Lesotho's Maseru Central Correctional Institute in Southern Africa holds the country's most dangerous and disturbed criminals. Shockingly almost half the inmates are doing time for rape. The culture of sexual violence in Lesotho has deep roots in society. Women are taken as secondary citizens in their culture. And sexual aggression continues inside the prison. In this episode, Raphael Rowe will spend a week locked up in this African prison surrounded by sex offenders.
Episode 4 rounds everything out while simultaneously focusing on his career and the next steps. After a performance tribute to Jamal, Ed and Cherry get good news and reflect on a turbulent year.
A new force threatens our perfect planet. In the past, five mass extinction events were caused by cataclysmic volcanic eruptions. It was not the lava or ash that wiped out life, but an invisible gas released by volcanoes: carbon dioxide. Almost every part of modern life depends on energy created by burning fossil fuels, and this produces CO2 in huge amounts. Humans are changing our planet so rapidly, it’s affecting earth’s life support systems: our weather, our oceans and the living world. The greatest change to be made is in how we create energy, and the planet is brimming with natural power that can help us do just that. It’s these forces of nature - the wind, the sun, waves and geothermal energy - that hold the key to our future. Through compelling animal-led stories and expert interviews, we discover how CO2 is destabilising our planet. We meet rescued orphaned elephants in Kenya, victims of ever worsening droughts, and join ocean patrols off the coast of Gabon fighting to save endangered sharks. In the Amazon, we witness wildlife teams saving animals in the shrinking forests, and in San Diego we enter a cryogenic zoo preserving the DNA of endangered species before they become extinct.
The Pirate Republic of Nassau gets fat attacking trade between Britain and the Americas. But its foundations are rocked by the death of the most successful pirate who ever lived, Black Sam Bellamy, washed up on a New England beach. But Edward Thatch reinvents himself and becomes the most devilish pirate of all, Blackbeard. Woodes Rogers' campaign begins with the offer of a pardon, which Hornigold and Jennings accept; but not all Nassau pirates agree.
(Click CC for subtitles) After Kiki's murder, Hector gets reassigned to Mexico where he ends up leading DEA agents and Mexican soldiers into the longest and deadliest shootout in DEA history. While this puts a million dollar bounty on his head, it also impresses the DEA brass, who then decide to put Hector, one of their most aggressive narcs, in charge of the investigation into Kiki's murder.
(Click CC for subtitles) Hector Berrellez's informants give him ground breaking evidence - first-hand, eyewitness accounts of Kiki's kidnapping, torture, and murder. He learns the incident took place in a cartel hacienda where high-level Mexican government officials were present, along with a mysterious Cuban. They also reveal the cartel and governments attempts to cover up the crime.
In this episode, Raphael Rowe will spend a week locked up in this African prison surrounded by sex offenders.