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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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! |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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RUDEGIRLS (2004)
Fourteen-year old Sherry and her friend Rachel are enjoying one of
their favourite leisure activities: harassing the local Hasidic Jewish
population. |
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PORNOGRAPHY THE MUSICAL (2003)
A sideways peep at the British porn industry
and the women who work in it. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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?
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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 |
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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.
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SATURDAY NIGHT (1996)
It’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. |
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