Global Eye
Global Eye: Season 1

Air Date

September 8, 2025

Episodes

9 episodes

Global Eye

Season 1

Overview

A weekly programme from the BBC World Service, bringing forensic journalism from all corners of the world by BBC Eye, the World Service’s critically acclaimed investigative unit. It features expert global correspondents getting to the heart of the biggest international stories.

Episodes

08/09/2025: Ukraine Under Fire & Sudan’s Crisis

1. 08/09/2025: Ukraine Under Fire & Sudan’s Crisis

September 8, 2025
29 min

In the first episode, we hear from residents in Ukraine's Kharkiv and Nawal Al-Maghafi reports on the escalating crisis in Sudan.

15/09/2025: Syria’s Lost Children & South Korea’s Martial Law

2. 15/09/2025: Syria’s Lost Children & South Korea’s Martial Law

September 15, 2025
28 min

In this week’s episode: an investigation into the disappearance of children under the Assad regime in Syria and Jean Mackenzie reports on the political turmoil in South Korea following the short-lived declaration of martial law last year.

22/09/2025: Fake News Network & Melting Alaska

3. 22/09/2025: Fake News Network & Melting Alaska

September 22, 2025
29 min

In this episode, a BBC undercover reporter exposes a fake news operation in a European country about to go to the polls and Anna Holligan is in Alaska, America's last frontier, where rising temperatures are threatening communities, livelihoods and fragile ecosystems.

29/09/2025: Kenya’s Protest Killings

4. 29/09/2025: Kenya’s Protest Killings

September 29, 2025
27 min

In this week’s episode, an investigation exposing members of the security forces who shot dead protesters at Kenya's parliament last year. And reporting from Nairobi, Waihiga Mwaura explores the aftermath of that brutal crackdown on those who took to the streets.

06/10/2025: Missing Leader Mystery & Cuba’s Economic Collapse

5. 06/10/2025: Missing Leader Mystery & Cuba’s Economic Collapse

October 6, 2025
29 min

In this week’s episode, significant new evidence that may hold the clue to the fate of a Middle Eastern political leader missing for more than 40 years, and Will Grant reports from Havana on Cuba's worst economic crisis since the Cold War.

13/10/2025: Opioid Crisis in West Africa & Report from Kashmir

6. 13/10/2025: Opioid Crisis in West Africa & Report from Kashmir

October 13, 2025
29 min

This week, an investigation into unlicensed opioids that have been driving a major public health crisis in West Africa and Diyva Arya is in Indian Administered Kashmir.

20/10/2025: Spies in Hong Kong & Lebanon's Uncertain Future

7. 20/10/2025: Spies in Hong Kong & Lebanon's Uncertain Future

October 20, 2025
29 min

In this week’s episode, BBC Eye uncovers a growing culture of surveillance and informants in Hong Kong in the wake of the so-called “patriots law” and Carine Torbey reports from Beirut on how what is happening in Lebanon could shape the future of the entire Middle East.

27/10/2025: Gen Z Uprisings and the Fall of Two Leaders

8. 27/10/2025: Gen Z Uprisings and the Fall of Two Leaders

October 27, 2025
29 min

In this week’s episode we explore the rise of gen Z protests around the world. The Eye team uncovers what really happened during the popular youth uprising that led to the downfall of Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Sammy Awami is in Madagascar, where another wave of political unrest driven by gen Z anger and frustration toppled President Andry Rajoelina.

9. 03/11/2025

November 3, 2025
29 min
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