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| Storyville | |
|---|---|
| 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]
| Episode # | Date first Broadcast | Title | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Episodes from the 2015–2016 series
| Episode # | Date first broadcast | Title | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
Episodes from the 2014–2015 series: [5]
| Episode # | Date first broadcast | Title | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
Episodes from previous series:
| Episode # | Date first broadcast | Title | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | 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 Kjaer 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] |
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician, who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar was one of the wealthiest criminals in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the time of his death—equivalent to $70 billion as of 2022—while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the United States in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Rebecca Louise Front is an English actress, writer and comedian. She won the 2010 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for The Thick of It (2009–2012). She is also known for her work in numerous other British comedies, including the radio show On The Hour (1992), The Day Today (1994), Knowing Me, Knowing You… with Alan Partridge (1994), Time Gentlemen Please (2000–2002), sketch show Big Train (2002), and Nighty Night (2004–2005).
Shannon Marie Kahololani "Shannyn" Sossamon is an American actress. She has appeared in the films A Knight's Tale (2001), 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002), The Rules of Attraction (2002), The Order (2003), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), The Holiday (2006), Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), Road to Nowhere (2009), The End of Love (2012), and Sinister 2 (2015).
Simon William Day is an English comedian and actor known for his roles in the sketch show The Fast Show and the sitcom Grass.
Adam Michael Goldstein, known professionally as DJ AM, was an American DJ. Born in Philadelphia, Goldstein became interested in deejaying as a child after watching Herbie Hancock perform his 1983 single "Rockit". Goldstein developed a drug addiction as a teenager and was sent to the controversial rehabilitation center Straight, Incorporated. After he left the center, his drug problems became worse; he was addicted to crack cocaine for several years in his early twenties. After he attempted suicide in 1997, Goldstein became sober and later sponsored other addicts through Alcoholics Anonymous.
Russell Edward Brand is an English comedian, actor, presenter, activist, and campaigner. He established himself as a standup comedian and radio host before becoming a film actor. He has received three British Comedy Awards and a nomination for a BAFTA Award. He has since transitioned into becoming a controversial activist and has been accused of spreading conspiracy theories. Over the course of his career, Brand has been the subject of frequent media coverage for issues such as his promiscuity, drug use, political views, provocative behaviour at various award ceremonies, his dismissal from MTV, and his resignation from the BBC amid a prank call controversy.
The Staircase is a 2004 French-produced, English-language documentary television miniseries directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade about the trial of Michael Peterson, convicted of murdering his wife, Kathleen Peterson.
Silk is a British television drama series produced by the BBC which was broadcast over three series on BBC One between 22 February 2011 and 31 March 2014. Created by Peter Moffat, the series follows the daily goings on of Shoe Lane Chambers and its members in their personal and professional lives.
Silk Road was an online black market and the first modern darknet market. It was launched in 2011 by its American founder Ross Ulbricht under the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts". As part of the dark web, Silk Road operated as a hidden service on the Tor network, allowing users to buy and sell products and services between each other anonymously. All transactions were conducted with bitcoin, a cryptocurrency which aided in protecting user identities. The website was known for its illegal drug marketplace, among other illegal and legal product listings. Between February 2011 and July 2013, the site facilitated sales amounting to 9,519,664 Bitcoins.
Drugs, Inc. is an American documentary style television series on the National Geographic Channel that explores global narcotics production and trafficking. The series features drug dealers, recreational users, and addicts, as well as professionals in the fields of substance abuse, drug rehabilitation, and criminal justice. Interview subjects frequently have their voices changed or hide their faces behind masks or bandanas, in order to avoid public exposure or arrest by the local authorities.
Damien Molony is an Irish actor. He is best known for his television roles as Hal Yorke in BBC Three's Being Human, DC Albert Flight in the BBC's Ripper Street, DS Jack Weston in Channel 5's Suspects, Jon in Channel 4's GameFace and Dylan in Sky One Original comedy Brassic.
Makers: Women Who Make America is a 2013 documentary film about the struggle for women's equality in the United States during the last five decades of the 20th century. The film was narrated by Meryl Streep and distributed by the Public Broadcasting Service as a three-part, three-hour television documentary in February 2013. Makers features interviews with women from all social strata, from politicians like Hillary Clinton and television stars like Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey, to flight attendants, coal miners and phone company workers.
The dark web is the World Wide Web content that exists on darknets: overlay networks that use the Internet but require specific software, configurations, or authorization to access. Through the dark web, private computer networks can communicate and conduct business anonymously without divulging identifying information, such as a user's location. The dark web forms a small part of the deep web, the part of the web not indexed by web search engines, although sometimes the term deep web is mistakenly used to refer specifically to the dark web.
Ross William Ulbricht is an American serving life imprisonment for creating and operating the darknet market website Silk Road from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. The site operated as a hidden service on the Tor network and facilitated the sale of narcotics and other illegal products and services. Ulbricht ran the site under the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts", after the fictional character from The Princess Bride.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is the sixth novel by Richard Flanagan, and was the winner of the 2014 Booker Prize.
Benefits Street is a British documentary series broadcast on Channel 4. It followed the lives of benefit claimants and showed them committing crimes, including a demonstration of how to shoplift, and portrayed a situation in which people are dependent on benefits and lack the motivation to seek reliable employment.
The Missing is a British anthology drama television series written by brothers Harry and Jack Williams. It was first broadcast in the UK on BBC One on 28 October 2014, and in the United States on Starz on 15 November 2014. The first eight-part series, about the search for a missing boy in France, was directed by Tom Shankland. It stars Tchéky Karyo as Julien Baptiste, the French detective who leads the case, with James Nesbitt and Frances O'Connor as the boy's parents.
A darknet market is a commercial website on the dark web that operates via darknets such as Tor and I2P. They function primarily as black markets, selling or brokering transactions involving drugs, cyber-arms, weapons, counterfeit currency, stolen credit card details, forged documents, unlicensed pharmaceuticals, steroids, and other illicit goods as well as the sale of legal products. In December 2014, a study by Gareth Owen from the University of Portsmouth suggested the second most popular sites on Tor were darknet markets.
All Things Vice is a blog that was started in 2012 by Australian author and journalist Eileen Ormsby about news in the dark web. Since her investigations into the Silk Road in 2013, the darknet market led her to blog about various happenings in the dark web and publish two books, Silk Road (2014) and The Darkest Web (2018).
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
