Eye Investigations Season 3, Episode 25: Sex Work: Lives in the Shadows

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Disciples: The Cult of TB Joshua (1)

A VHS tape of a preacher performing ‘miracles’ changes two teenagers’ lives forever.

52 min

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Disciples: The Cult of TB Joshua (2)

Trapped in TB Joshua’s church in Lagos, his disciples are drawn deeper into his abuse.

52 min

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Disciples: The Cult of TB Joshua (3)

Joshua’s church guest house collapses, killing 116 people. Could this disaster expose him?

52 min

4

They Call Us Meat

The story of an elite Russian Marine Brigade during the battle for Vuhledar in Ukraine.

28 min

5

Gaza 101: Emergency Rescue

This film from BBC News Arabic follows three Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics in northern Gaza across the first month of the war, as they save lives in the area hardest hit by Israeli airstrikes.

26 min

6

Mayor on the Frontline

Mayor of Freetown finds herself on the front line of a democratic crisis.

52 min

7

Trapped in Oman

BBC Africa Eye investigates the trafficking of Malawian women into a life of servitude as domestic workers in Oman, and follows an extraordinary network of women who, working across three continents, are fighting to bring them home against often impossible odds.

47 min

8

My War: Reporting Gaza

Gaza reporter Adnan El-Bursh’s video diary sheds light on the immense challenges faced by Palestinian journalists in Gaza as they report on their war-torn homeland.

26 min

9

Behind Closed Doors

Five years after the declaration of a national state of emergency over rape and sexual violence, Sierra Leone is still grappling with shocking levels of gender-based violence.

27 min

10

Africa: The Battle for the Ballot Box

Amid a surge of military takeovers, worsening security and greater repression, nearly a third of Africa's nations are heading to the polls. Child of the rainbow nation - Nomsa Maseko - asks where democracy is now headed across the world's fastest growing continent.

26 min

11

Nika's Last Breath

After protesting in Tehran Nika Shakarami never went home. Iran claimed she killed herself. But a purported confidential report details a killing and a cover up by security forces.

27 min

12

Crime and Punishment in South Africa

South Africa’s murder rate is now at a twenty year high – one of the highest in the world. There were more than twenty-seven thousand murders last year. With trust in the police falling, Ayanda Charlie meets the frontline communities who are fighting back.

52 min

13

Burning Sun: Exposing the Secret K-pop Chat Groups

In South Korea K-pop stars have fame, fortune and millions of female fans. But some led a double life, inhabiting a hidden world where videos of women being drugged, raped and humiliated were shared.

59 min

14

Guns in the Shadows

As Kenya’s cost of living rises, so too does violent crime. Reporter Elijah Kanyi investigates the devastating human impact of illegal firearms in Kenya’s slums.

28 min

15

Perfume's Dark Secret

Top perfume brands may have "worst form of child labour" in their jasmine supply chains, considered one of the most valuable ingredients in some of the world's most iconic perfumes, a BBC Eye investigation reveals.

41 min

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Inside Sudan's Forgotten War

BBC reports from Sudan’s forgotten conflict and investigate allegations of war crimes.

23 min

17

Eat Bitter

In the Central African Republic, one of Africa’s poorest countries, local sand diver Thomas Boa and Chinese construction manager Jianmin Luan struggle to improve their fortunes. They “eat bitter” today in the hope of a better tomorrow, but with no guarantees of what their futures may hold.

52 min

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Cry Witch: Take My Land, Take My Life

At least one elderly person loses their life every week in the name of witchcraft in Kenya’s stunning Kilifi coast. Africa Eye investigates the true motives behind these brutal acts, revealing that many are targeted by the very people who should be protecting them - their own families.

52 min

19

Like, Follow, Trafficked: Insta’s Fake Guru

BBC Eye Investigations and BBC News Brasil uncover the truth behind the rise of wellness influencer and spiritual life coach, Kat Torres, and the international search for her trafficked followers.

56 min

20

The Apartheid Killer

One of worst mass killers in South Africa’s history is free from prison. He is finally ready to speak; and 30 years on, his victims are still fighting for closure and justice.

75 min

21

Afghanistan: For the Sake of My Sisters

Four female BBC presenters, who fled Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in August 2021, are helping to bring education back to Afghan children. This is their story.

26 min

22

Settlements Above the Law

Extremist settlers are receiving money and land from powerful groups with ties to the Israeli government and are using it to build illegal settlement outposts, BBC Eye reveals.

55 min

23

The Midwife's Confession

30 years ago, a journalist in the Indian state of Bihar filmed a series of shocking confessions: midwives admitting they routinely murdered new-born baby girls. Using this unseen archive, BBC Eye explores the disturbing story of infanticide in rural India.

62 min

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Finding Mr Fox

Cape Verdean rapper Ga DaLomba, reporting for BBC Africa Eye, investigates ‘Highway 10’ a transatlantic drug smuggling route from South America to Europe, via West Africa. He also searches for an alleged drug trafficker known as ‘Fox’ who Brazilian police believe is the mastermind of an operation to transport 1 tonne of cocaine.

47 min

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Sex Work: Lives in the Shadows

More than 20,000 women are estimated to be engaged in sex work in Sierra Leone. For four years, film-maker Tyson Conteh was given unprecedented access to document the dangers that sex workers face in his hometown of Makeni.

50 min

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Middle East: On the Brink

It’s a crisis that has already featured exploding pagers, assassinations, and a massive ballistic missile strike. What for months has been a simmering border crisis between Israel and the forces of Hezbollah in neighbouring Lebanon has escalated into a much more deadly conflict.

26 min

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Number 17: My House of Horrors

A family home in Vuhledar, Ukraine, becomes the backdrop of three lives torn apart by war: Marina, a refugee; Olexii, a prisoner of war; and Fima, a Russian soldier.

24 min

28

Dark Waters

BBC Africa Eye investigates what is fast becoming the world's deadliest migration route: the perilous Atlantic crossing from west Africa to Spain's Canary Islands.

52 min

29

The Homecoming

Amid a backdrop of rising nationalism, police violence, and social tensions in France, some young French Africans are turning to the continent in search of, what they say, is a better life.

47 min

30

Nigeria’s Miracle Baby Scammers

Africa Eye goes undercover to expose the fertility scammers targeting Nigerian women and fuelling an underground trade in black market babies.

27 min

31

My Faith, My Truth

“My Faith, My Truth” is an intimate portrait of a deeply religious couple who are silently living with AIDS while striving for acceptance among their church community in the Central African Republic.

52 min

32

The Watermelons

They’re green on the outside, appearing to be loyal to the army. But inside they’re red, working for the pro-democracy uprising. BBC Eye reveals why military moles are prepared to risk everything.

23 min

33

Songs from Inside

BBC 100 Women reveals the remarkable true story of three women in a notorious Iranian prison, jailed after protests against the hijab.

14 min

34

Children of the Bombs

In the Indian state of West Bengal, children are routinely maimed, blinded, or killed by home-made bombs. BBC Eye asks why the carnage is allowed to continue.

52 min