What Makes Us Human?
Professor Alice Roberts sets out to discover the latest in scientific understanding about how to grow a human being, and what makes our species so special.
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Terror In The Desert
British survivors of the terrorist attack on a gas plant in Algeria tell their stories.

The Great Japanese Retirement
In a world where people panic about the rising population, Japan is facing a very different future which could see its shrink by a third in just 40 years. Anita Rani goes on a journey to discover why the Japanese are not having enough babies.

Egypt - Children Of The Revolution
The differing visions of three young revolutionaries in the Arab Spring collide.

Obama - What Happened To Hope?
How far did Obama's first term in office live up to expectations? Insiders recount the stories behind the moments that have defined a tumultuous presidency.

Return Of The Lost Boys
Following the return of child refugees forced to flee South Sudan during the civil war.

The Invasion Of Lampedusa
How a crisis on a tiny island in the Mediterranean is changing immigration in Europe.

Chilean Miners - What Happened Next?
How are the Chilean miners reacting to the fame which followed their freedom?

The World's Busiest Maternity Ward
The head nurse in Manila's busiest maternity ward estimates that she has delivered 200,000 babies during her career. Anita Rani investigates rapidly growing populations in the developing world.

Mugabe's Blood Diamonds
Panorama investigates Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields and uncovers evidence of torture.

Russia on Four Wheels: Episode 2
Justin Rowlatt and Anita Rani continue their epic road trips across Russia, discovering two very different sides of a vast and bewildering country looking to assert itself once again on the world stage.

Shifting Sands: The Saudi Story
BBC security correspondent and fluent Arabic speaker Frank Gardner travels to Saudi Arabia to examine what the future now holds for the Gulf's most powerful monarchy.

Filming My Father: In Life and Death
A unique filmic record revealing the devastating reality of motor neurone disease, as it has never been seen before.

Virtual Adultery
What happens when people with families fall in love in an online game, and a fantasy starts to feel more real than reality?

Jungle Outlaws - The Chainsaw Trail
Panorama investigates illegal logging in the rainforest and the timber trail to Europe.

Behind The Balaclavas
War reporter Paul Kenyon spends weeks with Ukraine's balaclava-wearing separatists.

A Dangerous Place To Meet My Family
A UK man with a British dad and Yemeni mum visits Yemen to meet his extended family.

Shot For Going to School
The story of schoolgirl schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai who was just 14 when she was shot for campaigning for girls' education in Pakistan.

The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs - Part 1
We know some were huge, we know some were ferocious... but only now are we able to tell the truth about dinosaurs. New research has led to novel ways of seeing some of the most brutal killers in history.

Mixed Up In The Middle East
A mixed Arab-Muslim and Jewish young woman journeys from Britain to Israel.

Ivory Wars
Rageh Omaar goes on the trail of the ivory poachers and the trade's black market in China.
