Fiorsceal Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• 20 Years Old in the Middle East

  Investigating how the war in Iraq has influenced the attitude of the younger generation, who are determined not to repeat their fathers' mistakes

• 24

  Current affairs reports

• 72 Hours After March 11th

  An investigation into the 2004 Madrid bombings, which came just three days before a change in Spanish government and was the biggest terrorist attack in the history of Europe

• Abandoned by the UN

  Report on the UN's failed peacekeeping mission in Cambodia

• Adoption, The Hidden Trafficking

  Documentary about the corrupt world of illicit adoption and child trafficking : a crime which is difficult to trace, since its principle is often one of innocent generosity

• An Afraic ag Éiri/Africa Rising

  A look at an experiment taking place in Ethiopia that aims to give the people control over the country's enormous resources. If successful, the project could have a significant impact on the future of Africa

• Africa, A Would Be Economy

  Documentary exploring how budding entrepreneurs and business people in Africa could revitalise the economy with the right help and support

• African Children

  The lives of children in different parts of Africa

• After Jenin

  Events in the West Bank

• Aisling an Uisce/The Dream of Water

  Experts including William Cosgrove and Mikhail Gorbachev investigate the social and political concerns about the world's water resources

• Along Came a Spider

  The story of Iranian serial killer Saeld Hanael

• Amasoya

  How the demand for the soybean is putting the Amazon rainforest in jeopardy. Huge fields are being taken over for the cultivation of the legume, as it becomes a staple food source for many countries ravaged by BSE

• American Expansion

  Studying American history and the nation's apparent obsession with expansion, an interest which shows no signs of decreasing in the modern era

• Amish/Self Improvement Groups

  America's Amish population, and self improvement groups

• And King Created Woman

  Examining recent changes in Moroccan law, featuring an alimony case in which a woman is suing her ex-husband for a divorce settlement - an action impossible just a year ago

• The Angel Returns

  Documentary on the women activists dedicated to the abolition of female circumcision in Somalia

• Ar Airdeall san Artach

  Exploring the ways pollution has affected the Arctic during the last 20 years, and how the pristine white paradise has been contaminated by pollutants from the industrialised world

• Ar Thoir Vota

  Film director Weijun Chen conducts an experiment in democracy at Wuhan in central China. The Please Vote for Me test paints a portrait of society through a school, its children and families to discover whether this system of government can work without an army or violence to uphold the law

• Aral Sea : Hospital at the End of the Earth

  The economic and social crisis facing the Aral Sea

• Argentina, Four Faces

  The economic collapse of Argentina

• The Armenians : A Story of Survival

  The journey and struggle of the Armenian people

• Article 1

  The human rights movement

• Asbestos - A Slow Death/Snatha an Deabhail

  The continuing use of asbestos in poorer countries, despite being banned from use in the European Union because of its dangerous properties

• Athlonnú

  Exploring the globalisation of call centres. People in places such as Rabat in Morocco and Mangalore in India enjoy a higher standard of living thanks to their jobs with Western companies

• Augino, Surviving the Prestige

  Documentary investigating how the villagers of Augino dealt with the sinking of the Prestige in November 2002, when a five-mile oil slick reached the coast of north-west Spain, causing a major environmental disaster

• Australia's Shame

  The heritage of Australian aborigines, who were once hunted for their land and whose children were taken from them and raised my missionaries and white families

• Babun e mo Chomharson/ Help! My Neighbours Are Baboons

  Documentary investigating the difficult relationship between people and chacma baboons in areas of South Africa. Residential villages are beginning to encroach on the primates territory, leading the animals to look elswhere for food - including inside houses

• The Baby Business

  How celebrities are fuelling the growing popularity of inter-country adoption as fertility rates drop in the West, leading to a profitable baby business in India, where traders take extreme measures to supply children

• Baby Crash

  The decline of birth rates in large industrial countries

• Back to Bosnia

  The account of a family who fled the Bosnian war to live in America, leaving their house in Banja Luka behind. The town was handed over to Serbia after a peace treaty was signed in 1996, so when they returned 10 years later they were shocked to find a Serb family had settled in their home

• Bacteria Land

  How scientists are utilising bacteria - which can survive ice, lava and massive radiation levels - to improve mankind's quality of life, even though the organisms' reputation remains marred by their association with germs and illness

• Bangkok : Behind the Smile

  Bangkok's growing population

• Barcelona no Bas/Barcelona or Die

  Documentary investigating the fishermen in Thiaroye, Senegal, who undertake perilous sea journeys in a bid to migrate to Europe illegally because food is running low in their villages. There is a look at how an English teacher almost lost his life during two failed attempts to flee, and how his cousin is working for the development of the country

• The Bare-footed Women who Make Light

  The story of four women who were born into poverty in India, but taught themselves how to make, install and maintain solar lamps in villages with no street lighting, earning themselves the title of the subcontinent's 'barefooted solar engineers'

• Bas no Bua

  An exploration of physiologists' claims that too much sport can cause long-term damage to the body, and how professional athletes could be risking their health by responding to urges to push themselves that extra yard

• The Battle for Our River

  The story of a group of women in India who fought the government for two decades in protest of plans to build a dam on the Narmada River

• The Battle of the Ganges

  Documentary exploring the causes of pollution in the River Ganges and the plants that could save it

• Beasts of Burden

  The lives of rickshaw workers in India, following one young man as he leaves his impoverished village to seek work in Calcutta. At the lower end of the caste system, he is left with no alternative but to apply for a job which sees him forced to do the work which in more affluent societies is given to a beast of burden

• Beatha Teanga

  How statistics show one language disappears from the world every fortnight, and that by the end of this century half the planet's 65,000 languages will no longer be spoken

• Beatha Teanga

  Current affairs reports

• Beating the Black Dog

  A documentary looking at the people who suffer from manic depression and how the disorder can escalate into other problems, such as psychosis and alcoholism

• Becoming a Woman in Zanskar

  An account of how two best friends come to terms with parting from their families and each other when one is forced into an arranged marriage and the other becomes a nun

• Becoming a Woman in Zanskar

  Current affairs reports

• Big Business/ Brabach Ramhar

  Documentary exploring the businesses making money from America's obesity crisis, including the restaurant that invented the 8,000-calorie burger and pushes diners back to their cars in wheelchairs. There's also a look at companies making reinforced toilets and extra large coffins

• A Billion Dollar Crop

  The history of cannabis cultivation

• Biological Warfare

  The agreement made by first world countries to destroy their biological weapons

• Bitter Harvest

  The uneasy relationship between US and Australian troops and the drug lords who cultivate much of the world's heroin in Central Asia

• Black Slaves

  Modern day slaves. Presented by Alex Hijmans

• An Bleachtaire Shi and Na Mna Fuadaithe/Detective Shi and the Stolen Brides

  Documentary investigating the social difficulties caused by the small ratio of women in China, where human trafficking and kidnapping are on the increase in villages because men cannot find wives. The programme follows Detective Shi as he travels through the country to rescue a girl who has been missing for three years

• The Blood of the Earth

  Issues of land ownership in north Colombia, where 5,000 U'Wa Indians have threatened to commit mass suicide if oil company Oxy begins criminal exploitation of their grounds

• The Blood Scandal

  The scandal that has left thousands of haemophiliacs with HIV

• Bloodshed in the Balkans

  The Serbian and Kosovan conflict

• Blown Away Kids

  The lives of children in Rio de Janeiro, where a large number of kids from poor social backgrounds sleep in the streets. They face the merciless Death Squad comprised of vigilantes, who kill five people every day. Featuring accounts from lawyers, politicians and policemen who witness these events

• Bombay Tiffin Express

  A look at a unique and lucrative industry in India, which involves specially hired employees collecting meals prepared by workmen's wives, and delivering them to their husbands for lunch

• Born to Be Big

  Obesity and the related health problems it causes

• Brainstorm

  Coping with depression

• Brave Medicine

  People who put themselves forward as human guinea pigs to test new medicines

• Brides for Barter

  Insight into the lives of the Huli people of Papua New Guinea, who struggle to maintain their ancient customs and tribal identity in the face of Western influences

• Brionglóidí Arnhem

  In the northern territory of Australia, a small community of Aborigines decide to abandon life in town and return to the bush. Rediscovering traditional medicines, and exploring the possibilities offered by the natural laboratory with scientists, they aim to solve some of their health problems whilst ensuring economic independence

• Brú ar an Intinn

  Investigating the dangers of smoking cannabis. The latest scientific research suggests that it can cause psychoses, schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders

• The Burden of Innocence

  A man cleared of rape after spending 18 years in a Louisiana jail

• Burning Questions for the New Pope

  An examination of how the Roman Catholic Church is slowly declining, with many of its followers turning away from the doctrine, or divided into cliques as demands for reform go unnoticed

• Ca Luionn an Bhrog

  Documentary debating whether or not mentally disabled people have the right to bear children

• Ca Luionn an Bhrog

  Current affairs reports

• Caoineadh na Maighdine/Weeping Women

  A Catholic woman who claims her statue of the Madonna started weeping in 2002, and how the apparent miracle affected visitors ranging from a sceptic to the seriously ill and devoted believers seeking guidance

• Carlos Cardoso, An Independent Spirit

  The story of murdered journalist Carlos Cardoso

• Carriers/Lucht Iompair

  Documentary exploring the lives of truck drivers in India, who are viewed as outcasts by the rest of society and are regarded with hatred and disgust by fellow citizens

• Casablanca, Morocco

  Investigating the revolutionary developments in women's rights in Casablanca, Morocco, where for centuries Muslim wives have been forced to follow tradition

• Ce Leis na Farraigi?/ Who Owns the Sea?

  Documentary investigating projects aiming to exploit the sea's raw materials, including deposits of gold, copper, oil and gas, as countries desperately search for Earth's last natural resources

• Cearta agus Colpcheart

  Investigating an Australian company which is trying to patent parts of the DNA code which affect 95 per cent of every living creature

• Ceisteanna Eaglasta

  Once a huge success, the Catholic Church is now facing a rapid demise following criticism and demands for reform. This programme explores why these requests appear to have fallen on deaf ears, and questions the future of a faith torn apart by different trends, as well as what lies in store for those who do still believe

• Chaninaz: What Rights for Women?

  A young Algerian woman studying in Constantine struggles with the traditions of her country, where the law sanctions inequality between men and women

• Charisma in Politics

  A documentary investigating the influence of image and media manipulation on global politics

• The Chernobyl Cover-Up

  Special aid for Ukraine

• Child Brides in Ethiopia

  Documentary investigating the marrying of children in Ethiopia

• Child Prostitution

  Investigation into child prostitution in Panama, including the corruption which takes place at the highest levels within the police force and political circles

• Child Prostitution

  Part two. Investigation into child prostitution

• Child Prostitution : Part Two

  Part two. Examining the extent of child prostitution in Panama, which involves police and politicians at the highest level. Presented by Alex Hijmans

• Children of Allah

  Education under the Taliban leadership

• Children of Blessing

  A group of mountain-dwelling Chinese children leave the peace of their village to begin primary school in the city, where they learn about becoming socialist workers

• Children of the Madrassas/Daltai an Khoran

  A profile of the Senegalese talibes, children whose religious boarding schools force them to beg for more than 10 hours a day in exchange for a Koranic education

• Children of War

  Investigation into the hundreds of children that are kidnapped and used as soldiers by the Ugandian rebel army

• Chilean Torturers Running Free

  Documentary about the legacy of the Chilean dictatorship

• Chongqing - The Largest City in the World

  The Deputy Mayor of Chongqing discusses the development of the city, and the challenges of keeping a balance between property growth, education and healthcare. He reveals his hopes that it will be central China's most powerful site by 2010

• Citizen Berlusconi

  A study of the fiery Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, whose radical approach to his country's laws has seen him challenging them in order to accommodate his sideline : a burgeoning media empire

• Coca: Éiri Amach/ Mama Coca's War

  A profile of Bolivia's first indigenous head of state for 470 years Evo Morales, who promised to legalise the controversial farming of coca plants in the country, which the American Government has speculated could cause a new drug war

• Coca Éiri Amach/ Mama Coca's War

  Current affairs reports

• Cogadh an Chadáis

  A comparison of the flourishing North American cotton farmers with their African counterparts, who rarely own more than a few acres, pick the crop by hand and transport it by mule

• Cogadh ar an Nil?/ Will the Nile War Take Place?

  Documentary exploring the increasing pressure for water in northern Africa and the conflicts which could arise because the Nile's plentiful resources are controlled by Egypt and Sudan - leaving other poverty-stricken countries in short supply

• Colombia - Cocaine's War

  The devastating impact of cocaine trafficking, which kills hundreds of thousands annually and has caused a bloody 40-year-long civil war in Columbia

• A Compassionate Rage

  The story of charity worker Moira Kelly

• An Corac Caste/The Caste Struggle

  Documentary investigating affirmative action in India, a controversial system of social reform that was aimed at helping members of the 3743 'backward castes', and has led to unprecedented political changes in the country

• Crimes and Firelines

  The female inmates who opted to serve their jail term as firefighters for the Department of Forestry

• Cry Sea

  How Africa is facing a crisis in its seas as industrial trawlers invade their waters after depleting fish stocks in Europe - leaving Senegalese anglers out of business as a result of the EU's devastating fishing policies

• Cuba - Embargo

  How the island of Cuba is surviving in the 21st century, having been crippled by decades of American sanctions and trade embargoes. The inhabitants have been forced to improvise unique solutions to their problems, and their indefatigability is a testimony to the resilience of the human spirit

• Cuba: Inne & Amarach/ Cuba: The Future of Yesterday

  How the fall of communism left the people of Pueblo Textil in Cuba living in poverty after experiencing a period of prosperity in the 1970s

• Cuba: The Forty Years War

  America's abortive invasion of Cuba in 1961

• Damhsa na Sicini/Chicken Stampede

  America and Europe were the leading global dealers of poultry, with 160,000 tons of chicken consumed by the world everyday. The programme examines how Brazil and Thailand are now battling to dominate in this profitable market

• Danger: Virus

  An investigation into the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, which wiped out more than 40 million people. The widespread devastation caused by the virus still baffles researchers today

• Dangerous Legacy

  Conflict in the Balkans

• A Dangerous Mind

  Once a huge success, the Catholic church is now facing a rapid demise following criticism and demands for reform. This programme explores why these requests appear to have fallen on deaf ears, and questions the future of a faith torn apart by different trends, as well as what lies in store for those who do still believe

• A Day in Beijing

  The transformation of Beijing, as entire sections of the city are bulldozed to make way for supermarkets and hotels in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics

• Death Letters

  A look at America's death penalty

• Death on the Pitch

  Investigating the on-pitch deaths of more than 40 footballers over the past five years, exploring allegations that the mortalities have been caused by the use of powerful analgesics - potent painkillers used to combat joint pain

• Deireadh na Treibhe

  Exploring the customs and traditions of an ancient Papuan tribe, which is now endangered by the encroaching influence of the white man

• A Democracy in Shock

  Events surrounding the murder of Dutch political candidate Pim Fortuyn

• Destiny

  Examination of how gypsies are facing the changing modern world through the story of Maria José, a Romany woman who graduated from a prestigious Spanish university and began a successful career in social services

• Dilleachtai Dibeartha an Aineolais/The New Untouchables

  A portrait of three children living with HIV in India, who have endured social segregation and prejudice in a country that has been reluctant to educate people about the disease

• Disguised as Paupers

  Companies who make profits from cheap labour

• A Dying Shame

  A report on Aboriginal communities in Australia, whose existence in the modern world is a far cry from the days when they ruled the land, and who are often faced with poverty, poor health, unemployment, alcoholism and drug abuse

• A Dying Shame: Naire Shaolta

  An examination of the more difficult and darker aspects of life in Australia as an Aboriginal, where the indigenous communities are often rife with unemployment, poor health as well as alcohol and drug abuse

• A Dying Shame: Naire Shaolta

  Current affairs reports

• Dying to Eat

  Exposing the extent of anorexia and bulimia : two eating disorders which are becoming increasingly common among females, some as young as 11 years old

• El Ejido: The Profits Rule

  Investigating the exploitation of immigrants who hope for a better life in Europe after they have landed on the Spanish coast from neighbouring Africa

• Ellen: What Answer to Terrorism

  A widow's fight to have improved counter-terrorism laws passed for pilots after losing her husband during the 9/11 attacks against the World Trade Centre. Plus, her views on how to combat the present threat to the West

• ETA: A History of Violence

  The history of the Basque nationalist movement ETA, widely regarded as a terrorist organisation. Founded in 1959, the group have carried out hundreds of killings and kidnappings since the beginning of the 1980s. Featuring contributions from founding members, police officials, judges and political figures

• Everest: Crois an Bhais/Dying for Everest

  The controversy surrounding double amputee Mark Inglis's ascent of Mount Everest, when it was discovered his team left an incapacitated British climber to die on the mountain's Death Zone. Inglis later defended himself and his comrades by explaining the reality of the extreme terrain and oxygen-starved environment, but was still criticised by Edmund Hillary

• Extreme Conditions

  Obsessive compulsive disorder

• The Eye of the Tiger

  The Tharu people of Nepal

• Faceless : The Burn Victims of Bangladesh

  Examining domestic violence in Bangladesh where jealous husbands and family enemies have taken vengeance by throwing acid in the faces of young girls who have supposedly offended them

• Fagin and Oliver: Oliver Twist i Jakarta

  Following the lives of street children in Indonesia who, from as young as six, are forced to work in the cities to support their families

• Fair Planet: Cadas

  A documentary investigating the increasing popularity of Fair Trade products in Western countries, and whether it is a marketing rip-off, or is an effective means of helping Third World producers

• Fair Planet: Caife

  A documentary investigating the increasing popularity of Fair Trade products in Western countries, and whether it is a marketing rip-off, or is an effective means of helping Third World producers

• Fair Planet: Wood

  A documentary exploring the increasingly popular Fair Trade products in Western countries. Featuring farmers in the Amazonian rainforest who have created the Alternative Producers' Association to respect the environment and use it to produce wood through sustainable forests

• Fair Trade - Forestry

  A documentary investigating the increasing popularity of Fair Trade products in Western countries, and whether it is a marketing rip-off or an effective means of helping Third World producers

• An Faisisteachas Nua/Europe: Fascism on the Rise

  Documentary exploring the increasing popularity of radical political movements in European countries, including a look at MPs who have links with fascist groups

• Faith is Rock: Rock De

  A look at the lives of the orthodox monks who live in a monastery outside Nafpaktos, whose spare time is spent singing rocks songs, making CDs and starring in music videos

• Fake Business

  Report on counterfeiting and piracy, which currently represents five to seven per cent of world trade : a staggering $300billion a year

• Farmer's Distress/The Arctic Dilemma

  A look at genetic engineering

• Feachtas Jumbo

  Follow conservationist Nigel Mason as he fights to save ten Sumatran Elephants from certain death, and transport them back to his safari park in the hills of Bali

• Feiniulacht na Fanaiochta/Gypsy Identity

  Documentary following the history of the Roma people - or gypsies - from their Indian exodus as single tribes thousands of years ago to a unified nation who have suffered years of persecution

• A Fight for Life

  The work of Christine Deschryver and Karl Shullers in the Bukavu region, east of Congo, who are attempting to preserve gorilla environments

• Fir i mBaol/Men in Danger

  Documentary investigating the deterioration of the male reproductive system, including the decline in sperm production and the rise in the number of testicular cancer cases

• Foghlaim don Saol

  Exploring the enormous differences between children's opportunities in acquiring an education throughout the world. Three youngsters from Ethiopia, Cambodia and Guatemala all share an equal desire to learn, but have many difficulties to overcome

• Football Hooligans/Maistíní

  A report on football hooligans, examining what causes their violent behaviour and why they continue to wreak havoc despite international match bans and even jail sentences

• Fourteen Million Dreams

  A portrait of five of the 14 million African children orphaned by Aids

• From Mao to Money

  A report on wealth in China

• The Fur Trade Scandal

  Investigation into the illegal trade in animals and the cruelty that they endure

• Gadobes

  A documentary exploring the difficulties faced by street children living in the Central African Republic, and how the estimated 6,000 youngsters have to survive by themselves after being shunned by society

• An Galar Dubh

  Documentary investigating bi-polar disorder and manic depression, which can descend into psychosis, alcoholism or even split personality disorders

• Gearcheim na hAfraice Theas

  Following three women who devote their lives to relieving the victims of tuberculosis in South Africa, which is the first cause of death among people who have Aids

• Gein-Bhia: Suailce no Duailce

  The role of genetic engineering and plant biotechnology in society - an area of science that is viewed with suspicion by members of the public

• Genetic Tests

  Ethical dilemmas associated with genetic testing

• Genetically Modified

  Report on the issues surrounding genetic modification, which have caused a great deal of controversy and left the general public uncertain of what is really at stake

• Ghettos Nua Mheiriea/New Ghettos of America

  Documentary investigating the communities struggling with poverty in America, where gang violence and gun crime are becoming increasingly prevalent in the ghettos

• The Global Banquet

  Examining global food policies and the effects that they have on small farmers around the world

• Global Sushi/An Sleacht Sushi

  Examining the increasing popularity of sushi and the effects this is having on the fishing industry

• Globalization Violence or Dialogue

  Conflict caused by globalization following the events of September 11

• God in Government

  The impact of religion on governments around the world

• Goile Marfach: Dying to Eat

  An investigation into the extent of the problem caused by eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia affect thousands of people, mainly women, across the globe, and the problem is on the increase, among girls as young as 11 years of age

• Gold Commandos

  Attempts to curb the effects of French Guiana's gold rush, which have seen the country's armed forces co-operate with neighbouring Surinam to prevent gold washing along the Maroni River. The quest for the precious metal has led to a decade-long trail of destruction by prospectors, killing forests, polluting rivers and spreading crime and disease among the native populations

• Gone to a Good Home

  Exploring claims that during the 1950s, 60s and 70s, many single Australian women were pressured into giving up their babies for adoption to married couples

• Greasy Loot/Éigniú na Faraoise

  The human cost of cultivating palm oil, used in margarine and make-up. The programme focuses on plantations in Indonesia where accusations of child labour and torture are rife

• The Great Desert Turf

  A look at camel racing in Nigeria, following village chief Djouri Bigue, his two dromedaries and their jockeys, as they compete for a 1,500 euro prize in the sport's annual grand final. If successful, they plan to use the money to finish building school facilities for local children

• Grief and Hate

  Documentary about a man who murdered two members of the same family in a small Missouri town, examining the repercussions of his sentence and looking at the decision made by the relatives of the victims to witness his execution

• Guantanamo

  The controversy surrounding Guantanamo Bay, the US military base in Cuba where prisoners captured in the 'war on terror' are kept without trial

• The Hardest Decision

  Three young women in New Zealand tell their stories about abortion

• Has the Weather Gone Crazy

  The controversial views of Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist

• Headache

  Research into the most common complaint there is

• The Healer Syndrome

  Dr Moussa Maman meets traditional African healers in Benin, Niger and Senegal, where he questions them about their work with Aids patients and the problems caused by impostors

• Heantos

  Vietnamese drug addicts tell their stories

• The Height of Happiness

  Documentary investigating the kingdom of Bhutan and the extraordinary happiness of the people living within it - despite the country having little material wealth and insulating itself from the influences of its neighbours, China and India

• Hidden Daughters

  Examining the issue of cultural conflict in Europe, focusing on the case of a Pakistani girl who disappeared. She is thought to have been sent back to her parents' homeland, where women have few rights, and are often forced into arranged marriages

• High Frontier

  An investigation into how commercialised and militarised outer space has become. Including a look at the role satellites play in daily life and how the industry has few regulations

• Holidays at Last

  The lives of people who work for a bag manufacturer in Vietnam. The workers wait for their four days holiday, but the factory's order book keeps filling up due to their low labour costs

• Hollywood Goes Green

  A look at the amount of waste and pollution generated by the film industry, detailing the environmental impact of countless trucks, generators and special effects explosions. It is also revealed that former US Vice President Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth has inspired a slew of TV programmes with a green theme

• Holy Rollers

  A pilgrimage with Suzi Rosedale

• Home Sweet Home

  How do Europeans really feel about immigration? This report reveals how, in France, the Netherlands, Italy and Denmark, a political right wing has flourished thanks to resistance towards foreigners making new homes in their countries

• Hospital at the End of the Earth

  The high levels of TB suffered by people living near the Aral Sea

• Hotel Metropole - The History of Sars: Lorg an Bhais

  Examining the history of the Sars virus, beginning with the first traceable sufferer, a doctor from China who had stayed in a Hong Kong hotel frequented by world travellers

• Hothouse/An Teach Mor

  The stories of three Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails for being war criminals. Although they are described as 'Security Prisoners', they are admired in their own country as freedom-fighters

• Human Cloning

  The hype and furore surrounding the race to create the first human clones

• Human Organ Traffic

  Undercover journalists expose organ trafficking

• Human Weapons

  An investigation into the phenomenon of suicide attacks, which have assumed unprecedented proportions in the Middle East. Is the use of this weapon of destruction laying the foundations for global conflict?

• The Hunger Business: The Price of Aid

  Insight into the work of The Price of Aid : a charity that works tirelessly to ensure third world countries are not exploited by richer nations

• Hunting My Husband's Killer/Ar Thóir na nDúnmhafóirí

  Scottish nurse Lesley Bilinda, who is desperate to track down the murderers of her Rwandan husband, prepares to return to his home country to get some answers

• Illegal Immigrants

  Two journalists pose as illegal immigrants

• In Languages We Live

  How statistics show one language disappears from the world every fortnight, and that by the end of this century half the planet's 65,000 languages will no longer be spoken

• In the Shadow of Saddam

  Journalist Julieta Rudich presents rare footage of open opinion in Iraq

• An Indiach Uaigneach/Attikamekws Identities

  Spiritual guide of the Attikamekws tribe in Quebec, Charles Coocoo, discusses the history and culture of the Native Americans who now live in the Wetomaci reserve

• Inside Secret Mecca, In the Heart of Islam

  Following the pilgrimage of a group of North African Moslems

• The Invisible War

  The use of depleted uranium weapons

• Istigh Faoin Droichead/Flowers Don't Grow Here

  The effects of Eastern Europe's transition from Communism to Capitalism, which has left an estimated one million children homeless in the Ukraine. Many of the youngsters have been drawn into a disturbing underworld dominated by crimes including prostitution, drug abuse and murder

• It's Time to Die in Huntsville

  A look at the process facing those who will be executed in the death chamber at Huntsville, Texas. Frances Newton, convicted 18 years ago of murdering her family, is now due to see the sentence carried out

• I've Got Two Mothers

  Insight into the case of two women who, between them, have three daughters : conceived by one and adopted by the other : raising ethical questions about homosexuality, the roles of parents and the propriety of such an arrangement

• The Japanese Nightmare

  Report on Japan's failing birth rate as more and more women are now choosing not to have children, but to pursue their careers instead, an alarming trend which has shaken the government

• The Japanese Nightmare

  An investigation into the connection between single Japanese women who have opted for careers instead of marriage and motherhood, and the low birth rate which has shaken the government

• A Journey Through Hell

  Journalist Daniel Grandclement witnesses the appauling living conditions onboard a boat trafficking people out of Somalia and Ethiopia. They are in search of a better life in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, but to get there they have to endure three days crammed on a small vessel with no food and water

• Juarez : City of Dead Women

  The shocking working conditions for the women of Juarez

• Just a Game

  An investigation into the effects of violent computer games, which have become a normal part of life for an entire generation, but might desensitise young people to real-life violence

• Kabul

  Footage shot by journalists in Kabul prior to 11 September

• The Kennedy Secrets

  The life and of John F Kennedy

• Kidnap and Ransom

  Western businessmen and aid workers targeted by kidnappers

• Knor Kilos in 25 Weeks

  A look at how pigs reared for their meat are forced to gain 110 kilos in weight in just 25 weeks

• Kokonor

  The effect of tourism at Lake Koko Nor in Tibet, also known as Qinghai Lake. The growth of the industry has resulted in the economic deprivation of the area's native Tibetan shepherds, who are forced to dress their children in traditional clothes to pose for photographs with travellers so they can earn money

• The Kursk Tragedy

  The Russian submarine disaster

• Landless Farmers/Feirmeoiri Gan Feiche

  The landless farmers in Brazil who are pushing to overcome extreme poverty by fighting to obtain the right to cultivate territory abandoned by its owners

• Laochra Comhshaoil/Making a Difference

  The work carried out by people fighting for environmental protection in Asia, where increasing amounts of fossil fuels are being used to support rapidly growing economies

• Lar an Áir/Crash Landing

  Focusing on the victims of war who aren't counted on the death toll, from soldiers suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and a range of illnesses from contact with depleted uranium, to those who struggle to live in war-torn countries

• Lastas Pléascach

  The tragic final voyage of the Thor Emilie, which set out on a calm and sunny day in February 2000. Sailing the Mediterranean Sea, the coaster was suddenly shaken by an explosion. Of the seven crew members, only the captain survives to tell the story, helping to reconstruct the final crucial days on board

• Le Gra Mor, On Ruis

  Following two Russian oprhans adopted by Western couples, as they initially relish leaving the oprhanage but have trouble letting go of their pasts - complicating things enormously

• Leath i do Chodladh

  The story of how three women battle against narcolepsy in their everyday lives, and how simple tasks like eating or driving can be life-threatening

• Leath i do Chodladh

  Current affairs reports

• Lia no Baruil: The Healer Syndrome

  Ethno-psychiatrist Dr Moussa Maman visits Benin, Niger and Senegal to meet traditional healers who are helping Aids victims in Africa, and investigates the fraudsters who are discrediting their work

• Life-Giving Transplants

  The stories of couples who have conceived babies specifically to save the lives of their other children who have fatal genetic disorders

• The Little Angel of Columbia

  The story of Alveriro Vargas

• Lives Together, Worlds Apart

  Combating the issue of gender discrimination

• Lonely Boy Richard

  Richard Wanambi's journey to jail in Australia's Northern Territory

• An Líne a Thrasnú

  From his prison cell, a committed war criminal talks about why he followed orders and became a mass murderer. The convicted man knows he is wrong, but tells his story as it happened and explains how his personality has been shaped by hate

• Make It Real/Turas Kevin

  Following the quest of a teenage Aids orphan from Kenya as he approaches the halls of power in a bid to learn what action is being taken to protect his community from the devastating disease

• The Malaria Parasites

  Questioning whether the World Health Organisation has left it too late to act following a fake drugs scandal that has turned Malaria into Africa's biggest child killer, and how the parasite has developed a resistance to the one treatment effective at curing it

• Marriage Morman Style

  Morman marriages

• Marriage Mormon Style

  Report on Mormon marriages

• Maru Onora

  Investigating honour killings in Diyarbakir, in the Kurdish east of Anatolia. Focusing on how the actions of a group of women carrying a coffin to a graveside helped to publicise a crime - the murder of a pregnant 18-year-old who was murdered at the hands of her brother for bringing shame on her family

• Maternity Unit

  Behind the scenes at Sydney's Canterbury Hospital maternity unit, where the majority of women preparing to give birth there were themselves born outside of Australia

• Mermaid's Tears

  Examining the impact that pieces of waste plastic are having on the world's oceans, from killing hundreds of thousands of animals a year to leaching chemicals into the food chain

• Messing with Heads

  An investigation into the latest research on cannabis use to see if smoking the drug is a harmless pastime or really can cause psychosis, schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders

• Mianadóir an Diabhail

  The lives of a 14-year-old and his 12-year-old brother who work in the Bolivian silver mines of Cerro Rico, which date back to the 16th century. An ancient belief dictates that Satan determines the fate of all who work in the tunnels. Raised without a father and living in poverty with their mother on the slopes of the mine, the boys assume many adult responsibilities

• Mianrai na Fola/Blood Coltan

  The often illegal mining of coltan by children in the war-torn country of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a mineral used in the production of mobile phones, DVD players and computers and is often smuggled by militias from neighbouring Rwanda

• Milosevic

  Events and episodes which shaped the Milosevic decade

• Mioruilti

  The current affairs show looks at the belief in miracles, and asks if they can be made to happen, and if so, where and when

• The MIR Chronicles : A Life in Space

  The history of the Russian Space Station MIR

• Miracles

  Following miracle-seekers as they travel the globe to famous pilgrimage sites in hope of salvation

• Misdiagnosis of Death

  Those who are pronounced dead and then emerge from the morgue

• Mna an Chogaidh

  Current affairs reports

• Mná an Chogaidh

  Investigating the effects of war upon women, who are statistically more likely to become casualties than professional soldiers, and suffer even more in the aftermath

• Mná ar Larraidh

  Investigating cases of selective abortions in Asia, where unborn females have been terminated in the hope that the parents will go on to conceive a male child instead

• Mná Marfacha

  An insight into the minds of murderous women who use poison as their weapon, revealing why this method is so popular among female killers

• Mo Chairrin Álainn/Cars r Us

  Documentary exploring the measures car manufacturers are taking to stop profits falling amid growing ecological concerns, including the doctoring of official reports

• Money or Blood : Airgead nó Fuil

  French actors Gerard Depardieu and Carole Bouquet investigate the health service in Cambodia, where the World Health Organisation and Unicef favour one type of care, while paediatrician Beat Richner champions an alternative version of humanitarian medicine in his three children's hospitals

• The Movement

  An exclusive and unprecedented look at the chaotic city of Rio de Janeiro, where street children traffic drugs and the police murder them without compunction. Here, shootouts and death are a part of daily life and everyone knows someone who has been killed

• The Mud

  A look at the problem facing in the inhabitants of Sidoarjo, Indonesia, as a growing sea of mud threatens their villages and the environment

• Muddy Waters

  Exploring North Queensland's coral reef plantation

• Muintir an Phortaigh

  Investigating the Latvian peat miners' town of Seda, a place frozen in the Soviet era. Inhabited by a multi-ethnic workforce from different parts of the former USSR since 1952, it preserves architecture of the Stalinist age. Its people feel like a community apart, resisting the European Union, and hoping to live in an independent state, the Marshland

• Muir Chaite na Hioslainne

  Current affairs reports

• Muti Murders/Marú Muti

  The police investigation into the death of a boy of African origin, whose dismembered torso was found floating in the Thames in 2001

• My Land My Life

  Film-maker Rehad Desai journeys to the heart of the Zimbabwe land crisis

• Na Daoine Dibeartha/ The Displaced

  The lives of three displaced people living in Los Altos de la Florida, a district of Bogota, the capital of Colombia

• Na Speisialtoiri/The Specialists

  Documentary about a company director who founded a firm that only hires people with autism, examining how the employees' condition both helps and hinders their performance in the workplace

• The New Crusaders

  The US Evangelists who are becoming more aggressive in their attempts to convert people, and who preach from Guatemala to France - resorting to unscrupulous methods

• New Medicine

  Stories of the human guinea pigs who test new forms of medication

• Niger: Analysis of a Food Crisis

  An investigation into the food shortages in Niger. The programme considers how the imbalance of supplies jeapordises the recovery of the second poorest country in the world, and the particular threat to the lives of young children

• Nine Moons

  A look at the remote Russian village of Oulen on the Bering Strait, a commune which remained out of bounds to foreigners throughout the Cold War, and up until 1990, as its mere 769 inhabitants maintained a sense of cultural seclusion from the rest of the world

• Nine Moons: Naoi nGealach

  A look at life in one of the world's remotest commuties- Anadyr. Located in the furthest reaches of Siberia, the nearest civilisation is a 12-day jounrney away

• Noah's Ark

  Cloning to save endangered species

• An Nua Sclabhaiocht/ Slavery Modern Style

  Documentary investigating the illegal workers used to harvest tomatoes in southern regions of Italy. They are forced to labour in appalling conditions and for little money because farmers are trying to compete against cheap imports from the Far East

• Obair na gCapall/Beasts of Burden

  The workers in India who are forced to eke out an existence by pulling rickshaws so they can feed their families. Following one man, Jadav, who leaves his drought-ridden village and travels to Calcutta seeking a job among people who have become physically disabled due to the rigours of the labour

• Oglaigh an Reservation/ Reservation Soldiers

  Documentary following three aboriginal teenagers from Western Canadian reservations, who take part in a six-week military boot camp to see whether they would enjoy life in the Army

• Oil - The Beginning of the End

  Four experts examine how renewable sources will not be enough to replace fossil fuels as the world's oil production declines - unless people reduce their energy consumption

• Olc an Ocrais/The Growing Anger of Hunger

  A look at areas of the world affected by the global food crisis, asking whether the problem is temporary or one that cannot be solved

• On the Bridge to Freedom

  Examination of the Church of Scientology, where members are expected to follow founder L. Ron Hubbard's guidelines when it comes to bringing up their children

• One Girl Against the Mafia

  The tragic story of a 17-year-old Sicilian girl who attempted to break the Mafia code of silence to avenge the murders of her father and brother, by enlisting the help of local judge Paolo Borsellino. Unfortunately, his murder made her so dispirited that she committed suicide

• Open Wound Palestine

  Documenting the plight of the Palestinians, the largest group of political refugees in the world, examining life in their camps in Damascus

• The Opium of the Talibans

  The reality of the Taliban regime

• Organs for Sale

  The international trade in human organs, investigating reports of rich Westerners travelling to poorer countries to buy organs from living donors

• The Other Europe

  An insight into the daily struggles faced by illegal immigrants who find their way into European countries despite the official channels being closed

• Our Brother James

  The personal story of Jessica Douglas-Henry, director of this programme

• Our Friend Saddam

  The war with Iraq was accepted on the understanding the country had amassed weapons of mass destruction : but so far none has been found. However, Fiorsceal looks beyond that particular controversy to ask who would help Saddam acquire such arms?

• Paedophiles in Charities

  How a Swiss charity discovered paedophiles in it's ranks

• Patently a Problem

  Investigating an Australian company which is trying to patent parts of the DNA code that affect 95 per cent of every living creature

• Pearl Harbor : Seven Views of Defiance

  Seven different insights as to what happened at Pearl Harbor in 1941

• The People's President

  Documentary about President Khatami of Iran

• Perfect Illusions

  The alarming rise in eating disorders, following four families whose lives have been blighted by anorexia and bulimia

• Petits d'Hommes

  An insight into the social and psychological realities surrounding children's development

• Pitiless World of Broadway

  A girl from the Bronx strives to make it on Broadway

• Pitiless World of Broadway

  A 15-year-old's attempts to make it big on Broadway

• Poisonous Women

  Current affairs reports

• Poisonous Women

  Current affairs reports

• Polaitíocht na hEaglaise

  Profiling Catholics of the southern hemisphere, who speak out loudly about inequality and human rights and desperately want to be heard and helped by the Vatican

• The Price of a Child

  Paraguay's baby trade

• The Price of a Child

  Children who are victims of greed

• The Price of Honour

  The story of Pela Atroshi, a young Kurdish immigrant murdered in her hometown of Dahuk

• Private Lives of Big People

  An insight into obesity, and the options for change - from diet and exercise to stomach stapling

• Private Lives of Gifted Children

  Looking at the lives of some of New Zealand's most talented children, including a 10-year-old ice skating champion, a 13-year-old chess genius and a 10-year-old classical musician and composer

• Private Lives of Little People

  The people of New Zealand

• Private Lives of Little People

  The lives of small people in New Zealand

• Privatising the World

  Investigation into the privatisation of services and the decreasing role of the State

• Profits or People

  A look at the fatal diseases, including Aids, tuberculosis and malaria, that are killing around 15 million people every year, and the drugs that could be used to treat them

• Pulp Friction/Praghas an Pháipéir

  The environmental problems that have come to light in Indonesia as a direct result of the West's high demand for cheap plain paper

• Radio Okapi - The Peace Weapon

  The role of Radio Okapi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a station funded by the International community, offering impartial advice to listeners suffering the effects of war

• Raining Bombs

  The lives of the people of Baghdad as they prepare for the possibility of war

• Rialtas De: God in Government

  A look at the effect of religion on governments worldwide, paying particular attention to the recent emphasis on Christianity emanating from the White House during George W Bush's tenure

• Running Men

  The careers of Kenyan long-distance runners who compete in Europe every season, hoping to win enough prize money to feed their families for the rest of the year

• Russia's System of Justice

  Investigating prison life in Russia, where almost one million people are behind bars and one in four Russians has experienced prison life. Petty theft incurs sentences of several years for repeat offenders, and half of inmates suffer from diseases including Aids, syphilis and tuberculosis

• Rwanda - Hunting my Husband's Killer

  Scottish nurse Lesley Bilinda visits Rwanda, determined to track down and confront the men who killed her husband Charles during the genocide of 1994

• Ryan's Well: Tobar Ryan

  The moving and inspirational tale of a boy who embarked upon a lifelong mission to help those less fortunate than himself, beginning at the age of six when he saved money to build a well in Uganda, so that the natives might enjoy access to clean water

• Réabhlóid Chavez/ Chavez On the Way to Success?

  How the Bolivarian revolution started seven years ago by Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela, has helped the poor of Venezuela have access to health care, basic food, and an education

• Sacar faoin Scaif/Football Undercover

  How a woman on the Berlin-Kreuzberg football team struggled to gain permission from the Iranian government for the country's female players to take part in a competitive match

• Saighduiri Beaga na Ruise

  Report on the youth regiments created by the Russian military to help the thousands of vulnerable children abandoned by their families when the introduction of Perestroika disrupted the political, economic and social infrastructure of their country. Seen as outcasts with little hope of a bright future, these youngsters had sought refuge in delinquency, drugs and alcoholism, but the chance of becoming apprentices at army barracks offered them hope and the possibility of rising above the turmoil

• Saol Gearr José

  The story of José Antonio Gutierrez, one of the 300,000 American soldiers sent to Iraq. Soon after the war began, he was named the first American soldier to be killed

• Sceimhle na nAinmhithe/Animal Welfare

  The extremes to which animal rights activists will go in a bid to be heard

• Schizophrenia, Stolen Lives, Stolen Minds

  Insight into the lives of people who suffer from Schizophrenia

• Secret Genocide

  Documentary investigating the plight of the Karen people, an ethnic minority living in Burma. They are fighting for survival against the authorities and have become the victims of a secret genocide as they take refuge along the Thai border - but no humanitarian organisation is allowed in the region, leaving them to suffer from malnutrition and malaria

• Seduced by Sai Baba

  The controversial Sai Baba organisation in Southern India

• Senegal - Cry Sea

  Documenting the plight of Senegalese fishermen, as their local industry is damaged by European fishing trawlers working in the African waters

• Sentenced to Marriage: Snaidhm an Phósta

  A look at the religion of Judaism and how rabbinical law gives men the right to refuse their wives a divorce - and even set up home with someone else - but forbids married women to start new relationships

• Sex, Needles and Roubles

  A look at Russia's HIV infection rate and the prediction that by the year 2020, 12 million people could have the virus. Plus, a discussion about the opinions given by medical officials and the mayor of Moscow

• Shaheed : What Makes a Suicide Bomber?

  The recruitment and training of suicide bombers

• Shoot Back

  Exploring the Mathare District in Nairobi where there are the worst slums in Africa. Children used disposable cameras to take photos of their environment, then published in Unicef's The Shootback Book

• Sinesipho: Why I Must Die

  A woman who featured in the first report of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria attempts to learn what action the government has taken in the four intervening years. Guided by HIV-positive Busi Maqungo from Cape Town, Sinesipho searches for answers as to why there has been no improvement in the lives of people with HIV in the Third World

• Singer - A Dangerous Mind

  Peter Singer, who has been called the most controversial philosopher ever, travels the world examining ethical dilemmas and their real-life consequences

• Siolta an Ghorta Nua/Seeds of Hunger

  Documentary examining the threat of worldwide famine and food shortages posed by increasing populations and the use of farmland to grow crop-based fuels and raise livestock

• Sister Alice Domon

  The story of Sister Alice Domon

• Six Days of August

  The modern face of the city of Durban, South Africa, hides an Aids epidemic among its population. A man has been convicted of manslaughter for intentionally infecting women and, at one school alone, more than 200 parents are dying each year. Meanwhile, at the International Aids Conference in Toronto last year Bill Clinton and Bill Gates joined the fight to demand much-needed change

• The Sixth Sense

  Exploring the status of parapsychology as a fully-fledged science, which most Western countries have accepted since its conception in the late 19th century, with the notable exception of France

• Slow Food

  Protecting traditional foods from disappearing forever

• Small Change - Big Business

  How conventional banks and the UN claim that micro credit - giving loans to the poor without collateral - could be the means to ending poverty

• Sports to Death

  An enquiry into the health risks associated with excessive sports training

• Stigmata

  An exploration of the phenomenon of Stigmata

• A Story of Survival

  The Armenians story of survival, from their humble beginnings near the Middle East through their near elimination, and ultimately the birth of the American Nation

• Strait Through the Ice

  How melting polar ice is creating new trade routes between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, opening up fresh opportunities for industrialised countries. However, the area is considered to be dangerous because of the extreme environment and the nations involved are being urged to reach a plan of action on the issue

• Street Children in St Petersburg

  The increase of homeless children in St Petersburg since the fall of the Soviet Union

• Streetlife: Caernafon

  An insight into the lives of homeless heroin addicts in Caernafon, Wales

• Streetlife : Scoring

  Following the lives of two homeless heroin addicts living in squalor on the picturesque North Wales island of Anglesey

• Streetwise South Africa

  Investigating the changes that protestors in Seventies Soweto helped bring about and a look at their world, which is one of gangs, violence and crime, where the police are too scared to patrol the streets

• Sudden Death - Bas Tobann

  Investigating the phenomenon of sudden, unexplained death, focusing on bereaved relatives and how they cope with such shocking events

• Suicide Bombers

  The recruitment and training of suicide bombers

• Sur La Route du Ganges

  A road expedition following the course of the Ganges river, which leads from Calcutta, through Benares to the border between India and Pakistan, where the changing of the guards takes place daily

• Surviving the Terror

  Documentary following two Israeli bus drivers as they recount their experiences of being the victims of a terrorist attack, and talk about the impact it has had on their lives

• Sweeping Addis

  Film-maker Corinne Kunezli captures the stories of four female masked street sweepers in a country rife with political tension. From their own testimonies and footage she unravels their everyday lives

• Ta an Domhan Ramhar

  Documentary investigating why millions of people around the globe are suffering from hunger while more than half a billion adults are overweight

• Tachtaithe ag Tae/The Bitter Taste of Tea

  The controversy surrounding 'Fair-trade' tea, sold by multinational companies who promise to donate money from each sale to help the environment and improve the lives of workers in countries such as Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh. The programme examines whether the system genuinely provides real benefit and what consumers are really paying for

• Taking Stock

  Investigation into the European fishing industry, revealing EU regulations designed to maintain stock levels and ensure fair access are openly and regularly being flouted

• The Terror Hunter

  Profile of Manfred Nowak, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Torture, examining the difficulties he encounters in dealing with the world's most powerful governments, as well as how the organisation's structure means that several of its member states are highly critical of his work

• Tibet: Beyond Fear

  Documentary recounting the experiences of a Buddhist nun and monk who were imprisoned and tortured for demonstrating against the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Featuring contributions by the Dalai Lama and actor Richard Gere

• Ticead go Paras/Ticket to Paradise

  Documentary looking at how some families in a Thai village provide for themselves by sending their daughters overseas to marry wealthy foreigners whom they have never previously met

• Tionscal an Bhochtanais

  Investigating why millions of Americans are living below the poverty threshold, and how this has sparked the creation of a thriving parallel economy. The poor are targeted by lenders who charge astronomical interest rates, a practice they justify by the high financial risk of working with bad payers

• To Live is Better than to Die

  Report on the growing problem of Aids in China, following a year in the life of a rural family

• Tobar Ryan

  The inspiring tale of a young boy who learnt at an early age that not everybody in the world had access to clean water, and made it his mission to make a difference for those less fortunate than himself

• Tom's River/The Toxin That Won't Die

  The New Jersey city with a high cancer rate

• Tracked By Our Genes

  An insight into how three years after the human genome was mapped, private laboratories are offering genetic tests to track an individual's ancestry or predict their risk of developing certain diseases

• Trading Women

  The sex trade in girls and women from Burma, Laos and China

• A Train of Miracles/Traein na Míorúiltí

  An insight into the remarkable work carried out by doctors onboard the 'Train of Miracles' in South Africa, which travels to remote towns in a bid to cure disease

• Troubled Waters

  The human and financial costs of Australia's current border protection policies

• Truailliu le Diol: Pollution for Sale

  Experts estimate that by the year 2100 the global temperature will be four times greater than it is today, causing natural disasters on a worldwide scale. The obvious method of avoiding this would be to decrease current CO2 emissions by 60% : an operation which would cripple modern industries. This programme documents the full scale of the problem and suggests alternative methods to avoid such a catastrophic chain of events

• Tuismitheoirí Homaighnéasacha/Children of Gay Parents

  In San Francisco, the increasing number of same-sex couples choosing to raise children means that such families are no longer being considered unconventional. In this documentary, young adults raised by lesbian parents tell their poignant and often humorous stories

• Tá an Saol Ró-Mhaith

  Reflecting on the tragic consequences of road accidents, talking to injured survivors who struggled through physical and mental challenges to return to their former life

• Ullumi

  An irreverent and moving documentary by four Inuit directors from Nunavik and Nunavut, who are part of a multi-lingual and well travelled generation determined to share their visions of the future

• The Untouchables

  Documentary about the Untouchables of India, people who are forced to live in ghettos and are in fear of being beaten or raped by those who consider themselves to be of a higher caste

• Victims on the Run

  Deals with the plight of child sexual abuse

• Virus

  Research teams attempt to understand how the Spanish flu pandemic which claimed over 40million lives around the world became so widespread in 1918-19, nearly 100 years after the event

• Walking the Plank

  Illegal forestry in Cameroon and the Amazon

• The Way of the Cross in China

  Insight into the strength of the Catholic church in China, which has 12 million believers and boasts a remarkable number of cathedrals, basilicas and grottos known for their healing powers

• Welcome to Rio de Janeiro

  Documentary about life in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where children traffic drugs and shootings are an everyday occurrence

• Wellspring

  The story of a young Chinese boy Lei Yiguan born with cerebral palsy who lives with his farmer parents in rural China. Filmmaker Sha Qing observes the family's relationship as they struggle with their inability to prevent Lei's deteriorating condition

• Where the Water Meets the Sky

  The story of a group of women in northern Zambia who learnt how to make a documentary so they could express what it was like to grow up as orphans of Aids

• Why I Must Die

  Four years after she appeared on the cover of the first annual report of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, South African Aids sufferer Sinesipho seeks to discover the progress made against the epidemics. Aided by HIV positive mother of two Busi Maqungo, she confronts politicians, activists and leaders to discover how other people around the world live with the disease and how this compares to her own experiences

• Wild Seas of Iceland

  An insight into the perils of fishing in the North Atlantic Ocean, where volatile weather conditions can put lives in danger

• With Death on the Pitch

  A documentary investigating why more than 40 well-trained footballers have died on European pitches in the past five years. Indications point toward painkillers being the main cause, as some professionals take powerful analgesics to combat joint pain

• Women for Sale

  The underground trade in prostitution

• The World According to Gazprom

  The controversy surrounding Russian energy giant Gazprom, which has had a hand in the nuclear, media and transport sectors of the country, and has become a formidable weapon for the Kremlin. The company supplies 30 per cent of Europe's gas and hopes to trade with America and China as it increases its hold on Central Asia's promising fossil fuel deposits

• You Shall Not Be a Woman Dear But a Man

  The stories of Albanian women who have been raised as men because families have lost their fathers and sons, leading them to transgress the boundaries of gender

• You White People

  African youngsters share their uncanny views on white people and their own country, including an eight-year-old boy from Uganda who was stunned the first time he saw a Caucasian man

• Young Arabs

  In the wake of the conflict in Iraq, students in neighbouring countries have returned to their universities, but those on the threshold of adulthood have vowed not to follow in their fathers' footsteps

• Éiri Amach na Guine/Dying for Change

  Chronicling the events that led to the Guinean revolution, which started on January 10th, 2007. The report features footage of the uprising in the capital city of Conakry - a turning point in the future of the troubled African continent