Storyville Season 12 Episodes

Episode 1

Stranded! The Andes Plane Crash Survivors

111 mins

Documentary in which the survivors of a plane crash in the high Andes, who faced extreme hardship and many life or death situations, relive their experiences 30 years later.

Episode 2

Jonestown: The World's Biggest Mass Suicide

On November 17th, 1978, San Francisco congressman Leo Ryan traveled to the Guyanan rainforest to investigate the Jonestown cult, led by Jim Jones

Episode 3

The Devil Came On Horseback

Documentary which uses the testimony of an American military observer to examine how the Arab government in Sudan seems to be systematically trying to destroy its black African citizens.

Episode 4

The Polish Ambulance Murders

Documentary which tells the story of how a cabal of undertakers in the sleepy Polish city of Lodz conspired to bribe paramedics and doctors into murdering their patients, just to provide them with extra business.

Episode 5

Orthodox Stance

Documentary about Dmitriy Salita, a Russian immigrant, a professional boxer and a religious Jew.

Episode 6

Blue Blood

A disparate bunch of Oxford students learn about themselves while training for the varsity boxing bout against Cambridge

Episode 7

Very Russian Geniuses: My Class

In 1982, filmmaker Ekaterina Eremenko was among 26 students accepted into Russia's elite natural science school.

Episode 8

Dance With A Serial Killer

Series showcasing the best in international documentaries. In 1989, a woman was brutally murdered in broad daylight on a beach in Brittany.

Episode 9

Tito's Ghost

59 mins

Combining stunning archive with incisive interviews this documentary charts how every stage of Tito's life has left its mark on the region and its people.

Episode 10

Dolce Vita Africana

Documentary about Malian photographer Malick Sidibe, whose images captured the spirit of his generation asserting their freedom after independence.

Episode 11

Somebody Has To Live: The Journey Of Ariel Dorfman

Documentary about internationally-renowned author Ariel Dorfman, the third generation of his family to know exile.

Episode 12

All White In Barking

Barking has one of the highest levels of immigration in Britain. Over ten thousand residents have recently voted for the BNP, making them the second largest party in the area.

Episode 13

The English Surgeon

Henry Marsh is one of Britain's leading brain surgeons. Ten years ago he befriended Igor Kurilets.

Episode 14

My Secret Agent Auntie

Documentary about the extraordinary life of Baroness Moura Budberg - caught up in a plot to topple the Bolsheviks, lover of men like HG Wells and Maxim Gorky and a true heroine were it not for sinister rumors of murder and betrayal.

Episode 15

The Battle For Jerusalem

As part of a season marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, Liran Atzmor's film documents a battle took place in the Old City of Jerusalem in 1948 from three points of view.

Episode 16

My Israel

Part of a season marking the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, a documentary about Yulie Cohen, a patriotic Israeli who survived a terrorist attack in London that killed a colleague.

Episode 17

Flipping Out: Israel's Drug Generation

As part of a season marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, Yoav Shamir's documentary looks at why so many young Israelis use their National Service discharge bonus to go backpacking in northern India and Goa.

Episode 18

Bob Dylan's Indian Birthday

Documentary focusing on Shillong, North India, where each year the village comes together to celebrate the birthday of their musical hero - Bob Dylan.

Episode 19

The Biggest Chinese Restaurant In The World: Enterprise

Documentary which looks at what it takes to run a successful restaurant business in China.

Episode 20

Death Of A Wag

Documentary about the 2002 murder of Iranian football star Nasser Mohammad Khani's wife, the subsequent confession to the crime by his mistress Shahla and her fight to escape the death sentence.

Episode 21

The Biggest Chinese Restaurant In The World: A Good Match

Second of a four-part series looking at China's largest restaurant features the wedding between a wealthy property developer and his beautiful bride and examines attitudes towards marriage in contemporary China.

Episode 22

The Biggest Chinese Restaurant In The World: Family Duties

Part 3 looks at the strong sense of duty implicit in family relationships in China.

Episode 23

The Father, The Son And The Housekeeper

Documentary about Father Michael Cleary, an unlikely superstar of the Irish Catholic Church who had his own TV chatshow and two hit albums to his credit.

Episode 24

The Biggest Chinese Restaurant In The World: Bright Future

Part 4 looks to the future with a banquet for a new baby and the anniversary show organised by the West Lake to celebrate its third year.

Episode 25

The Biggest Chinese Restaurant In The World: Compilation

Documentary which looks at what it takes to run a successful restaurant business in China.

Episode 26

The Chuck Show

Documentary exploring the contradictions and passions of painter Chuck Connelly. Riding the same 1980s wave as Julian Schnabel and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Connelly seemed destined for art-world stardom.

Episode 27

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story

Documentary telling the story of Stax, one of the most influential soul record labels ever.

Episode 28

Kidult: My Kid Could Paint That

Documentary that gets to the heart of an extraordinary artworld cause célèbre. In the span of only a few months, 4-year-old Marla Olmstead rocketed from total obscurity into international renown -.

Episode 29

The Burning Season

Episode 30

Flying: Confessions Of A Free Woman, Part 1

In 2002, Jennifer was 42-years-old, living the life she thought she had always wanted: based in New York, working as a filmmaker, surrounded by friends, with a married South African lover and a Swiss cinematographer boyfriend.

Episode 31

Flying: Confessions Of A Free Woman, Part 2

In 2002, Jennifer was 42, living the life she thought she had always wanted: based in New York, working as a filmmaker, surrounded by friends, with a married South African lover and a Swiss cinematographer boyfriend.

Episode 32

The Day After Peace

Documentary which charts the remarkable 10-year worldwide journey taken by filmmaker Jeremy Gilley to establish a Day of Peace on September 21st.

Episode 33

Episode #12.33

Documentary exploring what really happened throughout the world in the seminal year of 1968, a time of music and of revolution, asking why so many hopes were disappointed and what is the period's true legacy

Episode 34

Dirty Tricks: The Man Who Got The Bushes Elected

Documentary telling the story of Lee Atwater, the blues-playing rogue whose rambunctious rise to become chairman of the GOP positioned him as kingmaker and political rock star.

Episode 35

Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired

In September 2009, Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on a 30-year-old warrant.

Episode 36

Shot In Bombay

Documentary exposing the dark underbelly of Bollywood. It follows superstar Sanjay Dutt as he completes his final film before being sentenced for firearms offences.

Episode 37

When Borat Came To Town

When the villagers of a small Gypsy town welcomed the cast and crew of the film Borat, they thought only good things would come of their exposure to the glitz and glamour of the movie world.

Episode 38

Operation Filmmaker

Documentary following American actor Liev Schreiber's idealistic notion of rescuing an Iraqi film student from the rubble of his country and bringing him to work in Hollywood.

Episode 39

Prodigal Sons

Storyville documentary featuring film-maker Kimberly Reed who is reunited with her brother Marc for the first time since she was transformed from a male sports jock into a woman.

Episode 40

I'M Not Dead Yet

Documentary about the inheritance of a Gothic home and a family's unspoken past. 78-year-old Ruth has promised her beloved estate to one of her twin daughters, with whom she has lived for the past 35 years.