This World Season 7

Season 7

Air date: 2010-01-03

Episodes: 10

Episodes

E1: Closing Guantanamo

On his second day in office, President Obama pledged to close the Guantanamo Detention Centre within a year. Michael Portillo finds out why he's not been able to keep his promise.

Air date: 2010-01-03

E2: Obama and Me

Documentary following the lives of ordinary Americans who voted for Barack Obama and had high hopes for his presidency. How have their lives been changed in Obama's first year?

Air date: 2010-01-19

E3: Tsunami: Five Years On

Documentary telling the powerful story of how the survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 have tried to rebuild their lives.

Air date: 2010-01-27

E4: Mexico's Drug War

Violence is running out of control in Mexico as rival drug cartels battle over the smuggling routes. Katya Adler journeys deep into the heart of a shocking conflict.

Air date: 2010-02-07

E5: Stolen Brides

Lucy Ash investigates bride stealing in Chechnya, following two families as they struggle to negotiate a compromise over the fate of a young woman abducted in the street.

Air date: 2010-08-11

E6: Surviving Haiti

Filmed over the six months after the Haiti earthquake, This World follows four of the few who were rescued from a death beneath the rubble.

Air date: 2010-08-18

E7: The Wounded Platoon

A shocking look at heroism, grief, combat, drugs, alcohol, brutal murder and the consequences of multiple tours and post-traumatic stress for a generation of American soldiers.

Air date: 2010-08-25

E8: Hostage in the Jungle

The story of the kidnapping of Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and her assistant Clara Rojas. Both of them spent six years in the jungle before their rescue.

Air date: 2010-10-20

E9: Tea Party America

As the US prepares to vote in crucial mid-term elections, political journalist Andrew Neil investigates the right-wing Tea Party, the fastest-growing political movement in the US.

Air date: 2010-11-01

E10: Pakistan's Flood Doctor

Documentary. Jane Corbin travels with Doctor Shershah Syed through the flood ravaged Sindh province in Pakistan as he performs life-saving operations.

Air date: 2010-12-13