Elders
Season 2
In an age of salacious, youth oriented media, Denton is heading the opposite way and seeking the stories of our elders. This series will explore very different lives in search of that almost-out-of-fashion idea: wisdom.
Where to Watch Elders • Season 2
6 Episodes
- Helen BamberE2
Helen BamberHelen Bamber has devoted six decades of her life to issues most of us would rather not think about: genocide, ethnic violence, slavery and torture. Based in London, this pint-sized therapist and human-rights campaigner, calls herself "a witness to the vulnerability of humanity". - Muhammad YunusE4
Muhammad YunusFrom one of the world's poorest countries, comes a man with one of the world's richest imaginations, so limitless, that, for him, the idea of consigning poverty to history doesn't seem far-fetched. In Bangladesh, 35 years ago, during a terrible famine, he had a simple idea: lend money to the poorest of the poor then watch as they transform their lives.