The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: South Africa

Few events are more nerve wracking than meeting the parents of someone you love. For black and Asian couples in South Africa, it's even more challenging. The country's painful past means interracial dating is still often frowned upon. Meet Ithra and Tumelo, a 'Blasian' couple about to introduce their parents to each other.

Trevor McDonald returns to where he conducted one of television's most historic interviews with Nelson Mandela. To mark what would have been Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday in 2018, Sir Trevor McDonald is back in the country which he first visited for ITN in the 1980's and where he conducted one of television's most historic interviews. Nearly three decades after the release of Mandela, Trevor returns to find a very different South Africa, hearing the stories of a diverse range of people whose fortunes and attitudes sum up a nation changes beyond all recognition. But is it truly the Rainbow Nation Nelson Mandela hoped it would become or is it a land of division, inequality and extremes?

On the 25th anniversary of Mandela's election, BBC Correspondent Fergal Keane goes back to examine his reports, and considers why history did not turn out the way he expected. At the heart of the film is an interview in which Fergal explores his decades of reporting in South Africa, from the fear being caught up in violent protests to the joy of reporting for BBC Newsbeat as Mandela was sworn in. He also meets historians and other experts as he considers how Mandela’s legacy has played out.

The Big Red One, named for the insignia of the First Infantry Division, is the unsparing World War II saga of a handful of GIs battling their way from North Africa through Sicily, Omaha Beach and Belgium to the ultimate horror of the Nazi Death Camps.

Paul Davies returns to Bucharest 30 years after reporting on the Romanian revolution, John Irvine reports on an unusual solution to a lack of available burial space in Jerusalem - a six-storey underground cemetery, and Penny Marshall visits safe houses and drug rehab centres run by a British Christian missionary in South Africa.

Twenty-five years since the end of apartheid, South Africa is still wrestling with its legacy. Vast swathes of farmland are still owned by the white minority, and now the government is looking to speed up land reform across the country. John Ray reports. Debi Edward meets families in South Korea who have been separated from relatives in the north for decades. For centuries in remote parts of Northern Albania, an extraordinary medieval tradition has been upheld allowing some women to live as men if they took a vow of celibacy. These women - known as sworn virgins - were allowed the privileges and freedoms of a man. Penny Marshall reports.

Scattered throughout the wild lands of Africa are a number of protected havens that shelter some of the continent's most iconic wildlife. Explore these majestic natural sanctuaries dedicated to the preservation of the continent's rich yet vulnerable wildlife heritage.

Just when you thought that nothing new could be said about the great white shark, the world's most notorious predator strikes again, with a newly discovered aerial attack behavior that can only be called awesome. Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa follows shark expert Dr. Rocky Strong to South Africa's False Bay, where you'll experience the thrill of seeing 2,000 pound great white sharks hurl their enormous bulks out of the water to attack and kill prey - not to mention anything else floating in the area.

Drug use among South Africa's youth is surging, as is violence in the classroom. Parents are struggling to control their children and a thriving 'troubled teen' industry has emerged. Twenty five-year-old Prince Motlou claims his Rising Stars Generation discipline camp offers military-style training that sends children back to their parents with newfound respect. However, Sahar Zand discovers an abusive side to its methods. This is no ordinary boot camp, but something far more sinister, with children marching for hours in the heat and without water. Physical violence is employed and there are allegations of sexual abuse.

Tania Rashid and director Simon Rawles are in South Africa to investigate why there is such a demand for skin bleaching products in the Rainbow Nation. The government has passed strict laws to protect people from creams containing potentially dangerous chemicals which can lead to serious health complications, but as Unreported World reveals, many are still on sale widely and endorsed by celebrities. A recent study found an incredible one in three women in South Africa use skin-bleaching creams, and there are more than 500 different products for sale. In downtown Johannesburg the products are everywhere - despite the ban on any product selling itself as skin-lightening or whitening.