1 00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:04,600 Most of us love going on a journey. 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,800 I've been incredibly lucky, exploring countries 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,360 on six different continents. 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,560 Now that travel has become a bit tricky, it's not a bad time 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,800 to have a look back. 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,320 In this series, I'm going to be showing you some of 7 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,200 my most memorable adventures. 8 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:21,400 WHISTLE BLOWS 9 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:22,640 HORN BLARES 10 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,120 We're on the way. 11 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:29,680 The landscape is incredible. 12 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,240 The vegetation everywhere you look - green! 13 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,040 All different shades of green. 14 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,840 If you're going to try and imagine paradise, 15 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,320 that's it. 16 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,800 And this, this is a real treasure of Haiti. 17 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,800 I've met hundreds of incredible people. 18 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,640 Hello, my friend. Welcome to Libya. 19 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,920 SIREN BLARES 20 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,280 Welcome to El Salvador! Thank you, mate. 21 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,360 Welcome to Uzbekistan. SHE LAUGHS 22 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,480 I'll be catching up with some of them. 23 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,400 VIDEO: ..Because they're cheap, they have nimble fingers... 24 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:06,960 Oh, mate! 25 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:13,000 This is a land of utter extremes, this is where heaven and hell 26 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,040 are said to collide. 27 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,360 And I'll be sharing what I've learned on my travels... 28 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,600 I have no words, just good luck, OK? Thank you. Good luck. 29 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,600 What ever you do. Good luck. 30 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:29,960 ..about the challenges and the solutions for our incredible planet. 31 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:34,120 There are buffalo once more on the American plain, 32 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,280 and that's a bloody wonderful thing. 33 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:44,840 Ready... 34 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:47,920 HE LAUGHS 35 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:51,920 Good boy! 36 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,080 I've had a bit more time at home recently. 37 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:58,880 Somebody's not complaining! 38 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:00,760 Come on, ready? 39 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,720 Ah! 40 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,440 That'll keep him quiet for a moment. 41 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:10,720 I love the landscapes of our planet, the wildlife, the food. 42 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:15,520 But for me, I think the strongest travel experiences are encounters 43 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,200 with people, and the very human stories that I hear. 44 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,880 So in this programme, we're going to be showing you and introducing 45 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:27,160 you to some of the most incredible characters I've met on my travels. 46 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,160 Ali! Ali! 47 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:30,760 Assalamu alaikum, Ali. 48 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,040 I think people are the reason to travel. 49 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:37,000 This is Ali the Lion. Honour to meet you. 50 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,760 There was Ali the Lion, a tribal leader 51 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,960 from the southern Egyptian desert. What is this? 52 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,840 Aren't you supposed to do something like twirling the sticks together 53 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,280 or something? This is cheating! 54 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,160 He showed me some legendary Bedouin hospitality. 55 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:57,600 It's delicious. 56 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,280 Bloody hell! 57 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:09,800 What are you laughing about? 58 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,480 THEY LAUGH 59 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,560 Majd Mashharawi, a Palestinian inventor, 60 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:18,560 had come up with a way of making bricks from the ashes of conflict. 61 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,120 THEY CHEER 62 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:24,400 People around me said, "You're crazy if you want to go back." 63 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,440 But I left for the reason to help my people, so I have to come back. 64 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,800 So this is Father Andreas. 65 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,520 THEY LAUGH 66 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,680 And it's hard to forget the Greek priest whose hobbies 67 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,680 seemed to be urban warfare. 68 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:40,480 Thank you. 69 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:42,920 GUN COCKS 70 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,360 RAPID GUNSHOTS 71 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,040 You do love your guns. 72 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,560 I've travelled through more than 130 countries - 73 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,360 and there's one in particular where people are always welcoming 74 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,360 and inspiring. 75 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:02,080 How are you? I'm very well, thank you. How are you? 76 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,400 I first visited Bangladesh in 2010. 77 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,840 At the mouth of the Ganges, it's a beautiful maze 78 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,560 of waterways and rivers. 79 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,320 My guide in Bangladesh was a very special chap. 80 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,760 Tanjil, say hello. Hello. 81 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,400 I'm Simon. And I'm Tanjil. 82 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,000 In Bangladesh, Tanjil Rahman has shown me around 83 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,320 every side of this remarkable country... 84 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:35,480 Oh! 85 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,240 ..and its unique culture. 86 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,000 WHISTLE BLOWS 87 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,120 Yeah, you played good. You played good. 88 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,880 Your movement and your... Everything was kind of perfect - 89 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,520 as a beginner. 90 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,040 HE EXHALES 91 00:04:58,440 --> 00:04:59,920 Welcome to Dhaka! 92 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:01,320 SIMON LAUGHS 93 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,400 Look at that way...and that way. 94 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:10,480 But he's also opened my eyes to the reality of life, 95 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,600 including in the slums of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, 96 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,560 really memorable and moving human stories. 97 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:23,800 As we've been walking along, we've gathered, like the Pied Pipers, 98 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:28,560 a small little group of urchins around us. 99 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,440 And what they do is walk around, 100 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,480 walk around the streets, collecting up fragments of plastic or glass, 101 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,200 bottles, any bits that they can recycle. 102 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,080 Can we have a look in here? 103 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,840 Can we see? 104 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:45,320 So, look, plastic bottles in here. 105 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,000 Aluminium cans. Yeah. 106 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:52,320 And then they'll sell them to a recycling shop. 107 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:56,000 It's quite hard to see four-year-olds, five-year-olds 108 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,400 working on the streets barefoot like that. 109 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,680 The more back streets we went down, the more I learnt 110 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,320 about the country's child labour problem. 111 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,360 This is it here? 112 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,200 God, can you hear the furnace going? 113 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,240 FURNACE ROARS 114 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,240 Even a child-sized entrance. 115 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,600 Tanjil took me to a glass-recycling factory where they were making 116 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,040 bottles for export to South Korea. 117 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:26,440 Good God. 118 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,920 This is Jahangir. Jahangir. 119 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,080 Hello, Jahangir. Very nice to meet you. 120 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,520 Jahangir, who was ten at the time, 121 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,800 was working a full shift every day for the equivalent of about 30p, 122 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,640 but enough to buy a small bag of rice for his family. 123 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,160 Why did you put that one in there, Jahangir? 124 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:48,440 TANJIL TRANSLATES 125 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,240 Ah. 126 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,960 It's basically quality control, isn't it? 127 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,440 I can still remember how hot it felt in there. 128 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,480 It was 40 degrees outside, and the heat by the furnace 129 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:09,800 was almost unbearable. 130 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,560 The fumes coming from the furnace, 131 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,400 they're really choking. 132 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,240 And we're just here for a few minutes. 133 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,680 So, he's taking us up to see where he... 134 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,360 ..where he sleeps with his mum and his sister, 135 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,640 and can you see his sister is barefoot? 136 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:44,440 In a glass factory. 137 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,640 This is his bed. Just right here? 138 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,640 And is it just your family here, or are there more people who live here? 139 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,040 Do you find it hard, working in the factory? 140 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,440 Why did Mum want you to come and live here? 141 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,760 Why did Mum want you to come to the glass factory? 142 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,880 There have been huge efforts to eradicate the scourge 143 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,960 of child labour, but still today it's estimated that in the world's 144 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,520 poorest countries, one in four children go out to work. 145 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,320 There's a shift change, new operator. 146 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,120 This operator, can you show us your arm? 147 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,920 At that moment, it seemed obvious to me these kids should be stopped 148 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:11,000 from working immediately, but the older labourers wanted me 149 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,000 to understand the possible consequences if some children 150 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,760 were prevented from working and earning a living. 151 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,200 These men started working between the ages of nine and 11. 152 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,360 They were adamant simply banning child labour overnight could 153 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,280 create more suffering, not less. 154 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,720 If you ban child labour and reduce the ability of kids and families 155 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,000 to feed themselves, there needs to be alternatives - 156 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,400 government help for the poor and education for all. 157 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,680 Not always forthcoming in Bangladesh. 158 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:11,920 But the United Nations children's agency UNICEF had set up centres 159 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:15,560 for working children, and little Jahangir took me to visit one. 160 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:17,440 So, this is the centre. 161 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:18,920 Oh, my good God! 162 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,000 Oh, my goodness! 163 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Hello. ALL GREET HIM 164 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,600 HE GREETS THEM IN BENGALI 165 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,400 Jahangir, you've got a lot of friends here! 166 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:35,480 Gundu. Gundu. 167 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:37,720 Gundu. 168 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,320 The centre was giving children a free lunch and a shower, 169 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,160 space to learn and have fun. 170 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:52,120 Years later, it's still going strong, offering a basic education 171 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,680 that can help break an endless cycle which sees generation 172 00:10:55,680 --> 00:10:59,240 after generation stuck in illiteracy and poverty. 173 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:05,200 Jahangir, tell us, what do you like about coming to the centre? 174 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,400 This is your favourite thing about the centre, is playing this game? 175 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:16,720 What about your friends? 176 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:36,280 Good boy! 177 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:40,640 I felt really outraged seeing how child labour was blighting 178 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:45,080 the lives of so many kids, and I can still remember 179 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,680 what a difference even just a few hours at that centre made 180 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:52,280 to Jahangir. That experience, that encounter really taught me 181 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,120 that you can't always just follow your knee-jerk reaction, 182 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,840 and that an issue like child labour can be so much more complex 183 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,240 close up than it can appear from thousands of miles away. 184 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,120 I don't always get to find out what happened to people after I film 185 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:13,560 with them, but in Jahangir's case, we do know what happened next 186 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:18,680 because the lovely people at UNICEF in Bangladesh have kept in touch 187 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:23,800 with him, and they've sent me a video with a bit of an update. 188 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,080 Bloody hell. 189 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:36,120 Wow. 190 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,040 Look at him now! 191 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:44,040 Jahangir is now 20 years old. He's married with a son... 192 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,960 ..and he works as his own boss, 193 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,600 driving a battery-powered rickshaw taxi. 194 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,640 And according to the UNICEF team, who are still in touch with him, 195 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,960 he's hoping to provide a proper education for his son. 196 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:07,800 Oh, it's so lovely! 197 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:11,800 SIMON LAUGHS 198 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,320 They've shown him a video of our film! 199 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:15,920 VIDEO: The fumes coming from the furnace... 200 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,440 Why did you put that one in there, Jahangir? 201 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,160 They have nimble fingers and they complain less than adults. 202 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:26,880 Oh, mate! 203 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:52,120 Oh! 204 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,280 My goodness! It made such an impact on me, filming with him. 205 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,480 He was such a sweet young lad, 206 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,960 and I had no idea how his life would turn out, 207 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,800 whether he would even survive to adulthood. 208 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:14,320 Can you believe it? 209 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:17,440 Oh! 210 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,880 I've met so many thousands of people across the years 211 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,720 and around the world held back by their circumstance, 212 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,640 whether war or poverty or prejudice. 213 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,520 But given half a chance, we can all flourish. 214 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,800 Almost anyone can be almost anything. 215 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:41,880 But all too often people don't get the chance or the luck 216 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,920 to make the most of their abilities. 217 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,000 It's the end of our journey across Bangladesh. 218 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,640 I've loved every minute of it. 219 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,800 It's packed and poor, but it's a beautiful, beautiful 220 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,760 country, and I'm really sorry to go. 221 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:05,440 Today, the people of Bangladesh still face enormous challenges, 222 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,320 but the proportion of them living in extreme poverty has halved 223 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,960 since 2000, and more and more children are being educated. 224 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,360 Farewell, mate. 225 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,000 Thank you very much indeed. 226 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,240 Thank you, sir. 227 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,360 Bye-bye, mate. I feel quite emotional. Yes. I am also. 228 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,040 Yeah. All right. We had a good time. 229 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:24,920 We had a very good time. We'll remember that. 230 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:26,160 I'll see you again. Yeah. 231 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,920 Until recently, the proportion of the world's people 232 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,680 living in extreme poverty had been falling dramatically. 233 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:39,520 HE GASPS 234 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,440 ..that really nice view. My God! Look at that! 235 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,680 However, another dangerous phenomenon has been growing rapidly 236 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:50,320 around the world, and I've seen it with my own eyes. Inequality. 237 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:56,240 The wealth here 238 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,640 is just unbelievable. 239 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:04,120 Oh, bloody hell, this one - look - this one's got a helicopter on it! 240 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:09,440 The gap between rich and poor is becoming a widening gulf. 241 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,840 The number of billionaires in the world has quadrupled 242 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,600 in the last 20 years. 243 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,960 There's now more than 2,000 of them, and their net worth is equivalent 244 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,720 to that of the poorest four billion people. 245 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:22,920 It's a mad world, eh? 246 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,080 Sometimes, just around the corner from people living on a few dollars 247 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,560 a day, there exists luxury on a staggering scale. 248 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,440 For the lucky few, it's a world of luxury. 249 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:38,680 Hola! 250 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,680 I feel a bit out of place here, I tell you. 251 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:43,960 Something the cat brought in. 252 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:46,800 Hello. 253 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,040 Like at this flash hotel in Mexico. 254 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:55,520 Look at this! 255 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,000 Everybody touches their heart. It's quite moving. 256 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,440 It's our own one and only salute. 257 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,280 Or this 500-room hotel in Turkey... 258 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,520 Welcome to Mardan Palace. Thank you very much indeed. 259 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,960 ..which apparently cost £1 billion to build. 260 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,000 Wow! Look at the size of the chandeliers! 261 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,400 I was going to say singular but plural. Yes, five chandeliers. 262 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,040 I look at it and I worry about the cleaning. 263 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:24,920 We have a special team. I'm sure you do. 264 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,400 Yeah, yeah. I'm sure you do. 265 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,360 This is our four-bedroom villa. 266 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:30,680 It has the spa, 267 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,520 their own gym, the media room, 268 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,440 and this is the entertainment area. 269 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,600 So how much does this cost per night? 270 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:42,040 $8,000 to $12,000 per night. 271 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,280 15,000 euro per day. 272 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:48,880 15,000 euros per day. 273 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:55,040 Who is this gentleman who's walking around? Who's this? Your butler. 274 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,200 What do you mean, MY butler? 275 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,400 He will assist you during your stay. Our guest. 276 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,560 Are you suggesting I am staying here? 277 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:05,120 I'm staying here? Yes. 278 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,840 Hello, by the way. Hello. Merhaba. Merhaba. 279 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,400 Simon. Nice to see you again. 280 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,520 I didn't realise you were going to be, you know, 281 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:14,120 accompanying us into the room. 282 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:16,000 THEY LAUGH 283 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,400 It's very nice to see you. Yes. 284 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:21,840 HE EXHALES 285 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,840 Look at this! 286 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:27,760 This is the most how-the-other-half-live place 287 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:29,760 I think I've ever been to. 288 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:37,000 Just to be absolutely clear, we are not paying thousands of pounds 289 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,720 for me to stay in this hotel room. No letters to Points Of View, 290 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,960 all right? Or the Daily Mail! 291 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:53,720 Research shows again and again 292 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,200 that unequal societies are the least happy. 293 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,440 One place where the gap between rich and poor 294 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,280 is at its most glaring is California. 295 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,000 Just recently, I travelled the length of America's richest state. 296 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,640 Look! The Pacific! 297 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:17,720 It is stunning. 298 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,160 The wealth here is just on another level. 299 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,880 Los Angeles has been called the City of Dreams, 300 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,160 but it has staggering levels of homelessness. 301 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,760 Tens of thousands sleep rough in LA every night, 302 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,480 many more than in other US cities. 303 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,920 Yet this is also the City of Angels. 304 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,080 Hello! 305 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,800 They're a stoic, memorable and inspiring people. 306 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:51,040 I spent a day with Brett and Gabrielle, two street medics, 307 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,040 part of a team of doctors and paramedics 308 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,560 who provide free health care to some of the city's rough sleepers. 309 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:02,800 In a more traditional clinic, you could just put tape on this, 310 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:04,240 but in this environment 311 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:08,880 Doug is going to be exposed to the weather, to the... You know, 312 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:10,360 to some dirt or whatever, 313 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:12,360 so we wrap up with this to protect it. 314 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,200 It's all the way, the whole length of the freeway. 315 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,800 What is? Where they live, inside the bridge. Goes all the way. 316 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,680 What, inside the structure here? Yep, right inside. 317 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:38,360 WOMAN CALLS 318 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:40,720 This is extraordinary. How are you? 319 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:42,640 There are voices coming from inside it. 320 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:51,560 Hello. Hi. So, erm, our friends from Great Britain, 321 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:56,240 and they're doing a video on the way some folks are living here. 322 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,880 Come inside. Thank you so much. 323 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,480 Shall we follow you in? Sure. 324 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,360 Hey, Amy. Hi. 325 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,800 Thank you for letting us in. 326 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,640 No problem. 327 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,880 TRAIN RUMBLES OVERHEAD 328 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,400 Well...these guys are. 329 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:24,960 I'm like a sort of really cheap, shoddy version, yeah. 330 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,960 You just haven't gotten old yet. 331 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,240 I know. Well, I think it's a bit more than that, but thank you. 332 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,360 Are you a big fan of David Attenborough? 333 00:21:32,360 --> 00:21:34,640 I'm a huge fan of David Attenborough. 334 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,000 Do you get to see his documentaries here? 335 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:41,520 I don't get to watch a lot of video here, the power is a problem, 336 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,960 but I do listen to a lot of podcasts here, so... 337 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:45,400 Do you? 338 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,000 TRAIN RUMBLES OVERHEAD 339 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,720 I'm trying to take in the artwork... 340 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:56,560 I thought it was a freeway, but, actually, it's the train above. 341 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,720 The trains aren't 24 hours, are they? 342 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,040 They stop for about three hours, 343 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,680 like, between midnight and 4.00. 344 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,480 TRAIN RUMBLES OVERHEAD 345 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,160 Are you a light sleeper? 346 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:10,840 No. All right. 347 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,160 That's probably for the best. 348 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,760 Is it you who's done much of the painting here? 349 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,720 I've done all of the painting. 350 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,760 I usually call it "the mansion". 351 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:26,000 This place is giant, and it gets taller as you go back. 352 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,480 Does it? There's a couple of rooms that, you know, 353 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,920 I think of as the ballroom and the room where the pool will be, 354 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,640 and that sort of thing. 355 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,200 But, yeah, that's my joke with myself. 356 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,680 SHE LAUGHS 357 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,520 TRAIN RUMBLES OVERHEAD 358 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,200 Do you feel safe here? 359 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:44,840 Yeah. 360 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,160 You know, there's really only one way in 361 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,400 and the dog scares people quite quickly. 362 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,040 What the hell is going on, Amy? 363 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:57,200 There's tens of thousands of people in Los Angeles living homelessly. 364 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,880 Welfare is really not something Americans understand any more. 365 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,400 It's a weird thing. 366 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,480 There's so much moral judgment about people. 367 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,880 I think it's mostly fear, though. 368 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,040 Like, the closer they get, 369 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,680 the more they want to distance themselves from it 370 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:24,720 in case somehow relating makes them susceptible to it. 371 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,560 TRAIN RUMBLES OVERHEAD 372 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:31,600 Thanks for letting us in, Amy. 373 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,560 It was a pleasure to meet you. 374 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,880 I've seen a lot of stuff around the world. 375 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:52,440 I would never have thought, in the United States, I would see this. 376 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,160 Thank God you're out here doing what you do. 377 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,080 Since we filmed with her, 378 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,120 the authorities moved Amy out of the bridge. 379 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:05,360 She's now bedding down in a new location. 380 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:07,800 Brett still checks on her regularly. 381 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:09,600 I think of her often. 382 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,200 Amy has to be one of the most memorable people 383 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,000 that I've met on my travels, 384 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:27,040 and I think it's so easy for us to dismiss the homeless, 385 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:31,680 rough sleepers, as "the other", and imagine that we could never be them, 386 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,600 that we would never end up in their shoes. 387 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,040 But life so often turns on chance, 388 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,520 a nudge or a push there. 389 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:46,160 It can just be a bit of bad luck, a bad decision. 390 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,440 Personally, I know that... 391 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,720 I had some very tough years in my teens, and I could have lived 392 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:55,760 a very different, much more difficult life. 393 00:24:57,120 --> 00:25:00,200 I don't come from wealth or great privilege. 394 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,640 I grew up in a very ordinary family, 395 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,960 in a very normal part of west London called Acton. 396 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,120 I flunked out of school without any real qualifications, 397 00:25:09,120 --> 00:25:12,360 and I spiralled down into a very dark place. 398 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,520 About as dark as it can get. 399 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:21,880 But going on benefits actually really helped me, claiming welfare, 400 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,400 because when I signed on, I was talking to the lady there, 401 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,800 and she said, "Don't think too far ahead. 402 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,680 "Take things slowly. Take them step by step." 403 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:37,200 It really helped me to get through a very difficult time in my life. 404 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,440 It became a bit of a mantra that I still live by today. 405 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:48,440 There are millions of good souls out there in the world 406 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,560 making a huge difference to the lives of others. 407 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:55,640 In 2011, my travels took me to a project that was helping people 408 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,960 in one of the most troubled corners of the globe. 409 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:02,520 I was heading to Somaliland. 410 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,800 Officially a part of Somalia, nearly 30 years ago, 411 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,480 it broke away and declared itself independent. 412 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,720 Thank you. Thank you. 413 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,640 Hello, hello! Hi! 414 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,560 I was catching up with an old friend, 415 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,400 and one of those good souls - 416 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,240 Fatima Ibrahim - who I'd met on my first trip 417 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,120 to this unrecognised country five years earlier. 418 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,560 Fatima grew up in Wales, but came back after 40 years 419 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:35,240 to help rebuild Somaliland following its years of conflict. 420 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,520 Take your pick. There you are. 421 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,760 Oh, my goodness. That one to that one... 422 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:43,360 You mean this is how we change money? Yes. 423 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:45,440 On the streets. On the streets. 424 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,320 Somaliland is relatively safe and secure. 425 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,760 Money changes here work safely in the open, 426 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,160 and serve it up in brick-loads. 427 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,960 How much is this worth? Eight. $8. 428 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,640 Yes. OK, so, about £6. 429 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,040 We need some money for the next few days. 430 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,480 We're going to start with $400, 431 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,920 and see if we can carry it. 432 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,800 Is this all ours? This is your money. 433 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,840 Oh, no, just feel free! Give us more. 434 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,240 That's ours, as well? 435 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,160 Into the... Whoa! 436 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:26,240 Have you ever seen such a sight? 437 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:33,320 Somaliland has democracy and stability, 438 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,440 but it's still only recognised by a handful of countries. 439 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,880 It's dealing with its many challenges largely on its own, 440 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:44,600 including thousands of refugees from war in neighbouring Somalia, 441 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,560 many of them young men lacking purpose. 442 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:53,560 Some had been targeted by recruiters for brutal militant groups. 443 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:57,000 We've met up with Mohammed here, who lives in the camp, 444 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,760 and he's just going to take us back to his home. 445 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,800 You've been here three years. 446 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,680 What led you to come to the camp? 447 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,560 What led you to come to Somaliland? 448 00:28:12,120 --> 00:28:13,960 FATIMA TRANSLATES 449 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:36,560 Mohammed had trekked 500 miles to come here with his family. 450 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,200 Eight of them were sharing this tiny shack. 451 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,440 To help keep boys and young men from the refugee camps 452 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,840 away from militant groups, Fatima was running a project 453 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,960 offering help, education, a future and some fun. 454 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,600 She invited me along on an outing she'd organised to the seaside. 455 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,440 Fatima, why are you doing this? 456 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,480 Why are you taking them to the coast? 457 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,560 For children who have actually witnessed murders 458 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,760 and people being killed in front of them... 459 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:32,680 So, they have no childhood. 460 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,640 There's no sense of what childhood should be like. 461 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,240 You're drawing them away from potentially bad things 462 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,680 that they could be doing, things like piracy, 463 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,960 joining gangs or joining militias. 464 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,120 We're going to the coast! This is exciting. 465 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,480 Put your hands up if you haven't seen the sea before. 466 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,440 Whoa! This is very exciting! 467 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,040 Mohammed, you've never seen the sea? 468 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,080 Never? Whoa! 469 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,080 What's "we're going to the seaside" in Somali? 470 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:06,720 FATIMA TRANSLATES 471 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,360 SIMON REPEATS PHRASE 472 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,560 Yes. 473 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,400 SIMON SHOUTS PHRASE 474 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,040 Yeah! 475 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,760 Look. Can you see the ship out there, Mohammed? 476 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,240 We're here. 477 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,560 Come on, let's get off. OK. 478 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:33,360 Let's go to the sea. 479 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,400 My goodness! 480 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:43,560 It's beautiful. 481 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:44,680 Beautiful! 482 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,400 For the first time, 483 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,720 I think it's quite a privilege for me to be here with you. 484 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:54,840 Look, feel it! 485 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:58,920 The Indian Ocean, Mohammed. 486 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,280 Yes. The Indian Ocean! 487 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:02,360 Indian Ocean. 488 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,000 There you go. 489 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,080 A tiny crab, look. 490 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,520 I have some really powerful memories from that part of the world, 491 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:40,360 and Somalia is where I picked up my favourite ever travel souvenir. 492 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:44,240 I was able to buy a Somali diplomatic passport, 493 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:48,480 with my own name and my own terrible photograph in... 494 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,520 ..from a man called Mr Big Beard. 495 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,960 It's not a bad souvenir, is it? 496 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:59,880 I didn't go on exotic foreign holidays when I was a lad. 497 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,720 There's me and my brother James there, 498 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,360 on a beach, somewhere along the south coast. 499 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,640 I didn't get on a plane 500 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,720 until I was an adult and I started working, 501 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,080 so I don't take any of this for granted. 502 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,680 It was really getting a job when I was on the dole 503 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,200 that turned my life around. 504 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:24,640 I didn't go to university, 505 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:28,880 I started out working as a post boy on a newspaper. 506 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,360 Yes, sorting the post. 507 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,600 But within quite a short space of time there, 508 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,800 I was doing a bit of research and some writing. 509 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,320 I've got my old cuttings book here. 510 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,360 So strange to get this out. 511 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,560 I haven't looked at this for at least 20 years. 512 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,640 But this is the first piece, as it were, that I got my name on. 513 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:53,320 It wasn't even the piece. 514 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,440 I just did this box, did a bit of research for it, 515 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,360 and they very kindly put my name on it. 516 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,000 "Compiled by Simon Reeve" 517 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,720 in size 8 font. 518 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,240 My family was so proud of this. 519 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,880 Doors began to open for me there. 520 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,600 I was given responsibility and a chance, 521 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,520 and within a few years I went from being a terrified, 522 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,920 suicidal teenager to a writer. 523 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:26,000 For years, I worked on investigations, 524 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,400 sometimes undercover, 525 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,400 and wrote several books on terrorism. 526 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:34,640 In the aftermath of 9/11, I began travelling more extensively. 527 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,080 Ooh, no! 528 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,200 Ooh! 529 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,280 And I found myself on the road in Central Asia 530 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,400 with a camera pointed in my face. 531 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:53,600 We've just suddenly come across this old Soviet missile testing site, 532 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,480 as you do when you're in Kazakhstan. 533 00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:00,280 2003, my first TV adventure - 534 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:03,120 a journey through the area north of Afghanistan... 535 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,440 We're driving across what used to be the sea, 536 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:11,440 ..to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. 537 00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:15,840 Many of my first TV trips were to countries that had been part 538 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,200 of the Soviet Union, which had collapsed a decade earlier, 539 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:21,200 often into chaos and conflict. 540 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,920 The front line here is still very dangerous. 541 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,480 There was a guy killed here just last weekend. 542 00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:29,920 Right from the start... 543 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:30,960 God, look at that. 544 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,400 ..it felt like I'd gone off the map... 545 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,040 I'm not sure it works with the trainers. 546 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,280 ..into places where anything was possible. 547 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:39,320 Mr President. 548 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:42,080 Like bumping into the President of Georgia in a lift. 549 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:43,320 ..BBC, hello. Nice to see you. 550 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:44,720 Nice to see you, too. 551 00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:46,480 Or being forced to play a bonkers sport... 552 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,280 ..where the ball is replaced by a headless goat! 553 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,040 Even the Taliban outlawed this for being immoral! 554 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,400 I even had a tour of a rather sinister-sounding research centre 555 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,240 for dangerous viruses and diseases. 556 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:02,880 And these? Plagues. 557 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:04,720 Plague? This plague is in here? 558 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:07,320 Plague, plague, plague, plague, plague. 559 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:08,920 That's a lot of plague. 560 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:09,960 Yes. 561 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,640 I've now travelled fairly extensively around the planet. 562 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,160 Rita? Yes. 563 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:17,320 Hello, Rita. 564 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,520 In almost every country there's been a guide, 565 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,160 or fixer, as we sometimes call them... 566 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:22,280 Tariq! 567 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:24,880 ..welcoming me... 568 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,040 Welcome. 569 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:27,280 Amra, hello! 570 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,720 ..and, more importantly, you to their patch of the planet. 571 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:30,800 Simon. 572 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:33,760 Hello, nice to meet you, finally. 573 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:38,000 Like Batsola, my guide in Madagascar, 574 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,040 who insisted I try a national dish, 575 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,320 featuring a very particular cut of meat 576 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:43,920 from the local Zebu cattle. 577 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,520 We eat Zebu crock. 578 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,200 Crock? Crock. Penis? Yes. 579 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,600 Zebu penis. Why? 580 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,920 Is good. 581 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:58,520 In England you have tea, here we have soup. 582 00:35:58,520 --> 00:35:59,960 You have soup? Yeah. 583 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:04,880 And there is different kind of soup and one of them zebu cock soup. 584 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,080 I know what's going to happen now. 585 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,160 Cut to a restaurant. 586 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,640 I know this is going to happen, I might as well just surrender. 587 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,000 Maybe we need to wait for it to cool down. Yes, yes. 588 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,840 Oh, my God! 589 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:19,480 It's still moving. 590 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,480 Ready? I feel like I'm crossing my legs now. 591 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,320 Oh, my God. 592 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,360 Here we go. Come on, then, be brave. 593 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:35,200 It tastes sort of like... 594 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,200 ..gelatine. 595 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,960 A blob of... Oh! 596 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:40,280 With a slight... 597 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:42,880 ..a light kick in it. 598 00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:46,680 I swear to God, I think I can taste urine. 599 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:51,760 Not all of my guides are on our side. 600 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,600 In some countries, the governments 601 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,840 require us to have an official agent travelling with us, 602 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,480 monitoring and even spying on us. 603 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,040 We call them minders. 604 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:08,080 In 2010, I travelled overland, across the Sahara Desert, 605 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:12,040 to Libya, just a year before the fall of its notorious dictator, 606 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:13,560 Colonel Gaddafi. 607 00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:17,760 HE GROANS 608 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:20,600 And we've arrived. 609 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:23,040 This is Libya. 610 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,600 This is the Acacous Tourist Hotel. 611 00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:33,200 The gentleman behind me, though, is our government minder. 612 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,000 He looks like a mini Colonel Gaddafi. 613 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:38,880 Anyway, this is where we're staying tonight, 614 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:40,840 and then we start heading east. 615 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:42,720 CLATTERING 616 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:44,240 Bloody hell! 617 00:37:44,240 --> 00:37:45,960 Broken the bloody door! 618 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:51,040 Look, well, if there's any doubt about where we are, 619 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:52,880 the man himself. 620 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:54,760 I'll just fix the door. 621 00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,800 Ahmed was one of our jollier minders. 622 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,600 Oh, thank you very much. 623 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,640 But several people told me his likeness to Colonel Gaddafi 624 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:09,320 wasn't actually a coincidence. 625 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:17,240 Can I ask you... Yes? ..has anybody told you that you look 626 00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:19,040 like Colonel Gaddafi? 627 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:20,720 Ah! 628 00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:24,200 My grandfather before... 629 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:25,840 Back. OK, back. 630 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:27,400 Back. Yes, yes. OK. 631 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,240 In Mecca. In Mecca. Yes. 632 00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:31,880 My grandfather and grandfather Gaddafi... 633 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,520 ..brothers. Brothers. Yes. 634 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,800 So not only do you look like Colonel Gaddafi, 635 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,440 but you are related to Colonel Gaddafi. 636 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,080 Gaddafi. And we're going to go swimming together. 637 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,200 Is good. 638 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,240 It's good, but it's cold. Yes. 639 00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:56,080 Any crocodiles here? 640 00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:57,160 Snakes? 641 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,120 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! 642 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:00,720 No, no, no, no, no, no. 643 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:02,560 Are you sure? Very nice. 644 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,440 It's amazing! Swim, swim, my friend. 645 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,560 Swim. All right. 646 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:14,480 Sun and water and Sahara... 647 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:17,880 ..and my friend, good friend. 648 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:19,400 Thank you, my God. 649 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,840 If I'm not meeting people and learning about their lives, 650 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:28,520 I'm not on a proper journey. 651 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,200 They're experiences to treasure. 652 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:35,680 Travelling around the Mediterranean 653 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,360 took me to the Italian island of Sicily. 654 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,320 Look at Mount Etna! 655 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:43,280 Sicily is stunning, 656 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,240 but for decades, people on the largest island in the Med 657 00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:49,080 have lived under the shadow of Cosa Nostra - 658 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:50,520 the Sicilian Mafia. 659 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,400 I travelled through the island's rugged interior 660 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,040 with my friend and fixer in Italy, Lorenzo Tondo. 661 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:07,560 OK, they got it. 662 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,040 We're going to follow them. 663 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:28,200 So the Land Rover in front has got some farmers inside - 664 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:34,000 three sisters who we are following to their patch of the planet. 665 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:38,040 It's such a privilege to step inside people's lives just briefly 666 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:39,640 and hear their story. 667 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:42,000 And for me, it's still the point of travelling. 668 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,400 Salve! Ciao! Ciao, ciao, ciao, ciao! 669 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:00,000 Marianna, Ina and Irene's family 670 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,240 have farmed wheat and hay on these highlands for generations. 671 00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:09,080 So you've got quite a large, beautiful patch of land here, 672 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:10,000 haven't you? 673 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:20,960 What's happened here? 674 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:28,880 Are we being... Are we being press-ganged here? 675 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,480 Come on! We're happy to help. 676 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:50,320 It's wet. That's why it's so heavy. I know! Argh! Oh, no! 677 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,280 OK! OK! 678 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:09,440 Grazie, grazie. 679 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,240 Grazie, Simon. Grazie. 680 00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,320 It's an idyllic but tough life up here, 681 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:19,600 made infinitely harder by a curse many Italians thought 682 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,240 was largely a thing of the past. 683 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,080 They poisoned your dogs? 684 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:44,000 When you say THEY are doing classic intimidation, 685 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,080 who is they? 686 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,360 Many people are saying the Sicilian Mafia has been beaten, 687 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:52,600 has been destroyed. 688 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:09,040 The Sicilian mafia, Cosa Nostra, has been partly neutered 689 00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:13,480 by a clamp-down. With bosses in prison and drug networks disrupted, 690 00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:17,320 it had been battered but not destroyed. A Mafiosi 691 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:21,040 had retreated to their rural heartlands and were using extortion 692 00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:24,240 and intimidation to grab valuable land. 693 00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:27,920 The sisters, though, were having none of it, defiantly 694 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,880 rebuilding their perimeter fence. 695 00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:43,800 You're heroes. Keep fighting. 696 00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:03,920 You're Italian heroes. You really are. Mm! 697 00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:18,640 There are so many brave and inspiring people out there. 698 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:22,440 It's humbling to see the risks ordinary people, campaigners 699 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:25,440 and investigative journalists are all prepared to take to tell us 700 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:27,400 about the situation where they live. 701 00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:34,840 Daphne's car transformed into a ball of fire with her inside. 702 00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:40,720 The world can be a particularly dangerous place for journalists - 703 00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:44,320 556 have been killed in the last decade. 704 00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:49,240 SIRENS WAIL 705 00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:53,520 In 2010, I travelled to Culiacan in Mexico. 706 00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:55,800 It was the most violent peak of the brutal war 707 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,160 between the authorities and the drug cartels. 708 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:03,640 I met up with a legendary Mexican investigative writer 709 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:05,480 called Javier Valdez. 710 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:08,120 Does it feel like Culiacan is under siege 711 00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:09,240 from the drug gangs? 712 00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:36,960 Javier spoke truth to power. He wrote 713 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:41,560 fearlessly about the cartels and also corruption in Mexico. 714 00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:44,280 Javier has since been murdered for his work. 715 00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:47,000 He was gunned down in the street by cartel killers. 716 00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:57,880 Another phenomenally dangerous place to be a journalist or campaigner 717 00:46:57,880 --> 00:46:59,680 is Burma, or Myanmar. 718 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,920 For decades, this beautiful country was and has been dominated 719 00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:10,040 by a repressive and powerful military. 720 00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:15,160 In 2010, very few people dared to speak up against the dictatorship 721 00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:18,000 that had the country in its grip. 722 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:21,480 But one rare voice prepared to take incredible risks 723 00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:24,040 was a campaigner called Cheery Zahau. 724 00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:26,520 Hi! Cheery! 725 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:28,320 Oh, my goodness! 726 00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,720 When I last saw Cheery... 727 00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:33,000 Cheery! Can I come in? 728 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,040 Oh, my God! 729 00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:35,640 ..it was an emotional reunion. 730 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,360 A few years before, she'd risked her life 731 00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,560 to show me and a couple of brave colleagues what life 732 00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:44,200 was like inside Burma. 733 00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:49,280 Minorities were being horrifically oppressed, including the ethnic 734 00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,720 group Cheery was from, the Chin people. 735 00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,720 Cheery was living in exile abroad at the time. 736 00:47:55,720 --> 00:47:59,840 She didn't need to go back into Burma, but she wanted to. 737 00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:01,920 She agreed to smuggle me into the country to show 738 00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:03,600 what was really going on there. 739 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,960 It was among the riskiest things I've ever done, but it was even 740 00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:08,360 more dangerous for Cheery. 741 00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:13,280 So that's in Burma? Yeah, that's in Burma. 742 00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:17,320 It's always dangerous when you go to Chin State. When you go to Burma, 743 00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:21,680 you don't know what will happen, really. Um... 744 00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:24,920 Yeah, they don't want me to be there. 745 00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:32,720 They put me on the wanted list in 2007, but... You're actually 746 00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:36,880 on the Burmese military wanted list, are you? 747 00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:41,280 I didn't know that. Yeah, they said that I am... 748 00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:46,560 ..being empowered by the Western rich nations, 749 00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:50,000 and now I try to disunite the Union of Myanmar. 750 00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:01,200 To get into Burma, we needed to cross the river that marked 751 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:02,480 the border with India. 752 00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:09,040 God, he's in the water! 753 00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:12,920 For some reason, one of the people waiting for us on the other side 754 00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:14,440 began swimming towards us. 755 00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:21,520 They saw some people hiding from some troops, hiding out there. 756 00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:24,960 Sorry, Cheery... 757 00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,720 Just trying to get my head round this - what are you saying? 758 00:49:27,720 --> 00:49:31,840 You're saying that Burmese troops are hiding just round the corner? 759 00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:34,480 Yeah. They just saw now. 760 00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:36,920 God, I feel sick! 761 00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:43,120 I don't know what to say, really. 762 00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:44,440 I'm just a bit shocked. 763 00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:47,200 Suddenly, soldiers appeared. 764 00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:54,440 This was a nerve-racking moment. Had we narrowly avoided an ambush? 765 00:49:57,240 --> 00:49:58,280 I don't know. 766 00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:03,560 A few minutes later, we were told the troops were not actually 767 00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:05,160 from the Burmese army after all. 768 00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:10,680 So who are the soldiers? The Chin National Army - 769 00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:15,040 insurgency groups fighting against the Burmese regime. 770 00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:18,360 So, crucially, they're your friends? Yeah. 771 00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:20,920 OK. 772 00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:26,720 We decided to stick to the plan, and it turned out the villagers 773 00:50:26,720 --> 00:50:29,240 had their own makeshift way of crossing the river. 774 00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:35,840 Here goes! 775 00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:39,960 Bloody hell! 776 00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:43,960 Oh! 777 00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:47,800 OK, well, here goes. Ready? Off we go to Burma. Are you ready? 778 00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:49,240 Yeah, as I'll ever be. 779 00:51:01,240 --> 00:51:02,240 Bloody hell! 780 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,600 HE GREETS THEM 781 00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:21,920 Whoo! 782 00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:25,000 We've arrived. 783 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:29,320 We've travelled from the world's largest democracy on that side 784 00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:33,080 of the river to one of the most repressive countries in the world 785 00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:34,120 on this side. 786 00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:38,920 All right, we've got a long walk. 787 00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:40,000 Let's get going. 788 00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:49,800 The further we trekked, the deeper we went into what felt 789 00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:51,760 like enemy territory. 790 00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:54,440 There were dozens of Burmese army bases in the area 791 00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:55,640 and thousands of troops. 792 00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:05,240 How does it feel to be back here, Cheery? A bit fearful. Fearful? 793 00:52:05,240 --> 00:52:10,320 Yeah, the Burmese troops are not so far from here. 794 00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:15,360 It's why the villagers are always, um... 795 00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:21,280 ..be careful and scared of the Burmese troops. 796 00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:23,080 Whenever they are there, 797 00:52:23,080 --> 00:52:28,640 it involves forced labour, extortion, sometimes rape 798 00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:32,440 against women, and child labourers. 799 00:52:34,240 --> 00:52:40,160 The Burmese military really are an occupying force in Chin State? 800 00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:43,840 Yeah, Chin State and all over Burma. 801 00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:50,680 Oh, my goodness! 802 00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:57,800 There's huts! Huts! 803 00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:00,000 SCREAMING 804 00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:03,960 You can hear children screaming when some of them see us. 805 00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:06,960 Oh, my goodness! We've arrived! 806 00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:09,600 We've made it! 807 00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:14,720 THEY GREET EACH OTHER 808 00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:19,560 I'll never forget the sense of relief as the villagers came out 809 00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:20,600 to meet us. 810 00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:25,800 THEY GREET EACH OTHER 811 00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:29,160 THEY LAUGH 812 00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:30,600 Oh, my goodness, everybody! 813 00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:35,240 I've got tears welling up inside me. 814 00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:39,120 He doesn't know what it is! 815 00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:41,880 THEY CHAT 816 00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:46,080 Has he seen white people, foreigners, in the village before? 817 00:53:53,120 --> 00:53:56,480 It's what you meant when you said forgotten people 818 00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:58,760 in a forgotten land. 819 00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:00,360 Yes, absolutely. 820 00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:03,440 No-one's rich here. Nobody knows they exist here. 821 00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:06,640 Yeah. 822 00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:15,800 A humanitarian group called the Free Burma Rangers was also 823 00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:20,240 operating covertly behind the lines, delivering vital medical care 824 00:54:20,240 --> 00:54:23,640 that was being denied to the Chin by the government. 825 00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:25,560 They were risking everything. 826 00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:30,840 If you were caught by the Burmese authorities doing this, 827 00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:32,920 what would happen to you? 828 00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:35,760 If they catch us, they will kill us. 829 00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:39,520 Is it really... Is that really possible? 830 00:54:39,520 --> 00:54:41,200 Yes, it's possible. 831 00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:52,000 All the Burmese regime wants us to do is to surrender but, instead 832 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:55,440 of surrendering, we're trying to help ourselves, 833 00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:57,360 we're trying to stand up 834 00:54:57,360 --> 00:55:00,760 so there's a ray of hope we can build. 835 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:07,000 We were due to stay the night in another village, 836 00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:08,440 but then everything changed. 837 00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:17,320 A messenger arrived with news that a large army patrol had suddenly 838 00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:19,280 appeared in the next village and might be heading 839 00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:20,360 in our direction. 840 00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:39,440 I think we should go back. 841 00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:48,200 Oh, my God! 842 00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:51,320 We decided to make a risky dash under cover of darkness back 843 00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:54,160 to the border. Every noise from the jungle 844 00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:55,880 might have been an ambush. 845 00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:58,680 It was one of the longest nights of my life. 846 00:55:58,680 --> 00:56:02,080 It's one thing to cross a river like this in daylight. 847 00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:06,200 It's completely different crossing it at night. 848 00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:25,240 WHISPERS: We're just a few minutes from the border 849 00:56:25,240 --> 00:56:27,200 between Burma and India. 850 00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:31,920 We've just sent one of our village guides ahead of us 851 00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:34,400 to try and check if there's 852 00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:37,680 any Burmese military down by the river. 853 00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:41,080 Suddenly, there were voices. 854 00:56:42,280 --> 00:56:44,760 Some people are coming. Put the light out. 855 00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:50,200 MAN CALLS OUT 856 00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:52,920 That's our guide. 857 00:56:54,080 --> 00:56:55,880 Bloody hell! 858 00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:57,400 I thought we were screwed then. 859 00:57:04,240 --> 00:57:07,280 We've made it at least to the border. 860 00:57:09,240 --> 00:57:10,680 But there is somebody over there. 861 00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:12,640 I think, if we can try and signal to them, 862 00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:14,440 we might be able to get back. 863 00:57:19,080 --> 00:57:22,280 The locals who'd built the zip wire had come to the river at four 864 00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:24,000 in the morning to help us escape. 865 00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:29,680 Hello! 866 00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:45,640 OK. 867 00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:48,760 India, here we come! 868 00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:55,960 We're back in India! We've made it! 869 00:57:57,680 --> 00:58:01,520 Cheery has to be one of the bravest of the thousands of remarkable 870 00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:04,640 and brilliant people I've been honoured to meet on my travels. 871 00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:06,600 Welcome back to India. Thank you. 872 00:58:06,600 --> 00:58:09,240 Welcome back to India too. And thank you for taking us. 873 00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:11,240 Thanks for coming. 874 00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:17,760 And now you experience a very different life in Burma, isn't it? 875 00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:21,840 It's an incredibly different life, yeah. 876 00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:25,240 I mean, it's a totally... It's a totally different world. 877 00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:32,720 Some of my dodgiest... 878 00:58:32,720 --> 00:58:36,840 It's like Alice In Wonderland meets Narcos. 879 00:58:36,840 --> 00:58:39,280 ..and most dangerous adventures. 880 00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:41,000 How does he know it's al-Shabaab?