Newsbeat Documentaries

Follow two transgender friends on a life-changing journey to reveal their new identities to their families in Jamaica. Steffan and Romario return to the country where they grew up - one of the most transphobic places in the world. Despite the potential risks to their safety and not knowing how their relatives will react, the friends are determined to be open about who they are. Their story highlights the challenges and struggle for acceptance faced by many transgender people from ethnic minorities in the UK.

Amid tension between Russia and the west, Royal Marines train their US counterparts in the Arctic for the first time. We follow their training in sub-zero conditions in this Newsbeat documentary.

Charles is 17 years old and has anorexia. As he continues to battle to meet his target weight, he bravely decides to open up to his classmates. For the very first time one ground-breaking unit in London lets the cameras in. Hospital admissions are going up but it's not just a female problem. Research suggests one in four people with an eating disorder is male, but experts say too few are getting the help they need because it's seen as a "girl’s condition".

A quick guide to help you decide on 23 June whether the UK should leave or remain part of the European Union. Newsbeat has a look at what the two campaigns are saying on four of the biggest issues of the referendum. How much power does the EU have over the UK? What impact does being part of the EU have on the economy? What's the impact of immigration? And is the UK safer or not being a part of the EU?

A generation has grown up with easy access to every type of online porn any time they want it. Men, women and a couple take a frank, detailed look at the impact this is having. How has porn changed what’s now seen as "normal" sex? What pressure has it put on men and women in terms of how to perform, expectations, consent and body image? Has it allowed people to explore their sexual identity in a way that wasn't possible before? And where does porn fit in to everyday relationships - how would you feel about your partner watching porn on a regular basis? Or is it something you've watched together?

As Barack Obama’s time in office nears its end, people who voted for him reflect on his legacy. From California to Chicago to DC, young black voters look back on his Presidency. Rico, a gay former army veteran, shares his experiences of being a soldier and how since coming home from the front line life for him and other members of the LGBT community has changed. In the Southside of Chicago, Emanuel lives just a few miles from Barack Obama’s old house. He talks about the gun violence he’s experienced on his street and how the pace of change in his community has been slow. Amesha works in education, she also worries that the pace of change is slow, as the number of people living in poverty in the US has remained largely the same. For her however, having a black President has given disenfranchised young people a role model to follow. At a house party at Georgetown University in Washington, students that have grown up under the Obama Presidency reveal their hopes and fears for the future.

Nesta McGregor investigates what's behind the Black Lives Matter protests across Britain, and asks why some black people in the UK still feel racism affects them every day. Nesta travels the country speaking to young black people and draws on his own personal experiences of growing up in the UK. He meets Benathi who helped organise some of the marches - she feels she has been discriminated against, in the past, at work because of her afro hair-style and Jen, a law graduate, who thinks that it takes a while to sink in that people may treat you different because you're black.She says: "You have a lot of kids who have this level of frustration who grow up thinking 'it's me, there's something wrong with me.' And as an individual, that on a mental, psychological level - it's kind of a recipe for disaster." Nesta also goes back to the council estate where he grew up and talks to a neighbour and friend about whether black people should be doing more to help themselves as well as well as highlighting inequalities.

As iconic club Fabric gets its licence back, with stricter drug controls, Newsbeat's Jim Connolly investigates whether the Swiss approach to drugs could work here. With a very different attitude to things like ecstasy, open testing has been happening there for over a decade and officials say it's meant fewer deaths than in the UK. Jim follows one clubber's ecstasy pill as it is tested in Bern and asks clubbers, scientists and venue owners if there is anything the UK can learn before presenting his findings to British police.

From Brexit to Trump, Ali to Bowie, 2016 has been a year of shocks and surprises. For some it's been twelve months of madness, raising fears of a worrying future - for others a time when an appealing fresh start seems to be around the corner. So where to get the banter and a review of the big events? We decided a Wolverhampton barbershop and a Birmingham salon would be good places. So here's 2016, cut and dry.