S2005 E97 • Coolies: How Britain Re-invented Slavery

The slave trade was officially abolished throughout the British Empire in 1807. This documentary reveals one of Britain’s darkest secrets: a form of slavery that continued well into the 20th century – the story of Indian indentured labour. Coolies: How Britain Reinvented Slavery tells the astonishing and controversial story of the systematic recruitment and migration of over a million Indians to all corners of the Empire. It is a chapter in colonial history that implicates figures at the very highest level of the British establishment and has defined the demographic shape of the modern world. Combining archive footage and historical evidence the programme includes interviews with Gandhi’s great-grandaughter, Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, about Gandhi’s campaign to end indentured labour and David Dabydeen – author and academic – whose great-grandfather was an indentured labourer in British Guyana. Coolies: How Britain Reinvented Slavery traces family stories through epic voyages across South America, the South Pacific and Africa, as descendants investigate their past and trace the last surviving witnesses.

Première diffusion : 29 avril 2002

S2005 E98 • Live Forever

This chronicle of Britpop, showing as part of the Storyville documentary strand, examines the phenomenon's socio-political and cultural impact, and features interviews from members of the bands associated with the scene. At the beginning of the 1990s, home-grown talent in the arts and fashion flourished across the globe. At the forefront of this cultural revolution was the music - labelled Britpop - that really caught the imagination as bands like Oasis, Blur, Pulp and the Stone Roses stormed charts worldwide. With contributions from Liam and Noel Gallagher, Damon Albam, Jarvis Cocker, photographer Kevin Cummins, Vanity Fair's Toby Young, fashion designer Ozwald Boateng, Damien Hirst, and Peter Mandelson.

Première diffusion : 25 août 2003

S2005 E1 • Death on the Staircase: 1/8 Crime or Accident?

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 unconscious at the bottom of the stairs. But when the police discovered the pool of blood around her body and the lacerations on her skull, they arrested Michael Peterson for murder. Was the death Michael Peterson's wife Kathleen an accident or a crime? Oscar-winner Jean-Xavier de Lestrade follows the dramatic story of a notorious murder case for Storyville.

Première diffusion : 10 janvier 2005

S2005 E2 • Death on the Staircase: 2/8 Secrets and Lies

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?

Première diffusion : 10 janvier 2005

S2005 E3 • Death on the Staircase: 3/8 A Striking Coincidence

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 dead at the bottom of a staircase in Germany. Prosecutor Jim Hardin decides to exhume her body and presses for a fresh autopsy in North Carolina.

Première diffusion : 11 janvier 2005

S2005 E4 • Death on the Staircase: 4/8 A Prosecution Trickery

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?

Première diffusion : 11 janvier 2005

S2005 E5 • Death on the Staircase: 5/8 A Weak Case

The prosecution witnesses falter during defence lawyer David Rudolf's cross-examination.

Première diffusion : 13 janvier 2005

S2005 E6 • Death on the Staircase: 6/8 The Prosecution's Revenge

As the trial continues, the prosecutor attempts to portray Michael Peterson as a deviant.

Première diffusion : 13 janvier 2005

S2005 E7 • Death on the Staircase: 7/8 The Blow Poke Returns

The defence witnesses take their turn, but there's a worry that the experts' account will not be enough to convince the jury.

Première diffusion : 14 janvier 2005

S2005 E8 • Death on the Staircase: 8/8 The Verdict

The jury in the Michael Peterson case deliberates for five days before reaching a verdict.

Première diffusion : 14 janvier 2005

S2005 E9 • Citizen King

Millions were galvanised by Martin Luther King 's dream of an America rid of racism. But five years after his stirring speech, he met a bloody end Citizen King - showing in the Storyville strand - recounts the story of the years that changed history.

Première diffusion : 17 janvier 2005

S2005 E10 • Prisoner of Paradise

The tragic story of Kurt Gerron , a Jewish director and Weimar star, ordered to make Nazi propaganda films.

Première diffusion : 24 janvier 2005

S2005 E11 • The Liberace of Baghdad

Storyville depicts eight months with an Iraqi pianist, now playing in a hotel bar and wondering about the future of his country.

Première diffusion : 25 janvier 2005

S2005 E12 • Made In China

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 not always easy to feel good about the methods by which you make piles of money. Enter ethical consultants. Thomas Balmes' funny, perceptive film follows a Nokia executive and a British ethical management consultant as they make their way around Nokia's prime phone charger suppliers in China.

Première diffusion : 8 février 2005

S2005 E13 • Barca: The Inside Story

Debt and poor performances plunged FC Barcelona - one of the biggest football clubs - into the worst crisis of its 100-year history in 2003. With unprecedented access, Storyville film-makers spent a year documenting the new board's efforts to turn an old-fashioned Catalan family affair into a global business.

Première diffusion : 20 février 2005

S2005 E14 • Before the Flood: Tuvalu

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 citizens a cruel hand - rising sea levels caused by global warming. Can anything be done to stem the tide? Storyville investigates.

Première diffusion : 9 mars 2005

S2005 E16 • Life on the Tracks

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.

Première diffusion : 12 avril 2005

S2005 E17 • McLibel

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 version after the conclusion of the original McLibel trial. It was then extended with new footage to 85-minute feature length in 2005, after the McLibel defendants took their case to the European Court of Human Rights.

Première diffusion : 14 avril 2005

S2005 E18 • Dr Goebbels Speaks

Archive footage and extracts from Goebbels' voluminous diaries combine to provide a vivid insight into the mind of Hitler's propaganda minister.

Première diffusion : 5 mai 2005

S2005 E19 • Hitler's Secretary

Traudl Junge , who worked as one of Hitler's secretaries from 1942 until his suicide, tells her story in this documentary from 2002 by Andre Heller. In German with English subtitles.

Première diffusion : 6 mai 2005

S2005 E20 • Stalin's Skyscraper

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 were housed, director Pavel Lounguine meets those remaining, and their descendants, who are of course reluctant to leave what's become prime real estate.

Première diffusion : 20 mai 2005

S2005 E21 • A Company of Soldiers

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 the patrols, Roberts witnessed the fatal escalation of tension.

Première diffusion : 24 mai 2005

S2005 E22 • Chairman George: To Beijing Via Athens

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 George Sapounidis 's bid to land a dream gig: the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics and the transfer of the torch between Greece and China.

Première diffusion : 25 mai 2005

S2005 E23 • Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine

Revealing documentary that investigates the claim of chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov that his comprehensive defeat by IBM's computer Deep Blue in 1997 was the result of foul play.

Première diffusion : 29 mai 2005

S2005 E24 • French Beauty

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.

Première diffusion : 1 juin 2005

S2005 E25 • Excellent Cadavers

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.

Première diffusion : 8 juin 2005

S2005 E26 • Me & My 51 Brothers & Sisters

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.

Première diffusion : 5 juillet 2005

S2005 E27 • Small Pain For Glory

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 Storyville charted their extraordinary journey from barefoot training in the bombed-out streets of Freetown to their triumphant entry into the Olympic stadium.

Première diffusion : 12 juillet 2005

S2005 E28 • Shake Hands With the Devil

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.

Première diffusion : 17 août 2005

S2005 E29 • The Wild Blue Yonder

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 become uninhabitable. Herzog interweaves discussions with scientists and Nasa astronauts about colonising space beyond our solar system.

Première diffusion : 12 septembre 2005

S2005 E30 • The White Diamond

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 in the Guyanese jungle and explore the the canopy's unique ecology. But the project is not without risk - a similar expedition 12 years earlier ended in catastrophe when Dorrington's friend Dieter Plage fell to his death.

Première diffusion : 14 septembre 2005

S2005 E31 • A Very English Village 1/5

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 at how economic uncertainty and the controversial ban on hunting with hounds have adversely affected a local farming family.

Première diffusion : 15 septembre 2005

S2005 E32 • Sitting for Parliament

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.

Première diffusion : 21 septembre 2005

S2005 E33 • A Very English Village 2/5

Storyville continues its exploration of South Downs village Ditchling with a profile of the amateur-dramatics society, led by Sonia Stock.

Première diffusion : 22 septembre 2005

S2005 E34 • A Very English Village 3/5

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.

Première diffusion : 29 septembre 2005

S2005 E35 • A Very English Village 4/5

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?

Première diffusion : 6 octobre 2005

S2005 E36 • A Very English Village 5/5

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 family business running. Meanwhile, the hunting fraternity offers its view on the February 2005 ban.

Première diffusion : 13 octobre 2005

S2005 E37 • How the Vietnam War was Lost

How two seemingly unconnected events in 1967 changed the course of the war. Based on They Marched into Sunlight by David Maraniss : showing as part of Storyville.

Première diffusion : 4 décembre 2005

S2005 E38 • Sir! No Sir! The GI Revolt

Storyville on how thousands of active-duty GIs created a huge movement against the war in Vietnam.

Première diffusion : 5 décembre 2005

S2005 E39 • Kinsey

Storyville looks at the life and work of the controversial US biologist.

Première diffusion : 19 décembre 2005

S2005 E101 • Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

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 kidnappers, completely off the map before Patty Hearst disappeared into the San Francisco night, were a small band of young, ferociously militant political radicals, dedicated to the rights of prisoners and the working class. They called themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army. Over the course of about three years they robbed banks, senselessly killed two innocent people, instigated a firefight after attempting to shoplift a pair of socks, and, most famously, converted their hostage and victim. They also achieved an undeniable visionary manipulation of the media, inciting perhaps the first modern media frenzy.

Première diffusion : 12 septembre 2005

S2005 E99 • The Smell of Paradise

An Islamic world tour is documented by visits to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Chechnia, and Qatar, the film endeavors to shed light on the process leading young men to the radical choice of self-sacrifice, becoming human bombs.

Première diffusion : 22 janvier 2006