101 East

101 East 2016

TV Show

2016 Episodes

1. The Bounty Hunters

January 6th, 201630 min

As weak law enforcement allows the Philippines' most wanted fugitives to evade capture, are bounty hunters the answer?

2. Too Young to Wed: Child Marriage in Bangladesh

January 14th, 201630 min

101 East travels to Bangladesh to find out why young girls are often forced to marry men twice their age.

3. Out of Sight: Malaysia's Orang Asli

January 21st, 201630 min

101 East investigates what led to the deaths of five indigenous children who went missing in the jungles of Malaysia.

4. Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence in Australia

January 28th, 201630 min

101 East examines why domestic violence touches so many Australian women and asks what is being done to turn the tide.

5. South Korea's Hangover

February 4th, 201630 min

South Koreans drink twice as much liquor as Russians, but is this national obsession with alcohol reversible?

6. Australia: In the Line of Fire

February 18th, 201630 min

Australians living in the world's most fire-prone region grapple daily with a life-or-death choice: fight or flight.

7. Inside Indonesia's Drug War

February 25th, 201630 min

Indonesia's drug laws are some of the strictest in the world, but are long jail terms and capital punishment working?

8. On Thin Ice: India's National Ice Hockey Team

March 3rd, 201630 min

India's national ice hockey team is fighting to win hearts and matches in their quest for international sporting glory.

9. Cambodia: Unlicensed to Heal

March 10th, 201630 min

101 East investigates Cambodia's healthcare system and asks if unlicensed village medics are the best hope for the sick.

10. The Orangutan Whisperer

March 24th, 201630 min

Can orangutan expert Leif Cocks and special jungle schools in Sumatra help save the endangered species from extinction?

11. Cambodia, My New Home

March 31st, 201630 min

We follow refugees who hoped to live in Australia as they are resettled in Cambodia in a controversial transfer deal.

12. Rodrigo Duterte: Guns, Goons and the Presidency

April 7th, 201630 min

Using gun power, he cleaned up his violent city. Now he wants the Filipino presidency. We join his wild ride to the top.

13. Nepal: After the Earthquake

April 14th, 201630 min

We return to Nepal to find out how people have endured the aftermath of one of the nation's deadliest natural disasters.

14. Hong Kong's Missing Booksellers

April 21st, 201630 min

Five Hong Kong booksellers vanish, only to surface in China. How and why did they get there?

15. Hong Kong: Aged and Abandoned

May 5th, 201630 min

Hong Kong is one of the world's richest cities, so why are thousands of elderly residents collecting rubbish to survive?

16. India's Love Detectives

May 12th, 201630 min

Hiring private detectives to investigate lovers is big business in India as modern technology challenges tradition.

17. Shark Alarm: Protecting Australia's Swimmers

May 19th, 201630 min

101 East dives headfirst into the debate over whether Australia is doing enough to protect swimmers from shark attacks.

18. Good Morning Pakistan: Journalists Under Threat

June 2nd, 201630 min

In Pakistan's tribal areas, journalists risk it all to deliver the news.

19. China's Rich Girls

June 9th, 201630 min

We enter the inner circle of China's new generation of elites to get an insight into a world where money is no object.

20. Myanmar's Poppylands

June 16th, 201630 min

Growing opium provides vital income for thousands of families in Myanmar but the drug is devastating entire communities.

21. Afghanistan's Slippery Slopes

June 23rd, 201630 min

A ski industry has sprung up in the remote alps of Afghanistan. But will this enterprise survive a resurgent Taliban?

22. How Safe are Asia's Airlines?

July 7th, 201630 min

101 East investigates if Asia's budget airlines are sacrificing safety as competition for passengers heats up.

23. Afghanistan: Medics Under Fire

July 14th, 201630 min

We investigate the dangers facing medics on the frontline in the wake of a fatal attack on a hospital in Afghanistan.

24. No Safe Haven: Chinese Dissidents Living in Fear

July 21st, 201630 min

Thailand has long been a sanctuary for Chinese dissidents, but it no longer offers safety for those seeking refuge.

25. How to be a Chinese Tourist

July 28th, 201630 min

We go on tour in Paris with the Chinese tour groups who have joined the notorious club of the world's worst tourists

26. The Rise of India's superbugs

August 11th, 201630 min

Tens of thousands of newborns are dying every year in India from antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

27. Finding Love In Japan

August 18th, 201630 min

Romance is proving problematic for Japanese youth. Can state-sanctioned matchmaking provide the perfect love potion?

28. Inside Fukushima's Time Bomb

August 25th, 201630 min

Five years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster many residents are still living in a radioactive nightmare.

29. India's Miracle Babies

September 1st, 201630 min

India's elderly new mothers: Are doctors playing God, or does every woman have the right to bear a child?

30. Asia's Kidney Black Market

September 8th, 201630 min

We explore Asia's organ black market, from the villages of Nepal to the Indian city known as the 'Great Kidney Bazaar'.

31. The End of China Inc?

September 15th, 201630 min

As time is running out for China to pay off its bad debts, 101 East investigates if this could be the end of China Inc.

32. Maid in Singapore

September 29th, 201630 min

Agents in Myanmar are recruiting girls as young as 15 to work as domestic helpers in Singapore.

33. Japan: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

October 6th, 201630 min

A look at Japan's justice system as forced confessions and wrong convictions threaten to taint law enforcement agencies.

34. Hope for Australia's Indigenous

October 20th, 201630 min

We investigate how the Australian town of Bourke is trying to save their indigenous youth from a life of crime.

35. India's Slave Brides

November 10th, 201630 min

101 East investigates how every year, tens of thousands of girls and women in India are trafficked into slave marriages.

36. Rodrigo Duterte: The President's Report Card

November 17th, 201630 min

The Philippine president has been accused of ordering extrajudicial killings, but who is the man behind the headlines?

37. Malaysia: Babies for Sale

November 24th, 201630 min

101 East investigates the sinister world of baby selling in Malaysia, where infants are sold to the highest bidder.

38. China's Left-Behind Generation

December 1st, 201630 min

Millions of China's children are growing up without their parents. We look at the struggles of a generation left behind.

39. China's African Gold Rush

December 15th, 201630 min

101 East travels into Ghana's tropical rainforest where 30,000 Chinese miners hunt for gold.

40. Fleeing South Korea

December 29th, 201630 min

Young skilled South Koreans throw away their careers for manual jobs overseas to flee the pressures of life at home.

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