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Seasons & Episodes

EP1 Four Born Every Second Nov 19, 2012

Revealing the shocking lottery of child birth across the globe. The life chances of newly born babies in the rich world and the poor world.

EP2 Give Us the Money Nov 25, 2012

A look at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty.

EP3 Stealing Africa Nov 26, 2012

An investigation into the behaviour of multi-national companies in Africa.

EP4 Park Avenue - Money, Power and the American Dream Nov 27, 2012

How the wealthiest Americans spend their money and how the poorest Americans are shut out.

EP5 Poor Us - An Animated History of Poverty Nov 28, 2012

Poor people through the ages, beginning in Neolithic times and up to the present.

EP6 Solar Mamas Dec 02, 2012

A Jordanian mother's successful struggle to pull herself and her family out of poverty by travelling to India to train as a solar engineer.

EP7 The Great Land Rush Dec 04, 2012

How rich, land-hungry nations are leasing Mali's land to create agri-business farms.

EP8 China's Ant People Dec 05, 2012

Getting an education and a life in contemporary China. A look at Chinese education through the lives of a tutor, a student and a jobseeker.

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Released: 19 November 2012 Ended

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Country: United Kingdom

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Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pblv4

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A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.

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