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The Best Episodes of This World

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    This World Season 12 Episode 5 - Kill the Christians
    9.0/10(8 votes)

    #1 - Kill the Christians

    S12:E5

    Jane Corbin travels across the Middle East to some of the holiest places in Christendom and finds that hundreds of thousands of Christians are fleeing conflict and persecution.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. This World Season 14 Episode 9 - The Balfour Declaration: Britain's Promise to the Holy Land
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    #2 - The Balfour Declaration: Britain's Promise to the Holy Land

    S14:E9

    Jane Corbin explores whether the aspirations of The Balfour Declaration were doomed to inevitable failure or if there is still hope of a peaceful solution in the Holy Land.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. This World Season 10 Episode 1 - America's Poor Kids
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    #3 - America's Poor Kids

    S10:E1

    Child poverty has reached record levels in America. This documentary offers a unique perspective on the nation's flagging economy, told from the point of view of the children.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. This World Season 9 Episode 7 - The Shame of the Catholic Church
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #4 - The Shame of the Catholic Church

    S9:E7

    Decades of clerical abuse and cover up have left the Catholic church in Ireland at breaking point. Now Darragh MacIntyre reveals new evidence of a scandal that goes to the very top of the Irish church.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. This World Season 14 Episode 2 - After Brexit: The Battle for Europe
    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #5 - After Brexit: The Battle for Europe

    S14:E2

    The European Union faces the biggest challenge in its 60-year history, with the rise of populist eurosceptic movements across the continent. As Britain prepares to begin the process of withdrawing from the EU, the BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler asks whether the Union itself can survive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. This World Season 8 Episode 1 - The Paedophile Hunters
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #6 - The Paedophile Hunters

    S8:E1

    Film following the agents of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as they track down, arrest, and extradite American paedophile sex tourists.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. This World Season 11 Episode 7 - Ireland's Lost Babies
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #7 - Ireland's Lost Babies

    S11:E7

    Journalist Martin Sixsmith hears the moving stories of the parents and children involved in a transatlantic adoption run by the Irish Catholic Church during the 1950s and 60s.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. This World Season 6 Episode 4 - Gypsy Child Thieves
    7.7/10(61 votes)

    #8 - Gypsy Child Thieves

    S6:E4

    This World examines the shocking phenomenon of Romanian Gypsy children across Europe forced to beg and steal, and the racism and discrimination suffered by the Romani people.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. This World Season 5 Episode 1 - The Boys From Baghdad High
    7.6/10(183 votes)

    #9 - The Boys From Baghdad High

    S5:E1

    Documentary. Four classmates from different backgrounds were given cameras to capture everyday life in Baghdad. What does the future hold for these teens?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. This World Season 11 Episode 8 - Life in Solitary
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #10 - Life in Solitary

    S11:E8

    Following attempts by the new warden of Maine State Prison to reform the practice of solitary confinement, which has seen inmates locked up alone for days, years or even decades.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. This World Season 14 Episode 4 - Born Too White
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    #11 - Born Too White

    S14:E4

    Documentary in which NHS doctor Oscar Duke, who has albinism, uncovers the discrimination and persecution of people with albinism in Tanzania and Malawi in East Africa.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. This World Season 9 Episode 11 - Cuba with Simon Reeve
    7.5/10(45 votes)

    #12 - Cuba with Simon Reeve

    S9:E11

    Simon Reeve heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution and asks if the new economic openness could lead to political liberalisation.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. This World Season 13 Episode 1 - Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks
    7.5/10(93 votes)

    #13 - Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks

    S13:E1

    Documentary piecing together the events of the terrifying Paris shootings of January 2015, which began with an attack on staff at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. This World Season 1 Episode 12 - LAPD - Protect and Serve?
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #14 - LAPD - Protect and Serve?

    S1:E12

    October 2002: can Los Angeles - the murder capital of America - be made a safer place? New LA police chief William J Bratton is brought in to reduce the chilling statistics of 658 people killed in 2002 and restore faith in the force following the beating of Rodney King , OJ Simpson 's trial and the Rampart corruption case. Cameras spend a year with the officers at the forefront of the homicide problem, following struggles between City Hall, rank-and-file cops and the gang members plaguing the streets. Producer Richard Bee ; Editor Karen O'Connor

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. This World Season 5 Episode 7 - Lethal Solution
    7.3/10(56 votes)

    #15 - Lethal Solution

    S5:E7

    International documentary series. The eighth amendment of the US Constitution bans 'cruel and unusual' punishment - so should American prisons use lethal injection?

    Director:Unknown
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  16. This World Season 10 Episode 9 - Dan Snow's History of Congo
    7.3/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Dan Snow's History of Congo

    S10:E9

    Dan Snow travels to Congo to reveal how its troubled history has turned one of the world's potentially richest countries into one of its poorest.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. This World Season 15 Episode 4 - Burma (Part 2)
    7.3/10(48 votes)

    #17 - Burma (Part 2)

    S15:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. This World Season 1 Episode 5 - Access to Evil
    7.1/10(41 votes)

    #18 - Access to Evil

    S1:E5

    Crisis talks over North Korea's nuclear weapons have already begun but, away from the show-city of Pyongyang, there's evidence that the communist power is testing its chemical weapons on women, children, families of dissidents, and political prisoners. Gaining unprecedented access, reporter Olenka Frenkiel uncovers fresh proof of this barbarous conduct from those who, until now, have been silenced. Producer Ewa Ewart ; Editor Karen O'Connor

    Director:Unknown
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  19. This World Season 14 Episode 5 - The Attack: Terror in the UK
    7.0/10(9 votes)

    #19 - The Attack: Terror in the UK

    S14:E5

    With the UK terror threat level at "severe", the drama-documentary episode based on real-life stories focuses from inside the UK’s counter terrorism unit. It tells the incident of an ISIS-inspired terrorist group planning a firearms attack, and follows with the ongoing police investigation. The story follows with Joseph, a young man who, while in prison on drugs charges, is recruited and radicalised by an Islamic extremist. Through drama and interviews, it also reveals how UK agencies are working to keep the public safe from what experts fear is the most likely scenario for a UK next major terror attack.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. This World Season 14 Episode 7 - North Korea: Murder in the Family
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    #20 - North Korea: Murder in the Family

    S14:E7

    The story follows the assassination of the North Korean dictator’s half-brother, Kim Jong-nam - who was attacked at Kuala Lumpur airport in February by using the lethal nerve agent VX. The incident - caught on CCTV - uncovers the activities of North Korean secret agents who were at the airport on the day of his murder, as well as to unravel the family feud that led to it and the international business network that has allowed the Kim family to stay in power for nearly 70 years.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. This World Season 9 Episode 3 - The Fastest Changing Place on Earth
    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #21 - The Fastest Changing Place on Earth

    S9:E3

    Investigative documentary series. Following the lives of three people in rural China as their tiny farming community is transformed by a massive government urbanisation project.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. This World Season 10 Episode 10 - No Sex Please, We're Japanese" "The Great Japanese Retirement
    6.9/10(81 votes)

    #22 - No Sex Please, We're Japanese" "The Great Japanese Retirement

    S10:E10

    As Japan faces a future which could see its population shrink by a third in just 40 years, Anita Rani explores the reasons why the Japanese are not having enough babies.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. This World Season 13 Episode 2 - World War Three: Inside the War Room
    6.9/10(118 votes)

    #23 - World War Three: Inside the War Room

    S13:E2

    A committee of senior former British military and diplomatic figures comes together to war-game a hypothetical 'hot war' in eastern Europe.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. This World Season 13 Episode 3 - The Great Chinese Crash? With Robert Peston
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    #24 - The Great Chinese Crash? With Robert Peston

    S13:E3

    Robert Peston explores China's dramatic economic slowdown and its potential impact on Britain, revealing how China has built up one of the biggest debt bubbles in world history.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. This World Season 16 Episode 1 - Gaza: How To Survive a Warzone
    6.7/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Gaza: How To Survive a Warzone

    S16:E1

    Following the lives of four young people trying to survive the Israel-Hamas war as they hope for a ceasefire - a vivid and unflinching view of life in a warzone.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Kill the Christians" is the best rated episode of "This World". It scored 9/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/15/2015. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Balfour Declaration: Britain's Promise to the Holy Land".