Name: Road to Now
Released: 2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Chris Bath

TV Show · Documentary · History

The world has changed profoundly in the past 30 years. From the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, to now, with new walls going up in Europe and the U.S. This series explores how we went from hope to our uncertain present.

2020 · 54m

Starring Chris Bath

EPISODE 1

Age of Conflict

How the peace dividend from the end of the Cold War vanished in waves of terrorism and war, leaving the Middle East mired in conflict.
EPISODE 2

Global Shapers

History is sometimes determined by individual leaders as much as by nations. We look to heroes for inspiration and guidance, but too often they disappoint with their all-too-human flaws.
EPISODE 3

The Fight for our Rights

The quest for personal and political freedoms has shaped much of the past thirty years so why is 'democracy in retreat?'
EPISODE 4

In Harm's Way

Natural disasters causing death and destruction are intensifying as the earth's climate changes, leaving billions of people in harm's way.
EPISODE 5

Globalisation

Globalisation, technology and the spread of economic power from West to East have profoundly changed the world of money.
EPISODE 6

Return of the Wall

Investigating why walls of steel and razor wire have gone up in Europe and the United States and what has happened to the international commitment to give refugees asylum.