
World's Most Dangerous Roads: Philippines, India, China & Bangladesh
Four episodes from the long-running series follow drivers navigating some of Asia's most punishing routes. On the Philippines' Halsema Highway, a bus driver and a taxi driver work through jungle fog and heavy rain on Luzon's mountain roads. In India, the film crosses the Leh-Manali Highway's five high-altitude passes, including Tanglang La at 5,325 metres, tracking how both vehicles and drivers cope with the thin air and crumbling switchbacks. On China's Sichuan-Tibet Highway, truck driver Ren Taiping hauls freight toward Lhasa, sharing the road with pilgrims, mountain bikers, and nomads. The final segment drops into Dhaka's Nawabpur Road in Bangladesh, the world's most densely populated country, where narrow streets turn into a daily contest between buses, rickshaws, and pedestrians. Each segment mixes dashboard and roadside footage with driver interviews, letting the terrain and traffic do most of the talking. Together the four add up to a survey of what makes a road genuinely dangerous: altitude, weather, corruption, or simply too many people trying to get through at once.