Storyville | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Original release | |
Network | BBC |
Storyville is a documentary strand presented by the BBC featuring international documentaries.[1] It first aired on 15 November 1997. It has been part of BBC Film since 2020.[2]
List of documentaries
[edit]2018 series
[edit]Episode # | Date first Broadcast | Title | Description | Source |
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1 | 28 Jan 2018 | Trophy: The Big Game Hunting Controversy | [3] | |
2 | 11 Jun 2018 | City of Ghosts | Bafta-nominated documentary about citizen journalists in Raqqa under IS control and their life as refugees after fleeing. | [3] |
3 | 17 Jun 2018 | Eagle Huntress (2016) | A 13-year-old girl dreams of competing in an eagle festival | [3] |
4 | 27 June 2018 | This is Congo | [3] | |
5 | 1 July 2018 | Olympic Dreams of Russian Gold – Over the Limit | [3] | |
6 | 9 July 2018 | John Curry: The Ice King | [3] | |
7 | 22 July 2018 | Insha'Allah Democracy | [3] | |
8 | 8 October 2018 | Jailed in America | [3] | |
9 | 22 October 2018 | A Woman Captured | [3] | |
10 | 29 October 2018 | Selling Children | [3] | |
11 | 11 November 2018 | Quest: Surviving in America | [3] | |
12 | 19 November 2018 | Poisoning America: The Devil We Know | A group of citizens in West Virginia take on a powerful corporation | [3] |
13 | 26 November 2018 | Hurt Locker Hero | The story of a Kurdish colonel in the Iraqi army who disarmed thousands of landmines | [3] |
14 | 9 Dec 2018 | The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey | The story of Voyager, an epic of human achievement, personal drama and miraculous success | |
15 | 17 Dec 2018 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | A documentary about Richard Pryor, chronicling his life from his troubled youth to his meteoric rise as one of the most respected comedians of the 20th century |
2016–2017 series
[edit]- 7. Forever Pure – Football and Racism in Jerusalem
- 6. The Cult that Stole Children – Inside The Family
- 5. Brides for Sale – Sonita
- 4. Jim: The James Foley Story
- 3. Weiner – Sexts, Scandals and Politics
- 2. Chasing Asylum – Inside Australia's Detention Camps
- 1. Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web – Season 2017 – Episode 21 – 21 August 2017[4]
2015–2016 series
[edit]Episodes from the 2015–2016 series
Episode # | Date first broadcast | Title | Description | Source |
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1 | 28 April 2015 | Himmler: The Decent One | The story of Heinrich Himmler through the private letters, photographs and diaries discovered at his home in 1945. | [3] |
2 | 13 July 2015 | Last Days in Vietnam | The story of the final days of the Vietnam War as Saigon is about to fall to the North Vietnamese Army. | [3] |
3 | 22 July 2015 | Circus Elephant Rampage | The story of Tyke a circus elephant who went on the rampage in Honolulu. She killed her trainer in front of spectators and she was shot dead. | [3] |
4 | 9 August 2015 | Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise | A look at life and death in the atomic age from Hiroshima to X-rays and MRI scans. | [3] |
5 | 28 September 2015 | A Syrian Love Story | Award-winning documentary telling the story of a family torn apart by the Assad regime. | [3] |
6 | 2 November 2015 | Lockerbie: My Brother's Bomber | Ken Dornstein sets out to find the men responsible for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. | [3] |
7 | 9 November 2015 | Dreamcatcher: Surviving Chicago's Streets | How a former prostitute helps vulnerable women escape danger on the streets of Chicago. | [3] |
8 | 16 November 2015 | Orion: The Man Who Would Be King | The obscure singer who masqueraded as Elvis Presley back from the grave. | [3] |
9 | 23 November 2015 | Cartel Land | An exposé of the Mexican drug war and the cartels operating around the Mexico/US border. | [3] |
10 | 30 November 2015 | FBI Undercover | Following an FBI counterterrorism operation with the help from a former 'Black Panther' turned FBI informer Saeed Torres. | [3] |
11 | 7 December 2015 | The Six-Day War: Censored Voices | Interviews of Israeli soldiers returning after the Six-Day War of 1967. | [3] |
12 | 17 January 2016 | The Golden Age of Circus: The Show of Shows | The story of circus performers, cabaret acts and vaudeville and fairground attractions. | [3] |
13 | 24 January 2016 | The Great Gangster Film Fraud | Documentary about a plan to scam the British taxman by faking the production of a movie. | [3] |
14 | 31 January 2016 | A Death Row Tale: The Fear of 13 | The story of Nick Yarris, a convicted murderer on death row who was exonerated after petitioning the court asking to be executed. | [3] |
15 | 14 February 2016 | Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party | The documentary of the Celebration of the 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy | [3] |
17 | 21 February 2016 | The Black Panthers | The documentary of the Black Panthers | [3] |
18 | 28 February 2016 | Bolshoi Babylon | The documentary of the Bolshoi Ballet | [3] |
19 | 23 June 2016 | Unlocking the Cage | The documentary of the animal rights lawyer Steven Wise | [3] |
20 | 7 November 2016 | Being Evel Knievel | The documentary of the success of Evel Knievel | [3] |
2014–2015 series
[edit]Episodes from the 2014–2015 series:[5]
Episode # | Date first broadcast | Title | Description | Source |
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23 | 30 March 2015 | My Mother the Secret Baby | Daisy Asquith tells the story of her mother's conception after a dance in 1940s Ireland | [3] |
22 | 23 March 2015 | Masterspy of Moscow – George Blake | Film about the spy George Blake, who escaped from jail and fled to the Soviet Union | [3] |
21 | 17 March 2015 | The Lost Gold of the Highlands | A man searches a mysterious Scottish loch for a lost fortune he believes is hidden there | [3] |
20 | 9 March 2015 | Rocking Cambodia: Rise of a Pop Diva | Documentary telling the story of the rise of the band Cambodian Space Project | [3] |
19 | 4 March 2015 | India's Daughter | The story of the brutal gang rape and murder of 23-year-old medical student Jyoti on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012, and the unprecedented protests and riots which this horrific event ignited throughout India | [6] |
18 | 2 March 2015 | 1.7 Billion Dollar Fraud: Full Exposure | In October 2011, Olympus Corporation, a multibillion-dollar Japanese optical company, dismissed its president and CEO, British-born Michael Woodford, over cultural differences in management style | [7] |
17 | 1 March 2015 | The Great European Disaster Movie | Authored documentary by Italian director Annalisa Piras and former editor of The Economist Bill Emmott, which explores the crisis facing Europe. | [8] |
16 | 18 Feb 2015 | The Great Sex Addict Heist: The Dog | Documentary about John Wojtowicz who is the inspiration for the 1975 movie Dog Day Afternoon | [9] |
15 | 16 Feb 2015 | Love Hotel | Documentary about a love hotel in Osaka, day-to-day life of its staff and its patrons. | [10] |
14 | 22 Feb 2015 | Love Is All: 100 Years of Love and Courtship | A magical and moving archive trip through the universal theme of love, set to a stunning soundtrack by Richard Hawley. | [11] |
13 | 10 Feb 2015 | Bulldozers, Paving Stones and Power: The Chinese Mayor | Documentary which looks into how power works in the Chinese Communist Party, focused through the mission of one local mayor. | [12] |
12 | 9 Feb 2015 | Mugabe and the Democrats | Political documentary thriller set in Zimbabwe, following two political enemies forced on a joint mission. | [13] |
11 | 2 Feb 2015 | The Internet's Own Boy | Documentary which explores the life of Aaron Swartz, an activist for social justice and political organising on the internet, and the circumstances that led to his early death. | [14] |
10 | 26 Jan 2015 | The Arabian Motorcycle Adventures | Documentary about an American man, Matt Van Dyke's, multi-year, 35,000-mile motorcycle trip through northern Africa and the Middle East, which saw him fight in the Libyan conflict against Gaddafi. | [15] |
9 | 21 Dec 2014 | Panto! Mayhem, Make Up and Magic | Film following a cast of Nottingham amateur actors who are staging a production of Puss in Boots, reflecting the vital and life-changing role the theatre plays in people's lives. | [16] |
8 | 2 Nov 2014 | Exposed: Magicians, Psychics and Frauds | How magician James Randi has debunked faith healers, fortune tellers and psychics. | [17] |
7 | 26 Oct 2014 | 112 Weddings | A filmmaker finds out what happened to some of the couples whose wedding videos he shot. | [18] |
6 | 15 Oct 2014 | Particle Fever: The Hunt for the Higgs Boson | Documentary which follows six scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider. | [19] |
5 | 29 Sep 2014 | Arms Dealer: The Notorious Mr Bout | Documentary following Viktor Bout – entrepreneur, arms smuggler and amateur film-maker. | [20] |
4 | 15 Sep 2014 | Web Junkies – China's Addicted Teens | Film following Chinese teenagers in a Beijing rehabilitation centre for internet addicts. | [21] |
3 | 6 Jul 2014 | Velorama | Documentary using BFI archive footage to look back at a century of cycling. | [22] |
2 | 6 Jun 2014 | The Lance Armstrong Story – Stop at Nothing | Film telling the story of the man behind the greatest fraud in recent sporting history. | [23] |
1 | 30 May 2014 | Searching for Sugar Man | How the forgotten 1960s American rocker Rodriguez became a phenomenon in South Africa. | [24] |
2013–2014 series
[edit]- 24. Shooting Bigfoot: America's Monster Hunters
- 8. Smash & Grab – The Story of the Pink Panthers
- 7. Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer
2012–2013 series
[edit]- 18. The Pirate Bay
- 14. Queen of Versailles
- The Road: A Story of Life & Death by Marc Isaacs[25]
Other series
[edit]Episodes from previous series:
Episode # | Date first broadcast | Title | Description | Source |
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. | 19 Oct 2014 | Russia's Toughest Prison: The Condemned | ||
. | 11 Oct 2014 | The Gatekeepers | ||
. | 22 Sep 2014 | The Himalayan Boy and the TV Set | ||
. | 22 Jun 2014 | The Legend of Billie Jean King – Battle of the Sexes | The story of the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. | |
. | 31 Mar 2014 | Which Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington | Film about Tim Hetherington, the war photographer killed during the Libyan civil war. | |
24 | 24 Mar 2014 | Shooting Bigfoot: America's Monster Hunters | Documentary about the obsessive, competitive and divided cult of Bigfoot hunting. | |
. | 19 Mar 2014 | Brakeless: Why Trains Crash | Documentary exploring one of Japan's biggest train crashes in modern history. | |
. | 7 Mar 2014 | "Muscle Shoals: The Greatest Recording Studio in the World" | Film about the town with two recording studios where some of America's most creative and defiant music was made. | [26] |
. | 3 Mar 2014 | The Village that Fought Back: Five Broken Cameras | The video diary of a Palestinian farmer who films unrest in his West Bank village. | |
. | 27 Feb 2014 | Soccer Coach Zoran and his African Tigers | A Serbian coach attempts to forge South Sudan's first national football team. | |
. | 17 Feb 2014 | Cutie and the Boxer | Documentary about the chaotic 40-year marriage of two Japanese artists in New York. | |
. | 5 Feb 2014 | K2: The Killer Summit | Documentary looking at how 11 climbers were killed during a descent of K2 in August 2008. | |
. | 3 Feb 2014 | Mad Dog: Gaddafi's Secret World | Insiders who gave shape to Gaddafi's dark dreams talk about his terrifying regime. | |
. | 26 Jan 2014 | The Big Melt – How Steel Made Us Hard | Archive footage and a live score tell the story of steel and the story of Sheffield. | |
. | 20 Jan 2014 | Big Brother Watching Me: Citizen Ai Weiwei | Learning about Chinese artists Ai Weiwei, whose works have brought him notoriety and a prison sentence. | |
. | 13 Jan 2014 | Mandela, The Myth and Me | Examining questions regarding the legacy of Nelson Mandela. | |
. | 4 Dec 2013 | Fame in China | How the senior class at China's top drama academy staged the musical, Fame. | |
. | 21 Nov 2013 | Blackfish – The Whale that Killed | ||
. | 18 Nov 2013 | The Spy who Went into the Cold: Kim Philby, Soviet Super Spy | ||
. | 4 Nov 2013 | The Disappeared | ||
. | 4 Nov 2013 | Hotel Folly – Folie à Deux | Filmed over five years, this is an emotional rollercoaster of a documentary which explores the sometimes extreme highs and lows of one of life's biggest gambles – buying a home. Part black comedy, part nail-biting journey, this shows the human cost of the mortgage crisis. | |
. | 23 Oct 2013 | The Great Hip Hop Hoax | Californian hip-hop duo Silibil N' Brains were going to be massive. No one knew the pair were really Scottish, with fake American accents and made up identities. | |
8 | 22 Oct 2013 | Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers | Documentary about a gang of diamond thieves called the Pink Panthers. | |
7 | 21 Oct 2013 | Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer | How a group of young, feminist punk rockers known as Pussy Riot captured the world's attention by protesting against Putin's Russia. | |
. | 25 Feb 2013 | I Will Be Murdered | A murdered Guatemalan lawyer foretells his death and names the culprits. | |
. | 20 Feb 2013 | How Hackers Changed the World: We Are Legion | Documentary about the radical online 'hacktivist' collective Anonymous. | |
. | 19 Feb 2013 | The Pirate Bay | How the founders of a file sharing site were taken to court by the entertainment industry. | |
. | 18 Feb 2013 | Google and the World Brain | Documentary about a campaign by authors to stop the Google Books website. | |
. | 11 Feb 2013 | Expedition to the End of the World | A group of scientists and artists venture by ship into uncharted territory. | |
. | 4 Feb 2013 | Death on the Staircase: The Last Chance | Documentary which follows the hearing of a murder case which split a family. | |
. | 28 Jan 2013 | The Queen of Versailles | The story of a couple whose plans of building a mansion are hit by the economic crisis. | |
. | 21 Jan 2013 | Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song | Documentary surveying the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. | |
. | 14 Jan 2013 | The House I Live In | Film looking at America's War on Drugs, painting a portrait of individuals at all levels. | |
. | 16 Dec 2012 | The Other Irish Travellers | Documentary looking at the history of Ireland's vanished Anglo-Irish classes. | |
. | 18 Nov 2012 | From the Sea to the Land Beyond: Britain's Coast on Film | A meditation on Britain's unique coastline and the role it plays in our lives. | |
. | 12 Nov 2012 | The Chef Who Conquered New York: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt | A look at the driven and talented British celebrity chef, Paul Liebrandt. | |
. | 4 Nov 2012 | JFK's Road to White House: Primary 1960 | Film following John F Kennedy during his 1960 Wisconsin presidential primary run. | |
. | 12 Sep 2012 | Olympic Massacre: One Day in September | Recounting the tragic events of the 1972 'Munich Massacre'. | |
. | 5 Sep 2012 | The $750 Million Thief | Film about Marc Stuart Dreier, a Manhattan attorney who orchestrated a fraud that netted over $750 million. | |
. | 13 Aug 2012 | Racing Dreams | Film about three children competing in the World Karting Association's national series. | |
. | 23 Jul 2012 | The Queen of Africa: The Miriam Makeba Story | Film about the life of South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba. | |
. | 5 Jul 2012 | Hitler, Stalin and Mr Jones | Was a Welsh journalist killed in 1935 for revealing Stalin's policies in the Ukraine? | |
. | 2 Jul 2012 | Albino Witchcraft Murders | Two people with albinism try to follow their dreams in the face of prejudice in Tanzania. | |
. | 25 Jun 2012 | Girl Model | Documentary exposing the supply of ever younger girls to the Japanese modelling industry. | |
. | 4 Jun 2012 | Surviving Progress | Documentary about the grave risks we pose to our own survival in the name of progress. | |
. | 19 Apr 2012 | The Real Great Escape | The story of the mastermind behind World War II's Great Escape, Roger Bushel. | |
. | 6 Mar 2012 | Murderball | Documentary exploring the sport of wheelchair rugby, unofficially known as murderball. | |
. | 8 Feb 2012 | Guerilla – The Taking of Patty Hearst | The story of the 1974 kidnap of teenage newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. | |
. | 21 Jun 2010 | When China Met Africa | A historic gathering of over fifty African heads of state in Beijing reverberates in Zambia where the lives of three characters unfold. | |
. | 9 May 2010 | Cod Wars | Film about the disputes between Iceland and the UK over ownership of fishing zones. | |
. | 9 Mar 2010 | Barbados at the Races: Bajan Born and Bred | An exploration of what it is to be Bajan (Barbadian). | |
. | 9 Mar 2010 | Barbados at the Races: The Jockey's Prayer | A look at the lives of three Bajan jockeys. | |
. | 9 Mar 2010 | Barbados at the Races: Run Cat Run! | How a new breed of small trainer is determined to break into the exclusive Turf Club. | |
. | 9 Mar 2010 | Barbados at the Races: The Favourite | The build-up to the Derby seen through the eyes of those responsible for the favourite. | |
. | 22 Feb 2010 | Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father | Documentary film by Kurt Kuenne which chronicles the murder of Andrew Bagby and the efforts of his parents to gain custody of his child from his alleged killer. | |
. | 23 Nov 2009 | Hi Society – The Wonderful World of Nicky Haslam | Documentary about the British socialite and wit Nicky Haslam. | |
. | 17 Apr 2009 | The Jazz Baroness | Documentary about the British baroness who fell in love with jazz genius Thelonious Monk. | |
. | 7 Mar 2009 | Robert Capa – In Love and War | A look at the life, loves and career of iconic war photographer Robert Capa. | |
. | 14 Feb 2009 | Prostitution Behind the Veil | Documentary following the lives of two Iranian women who have resorted to prostitution. | |
. | 21 Jun 2009 | Fashion Victim | How fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered on the steps of his Miami mansion. | |
. | 7 Jan 2009 | Blast! | Scientists launch a revolutionary telescope to try and explain the formation of galaxies. | |
. | 17 Nov 2008 | I'm Not Dead Yet | Documentary about the inheritance of a Gothic home and a family's unspoken past. | |
. | 10 Nov 2008 | Prodigal Sons | Transsexual filmmaker Kim and her brother Marc meet up at their high school reunion. | |
. | 27 Oct 2008 | When Borat Came to Town | Romanian villagers attempt to clear their name after being portrayed in the film Borat. | |
. | 20 Oct 2008 | Shot in Bombay | Documentary on Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, after conviction for firearms offences. | |
. | 13 Oct 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Re-examining Polanski's conviction for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. | |
. | 6 Oct 2008 | Dirty Tricks: The Man Who Got the Bushes Elected | Profile of Lee Atwater, who became chairman of the GOP and mentor to George W Bush. | |
. | 23 Sep 2008 | Martin Luther King: Citizen King 1967-1968[contradictory] | Documentary about the final five years of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.[contradictory] | |
. | 23 Sep 2008 | 1968 | Documentary exploring what happened throughout the world in the seminal year of 1968. | |
. | 20 Sep 2008 | The Day after Peace | Documentary charting filmmaker Jeremy Gilley's attempts to establish a Day of Peace. | |
. | 20 Aug 2008 | Flying – Confessions of a Free Woman: Episode 2 | A filmmaker reassesses her life by talking to women around the world about theirs. | |
. | 13 Aug 2008 | Flying – Confessions of a Free Woman: Episode 1 | A filmmaker reassesses her life by talking to women around the world about theirs. | |
. | 6 Aug 2008 | The Burning Season | One young Australian entrepreneur's attempt to save the rainforests, and make a fortune. | |
. | 23 Jul 2008 | The Chuck Show | Documentary exploring the contradictions and passions of painter Chuck Connelly. | |
. | 4 Jul 2008 | Wheel of Time | Documentary by Werner Herzog exploring the Buddhist Kalachakra movement for world peace. | |
. | 16 Jun 2008 | The Father, the Son and the Housekeeper | Documentary about Father Michael Cleary, an Irish priest who had his own TV chat show. | |
. | 28 May 2008 | Death of a WAG | Documentary about the murder of an Iranian football star's wife by his mistress. | |
. | 7 Jul 2008 | The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World: Compilation | Owner Qin Linzi and her staff show how to run a successful restaurant business in China. | |
. | 17 Jun 2008 | The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World: Bright Future | There's a banquet for a new baby and an anniversary show to celebrate its third year. | |
. | 10 Jun 2008 | The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World: Family Duties | Exploring the strong sense of duty implicit in family relationships in China. | |
. | 3 Jun 2008 | The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World: A Good Match | Examining attitudes towards marriage in contemporary China. | |
. | 27 May 2008 | The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World: Enterprise | What it takes to run a successful restaurant business in China. | |
. | 21 May 2008 | Bob Dylan's Indian Birthday | The village of Shillong, North India, comes together each year to celebrate Bob Dylan. | |
. | 15 May 2008 | Flipping Out – Israel's Drug Generation | Why so many young Israelis have fallen victim to drug culture while backpacking in India. | |
. | 14 May 2008 | My Israel | How an Israeli woman who survived a terrorist attack has come to deal with the situation. | |
. | 14 May 2008 | The Battle for Jerusalem | Liran Atzmor's film documents a battle that took place in Jerusalem's Old City in 1948. | |
. | 7 May 2008 | My Secret Agent Auntie | How apparent heroine Baroness Moura Budberg may have actually been a callous Soviet agent. | |
. | 11 Mar 2008 | Somebody Has to Live: The Journey of Ariel Dorfman | Documentary about author Ariel Dorfman, who survived the bloody 1973 coup in Chile. | |
. | 9 Mar 2008 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | Documentary that tells the story of The Funk Brothers, the successful Motown musicians. | |
. | 4 Mar 2008 | Dolce Vita Africana | Documentary about celebrated Malian photographer Malick Sidibé. | |
. | 26 Feb 2008 | Tito's Ghost | Documentary revealing how the worship of Marshal Tito continues in the former Yugoslavia. | |
. | 24 Feb 2008 | "Dance with a Serial Killer" | French homicide cop Jean Francois Abgrall recounts bringing serial killer, Francis Heaulme to justice. | |
. | 19 Feb 2008 | Very Russian Geniuses | How the political changes of the 1980s affected the intellectual elite in Russia. | |
. | 12 Feb 2008 | Orthodox Stance | Film about Dmitriy Salita – Russian immigrant, professional boxer and religious Jew. | |
. | 5 Feb 2008 | The Polish Ambulance Murders | How a cabal of undertakers bribed paramedics and doctors into murdering their patients. | |
. | 30 Jan 2008 | Hitler's Secretary | Hitler's private secretary from Autumn 1942 talks about her role in the Third Reich. | |
. | 29 Jan 2008 | The Devil Came on Horseback | A look at how the Arab Sudanese government seems intent on destroying its black citizens. | |
. | 27 Jan 2008 | Jonestown: The World's Biggest Mass Suicide | In 1978, 900 members of the Jonestown cult died in possibly history's biggest mass suicide | |
. | 22 Jan 2008 | Cannibals in the Andes: Stranded! | The survivors of a famous plane crash relive their experiences 30 years later. | |
. | 15 Jan 2008 | The Prisoner, or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair | The story of a cameraman imprisoned in Baghdad, accused of plotting to kill Tony Blair. | |
. | 18 Dec 2007 | Mr Vig and the Nun | Documentary about an 82-year-old man who has never known love, and a young Russian nun. | |
. | 10 Dec 2007 | My Life as a Spy | Leslie Woodhead recalls his time as a Russian-speaking sleuth during the Cold War. | |
. | 27 Nov 2007 | 444 Days | The story of the 1979 hostage crisis at the American Embassy in Tehran. | |
. | 22 Nov 2007 | Hammer and Tickle | Documentary telling the real history of Communism through jokes told by ordinary people. | |
. | 21 Nov 2007 | The Russian Newspaper Murders | Documentary about the murders of six Russian journalists between 1995 and 2003. | |
. | 20 Nov 2007 | Startup.com | Documentary following two high-school friends as they begin an internet startup. | |
. | 14 Nov 2007 | Little Dieter Needs to Fly | Werner Herzog's film recreates the ordeal of US pilot Dieter Dengler, shot down over Laos. | |
. | 13 Nov 2007 | The Madrid Connection | Documentary about the men lead the terrorist cell behind the 2004 Madrid train bombings. | |
. | 6 Nov 2007 | Wednesday | A revealing portrait of a generation growing up in a changing Russia. | |
. | 6 Nov 2007 | Power Trip | Documentary telling the story of the chaotic post-Soviet transition in Tbilisi, Georgia. | |
. | 31 Oct 2007 | Gods of Brazil | Documentary telling the story of legendary Brazilian footballers Pelé and Garrincha. | |
. | 30 Oct 2007 | Barca – The Inside Story | Documentary following the fortunes of Barcelona Football Club over a year of crisis. | |
. | 23 Oct 2007 | Gimme Shelter | Documentary recalling the events surrounding a free concert by the Rolling Stones in 1969. | |
. | 23 Oct 2007 | New York Doll | Documentary which details the turbulent history of the New York Dolls. | |
. | 16 Oct 2007 | Etre et avoir | Documentary portrait of life in a tiny one-class primary school in France's Auvergne. | |
. | 11 Oct 2007 | The Ministry of Truth | Documentary about Richard Symons' campaign for truth in the Houses of Parliament. | |
. | 11 Oct 2007 | Oona and Me | Documentary about ex-Labour MP Oona King. | |
. | 8 Oct 2007 | Sitting for Parliament | Belfast artist Noel Murphy paints all 108 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
. | 15 Oct 2007 | Bloody Cartoons | Karsten Kjær looks at the events when a small Danish newspaper chose to print a selection of cartoons depicting Muhammad. | |
. | 10 Oct 2007 | Dinner with the President | President Musharraf explores the different influences on political life in Pakistan. | |
. | 9 Oct 2007 | Looking for the Revolution | Looking at President Evo Morales' struggles building socialist policies in Bolivia. | |
. | 8 Oct 2007 | Taxi to the Dark Side | Documentary investigating a young man's death just days after his arrest by US forces. | |
. | 8 Oct 2007 | Russia's Village of Fools | Documentary about Russian patriot and businessman Mikhail Morozov. | |
. | 8 Oct 2007 | Campaign! The Kawasaki Candidate | Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda follows his friend Yamauchi on the campaign trail in Japan. | |
. | 7 Oct 2007 | Egypt: We Are Watching You | Three Egyptian women start a movement to educate and empower the public | |
. | 7 Oct 2007 | Please Vote for Me | A group of Chinese schoolchildren learn about democracy for the first time. | |
. | 6 Oct 2007 | Iron Ladies of Liberia | Documentary about Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. | |
. | 2 Oct 2007 | Belgrade Radio Warriors – Turn On, Tune In, Slob Out | Documentary about the Belgrade youth radio station, B92. | |
. | 25 Sep 2007 | Iraq in Fragments | Documentary which illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts. | |
. | 18 Sep 2007 | The Undertaking | Documentary about American-Irish poet-philosopher, essayist and undertaker, Thomas Lynch. | |
. | 17 Sep 2007 | This Film is Not Yet Rated | Documentary about the Motion Picture Association of America's rating system. | |
. | 11 Sep 2007 | Glow of White Women | Examination of the personal impact of discriminatory laws in Apartheid era South Africa. | |
. | 10 Sep 2007 | Hollywood Overnight | Documentary about the rise and fall of film maker Troy Duffy. | |
. | 10 Sep 2007 | Riot On! | Award-winning documentary about the spectacular failure of a Finnish media company. | |
. | 4 Sep 2007 | Andrew and Jeremy Get Married | The extraordinary love story between a retired bus driver and a retired teacher. | |
. | 16 Aug 2007 | Children and Cancer – A Lion in the House | Documentary following the challenges facing five families with children who have cancer. | |
. | 5 Aug 2007 | TV Junkie | Documentary about drug addiction, edited from home videos of a drug addict. | |
. | 18 Jul 2007 | Every Good Marriage Begins with Tears | Bengali sisters travel from London to Bangladesh to undertake arranged marriages. | |
. | 15 Jul 2007 | Once in a Lifetime | Players, coaches and journalists recall the all-star New York Cosmos of the seventies. | |
. | 27 Jun 2007 | Kike Like Me | Jamie Kastner finds out what it means to be Jewish in the modern world. | |
. | 18 Jul 2007 | Office Tigers: Part 4 | Series which goes inside the closed world of Western corporate outsourcing. | |
. | 11 Jul 2007 | Office Tigers: Part 3 | Series which goes inside the closed world of Western corporate outsourcing. | |
. | 4 Jul 2007 | Office Tigers: Part 2 | Series which goes inside the closed world of Western corporate outsourcing. | |
. | 27 Jun 2007 | Office Tigers: Part 1 | Series which goes inside the closed world of Western corporate outsourcing. | |
. | 26 Jun 2007 | Paris Brothel | Mark Kidel's film looks at the unique licensed brothels of Paris which existed until 1946. | |
. | 19 Jun 2007 | Winged Migration | Oscar-nominated documentary on the migratory patterns of birds. | |
. | 16 Jun 2007 | The Natural History of the Chicken | Documentary expanding the frontiers of popular awareness over the chicken's many virtues. | |
. | 9 Jun 2007 | Laughing with Hitler | Examining the history of the Third Reich through the jokes told about the Nazis. | |
. | 22 Jan 2005 | Why We Fight | Film exploring the joint venture between the US government and the arms industry. | |
. | 7 Jun 2007 | Journeys with George | Alexandra Pelosi's informal portrait of George W. Bush, filmed over nearly a year. | |
. | 6 Jun 2007 | Heirs to an Execution | Ivy Meeropol tells how her family was torn apart when her grandparents were executed. | |
. | 5 Jun 2007 | RFK | David Grubin's biography reassesses the remarkable and tragic life of Bobby Kennedy. | |
. | 4 Jun 2007 | How Vietnam Was Lost | The story of two seemingly unconnected events that changed the course of the Vietnam War. | |
. | 29 May 2007 | Children of the Chinese Circus | Documentary looking at Shanghai Circus school. | |
. | 22 May 2007 | Black Sun | Documentary about a blind man who travels the world alone. | |
. | 15 May 2007 | How Much is Your Life Worth? | Documentary about the work of attorneys and adjusters involved in cases of wrongful death. | |
. | 8 May 2007 | Oswald's Ghost | Documentary which deconstructs the mythologies surrounding the JFK assassination. | |
. | 24 Apr 2007 | Cuba! Africa! Revolution: Part 2 | Second of a two-part documentary telling the story of Cuba's interventions in Africa. | |
. | 24 Apr 2007 | Cuba! Africa! Revolution: Part 1 | Two-part documentary about Cuban intervention in Africa from the 1960s onwards. | |
. | 17 Apr 2007 | A Story of People in War and Peace | Documentary about the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1989-1994). | |
. | 11 Oct 2005 | In Search of Gandhi | Indian filmmaker Lalit Vachani retreads the route of Mahatma Gandhi's famous Salt March. | |
. | 4 Jul 2005 | Law of the Dragon | Series following the work of Judge Chen and his travelling court in China | |
. | 17 March 2004 | War Feels Like War | Spanish filmmaker Esteban Uyarra following Jacek Czarnecki, Bengt Kristiansen, Jan Kruse, P.J. O'Rourke, and Stephanie Sinclair, reporters and photographers, circumventing military media control to get access to a different perspective on the Iraq War. | [27][28] |
See also
[edit]- Arena, a similar documentary series by the BBC
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3/3. The Ground War. Following the allied troop deployment from the start of war, a year ago this week, to toppling Saddam. (Revised rpt) War Feels like War, on journalists in Iraq, is on BBC4 at 12.20am