
101 East
2014
201444 episodes
Episodes
- E1
Japan: The next wave
2014-01-09 · 30m
We investigate the long-term effects of the 2011 tsunami, including a potential cancer threat for Fukushima's children.
- E2
Tin Trouble
2014-01-23 · 30m
"Indonesia is the world’s biggest tin exporter but for poverty stricken miners, the costs are deadly. "
- E3
Cry of the Tiger
2014-02-06 · 30m
Neglected and mistreated, endangered animals are dying inside Indonesia's disease-ridden Surabaya Zoo.
- E4
Philippines: Stray Bullets
2014-02-13 · 30m
We venture into the crime-ridden neighbourhoods of the Philippines to examine if a new law can get rid of gun violence.
- E5
The Lost Boys
2014-02-20 · 30m
We explore the plight of thousands of children working in the dangerous coal mines of India’s Meghalaya state.
- E6
The Dolphin Hunters
2014-03-06 · 30m
We join an annual tribal dolphin hunt in the Solomon Islands and ask whether this ancient practice should be stopped.
- E7
The vanishing sea tribe
2014-03-13 · 30m
Thailand's Moken tribe foresaw and survived the 2004 tsunami, but are the traditions that saved them being abandoned?
- E8
Dying for fashion
2014-03-20 · 30m
Deadly clashes between poor garment workers and police are threatening to cripple Cambodia's largest export industry.
- E9
Killer crocs
2014-03-27 · 30m
As saltwater crocodiles stalk Australia's waterways, we investigate if they should be culled to curb attacks on humans.
- E10
Indonesia's rock governor
2014-04-03 · 30m
We go behind the scenes with the man tipped to become Indonesia's next president – governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo.
- E11
The ice age
2014-04-10 · 30m
101 East explores methamphetamine abuse in Australia often resulting in violent assaults and mental health breakdowns.
- E12
Modi the Messiah?
2014-04-24 · 30m
101 East goes on the campaign trail with Narendra Modi, the man tipped to be the next Prime Minister of India.
- E13
A war on witches
2014-05-01 · 30m
As witch-hunts and sorcery killings spread across Papua New Guinea, 101 East investigates shocking human rights abuses.
- E14
We built this city
2014-05-08 · 30m
After Singapore's first riot in decades, locals ask hard questions about the migrant worker abuse.
- E15
Bhutan's Forgotten People: Part 1
2014-05-22 · 30m
A two-part series follows ethnic Nepalese after they were expelled by Bhutan and found themselves stateless.
- E16
Bhutan's Forgotten People: Part 2
2014-05-29 · 30m
"In the second of a two-part special on ‘Bhutan’s Forgotten People’, 101 East follows Sabitra Biswa as she leaves a refugee camp in Nepal for a new life in the United States. Sabitra was one of 100,000 ethnic Nepalese forced out of Bhutan in the early 1990s in what many describe as systematic ethnic cleansing."
- E17
When the battle comes home
2014-06-05 · 30m
101 East looks at the rising rates of mental health problems among Australian veterans of the war in Afghanistan.
- E18
Humanoids
2014-06-12 · 30m
The development of robots that could save lives is an unparalleled breakthrough, but what if they also could kill?
- E19
Muzzling the messenger
2014-06-19 · 30m
Hong Kong’s press was once the most free in Asia, but many believe it is under attack from the central government.
- E20
Thailand in turmoil
2014-06-26 · 30m
As Thailand reels from its 12th military coup, what will it take to break the dangerous divide in this polarized nation?
- E21
Malaysia's gang menace
2014-07-10 · 30m
Malaysia’s violent ganglands are luring many ethnic indians struggling to fit into a segregated society.
- E22
The gift of sight
2014-07-17 · 30m
A Nepalese doctor takes an Indonesian woman under his tutelage and brings the gift of sight to the world's destitute.
- E23
Reef madness
2014-07-21 · 30m
The Spratly Islands in the South China Sea are resource rich and claimed by vying countries.
- E24
The baby makers
2014-07-24 · 30m
We meet the couples desperate for a child and the women in India who give birth to babies they will never know.
- E25
East Meets Tech
2014-07-31 · 30m
101 East heads to Silicon Valley to investigate the Asian influence on America's high-tech boom.
- E26
Food for thought
2014-08-07 · 30m
101 East goes undercover to expose the hidden harm in China's food industry.
- E27
Stalking cyber paedophiles
2014-08-14 · 30m
101 East examines how children in the Philippines are exploited when child sex predators lurk online.
- E28
The cost of beauty
2014-08-21 · 30m
101 East delves into Korea's plastic surgery craze and uncovers the real price of pursuing physical perfection.
- E29
Solo mums
2014-08-28 · 30m
What drives single mothers in South Korea to abandon their babies?
- E30
Out of steppe
2014-09-04 · 30m
Mongolia's booming economy is growing millionaires, but what happens to those who miss out or are left behind?
- E31
Laos: The legacy
2014-09-11 · 30m
A group of women risk life and limb to clear Laos of cluster bombs and make their country safe for future generations.
- E32
Japan's throwaway children
2014-10-02 · 30m
In a country that frowns upon foster care, 33,000 children from abusive homes are growing up in state institutions.
- E33
Drugged up Pakistan
2014-10-09 · 30m
With more than six million drug users and rising, can Pakistan win its fight against the billion-dollar narcotics trade?
- E34
Ditching the draft
2014-10-16 · 30m
We gain exclusive access to Taiwan's special forces and ask if the island can fend off China with a volunteer army.
- E35
Strangers in Paradise: Australia's offshore detainees
2014-10-23 · 30m
We travel to remote Manus Island in Papua New Guinea to investigate Australia's refugee detention programme.
- E36
Tibet calling
2014-10-29 · 30m
101 East travels to an isolated outpost of Tibetan culture in Nepal that is at risk of losing its unique way of life.
- E37
Philippines: After Haiyan
2014-11-06 · 30m
We returned to the Philippines in 2014 to see how survivors of Typhoon Haiyan were coping in the hardest-hit areas.
- E38
Battling the dry
2014-11-13 · 30m
101 East explores the human cost of the severe drought paralysing Australia’s north.
- E39
Malaysia's Unwanted
2014-11-20 · 30m
With refugees at risk of abuse and exploitation in Malaysia, 101 East investigates if those in charge are doing enough.
- E40
Myanmar's Jade Curse
2014-11-27 · 30m
China's jade obsession drives a multi-billion dollar black market that fuels a drug-infested jade mining industry.
- E41
Japan's stalking crisis
2014-12-11 · 30m
Stalkers are terrorising more and more women across the country, with 21,000 cases reported to police in 2013.
- E42
Thailand's tainted robes
2014-12-18 · 30m
As scandals involving misbehaving monks rock the nation, 101 East examines if Thailand can save its moral soul.
- E43
Thailand's Blood Timber
2014-12-31 · 30m
101 East follows the trail of illegal poachers who risk it all for the exotic hardwood, driving a species to extinction.
- E44
Special Episode 1
2014-01-08
No episode synopsis available yet.
