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Correspondent, No Experience Necessary
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presented by Sue Lloyd-Roberts; produced by Ewa Ewart, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2000), 45 mins
An estimated half a million women are being transported to Western Europe by sex traffickers every year. It's a multi-million pound business where, for the traffickers, the rewards are high and the risks are low. But, for the girls, the consequences are brutal and potentially dangerous. Following a route which beg...
presented by Sue Lloyd-Roberts; produced by Ewa Ewart, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2000), 45 mins
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Correspondent, The Afghan Trap
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directed by Francis Smith; produced by Francis Smith and Simon Finch, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 52 mins
The American bombardment of Afghanistan and the subsequent overthrow of the Taliban left a power vacuum that the United Front (aka the Northern Alliance) were all too eager to fill. George Bush's Coalition Against Terrorism didn't have any better ideas, so their blood-stained misrule from 1992-96 - when warlords j...
directed by Francis Smith; produced by Francis Smith and Simon Finch, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 52 mins
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Correspondent, Dying To Leave
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directed by Sun Shuyun, 1960-; presented by Olenka Frenkiel, fl. 1988; produced by Frank Smith, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 47 mins
In June 2000, 58 Chinese nationals were discovered in a truck at Dover Ferry Port in the UK. Packed like cattle in a container with no air, food or water, they suffocated to death. An estimated 100,000 Chinese people entrust their lives to human smugglers or 'Snakeheads' every year. For huge fees, they are promise...
directed by Sun Shuyun, 1960-; presented by Olenka Frenkiel, fl. 1988; produced by Frank Smith, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 47 mins
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Correspondent, Nato's Children in Kosovo
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directed by Nick Bolster; presented by David Sells; produced by Nick Bolster, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2001), 1 hour 4 mins
NATO has a problem on its hands. It is called Kosovo. Two years ago, in response to the mass ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians, NATO bombed Yugoslavia for 78 days forcing Milosevic into retreat. The results of this bombing - a dangerous power vacuum in Kosovo itself, with Albanian nationalism spilling over vici...
directed by Nick Bolster; presented by David Sells; produced by Nick Bolster, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2001), 1 hour 4 mins
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Correspondent, Exposed
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presented by Nancy Durham; produced by Guy Smith, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 44 mins
At the time of the 1999 Nato bombardment of Kosovo and Serbia, the bodies of more than a thousand Albanian Kosovars, mostly civilians, were trucked to secret sites in Serbia. That was supposed to be the end of them. But when Serbian police detective Bosko Radojkovic was sent to investigate an accident involving a...
presented by Nancy Durham; produced by Guy Smith, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 44 mins
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Correspondent, The Ugly War: Children of Vengeance
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directed by Stuart Tanner; presented by John Kampfner; produced by Stuart Tanner, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2002), 46 mins
Death is now the Palestinians' most potent weapon. They don't have tanks, helicopters or a professional army - all they have is young men willing to be martyred, and the element of surprise. Gaining rare access to the Palestinian militias, Correspondent focuses on the nexus of 'terrorist' street fighters in three...
directed by Stuart Tanner; presented by John Kampfner; produced by Stuart Tanner, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2002), 46 mins
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Correspondent, The Ugly War: Israel Undercover
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directed by Dominic Allan; presented by John Kampfner; produced by Dominic Allan, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2002), 44 mins
How do the Israeli military decide when to take a Palestinian terrorist alive, and when to kill him? Granted rare access to the Israeli military machine, Correspondent follows two Israeli commando units to reveal the criteria they work by. Often it's a matter of a few miles and a few hours between the terrorist ce...
directed by Dominic Allan; presented by John Kampfner; produced by Dominic Allan, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2002), 44 mins
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Inside Story, Suicide Killers
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produced by Stephen Lambert, 1959-, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Inside Story (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1991), 20 mins
Profile of the Tamil Tigers - one of the world's most fanatical groups of independence fighters - which examines their methods, such as suicide bombing, and their ideology. Why, for example, would they have assassinated Raj Gandhi?
produced by Stephen Lambert, 1959-, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Inside Story (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1991), 20 mins
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Inside Story, Dogs of War
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produced by Stephen Lambert, 1959-, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Inside Story (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1992), 50 mins
The Yugoslavian Civil War acted as a magnet for men hungry for the buzz of battle. Not since the Spanish War did so many foreigners sign up for another country's cause. This film follows one of these individuals, a big ex-paratrooper and ex-French Legionnaire, as he trains the one English-speaking 'international'...
produced by Stephen Lambert, 1959-, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Inside Story (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1992), 50 mins
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Inside Story, Mules
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produced by Olivia Lichtenstein, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Inside Story (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1992), 57 mins
One in every five women in prison in Britain today is a Nigerian woman convicted of smuggling drugs into the UK. The 'Mules' are the small-fry in a big international game. For every woman they arrest, many others will be recruited to take her place. Inside Story travels to Nigeria to discover what compels women to...
produced by Olivia Lichtenstein, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Inside Story (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1992), 57 mins
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