Dispatches investigates the networks supporting a wave of anti-gay laws around the world.
Paraic O'Brien investigates the gangs making big money trafficking illegal immigrants into Britain. Going deep inside the Calais camps where desperate migrants gather before attempting to cross the English Channel, the reporter meets people who are willing to pay huge sums and risk their lives to come to Britain.
Several years ago, British motorists were advised that diesel would be the cheap, eco-friendly fuel of the future, and with the added benefit of the tax breaks it offers, the nation now buys more diesel cars than petrol ones. However, growing concerns about harmful emissions have led to a call to introduce surcharges on motorists driving diesel vehicles in polluted cities - or even ban them altogether. Reporter Morland Sanders investigates why politicians encouraged the `dash for diesel' and asks whether manufacturers' claims about performance and pollution levels can be trusted.
Tazeen Ahmed reports on a Department for Work and Pensions initiative to encourage people in work and in receipt of benefits to boost their income and reduce their dependency on the state. The project has implications for Britain's million lowest paid workers, and this documentary investigates if advice and encouragement will help them earn more, or if financial punishments, also known as sanctions, are the best way to get the working poor off benefits.
Over a year in the making, this is the remarkable and uplifting story of five extraordinary children who beat the Ebola virus and then overcome loss and stigma to rebuild their lives. Today Sierra Leone is clear of the deadly Ebola virus. But for 19 months the country experienced the largest number of Ebola cases. After an extended nationwide State of Emergency and the closure of all schools, the government decided it was finally safe to allow a return to normality in April 2015.