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Discover the secret systems that keep the world's most crowded, complicated and chaotic cities on the move. From transport and engineering to food and trade, World's Busiest Cities highlights the logistical and social challenges faced by our most iconic megacities, including Mexico City, Delhi, Hong Kong and Moscow.

Documentary · 2017 · 1 hr 4 min

Starring Dan Snow , Anita Rani , Ade Adepitan

EPISODE 1

Hong Kong

The team heads to humid Hong Kong, where space is at a premium and real estate is the most expensive in the world.

51 min · 1 Jan 2017
EPISODE 2

Mexico City

The team are in Mexico City uncovering the hidden systems and armies of people that help run this sprawling megalopolis of over 22 million people. It's crowded, it's congested and this haphazard city sits in a major earthquake zone. Anita discovers how they're trying to stop this megacity from drowning in its own waste, while Ade explores the daily struggle for clean, affordable drinking water. Mexico City has grown at a staggering pace. How on earth does this epic sprawl survive its many daily battles?

51 min · 1 Jan 2017
EPISODE 3

Moscow

The capital of Russia is a city of 13 million people that like to play by their own rules. Ade discovers how Muscovites escape city life with a trip to a Dacha - there's vodka, a Russian sauna, a thrashing with birch leaves and... more vodka. And, in this city forged by power and politics, Dan gets privileged access to one of Moscow's most closely guarded secrets - the Kremlin. Moscow is imposing and radiates military might. How does this city reconcile a communist past with their capitalist present?

51 min · 1 Jan 2017

Dan Snow

Host
Anita Rani

Host
Ade Adepitan

Host
Lisa Ausden

Producer
Sarah Gibbs

Producer