trees

Reveals the advantages of agro-forestry techniques when age-old practices are combined with scientific know-how. (1995)

Failing the Farmer

BBC World Debate

In this debate, representatives from across the world meet to discuss the importance and sustainability of the small farmer in the modern economy.

Dead Mums Don't Cry

BBC Panorama

Assesses progress on achieving the MDG of cutting maternal mortality by 75% by 2015, visiting Chad and Honduras. (2005)

The Cow Jumped Over the Moon

To the nomadic Fulani people of West Africa, cattle define life, and the constant quest for pasture dominates their existence. Now one of the most sophisticated technological organisations in the world, NASA is helping them in their quest. (1999)

Can Polar Bears Tread Water?

Music and graphics contrast with a serious message in this classic investigation into the possible effects of climate change. (1989)

Black Triangle

Looks at the legacy of 40 years of totalitarian rule and unregulated industrial development on the environment of Eastern Germany and Czechoslovakia. (1989)

Slums and Money

The World Bank World Development Report for 2009 argues that free markets and urbanisation are the best promoters of economic development.

Mpingo: The Tree That Makes Music

At a musical instrument factory in France, skilled craftsmen work fragments of African blackwood into clarinets and flutes for the international market. But in the early 1980s, with more and more wood cracking under pressure on the lathes, investigations turn to the plains of Tanzania, and to the Mpingo tree - the source of the remarkable black heartwood. (1992)

Sorie K and the MDGs

Life on the Edge (series 2)

Still trying to make it as a world musician, Sorie Kondi, blind from birth, is worried about the future of his 14 year-old daughter Zainab.

Scent of the Streets

Life on the Edge (series 11)

Every big city has gangs of young people on the margins... in Lagos, Nigeria, it's the Area Boys, bands of children and teenagers who scratch a living from petty crime and the informal economy. But when you're an Area Girl, life can be even tougher...

Films

Future Food Kenya

Future Food Peru - 'Old or New?'

tvebiomovies 2012 - The finalists

Science For Survival

Little By Little

Tendekai Mufunde, Football Player - Harare

Gabriel Agu, Shopkeeper - Lagos

Essie Mbeyu, Team Member - Kenya

Dominic Pascoe, Football Fan - Cape Town

Abdul Mohamed, Video Hall Owner - Nairobi

Austin Ishatayo, Parasoccer Player - Lagos

Football Grannies - South Africa

Tabitha Wambui, Female Referee - Nairobi

Matshidiso, sex worker - Pretoria

Miriam Balang, Food Vendor - Johannesburg

Margaret Kiringai, Jewellery Maker - Kenya

Angula Uzeniu, Unemployed - Namibia

Sulaiman Sesay, Gardener - Sierra Leone

James Orengo, High Court Advocate - Kenya

Livvy Samaria, AIDS Activist - Namibia

Abimbola Llo, Optical Lens Manufacturer - Nigeria

Sorieh Conteh, Truck Owner - Sierra Leone

Bola Black, Traditional Rice Farmer - Nigeria

Thailand For Sale

Shrimp Fever

Sex, Lemurs, and Holes in the Sky

Silk Ceiling part 2

Sex and the Holy City

Silk Ceiling part 1

Scent of the Street

Reclaim the Condom

The President's Dilemma

Nottingham Lace

In the Mayor's Footsteps - Brazil

Moments of Truth

My First Day at School

The Mayor's Dream

Looting the Seas

Kung Fu Nuns

Kibera Kids

How to Become a President

Grace Under Fire

The Elephants' Dream of Peace

Mucking Up the Med

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Lost Generations

In the Name of Honour

India Inhales

God Among the Children

For a Few Pennies More

From Docklands to Dhaka

Educating Lucia

The Debt Police

Credit Where Credit is Due

The Cost of Living

The Boxer

Bolivian Blues

Because They're Worth It

At the End of a Gun: Women and War

A-OK?

All Different, All Equal

Without Rights

Untouchable?

The Summit

The Story So Far

The Silver Age

The Seattle Syndrome

The Right To Choose

Regopstaan's Dream

The Posse

The Philadelphia Story

The Outsiders

The Ongoing Story

An Act of Faith

The Healing Forest

The Farmers of Gaho

Rights of Passage

Coral Triangle

Missing Out