On Assignment - Season 8

On Assignment - Season 8

Season 8

ITV News journalists contribute in-depth reports from around the world on the stories behind the headlines.
Network
DatesJan 25, 2021 - May 25, 2021
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Episodes

Episode 1
Season 8Episode 130 min

Episode 1

Rageh Omaar presents reports from around the world. Rohit Kachroo is in Puerto Rico to discover what people feel about the possibility of their country becoming the 51st state of America, Juliet Bremner explores how extreme surfing has transformed the Portuguese seaside town of Nazare, and Debi Edward attends an ice and snow sculpture festival in China.

Jan 25, 2021
Episode 2
Season 8Episode 230 min

Episode 2

John Irvine visits the Sea of Galilee, which is full of fresh water once again.

Feb 23, 2021
Episode 3
Season 8Episode 330 min

Episode 3

Geraint Vincent heads to Warsaw to explore how Poland and the EU are increasingly at odds when it comes to the rule of law and human rights, while Dan Rivers is in Georgia speaking to the country's Prime Minister about her plans for transforming one of the former Soviet Union's flagship spa resorts. Emma Murphy travels to California - the prime location for catching a glimpse of grey whales as they make their annual migration up the US West Coast.

Mar 30, 2021
Episode 4
Season 8Episode 430 min

Episode 4

ITV's international current affairs series with Rageh Omaar continues. This time Lucy Watson is in Bosnia, 25 years after the Srebrenica genocide.

Apr 27, 2021
Episode 5
Season 8Episode 530 min

Episode 5

Lucrezia Millarini travels to the Spanish island of Ibiza to find out how they might be able to welcome back British tourists this summer. Steve Scott travels to Qatar to see why the falcon continues to be the most highly prized and looked-after bird in the Gulf. Plus, Rageh Omaar is in Montenegro, home to some of Europe's last free-flowing bodies of water, to find out if small hydropower plants that promise cleaner energy also be polluting the pristine waterways of this Balkan state.

May 25, 2021

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