Hotspots: On the Frontline säsong 1

Taking viewers behind the scenes on the frontline of news reporting, Hotspots highlights the risks journalists take, and the devastating scenarios they witness, so that no story goes unseen.

Stuart Ramsay survives being blown up and Alex Crawford goes undercover in one of the world's most secretive countries as part of this series looking behind the scenes at the news.

Stuart Ramsay travels to Mexico, where newly released figures indicate 2017 has been the deadliest year in the country's history.

Alex Crawford goes on the trail with an American trophy hunter who has paid tens of thousands of dollars to shoot an elephant in Namibia, and Stuart Ramsey reports from Zimbabwe.

Stuart Ramsay uncovers documents that unmask thousands of Islamic State recruits, including British terrorists, and Alex Crawford reports from Liberia during the Ebola epidemic.

Veteran correspondents Stuart Ramsay and Alex Crawford take you behind the scenes of a brutal African conflict, Russia's expansion into Europe and refugees caught fleeing to a better life.

At the Niger Delta in Nigeria to discover the impact of oil thieves on society and the environment.

Stuart Ramsay describes his experience on the scene of the MH17 disaster. Alex Rossi reports on Palestinian protests in Gaza. Alex Crawford travels deep into the Myanmar jungle.