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People & Power 2016: Episode Guide & Ratings

2016 Episodes

1. Belarus: Europe's last dictatorship

January 20th, 201625 min

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

January 27th, 201625 min

People and Power investigates the growing global phenomenon of organised begging.

3. Cuba Year Zero

February 3rd, 201625 min

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)

February 10th, 201625 min

"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

February 17th, 201625 min

We investigate the recent economic changes and the effect of property ownership on Cuba's communist legacy.

6. Syria: Under Russia's Fist

February 24th, 201625 min

We investigate the horrifying consequences for civilians under Russian air strikes in Syria.

7. Germany's Refugee Crisis

March 2nd, 201625 min

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

March 9th, 201625 min

We examine France's aggressive counterterrorism measures and the consequences for the Muslim community.

9. Tunisia's Dirty Secret

March 16th, 201625 min

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?

March 23rd, 201625 min

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?

March 30th, 201625 min

Part two of our investigation into the erosion of US democracy and how it is revealed in the 2016 presidential campaign.

12. Poles Apart

April 6th, 201625 min

We investigate claims that Poland’s new right-wing government is undermining the country’s democratic freedoms.

13. Borderless: Undercover with the People Smugglers

May 11th, 201625 min

Inside the people-smuggling rings specialising in getting refugees into Europe.

14. Somaliland: Kill All but the Crows (Part 1)

June 15th, 201625 min

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)

June 22nd, 201625 min

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

July 13th, 201625 min

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)

July 20th, 201625 min

What is behind Venezuela's descent into chaos and the bitter ideological struggle dividing the nation?

18. Venezuela: On the Edge (Part 2)

July 27th, 201625 min

What is behind Venezuela's descent into chaos and the bitter ideological struggle dividing the nation?

19. The Odessa File

August 10th, 201625 min

We investigate how a fight against corruption and pro-Russian oligarchs in Odessa may determine Ukraine's future.

20. Brazil's River of Mud

August 17th, 201625 min

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

August 24th, 201625 min

People and Power investigates the forgotten war taking place on the borders between North and South Sudan.

22. India's Nuclear Riddle

August 31st, 201625 min

People and Power investigates whether India is about to escalate its nuclear arms race with rivals Pakistan and China.

23. Armenia: Divided Within?

October 26th, 201625 min

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

November 2nd, 201625 min

Can the next US president retrieve the secure, well-paid employment enjoyed by previous generations of American workers?

25. Iran's Water Crisis

November 9th, 201625 min

We investigate the race to save Iran's water, before water scarcity dries out entire cities and displaces millions.

26. Piracy in Nigeria

November 16th, 201625 min

People and Power investigates the rise of piracy in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.

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