101 East
2016
40 episodes
Episode 1
The Bounty Hunters
As weak law enforcement allows the Philippines' most wanted fugitives to evade capture, are bounty hunters the answer?
Episode 2
Too Young to Wed: Child Marriage in Bangladesh
101 East travels to Bangladesh to find out why young girls are often forced to marry men twice their age.
Episode 3
Out of Sight: Malaysia's Orang Asli
101 East investigates what led to the deaths of five indigenous children who went missing in the jungles of Malaysia.
Episode 4
Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence in Australia
101 East examines why domestic violence touches so many Australian women and asks what is being done to turn the tide.
Episode 5
South Korea's Hangover
South Koreans drink twice as much liquor as Russians, but is this national obsession with alcohol reversible?
Episode 6
Australia: In the Line of Fire
Australians living in the world's most fire-prone region grapple daily with a life-or-death choice: fight or flight.
Episode 7
Inside Indonesia's Drug War
Indonesia's drug laws are some of the strictest in the world, but are long jail terms and capital punishment working?
Episode 8
On Thin Ice: India's National Ice Hockey Team
India's national ice hockey team is fighting to win hearts and matches in their quest for international sporting glory.
Episode 9
Cambodia: Unlicensed to Heal
101 East investigates Cambodia's healthcare system and asks if unlicensed village medics are the best hope for the sick.
Episode 10
The Orangutan Whisperer
Can orangutan expert Leif Cocks and special jungle schools in Sumatra help save the endangered species from extinction?
Episode 11
Cambodia, My New Home
We follow refugees who hoped to live in Australia as they are resettled in Cambodia in a controversial transfer deal.
Episode 12
Rodrigo Duterte: Guns, Goons and the Presidency
Using gun power, he cleaned up his violent city. Now he wants the Filipino presidency. We join his wild ride to the top.
Episode 13
Nepal: After the Earthquake
We return to Nepal to find out how people have endured the aftermath of one of the nation's deadliest natural disasters.
Episode 14
Hong Kong's Missing Booksellers
Five Hong Kong booksellers vanish, only to surface in China. How and why did they get there?
Episode 15
Hong Kong: Aged and Abandoned
Hong Kong is one of the world's richest cities, so why are thousands of elderly residents collecting rubbish to survive?
Episode 16
India's Love Detectives
Hiring private detectives to investigate lovers is big business in India as modern technology challenges tradition.
Episode 17
Shark Alarm: Protecting Australia's Swimmers
101 East dives headfirst into the debate over whether Australia is doing enough to protect swimmers from shark attacks.
Episode 18
Good Morning Pakistan: Journalists Under Threat
In Pakistan's tribal areas, journalists risk it all to deliver the news.
Episode 19
China's Rich Girls
We enter the inner circle of China's new generation of elites to get an insight into a world where money is no object.
Episode 20
Myanmar's Poppylands
Growing opium provides vital income for thousands of families in Myanmar but the drug is devastating entire communities.
Episode 21
Afghanistan's Slippery Slopes
A ski industry has sprung up in the remote alps of Afghanistan. But will this enterprise survive a resurgent Taliban?
Episode 22
How Safe are Asia's Airlines?
101 East investigates if Asia's budget airlines are sacrificing safety as competition for passengers heats up.
Episode 23
Afghanistan: Medics Under Fire
We investigate the dangers facing medics on the frontline in the wake of a fatal attack on a hospital in Afghanistan.
Episode 24
No Safe Haven: Chinese Dissidents Living in Fear
Thailand has long been a sanctuary for Chinese dissidents, but it no longer offers safety for those seeking refuge.
Episode 25
How to be a Chinese Tourist
We go on tour in Paris with the Chinese tour groups who have joined the notorious club of the world's worst tourists
Episode 26
The Rise of India's superbugs
Tens of thousands of newborns are dying every year in India from antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Episode 27
Finding Love In Japan
Romance is proving problematic for Japanese youth. Can state-sanctioned matchmaking provide the perfect love potion?
Episode 28
Inside Fukushima's Time Bomb
Five years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster many residents are still living in a radioactive nightmare.
Episode 29
India's Miracle Babies
India's elderly new mothers: Are doctors playing God, or does every woman have the right to bear a child?
Episode 30
Asia's Kidney Black Market
We explore Asia's organ black market, from the villages of Nepal to the Indian city known as the 'Great Kidney Bazaar'.
Episode 31
The End of China Inc?
As time is running out for China to pay off its bad debts, 101 East investigates if this could be the end of China Inc.
Episode 32
Maid in Singapore
Agents in Myanmar are recruiting girls as young as 15 to work as domestic helpers in Singapore.
Episode 33
Japan: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
A look at Japan's justice system as forced confessions and wrong convictions threaten to taint law enforcement agencies.
Episode 34
Hope for Australia's Indigenous
We investigate how the Australian town of Bourke is trying to save their indigenous youth from a life of crime.
Episode 35
India's Slave Brides
101 East investigates how every year, tens of thousands of girls and women in India are trafficked into slave marriages.
Episode 36
Rodrigo Duterte: The President's Report Card
The Philippine president has been accused of ordering extrajudicial killings, but who is the man behind the headlines?
Episode 37
Malaysia: Babies for Sale
101 East investigates the sinister world of baby selling in Malaysia, where infants are sold to the highest bidder.
Episode 38
China's Left-Behind Generation
Millions of China's children are growing up without their parents. We look at the struggles of a generation left behind.
Episode 39
China's African Gold Rush
101 East travels into Ghana's tropical rainforest where 30,000 Chinese miners hunt for gold.
Episode 40
Fleeing South Korea
Young skilled South Koreans throw away their careers for manual jobs overseas to flee the pressures of life at home.
