BIG STORY – Nurture

October 25, 2019

BIG STORY – Babel

Iraq: War Continued tells the story of a country, a conflict, and the upending of global order, from the perspective of those who fought in the war, those who covered the war, and those who became its victims.

October 18, 2019

BIG STORY – China’s AI Revolution

China’s AI Revolution takes a look at how artificial intelligence is being used to streamline shopping, secure sprawling cities, manage traffic, and even assist in diagnosing cancer. 

October 11, 2019

BIG STORY – Black Cloud

Black Cloud tells the tale of those who cannot imagine life without coal even though its mining places their lives in direct danger.

August 30, 2019

BIG STORY – The New Silk Road

Into Europe looks at how China is refurbishing existing infrastructure, and building cutting edge projects to further connect the Eurasian landmass.

August 2, 2019

BIG STORY – Iraq: War Continued

June 28, 2019

BIG STORY – Poor Europe?

Shot across the continent, Poor Europe investigates why poverty is still present in Europe, and searches for solutions to this pressing dilemma.

June 21, 2019

BIG STORY – Fortress Europe

A continent being pushed to the brink, as it struggles to balance its response to the worldwide refugee crisis that’s arrived on its shores.

April 12, 2019

BIG STORY – Drowning in Plastic

It’s one of the biggest threats we’ve ever faced: trillions of pieces of plastic choking the very lifeblood of our earth, and every marine animal – from the smallest plankton to the largest mammals – being affected.

December 21, 2018

BIG STORY – America’s Fourth Estate

From Executive Producer Oliver Stone, an exploration of the intersection between media, government and the truth.

December 14, 2018

BIG STORY – The Lost Children of Tunisia

The Lost Children of Tunisia is a harrowing portrait of the devastating effects terrorism has had on Tunisia. It introduces viewers to families whose lives have been forever-altered by sons who have – sometimes secretly – left to join ISIL.

December 7, 2018

BIG STORY – The Landing Strip

With eight percent of the drugs that come into the United States passing through its borders, the mark left on Honduras is dark, and plagued with destruction.

November 29, 2018

BIG STORY – Overdose

A public health emergency that claims over 130 lives every day in the U.S. With millions misusing prescription opioids, and hundreds of thousands turning to heroin, “Overdose” goes to the heart of a crisis that is grappling an entire nation.

journalist interviewing migrant on train

October 19, 2018

BIG STORY – Another News Story

Following the migrant crisis, Another News Story takes a poignant, up-close look at the challenges of balancing objectivity and humanity in a packed and fast-moving news cycle.

October 12, 2018

BIG STORY – Sand Wars

Sand is not an infinite resource, and the planet’s gigantic demand for it is threatening its very existence. “Sand Wars” investigates this modern day “gold rush,” one that poses a real danger to humans, and the environment, in every corner of the globe.

September 21, 2018

BIG STORY – Road to Riches

With a goal to fully eliminate poverty by 2020, China’s rural and underserved population is being given an unprecedented opportunity for upward social mobility. Yet the challenges are enormous, for the masses and individuals alike.

Coastline of Fukushima near nuclear plant.

August 31, 2018

BIG STORY – Return to Fukushima

The story of three families exploring the dangers -and desires – of finally going home. The difficult journey residents of Fukushima still have to take.

August 24, 2018

BIG STORY – A Hard Land for Women

It’s of the world’s most dynamic countries, a vast subcontinent with a rich millennial history. This is the story of India, a land of vast contradictions, where women struggle to survive and thrive.

August 17, 2018

BIG STORY – Out of the Dark

On June 23, 2018, twelve young soccer players and their coach set off to explore a cave in northern Thailand, becoming trapped 4KM deep inside it. This is the story of how a massive effort became an even bigger miracle.

July 27, 2018

BIG STORY – Guardians of the Earth

In 2015, 20,000 negotiators, representing 195 nations, descended upon Paris for a tension-filled, high-stakes 11 days, in the name of reaching an accord. Guardians of the Earth tells the story of how it was done.

July 19, 2018

BIG STORY – From Local to Global

Forty years ago, China opened its economy to the world, and also stepped out into it, creating extraordinary change both inside China, and beyond it.

July 5, 2018

BIG STORY – Power Shifts

Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology. Mirroring behaviors seen across Asia for millennia, this shift gives way to a new paradigm of power.

June 29, 2018

BIG STORY – Dirty Business

This is an investigation into how old electronics, discarded in some of the world’s richest countries, end up unrecycled. It’s the story of the trail of pollution – and corruption – that is left when trash is illicit, and business is dirty.

January 1, 2018

BIG STORY – Tell Spring not to come this year

Without a NATO soldier in sight and no narrative but their own, this is story of the war in Afghanistan, told through the eyes of the Afghans who live inside it.

December 26, 2017

BIG STORY – Mr. Deng goes to Washington

On January 1, 1979, China and the United States re-established full diplomatic relations. A few weeks later, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping made an official visit to the United States, a trip that would go down in the history books.

December 19, 2017

BIG STORY – Unsustainable

Gerry Hadden goes into the heart of South America to meet the people affected by a unique paradigm: fighting scarcity in lands of tremendous abundance.

December 5, 2017

BIG STORY – The Battle for Mosul

Mosul is the second largest city in Iraq. In 2014, it was seized by Islamic State, becoming de-facto capital of the terror group. French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy embedded with troops from all sides to witness the last days of the battle to liberate this important city.

November 28, 2017

BIG STORY – TERROR PART V: Islamic State

On Big Story, VICE founder Suroosh Alvi traces the Islamic State’s origins back to a U.S. prison camp, and shows how the group’s rise has left a trail of unparalleled brutality. He meets with U.S. government officials, Iraqi military, and victims who have narrowly escaped the group’s beheadings or mass executions.

November 16, 2017

BIG STORY – TERROR PART IV: Boko Haram

On Big Story, VICE founder Suroosh Alvi travels to Pakistan – where he spent many summers growing up – to trace the roots of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. As Pakistan’s umbrella organization for the Taliban, the group has engaged in ruthless terror campaigns that have killed tens of thousands in Karachi and beyond.

November 15, 2017

BIG STORY – TERROR PART III: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan

November 7, 2017

BIG STORY – TERROR PART II: al Shabaab

On Big Story, VICE founder Suroosh Alvi travels to eastern Africa, where he documents the spread of al Shabaab and its relentless reign of terror, made notorious by its large-scale attacks in Somalia, Kenya and beyond.

October 30, 2017

BIG STORY – TERROR PART I: Al Qaeda

On Big Story, VICE founder Suroosh Alvi risks his life to meet with al Qaeda members, government officials, civilians and victims to investigate the organization’s origins, impact and plans for the future.

October 26, 2017

BIG STORY – Welcome to Refugeestan

What happens when the temporary feels like a decades-long prison?

October 20, 2017

BIG STORY – Middle Class Kingdom

A middle class larger than most countries, works with grit and growing pains for glory.

October 10, 2017

BIG STORY – Forget Me Not

“De Verrekijker” looks like a normal Dutch primary school. However, the boys and girls are children of rejected asylum seekers.

January 17, 2017

BIG STORY – Reinventing Cuba

CGTN’s Gerry Hadden, a long time Cuba watcher takes viewers on a personal journey. Hadden portrays vibrant, hopeful, and resourceful characters facing enormous challenges in today’s Cuba.

January 12, 2017

BIG STORY – On Thin Ice

Reporter Sean Callebs and photographer Andrew Smith spent three months in the Arctic, documenting the changes in the region for the original documentary: “On Thin Ice: The People of the North”.

January 4, 2017

BIG STORY – Please remember me

Among China’s increasingly ageing population, there are more than nine million Alzheimer’s patients; the largest number in any country.

December 28, 2016

BIG STORY – Following the Afghan National Army fighting in Helmand Province

The documentary “Tell Spring Not to Come This Year” is a gripping, observational film following one unit of the Afghan National Army over the course of its first year of fighting in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

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