[mikael colville-andersen] i first came to bangkok in the early 1990's as an impressionable young backpacker. the city fulfilled absolutely every expectation i had about a noisy, crazy, non-stop asian city should be like. absolutely every urban challenge faced by cities around the world is amplified here in bangkok. this country is run by a military dictatorship who's also trying to influence urban development and urban planning. there are very few examples from history where that story has a happy ending. this series is about finding the life-sized pockets of goodness in cities around the world. there's still a refreshing insane madneness to this place. outside of the comfort zone of this amazing market

. >> joined me for the next part in our covid-19 series as we go beyond [mikael colville-andersen] it'seen more than 20 years since the end of apartheid. like many iconic cities, cape town's reputation precedes it. i've heard the same thing from friends and colleagues around the world: "man, the beaches. the food, the wine!" but outside that glossy, gentrified, rich and incredibly white urban bubble, has the power of democracy and the quest for equality improve lives here on the cape? is urbanism being used as an effective tool for urban change? we're heading deep into the real and raw urban landscape of a moderern cape town.

remission last but if confirmed, it will be the first time hiv has been mitigateded without s [mikael colville-andersenis everything i've heard about this place really true? is it a little architectural wonderland? is it a throbbing, pulsing miami of the mediterranean? can it really be one of the world's great lgbt capitals, here in a region plagued by violence and living under a constant threat of war? i'm in tel aviv. but i'm also in a city that i've heard will surprise me. for more than 70 years at least, the news coming out of this region has been overwhelmingly negative. i'm going to look past the propaganda and the fancy city branding, and i'm going to meet passionate locals who will explain to me, in no uncertain terms, their urban reality.

[mikael colville-andersen] it's been more than 20 years since the end of apartheid.ike many iconic cities, cape town's reputation precedes it. i've heard the same thing from friends and colleagues around the world: "man, the beaches. the food, the wine!" but outside that glossy, gentrified, rich and incredibly white urban bubble, has the power of democracy and the quest for equality improve lives here on the cape? is urbanism being used as an effective tool for urban change? we're heading deep into the real and raw urban landscape of a moderern cape town.

correspondent: king philippe [mikael colville-andersen] i first came to bangkok in the early 1990's asable young backpacker. the city fulfilled absolutely every expectation i had about a noisy, crazy, non-stop asian city should be like. absolutely every urban challenge faced by cities around the world is amplified here in bangkok. this country is run by a military dictatorship who's also trying to influence urban development and urban planning. there are very few examples from history where that story has a happy ending. this series is about finding the life-sized pockets of goodness in cities around the world. there's still a refreshing insane madneness to this place. outside of the comfort zone of this amazing market lies the urban jungle.

judge heard both sides of the argument for more than two hours and just ruled bail will be [mikael colville-andersen we travel to other cities, we often experience a sense of familiarityty. fragments of the urban landscape remind us of somewhere else. it could be street typology, architecture, topography, even just a feeling of another place. not once, however, has it ever happened to me here. there is no where else like it on the planet, and it's quite impossible to imagine that there ever could be. in order to discover the life-sized city here, i have to ignore the vast scale of the urban landscape because this... is tokyo.