Eye Investigations Season 5, Episode 15: Pray Raid Repeat

1

Into The Void: Putin's Foreign Fighters

BBC Eye exposes how Russia is recruiting young foreign men to fight in its war against Ukraine, uncovering deception, exploitation, and shattered lives.

55 min

2

Hunting the Traffickers

Africa Eye is given exclusive access to the Sierra Leone Police as they target criminal gangs trafficking vulnerable people across West Africa and help one father try to find his missing children.

28 min

3

Wanted: The Interpol Files

A BBC Eye investigation in which an Interpol whistleblower reveals the international police organisation’s failure to stop Russia abusing its wanted list for its political ends.

21 min

4

State of Fear

A wave of enforced disappearances of government critics is spreading fear across Tanzania. Africa Eye investigates these abductions through powerful testimony from survivors of abduction and torture.

51 min

5

Exposed: China's Spycam Porn

Criminals are hiding secret cameras in hotel rooms and private homes across China to secretly film unsuspecting victims having sex and then selling the footage online.

54 min

6

Gen Z Under Fire

BBC Eye investigates the 2025 Gen Z uprising in Nepal. Using exclusive footage the investigation reveals what happened, why and who gave the order to shoot.

41 min

7

Shadow War: Islamic State Group in Africa

Africa Eye follows Puntland forces on the front line in far-eastern Somalia, examining how the Islamic State group has regrouped, drawn in foreign fighters and expanded its influence across Africa.

27 min

8

Eels: Billion Dollar Babies

BBC Eye reveals how soaring global demand for eel has fuelled a vast illegal trade worth billions, exposing criminal networks, trafficking routes and controversial deals.

58 min

9

Target Tehran

As Tehran faces intense bombardment, BBC Eye examines what is being targeted and hears from residents caught in the crossfire.

11 min

10

Life on the Spectrum

With over 60 million people on the autistic spectrum globally, Africa Eye reveals the extreme realities for those living with autism in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world.

47 min

11

Stolen Lives

Hundreds of children in Pakistan have been infected with HIV. But how did the outbreak happen? And is a government hospital to blame? BBC Eye goes undercover to find out.

55 min

12

Abandoned: Searching for Soldier Dad

Africa Eye follows a groundbreaking process helping Kenyans track down their British dads. Families are finding answers, in a landmark case exposing the human cost of Britain’s military presence.

47 min

13

Save Our Dogs

Inside the world of Uganda's sham pet shelters: Africa Eye goes undercover where scammers profit from animals in distress, while dog lovers around the world team up to fight back.

29 min

14

Lebanon’s Black Wednesday

On April 8th Israel dropped 100 bombs in just 10 minutes across Lebanon in what the IDF called Operational Eternal Darkness. To the Lebanese people who lived it, it was known as Black Wednesday.

13 min

15

Pray Raid Repeat

BBC Eye investigates the emergence of Russia’s largest nationalist group. These vigilantes are taking the law into their own hands – targeting migrants and those who go against ‘traditional values’.

31 min

16

Manosphere Messiahs

BBC Eye investigates the rise of the global manosphere, meeting the influencers cashing in, their devoted followers, and the women paying the price.

54 min

17

Surviving Biafra

Some of the last survivors from Nigeria’s Civil War, also known as the Biafran War, share their memories from the frontline.

75 min

18

The Careless Machine: Exposing Instagram's Darkest Secret

BBC Eye has found Instagram in India is running paid ads promoting child sex abuse material. The ads use terms including “rape” and “child video” and link to content on the messaging app Telegram.

26 min

19

Ukraine Survivors: Finding My Abusers

BBC Eye talks to Ukrainians civilians abused in Russian-occupied Ukraine and tracks down the prison guards, officials and soldiers likely responsible.

45 min

20

Tundu Lissu: A Fight Too Far?

BBC Africa Eye profiles Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu who has spent more than a year in prison awaiting trial on treason charges, for which he could face the death penalty.

22 min

21

Inside Iran: The People and The Power

With rare access inside Iran, the BBC World Service travels the length of the country. From the capital Tehran to its strategic southern coastline, meeting Iranians living with an uncertain future.

20 min