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People & Power — Storyline

People & Power is a current affairs programme on Al Jazeera English which broadcasts once a week, on Wednesdays, and repeated throughout the week.

Each half-hour programme features one investigative documentaries on an issue related to power from around the world. The programme occasionally has one hour specials.

Cast & Crew

People & Power — Series Details

People & Power — Episode Guide

2007

• E1: Rigged Markets (2007-05-20)

2014

• E1: Malawi's Children of Tobacco (2014-01-15) — People & Power investigates the plight of children forced to work in Malawi's tobacco industry.
• E2: Europe's New Mafias (2014-01-22) — In the midst of a changing criminal underworld, we investigate the spread of mafia-style activity from East to West.
• E3: Ethiopia – Land for Sale (2014-01-29) — As the economy thrives, we examine the plight of Ethiopians forced from their land to make way for foreign investors.
• E4: Congo and the General (2014-02-05) — People & Power goes behind the scenes with UN peacekeepers who are shifting their rules of engagement in the DR Congo.
• E5: Kazakhstan: Poisoned Legacy (2014-02-19) — How are British mining companies impacting the Central Asian nation's worsening environmental track record?
• E6: Marijuana Wars – Part One (2014-02-26) — We investigate attitudes towards legalisation, and ask if the Americas are reaching a tipping point in the war on drugs.
• E7: Marijuana Wars – Part Two (2014-03-05) — In the second half of a special investigation, we look at legalisation and drug violence in the US and Latin America.
• E8: The Long Arm of the Dictator (2014-03-12) — People & Power investigates allegations that exiled opponents of the Uzbek regime are being hunted down and killed.
• E9: India: High Tech Mirage (2014-03-19) — We investigate the worrying rise in suicides among young IT professionals in Bangalore, India's tech capital.
• E10: Karachi Cop (2014-03-26) — People & Power goes behind the scenes with a famous super cop in Pakistan's fastest-growing and most lawless city.
• E11: Kagame (2014-04-09) — Twenty years after Rwanda's genocide, should President Paul Kagame be seen as a saviour or a dictator?
• E12: Europe's Hidden Shame (2014-04-16) — An undercover investigation reveals disturbing evidence about the abuse of disabled people in Romania.
• E13: Bulgaria: Wrestled to the ground (2014-04-23) — People & Power investigates why Bulgarians have been protesting against corruption in the heart of government.
• E14: Israel's drone dealers (2014-04-30) — People and Power investigates how Israeli drone technology came to be used by the US.
• E15: Libya: The migrant trap (2014-05-07) — People and Power investigates how migrants trying to reach Europe fall into the hands of Libya's militias.
• E16: Ukraine: A dangerous game (2014-05-14) — As crucial elections approach, is Ukraine really as divided as people have been told?
• E17: Afghanistan's Hidden Gems (2014-05-21) — Can Afghanistan harness a fortune in unexploited precious stones to rescue its ailing economy?
• E18: Back to Guantanamo (2014-06-04) — After a 12 year absence a correspondent returns to the infamous US military prison to ask why it is still open.
• E19: Albania's missing children (2014-06-11) — People & Power investigates the sinister disappearance of 500 Albanian 'street' children from a Greek State orphanage.
• E20: Disunited kingdom (2014-07-09) — As Scotland prepares to vote on independence, what would a 'Yes' vote mean for the UK's standing in the world?
• E21: Moldova: Under the influence (2014-07-16) — With the conflict between Russia and Ukraine getting bloodier, fears are increasing that Moldova could be next.
• E22: The people smugglers (2014-07-23) — Is the tough application of Canada’s immigration laws justified?
• E23: Growing Up Behind Bars (2014-07-30) — People & Power uncovers the harrowing stories of Afghanistan's prison children.
• E24: Myanmar: A new dawn (2014-08-20) — As Myanmar emerges slowly from five decades of dictatorship, will it ever catch up with its more prosperous neighbours?
• E25: The Battle for Africa – Part 1 (2014-08-27) — People and Power investigates the effects of China's increasing influence in Africa.
• E26: The battle for Africa – Part 2 (2014-09-03) — The second part of our investigate into the effects of China's increasing influence in Africa.
• E27: American power and the fracking boom (2014-10-01) — What impact will America's oil and gas boom from fracking have on US power and global geopolitics?
• E28: Bomb run Aleppo (2014-10-08) — Behind the scenes with medics who struggle to cope with the deadly effects of barrel bombs dropped by the Syrian regime.
• E29: Hong Kong: Occupy Central (Part 1) (2014-10-15) — The three-part report goes behind the scenes with a pro-democracy campaign trying to ensure free elections in Hong Kong.
• E30: Hong Kong: Occupy Central (Part 2) (2014-10-22) — People & Power's three-part report goes behind the scenes with a pro-democracy campaign trying to ensure free elections in Hong Kong.
• E31: Rebuilding Somalia (2014-10-29) — Can Somalia's embattled president unite his country against the armed group al-Shabab?
• E32: Georgia: Corridor of power (2014-12-17) — Can the Republic of Georgia remain aloof from Russian expansionism or will internal division drag it towards conflict?
• E33: Colombia: The End Game (Part I) (2014-12-24) — Behind the scenes with Colombia's insurgents as they bring their 50-year-long conflict to a close.
• E34: Colombia: The End Game (Part II) (2014-12-31) — Behind the scenes with Colombia’s insurgents as they bring their 50 year bloody conflict to a close (Part 2 of 2).

2015

• E1: Phosphate fantasies (2015-01-21) — The damaging health effects of Tunisia's phosphate mines on workers who hoped the Arab Spring would bring change.
• E2: Hong Kong: Occupy Central – Part 3 (2015-01-28) — This three-part People & Power report goes behind the scenes with a pro-democracy campaign trying to ensure free elections in Hong Kong.
• E3: Killing the Ball (2015-02-18) — People & Power investigates how a match-fixer and his syndicate corrupted global football.
• E4: From Africa's Palms (2015-02-25) — People & Power investigates the environmental consequences of palm oil plantations in equatorial Africa.
• E5: Western Jihadis in Syria (2015-03-04) — People & Power meets young Muslims who have abandoned the West to fight in Syria.
• E6: Macedonia: Behind the Facade (2015-03-18) — People & Power investigates whether rising ethnic tensions in Macedonia could result in civil conflict.
• E7: Episode 7 (2015-04-01) — Can an international boycott of Israeli goods and services help end its occupation of Palestinian lands?
• E8: Madagascar's Chinese Vanilla (2015-04-08) — How Chinese entrepreneurs have taken control of Madagascar's booming vanilla trade and what it means for local farmers.
• E9: With This Passport I Thee Wed … – Part 1 (2015-04-29) — We investigate the shady world of Britain's fake marriage brokers and how they beat the UK's tough immigration rules.
• E10: With this Passport I Thee Wed – Part 2 (2015-05-06) — In the second part of With This Passport I Thee Wed, our undercover reporters turned their attention to those who provide legal advice to migrants seeking visas – in particular two
• E11: Chad: At War With Boko Haram (2015-05-20) — People & Power investigates how Chad is responding to the threat posed by Boko Haram across West Africa.
• E12: The Tech Threat (2015-05-27) — Are advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and other technologies leading to fewer jobs and more inequality?
• E13: The Tech Threat (Part two) (2015-06-03) — As automation gets cheaper than the cost of labour, developing economies are being hit the hardest.
• E14: Canada's Lost Women (2015-06-10) — An investigation into the abuse and exploitation of aboriginal women in Canada and the authorities' failure to stop it.
• E15: Syria's Electronic Armies (2015-06-17) — People and Power investigates the sinister impact of a secret cyber war on the Syrian civil war.
• E16: The Baltic and the Bear (2015-07-29) — We investigate why the Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania are nervous about Russia's regional ambitions.
• E17: The Cost of Living (2015-08-05) — The politics of ransom paying: should governments give money to armed groups in exchange for hostages?
• E18: Peru's Rotten Wood (2015-08-12) — People and Power exposes how Peru's Amazonian rainforest is being stripped bare by corruption.
• E19: Gaza: Deadly Assaults (2015-08-19) — People & Power investigates two deadly attacks by the Israeli army during the 2014 war on Gaza.
• E20: South Korea: Suicide Nation (2015-08-27) — People & Power investigates South Korea's disturbing rise in suicides, particularly among the elderly.
• E21: Torture in Tunisia (2015-09-02) — We investigate allegations that despite its new democratic institutions, police torture continues in Tunisia.
• E22: Killing Kenya (2015-09-23) — People & Power investigates allegations that Kenya’s police are involved in extra judicial killings.
• E23: Jamaica's Silent Children (2015-09-30) — An investigation into the high rate of child sex abuse in Jamaica and the government's failure to protect its children.
• E24: India's Hindu Fundamentalists (2015-10-07) — People & Power investigates India's Hindu fundamentalists and their influence on the country's government.
• E25: Red Gold and Black Blood (2015-10-14) — People & Power investigates the use of exploited labour in Italy’s famous tomato industry.
• E26: Romania's War on Corruption (2015-10-21) — We investigate Romania's efforts to rid the country of corruption amid its powerful political and business elites.
• E27: Out of the Shadows: Overcoming Mental Illness (2015-10-28) — How a pioneering approach to treating mental illness is helping to fight one of the world's most neglected diseases.

2016

• E1: Belarus: Europe's last dictatorship (2016-01-20) — We investigate the state of political freedom in Belarus and President Lukashenko's unshakable grip on power.
• E2: Begging for Life: From Manila to Malmo (2016-01-27) — People and Power investigates the growing global phenomenon of organised begging.
• E3: Cuba Year Zero (2016-02-03) — How will improving relations between communist Cuba and the capitalist US affect the lives of people on both sides?
• E4: Cuba Year Zero (Part two) (2016-02-10) — "In Cuba Year Zero part two, we meet members of the revolutionary generation. Inside Cuba, we talk to those who were members of Fidel Castro’s rebel army and sacrificed their indiv
• E5: Cuba for Sale (2016-02-17) — We investigate the recent economic changes and the effect of property ownership on Cuba's communist legacy.
• E6: Syria: Under Russia's Fist (2016-02-24) — We investigate the horrifying consequences for civilians under Russian air strikes in Syria.
• E7: Germany's Refugee Crisis (2016-03-02) — After welcoming one million refugees, attitudes across Germany are changing with confrontations and vitriol on the rise.
• E8: Backlash: France's New Hard Line on Terror (2016-03-09) — We examine France's aggressive counterterrorism measures and the consequences for the Muslim community.
• E9: Tunisia's Dirty Secret (2016-03-16) — Five years after the revolution, Tunisia's black minority has yet to experience the freedoms enjoyed by other citizens.
• E10: What's Happening to American Democracy? (2016-03-23) — We investigate how the erosion of democracy in the US is being revealed by the 2016 presidential campaign.
• E11: Voters' Rights: What's Happening to American Democracy? (2016-03-30) — Part two of our investigation into the erosion of US democracy and how it is revealed in the 2016 presidential campaign.
• E12: Poles Apart (2016-04-06) — We investigate claims that Poland’s new right-wing government is undermining the country’s democratic freedoms.
• E13: Borderless: Undercover with the People Smugglers (2016-05-11) — Inside the people-smuggling rings specialising in getting refugees into Europe.
• E14: Somaliland: Kill All but the Crows (Part 1) (2016-06-15) — People and Power goes on the trail of a Somali army commander accused of involvement in mass killings and war crimes.
• E15: Somaliland: Kill All but the Crows (Part 2) (2016-06-22) — People and Power goes on the trail of a Somali army commander accused of involvement in mass killings and war crimes.
• E16: India: The Burning City (2016-07-13) — We investigate how an underground fire that has been burning for 100 years has led to one of India's largest land grabs.
• E17: Venezuela: On the Edge (Part 1) (2016-07-20) — What is behind Venezuela's descent into chaos and the bitter ideological struggle dividing the nation?
• E18: Venezuela: On the Edge (Part 2) (2016-07-27) — What is behind Venezuela's descent into chaos and the bitter ideological struggle dividing the nation?
• E19: The Odessa File (2016-08-10) — We investigate how a fight against corruption and pro-Russian oligarchs in Odessa may determine Ukraine's future.
• E20: Brazil's River of Mud (2016-08-17) — We investigate the events leading up to the Fundao dam disaster. Is enough being done to avoid future recurrences?
• E21: The War the World Forgot (2016-08-24) — People and Power investigates the forgotten war taking place on the borders between North and South Sudan.
• E22: India's Nuclear Riddle (2016-08-31) — People and Power investigates whether India is about to escalate its nuclear arms race with rivals Pakistan and China.
• E23: Armenia: Divided Within? (2016-10-26) — Could a faltering economy, corruption and public disaffection over its relationship with Russia lead to an uprising?
• E24: In Search of the Great American Job (2016-11-02) — Can the next US president retrieve the secure, well-paid employment enjoyed by previous generations of American workers?
• E25: Iran's Water Crisis (2016-11-09) — We investigate the race to save Iran's water, before water scarcity dries out entire cities and displaces millions.
• E26: Piracy in Nigeria (2016-11-16) — People and Power investigates the rise of piracy in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.

2017

• E1: Interpol: Red Alert! (2017-01-11) — How states have used Interpol alerts to persecute exiled dissidents and refugees across international borders.
• E2: Hong Kong's Localist Revolutionaries (2017-01-18) — Why a new group of radical activists in Hong Kong are calling for greater autonomy – and even independence – from China.
• E3: Cote d'Ivoire: Partial Justice (2017-01-26) — An investigation into a massacre reveals the lack of political will to unite the country.
• E4: Uganda's Health Pyramid (2017-02-02) — We investigate allegations involving a Chinese billionaire and a controversial alternative health scheme in Africa.
• E5: Afghanistan: The Fall Of Helmand (2017-02-23) — People and Power goes behind the scenes with the Taliban in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.
• E6: A Very Montenegrin Coup (2017-03-01) — Last October, Montenegro's prime minister announced that an attempted coup had been foiled, but was this 'fake news'?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does People & Power have? 6 season(s) with 94 episodes.

Where can I watch People & Power? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.