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    Our World Season 17 Episode 11 - North Korea: The Insiders
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    S17:E11

    For more than three years, North Korea has sealed its borders. People are banned from leaving or entering the country. Almost every foreigner who was inside has packed up and left. The world's most secretive and tyrannical state is now an information black hole. For months, three people inside North Korea have risked their lives to tell the BBC what is happening. What they reveal is shocking. Years of hard labour for those found watching foreign films and TV programmes, and execution for the ones who try to escape. Jean Mackenzie, the BBC's correspondent in South Korea, asks: is this a new dark age for North Korea?

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  2. Our World Season 17 Episode 9 - South Africa: On the Edge of Darkness
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S17:E9

    South Africa is struggling to keep the lights on. Its power system is crumbling, leading to regular and extensive blackouts and it is the poorest who are hardest hit. Why is it in such bad shape, and what hope is there of South Africa kicking its addiction to coal and switching to greener sources of energy? Andrew Harding uncovers a story of corruption and vested interests at the heart of South Africa’s power failure.

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  3. Our World Season 8 Episode 16 - Saudi's Secret Uprising
    7.3/10(14 votes)

    S8:E16

    In Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province, protesters inspired by the Arab Spring have been venting their anger against the government for the last three years. Saudi journalist Safa Alahmad got unprecedented access to the area.

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  4. Our World Season 17 Episode 20 - Escape from Lahaina
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S17:E20

    In August 2023, the most deadly fire in modern US history struck Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. James Clayton investigates why it was so hard to escape the city.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Our World Season 13 Episode 6 - In the Shadow of Chernobyl
    6.4/10(22 votes)

    S13:E6

    When the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded 33 years ago in Soviet Ukraine, it was the largest ever accidental release of radioactivity into the environment. The cause, and who was to blame, is still being debated. But what's become of the people who refused to leave the exclusion zone, and the wildlife left behind? Just how contaminated is the area now? The BBC's Science correspondent, Victoria Gill, has been given rare permission to go inside the zone - and the plant itself.

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  6. Our World Season 14 Episode 8 - Wuhan: Life under Lockdown
    6.1/10(10 votes)

    S14:E8

    With exclusive access to two film-makers inside the Chinese city of Wuhan, Our World tells the story of life under lockdown.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Our World Season 1 Episode 1 - 16/06/2007
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    S1:E1

    As Darcey Bussell takes her final curtain call, she reflects on nearly 20 years as principal dancer of the Royal Ballet in London. Bussell talks to Louise Minchin and explains why she is retiring at the peak of her powers

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  8. Our World Season 2 Episode 1 - When the Water Runs Out
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    S2:E1

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  9. Our World Season 5 Episode 29 - Fallout 9/11 Ten Years On
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    S5:E29

    The destruction of the twin towers was a site that became the definition of terror. It was an onslaught that killed nearly three thousand people - but a decade later, the attack isn't over. The dust that overwhelmed the streets of Lower Manhattan became a weapon. The clouds contained particles of pulverized concrete, asbestos, lead from fifty thousand computers, mercury from countless light bulbs -- a million tons of poisonous fallout. Now nearly 20,000 people are receiving treatment for a range of illnesses, many of them serious. And more than 60,000 are registered as at risk. The BBC Our World team first broke the story globally in 2006. They return 5 years later to investigate a worsening tragedy and followup with those who shared their stories.

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  10. Our World Season 5 Episode 30 - That September Day
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    S5:E30

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  11. Our World Season 5 Episode 31 - Securing New York
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E31

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  12. Our World Season 6 Episode 1 - Human Torches of Tibet
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S6:E1

    As a wave of protests and self-immolations continues against the rule of China on the Tibetan plateau, Sue Lloyd-Roberts asks the Dalai Lama if the dream of increased independence for Tibet is dead.

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  13. Our World Season 8 Episode 24 - The War Widows of Afghanistan
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    S8:E24

    As part of the Big Stories 2014, this is the untold story of the hidden victims of the war in Afghanistan: the women whose husbands were killed in the fight against the Taliban.

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  14. Our World Season 9 Episode 1 - Calais: The Final Frontier
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E1

    The northern French port of Calais is facing an international refugee crisis. Darius Bazargan has been to Calais to meet the migrants, and the locals, caught up in a growing humanitarian crisis.

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  15. Our World Season 9 Episode 2 - The Billion Dollar Gamble
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    S9:E2

    It's the first planned Palestinian city, a billion dollar project to build homes for 25,000 people. Though the main building work is largely finished the project, like the peace process, has ground to a halt over disagreements between the Palestinians and the Israelis.

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  16. Our World Season 9 Episode 7 - Inside Eritrea
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E7

    Eritrea has been described as one of the most secretive states in the world. For the first time in around 10 years, BBC News has been been allowed to to film inside the country.

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  17. Our World Season 9 Episode 18 - Who Killed Alberto Nisman
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E18

    In a tale of corruption and international espionage Our World asks - who killed Alberto Nisman?

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  18. Our World Season 9 Episode 21 - Pardon Me, Mr. President
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E21

    Our World speaks to former US prisoners released under a new presidential clemency initiative which is part of a changing approach to tackling drug offences in the United States.

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  19. Our World Season 9 Episode 23 - Bosnia: Cradle of Modern Jihad?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E23

    Mark Urban returns to Bosnia for 'Our World' and discovers how secular Bosnian society has been infiltrated by a militant Islamism which operates to this day.

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  20. Our World Season 9 Episode 25 - Deported to Afghanistan
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E25

    Over the past ten years, thousands of unaccompanied children have fled to the UK from war-torn Afghanistan, but when they turn 18 they have to return or face deportation. Chris Rogers follows some of the young men, who claim their deportation to Afghanistan would be inhumane and that the UK is now their home.

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  21. Our World Season 10 Episode 22 - Iran's Nuclear Deal
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S10:E22

    In 2015, Iran agreed a long-term deal on its nuclear program with a group of world powers known as the P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany. Our World reports on the process that led to the agreement.

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  22. Our World Season 10 Episode 34 - American Addiction
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S10:E34

    More Americans die from drug doses than car crashes or gun fatalities. The majority of the deaths involve the use of heroin or prescription painkillers. Over the past year, Ian Pannell has followed a number of addicts as they try to kick the habit.

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  23. Our World Season 10 Episode 39 - Columbine: A Killer in the Family
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    S10:E39

    On the 20th April 1999, two teenagers walked into their High School in Colorado armed with guns, bombs and grenades and killed 12 fellow students and a teacher, before taking their own lives. The tragedy had a seismic impact on America, the murderers cited as an inspiration by subsequent killers. Now, for the first time, Sue Klebold, the mother of one of the shooters, talks to Kirsty Wark about trying to come to terms with what happened at Columbine High School and her efforts to raise awareness about children's mental health issues.

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  24. Our World Season 11 Episode 1 - Black in Trump's America
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S11:E1

    Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Louisiana. How much of a difference did Barack Obama's presidency make to the lives of African-Americans?

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  25. Our World Season 11 Episode 7 - Freedom and Fear in Myanmar
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S11:E7

    Our World investigates allegations of mass murder and rape among Myanmar's displaced Rohingya minority. Asking why Burmese leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has failed to stop what the UN is calling crimes against humanity.

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Best Episodes Summary

"North Korea: The Insiders" is the best rated episode of "Our World". It scored 8.6/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/14/2023. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "South Africa: On the Edge of Darkness".