Episode 1
The Prisoner, or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Jan 15, 2008
Episode 2
Stranded! The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
Jan 22, 2008
In October 1972, a student rugby team boarded a small plane in Montevideo to fly across the Andes for a long weekend of playing rugby and partying in Chile. But they never reached their destination as a storm brought their plane down in the high Andes, leaving the survivors stranded on a remote glacier. Ill-equipped, with no food and little hope of rescue, the survivors faced extreme hardship and many life-or-death situations, including the agonising decision to eat the flesh of those killed in the crash to stay alive. Thirty years later, those that got down from the mountain relive their 72 days 'up there' to give this extraordinarily powerful, vivid and immediate account of human endurance and heroism.
Episode 3
Jonestown: The World's Biggest Mass Suicide
Jan 27, 2008
Episode 4
The Devil Came on Horseback
Jan 29, 2008
Episode 5
Hitler's Secretary
Jan 30, 2008
Acclaimed film comprising an extended interview with 81-year-old Traudl Junge, who recalls her role as Adolf Hitler's personal secretary during his final years.
Episode 6
The Polish Ambulance Murders
Feb 5, 2008
Episode 7
Orthodox Stance
Feb 12, 2008
Episode 8
Blue Blood
Feb 17, 2008
Episode 9
Very Russian Geniuses
Feb 19, 2008
Episode 10
Dance With a Serial Killer
Feb 24, 2008
Series showcasing the best in international documentaries. In 1989, a woman was brutally murdered in broad daylight on a beach in Brittany. The detective assigned to the case was a young homicide cop, Jean Francois Abgrall. Abgrall was soon convinced that the murderer was a weird drifter called Francis Heaulmes who, despite an alibi, kept dropping mysterious hints. Abgrall recounts how he trailed Heaulmes through France to bring him to justice.
Episode 11
Tito's Ghost
Feb 26, 2008
Episode 12
Dolce Vita Africana
Mar 4, 2008
Documentary about celebrated Malian photographer Malick Sidibe, whose iconic images of his country from the late 1950s through to the 1970s captured the carefree spirit of his generation asserting their freedom after independence, up until an Islamic coup ushered in years of military dictatorship. The filmmakers travel to Malick Sidibe's studio in Bamako to witness him at work and meet many of the subjects of his earlier photographs, whose personal stories also tell the history of Mali.
Episode 13
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Mar 9, 2008
Documentary telling the story of the Funk Brothers, the Motown session musicians who were behind more number one hits that the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined. Drawn together from Detroit's jazz and blues scene, the film recounts their evolution of the Motown sound from its origins to its demise in LA during the 1970s, and reunites the surviving Funk Brothers for the first time in thirty years.
Episode 14
Somebody Has to Live: The Journey of Ariel Dorfman
Mar 11, 2008
Episode 15
All White in Barking
Mar 14, 2008
Episode 16
The English Surgeon
Mar 30, 2008
Henry Marsh is one of Britain's leading brain surgeons. Ten years ago he befriended Igor Kurilets, a fellow neurosurgeon who works in the Ukraine, and ever since he has travelled to the Ukraine twice a year to operate on patients for free. Geoffrey Smith's moving film follows Henry as he travels to Kiev to help Igor operate on a young man called Marian, who without surgery has just months to live. When Henry arrives he faces a serious challenge - Marian must be awake when his tumour is removed, and Henry must use the most basic tools, including a Black and Decker drill.
Episode 18
My Secret Agent Auntie
May 7, 2008
Episode 19
The Battle for Jerusalem
May 14, 2008
Episode 20
My Israel
May 14, 2008
Episode 21
Flipping Out - Israel's Drug Generation
May 15, 2008
As part of a season marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, Yoav Shamir's documentary looks at why so many young Israelis use their National Service discharge bonus to go backpacking in northern India and Goa, with a high proportion experimenting with drugs and consequently suffering mental breakdowns.
Episode 22
Bob Dylan's Indian Birthday
May 21, 2008
Documentary focusing on Shillong, North India, where each year the village comes together to celebrate the birthday of their musical hero - Bob Dylan. At the heart of the celebrations is Lou Majaw, a local celebrity who tours India performing Dylan's songs to rapturous crowds. This film takes a behind-the-scenes look at Majaw's life, seeing how the rock and roll lifestyle seems to be tearing him apart.
Episode 23
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Enterprise
May 27, 2008
Episode 24
Death of a WAG
May 28, 2008
Episode 25
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - A Good Match
Jun 3, 2008
Episode 26
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Family Duties
Jun 10, 2008
Episode 27
The Father, the Son and the Housekeeper
Jun 16, 2008
Episode 28
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Bright Future
Jun 17, 2008
Episode 29
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Compilation
Jul 7, 2008
Episode 30
The Chuck Show
Jul 23, 2008
Episode 31
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Jul 27, 2008
Documentary telling the story of Stax, one of the most influential soul record labels ever. Founded in a black neighbourhood of Memphis by a white brother and sister in the 1960s as a studio with an open-door policy, the label went on to sign such iconic acts as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and their house band, Booker T and the MGs. Featuring interviews with Jesse Jackson, Elvis Costello, Chuck D, Justin Timberlake, Bono and Pete Townshend.
Episode 32
Kidult: My Kid Could Paint That
Jul 30, 2008
Episode 33
The Burning Season
Aug 6, 2008
Episode 34
Flying - Confessions of a Free Woman - 1
Aug 13, 2008
Episode 35
Flying - Confessions of a Free Woman - 2
Aug 20, 2008
Episode 36
1968
Sep 22, 2008
Documentary exploring what really happened throughout the world in the seminal year of 1968, a time of music and of revolution, asking why so many hopes were disappointed and what is the period's true legacy. Drawing on archive footage from the US, Vietnam, Britain, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Mexico, the film dynamically reconstructs the hopes, the fears and the ultimate sense of despair that pervaded the events of 1968.
Episode 37
Dirty Tricks: The Man Who Got the Bushes Elected
Oct 6, 2008
Episode 38
Roman Polanski - Wanted and Desired
Oct 13, 2008
Episode 39
Shot in Bombay
Oct 20, 2008
Episode 40
When Borat Came to Town
Oct 27, 2008
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