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The Best Episodes of Our World Season 14

Every episode of Our World Season 14 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Our World Season 14!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Our World Season 14 Episode 1 - Colombia: The New Cocaine War
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    #1 - Colombia: The New Cocaine War

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    Colombia has long been the world's largest producer of cocaine. A historic peace deal in 2016 was meant to reduce the amount of cocaine being produced by offering farmers alternatives to growing coca. But last year the UN estimated that its output was the largest since records began. Our World traveled to the Cauca Valley to find that farmers are now being caught between new criminal gangs with devastating consequences.

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  2. Our World Season 14 Episode 2 - Who Betrayed Hevrin Khalaf?
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    #2 - Who Betrayed Hevrin Khalaf?

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    In October 2019, a rising star of Syrian democratic politics, 34-year-old Hevrin Khalaf, was brutally murdered in the Kurdish-governed north east of the country.

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  3. Our World Season 14 Episode 3 - The Hunt for Gaza's Lost Treasure
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    #3 - The Hunt for Gaza's Lost Treasure

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    In 2017 a group of fishermen found a hoard of precious coins on the sea bed off the coast of Gaza. They were decadrachms from the reign of Alexander the Great- and they were worth a fortune. 3 years on, they have disappeared. So what happened to them, and why are rare coins so hard to trace?

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  4. Our World Season 14 Episode 4 - Journey to the Doomsday Glacier
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    #4 - Journey to the Doomsday Glacier

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    Antarctica is one of the most remote and inhospitable places on earth. Reporter Justin Rowlatt travels to Thwaites, the so-called Doomsday Glacier.

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  5. Our World Season 14 Episode 5 - Confessions of a Mafia Killer
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    #5 - Confessions of a Mafia Killer

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    Panzuto was a mafia boss, and a hardened killer. For years he played a key role in Naples' Camorra, but now he has turned state witness and is helping put his former associates behind bars. Dominic Casciani gains exclusive access to an Italian anti-mafia prison to meet Panzuto and hear his story of love, murder and betrayal. It's a tale which took him from the back streets of Naples to a caravan park in Blackpool. We hear from those at the sharp end of the ongoing battle against organised crime in Naples, and from those who believe the tide has finally turned. Above all we hear from the man himself: why did he decide to break with the Camorra, and what does the future hold for him?

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  6. Our World Season 14 Episode 6 - Facing the Bombers
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    #6 - Facing the Bombers

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    Our World gained unprecedented access to enter Indonesia’s prison to witness both Garil and Sarah meeting the bombers who killed their parents.

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  7. Our World Season 14 Episode 7 - Blasian Love in South Africa
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    #7 - Blasian Love in South Africa

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    Few events are more nerve wracking than meeting the parents of someone you love. For black and Asian couples in South Africa, it's even more challenging.

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  8. Our World Season 14 Episode 8 - Wuhan: Life under Lockdown
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    #8 - Wuhan: Life under Lockdown

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    With exclusive access to two film-makers inside the Chinese city of Wuhan, Our World tells the story of life under lockdown.

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  9. Our World Season 14 Episode 9 - The Trees that Bleed
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    #9 - The Trees that Bleed

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    Umaru Fofana investigates trade in trafficked rosewood worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

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  10. Our World Season 14 Episode 10 - North Korea's Celebrity Defectors
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    #10 - North Korea's Celebrity Defectors

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    Our World follows two North Koreans as they gain fame in front of the camera capitalising on their defector status yet struggle to move on from their past.

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  11. Our World Season 14 Episode 11 - Sri Lanka: One Year On
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    #11 - Sri Lanka: One Year On

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    On Easter Sunday 2019 eight co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks across Sri Lanka killed over 270 people and injured hundreds more. One year on, Jane Corbin returns to the island and meets three of those whose lives were changed that day and who have set out to help rebuild the Sri Lanka they love.

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  12. Our World Season 14 Episode 12 - Colombia: Saving Eden
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    #12 - Colombia: Saving Eden

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    Deforestation has skyrocketed in Colombia since the Peace Deal of 2016. Our World joins a team of scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as they go on a mission into virgin tropical rainforest; they hope to discover and save rare plant species, before they are destroyed and vanish forever.

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  13. Our World Season 14 Episode 13 - Venezuela Falling Backwards
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    #13 - Venezuela Falling Backwards

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    Oil-rich Venezuela has been in an ever-growing state of crisis since Hugo Chavez died in 2013, and global oil prices crashed.

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  14. Our World Season 14 Episode 14 - India's Missing Children
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    #14 - India's Missing Children

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    In India a child goes missing every 8 minutes. The children are often trafficked into domestic labour or the sex trade - many are never seen again.

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  15. Our World Season 14 Episode 15 - Ireland's Traveller Women
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    #15 - Ireland's Traveller Women

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    Irish society has changed in recent years, but discrimination against travellers remains widespread. Our World meets three women fighting to bust the myths about their community.

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  16. Our World Season 14 Episode 16 - Spain's Coronavirus Heroes
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    #16 - Spain's Coronavirus Heroes

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    Spain is one of the countries hardest hit by coronavirus. Our World follows the lives of some of those at the heart of the crisis.

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  17. Our World Season 14 Episode 17 - New York: Coronavirus Diaries
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    #17 - New York: Coronavirus Diaries

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    New York has been the epicentre of America's coronavirus outbreak. This is the story of four of those on the frontline - told through their video diaries as the crisis unfolds.

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  18. Our World Season 14 Episode 18 - South Korea: How to Fight Coronavirus
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    #18 - South Korea: How to Fight Coronavirus

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    Laura Bicker tells the inside story of South Korea's virus hunters. How did they manage to keep the death toll so low, and what can the rest of the world learn from South Korea?

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  19. Our World Season 14 Episode 19 - Wuhan: Life After Lockdown
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    #19 - Wuhan: Life After Lockdown

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    The lockdown in Wuhan has now been lifted, and the city is trying to recover. But just how normal is daily life in Wuhan now - and how are its people adjusting to a new world?

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  20. Our World Season 14 Episode 20 - Kenya's Locust Hunters
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    #20 - Kenya's Locust Hunters

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    Our World looks at the worst invasion of desert locusts East Africa has seen for decades. Just an average swarm can eat the same in a day as 2500 people for a year.

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  21. Our World Season 14 Episode 21 - Coronavirus Cruises
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    #21 - Coronavirus Cruises

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    More than 25 million people go on cruises each year. As coronavirus spread, cruise ships suffered devastating outbreaks that resulted in thousands being infected and dozens dying.

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  22. Our World Season 14 Episode 22 - Brazil: One Virus, Two Worlds
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    #22 - Brazil: One Virus, Two Worlds

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    Brazil has been devastated by coronavirus. More than 1.4 million people have been infected and the numbers are rising fast. Our World travels to Sao Paulo.

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  23. Our World Season 14 Episode 23 - Iran and the Virus
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    #23 - Iran and the Virus

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    Iran has been hit hard by coronavirus but its government has gone to great lengths to keep the true extent of the outbreak hidden from view. Now, with the help of videos posted by Iranians on social media, Our World reveals what life is really like inside the country during the pandemic. From illicit lockdown parties to hospitals which are struggling to cope - this is Iran as you've never seen it before.

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  24. Our World Season 14 Episode 24 - Police Brutality - American Witnesses
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    #24 - Police Brutality - American Witnesses

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    The killing of George Floyd, caught on camera by eyewitnesses, has led to an outpouring of anger in America. But what happens when the cameras are turned off?

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  25. Our World Season 14 Episode 25 - Europe's Cycling Revolution?
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    #25 - Europe's Cycling Revolution?

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    Anna Holligan travels across Europe to see how people are getting on their bikes and asks if the surge in cycling is the start of a much bigger change in the way we travel.

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Season 14 Ratings Summary

"Colombia: The New Cocaine War" is the best rated episode of "Our World" season 14. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/17/2020. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Who Betrayed Hevrin Khalaf?".