This World (TV series)
| This World | |
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Series of the current title card from BBC broadcast (September 2012 - present)
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| Genre | Current affairs |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Karen O'Connor Louise Norman Lucy Hetherington Sam Bagnall (2012-present) Sam Collyns (BBC Northern Ireland) |
| Running time |
BBC Two 30–90 minutes BBC World News 30-50 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC |
| Distributor | BBC Worldwide |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC Two (2004–present) BBC Two HD (2013-present) BBC World News BBC HD (2011–13) |
| Picture format |
576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 4 January 2004 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Correspondent |
| External links | |
| Website | |
This World is a current affairs programme which produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC Two in the United Kingdom, first airing on 4 January 2004. The programme also airs worldwide occasionally through BBC World News on digital services, satellite and cable in many countries. The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world.
This World was announced in December 2003 on BBC online and launched in early January 2004, replacing the programme Correspondent.
The website includes additional features and a discussion facility for public comment on the programmes. The BBC streams episodes in RealVideo format via its website for a limited period after they have been shown, and sells them on DVD and VHS by mail order.
Starting from 2009 onwards, the series was available and streaming at BBC iPlayer after the programme broadcast, with a limited period (Replacing with RealVideo and available in United Kingdom only).
The division between seasons of This World is based on the UK version of each episode, international episodes are based on its airing on BBC World (currently BBC World News). Subsequent airings of the international version randomly follows the original UK order (Including changes from the original title on some episodes).
In 1984, with Ethiopia in the grip of famine, Michael Buerk filed two shocking reports highlighting the plight of the sick and the dying. The harrowing images prompted aid efforts from around the world, yet 20 years on the situation remains desperate, with twice as many people now on the brink of starvation. Buerk returns to Africa to meet those whose lives were irrevocably affected by the tragedy first time around - including an aid worker who found herself in the impossible situation of deciding who should live and who should die - and asks whether the developed world has helped to create a nation wholly dependent on charity.
Crisis talks over North Korea's nuclear weapons have already begun but, away from the show-city of Pyongyang, there's evidence that the communist power is testing its chemical weapons on women, children, families of dissidents, and political prisoners. Gaining unprecedented access, reporter Olenka Frenkiel uncovers fresh proof of this barbarous conduct from those who, until now, have been silenced.
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