Storyville Season 18 Episodes

Episode 1

Mandela, the Myth and Me

Documentary which raises important questions about Nelson Mandela's legacy, featuring interviews with those who knew and loved Mandela, and also those who criticised him.

Episode 2

Big Brother Watching Me: Citizen Ai Weiwei

Showcase of international documentaries. This episode features Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case (2013)

Episode 3

The Big Melt: How Steel Made Us Hard

BFI National Archive footage is combined with a score recorded live at the Crucible Theatre to tell the story of steel, the men in the steelworks and that of Sheffield itself.

Episode 4

Mad Dog: Gaddafi's Secret World

85 mins

A look at the life and death of the former Prime Minister of Libya Muammar Gaddafi.

Episode 5

K2: The Killer Summit

A Storyville documentary: the deadliest day in mountaineering history, when 11 climbers were killed during a descent of K2, the world's second highest mountain, in August 2008.

Episode 6

Cutie and the Boxer

Documentary which explores love, sacrifice and the creative spirit through the 40-year chaotic marriage of two Japanese artists in New York, as they prepare for a joint exhibition.

Episode 7

Soccer Coach Zoran and his African Tigers

Documentary which follows veteran Serbian coach Zoran Djordjevic as he seeks to forge South Sudan's first national football team, a fascinating portrait of the birth of a nation.

Episode 8

The Village that Fought Back: Five Broken Cameras

88 mins

Documentary compiled from the video diary of a Palestinian farmer, who films unrest in his West Bank village, using cameras which are consistently shot or smashed.

Episode 9

Muscle Shoals: The Greatest Recording Studio in the World

Documentary about Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the unlikely breeding ground for some of America's most creative and defiant music, with Bono, Clarence Carter, Mick Jagger and many more.

Episode 10

Brakeless

59 mins

In 2005 a West Japan Railway train crashed into an apartment building, killing 107 people. The driver tried to catch up with an 80-second delay. The film revisits the fatal journey and talks to some of the survivors.

Episode 11

Shooting Bigfoot: America's Monster Hunters

This episode is actually a rebroadcast of Shooting Bigfoot (2013)

Episode 12

Which Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington

Documentary about Tim Hetherington, the British war photographer and film-maker killed in 2011 during the Libyan civil war, made by his collaborator and friend Sebastian Junger.

Episode 13

Searching for Sugar Man

Film which tells the story of how 60s American rocker Sixto Rodriguez became a phenomenon in South Africa after two fans turned detectives to find out what really happened to him.

Episode 14

The Legend of Billie Jean King - Battle of the Sexes

Film telling the story of what happened when, in 1973, tennis star Billie Jean King agreed to face former world champion and self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig Bobby Riggs.

Episode 15

The Lance Armstrong Story: Stop at Nothing

This episode is actually a rebroadcast of Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story (2014)

Episode 16

Velorama

60 mins

Velorama, a new feature documentary film created from stunning British Film Institute archive film about a Century of the Bicycle. From the invention of the bicycle to the gruelling pursuit of Le Tour - a historical journey through a century of cycling are honoured in this specially-made new film comprised of fascinating archive materials and music. Yorkshire audiences will have the first opportunity to see this new documentary. Directed by award-winning documentary director Daisy Asquith from Leeds, with a soundtrack from cult musician Bill Nelson, who blends electro, samples, sound effects and ambient noise to create collages of beautiful dreamy music. Commissioned by Sheffield Docfest as part of the Tour De Cinema programme for Yorkshire Festival 2014 with support from Arts Council England, Yorkshire Water, Welcome to Yorkshire and Yorkshire Local Authorities.

Episode 17

A Sunday in Hell

Film following the 1976 Paris-Roubaix single day bike race over the cobbled farm tracks of northern France, featuring such cycling greats as Eddy Merckx and Roger De Vlaeminck.

Episode 18

Web Junkies: China's Addicted Teens

This episode is actually a rebroadcast of Web Junkie (2013)

Episode 19

The Himalayan Boy and the TV Set

Documentary which provides a vivid glimpse into a vanishing way of life in a village in Bhutan, as new technology extends its tentacles even into these remote regions.

Episode 20

Arms Dealer: The Notorious Mr Bout

Documentary following Viktor Bout, a Russian entrepreneur, arms smuggler and amateur film-maker, whose career was finally ended by a 25-year prison sentence.

Episode 21

The Gatekeepers

94 mins

Six former heads of Israel's domestic secret service agency, the Shin Bet, share their insights and reflect publicly on their actions and decisions since the Six-Day War in 1967.

Episode 22

Particle Fever: The Hunt for the Higgs Boson

Documentary which follows six scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start of the biggest and most expensive experiment in human history.

Episode 23

Russia's Toughest Prison: The Condemned

80 mins

This episode is actually a rebroadcast of Russia's Toughest Prison (2014)

Episode 24

112 Weddings

95 mins

After two decades of filming weddings Doug had long wondered what became of those couples.. Are they still together? Is married life what they thought it would be? How have they navigated the inevitable ups and downs of marriage over the long haul? Driven by deep curiosity to answer these questions, he begins to track down and interview his wedding couples, juxtaposing wedding day flashbacks with present-day reality as he explores themes of love and marital commitment and to ask them all the same question: After years of being married, what would be your advice be for a young couple soon to be married?

Episode 25

Exposed: Magicians, Psychics and Frauds

Showcase of international documentaries. This episode features An Honest Liar (2014)

Episode 26

Panto! Mayhem, Make Up and Magic

Film following a cast of Nottingham amateur actors who are staging a production of Puss in Boots, reflecting the vital and life-changing role the theatre plays in people's lives.

Episode 27

The Gatekeepers: Newsnight Debate