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The Best Episodes of This World Season 5

Every episode of This World Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of This World Season 5!

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The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent".

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    This World Season 5 Episode 1 - The Boys From Baghdad High
    7.6/10(183 votes)

    #1 - The Boys From Baghdad High

    S5:E1

    Documentary. Four classmates from different backgrounds were given cameras to capture everyday life in Baghdad. What does the future hold for these teens?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. This World Season 5 Episode 2 - Baghdad: A Doctor's Story
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Baghdad: A Doctor's Story

    S5:E2

    Shot by an Iraqi doctor, this film reveals the conditions of a civilian ER in Baghdad where the ambulance crews go from one dangerous mission to another.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. This World Season 5 Episode 3 - Girl Racer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Girl Racer

    S5:E3

    International investigative documentary series. This film tells the story of beautiful Laleh Seddigh, who has become Iran’s national motor sports champion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. This World Season 5 Episode 4 - Diamonds and Justice
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Diamonds and Justice

    S5:E4

    Liberian Charles Taylor was on trial in the Hague in January for, allegedly, backing rebels in neighbouring Sierra Leone. Is he as evil as the West claims?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. This World Season 5 Episode 5 - Deep South Divide
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Deep South Divide

    S5:E5

    Tom Mangold returns to the school in Jena, Louisiana to investigate the events that triggered the biggest black civil rights march since the 60s last year.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. This World Season 5 Episode 6 - Miss Gulag
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Miss Gulag

    S5:E6

    Documentary series. Every spring, staff at women's prison UF 91-9, Siberia, organise a beauty pageant to lift spirits and help inmates win time off for good behaviour.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. This World Season 5 Episode 7 - Lethal Solution
    7.3/10(56 votes)

    #7 - Lethal Solution

    S5:E7

    International documentary series. The eighth amendment of the US Constitution bans 'cruel and unusual' punishment - so should American prisons use lethal injection?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. This World Season 5 Episode 8 - Bannatyne Takes on Big Tobacco
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Bannatyne Takes on Big Tobacco

    S5:E8

    Duncan Bannatyne, the scourge of Dragons' Den, journeys to Africa to explore the rise in the number of kids smoking and the activities of one tobacco company in particular.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. This World Season 5 Episode 9 - Battle of the Bishops
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Battle of the Bishops

    S5:E9

    Documentary. With the worldwide Anglican Church on the brink of an historic split, this film goes behind the scenes with the key players in the splinter movement.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. This World Season 5 Episode 10 - Murder in the Snow
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Murder in the Snow

    S5:E10

    Investigative documentary series. Here, the story of Himalayan mountaineers who witnessed the shooting of Tibetan refugees by Chinese border guards in 2006.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. This World Season 5 Episode 11 - The Man Who Armed the World
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - The Man Who Armed the World

    S5:E11

    Accused of being one of the most notorious arms dealers and sanction busters in the world, Russian businessman Viktor Bout languishes in jail in Bangkok. This World tells the story of the dramatic international sting which finally brought him to justice, and the battle to extradite him to the USA.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. This World Season 5 Episode 12 - American Time Bomb
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - American Time Bomb

    S5:E12

    Investigative documentary series. Is America facing a greater threat to its economy than the meltdown of its banking system? David Walker, former US Comptroller General, thinks so.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. This World Season 5 Episode 13 - Forced to Marry
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Forced to Marry

    S5:E13

    Investigative documentary series. Saira Khan investigates the dramatic stories of British Asians taken to Pakistan by their parents and forced to marry against their will.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Boys From Baghdad High" is the best rated episode of "This World" season 5. It scored 7.6/10 based on 183 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/8/2008. This episode is rated 7.6 points higher than the second-best, "Baghdad: A Doctor's Story".