This World: Season 2009
Season 6 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 5.
- 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 6 Progress Shield
Mandela at 90
Jan 31, 2009 · 60 min
After years of retirement from political life, Nelson Mandela, the world's most admired statesman, allows cameras into his private world.
Escaping North Korea
Apr 6, 2009 · 60 min
The dramatic stories of North Koreans who are risking everything, including torture and execution, to escape the repression and hunger of their homeland and reach safety in the Sou
The Madoff Hustle
Jun 28, 2009 · 60 min
Investigative documentary. Willard Foxton, whose father committed suicide after falling for an elaborate con, heads to the US to investigate the fraud and its fallout.
Gypsy Child Thieves
Sep 2, 2009 · 60 min
This World examines the shocking phenomenon of Romanian Gypsy children across Europe forced to beg and steal, and the racism and discrimination suffered by the Romani people.
An Iranian 'Martyr'
Nov 24, 2009 · 60 min
Investigative documentary series. The story of Neda Agha Soltan, an Iranian woman who was shot in Tehran in June 2009, and has been claimed as a martyr for Iran's protest movement.
Can Obama Save the Planet?
Nov 25, 2009 · 60 min
International investigative documentary series. Justin Rowlatt reports on whether President Obama is on target to keep his climate change promises.
Stalin's Back
Dec 2, 2009 · 60 min
Joseph Stalin is back. Or is he? Reporter John Sweeney travels more than 5000 miles through the old Soviet Union, from Stalin's birthplace in Georgia to a former labour camp in Ru