Global Eye — Season 2026

BBC Two Running

27 Episodes · Premiered January 5, 2026 · Ended October 19, 2026

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Episodes

Global Eye S2026 E01 – The Greenlanders Fighting To Get Their Children Back

In this week's episode, how Greenlandic parents across Denmark are fighting to be reunited with children forcibly taken into care. Andrew Harding reports from Paris on whether the French Republic, created to bring stability after years of upheaval, can still hold together today.

Global Eye S2026 E02 – The Next Frontier of Artificial Intelligence

AI is changing everything – from how we work to how we live. Cyber correspondent Joe Tidy is in Silicon Valley, California, the beating heart of the AI revolution to report on exactly what's at stake.

Global Eye S2026 E03 – Giving Birth in the Occupied West Bank

Emir Nader reports from Jerusalem on the impact of the Israel-Gaza war and there's a special report from the BBC Eye team who spent a year at the Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem

Global Eye S2026 E04 – Interpol's Russia Problem

BBC Eye reveals allegations Interpol's systems are being abused by Russia in order to repress dissidents abroad, and Katya Adler reports from Greenland.

Global Eye S2026 E05 – Putin's Foreign Fighters

The foreigners lured to fight on the front line for Russia, and more than a year on from the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Lyse Doucet reports from Damascus on the challenges of building a new Syria.

Global Eye S2026 E06 – Ukraine: Growing Up Without Dad

Zhanna Bezpiatchuk reports from Ukraine's capital Kyiv on four years of war, death, destruction, resilience and hope.

Global Eye S2026 E07 – The Untold Story of Nepal's Mass Protests

We go behind the mass protests in Nepal that toppled the government. Eyewitness accounts reveal how unarmed demonstrators were killed as authorities lost control of the crowds.

Global Eye S2026 E08 – The Week That Changed The Middle East

Carine Torbey is in Lebanon reporting on the impact of the US-Israel war with Iran in an extraordinary week when longstanding tensions finally erupted into open conflict.

Global Eye S2026 E09 – Battling Islamic State Group in Somalia

We follow Puntland forces on the front line in far-eastern Somalia and Kalkidan Yibeltal has rare access to Jonglei state in South Sudan, where conflict threatens a fragile peace.

Global Eye S2026 E10 – Inside Australia's Big Social Experiment

The accounts of women repressed by the Iranian government during the 2022 protests and Katy Watson reports on Australia's first of its kind social media ban for under 16s, three months on.

Global Eye S2026 E11 – The global trade fuelling one of the world's biggest wildlife crimes

BBC Eye reveals how soaring global demand for eels has fuelled a vast illegal trade worth billions and Rebecca Henschke reports from Indonesia on how the archipelago's natural wealth is under threat.

Global Eye S2026 E12 – Inside China's Schools for 'Rebellious' Teens

The Eye team investigates Chinese disciplinary schools promising to ‘fix' problem children at a devastating cost and Mariko Oi is in Singapore.

Global Eye S2026 E13 – How Pakistan Positioned Itself As a Peace Broker

Farhat Javed reports on Pakistan's role in the US-Iran ceasefire, and we hear how routine visits for medical treatment in Pakistan have led to children becoming infected with HIV.

Global Eye S2026 E14 – The Groundbreaking Process Helping Kenyans Find UK Soldier Dads

BBC Eye follows Kenyans at the centre of a legal battle to track down their British soldier fathers. And Selin Girit reports on Turkey's reaction to a widening regional conflict.

Global Eye S2026 E15 – On the Trail of Mexico's Fentanyl King

Shawn Yuan is in Mexico investigating the story of one of the world's most wanted fugitives - a man accused of fuelling the global fentanyl crisis, while BBC Eye goes inside the online manosphere.

In the aftermath of a political earthquake in Hungary, Stephanie Hegarty explores whether the downfall of Viktor Orbán could be a warning sign for populist leaders everywhere.

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