Storyville Season 20 Episodes

Episode 1

The Golden Age of Circus: The Show of Shows

This episode is actually a rebroadcast of The Show of Shows (2015)

Episode 2

The Great Gangster Film Fraud

Documentary about a bankrupt Jordanian entrepreneur and an unemployed Irish actress who hatch a plan to scam £2m off the British taxman by faking the production of a £20m movie. After they are found out, arrested and bailed, they decide to prove their innocence by actually making a film and hire a former nightclub bouncer, now a self-made micro-budget film director, Paul Knight to make the film.

Episode 3

A Death Row Tale: The Fear of 13

After over 20 years on death row, a convicted murderer petitions the court asking to be executed. But as he tells his story, it becomes clear that nothing is quite what it seems.

Episode 4

The Toughest Horse Race in the World: Palio

The oldest horse race in the world, which turns the Italian city of Siena into a high-stakes battleground of strategy, intrigue and simmering machismo.

Episode 5

Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party

The lavish party thrown by the Shah of Iran in 1971, which marked the break between the so-called 'king of kings' and the people of Iran he reigned over.

Episode 6

The Black Panthers

105 mins

Documentary exploring the Black Panther party, its culture and political awakening for black people, which weaves archival footage with the voices of the people who were there.

Episode 7

Bolshoi Babylon

Uncensored access backstage as film-makers record an entire season at the Bolshoi, with performers and managers attempting to reclaim their reputation following a scandal in 2013.

Episode 8

My Nazi Legacy

Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands travels across Europe with the sons of two former senior Nazi officers in this study of history and guilt.

Episode 9

Being Evel Knievel

A profile of the first globally famous stunt performer, exploring the charisma and showmanship at the heart of Evel Knievel's improbable success.

Episode 10

Unlocking the Cage

Following animal rights lawyer Steven Wise's unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans.

Episode 11

Moazzam Begg: Living the War on Terror

First-hand account by former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg, a British Pakistani, that chronicles the rise of modern jihad, its descent into terror and the reaction of the west.

Episode 12

Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon Pt 1

Looking at pioneering synthetic organ surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who has been accused of using terminally ill patients as human guinea pigs and falsifying his science.

Episode 13

Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon Pt 2

In 2012 surgeon Paolo Macchiarini's work seems at risk when he discovers faults with the new synthetic organs, but he still has faith in the procedure.

Episode 14

Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon Pt 3

By 2014, four Karolinska doctors started to question Macchiarini's transplantation of plastic tracheas and raised the alarm.

Episode 15

Chasing Asylum - Inside Australia's Detention Camps

Film exposing the impact of Australia's offshore detention policies through the personal accounts of people seeking asylum and whistleblowers who tried to work within the system.

Episode 16

Weiner - Sexts, Scandals and Politics

Documentary about American politician Anthony Weiner, renowned for scandals relating to sexting. The programme looks at the personal as well as political cost of his actions.

Episode 17

Jim - The James Foley Story

Documentary telling the story of how young photojournalist James 'Jim' Foley came to be the first American to be executed by ISIS after being kidnapped in Syria in 2012.

Episode 18

Brides for Sale - Sonita

The story of a teenage girl in Iran pursuing her dreams against the odds. Sonita dreams of being a rap star, but is sold into marriage back home in Afghanistan.

Episode 19

The Cult That Stole Children - Inside the Family

Investigation into an Australian cult which acquired numerous children it then isolated from the outside world and allegedly beat, starved and injected with LSD.

Episode 20

Forever Pure - Football and Racism in Jerusalem

Following the events at Israel's most notorious football club, Beitar Jerusalem FC - the only club in the Premier League never to sign an Arab player.