Global Eye

Global Eye

2025 1 Seasons
Documentary News

Award-winning investigations - revealing secrets, rooting out injustice, and exposing crime, corruption, and abuse. The biggest stories from BBC correspondents all over the world.

Seasons

1. 08/09/2025: Ukraine Under Fire & Sudan’s Crisis

2025-09-08

In the first episode, we hear from residents in Ukraine's Kharkiv and Nawal Al-Maghafi reports on the escalating crisis in Sudan.

2. 15/09/2025: Syria’s Lost Children & South Korea’s Martial Law

2025-09-15

In this week’s episode: an investigation into the disappearance of children under the Assad regime in Syria and Jean Mackenzie reports on the political turmoil in South Korea foll…

3. 22/09/2025: Fake News Network & Melting Alaska

2025-09-22

In this episode, a BBC undercover reporter exposes a fake news operation in a European country about to go to the polls and Anna Holligan is in Alaska, America's last frontier, wh…

4. 29/09/2025: Kenya’s Protest Killings

2025-09-29

In this week’s episode, an investigation exposing members of the security forces who shot dead protesters at Kenya's parliament last year. And reporting from Nairobi, Waihiga Mwau…

5. 06/10/2025: Missing Leader Mystery & Cuba’s Economic Collapse

2025-10-06

In this week’s episode, significant new evidence that may hold the clue to the fate of a Middle Eastern political leader missing for more than 40 years, and Will Grant reports fro…

6. 13/10/2025: Opioid Crisis in West Africa & Report from Kashmir

2025-10-13

This week, an investigation into unlicensed opioids that have been driving a major public health crisis in West Africa and Diyva Arya is in Indian Administered Kashmir.

7. 20/10/2025: Spies in Hong Kong & Lebanon's Uncertain Future

2025-10-20

In this week’s episode, BBC Eye uncovers a growing culture of surveillance and informants in Hong Kong in the wake of the so-called “patriots law” and Carine Torbey reports from B…

8. 27/10/2025: Gen Z Uprisings and the Fall of Two Leaders

2025-10-27

In this week’s episode we explore the rise of gen Z protests around the world. The Eye team uncovers what really happened during the popular youth uprising that led to the downfal…

9. 03/11/2025: Dubai’s Hidden Sex Trade – and the Threat Facing Peru’s Uncontacted Tribes

2025-11-03

In this episode, the Eye team goes undercover to expose an illegal prostitution ring in Dubai, and Stephanie Hegarty is in Peru to report on the plight of one of the world’s large…

10. 10/11/2025: Wildlife in Colombia’s River Magdalena in Peril as Brazil Prepares for UN Climate Summit

2025-11-10

In this episode, BBC Eye investigates a disturbing trend of wildlife deaths along Colombia’s lifeblood, the River Magdalena, and Camilla Mota reports from Brazil ahead of the late…

11. 17/11/2025: New Evidence Challenges U.S. Probe into 2005 Haditha Killings

2025-11-17

In this episode, Anna Foster reports from Iraq and BBC Eye uncovers new evidence raising serious doubts about the American investigation and trial for the 2005 killings of 24 Iraq…

12. 24/11/2025: Palau’s Role in the World’s Largest Bitcoin Seizure

2025-11-24

In this week’s episode, BBC Eye tells the incredible story of the Chinese woman behind behind the scam that led to the world's biggest bitcoin seizure and Shawn Yuan reports from …

13. 01/12/2025: Georgia Police accused of using chemical agent as Russia’s Shadow war expand

2025-12-01

In this week’s episode,‌ BBC Eye investigates allegations that police in the former former Soviet republic, Georgia used a chemical weapon against protestors and Elizaveta Fokht r…

14. 08/12/2025: South Africa’s G20 - Housing Woes & Trump’s Refugees

2025-12-08

Nomsa Maseko reports from South Africa in the wake of the first-ever G20 on African soil. In two exclusive reports, Eye Investigations hears from residents of abandoned and hijack…

15. 15/12/2025: The Deceit Behind Cancer Charity Scams in Conflict Areas

2025-12-15

BBC Eye’s Simi Jolaoso reports on a global scam network that claims to raise millions of dollars for children with cancer in war zones and deprived areas, but none of the funds ra…

16. 05/01/2026: Greenland’s Stolen Children & The Future of the French Republic

2026-01-05

In this week’s episode, how Greenlandic parents across Denmark are fighting to be reunited with children forcibly taken into care. Andrew Harding reports from Paris on whether th…

17. 12/01/2026: Silicon Valley and the Future of AI

2026-01-12

AI is changing everything – from how we work to how we live. The World Service’s cyber correspondent Joe Tidy is in Silicon Valley, California, the beating heart of the AI revolut…

18. 19/01/2026: Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the Impact of War

2026-01-19

In this week’s episode, Emir Nader reports from Jerusalem on the impact of the Israel-Gaza war and there’s a special report from the BBC Eye team who spent a year at the Holy Fami…

19. 26/01/2026: Russia Accused Over Interpol as Trump Targets Greenland

2026-01-26

In this week’s episode,‌ BBC Eye reveals allegations that Interpol’s systems are being abused by Russia in order to repress dissidents abroad, and Katya Adler reports from Greenla…

20. 02/02/2026: Russia’s Foreign Fighters and the Struggle to Rebuild Syria

2026-02-02

In this week’s episode, the foreigners lured to fight on the front line for Russia, and more than a year on from the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Lyse Doucet reports from Damascus on …

21. Ukraine: Growing Up Without Dad

2026-02-23

In this episode, Zhanna Bezpiatchuk reports from Kyiv on four years of war, death, destruction, resilience and hope. Has the war of attrition - attacking Ukraine's energy infrastr…

22. The Untold Story of Nepal's Mass Protests

2026-03-02

In this week’s episode,‌ Norberto Paredes reports from Venezuela on the future of Venezuela’s oil sector. President Trump sees it as a big business opportunity for the US oil sect…

23. The Week That Changed The Middle East

2026-03-09

This week Carine Torbey is in Lebanon reporting on the impact of the US-Israel war with Iran and Nawal Al-Maghafi looks at the events of an extraordinary week when longstanding te…

24. Battling Islamic State group in Somalia

2026-03-16

This week, the Eye team follows Puntland forces on the front line in far-eastern Somalia, examining how the Islamic State group has expanded its influence across Africa, and Kalki…

25. Inside Australia's Big Social Experiment

2026-03-23

This week, the accounts of some of the women brutally repressed by the Iranian government during the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests and Katy Watson is in Australia examining t…

26. The global trade fuelling one of the world’s biggest wildlife crimes

2026-03-30

This week, the Eye team reveals how soaring global demand for eel has fuelled a vast illegal trade worth billions, exposing criminal networks, trafficking routes and controversial…

27. Inside China's Schools for 'Rebellious' Teens

2026-04-06

This week, the Eye team investigates Chinese disciplinary schools promising to ‘fix’ problem children at a devastating cost and Mariko Oi is in Singapore. And we’ll hear how a gro…

28. How Pakistan positioned itself as a peace broker

2026-04-13

This week, Farhat Javed looks at how Pakistan has positioned itself as a peace broker in the conflict between the US and Iran and BBC Eye investigates how routine visits for medic…

29. The Groundbreaking Process Helping Kenyans Find UK Soldier Dads

2026-04-20

This week, BBC Eye follows Kenyans at the centre of a groundbreaking legal battle to track down their British soldier fathers using novel DNA methods. And more than seven weeks on…

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