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Storyville Season 16 Episodes

26 Episodes 2012 - 2012

Episode 1

Survivors: Despicable Dick

Documentary following enigmatic rascal and recovering addict Dick Kuchera on a road trip to track down former loved ones as he tries to right the wrongs of his chequered past.

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Episode 2

Survivors: My Friend Sam - Living for the Moment

Documentary following Sam Frears, a man born with a rare genetic disorder, as he struggles with everyday life, gets his acting career back on track and tries to find love.

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Episode 3

Survivors: Lust for Life

How Heather Leach, a film director diagnosed with a thyroid disease and then cancer, battled with ill-health and depression before finding a new way to live a more fulfilling life.

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Episode 4

Guerrilla - The Taking of Patty Hearst

The story of the 1974 kidnap of Patty Hearst, a teenage newspaper heiress and Berkeley undergrad, which set off one of the most bizarre episodes in recent American history. (2005)

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Episode 5

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

Documentary telling the story of a young American environmentalist involved with the Earth Liberation Front, a group the FBI described as America's top domestic terrorism threat.

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Episode 6

The Love of Books - A Sarajevo Story

Documentary which tells the story of a group of men and women who risked their lives to rescue a library - and preserve a nation's history - in the midst of the Bosnian war.

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Episode 7

Fire in Babylon

Documentary telling the story of how the West Indies cricket team triumphed over its colonial masters through the achievements of one of the most gifted sides in sporting history.

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Episode 8

Knuckle: Bare Fist Fighting

Documentary which goes inside the secretive Traveller world to chronicle the violent feuding between the Quinn McDonagh and Joyce clans, exploring themes of revenge and honour.

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Episode 9

Murderball

Documentary exploring the sport of wheelchair rugby and the fierce rivalry between the American and Canadian teams before and during the Athens games of 2004.

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Episode 10

Who Is Gorky? An Abstract Life

Cosima Spender explores how she and her relatives have been shaped by her grandfather, Abstract Expressionist painter Arshile Gorky, whose life was beset by a series of tragedies.

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Episode 11

The Reluctant Revolutionary

An intimate portrait of Yemen as the revolution unfolds, following warm-hearted tour guide Kais's transformation from sceptic of the revolutionary cause to participant.

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Episode 12

Tabloid: Sex in Chains

Documentary which follows the stranger-than-fiction account of a former beauty queen whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams became a tabloid sensation.

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Episode 13

Hijack Hell - Bus 174

Jose Padilha's nail-biting documentary recounts the events of 12 June 2000, when a hijacker seized control of a bus during the Rio de Janeiro rush hour.

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Episode 14

The Real Great Escape

83 mins

Showcase of international documentaries. This episode features Lindy Wilson's film about her uncle, Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, the real life mastermind behind World War II's Great Escape.

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Episode 15

Surviving Progress

Film about the risks we pose to our own survival in the name of progress, connecting financial collapse, growing inequality and global oligarchy with the sustainability of mankind.

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Episode 16

Girl Model

Storyville: documentary exposing the supply of young girls to the Japanese modelling industry by following 13-year-old Nadya from poverty in Siberia to life as a model in Tokyo.

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Episode 17

Albino Witchcraft Murders

Storyville: Documentary which charts the attempts of two people with albinism, Josephat and teenager Veda, to follow their dreams in the face of prejudice and fear in Tanzania.

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Episode 18

Hitler, Stalin and Mr Jones

An investigation into the mysterious death of Welsh journalist Gareth Jones, who revealed the starvation deaths of millions in 1930s Ukraine, caused by Stalin's policies.

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Episode 19

The Queen of Africa: The Miriam Makeba Story

A Storyville documentary that takes a look at the life of South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba, whose music delivered messages against racism and poverty.

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Episode 20

Racing Dreams

Storyville: the coming-of-age story of three kids who dream of one day becoming professional race car drivers as they compete in the World Karting Association's national series.

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Episode 21

The $750 Million Thief

This episode is actually a rebroadcast of Unraveled (2011)

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Episode 22

Olympic Massacre: One Day in September

Showcase of international documentaries. This episode features One Day in September (1999)

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Episode 23

JFK's Road to the White House: Primary 1960

Storyville: Film following John F Kennedy during the climax of his 1960 Wisconsin presidential primary run against Hubert Humphrey, granting unprecedented access into his world.

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Episode 24

The Chef Who Conquered New York: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt

Storyville: an intimate look at the driven and talented British celebrity chef, Paul Liebrandt, who at 24 was the youngest chef to be awarded three stars by the New York Times.

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Episode 25

From the Sea to the Land Beyond: Britain's Coast on Film

A Storyville documentary: Made from over 100 years of BFI archive footage, this film offers a poetic meditation on Britain's unique coastline and the role it plays in our lives.

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Episode 26

The Other Irish Travellers

Storyville: documentary which takes a personal look at the history of Ireland's vanished Anglo-Irish classes through the quirky family of filmmaker Fiona Murphy.

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