Along the New Silk Road

Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 6

The ancient Silk Road, the trade center of the world, once ran through Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan. Ruben Terlou and Jelle Brandt Corstius explore the area in which the world has renewed interest due to its strategic location and enormous energy reserves.

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The Sheriff and the Banker

1. The Sheriff and the Banker

Central Asia was once the hub of world trade. Now we hear little about it, while it is teeming with intriguing stories. Ruben Terlou and Jelle Brandt Corstius go in search of this in this six-part series.

Air Date : 2023-03-05

Daughters-in-law and Soldiers

2. Daughters-in-law and Soldiers

In Uzbekistan, young brides learn to obey their mother-in-law. In Tajikistan, boys are kidnapped on a large scale by the army. What's it like being young there?

Air Date : 2023-03-12

Regained Freedom

3. Regained Freedom

The countries in Central Asia are trying to develop their own identity after almost a hundred years of occupation by Russia. Can that legacy be erased? Young Kyrgyz people consciously choose again for the nomadic existence, which they had been forced to give up under the domination of the Soviet Union. Jelle Brandt Corstius sleeps with them in a traditional yurt. Ruben Terlou speaks Kazakhs who were in the notorious re-education camps in China. Most people think of those camps as Uyghurs, but other Muslim minorities are also sent there to turn them into a kind of Chinese model citizens.

Air Date : 2023-03-19

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Air Date : 2023-03-26

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

Air Date : 2023-04-02

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

Air Date : 2023-04-09

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