2016 Episodes
1. Belarus: Europe's last dictatorship
We investigate the state of political freedom in Belarus and President Lukashenko's unshakable grip on power.
2. Begging for Life: From Manila to Malmo
People and Power investigates the growing global phenomenon of organised begging.
3. Cuba Year Zero
How will improving relations between communist Cuba and the capitalist US affect the lives of people on both sides?
4. Cuba Year Zero (Part two)
"In Cuba Year Zero part two, we meet members of the revolutionary generation. Inside Cuba, we talk to those who were members of Fidel Castro’s rebel army and sacrificed their individualism to make the revolution succeed. In Miami, we meet their former enemies: one million Cubans who left the country in the 1960s and formed groups in exile to conspire against the communist government. Both sides must now face the fact that Castro’s Cuba is finally making peace with the United States, thereby ending a struggle which has lasted, and dominated, most of their lives. "
5. Cuba for Sale
We investigate the recent economic changes and the effect of property ownership on Cuba's communist legacy.
6. Syria: Under Russia's Fist
We investigate the horrifying consequences for civilians under Russian air strikes in Syria.
7. Germany's Refugee Crisis
After welcoming one million refugees, attitudes across Germany are changing with confrontations and vitriol on the rise.
8. Backlash: France's New Hard Line on Terror
We examine France's aggressive counterterrorism measures and the consequences for the Muslim community.
9. Tunisia's Dirty Secret
Five years after the revolution, Tunisia's black minority has yet to experience the freedoms enjoyed by other citizens.
10. What's Happening to American Democracy?
We investigate how the erosion of democracy in the US is being revealed by the 2016 presidential campaign.
11. Voters' Rights: What's Happening to American Democracy?
Part two of our investigation into the erosion of US democracy and how it is revealed in the 2016 presidential campaign.
12. Poles Apart
We investigate claims that Poland’s new right-wing government is undermining the country’s democratic freedoms.
13. Borderless: Undercover with the People Smugglers
Inside the people-smuggling rings specialising in getting refugees into Europe.
14. Somaliland: Kill All but the Crows (Part 1)
People and Power goes on the trail of a Somali army commander accused of involvement in mass killings and war crimes.
15. Somaliland: Kill All but the Crows (Part 2)
People and Power goes on the trail of a Somali army commander accused of involvement in mass killings and war crimes.
16. India: The Burning City
We investigate how an underground fire that has been burning for 100 years has led to one of India's largest land grabs.
17. Venezuela: On the Edge (Part 1)
What is behind Venezuela's descent into chaos and the bitter ideological struggle dividing the nation?
18. Venezuela: On the Edge (Part 2)
What is behind Venezuela's descent into chaos and the bitter ideological struggle dividing the nation?
19. The Odessa File
We investigate how a fight against corruption and pro-Russian oligarchs in Odessa may determine Ukraine's future.
20. Brazil's River of Mud
We investigate the events leading up to the Fundao dam disaster. Is enough being done to avoid future recurrences?
21. The War the World Forgot
People and Power investigates the forgotten war taking place on the borders between North and South Sudan.
22. India's Nuclear Riddle
People and Power investigates whether India is about to escalate its nuclear arms race with rivals Pakistan and China.
23. Armenia: Divided Within?
Could a faltering economy, corruption and public disaffection over its relationship with Russia lead to an uprising?
24. In Search of the Great American Job
Can the next US president retrieve the secure, well-paid employment enjoyed by previous generations of American workers?
25. Iran's Water Crisis
We investigate the race to save Iran's water, before water scarcity dries out entire cities and displaces millions.
26. Piracy in Nigeria
People and Power investigates the rise of piracy in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.