This World: Season 2013
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of This World Season 9.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 10 Progress Shield
America's Poor Kids
Mar 6, 2013 · 60 min
Child poverty has reached record levels in America. This documentary offers a unique perspective on the nation's flagging economy, told from the point of view of the children.
Iraq: Did My Son Die in Vain?
Mar 20, 2013 · 60 min
Documentary. The father of an RAF reservist killed in Basra in 2007 travels to the Iraqi city to discover the impact of the war and the subsequent occupation on ordinary Iraqis.
South Africa: The Massacre that Changed a Nation
Apr 24, 2013 · 60 min
In August 2012, 34 miners were shot dead by police as they protested outside a mine. Peter Hain MP uncovers a day of shocking brutality and disturbing allegations.
The Mafia's Secret Bunkers
May 1, 2013 · 60 min
Author and mafia historian John Dickie uncovers the truth about Italy's most powerful mafia, the 'Ndrangheta', believed to be Europe's biggest cocaine traffickers.
India's Supersize Kids
Aug 13, 2013 · 60 min
Investigating the obesity epidemic engulfing India's growing middle class. Anita Rani travels to Mumbai to meet some of India's overweight teenagers.
America's Stoned Kids
Aug 24, 2013 · 60 min
Professor John Marsden heads to Colorado, which voted to legalise the recreational use of cannabis in November 2012, to investigate the impact this could have on teenage drug use.
Terror in the Desert
Aug 31, 2013 · 60 min
In January 2013, 39 people died and dozens of workers were held hostage when terrorists stormed a gas plant in Algeria. British survivors tell their dramatic and harrowing stories.
Dan Snow's History of Congo
Oct 9, 2013 · 60 min
Dan Snow travels to Congo to reveal how its troubled history has turned one of the world's potentially richest countries into one of its poorest.
No Sex Please, We're Japanese" "The Great Japanese Retirement
Oct 24, 2013 · 60 min
As Japan faces a future which could see its population shrink by a third in just 40 years, Anita Rani explores the reasons why the Japanese are not having enough babies.
World's Busiest Maternity Ward
Oct 31, 2013 · 60 min
In crowded Manila, the capital of the Philippines, Anita Rani follows the lives of three different women and visits a hospital where up to 100 babies are born each day.
Don't Panic - The Truth About Population
Nov 7, 2013 · 60 min
Statistician Professor Hans Rosling presents a spectacular portrait of our rapidly changing world, showing how the problems of rapid population growth are starting to be conquered.