Seasons & episodes
1 season · 8 episodes
Episode 01
Four Born Every Second
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.
Episode 02
Give Us the Money
A look at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty.
Episode 03
Stealing Africa
An investigation into the behaviour of multi-national companies in Africa.
Episode 04
Park Avenue - Money, Power and the American Dream
How the wealthiest Americans spend their money and how the poorest Americans are shut out.
Episode 05
Poor Us - An Animated History of Poverty
Poor people through the ages, beginning in Neolithic times and up to the present.
Episode 06
Solar Mamas
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.
Episode 07
The Great Land Rush
How rich, land-hungry nations are leasing Mali's land to create agri-business farms.
Episode 08
China's Ant People
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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