Africa

This documentary explores the lesser known stories of the country Congo. Join in, as BBC journalist Alastair Leithead travels from the Atlantic Ocean into the heart of the African country of Congo to discover them.

Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children investigates several children growing up in today's Zimbabwe and how they live their day-to-day life. These kids are trapped in a cycle of poverty, where hope and dreams are the only remedy to press on.

Experience one of the biggest, longest and heaviest trains in the world - a massive iron ore train running across Mauritania's Sahara desert nicknamed the "Backbone of the Sahara".

Take a look into the lifestyle and mindset of several Kenyan athletes, each of them pursuing a better life through one of the toughest sports disciplines in the world: Marathon running.

Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free two years ago, but survivors are still suffering. After recovery, they are ostracised and rejected by whole communities and even their own families, who fear that they still carry the deadly infection.

Join an, as we dig deep into ancient Nubia. This historical and archaeological journey dates back thousands of years. It is time to unravel Africa's forgotten kingdom; Nubia.

Journey to the Libyan part of Sahara, where an environmental disaster is awaiting to happen; vast amounts of millions of year old fossil water reserves are being extracted underneath the rolling sand dunes.

Filmed in 1993, The Tides of Kirawira explores the animal life in the Grumeti river in Kirawira, Serengeti Tanzania. It shows how the river plays a direct part in the Tanzanian animal kingdom's way of behaviour throughout the each natural season.

Created in 1995 by Greg Grainger, Wildest Africa sets out to explore the wildlife and nature of the Africa. Experience a bit older, slower paced, nature documentary focused on the African animal kingdom and the eternal struggle to survive.

Ruled by poverty, political unrest and corruption, Togo: Tough to Survive sets out to explore societal life in Togo. Poverty dictates every day, and besides working themselves to near death - parents are forced to let their children work on manual labor to afford enough food on the table.

Britain's Slave Trade is a historical documentary taking a look at Britain's slave trade. It shows the business of slavery and how slave-trading was between complicit Africans, fuelled by the greed of African kings, and Great Britain.

Congo, My Precious explores one of the world's most resource rich countries - Congo - and how the Congolese laboureres still fall victim to the unending mineral based power struggle.

Filmed over the space of a year, The Adventure follows three illegal immigrants living in Athens, their obsession with leaving, and the need for money and luck.

This documentary visits the people of Samburu, who have maintained a strict patriarchy for over 500 years in northern Kenya. That is, until 25 years ago, when Rebecca Lolosoli founded Umoja village as a safe haven for the region's women.

This documentary digs deep into Burkina Faso's unregulated gold rush and the corruption behind it.