''Holidays in the Danger Zone: Violent Coast'' is a four-part travel documentary on
West Africa, part of the ''
Holidays in the Danger Zone
''Holidays in the Danger Zone'' is a series of documentaries, produced by the BBC This World (television programme), This World and originally broadcast on BBC Four in the UK. They have also been shown on BBC Two and exported to other countrie ...
'' series, produced and broadcast by
BBC ''This World''. Written and presented by
Ben Anderson, It was first broadcast on BBC Four, before being repeated on
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
between 21–24 June 2004, and internationally during 2004 and 2005.
*Episode 1:
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
*Episode 2:
Sierra Leone
*Episode 3:
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
&
Benin
*Episode 4:
Nigeria
In the series, Anderson visits the
West Africa coast, to see five former colonies that have come to symbolize all that is synonymous with the 'Violent Coast' Wars, Drugs, Dictators, Child Soldiers, Diamonds & Corruption. But with Peace on the horizon things could be about to change for the better.
See also
* ''
Holidays in the Danger Zone
''Holidays in the Danger Zone'' is a series of documentaries, produced by the BBC This World (television programme), This World and originally broadcast on BBC Four in the UK. They have also been shown on BBC Two and exported to other countrie ...
''
* ''
Holidays in the Axis of Evil''
* ''
America Was Here''
* ''
Rivers
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
''
* ''
Meet the Stans''
* ''
Places That Don't Exist''
References
External links
*http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_world/3808579.stm
BBC television documentaries
BBC World News shows
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