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2005
2005x113
A Cry from the Grave
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A Cry from the Grave: documentary about the week of horror in the Balkans in 1995 when troops of the Bosnian Serb army massacred over 7,000 men from Srebrenica
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Death on the Staircase: 1/8 Crime or Accident?
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In the middle of the night of December 9th, 2001, wealthy novelist Michael Peterson called the emergency services in Durham, North Carolina, to tell them he had found his wife Kathleen .. show full overview
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Death on the Staircase: 2/8 Secrets and Lies
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Did Michael Peterson's wife uncover details of his bisexuality shortly before she died, and how will this affect the ongoing murder investigation into her death?
2005x3
Death on the Staircase: 3/8 A Striking Coincidence
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The prosecution unearth the story of another death from 1985 that only reinforces their convictions. It seems that Elizabeth Ratliff, a good friend of Michael Peterson, was also found .. show full overview
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Death on the Staircase: 4/8 A Prosecution Trickery
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The defence faces a blow as a new autopsy concludes that Elizabeth Ratliff was unlawfully killed. The prosecution also presents an iron poker - supposedly a replica of the murder weapon. What now for Michael Peterson?
2005x5
Death on the Staircase: 5/8 A Weak Case
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The prosecution witnesses falter during defence lawyer David Rudolf's cross-examination.
2005x6
Death on the Staircase: 6/8 The Prosecution's Revenge
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As the trial continues, the prosecutor attempts to portray Michael Peterson as a deviant.
2005x7
Death on the Staircase: 7/8 The Blow Poke Returns
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The defence witnesses take their turn, but there's a worry that the experts' account will not be enough to convince the jury.
2005x8
Death on the Staircase: 8/8 The Verdict
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The jury in the Michael Peterson case deliberates for five days before reaching a verdict.
2005x9
Martin Luther King: Citizen King 1963-1968
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Documentary about the final five, turbulent years in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King. The story begins at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963, when a 34-year-old .. show full overview
2005x10
Prisoner of Paradise
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The tragic story of Kurt Gerron , a Jewish director and Weimar star, ordered to make Nazi propaganda films.
2005x11
The Liberace of Baghdad
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Storyville depicts eight months with an Iraqi pianist, now playing in a hotel bar and wondering about the future of his country.
2005x12
Made In China
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Global companies wish to be well-thought of and very successful. Being Finnish, and therefore Scandinavian, Nokia is in the lead when it comes to feeling good about capitalism. But it is .. show full overview
2005x13
Barca: The Inside Story (2004)
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Documentary following the fortunes of Barcelona Football Club over a year of crisis. With poor performances and spiralling debts, reform of the club is urgently needed. The new board, .. show full overview
2005x14
The Natural History of the Chicken
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How was this seemingly simple creature actually revealed to be complex? Mark Lewis investigates for Storyville.
2005x14
Before the Flood: Tuvalu
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By selling the internet domain name .tv for$50 million, the previously impoverished Pacific island nation of Tuvalu landed a massive dot-com windfall. Nature, however, has dealt its .. show full overview
2005x95
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs
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First of a six-part series in which the main decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia and the US tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict. 1948-56. Fifty years ago, .. show full overview
2005x15
Why we Fight
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Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
2005x17
Another Road Home
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Storyville documentary in which Jerusalem-born director Danae Elon tracks down the children of her Palestinian babysitter. who were sent to the US in the 1970s to avoid the conflict at home.
2005x16
Life on the Tracks
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Storyville paints a portrait of a couple who live in Manila's railtrack slums. The film draws us into the heart of the urban poor world: the worries, prayers, squabbles and songs of life on the railtracks.
2005x17
McLibel
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McLibel is a British documentary film directed by Franny Armstrong and Ken Loach for Spanner Films about the McLibel case. The film was first completed in 1997 as a 52-minute television .. show full overview
2005x20
Dr. Goebbels Speaks
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Archive footage and extracts from Goebbels' voluminous diaries combine to provide a vivid insight into the mind of Hitler's propaganda minister.
2005x21
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
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Storyville documentary featuring an interview with Traudl Junge , who worked as one of Hitler's secretaries from 1942 until the dictator's suicide in 1945.
2005x22
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S McNamara
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Errol Morris's revealing Oscar-winning documentary. Former US secretary of defense Robert McNamara outlines what he learned about conflict from the many years he spent helping to direct .. show full overview
2005x20
Stalin's Skyscraper
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This Storyville documentary explores how Stalin's interest in American skyscrapers led to the building of seven Soviet versions in Moscow. Focusing on the building where the party elite .. show full overview
2005x24
Lost in La Mancha
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Candid documentary about maverick director Terry Gilliam 's attempt to make the film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. When shooting begins, Gilliam must contend with torrential rains, .. show full overview
2005x21
A Company of Soldiers
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In November 2004, Tom Roberts spent 30 days with the US Army in south Baghdad. Filming started just after the Fallujah campaign was launched, heralding reprisal ambushes. Travelling with .. show full overview
2005x26
Chairman George: To Beijing via Athens
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Why did a Greek-Canadian statistician from Ottawa decide to learn Mandarin, strap on a guitar and reinvent himself as a Chinese folk star? Storyville follows this unlikely story and .. show full overview
2005x24
French Beauty
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Director Pascale Lamche explores the allure of French actresses, which has fascinated generations of moviegoers. Includes interviews with Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau , Catherine Deneuve , Sophie Marceau , Audrey Tautou and Juliette Binoche.
2005x25
Excellent Cadavers
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A story of the Sicilian Mafia, American writer Alexander Stille and Palermo photographer Letizia Battaglia investigate the body-strewn and bloody mayhem created by gangsters in Sicily.
2005x26
Me & My 51 Brothers & Sisters
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A South African man's personal tour of his country and a family he didn't know he had. Director Dumisani Phakathi 's film is showing as part of Storyville.
2005x30
Srebrenica: Never Again?
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A decade after the massacre that I killed over 7,000, film-maker Leslie Woodhead returns to the town in eastern Bosnia. Have the survivors of the genocide rebuilt their lives and has .. show full overview
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Srebrenica: Never Again?
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2005x27
Small Pain For Glory
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In the wake of devasting civil war, in Sierra Leone, an inspirational athletics trainer attempts to set up a team to compete in the 2004 Athens Olympics. This moving documentary for BBC .. show full overview
2005x28
Shake Hands With the Devil
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Ten years after he headed the UN's disastrous mission in Rwanda, General Romeo Dallaire returns to the site of the genocide to confront survivors and his demons.
2005x29
The Wild Blue Yonder
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Werner Herzog takes the Galileo mission to Jupiter's moons as a starting point for a hypothetical investigation. Brad Dourif plays an alien refugee on Earth whose native planet has .. show full overview
2005x30
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
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In 1974, a teenage newspaper heiress and Berkeley undergrad was kidnapped at gunpoint from her apartment, setting off one of the most bizarre episodes in recent American history. The .. show full overview
2005x30
The White Diamond
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Werner Herzog 's compelling record of a daring expedition to the rainforests of South America English aeronautical engineer Dr Graham Dorrington plans to assemble a helium-filled airship .. show full overview
2005x31
A Very English Village 1/5
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Storyville film-maker Luke Holland , who has lived in Ditchling on the East Sussex Downs for the last ten years, explores aspects of village life past and present. He begins with a look .. show full overview
2005x37
Peace One Day
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A global ceasefire day was the dream of film-maker Jeremy Gilley. For five years he documented his efforts to persuade the world, via the UN, Nobel Peace Prize laureates, aid agencies, .. show full overview
2005x32
Sitting for Parliament
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Director John T Davis follows fellow Belfast native artist Noel Murphy as he completes a commission to paint all 108 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly over a six-month period.
2005x33
A Very English Village 2/5
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Storyville continues its exploration of South Downs village Ditchling with a profile of the amateur-dramatics society, led by Sonia Stock.
2005x40
The Last Waltz
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Martin Scorsese 's superb record of the farewell concert given by the Band in San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day 1976. Dylan guests alongside Joni Mitchell , Neil Diamond , Emmylou Harris and Neil Young.
2005x34
A Very English Village 3/5
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Artist Eric Gill of the Arts and Crafts movement arrived in Ditchling in 1907. His legacy includes the typeface gill sans - but his bohemian lifestyle remains controversial.
2005x35
A Very English Village 4/5
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At one time. the Sandrock Inn was at the heart of Ditchling, East Sussex - but now the pub is under threat from developers. The villagers mount a spirited fight against an unpopular planning proposal - but is it enough to delay last orders?
2005x36
A Very English Village 5/5
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Going for the Kill. Farmer Gary Lee , who also serves as master of the local hunt, and his brother Mark battle economic forces beyond their control in a desperate bid to keep their .. show full overview
2005x44
The Wonderful World of Dogs
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Dog judges, commentators and owners all contribute to Storyville's hilarious interpretation of the canine worldview.
2005x42
Liberia: An Uncivil War
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In Liberia, the summer of 2003 was pure insanity. A rebel army attempts to overthrow a government run by an indicted war criminal. Two armies engage in the final battle of a decade long .. show full overview
2005x46
The Standard of Perfection: Show Cats
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Humorous Storyville documentary in which Mark Lewis delves into the world of pampered. pedigree felines.
2005x47
Animalicious
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A Storyville collection of true tales revealing the hidden dangers of the animal world, including a mad squirrel that terrorised a whole neighbourhood.
2005x48
How Vietnam Was Lost
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Based on David Maraniss's book They Marched into Sunlight, a documentary telling the story of two seemingly unconnected events in October 1967 that changed the course of the Vietnam .. show full overview
2005x49
The Standard of Perfection: Show Cattle
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Competitors polish hooves and buff up bovine beauties for a livestock fair in Maine.
2005x50
Sir! No Sir! The GI Revolt
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Storyville on how thousands of active-duty GIs created a huge movement against the war in Vietnam.
2005x51
The Fall of Fujimori
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Political oppression, kidnap and corruption: the hallmarks of Alberto Fujimori , who, as Storyville reveals, held near-dictatorial power in 1990s Peru.
2005x52
Cane Toads
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Storyville examines the disastrous decision to introduce toads from Hawaii to Australia as a pest control measure.
2005x53
Jungle Magic
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Storyville visits a carnival in the Amazon.
2005x54
Kinsey
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Storyville looks at the life and work of the controversial US biologist.
2005x55
Winged Migration
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Oscar-nominated documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, filmed over the course of three years on all seven continents. Stunning techniques help contribute to this bird's eye view of the world.