In the midst of unprecedented national prosperity in the 1960s, poverty was "rediscovered" by American policy makers, media and the public. This series examines how the poor fared during these years and the resultant evolution of foundation and public sector programs addressing the challenges of poverty.

A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.

The people, ideas, and events that created our current world economy.
Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they...

A look at the legacy of Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 in reshaping global charity and politics. Feat...

Four famous volunteers try to untangle the complicated reasons and life choices that lie behind Brit...

Four famous volunteers agree to swap their fame and fortune for a world of joblessness, job-hunting ...

The Oblongs are not so much dysfunctional as slightly nonfunctional. Living next to a polluted swamp...

Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty street of London, but their pursuit of money and powe...

The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections...

Maria is an orphan girl who suffers from her stepmother's wickedness. She then decides to escape in ...

A young man gets entangled in a kidnap-for-ransom situation. He offers the kidnappers all his hard-e...

Totoy Bato is a boxing-themed Philippine drama from GMA Network, based on the graphic novel created ...

When Zhang Nan was a child, his mother was imprisoned because she had fought with the villagers over...

Bleak House is BBC television drama first broadcast in 1985. The serial was adapted by Arthur Hopcra...

A loving heart trapped beneath an ugly facade, ignored and unappreciated by those who fail to see be...