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This World is a BBC television documentary strand, shown in the United Kingdom on BBC Two, and occasionally internationally on BBC World. The subject matter is mainly social issues and current affairs stories from around the world.

Season 2007 of This World

Episode 1: The Real Godfather

Episode 2: The Trillion Dollar Revolutionary

Season 2008 of This World

Episode 1: The Boys From Baghdad High

Episode 2: Baghdad: A Doctor's Story

Episode 3: Girl Racer

Episode 4: Diamonds and Justice

Episode 5: Deep South Divide

Episode 6: Miss Gulag

Episode 7: Lethal Solution

Episode 8: Bannatyne Takes on Big Tobacco

Episode 9: Battle of the Bishops

Episode 10: Murder in the Snow

Episode 11: The Man Who Armed the World

Episode 12: American Time Bomb

Episode 13: Forced to Marry

Season 2009 of This World

Episode 1: Escaping North Korea

Episode 2: Can Obama Save the Planet?

Episode 3: Gypsy Child Thieves

Season 2010 of This World

Episode 1: Closing Guantanamo

Episode 2: Obama and Me

Episode 3: Tsunami: 5 Years On

Episode 4: Mexico's Drug War

Episode 5: Stolen Brides

Episode 6: Surviving Haiti

Episode 7: The Wounded Platoon

Episode 8: Hostage in the Jungle

Episode 9: Tea Party America

Episode 10: Pakistan's Flood Doctor

Season 2011 of This World

Episode 1: The Paedophile Hunters

Episode 2: Geert Wilders: Europe's Most Dangerous Man?

Episode 3: Nicolas Sarkozy: President Bling-Bling?

Episode 4: Chilean Miners: What Happened Next

Episode 5: Italy's Bloodiest Mafia

Episode 6: The Invasion of Lampedusa

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