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January 15, 2008

Season 2008

01. The Prisoner, or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair

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1h 25min
January 15, 2008

02. Stranded! The Andes Plane Crash Survivors

In October 1972, a student rugby team boarded a small plane in Montevideo to fly across the Andes for a long weekend of playing rugby and partying in Chile. But they never reached their destination as a storm brought their plane down in the high Andes, leaving the survivors stranded on a remote glacier. Ill-equipped, with no food and little hope of rescue, the survivors faced extreme hardship and many life-or-death situations, including the agonising decision to eat the flesh of those killed in the crash to stay alive. Thirty years later, those that got down from the mountain relive their 72 days 'up there' to give this extraordinarily powerful, vivid and immediate account of human endurance and heroism.

1h 25min
January 22, 2008

03. Jonestown: The World's Biggest Mass Suicide

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1h 25min
January 27, 2008

04. The Devil Came on Horseback

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1h 25min
January 29, 2008

05. Hitler's Secretary

Acclaimed film comprising an extended interview with 81-year-old Traudl Junge, who recalls her role as Adolf Hitler's personal secretary during his final years.

1h 25min
January 30, 2008

06. The Polish Ambulance Murders

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1h 25min
February 5, 2008

07. Orthodox Stance

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1h 25min
February 12, 2008

08. Blue Blood

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1h 25min
February 17, 2008

09. Very Russian Geniuses

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1h 25min
February 19, 2008

10. 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. The detective assigned to the case was a young homicide cop, Jean Francois Abgrall. Abgrall was soon convinced that the murderer was a weird drifter called Francis Heaulmes who, despite an alibi, kept dropping mysterious hints. Abgrall recounts how he trailed Heaulmes through France to bring him to justice.

1h 25min
February 24, 2008

11. Tito's Ghost

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1h 25min
February 26, 2008

12. Dolce Vita Africana

Documentary about celebrated Malian photographer Malick Sidibe, whose iconic images of his country from the late 1950s through to the 1970s captured the carefree spirit of his generation asserting their freedom after independence, up until an Islamic coup ushered in years of military dictatorship. The filmmakers travel to Malick Sidibe's studio in Bamako to witness him at work and meet many of the subjects of his earlier photographs, whose personal stories also tell the history of Mali.

1h 25min
March 4, 2008

13. Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Documentary telling the story of the Funk Brothers, the Motown session musicians who were behind more number one hits that the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined. Drawn together from Detroit's jazz and blues scene, the film recounts their evolution of the Motown sound from its origins to its demise in LA during the 1970s, and reunites the surviving Funk Brothers for the first time in thirty years.

1h 25min
March 9, 2008

14. Somebody Has to Live: The Journey of Ariel Dorfman

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1h 25min
March 11, 2008

15. All White in Barking

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1h 25min
March 14, 2008

16. The English Surgeon

Henry Marsh is one of Britain's leading brain surgeons. Ten years ago he befriended Igor Kurilets, a fellow neurosurgeon who works in the Ukraine, and ever since he has travelled to the Ukraine twice a year to operate on patients for free. Geoffrey Smith's moving film follows Henry as he travels to Kiev to help Igor operate on a young man called Marian, who without surgery has just months to live. When Henry arrives he faces a serious challenge - Marian must be awake when his tumour is removed, and Henry must use the most basic tools, including a Black and Decker drill.

March 30, 2008

18. My Secret Agent Auntie

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1h 25min
May 7, 2008

19. The Battle for Jerusalem

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1h 25min
May 14, 2008

20. My Israel

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1h 25min
May 14, 2008

21. 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, with a high proportion experimenting with drugs and consequently suffering mental breakdowns.

May 15, 2008

22. 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. At the heart of the celebrations is Lou Majaw, a local celebrity who tours India performing Dylan's songs to rapturous crowds. This film takes a behind-the-scenes look at Majaw's life, seeing how the rock and roll lifestyle seems to be tearing him apart.

1h 25min
May 21, 2008

23. The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Enterprise

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1h 25min
May 27, 2008

24. Death of a WAG

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1h 25min
May 28, 2008

25. The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - A Good Match

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1h 25min
June 3, 2008

26. The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Family Duties

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1h 25min
June 10, 2008

27. The Father, the Son and the Housekeeper

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1h 25min
June 16, 2008

28. The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Bright Future

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1h 25min
June 17, 2008

29. The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Compilation

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1h 25min
July 7, 2008

30. The Chuck Show

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1h 25min
July 23, 2008

31. Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story

Documentary telling the story of Stax, one of the most influential soul record labels ever. Founded in a black neighbourhood of Memphis by a white brother and sister in the 1960s as a studio with an open-door policy, the label went on to sign such iconic acts as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and their house band, Booker T and the MGs. Featuring interviews with Jesse Jackson, Elvis Costello, Chuck D, Justin Timberlake, Bono and Pete Townshend.

July 27, 2008

32. Kidult: My Kid Could Paint That

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July 30, 2008

33. The Burning Season

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1h 25min
August 6, 2008

34. Flying - Confessions of a Free Woman - 1

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1h 25min
August 13, 2008

35. Flying - Confessions of a Free Woman - 2

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1h 25min
August 20, 2008

36. 1968

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. Drawing on archive footage from the US, Vietnam, Britain, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Mexico, the film dynamically reconstructs the hopes, the fears and the ultimate sense of despair that pervaded the events of 1968.

1h 25min
September 22, 2008

37. Dirty Tricks: The Man Who Got the Bushes Elected

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1h 25min
October 6, 2008

38. Roman Polanski - Wanted and Desired

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1h 25min
October 13, 2008

39. Shot in Bombay

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1h 25min
October 20, 2008

40. When Borat Came to Town

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October 27, 2008