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The Best Episodes of Eye Investigations Season 5

Every episode of Eye Investigations Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Eye Investigations Season 5!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 1 - Into The Void: Putin's Foreign Fighters
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    #1 - Into The Void: Putin's Foreign Fighters

    S5:E1

    BBC Eye exposes how Russia is recruiting young foreign men to fight in its war against Ukraine, uncovering deception, exploitation, and shattered lives.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 2 - Hunting the Traffickers
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    #2 - Hunting the Traffickers

    S5:E2

    Africa Eye is given exclusive access to the Sierra Leone Police as they target criminal gangs trafficking vulnerable people across West Africa and help one father try to find his missing children.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 3 - Wanted: The Interpol Files
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    #3 - Wanted: The Interpol Files

    S5:E3

    A BBC Eye investigation in which an Interpol whistleblower reveals the international police organisation’s failure to stop Russia abusing its wanted list for its political ends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 4 - State of Fear
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    #4 - State of Fear

    S5:E4

    A wave of enforced disappearances of government critics is spreading fear across Tanzania. Africa Eye investigates these abductions through powerful testimony from survivors of abduction and torture.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 5 - Exposed: China's Spycam Porn
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    #5 - Exposed: China's Spycam Porn

    S5:E5

    Criminals are hiding secret cameras in hotel rooms and private homes across China to secretly film unsuspecting victims having sex and then selling the footage online.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 6 - Gen Z Under Fire
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    #6 - Gen Z Under Fire

    S5:E6

    BBC Eye investigates the 2025 Gen Z uprising in Nepal. Using exclusive footage the investigation reveals what happened, why and who gave the order to shoot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 7 - Shadow War: Islamic State Group in Africa
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    #7 - Shadow War: Islamic State Group in Africa

    S5:E7

    Africa Eye follows Puntland forces on the front line in far-eastern Somalia, examining how the Islamic State group has regrouped, drawn in foreign fighters and expanded its influence across Africa.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 8 - Eels: Billion Dollar Babies
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    #8 - Eels: Billion Dollar Babies

    S5:E8

    BBC Eye reveals how soaring global demand for eel has fuelled a vast illegal trade worth billions, exposing criminal networks, trafficking routes and controversial deals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 9 - Target Tehran
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    #9 - Target Tehran

    S5:E9

    As Tehran faces intense bombardment, BBC Eye examines what is being targeted and hears from residents caught in the crossfire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 10 - Life on the Spectrum
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    #10 - Life on the Spectrum

    S5:E10

    With over 60 million people on the autistic spectrum globally, Africa Eye reveals the extreme realities for those living with autism in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 11 - Stolen Lives
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    #11 - Stolen Lives

    S5:E11

    Hundreds of children in Pakistan have been infected with HIV. But how did the outbreak happen? And is a government hospital to blame? BBC Eye goes undercover to find out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 12 - Abandoned: Searching for Soldier Dad
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    #12 - Abandoned: Searching for Soldier Dad

    S5:E12

    Africa Eye follows a groundbreaking process helping Kenyans track down their British dads. Families are finding answers, in a landmark case exposing the human cost of Britain’s military presence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 13 - Save Our Dogs
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    #13 - Save Our Dogs

    S5:E13

    Inside the world of Uganda's sham pet shelters: Africa Eye goes undercover where scammers profit from animals in distress, while dog lovers around the world team up to fight back.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 14 - Lebanon’s Black Wednesday
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    #14 - Lebanon’s Black Wednesday

    S5:E14

    On April 8th Israel dropped 100 bombs in just 10 minutes across Lebanon in what the IDF called Operational Eternal Darkness. To the Lebanese people who lived it, it was known as Black Wednesday.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 15 - Pray Raid Repeat
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    #15 - Pray Raid Repeat

    S5:E15

    BBC Eye investigates the emergence of Russia’s largest nationalist group. These vigilantes are taking the law into their own hands – targeting migrants and those who go against ‘traditional values’.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 16 - Manosphere Messiahs
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    #16 - Manosphere Messiahs

    S5:E16

    BBC Eye investigates the rise of the global manosphere, meeting the influencers cashing in, their devoted followers, and the women paying the price.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 17 - Surviving Biafra
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    #17 - Surviving Biafra

    S5:E17

    Some of the last survivors from Nigeria’s Civil War, also known as the Biafran War, share their memories from the frontline.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 18 - The Careless Machine: Exposing Instagram's Darkest Secret
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    #18 - The Careless Machine: Exposing Instagram's Darkest Secret

    S5:E18

    BBC Eye has found Instagram in India is running paid ads promoting child sex abuse material. The ads use terms including “rape” and “child video” and link to content on the messaging app Telegram.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 19 - Ukraine Survivors: Finding My Abusers
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    #19 - Ukraine Survivors: Finding My Abusers

    S5:E19

    BBC Eye talks to Ukrainians civilians abused in Russian-occupied Ukraine and tracks down the prison guards, officials and soldiers likely responsible.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 20 - Tundu Lissu: A Fight Too Far?
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    #20 - Tundu Lissu: A Fight Too Far?

    S5:E20

    BBC Africa Eye profiles Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu who has spent more than a year in prison awaiting trial on treason charges, for which he could face the death penalty.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 21 - Inside Iran: The People and The Power
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    #21 - Inside Iran: The People and The Power

    S5:E21

    With rare access inside Iran, the BBC World Service travels the length of the country. From the capital Tehran to its strategic southern coastline, meeting Iranians living with an uncertain future.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 22 - South Africa: Anatomy of a Cover Up: Episode 1
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    #22 - South Africa: Anatomy of a Cover Up: Episode 1

    S5:E22

    With exclusive access to police evidence, Africa Eye uncovers a disturbing story of power, secrecy and murder at the heart of South Africa's security establishment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 23 - The Taliban: Coming out of the Shadows
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    #23 - The Taliban: Coming out of the Shadows

    S5:E23

    Through rare access to Taliban figures we examine what drives the Taliban’s oppression of women and can they govern this war-torn nation?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 24 - South Africa: Anatomy of a Cover Up: Episode 2
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    #24 - South Africa: Anatomy of a Cover Up: Episode 2

    S5:E24

    With exclusive access to police evidence, Africa Eye uncovers a disturbing story of power, secrecy and murder at the heart of South Africa's security establishment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Eye Investigations Season 5 Episode 25 - Nigeria: Faith, Fear and Fake News
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    #25 - Nigeria: Faith, Fear and Fake News

    S5:E25

    The claim of a "Christian genocide" in Nigeria has shaped US policy and sparked military action, but does the evidence support the narrative? BBC Africa Eye investigates.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Into The Void: Putin's Foreign Fighters" is the best rated episode of "Eye Investigations" season 5. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/13/2026. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Hunting the Traffickers".