Storyville Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• 444 Days: Storyville

  The hostage crisis at the American Embassy in Tehran, which lasted from November 4 1979 until January 20th 1981, when the 52 captives were released within hours of Ronald Reagan's inauguration as President. As well as being held directly responsible for Jimmy Carter's election defeat, eight US Marines were killed during a failed rescue attempt and raised the Ayetollah's stature among his own people

• Ajax

  The daily life of Dutch football club Ajax during the 1999-2000 season, following the players, coaches and technical staff on and off the pitch. The programme reveals the often harsh selection process as scouts travel to Ghana to search for fresh new talent and the constant pressure placed on professionals and apprentices, not only to maintain their team place, but also to realise how much they are expected to contribute to a multi-million pound business : by winning

• Alan Berliner Trilogy : The Sweetest Sound

  Alan Berliner, who shares the 17,639th most common surname in America, explores so-called 'same name syndrome', investigating people's obsessions with those who share their moniker. He pays a visit to the Jim Smith Convention, attended by hundreds of like-named men, and watches a baseball match where the biggest challenge is commentating

• An American Love Story

  Intimate portrayal of the lives of an interracial family living in New York, examining the problems and prejudices they face and how they find peace and love with one another

• The American Ruling Class

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• Another Road Home

  Film-maker Danae Elon attempts to track down an old friend from her childhood in Seventies Israel. Musa was a Palestinian man employed by Danae's parents to look after her, and remained a constant companion for the first 20 years of her life. His goal in taking the job was to earn enough money to send his children to America, so they might escape the conflict in his homeland. Returning to Israel and visiting the US, Danae discovers Musa got his wish, with his family now settled in New Jersey

• Army of One

  Documentary following three new recruits to the US army over the course of two years, showing confused, troubled individuals a million miles away from the image of recruiting poster patriots. A dancer, a stockbroker and a high school dropout are all seeking some direction in their lives, but they find their personal problems magnified in the military environment, where absolute conformity is required of every soldier

• The Ball

  Showcase of the best international documentaries

• The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

  The story of American folk hero Ramblin' Jack Elliott who ran away from home at the age of 16 to join a rodeo, and later became the protege of folk artist Woody Guthrie and role-model for Bob Dylan

• Barca: The Inside Story

  Justin Webster's documentary following the inner workings of FC Barcelona. The club always had a very traditional management, with the president elected every four years by the members, who number more than 100,000. However, in the face of a run of poor performances on the pitch and debts of over £200million, a new broom was needed. Joan Laporta took over as president in 2003 on the promise of completely reforming the club's operation, but faced a tough challenge transforming an old-fashioned Catalan family business into a global brand

• Baria's Big Wedding

  An in-depth study of an arranged marriage between Baria, a seventeen-year-old student and Maoulida, a man twice her age, looking at the traditions behind the idea of contracted marriages and asking if Baria can accept the life her family has mapped out for her

• The Beauty Academy of Kabul

  Liz Mermin's film chronicles the cultural exchange between American beauticians and hairdressers and the women of post-Taliban Afghanistan. Under the repressive regime, women were forced to cover themselves with burqas, but with their new freedom came a desire to express their femininity with increasing self-confidence. Mermin chronicles the sea-change in the country's female population, as the first beauty academy opened to an overwhelming response, and reveals how feelings of desperation and oppression were alleviated by Afghan women who ran underground salons at great personal risk under the rule of the mullahs

• Before the Flood - Tuvalu

  The rise and fall of the tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, which was until recently the world's third poorest country. Through the sale of their Internet domain name for $50million the inhabitants struck gold, only to find themselves fighting back against nature as global warming threatens to raise sea levels and overwhelm the low-lying state

• Behind the Couch

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• Black and White in Colour

  Profile of Slovakian-born Vera Bila, one of Europe's most successful Romany singers, who travels from country to country looking for gigs, while waiting for her son to be released from prison. Vera's story provides a poignant insight into the plight of the continent's often despised Romany communities

• Black Harvest

  Report on the struggle of a wealthy coffee plantation owner. His attempt to expand the operation in Papua New Guinea is hindered by unrest within the local tribes, who engage in war on the eve of the crop harvest

• The Bonzos

  The men sent to rescue Hitler's hoard of looted art - including works by Titian, Tintoretto and Van Gogh - which the Nazis had stripped from Europe's greatest galleries and museums and hidden in a salt mine in the town of Alt Aussee in Austria. Including archive footage, eyewitness testimony and contributions from historians

• Born into Brothels

  Documentary exploring the lives of the children of Calcutta's prostitutes who, in the face of extreme poverty, often have little choice but to follow in their mothers' footsteps. Director Zana Briski teaches the youngsters photography and encourages them to document their own world

• Buddhism : The Wheel of Time

  German film-maker Werner Herzog's evocative documentary exploring the philosophy of a Buddhist movement for world peace, featuring rare footage of the Dalai Lama praying with the faithful and the pilgrimage to the holy Mount Kailash in Tibet

• Bus 174

  Showcasing the best international documentaries

• Cerro Rico : The Mountain that Eats Men

  Charles Vaughan explores life in the silver mines of Bolivia's Cerro Rico, where hundreds scrape a meagre living from almost depleted seams. First discovered in 1544, the mountain's hoard of the precious metal financed the Spanish empire, but today those who are left work in toxic conditions, and reveal why they are forced to endure such a dangerous life

• Chain Camera

  In August 1999, students from John Marshall High School in Los Angeles were invited to film their lives for a week. The results contain scenes involving sex, political activism, reflections on suicide, family life, love, violence and ethnic tension

• Chairman George: To Beijing via Athens

  A Greek Canadian government statistician from Ottawa, who lives with his disapproving parents, reinvents himself as a rising Chinese folk star by learning Mandarin, strapping a guitar to his back and travelling around China singing love songs. The documentary follows his tireless campaign to perform at the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics, as the torch is formally passed to the Chinese

• Chavez, Inside the Coup

  Profile of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, at the time of the 2002 coup which saw him overthrown : only to regain power in dramatic fashion 48 hours later. Shot inside the presidential palace, the film offers an insight into why the events took place, their aftermath, and reveals the crucial role played by the country's media

• Christ Comes to the Papuans

  Documentary following the work of missionaries among the polygamous tribes of Papua New Guinea, as the handful of tribesmen who have resisted conversion to Christianity finally prepare to be baptised. Will they still be allowed to wear their traditional attire - and will they have to get rid of some of their wives?

• Citizen King

  Profile of Martin Luther King, focusing on the events between his famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, where he inspired millions with his vision of an America free of racism, and his assassination five years later. The programme examines the lasting influence his message has had on American history

• Closing

  Documentary exploring a topical issue

• Closing Down

  Film-maker Alessandro Rossetto's documentary about his mother's hairdressing salon in Padua, Italy, which has become the focal point for neighbourhood gossip over the years. The film reveals the emotional drama of staff and clientele as the proprietor prepares to close her business and retire

• Clusterbomb Footprints

  Ben Hopkins' film explores the effects the use of cluster bombs is having on the people and landscapes of Afghanistan and Laos. Analysis of the design and purpose of the weapon explains the horrific statistics of collateral damage which are revealed, and provokes debate over whether use of these deadly devices should be restricted in the future

• The Cockettes

  Profile of the Cockettes, a flamboyant theatrical troupe of gay hippies and drag queens, who became famous in early Seventies San Fransisco for their exuberant stage shows at the legendary Palace Theater. Including film director John Waters' memories of the Cockette cult, and clips from their infamous movie Tricia's Wedding, which satirised the televised wedding of President Nixon's daughter, with a transvestite playing the bride, a drunken Mamie Eisenhower and Lady Bird Johnson crashing the party

• Cod Wars

  Documentary charting the Seventies fishing dispute between the UK and Iceland, which came about as a result of diminishing fish stocks in the North Atlantic. Featuring the views of Royal Navy commanders, the Icelandic Coast Guard, historians and politicians. Part of the 1973 season

• A Company of Soldiers

  Documentary filmed in November 2004, charting the lives of the soldiers in a US Army company as they patrol an area in southern Baghdad. They are there to keep the peace following the attacks on Fallujah, but as tension escalates, lives are put at risk and the Americans are forced to interrogate the local chief in a bid to get information about the insurgents

• Condor: Axis Of Evil

  Showcasing the best international documentaries

• Condor: The First War on Terror

  Argentine director Rodrigo Vasquez examines the alleged involvement of the CIA in a series of civil wars that gripped Latin America during the 1970s. In Chile and Argentina, the military governments embarked on a crackdown on left-wing elements in their countries, supposedly often receiving their instructions directly from Washington. Vasquez examines the nature of the relationship between the US and these regimes and the full extent of the shadowy Operation Condor

• Conrad Black - The Last Press Baron

  The exploits and newspaper deals of globetrotting publisher Conrad Black, who now finds himself struggling for cash and weathering lawsuits as his empire - once rated the third largest in the world - crumbles before his eyes. The entrepreneur's flamboyant and fascinating personal life is examined alongside the controversy and resistance he has encountered during his rise and fall from business grace

• Cool and Crazy

  A male voice choir from the fishing village of Berlevag in Norway, who use music to escape the daily hardships of their lives, from the bleak weather to the collapse of their economy. The film focuses on some of the members, including a pair of geriatric brothers, a former drug addict and the chain-smoking, wheelchair-bound conductor, as they embark on a tour to Murmansk to play for an enthusiastic Russian audience

• Crumb

  Award-winning film profiling legendary American cartoonist and illustrator Robert Crumb, undisputed king of the underground genre, featuring contributions from his brothers Max and Charles, and wife Aline Kominsky

• Cry for Argentina

  How the Argentinians, once a wealthy nation, have been surviving since the value of the peso fell by more than 70 per cent. The strategies adopted from the ingenious : barter clubs where members exchange goods and services without money : to more drastic steps such as rioting and begging for jobs live on TV

• A Cry from the Grave

  Examining the week of horror which took place in the Balkans during the summer of 1995 when the Serb Army massacred more than 7,000 men from the town of Srebrenica, and what has been done to bring the culprits to justice

• The Cuban Game

  Documentary depicting how baseball has become more than a national sport in Cuba. Since the revolution in 1959 it has become a battlefield and beating the Americans an obsession

• The Curse of Oil - Part One: Rich and Poor

  First of three programmes offering an insight into the oil industry, beginning with an exploration of how 'black gold' has been the cause of much misery and destruction. Evidence from Angola and Ecuador suggests massive environmental damage has been done, while the people who live in oil-rich countries are among the last to benefit. The programme also highlights how one of the biggest companies could be facing a $6billion lawsuit that could radically change the face of the business

• The Curse of Oil: Part Three - The Wilderness

  The last of three documentaries on the oil business examines how political instabilities in the Middle East have led companies to search for oil elsewhere. In Alaska, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is soon to be the site of extensive development, despite protests from environmentalists and locals fearing for their way of life. Meanwhile, in Alberta a huge oil reserve has been discovered deep beneath an ancient forest - but getting at it could well be the most environmentally damaging operation in history

• The Curse of Oil - The Pipeline

  The second of three programmes charts an international consortium's efforts to build a pipeline stretching from the Caspian Sea to Turkey, crossing three countries and five war zones. The £1.6billion project would revitalise the Western oil supply, but the route through Baku, Azerbaijan, the unstable Panski Gorge region of Georgia, and Turkey would need the protection of troops - an unthinkable prospect for many of the interested parties

• Dark Days

  Director Marc Singer's award-winning film depicting the lives of those living homeless in the AmTrack tunnels under the streets of New York. Surrounded by rats, and with trains out of the nearby Penn Station tearing though the darkness, it is a life unimaginable to most, yet some have existed this way for 25 years

• Death at the Crossroads

  The story behind the deaths of three men in the Gaza strip at the start of the second intifada - a Palestinian living in a refugee camp, and Israeli soldier killed while patrolling a Jewish settlement, and his best friend, who committed suicide shortly after. The testimonies of family, friends and colleagues on both sides of the border create a picture of this environment of hatred and despair, where many are drawn inevitably into the violence surrounding them

• The Deported

  Petra Graf and Laura Ashton's film following what happens to five individuals refused asylum in the UK when they arrive back in countries they risked everything to escape - three were deported to Afghanistan and two were working in France before being arrested and sent back to Mali

• Domestic Violence

  Frederick Watson's unblinking portrait of the circumstances which lead to domestic violence, and what Florida police are trying to do to prevent further instances. Featuring a look at The Springs, a shelter for victims. Part of the Hitting Home season

• Domestic Violence : Part One

  Part one. Frederick Watson's unblinking portrait of the circumstances which lead to domestic violence, and what Florida police are trying to do to prevent further instances. Featuring a look at The Springs, a shelter for victims

• Domestic Violence : Part Two

  Part two. Frederick Wiseman's unblinking portrait of the circumstances that lead to cases of domestic violence continues. Florida police reveal the steps they are taking to prevent the crime, while cameras go inside The Springs, a shelter for victims

• Donald and Luba

  Film-maker Don Boyd recounts the international love affair between his Ukranian mother and British father, who grew up during the death throes of the Empire. The strain of fitting into colonial society took its toll on his mother, who became an alcoholic, while his father always managed to disguise his true feelings with wit and charm. Boyd travels to Kiev, Shanghai and Harbin to understand the influences on his parents' lives, charting their rise from poverty to relative affluence

• Don't Look Back

  Don Pennebaker's predominantly hand-held film of Bob Dylan's 1965 British tour, painting an intimate portrait of the artist as a young man, along with the appearance of assorted Sixties figures including Allen Ginsberg, Donovan, Joan Baez, Alan Price and Albert Grossman

• Down from the Mountain

  Documentary about the Down from the Mountain concert which took place in May 2000 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, featuring music from the Coen brothers' Southern period comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou? Including performances by country music stars Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss

• Dr Goebbels Speaks

  A profile of Josef Goebbels, one of the most powerful men in Hitler's government. This programme tells his story through his own words, providing an insight into his personal life by chronicling his pre-Nazi days. It also charts his progression within the Nazi party after meeting Hitler in the 1920s

• East Side Story

  Dana Ranga takes a wry look at Joseph Stalin's weakness for Busby Berkeley films and Soviet Russia's unmemorable attempts to outdo Hollywood's glitz and glamour in the propaganda war as the toiling masses struggled to build a new nation out of the rubble of revolution

• The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

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• Europe: George from Athens to China

  Showcasing the best international documentaries

• Excellent Cadavers - A Story of the Sicilian Mafia

  Documentary examining the struggles of Sicilian magistrates Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, who fought to bring hundreds of Mafia members to justice despite support for the mob by leading Italian political figures. Featuring contribultions from many of the key players, the film charts the judges' growing power until their assassinations in 1992

• Exposed and Lost

  Azza El-Hassan presents an exploration of Palestinian identity as she goes in search of the PLO archive, which vanished in 1982 following the invasion of Beirut. What implications does it have for a people to be deprived of much of their history? Her journey takes her across the region, coming to a conclusion at a martyrs' graveyard

• The Fall of Fujimori

  Documentary by film-maker Ellen Perry, exploring the downfall of the Peruvian dictator who presided over a regime of oppression, kidnapping and corruption in the 1990s. In November 2005, a Chilean judge denies the former leader bail as he awaits the outcome of an extradition ruling, which would send him back to Peru to face charges of human rights abuse

• Family

  Following the efforts of a man from Denmark who sets out to find the rest of his family after his brother's suicide and his mother's death from alcoholism. His search takes him to Yemen where he discovers his airline pilot father disappeared shortly after his birth, and meets many members of his extended clan : one of whom is a toupee-wearing Arab pop singer

• The Fifty Years War

  The second of a two-part programme looking back on 50 years of conflict in the Middle East. Featuring contributions from Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres and Bill Clinton. Part of Israelis and Arabs season

• Final Solution - India

  Investigation into the politics of hate and violence that have created a huge divide in the volatile Indian state of Gujarat. Race hate between the Hindu and Muslim communities has reached an unparalleled level, claiming the lives of thousands of people in the region, and forcing many more to flee their homes

• The Fine Art of Whistling

  Documentary following events at the 31st International Whistling Competition in North Carolina. Contestants travelling from across the world include a Dutch social worker, a turkey hauler and an investment banker, putting their unique talent into performances that vary from classical music to Texan swing before the final 'whistle-off' decides this year's champion

• First Contact

  Footage of the meeting between the highland people of Papua New Guinea and a party of Australian gold prospectors in the 1930's. Michael Leahy's unique film captures the reactions of the discovered people, so removed from society that they believed the white men were reincarnations of their own ancestors

• The Fog of War

  Errol Morris's Oscar-winning documentary The Fog of War, following former US politician Robert McNamara as he looks back over his career. He explains why, after initially supporting the war in Vietnam, he eventually chose to speak out against the conflict - a decision which cost him his position

• Football Worlds: Gods of Brazil

  The story of Pele and Garrincha, two of Brazil's footballing legends whose private lives took drastically different directions. As both prospered and became known as the best players in the game, one's lifestyle remained truly professional while the other's descended into tragedy

• For One More Hour with You

  A woman who, at the age of seven, tragically lost her mother, discovers a collection of old family films dating as far back as the 1920s, which, along with her letters allow her to reinvent the parent she never really knew

• The Game of Their Lives

  A look at the surviving members of North Korea's World Cup football squad who provided a major upset when they reached the quarter-finals of the competition : the first Asian team to achieve such a feat. Even now, they remain heroes in their country, where they are still household names

• Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine

  Vikram Jayanti's documentary telling the story of the chess tournament in May 1997 that saw Garry Kasparov challenge IBM's Deep Blue, a supercomputer capable of calculating 200 million positions per second. Includes contributions from some of the research scientists who designed the machine

• Games in Athens

  Documentary filmed in Athens before the 2004 Olympics took place. While politicians and businessmen see opportunities to exploit the games, some shopkeepers are worried that the extensive construction will hurt their business and journalists despair of getting straight answers from the Olympic committee. Elsewhere, the city's brothels prepare for an influx of foreign visitors and the army of architects, engineers, choreographers, musicians, lighting technicians and TV producers employed in the spectacle face a colossal challenge getting everything ready in time

• Gangs of Medellin

  Filmmakers Scott Dalton and Margarita Martinez chronicle a year in La Sierra, a Colombian neighbourhood run by gangs affiliated with the country's illegal paramilitary armies. They interview young people whose lives are dominated by the mobs, including a 22-year-old paramilitary leader and father of six, and a 17-year-old mother, widow and prisoner's girlfriend

• Genocide, the Judgement

  The trial and conviction of Jean Paul Akayesu, the once respected mayor of a village in Rwanda, who was brought before the UN International Criminal Tribunal on charges of genocide

• George Wallace, Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part One

  First of two programmes charting the life of American politician George Wallace, who spent most of his career campaigning for racial segregation. Later left paralysed by an assassination attempt, he began to seek repentance for his past and asked forgiveness from the black community of Alabama where he had been governor

• George Wallace, Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part Two

  Second of two programmes charting the life of American politician George Wallace, who ended up asking for forgiveness after becoming a segregationist

• Ghosts of Attica

  Detailed account of the bloody uprising at a New York State prison in 1971. Over 1,000 inmates took control of Attica Correctional Facility, seizing 39 hostages in the process. Their demands related mainly to the inhumane conditions they were forced to endure, but a huge police assault and a hail of gunfire killed 29 convicts and 10 innocents, an action that has left many survivors, both guards and inmates, seeking compensation

• Gimme Some Truth

  Showcasing the best international documentaries

• Go Tigers

  Kenneth A Carlson's film which goes behind the scenes of his home town's high school football team the Massillon Tigers. The programme chronicles their desperate attempts to end a losing streak, the support from the town's residents and looming education budget cuts, which intensify the pressure to beat their deadly rivals McKinley

• The Great Communist Bank Robbery

  When the National Bank in Bucharest was robbed in 1959, it was a national outrage, the sort of crime that wasn't supposed to happen in the socialist utopia Romania aspired to be. The police scoured the country and eventually arrested six suspects, who confessed. Shortly afterwards, the prisoners all agreed to re-enact their crime for a government feature film, believing they would escape the death penalty. But after their trial, they were all shot. Alexandru Solomon's film follows this strange course of events and attempts to discover the motivation for such criminal activity in an otherwise devoted communist society

• Greedy in Thailand

  Documentary investigating the boom and subsequent bust of Thailand's economy, talking to entrepreneurs, speculators and workers. In the 1990s investors from all over the globe poured money into Thai businesses, transforming Bangkok's skyline and making the country one of the most successful 'Asian Tigers' in a matter of months. Did the following catastrophic slump in confidence after such rapid growth prove global capitalism can never work?

• The Guguletu Seven

  Documentary following the investigation by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission into the 1986 shooting of seven men by the country's police. The officers claimed they foiled an attempted ambush, but as lies are revealed and cover-ups exposed, the finger of suspicion points to the highest authority in the land

• Heidi Fleiss : Hollywood Madam

  Profile of Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. Nick Broomfield meets some of her closest friends in a bid to discover why she was attracted to the seedy world of drugs, pimps and prostitution

• Hitman Hart : Wrestling with Shadows

  Profile of Canadian wrestler Bret 'The Hitman' Hart who, until he officially hung up his trunks last year, pounded the canvas on the WWF circuit, refusing to change his nice-guy image

• Hollywood and the Holocaust

  Documentary giving an insight into the depiction of the Holocaust in movies. Hollywood appeared to ignore Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s, and there were few signs of the atrocities in films for nearly 20 years. Includes clips from Sophie's Choice and Schindler's List, and interviews with survivors, scholars and filmmakers such as Stephen Spielberg. Gene Hackman narrates

• Hoover Street Revival

  Documentary capturing life in a community church in Los Angeles' notorious South Central area. Cameras follow Pastor Noel Jones and his flock from Christmas to Easter, contrasting the passionate sermons and music with the issues facing the congregation in their everyday lives

• The House of Saud

  Members of the Saudi royal family discuss the history of their country and the nature of their relationship with America, questioning whether this arrangement can endure in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The programme charts the nation's rise to prosperity, the discovery of oil, the importance of Mecca and the historic meeting between King Abdul Aziz and President Roosevelt

• The House of Saud - Part One

  Two-part interview with members of the Saudi royal family, who discuss the history of their country and the nature of their relationship with America, questioning whether this arrangement can endure in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The first episode charts the nation's rise to prosperity, the discovery of oil, the importance of Mecca and the historic meeting between King Abdul Aziz and President Roosevelt

• The House of Saud - Part Two

  Part two. A rare interview with members of the Saudi royal family, who discuss the history of their country and the nature of their relationship with America, questioning whether this arrangement can endure in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks

• I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

  Insight into the problems which led to the break-up of Chicago-based rock band Wilco, who were on the brink of stardom, until divisions within the group and a series of backstage dramas took their toll

• I Loved You

  A trilogy of films by award-winning director Viktor Kossakovsky examining the nature of human love, beginning with the story of his octogenarian mentors who left Russia for Tel Aviv, and whose relationship has survived even the most terrible of illnesses. Followed by accounts of a shotgun wedding in Moscow and the lives of two children in a St Petersburg kindergarten

• I Was a Slave Labourer

  Documentary charting the efforts of retiring businessman Rudy Kennedy to claim compensation for being used as slave labour by German companies such as IG Fargen and Mercedes Benz during World War Two. If successful, this claim could open the floodgates for millions of similar cases, but as the programme reveals, Rudy learns it is no easy task

• The Importance of Being Elegant

  Documentary profiling an African society of flamboyant dressers through the life of renowned Congolese singer Papa Wemba. The film highlights his conspicuous elegance, which makes him a hit with a group priding itself on the designer accoutrements only big money can buy, and offers an insight into what it means to be an immigrant in contemporary Europe. Shown as part of Africa Lives on the BBC

• In Search of a Lost Novelist : The Stone Reader

  Award-winning documentary by Mark Moskowitz, following his search across the length of America for professors, academics, critics and designers who might be able to lead him to Dow Mossman, the elusive author of The Stones of Summer. Stories of lost ambition and wasted talent are revealed after the novelist is eventually found working as a cleaner

• Intimate Stranger

  Award-winning short from acclaimed director Alan Berliner, dealing with the life and death of his grandfather

• Israel's Generals : Ariel Sharon

  Conclusion. A critical look at the life and actions of Ariel Sharon. Known in Israel as 'Arik', the leader, who was re-elected for the second time in January, has made countless important decisions over a career which has spanned more than half a century

• Israel's Generals : Ariel Sharon

  A critical look at the life of Israeli leader Ariel Sharon, who was re-elected for the second time in January. Known in his homeland as 'Arik', he has courted controversy with his tough stance against the Palestinians in a military and political career spanning more than half a century. Last in series

• Israel's Generals : Dayan

  New series exploring political and military power in Israel, beginning with a critical look at the life of legendary one-eyed General Moshe Dayan, who took charge of his nation's occupation of the Palestinian areas of the West Bank and Gaza following the 1967 Israeli-Arab war

• Israel's Generals : Itzhak Rabin

  Part two. A critical appraisal of the life and actions of Itzhak Rabin. A former general and statesman, he was assassinated in 1995 while attempting to implement the doomed Oslo peace accords

• It is Better to Live than Die

  Showcasing the best international documentaries

• The Jazzman from the Gulag

  The extraordinary life of German-Jewish jazz trumpeter Eddie Rosner, who fled to the Soviet Union to escape Nazi persecution. Appointed as a state musician by Stalin, he was later banished to a post-war Siberian gulag and only survived because of his exceptional talent and fighting spirit

• Jesus Christ and George Bush

  Documentary exploring George W Bush's faith. The president has often discussed the role prayer has had in his decision-making. This investigation looks at the implications his religious beliefs have on his policies and the parallels that exist between his own views and those of America's evangelical movement

• Journeys with George

  Showcasing the best international documentaries

• Just, Melvin

  Stockbroker James Ronald Whitney explores how and why all the female members of his family were systematically abused by his grandmother's second husband, Melvin Just, and reveals the painful legacy of their torment

• Justice in Time of War

  The story of Giacomo Turra, an Italian student living in Colombia, who died while in police custody. The official verdict was that he died of self-inflicted injuries after a cocaine overdose caused him to act violently. However, his family do not believe this version of events, and are determined to discover the truth

• Kabul Emergency Room

  Documentary by Italian film-makers Alberto Vendemmiati, Fabrizio Lazzaretti and Giuseppe Petitto chronicling life for ordinary Afghans after September 11, which brought yet more death and suffering to a country alternately ravaged and abandoned by global political forces

• Kinsey

  Profile of Alfred Kinsey, whose 1948 publication Sexual Behaviour and the Human Male marked the first serious study of human sexuality, transforming public attitudes but inciting controversy along the way. The film takes a close look at the academic's own sex life, which became increasingly adventurous as his studies continued, and considers how this may have influenced his work. Featuring contributions from biographers, historians, family members, colleagues and people who took his famous sex questionnaire

• Kurt and Courtney

  Nick Broomfield delves into the life and death of Kurt Cobain, considers the conspiracy theories surrounding his apparent suicide, and explores the West Coast rock scene. Featuring a dramatic confrontation with Cobain's widow Courtney Love

• The Last Cigarette

  The myths and mystique that glamorise cigarette smoking, revealed by vintage commercials and the glitz of Hollywood, and the no-nonsense approach favoured by Congressional hearings determined to cut through the hype and bring industry executives to book for promoting addiction

• Last Party 2000

  Showcase of the best international documentaries

• Last Party 2002

  To coincide with the mid-term American elections, Philip Seymour Hoffman assesses what has gone wrong with the country's politics. Visiting conventions in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, he chats with demonstrators who are disregarded by the police and talks to witnesses including Willie Nelson and Professor Noam Chomsky

• The Legend of Leigh Bowery

  Documentary profiling the outrageous life of Australian fashion designer and performer Leigh Bowery, whose desire to push social boundaries and explore taboo subjects often resulted in controversial creations. His impact on British cultural life from the early 1980s to his death in 1994 is explored, with contributions from Damien Hirst, Boy George, Rifat Ozbek and Bella Freud

• Lesotho

  Director Dominic Ozanne's portrait of Prince Mohato who suddenly found himself King of Lesotho following the tragic death of his father in 1996

• Life and Death in Soweto

  Documentary charting the daily struggle for survival faced by residents of Soweto, South Africa's largest black urban centre. Crime is rife and murder rates high in the town, but in the post-apartheid era, a dream of equality and hope for the future still exists

• Life and Debt in Jamaica

  Director Stephanie Black's hard-hitting documentary examining the social and political after-effects of the decision made by Jamaica's government to borrow money from the IMF in the 1970s. Opening the island up to the world economy boosted tourism, but agriculture is facing collapse under pressure from cheap American imports and the number of sweatshop industries has rocketed

• Life on the Tracks

  Documentary following life in a slum by the side of Manila's rail tracks, where a population of thousands have made their homes. The programme focuses on the lives of a family who have lived here for 16 years. Husband and father Eddie sells duck eggs on the street to make ends meet, while his wife Pen is recovering from breast cancer and his two daughters have their own plans to make a better life for the family. However, their world is thrown into upheaval with news that plans are afoot to demolish the shanty town

• Lost in La Mancha

  Documentary following director Terry Gilliam as cameras start rolling on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, his doomed adaptation of Don Quixote. The programme goes behind the scenes of the film-making process and offers an insight into the harsh realities of movie-making : from the on-set personal conflicts and financial nightmares, to the epic storms and flash floods that meant the production was eventually abandoned

• Lost in Transit

  Documentary following two educated and charming would-be immigrants as they make their way from Benin, across the Sahara, to Europe. They lack the essential connections to find decent employment at home, so they are determined to get work abroad in a bid to support their families, but their initial optimism quickly evaporates, along with their life savings

• Louis Malle's India

  Compilation of excerpts from the BBC's original epic documentary series about India, L'Inde fantome, directed by Louis Malle

• Love and Diane

  Single mother of six and recovering crack addict Diane Hazzard struggles to reunite her family, regain the trust of her children and take care of one of her daughters, Love, as she deals with HIV, a history of abuse and the battle to maintain custody of her newborn son Donyach

• Made in China

  Documentary examining the ethics of globalisation as an increasing number of businesses subcontract their manufacturing to countries where labour costs are minimal. Thomas Balmes travels to China to follow the work of leading mobile phone company Nokia, who have employed ethical managers to reconcile the need to make profits with the demands of social morality

• Marlene

  Maximilian Schell's in-depth documentary about legendary film star Marlene Dietrich reveals a selection of classic clips from her career, along with an interview with the reclusive actress

• McLibel

  Insight into the 10-year story behind the libel case brought by fast food giant McDonald's against two environmentalists who refused to apologise for distributing a leaflet attacking the corporation's practices. Though the pair lost the original case, their reward came when the European Court awarded them £24,000 in damages after agreeing that their freedom of expression was violated. Part of Ready Meals Night

• Me and My 51 Brothers and Sisters

  Film-maker Dumisani Phakathi reveals how he learned at this father's funeral that he had 51 brothers and sisters. Although Dumisani had little contact with his father during his life, he remained a powerful figure in his upbringing through the larger-than-life stories the family would tell of his exploits. In an effort to gain a better understanding of the man, he sets out to track down his numerous siblings and hear their stories. Shown as part of Africa Lives on the BBC

• Meeting My Daughter

  The often problematic relationship between film director Thomas Heurlin and his daughter Karina, who was conceived as a result of a one-night stand. When the courts established his paternity, Heurlin refused to have anything to do with his offspring but eventually agreed to meet her and they gradually developed a fragile bond. This documentary follows their struggle to reach a greater understanding during Karina's own pregnancy

• Milosevic : How to be a Dictator

  A revealing look at the character, aims and ambitions of Slobodan Milosevic : Europe's most feared dictator since Hitler. With first-hand accounts from insiders who served his regime, and those who struggled against it, the film explores the dangerous world of political corruption and gangsterism, showing how state television was used to bolster the dictatorship and incite racial hatred, while concealing the realities of genocide

• Mobutu

  Profile of Sese Seko Mobutu, alleged black magician and drinker of human blood, whose CIA-backed regime ruled Zaire for 32 years. During his reign he established himself as one of the most sinister dictators of his time and his iron hand was responsible for immense poverty and the introduction of personality-cult politics to Africa. Interviews with the leader's associates as well as his enemies paint a rounded portrait of the horror of contemporary Third World politics

• Moon Over Broadway

  Documentary following Carol Burnett's 1997 theatrical comeback, in a production of a farce that got off to a shaky start, with unresponsive audiences and technical hitches threatening to derail the project. However, by the time the show reaches New York things are starting to look up

• More Sex Please, We're Scandinavian

  Torben Skjodt Jensen and Ghita Beckendorff assess Scandinavian attitudes to sex, looking at historic changes in public perception from the free-thinking days of the 1960s to modern views. Highlights include Mary Whitehouse's visit to the so-called 'sex capital of the world' in 1972 and the Stockholm Conference on Masturbation

• More Than a Life

  Luke Holland's film chronicling the final years of his brother Peter : a resilient and inspirational man who developed the rare form of bone marrow cancer known as myeloma. Among the topics explored is Peter's relationship with his wife Jeanette and how they coped with the roller-coaster ride of operations, chemotherapy, unexpected reprieves and setbacks as the disease took its course

• Morning Sun

  Insight into China's 1949 Cultural Revolution, focusing on how Chairman Mao managed to inspire loyalty in his followers, despite being responsible for one of the world's greatest disasters in social engineering. Members of the public caught up in the revolutionary fervour discuss the effect it had on them

• Much Ado about Something

  Documentary examining the little-known life of Shakespeare, questioning whether he really was the prolific artist celebrated today or if his works were actually written by contemporary Christopher Marlowe. With contributions from Mark Rylance, Professor Stanley Wells and Professor Jonathan Bate

• Muhammad Ali : The Greatest

  Photojournalist William Klein's in-depth coverage of the life and times of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the fighter's first crowning as world champion, up to and including his amazing 'Rumble in the Jungle' with the seemingly indestructible George Foreman

• My Architect

  The son of renowned architect Louis I Khan attempts to piece together the details of his father's tumultuous personal life. When Khan died, bankrupt and unidentified, he left behind three families. Nathaniel, the child of one of his long-term affairs, embarks on a journey around the world in search of information about this mysterious, contradictory artist

• My Best Fiend

  Insight into the stormy friendship between film director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski, a love-hate relationship which encouraged mutual creativity, but ultimately led to each hatching a plot to murder the other

• My Terrorist

  Israeli film-maker Yulie Cohen Gerstel attempts to free the surviving Palestinian who shot and wounded her in a terrorist attack on an El Al flight in 1978. Heavily criticised in Israel, she is acting out of principle and feels her attacker is genuinely sorry for his actions and has served enough time

• The Natural History of the Chicken

  A light-hearted look at the many virtues of the humble chicken, revealing how this small and seemingly simple farmyard fowl is often taken for granted, yet is a creature like no other. Featuring a Florida woman who shampoos and blow-dries her pet rooster after taking it for a swim and the story of the headless chicken used as part of a travelling show

• New Americans

  Showcasing the best international documentaries

• Nico Icon

  Profile of Sixties model and actress Christa Paffgen, better known as Nico, who rose to prominence in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita and became one of Warhol's Factory stars, notably as a singer with rock band the Velvet Underground

• Nine Good Teeth

  A profile of Mary 'Nana' Cavaliere, the director's 102-year-old grandmother, whose eventful life story is told with the aid of family photographs and home movies. Nana also divulges family secrets, details of illicit love affairs, rivalries and the occasional murder, and dispenses her own homespun wisdom

• Nobody's Business

  Award-winning documentary in which Alan Berliner pays tribute to his father Oscar, a humanist who believed his life was of little consequence in the great scheme of things

• Nokia

  Showcasing the best international documentaries

• Norman Mailer, Oh My America : Beyond the Revolution

  An account of the critic's life in America, examining the deep impact of the Vietnam war and the revolution in attitudes of the 1960s, taking Mailer through the Presidency of Ronald Reagan to the Clinton years

• Norman Mailer, Oh My America : Farewell to the Fifties

  The first in a two-part examination of the writer's stormy relationship with America follows his experiences in World War Two, and the disappointment he felt when the country which emerged from the conflict was not the one he had imagined

• Number 17

  The story behind the 2002 bombing of a bus from Tel Aviv to Tiberius, in which 17 people were killed but only 16 were identified. The police assumed the anonymous victim was a foreign worker and abandoned attempts to discover who he was, burying him in an unmarked grave. Film-maker David Ofek attempts to trace the dead man's identity and locate his family, constructing a tragicomic image of Israeli society in the process

• One Day in September

  Award-winning documentary examining the massacre of 12 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich

• One Day in September

  The kidnap of 12 Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympics

• Our Brand Is Crisis

  Documentary exploring American political marketing. James Carville, a former adviser to Bill Clinton, travels to Bolivia, where he offers his services to a Presidential candidate. However, the election campaign meets with increasingly violent opposition from the electorate

• Out of Phoenix Bridge

  Documentary filmed over three years following four women struggling to survive as they live illegally in the slums of Peking

• Parallel Lines

  Nina Davenport's documentary follows her journey from California to her home city of New York in the wake of the World Trade Centre attacks. Along the way, she invites the people she meets to share their personal stories of loss, including a woman losing custody of her children, a war veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and a man whose mother murdered his father

• The Passions of Louis Malle

  An exploration of the life and career of renowned film director director Louis Malle, whose work with stars such as Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot contributed to the international popularity of French cinema. With contributions by some of his closest collaborators, family and friends

• Photographer

  Award-winning documentary about Nazi accountant Walter Genewein's photographic account of Jewish life in the Lodz ghetto in Poland during World War Two. While Genewein was concerned only with the technical quality of his images, recording what he thought to be the subhuman aspect of the Jewish workers, Dariusz Jablonski's film turns the idea on its head and in turn offers a more compassionate picture of life in the ghetto

• Picasso Days

  Profile of Picasso, arguably the greatest artist of the 20th century. Drawn from references to his diaries, sketches and paintings, the documentary reveals some of his most turbulent moments and how he expressed his private life through colour

• Pie in the Sky

  The story of Brigid Berlin, the daughter of the chairman of the Hearst Corporation, from her uptown childhood to her days as Warhol cult icon, famously photographed nude numerous times while living in a down-and-out hotel. The programme also reveals how her obsessive behaviour has now transferred to her weighing and measuring every meal and keeping a perfect house and looks at her struggle to escape the conformity and expectations imposed on her by her strait-laced parents

• The Pipeline Next Door

  Insight into the planned oil pipeline through Georgia, focusing on the picturesque village of Sakire. BP will compensate those whose land is crossed by the pipe, but boundary lines are not simple in the post-Soviet country, and many feel the large sums involved will not help to bring prosperity to the region

• Power Trip

  Showcasing the best international documentaries

• Prisoner of Paradise

  Documentary following the life of German actor-director Kurt Gerron, who became hugely successful between the two World Wars, but was subsequently imprisoned by the Nazis and sent to the 'show' camp of Theresienstadt. The film-maker soon found himself put to work on propaganda, allaying concerns across Europe about missing Jews by presenting images of them living happily under the Nazi regime

• Rats in the Ranks

  Acclaimed documentary looking behind the scenes of Sydney's Leichhardt Council's mayoral elections, to see what lengths Australia's politicians will go to just to boost voting numbers

• Recording The Producers

  Documentary chronicling the cast recording of the soundtrack to satirical Broadway comedy The Producers. With contributions from writer Mel Brooks, actors Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick and award-winning director Susan Stroman

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• Remember the Family

  Documentary telling the story of a British family who, like thousands of others in the 1990s, saw their business fail. Interviews with the mother, daughter, two sons and close friends reveal the impact of the collapse, including the break-up of the parents' marriage and the profound repercussions it had on everyone's lives

• Resurrection

  How relatives cope when their dead are dug up after three years due to insufficient space in Cuban cemeteries

• Robots Are Us

  The myth of the Golem, an artificial being said to have run amok in medieval times, is presented as an anti-utopian narrative device for exploring the issue of whether human beings will eventually be replaced by robots. For many centuries the question has obsessed theologians, and scientists in Palo Alto are currently dedicated to finding means of replicating human intelligence

• The Rock Star and the Mullahs

  Documentary following Junoon, Pakistan's most popular rock band, as they return to their home country for a music festival in Karachi. For years, the group have been banned from performing in Pakistan, but now they count the country's president as a fan, and lead singer Salman Ahmad has been appointed as a goodwill ambassador to the UN. Ahmad explores the social and religious traditions behind his songs, and attempts to ascertain if there really is a conflict between Islam and music

• Rocks with Wings

  Documentary about sports coach Jerry Richardson's transformation of a downtrodden Navajo girls' basketball team at Shiprock High School, New Mexico. Within two seasons of his arrival, the Lady Chieftains had navigated the rocky road to success and become a team of winners with immense self-belief and a refusal to accept anything but the best

• Romancing the Throne

  Five years in the life of King Mohato of Lesotho, from his ascension to the throne following his father's sudden death in a car crash. The thirtysomething monarch was used to a relaxed existence, but now finds himself faced with heavy responsibilities - including pressure to marry and produce an heir

• RUEU?

  Writer Nick Fraser visits Brussels in a quest to understand the Euopean Union through reading declarations and treaties, and explanations including one from Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission

• Russia from My Window (Tishe!)

  Film-maker Viktor Kossakovsky's surreal look at everyday life in St Petersburg, filmed against the backdrop of the year-long roadworks which were carried out beneath his window

• Scottsboro

  Documentary exploring one of the most significant legal controversies of the 20th century. The arrest, trial and eventual acquittal of nine black youths, all of whom were falsely accused of gang raping two white women on a train. The case divided Americans along racial, political and geographical lines and highlighted the socially accepted inequalities in America's South

• Seabiscuit

  The story of famous racehorse Seabiscuit and his jockey Red Pollard, who captured the imagination of Depression-era America, when gambling was all the rage

• See What Happens

  Profile of celebrated American film-makers DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, who for the past four decades have demonstrated an infallible ability to tap into the prevailing zeitgeist. A couple for 25 years, they were a huge influence on the emerging cinema verite genre of the Sixties, and have gone on to document the boom and bust of the Internet. Featuring rarely seen footage of Norman Mailer, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Robert Kennedy and Timothy Leary

• See You in the Future

  Thought provoking documentary which looks at the process of cryonics, freezing people after death so they may be resurrected at a date in the future to resume their lives. Featuring people who are already in a state of suspension, frozen in liquid nitrogen, with their personal belongings stored in an underground mine in Kansas, for them to collect once they have returned from the dead

• The Settlers

  Documentary following the lives of Jewish settlers who defiantly live in Palestinian self-rule territory. The film highlights the huge military presence which ensures their safety and attempts to understand the families' unwavering belief that they belong in the area and their efforts to ignore the presence of their Arab neighbours

• Shadowplay

  Showcase of the best international documentaries

• Shadowplay

  Documentary examining the 1965-1966 terror campaign in Indonesia by General Suharto, which signalled the birth of a brutal 'New Order'. Up to 500,000 people lost their lives as the country's first president, Sukarno, was swept from power, and the programme explores how, more than 30 years on, ordinary Indonesians are coming to terms with their hidden history

• Shake Hands with the Devil

  Romeo Dallaire, the general in charge of the Rwandan UN peace-keeping mission during the genocide, returns to the country for the first time. In 1994, he had neither the manpower or resources to intervene, nor authorisation to do so even if he could, and could only watch as the tragic events unfolded. Visiting the sites of the atrocities, he shares his thoughts on what could have been done to avert the slaughter that still haunts him

• Simon and I

  Film-maker Bev Ditsie and her friend Simon Nkoli, both giants in the South African gay and lesbian liberation movement, look back over good and bad times. Both a personal statement and a political history, their relationship is viewed against the backdrop of intense activism and the Aids crisis

• Sincerely Yours

  Film-maker Dumisani Phakathi explores the impact of HIV on his own community in Soweto. He meets up with friends to discuss sex and love and considers how Aids campaigns often fail to address the concerns of the very people they are supposed to help

• Sitting for Parliament

  Artist Noel Murphy completes a commission to paint all 108 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. The politicians are captured in conversation as they sit for their portraits, with Ian Paisley reflecting on God, the Bible and circumcision, and a laughing Bairbre de Brun discussing her 'cold' image. The documentary also offers an insight into the workings of the Assembly and the struggling political process

• Small Pain for Glory

  Documentary following the rebuilding of the Sierra Leone international athletics team. In 2002, the country sent its largest-ever team to the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, to celebrate the end of the civil war. But by the closing ceremony, 21 of the athletes had disappeared and the Minister of Sport vowed never to compete internationally again. Laura Ashton's film follows the efforts of Olympic sprinter Sanusi Turay to rebuild the team, modernising their training techniques and coming into conflict with the Government as he resolves to take his squad to the next Olympics. Shown as part of Africa Lives on the BBC

• A Small Town in Poland

  The small town of Bransk in Poland finds itself divided as locals wish to remember the town's Jewish inhabitants who were killed at Trevlinka concentration camp during the Holocaust, but find themselves up against anti-semitists

• The Smith Family

  Documentary about a family whose seemingly perfect life in Salt Lake City was torn apart by betrayal. Steve and Kim Smith were happily raising their children in a Mormon community, secure in their faith and love for each other, until Steve revealed he'd been having sexual encounters with men. Three years on, after Kim had been diagnosed HIV positive and her husband had developed Aids, Tasha Oldham reveals how a devastated family came to terms with extraordinary circumstances

• Somewhere Better

  Documentary, filmed over two years, following the lives of a group of gypsy asylum seekers residing in London. The film recounts their struggle to cope with daily life and issues including funeral rites, Turkish football clubs and wallpaper

• The Somme

  In-depth examination of the Battle of the Somme, edited from two episodes of acclaimed 1964 documentary series The Great War. The programme, which featured original footage and interviews with veterans, was considered to be the first to depict the grim reality of warfare

• Sophiatown

  The history of the Johannesburg neighbourhood of Sophiatown, which became a haven for tolerance and mutliculturalism in the midst of apartheid. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the area was home to jazz singers, painters and gangsters, but as well as producing art and music, it was an enclave of integrationist politics, where Nelson Mandela spent his formative years. Interviews with some of the area's residents and archive footage are used to celebrate this vanished era. Shown as part of Africa Lives on the BBC

• The Sorrow and the Pity - Part One

  Marcel Ophuls' acclaimed documentary charting the Nazi occupation of France during World War Two, showing in two parts. The film follows events up to the liberation of the country and the aftermath of the war, and features contributions from collaborators, resistance fighters and British participants, including Anthony Eden and a secret agent who went undercover as a transvestite cabaret performer and became the lover of a German officer. On its initial release in 1968, the film was judged too shocking for audiences, and would not be shown in France for 13 years

• The Sorrow and the Pity - Part Two

  Conclusion of Marcel Ophuls' acclaimed documentary charting the Nazi occupation of France during World War Two, featuring contributions from collaborators, resistance fighters and British participants

• Southern Comfort

  Documentary following the final year of Robert Eads, a 52-year-old female-to-male transsexual living in rural Georgia. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer, his final dream was to attend the Southern Comfort Conference in Atlanta : America's pre-eminent transgendered gathering : at the side of his girlfriend, male-to-female transsexual Lola Cola

• Srebrenica: Never Again?

  Leslie Woodhead's documentary following his return to the site of the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica, which saw 7,000 people killed. The director meets up with four people he interviewed during the making of his 1999 film A Cry from the Grave, to discover how their lives have changed in the intervening years. He also ponders the impact such atrocities have on the world at large

• Star Wars Dreams

  History of the USA's multi-billion-dollar missile defence system, charting the country's 50-year search for the ideal solution to perceived foreign threats, from President Eisenhower's Cold War initiatives to Ronald Reagan's expensive obsession with Star Wars and George W Bush's plans for defence against 'rogue states'

• Startup.com

  The progress of two entrepreneurs as they attempt to live the American dream by successfully launching their own business, a web-based service called GovWorks.com. Their idea is intended to help US citizens gain better access to their government via the Internet, but this is an unstable business environment where failure may be waiting just around the corner

• Stevie

  Film-maker Steve James revisits Stevie Fielding, who was only 11 when they first met in 1982. Back then, Stevie had been neglected and shunted between family members and foster care, and it soon becomes clear that time has not changed him. He's been arrested for abusing his eight-year-old cousin and is on a downward spiral. Can his friendship with James help Stevie turn his life around?

• Storyville: Andrew and Jeremy Get Married

  Director Don Boyd's revealing documentary tells the stories of two gay men in the run-up to their commitment ceremony. The pair's union seemed against the odds - while retired bus driver Andrew struggled with drug addiction and spent time in jail, English teacher Jeremy, who is 20 years older, lived in a world that was a literary social whirl. Both, however, were forced to confront personal demons before they got together. A moving and entertaining film that takes its audience into London's gay scene and Hollywood Bohemia.

• Storyville: Darwin's Nightmare

  Documentary examining the introduction of Nile perch into Lake Victoria. While the fish have created a prosperous new industry, with their flesh becoming Tanzania's most profitable export, it has had a devastating effect on the environment, as the predatory creatures have wiped out all the indigenous fish in the waters. Part of 100 Years of Wildlife Week

• Storyville: Fashion Victim

  The extraordinary life of fashion designer Gianni Versace and an exploration of the circumstances surrounding his death. The popular figure was murdered on the steps of his Miami mansion in 1997, but his killer Andrew Cunanan committed suicide as police were on the verge of arresting him. Part of the Style on Trial season

• Storyville: Journeys with George

  Alexandra Pelosi spends a year in the company of George W Bush before his election to the presidency. As an informal portrait emerges of the man who would lead the world's most powerful nation, the programme addresses many issues, from what Bush drinks to whether a degree of intimacy can be attained by those who are with him constantly. Part of the Conspiracy USA season

• Storyville: RFK

  Director David Grubin's biography of Bobby Kennedy, which reassesses the life of JFK's brother, who was running for the presidency when he was assassinated. He had been happy to live in the shadow of his glamorous sibling, but the latter's murder plunged him into a spiral of depression, which this documentary reveals he was only just emerging from when he himself was killed. Part of Conspiracy USA season

• Storyville: Why We Fight

  Director Eugene Jarecki takes a social and political journey through the 50 years following Dwight Eisenhower's warnings about the dangers of the country's growing 'military industrial complex', examining the links within the American establishment of arms manufacturers, politicians and defence intellectuals. He interviews players, theorists and participants, and investigates the joint venture between the US Government and the arms industry as he delves into the business of making war. Part of the Conspiracy USA season

• A Sunday in Hell

  Jorgen Leth's acclaimed documentary following the 1976 Paris-Roubaix bike race, an intensive journey across the cobbled farm tracks of Northern France. Leth uses 20 cameras and a helicopter to capture the drama of the race from every possible angle, showcasing cycling greats Merckx, De Vlaeminck, Martens and Moser in action

• A Texas Murder in Black and White

  Footage from two films following the trial of three Texans charged with the racially aggravated murder of a man whom they chained to the back of their truck and dragged to death in 1998. One film is shot by a white crew documenting the opinions of white residents, the other by a black crew recording black feeling as the court case moves toward its historic verdict

• This Is Palestine

  Azza El-Hassan's film about everyday life in Ramallah, revealing the Palestinians' struggle for normality while living in a city almost permanently under siege where going out of the house is a dangerous option

• Three Salons at the Seaside

  Philippa Lowethorpe's cult documentary following life at three Blackpool hairdressing salons, including the story of Mrs Lawson and Mrs Buckham, who have been going to the same salon for 25 years

• The Tour

  Documentary charting the powerful emotions of Palestinian tourists from the West Bank and Gaza Strip during a three-day bus tour of Israel. For many, this is the first time they have been allowed to visit, while older members of the group recall the days when the area was their home before the state was created in 1948 and they went into exile

• Traveller

  Alen MacWeeney revisits the travellers who lived around the outskirts of Dublin when he first photographed them 30 years ago. The programme utilises images, music, folk tales and personal accounts, revealing the enormous changes which have taken place since that first encounter

• Trembling Before G-d

  Documentary, telling the stories of gay Hasidic and Orthodox Jews, and the struggle they face to reconcile their faith with their sexuality, which is outlawed by their religion. Featuring contributions from the world's first openly homosexual Orthodox rabbi, and the stories of Hasidic gays and lesbians who have either been rejected by their strictly religious families, or have married within the faith and kept their sexuality a secret

• A Trial in Prague

  A revealing report about the Stansky show trials that took place in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, and the activities of a spy-ring linked to the government of Prague

• The Unquiet Peace

  Photojournalist Nick Danziger returns to Kosovo to find the refugees he met on assignment during the 1999 conflict, most of whom have now returned home, and discovers what toll the uneasy peace of the intervening years has had on them

• Viva Zapatero

  Italian satirist Sabina Guzzanti discusses how her TV show was banned from state-funded TV after only one episode - despite a judge determining that everything said in the show was true. The programme reveals the extent of the control Berlusconi holds over his country's media and the measures taken to suppress criticism. With contributions from Rory Bremner and playwright Dario Fo

• Waco : Rules of Engagement

  Insight into the disastrous 1993 FBI siege in which federal agents burned down the Branch Davidian sect's compound, killing 76 cult members including women and children : and then claimed that the Davidians had killed themselves by setting fire to the building

• War and Peace

  Exploration of the rise of militarism in India, as the nation moves farther away from the peaceful ideals espoused by Ghandi. Film-maker Anand Patwardhan, a supporter of the assassinated leader, examines the alarming rush to arm in the subcontinent : despite the small pockets of resistance by peace activists : and reveals the horrifying true cost to India's people of nuclear testing and uranium mining. Part of the India-Pakistan Season

• The War Room

  Documentary by celebrated film-makers DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus providing a behind-the-scenes account of Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, focusing on the work of charismatic spindoctors George Stephanopoulous and James Carville

• Wednesday

  Viktor Kossakovsky charts the experiences of 50 boys and 51 girls born in Leningrad in 1961 who have since grown up during the decline of the communist regime and encountered the chaos of contemporary Russia in adulthood. Part of the St Petersburg season

• Where is my Family?

  A man swaps his humdrum life in Denmark for a trip to Yemen in an effort to find his father, an airline pilot who vanished when he was a child. He gets more than he bargained for, however, including a pop-star brother in a toupee

• The White Diamond

  An account of a daring adventure to explore the jungle canopy and the South American tepuis by floating silently above the treetops in a helium-filled blimp. Director Werner Herzog follows Dr Graham Dorrington as he attempts to assemble and fly the sophisticated aeronautical technology in the remote Amazon forests and get a glimpse of its rarely seen ecology

• White King - Red Rubber, Black Death

  The untold story of Belgian colonialism in Africa, which saw state-orchestrated slavery being used in rubber plantations. Shown as part of Africa Lives on the BBC

• Who Am I Now?

  Broadcaster Sheena McDonald tries to put pieces of her life and memory back together by retracing her steps to the year she suffered unquantifiable brain injuries after being hit by a police van. She talks to health professionals about her recovery, the nature of her condition and whether her identity has been changed by her experiences

• Who is Bernard Tapie?

  A woman's four-year quest to track down elusive French actor Bernard Tapie, a mysterious figure who turned out to be a man of many talents : singer, politician, millionaire businessman, author, football team owner and, ultimately, a convict

• The Wild Blue Yonder

  Acclaimed director Werner Herzog's film considering the possibility of Earth becoming uninhabitable, with contributions from scientists and astronauts on the action the human race could take. The factual elements are intercut with images from the Galileo probe and a fictional story, starring Brad Dourif as a refugee from an alien world seeking sanctuary on this planet