This World: Season 2016
Season 13 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 12.
- 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 13 Progress Shield
Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks
Jan 6, 2016 · 60 min
Documentary piecing together the events of the terrifying Paris shootings of January 2015, which began with an attack on staff at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
World War Three: Inside the War Room
Feb 3, 2016 · 60 min
A committee of senior former British military and diplomatic figures comes together to war-game a hypothetical 'hot war' in eastern Europe.
The Great Chinese Crash? With Robert Peston
Feb 17, 2016 · 60 min
Robert Peston explores China's dramatic economic slowdown and its potential impact on Britain, revealing how China has built up one of the biggest debt bubbles in world history.
Inside the Billionaire's Wardrobe
Apr 26, 2016 · 60 min
Reggie Yates investigates the global super-rich's appetite for luxury goods. Top of the list are animals, but how much do we know about the origins of exotic skins and furs?
The New Gypsy Kings
Jun 16, 2016 · 60 min
Liviu Tipurita goes inside the world of Romania's super-rich Gypsy popstars - a world of fast cars, lavish houses and gangsters - to look at a type of Gypsy music called Manele.
Frat Boys: Inside America's Fraternities
Jun 23, 2016 · 60 min
During one term at the University of Central Florida, This World follows the life of a group of frat boys as they embark on the pledging process.
Unarmed Black Male
Nov 2, 2016 · 60 min
Film following the murder trial of a white police officer in Portsmouth, Virginia, accused of shooting an unarmed black teenager.