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ABORTION: THE CHOICE (2008)
Whether or not to have an abortion is often the biggest decision a woman will ever make. This landmark documentary presents an uncompromising, timely and honest look at modern abortion.

 

 
 

PRAMFACE BABIES (2008)
A hilarious, thought-provoking and often intensely moving portrait of young mums with no shortage of scouse humour as they give birth to unplanned babies at Liverpool Women's Hospital
 
 

LAST ORDERS (2008)
Last Orders tells the story of the embattled Wibsey Workingmens Club in the city of Bradford.
 
 

SCAMS, FIDDLES & HONEST CLAIMS (2008)
This film examinses the secret world of the insurance investigator with unprecedented access to the fraud team at Britain's biggest insurance company, Norwich Union.
 
 
 
 
 

OUR BIG FAIR TRADE ADVENTURE (2008)
Three teenage students embark on a road trip through the cotton fields and factories of India. Their goal: to source ethical, fair trade school shirts that are stylish enough to be sold to their classmates.
 
  RUNAWAY (2007)
Fifteen-year-old Laura has run away from home more than one hundred and fifty times in the last two years. We watch as Laura's family and the staff at the children's home try to work out what she is running away from - or running away to.
 
  MR & MRS BIN LADEN (2007)
A one off documentary examining the unlikely union between a 51-year-old, five-times married grandmother from Cheshire and the 26-year-old son of the world's most wanted terrorist.
 
  THE NOT DEAD (2007)
Through intimate interviews and archive material, we learn how three soldiers have their minds altered for ever by war. Each man tells part of his story through war poetry written by Simon Armitage and based on their experiences.
 
 
 
 
 

THE OLDEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD (2007)
Filmmaker Daisy Asquith asks some of the oldest people in the world the question everyone wants answered - what is the secret to long life? And would they recommend living to such a remarkable age?
 
  WOMEN'S INSTITUTE (2007)
A major 3 part series inside one of Britain's greatest institutions. The films tell the stories and reveal the lives of a formidable group of women who are holding communities together across the UK.
 
  GOD'S WAITING ROOM (2007)
Taslim Funerals is one of two commercial operators countrywide taking on the mammoth job of catering for Islam's dead.
 
  LOOKING FOR ENGLAND (2007)
What does it mean to be English, or British? Diverse people - members of the Society of St George, immigrants, farmers, a London cabby and a group of coconut dancers – answer the question while the World Cup and the war in Iraq go on through the summer of 2006.
 
 
 
 
  FOR THE LOVE OF LOOS (2007)
Richard Chisnell is the founder of the British Toilet Association. He and his team of inspectors travel the country every year inspecting toilets that have been entered into the Loo of the Year Awards. They also meet the people who provide and manage them - hoteliers, attendants, cleaners...and a duchess!
 
 

HYPOCHONDRIACS: I TOLD YOU I WAS ILL (2007)
Hypochondria in its extreme form is an illness in itself. Doctors call it Health Anxiety Disorder. Can it be cured? To find out, a group of sufferers visit a remote country retreat and undergo an intense course of therapy with the Maudsley Hospital's resident therapist, Dr Florian Ruths.
 
  WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GARETH GATES? (2006)
An intimate and revealing documentary about Gareth Gates, speaking now with his famous stammer in check, he talks for the first time about his life, his affair with Jordan, about where his rollercoaster career went wrong - and his new music.
 
 

DAVID BECKHAM:
A FOOTBALLER'S STORY (2006)
An insight into the life and times of David Beckham, one of the most famous men on the planet, filmed with his full co-operation in the weeks leading up to the World Cup in 2006.
 
 
 
 
 

TIGHTWADS (2006)
"Tightwads" is a tragi-comic film about people's relationship with money - in particular, those who find it very hard to part with it.
 
  MAKE ME NORMAL (2005)
Four students at Spa School in London take us on a moving journey into their world, to show us what it is like to grow up with autism.
 
 

SONGBIRDS (2005)
In this documentary musical set in Downview Prison, women sing songs (from country ballads to rap) about their lives and the crimes that led to their imprisonment.

 
  TAXIDERMY: STUFF THE WORLD (2005)
This film follows the fate of a handful of contributors as they prepare for, and compete at, the World Taxidermy Championships 2005 in Illinois, USA.
 
 
 
  SLAUGHTERHOUSE THE TASK OF BLOOD (2005)
Filmed in a small, family-run abattoir in Oldham, Greater Manchester that is struggling to survive, this film shows us where our meat comes from and gives a voice to the men with the sharp knives.
 
  THE SPY WHO CONNED ME (2005)
Robert Hendy Freegard posed for years as an MI5 secret agent, drawing friends and lovers into an imaginary spy world while he conned them out of at least £650,000.
 
  QUITTERS (2005)
Phoenix House offers addicts the chance to change their lives through a six-month residential programme. Some arrive voluntarily, others have been sent by the courts.
 
  MY CRAZY PARENTS (2004)
What is it like to have your parent overdose or repeatedly self harm? We follow three families, who have a mum or dad with a long history of mental health problems.
 
 
 
  MAKE ME HONEST (2004)
Five criminals. Five law-abiding citizens. Six months to go straight. Five ordinary members of the public volunteered to help criminals go straight by acting as their mentors.
 
  RUDEGIRLS (2004)
Fourteen-year old Sherry and her friend Rachel are enjoying one of their favourite leisure activities: harassing the local Hasidic Jewish population.
 
  PORNOGRAPHY
THE MUSICAL (2003)
A sideways peep at the British porn industry
and the women who work in it.
 
  CARE HOUSE (2003)
Care House follows six months in the life of
The Cusick’s care home in York. The kind of people who live here are overlooked or feared by society.
They’re the people who get called ‘nutters’ or ‘mental’. But no one here is mad.
 
 
 
 
  FELTHAM SINGS (2002)
Feltham Sings shows a group of young
offenders in a new light. Traditionally, when a prisoner ‘sings’, it means betrayal. The
prisoners of Feltham told us their dreams and their pain in song.
 
  A DAD FOR AINA (2002)
Aina Westlye is the ultimate contemporary
urban teenager. Cool, sassy and incredibly
confident, Aina has never met her dad.
Is she missing out by not having a dad?
 
  IT'S A COW'S LIFE (2002)
Meet Lulu, a Limousin Holstein cross calf.
She’s born on a farm in Cumbria where farmers find it tough to make ends meet.
 
  NOBODY SOMEDAY (2002)
A popstar disenchanted with popstardom, Robbie Williams wonders if he should continue his career. He hates the gossip, hates the attention, hates fame. He even hates his songs.
 
 
 
 
 
  THE FATTEST MEN IN BRITAIN (2001)
Two men lay claim to the title of Britain’s fattest man. This film is about their strange parallel stories.
 
  KILLING TIME (2000)
Killing Time is the feature-length film of Simon Armitage’s 1000-line millennium poem of the same name, broadcast on New Year's Day, 2000.
 
  24 HOURS (2000)
24 hours in London. 24 one-minute films, each corresponding to an hour in the day. 24 glimpses of London’s many lifestyles.
 
  THE FACEMAKERS (2000)
The Facemakers documents the remarkable changes that occurred in the lives of three children as a result of Operation Smile's visit to Davao City in the Philippines in 1999.
 
 
 
  BURGLARS (1999)
Exploring the crime and social effects of theft, Burglars focuses on Norman and John, two ageing burglars who talk at length about their prolific pilfering careers.
 
  SHOT (1999)
What is it really like to shoot someone, or to experience being shot? What are the emotions, the justifications, the psychologies behind gun culture?
 
  MEN AT FIFTY(1998)
On November 14, 1948, 900 baby boys were born in Britain. One of these boys was Prince Charles, but what about the others? This film explores the lives of a group of men born on the same day as Prince Charles as they approach their fiftieth year.
 
  DRINKING FOR ENGLAND (1998)
Where most documentaries on alcohol intake adopt a moralistic tone, Drinking for England sets out to explore the celebratory aspects of the nation’s number one drug in lyrical fashion.
 
 
 
 
 
  SATURDAY NIGHT (1996)
t’s Saturday night in Leeds – time to escape the workaday week. Ian’s an ex-con with a fistful of Es. Jackie’s a hostess with a dinner party to feed. Lola’s a drag queen out for the night. Mike’s a singing millionaire in trousers too tight.