From the ashes of the Soviet Union, Russia has again risen to world power status, with money, oil and attitude.
Stretching 7,000 kilometers around the top of the planet, Russia’s Far North dwarfs the Arctic regions of the rest of the world put together.
In an old brick warehouse in a Chinese boomtown, workers have thousands of jeans to scrub before dawn.
Rupert and Kristin believe horses and shamans can unlock their son’s autistic mind.
Since the days of the Tsars, territorial disputes have flared between Russia and China, pitting the world’s largest country by landmass against its most populous nation.
From humble beginnings fifty years ago, when men from Pakistan and India arrived to take up factory jobs in England, the Muslim community has grown to become a significant force in the British society.
Spring arrives in Siberia as life stirs beneath the snow that has smothered it for half a year. The four of us set off for Baikal, the world’s deepest lake, near Russia’s border with Mongolia.
Sophie’s parents got divorced when she was one and she was raised by her mother. At fourteen she ran away and stayed at various addresses.
Western Europe is seen by many as a beacon of liberty. But many immigrants who enter illegally are shunned, prosecuted and stripped of basic rights.
Once the doors slam shut, and the train accelerates towards the vanishing point, passengers are trapped, pressed against strangers and consumed by noise. This series visits the metros of Moscow, Amsterdam, Berlin and London.
Two o’clock in the morning, a bomb-proof rail cart appears from darkness in Kazakhstan. KGB spies lurk in the shadows, gun-toting special forces patrol the tracks, and scientists with Geiger counters nervously measure its radiation level.
