Global Affairs Documentaries
India: the Modi Question
BBC documentary investigating tensions between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country’s Muslim minority. Narendra Modi is the leader of the world’s largest democracy. Elected twice as India’s prime minister, he’s widely seen as the most powerful politician of his generation and considered a key ally to the US and UK. However, as this fascinating documentary series reveals, Modi has been dogged by allegations about his government’s attitude towards India’s Muslim population. But what is the truth?
The World's Biggest Bomb
Why did American and Soviet scientists race to explode the biggest bomb of all time?
In 1954, the USA exploded its first hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific. It remains America’s biggest bomb. A few years later the USSR detonated a device even larger and more devastating. It’s one of the most extraordinary tales in the history of science, yet one which is largely unknown. This fascinating history documentary examines why these superpowers raced to build the world’s biggest bomb.
Mad Dog: Inside the Secret World of Muammar Gaddafi
His oil income was a billion dollars a week, and he used torture and murder to silence the opposition. Is this why Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi was called a ‘mad dog’ by Ronald Reagan?
No other dictator so cannily threatened to turn Western powers to cowed appeasers. This dense, powerful documentary interviews those he bereaved, the ones who tried to stop him – and the people who assisted his tyranny.
Prince Andrew and The Epstein Scandal – The Newsnight Interview
In this candid interview with the BBC from 2019, Prince Andrew discusses for the first time his meetings and relationship with convicted child sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Prince Andrew addresses the allegations made against him and attempts to explain his actions. How much did he know about his former friends and how does he now reflect on his time with them?
The Man Putin Couldn't Kill
Watch Navalny: The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill, a gripping Alexei Navalny documentary and learn more about the Russian opposition leader and his suspected poisoning.