Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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The Future Of Iraq
Now Iraq has been attacked, what will happen to Saddam Hussein?
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The French riots
Translator and political activist, Brima Conteh talks about the Paris Banlieue riots
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The financial war on terror
How tackling the funding of terrorist organisations could help the war on terror.
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The fake anti-Malaria drugs scandal
A report on the fake anti-malaria drugs in South-East Asia
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The Euro
The introduction of the Euro, the new Europe-wide currency
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The Enron trial
The criminal trial of former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling
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The end of Apartheid
The beginning of the end for Apartheid in South Africa
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The dowry revolution
A report on the use of dowries in India, where the bride's family pays that of the husband
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The declining US car industry
Why Americans eschew US-made motors for Japanese ones, and what this means
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The Czech Republic and Slovakia
The Czech Republic - ten years since the Velvet Revolution
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The charity accused of child trafficking
How a charity aimed at helping children in Darfur ended up accused of child trafficking
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The Case of Dr Sami Al-Arian
The trial of a US university professor accused of helping Palestinian jihadis
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The Camorra in Naples
The Camorra has said it wants a young writer dead by Christmas
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The Bush Doctrine
The US claims diplomacy has failed and prepares to launch attacks on Iraq
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The Bosnian War
A report on the history of the conflict between 1992 and 1995
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The bombing of Basra
The war in Basra and the bombing of Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti or 'Chemical Ali'
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The Berlin Wall - ten years later
A report from Berlin, ten years after the collapse of the wall
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The Basque prisoners who are ETA supporters
Interviews with the Basque prisoners who support ETA
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The Baseball factory
Baseball is a US national sport, but almost half its players come from overseas
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The Aswan Dam
The Aswan Dam is one of the world's greatest man-made constructions
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The Arab Americans
What does it mean to be an Arab American in the wake of 11 September 2001
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The Andijan Massacre
A report on the Andijan massacre in Uzbekistan
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The American West - Colorado
A report on the myth of the American 'Wild West' and how life has changed for 'cowboys'
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The Afghan arms bazaar
A report on the apparent revival of the Taliban in Afghanistan
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The 'Afghanskis'
Lyse Doucet was in Kabul during the final days of the Soviet occupation
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Thailand's illegal immigrants
The Burmese migrants illegally working and living in Thailand following the tsunami
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Tanzania
Tanzania, one of the largest - but least conspicuous - countries in East Africa
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Tamil Tigers
Allegations of Tamil abductions and human rights abuses in Sri Lanka
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Syria - stuck in the past?
Reporting on life in Syria, a country supposedly stuck in the medieval past
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Sudan's ceasefire
Investigating the fragile ceasefire between rebel fighters currently in place in southern Sudan