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Bettany Hughes takes viewers on armchair travels to explore household-name treasures and new finds from across the world.

Analysing police data, Dispatches reveals local hotspots where 100% of neighbourhood crimes go unsolved. The team watch a theft in action and go on the trail of the criminals.

Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine in 2014, sending shockwaves across the world. This documentary explores how the tragedy shaped what came after it.

Sophie Morgan takes direct action to hold airlines to account for the shocking mistreatment of disabled flyers.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy and director Jamie Welham visit the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean country famed for its pristine beaches and year-round sunshine, but where the UN has identified terrible crimes being committed against teenagers at the hands of sex tourists.

Tells the story of a star-crossed royal romance that begins in Tokyo in 1968 and ends in tragedy with the death of one of the British royal family's forgotten stars. Prince William of Gloucester was the Queen's cousin and a pageboy at her wedding in 1947, when he was fourth in line to the British throne. Described as the 'most dazzling Royal of his generation,' his good looks and playboy lifestyle made him the idol of a young Prince Charles. In 1968, Prince William embarked on a forbidden love affair with Zsuzsi Starkloff, a glamorous divorcee, model and former air hostess.

In Bollywood, reporter Sahar Zand and director Alicia Arce investigate how the #MeToo campaign has taken off in India's film industry. They talk to some of the country's top actresses, who are speaking out against assault, sexual harassment and rape. In a country where attitudes to women are changing but where many people still hold conservative views about the role of women and where victims of sexual assault are often regarded as shameful, can the #MeToo movement really gain momentum?

With the pandemic leaving many Thais cash-strapped and jobless, huge numbers of farmers and traders alike have turned to crypto to boost their fortunes. Though cryptocurrency is volatile, prone to scammers and market manipulation, Thailand remains a crypto-friendly nation, keen to harness new blockchain innovations in a new technological era. Jonathan Miller travels to north-eastern Thailand to meet a rice farmer who's trading crypto using a smartphone, solar panel and online tutorials. However, in Bangkok, a man who made and lost nearly a million US dollars represents the downside to crypto.

The extraordinary story of 49-year-old Las Vegas resident Wesley Warren Jnr, a man who lives with a rare medical condition so severe that he can't wear trousers, walk normally, go to work, drive a car, have sex, or even sit down without the help of a milk crate. His story highlights the failings of the American healthcare system, which has arguably some of the best doctors in the world, but only for those who can afford them. While the medical profession are unsure what caused Wesley's condition, for him it all started one night in late 2008. Wesley accidentally knocked his testicles while turning over in bed, causing a sharp shooting pain, and the tissues around his testicles began to swell.

The story of how we defeated the first great man-made threat to our planet's environment: the hole in the ozone layer