S2002 E1 • The War Room

The War Room presents a compelling behind the scenes account of the 1992 US Presidential campaign of the then relatively unknown Democratic hopeful Bill Clinton. The film's stars are spin doctors George Stephanopoulous and James Carville, communications director and campaign strategist respectively, completely different in background and personality, but singular in mission. The War Room, released in 1993, follows their rollercoaster ride to Election Day in a documentary classic about the selling of a President.

Première diffusion : 11 avril 2002

S2002 E2 • Muhammad Ali - the Greatest

Chronicling the events that shaped the legendary US boxer, including 1974's "rumble in the jungle".

Première diffusion : 15 octobre 2002

S2002 E3 • Southern Comfort

Documentary about Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual who faces certain death from ovarian cancer after being refused treatment by 20 different doctors.

Première diffusion : 12 mars 2002

S2002 E4 • Chain Camera

Eight camcorders were given out to students in Los Angeles. They filmed their lives for a week and then passed the camera on to someone else. The project lasted for a year and the resulting film describes what teenage life is like in a multi-ethnic environment on the west coast of America in the year 2000.

Première diffusion : 14 mars 2002

S2002 E5 • My Sperm-Donor Dad

Barry Stevens believes he has hundreds of half brothers and sisters because his parents were one of the early beneficiaries of artificial insemination. Half a century on, Stevens tries to trace his biological father.

Première diffusion : 21 mars 2002

S2002 E6 • Down from the Mountain

A documentary, directed by DA Pennebaker, Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus, and facilitated by film-makers the Coen brothers, of a reunion of some of the greatest names in bluegrass music at the Ryman theatre in Nashville. The stars featured include Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss. John Hartford and Ralph Stanley.

Première diffusion : 28 mars 2002

S2002 E7 • More Sex Please, We're Scandinavian

Scandinavia has the reputation of being a land of beautiful natural blondes and midnight sex romps. This film, by Torben Skødt Jensen and Ghita Beckendorff, charts the history of attitudes to sex and reveals the reality to be somewhat more complicated.

Première diffusion : 30 mars 2002

S2002 E8 • Town Bloody Hall

Documentary makers DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus's film record of a raucous debate on "women's liberation" that took place in New York's City Hall in 1971, between novelist Norman Mailer, critic Diana Trilling and three members of the Women's Movement - Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston and Jacqueline Ceballos.

Première diffusion : 4 avril 2002

S2002 E9 • Startup.com

Concluding the series of films by acclaimed documentary film-makers DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus , this award-winning film follows two internet entrepreneurs, fresh from high school, over the course of a year as they struggle to set up a profitable website.

Première diffusion : 18 avril 2002

S2002 E10 • A Cry from the Grave

Storyville Documentary dealing with the 1995 massacre of over 7,000 men from the area of Srebrenica by troops of the Bosnian Serb army.

Première diffusion : 19 avril 2002

S2002 E11 • Much Ado about Something

The strand celebrates William Shakespeare's birthday with a film by Michael Rubbo which examines the authenticity of his work. To what extent was the Bard's contemporary Christopher Marlowe the inspiration behind his work, or was he - as some have suggested - the hidden hand behind it?

Première diffusion : 23 avril 2002

S2002 E12 • Who Is Bernard Tapie?

The international documentary strand showcases a film by American director Marina Zenovich which attempts to find out the real identity of French polymath Bernard Tapie , whose extraordinary life has included stints as a singer, actor, politician, businessman, author, football team owner and convict.

Première diffusion : 25 avril 2002

S2002 E13 • This Is Palestine

The international documentary strand features Azza El-Hassan's film portrayal of her neighbourhood of Ramallah, a town under fire in the current Middle East conflict. With the threat of violence severely limiting locals' activities, filming becomes the main event, especially for a group of children.

Première diffusion : 2 mai 2002

S2002 E14 • The Settlers

Naomi Horowitz and her six children are one of seven Jewish families to settle in Tel Rumeida, a community in the heart of Palestinian self-rule territory. Ruth Walk's film looks at why they feel they belong there, their devout religious observance and their efforts to ignore their Arab neighbours.

Première diffusion : 3 mai 2002

S2002 E15 • Pie In the Sky

Brigid Berlin had a comfortable uptown upbringing that her mother hoped would end in her becoming a respectable socialite. Instead, she found cult recognition as an acolyte of Andy Warhol, appearing nude in many photographs and Warhol films. Vincent Fremont and Shelly Dunn Fremont's film shows how, at 60, the outrageous star's life now revolves around her twin obsessions of slimming and housekeeping.

Première diffusion : 6 mai 2002

S2002 E16 • Nico Icon

Best known for her appearance in Fellini's La Dolce Vita and her singing with the Velvet Underground, Nico was nevertheless a troubled soul whose iconic beauty was offset by a self-destructive urge and an inability to reconcile herself with life. Susanne Ofteringer's film charts Nico's life, from her birth in postwar Germany to her heroin-ravaged death.

Première diffusion : 6 mai 2002

S2002 E17 • Ajax

Ajax is by far the most successful Dutch football club, noted for an attractive approach and winners of 27 national championships and 25 international competitions. But the 1999-2000 season was not a happy one. This film is a behind-the-scenes look at how a high-profile football club, celebrating its centenary year, survives in a modern sport where money rules and business comes first.

Première diffusion : 14 mai 2002

S2002 E18 • Gods of Brazil

Brazilian football suffered a dark day on 16 July 1950: the national team lost the World Cup final at home in front of 175,000 fans. But it heralded the dawn of a golden age made possible by two players, Pele and Garrincha. This documentary tells the story of these two football legends.

Première diffusion : 17 mai 2002

S2002 E19 • Picasso Days

Based on the Spanish artist's diaries, sketches and paintings, Pierre Philippe's film for the international documentary strand charts 13 days in the life of Pablo Picasso. Events include the death of a friend, his marriage, the birth of his daughter Maya, the bombing of Guernica and the death of Joseph Stalin.

Première diffusion : 19 mai 2002

S2002 E20 • The Gugulethu Seven

In March 1986 seven young men were gunned down by the South African police, who were insistent that the shooting was legitimate. Lindy Wilson's film follows the inquiry by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into the facts behind the events.

Première diffusion : 23 mai 2002

S2002 E21 • Meeting My Daughter

The international documentary strand presents Thomas Heurlin's film following the fractious relationship between a father and the daughter he did not meet until she was ten years old - from their initial encounter to the revelation that she was now pregnant.

Première diffusion : 30 mai 2002

S2002 E22 • More than a Life

Myeloma is a form of bone-marrow cancer that claims 3,000 new patients in the UK every year. Luke Holland's observational film for the documentary strand follows his charismatic brother Peter's five-year experience of living with the illness, and the effect of his terminal condition and its treatment on Peter's relationship with Jeanette, his wife and partner of 20 years' standing.

Première diffusion : 12 juin 2002

S2002 E23 • The Game of Their Lives

The story of North Korea's shock success in the World Cup, during which they beat the highly fancied Italians 1-0. The film features interviews with the team's seven surviving members, who remain national heroes to this day.

Première diffusion : 13 juin 2002

S2002 E24 • Greedy in Thailand

In the 1990s investors poured money into Thailand, making it one of the most prosperous "Asian tigers", but success was short-lived and was followed by a dramatic slump. In Pascal Vasselin's film, entrepreneurs, speculators and workers talk about an economic riches-to-rags story.

Première diffusion : 27 juin 2002

S2002 E25 • Robots Are Us

Director Pierre-Henri Salfati explores the medieval myth of the Golem in the light of contemporary robot-building programmes at Palo Alto in California. He explores a question that has occupied the minds of theologians and scientists for centuries - whether humans could ever be replaced by a race of automatons?

Première diffusion : 15 juillet 2002

S2002 E26 • Domestic Violence

Director Frederick Wiseman's unblinking portrait of the circumstances in which the crime of domestic violence occurs, and what is being done to combat it. Filmed in Tampa, Florida, the film follows the police as they respond to calls, and goes inside the principal shelter for victims, the Springs.

Première diffusion : 18 juillet 2002

S2002 E27 • Life and Debt In Jamaica

A look at the price paid by Jamaica for seeking help from the International Monetary Fund during the 1970s.

Première diffusion : 4 août 2002

S2002 E28 • Dark Days

S2002 E105 • Closing Down

Film following the closure of a hairdressing salon in Italy after 43 years in business.

Première diffusion : 14 janvier 2002