Seasons & Episodes
Pagan Belfast
Successful young novelist Robert Wilson goes home to Belfast after six years of voluntary exile in England. By turns hil
Three Weeks in Calcutta
A young Londoner, Lisa Chidell, makes an emotionally draining visit to Calcutta, where she becomes immersed in the strug
My Demons
In her adult life, artist Willa Carroll has battled severe emotional problems, the result of the physical abuse that she
Spike and Clinton
Spike Ambrose and Clinton Smith both live in a hostel for homeless teenagers in London's run-down King's Cross area. The
Just for the Record
David Francis's plan to record family relationships changed when his grandmother became ill. His video diary became a di
On the March with Bobby's Army
Kevin Allen, a 28-year-old actor and long time 'student of the game', has made a unique fan's-eye view of the 1990 World
Off the Rails
Stephen Hawthorne 's parents discovered he was gay two years ago. Rather than face them he left home. In his absorbing a
Au Revoir Stepney
Artist Vicky Hawkins and marble mason Tony Chircop had lived in London's East End all their lives. When, last year in Fr
Surviving Memories
Jo Spence discovered she had lymphatic leukaemia, and possibly the return of the cancer she thought she conquered eight
The Man Behind the Shotgun
Jack Murton is serving a 12-year prison sentence for armed robbery. Destined to a lifetime pattern of crime and prison,
War, Lives and Videotape
Photojournalist Nick Danziger is no stranger to the horrific suffering and imagery of war. Two years ago in Kabul, Afgha
In Black and White or in Colour
As a young Brazilian film-maker, Sergio Goldenberg is normally concerned with serious issues such as the rainforest or s
Sweet S.A.
Fritz Joubert and his black British wife Jenni left London to try starting a new life in South Africa. Fritz had fled hi
Promise You Won't Let Them Out on the Street
Steve Cribb is an active campaigner for Civil Rights. He is also disabled and lives his life with the help of a team of
Crossing the Frontier of Fire
When photographer Mirella Ricciardi travelled to the Brazilian rainforest to capture images of its endangered people, sh
Teenage Diaries: Justice Sucks
Justice Sucks is 16-year-old Vonnie's story. At 12, she was taken into care by the social services after being abused by
Teenage Diaries: In Bed with Chris Needham
Seventeen-year-old Chris Needham is Loughborough's leading heavy-metal philosopher. He's putting together a band - but M
Teenage Diaries: The World's Greatest Director
Aged 13, Daniel Moss thinks life is too short to wait for adulthood before starting on the ladder to success. His unrele
Teenage Diaries: The Daughter Sent from Hell
Jennifer is 15 and desperately wants to be "a normal teenage girl", but she has what she declares to be a disadvantage -
Teenage Diaries: Julie Through the Looking Glass
Julie is severely anorexic and lives with five other anorexic girls in a special home. Her camera is her intimate and on
Teenage Diaries: Raging Bullock
For Ben May , living in Peckham and boxing mad, adolescence is not an angst-ridden phase full of problems, it is simply
Teenage Diaries: Between Two Worlds
At 13, Rachel has been a traveller most of her life. She has never been to school, and her home is wherever the old conv
Searching for a Killer
While in Haiti during the 1987 election, Geoffrey Smith and a friend stumbled across a horrific massacre at a polling st
Desperately Seeking Nessie
At the age of 28, Steve Feltham was dissatisfied with his life and work installing burglar alarms in Dorset. When a frie
The Reluctant Mamoushka
Last year Edel O'Brien went to Russia as unpaid chaperone to nine Irish teenage girls beginning their first term at the
Elvis: The Yorkshire Years
After 12 years, singer and Elvis impersonator Scott Davis feels trapped and disillusioned by the pub and club circuit of
Not a Transvestite
All her life, Mjka Scott has battled with her sexual identity. As Michael she was a truck driver, a stuntman and an acto
The Man Who Loves Gary Lineker
Rural GP Dr Ylli Hasani risked imprisonment in totalitarian Albania by listening to the BBC World Service to keep up to
My Demons - The Legacy
In 1990, Willa Woolston returned to America to persuade her sisters to join with her in uncovering a buried family histo
Family Scenes, Stones and M16s: A Settler's Story of Samaria
The controversial situation of the Jewish settlers in Palestine (beyond the "green line"), is represented through the ev
Teenage Diaries: Natalie's Baby
Finding herself pregnant at 14, Natalie never even thought about having an abortion. Instead she set out to live up to
Teenage Diaries: Cheaptalk and Blinker-Blinker
David Antunes "Cheaptalk", 13, and Valter Antunes "Blinker-Blinker", 15, are part of a family of musicians who play the
Teenage Diaries: The Bad Sax Guide
At 13, Polly is a bright and articulate girl who leads a normal teenage life but develops an extreme terror of school. C
Teenage Diaries: Anyha and the Temple of Doom
Anyha is 12. She lives in Bristol with her single-parent mum, is mad on sport and dreams of Olympic stardom. She also wa
Teenage Diaries: Wet Dreams
Gabriel Davies dreams of surfing in Hawaii but has to make do with the polluted waves off England's north-east coast. Bu
Teenage Diaries: In and Out of Africa
Josephine Okelo lives in Nairobi, Kenya, with her wealthy family. At 17, feeling the need to establish her own identity,
Major, the Miners and Me
Miner's wife Brenda Nixon uncovers the effects, both dramatic and more intimate, of the recent pit closures on herself,
Time for Tom
A mother records with uncompromising honesty the end of the life of her 4-year-old son. Aged 10 months, Tom was diagnose
Grope - The Movie
When two writers were told that their sitcom Grope was a touch too bawdy for broadcasting, they decided to turn it into
Dying for Publicity
Photo-journalist Chris Steel-Perkins 's video record of the effect of media attention on Somalia's famine.
Love Is the Drug
Jane married Steve at the age of 19. Three years later she found herself in New York with two young daughters and a husb
Blood, Sweat and Cheers
Four evenings a week Robbie Brookside, a top professional wrestler, plays the town halls of Britain. But while the chara
Rebel Without a Pause
At the age of 20 Bob was fighting in the Spanish Civil War. He is now 77, and wants a memorial established in recognitio
Ice-Cream Justice
Thom Campbell was convicted in 1984 for six murders during the so-called "ice-cream wars' in Glasgow. Consistently prote
Mad, Bad or Sad
The first of eight programmes offers an unprecedented insight into the lives of the mentally ill, as told by a woman who
The Life and Loves of a Sea Devil
Nineteen-year-old Rob Hunt loves the sea. At least he loves surfingand swimming and soaking up the rays. What he doesn't
By Any Means Necessary
Tony Thomas-Hall is an athlete trainingforthe World Games in Berlin in a bid to become the fastest above-the-knee ampute
The Cuban Nipple Crisis
Photographer Paul Harvey offers an insight into the supposedly glamorous world of photographers' models and exotic locat
Ratcatcher
Council ratcatcher Paul Taylor knows about fascism. He says: " I was a Nazi when I was an active member of the National
Sunshine 13
After twenty-five years of being a hard-working cabbie and single parent, Maria Perriera is determined to spend the rest
Raiders of the Lost Lake
Benedict Allen is an adventurer and real-life Indiana Jones. But the snakes, alligators and big cats in his jungle are n
Living with the Enemy
Captain Richard Bramford's first posting as a UN military observer is to the heart of Serbian Bosnia. His diary offers a
Suitable Boy
Omerjit Brar, a 19-year-old aspiring model, longs for excitement in her life. In spite of being discouraged by a top age
Chester PD Blue
As part of Chester police's new pro-active squad, Detective Constable Tim Roberts fights on the frontline in the escalat
Steve, Su and Alice Too
Steve and Su Pearce have tried almost everything to have a family of their own. When they decide to adopt a baby from Ch
Year Zero
Coinciding with South African president Nelson Mandela's first state visit to Britain, this film charts the first year o
Child Slave Rescue
The first in this four-part documentary series travels to India to tell the story of Kailash Satyarthi, whose organisat
Oils and Oilskins
Lifeboat coxswain Eric Ward comes from St Ives, Cornwall, a town known both for its fishing industry and its vibrant art
Ghostbuster - the Real Thing
Maurice Grosse , aged 76, is a psychic investigator. In 1977 he led the team that hunted the Enfield poltergeist, a wide
Show Boys - the Naked Truth
Zeus is 23-year-old Justin Richards's alter-ego, a body-beautiful male stripper who parades in front of adoring men and
The Secret Diary of Joseph Erber (Aged 12¾)
The documentary series of personal video histories begins a four-part run with an insight into the life and thoughts of
The Flying Scotswoman.
An account of the first months at Westminster of Anne Begg , Britain's first wheelchair- using MP, who entered Parliamen
The Last Resort
An insight into the high-pressure life of Steve Malone, head of a night-time mental-health team based in Paddington, Lon
Gene Genie
Paul Nurse , leading scientist and director-general of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, has devoted his career to help
Our Man in Othello
A candid record of the Royal National Theatre's tour of the Far East with their production of Othello. Filmed by David H
Last Chance on Thin Ice
For explorer David Hempleman-Adams, reaching the North Pole has always been his most elusive goal. This year, with his N
Video Diaries
Businessman Jivi, who has lived all his life in Birmingham, decides to pay a visit to his grandmothers in India, then se
Lost Cowboys
Hank Wangford and his band travel to meet real cowboys in the Falklands during Camp Sports - the week in which the isla
The Perfect Hostess
When Tim and Debbie Stevenson made a decision that Debbie should become a surrogate mother for her cousin, they had litt
Not Stupid
Anna is prepared to go to any lengths necessary to make sure her sons are afforded a decent education. But no school wit
Giving Away Baby
Following an accident, Frances Rodgers 's life fell apart in the space of six months: she lost her job, her flat and her
Spit It Out
Actions most people take for granted, such as making phone calls and buying travel tickets, are daily struggles for Anur
The Silence of the Farms
Welsh hill farmer William Jenkins records his ongoing struggle to make a living.
Only a Girl and Horses
The second of two countryside specials follows 26-year-old Emma Lavelle, the youngest racehorse trainer in Britain, as s
