101 East
NR
8
2007
Documentary
, News
, War & Politics
Bold, untold stories from across Asia and the Pacific. Al Jazeera's in-depth, weekly current affairs programme from the world's most populated region.
-
- Cast:
Episode 43 : Thailand's Blood Timber
December. 31,2014
101 East follows the trail of illegal poachers who risk it all for the exotic hardwood, driving a species to extinction.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 42 : Thailand's tainted robes
December. 18,2014
As scandals involving misbehaving monks rock the nation, 101 East examines if Thailand can save its moral soul.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 41 : Japan's stalking crisis
December. 11,2014
Stalkers are terrorising more and more women across the country, with 21,000 cases reported to police in 2013.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 40 : Myanmar's Jade Curse
November. 27,2014
China's jade obsession drives a multi-billion dollar black market that fuels a drug-infested jade mining industry.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 39 : Malaysia's Unwanted
November. 20,2014
With refugees at risk of abuse and exploitation in Malaysia, 101 East investigates if those in charge are doing enough.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 38 : Battling the dry
November. 13,2014
101 East explores the human cost of the severe drought paralysing Australia’s north.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 37 : Philippines: After Haiyan
November. 06,2014
We returned to the Philippines in 2014 to see how survivors of Typhoon Haiyan were coping in the hardest-hit areas.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 36 : Tibet calling
October. 29,2014
101 East travels to an isolated outpost of Tibetan culture in Nepal that is at risk of losing its unique way of life.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 35 : Strangers in Paradise: Australia's offshore detainees
October. 23,2014
We travel to remote Manus Island in Papua New Guinea to investigate Australia's refugee detention programme.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 34 : Ditching the draft
October. 16,2014
We gain exclusive access to Taiwan's special forces and ask if the island can fend off China with a volunteer army.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 33 : Drugged up Pakistan
October. 09,2014
With more than six million drug users and rising, can Pakistan win its fight against the billion-dollar narcotics trade?
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 32 : Japan's throwaway children
October. 02,2014
In a country that frowns upon foster care, 33,000 children from abusive homes are growing up in state institutions.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 31 : Laos: The legacy
September. 11,2014
A group of women risk life and limb to clear Laos of cluster bombs and make their country safe for future generations.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 30 : Out of steppe
September. 04,2014
Mongolia's booming economy is growing millionaires, but what happens to those who miss out or are left behind?
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 29 : Solo mums
August. 28,2014
What drives single mothers in South Korea to abandon their babies?
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 28 : The cost of beauty
August. 21,2014
101 East delves into Korea's plastic surgery craze and uncovers the real price of pursuing physical perfection.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 27 : Stalking cyber paedophiles
August. 14,2014
101 East examines how children in the Philippines are exploited when child sex predators lurk online.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 26 : Food for thought
August. 07,2014
101 East goes undercover to expose the hidden harm in China's food industry.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 25 : East Meets Tech
July. 31,2014
101 East heads to Silicon Valley to investigate the Asian influence on America's high-tech boom.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 24 : The baby makers
July. 24,2014
We meet the couples desperate for a child and the women in India who give birth to babies they will never know.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 23 : Reef madness
July. 21,2014
The Spratly Islands in the South China Sea are resource rich and claimed by vying countries.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 22 : The gift of sight
July. 17,2014
A Nepalese doctor takes an Indonesian woman under his tutelage and brings the gift of sight to the world's destitute.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 21 : Malaysia's gang menace
July. 10,2014
Malaysia’s violent ganglands are luring many ethnic indians struggling to fit into a segregated society.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 20 : Thailand in turmoil
June. 26,2014
As Thailand reels from its 12th military coup, what will it take to break the dangerous divide in this polarized nation?
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 19 : Muzzling the messenger
June. 19,2014
Hong Kong’s press was once the most free in Asia, but many believe it is under attack from the central government.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 18 : Humanoids
June. 12,2014
The development of robots that could save lives is an unparalleled breakthrough, but what if they also could kill?
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 17 : When the battle comes home
June. 05,2014
101 East looks at the rising rates of mental health problems among Australian veterans of the war in Afghanistan.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 16 : Bhutan's Forgotten People: Part 2
May. 29,2014
"In the second of a two-part special on ‘Bhutan’s Forgotten People’, 101 East follows Sabitra Biswa as she leaves a refugee camp in Nepal for a new life in the United States.
Sabitra was one of 100,000 ethnic Nepalese forced out of Bhutan in the early 1990s in what many describe as systematic ethnic cleansing."
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 15 : Bhutan's Forgotten People: Part 1
May. 22,2014
A two-part series follows ethnic Nepalese after they were expelled by Bhutan and found themselves stateless.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 14 : We built this city
May. 08,2014
After Singapore's first riot in decades, locals ask hard questions about the migrant worker abuse.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 13 : A war on witches
May. 01,2014
As witch-hunts and sorcery killings spread across Papua New Guinea, 101 East investigates shocking human rights abuses.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 12 : Modi the Messiah?
April. 24,2014
101 East goes on the campaign trail with Narendra Modi, the man tipped to be the next Prime Minister of India.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 11 : The ice age
April. 10,2014
101 East explores methamphetamine abuse in Australia often resulting in violent assaults and mental health breakdowns.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 10 : Indonesia's rock governor
April. 03,2014
We go behind the scenes with the man tipped to become Indonesia's next president – governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 9 : Killer crocs
March. 27,2014
As saltwater crocodiles stalk Australia's waterways, we investigate if they should be culled to curb attacks on humans.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 8 : Dying for fashion
March. 20,2014
Deadly clashes between poor garment workers and police are threatening to cripple Cambodia's largest export industry.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 7 : The vanishing sea tribe
March. 13,2014
Thailand's Moken tribe foresaw and survived the 2004 tsunami, but are the traditions that saved them being abandoned?
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 6 : The Dolphin Hunters
March. 06,2014
We join an annual tribal dolphin hunt in the Solomon Islands and ask whether this ancient practice should be stopped.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 5 : The Lost Boys
February. 20,2014
We explore the plight of thousands of children working in the dangerous coal mines of India’s Meghalaya state.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 4 : Philippines: Stray Bullets
February. 13,2014
We venture into the crime-ridden neighbourhoods of the Philippines to examine if a new law can get rid of gun violence.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 3 : Cry of the Tiger
February. 06,2014
Neglected and mistreated, endangered animals are dying inside Indonesia's disease-ridden Surabaya Zoo.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 2 : Tin Trouble
January. 23,2014
"Indonesia is the world’s biggest tin exporter but for poverty stricken miners, the costs are deadly.
"
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 1 : Japan: The next wave
January. 09,2014
We investigate the long-term effects of the 2011 tsunami, including a potential cancer threat for Fukushima's children.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Seasons
Similar titles
Culture Shock
Culture Shock is an American travel show hosted by Shenaz Treasurywala on the Travel Channel. It premiered on Monday 9 April 2007 at 8pm ET/PT. The program's self-described aim is to search out the "peculiar customs and bizarre traditions" of various cultures around the world. The pilot is currently being developed for a 13 episode series. The show was canceled.
Cleopatra
Cleopatra, the famed Egyptian Queen born in 69 B.C., is shown to have been brought by Roman ruler Julius Caesar at age 18. Caesar becomes sexually obsessed by the 18 year old queen, beds her, and eventually has a son by her. However, his Roman followers and his wife are not pleased by the union. In fact, as Caesar has only a daughter by his wife, he had picked Octavian as his successor.
This Week
ABC's Sunday morning political affairs program, currently hosted by George Stephanopoulos.
The Listening Post
Listening Post is Al Jazeera English's weekly media review show. It casts a critical eye over not just what gets reported, but how it's reported - covering the coverage of the news & analyzing global events through the prism of the media.
Sahara with Michael Palin
In this four-part BBC documentary, former Monty Python funnyman and renowned globe-trotter Michael Palin sets off from Gibraltar to travel across the Sahara, his witty humor downplaying the hardships he faces along the arduous journey. He travels to Morocco, Mauritania, Mali and beyond, across some of the harshest terrain on the planet.
Boy to Man
Adventurer and filmmaker Tim Noonan embarks on a solo journey of self-discovery to worlds beyond his imagination to try and unlock the mysteries of some of the most ancient tribes and to discover what it means to be the ultimate man.
Stratusphere
Seven-time WWE world champion Trish Stratus is going to the mat for a globe-trotting adventure. She travels to some of the world's most exotic locations -- Indonesia, Thailand, New Zealand and Fiji among them -- to explore the history and culture of the cities she visits, and to take part in some daring physical challenges.
Alastair Campbell Diaries
Documentary about the political life of Alastair Campbell, once the closest ally of Tony Blair.