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.
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...

The people, ideas, and events that created our current world economy.

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...

When the Boat Comes In is a British television period drama produced by the BBC between 8 January 19...

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

The series is based on the award-winning Brazilian film City of God, which itself was nominated for ...

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

Hiyori Iki is a normal middle school student until she was involved in a bus accident while trying t...

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

By inscrutable vagaries of fate, an immensely rich family becomes moderately poor, and a moderately ...

A poor and ordinary boy from a village joins a minor sect in Jiang Hu and becomes an Unofficial Disc...