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- DirectorHenry SingerStarsSteven MackintoshEric LiptonIliana GuibertThe Falling Man is a documentary that examines one of the many images that were circulated by the press immediately after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. The image in question can be seen above on the cover of the disc. It shows a man plummeting headfirst to the ground, having leapt from the burning towers. After touching on the events of the day and how the nation reacted, the program focuses specifically on this image, the photographer who took it, its subsequent circulation, the public's reaction to it and why it was later deemed UN-newsworthy...
- DirectorCheryl HornerJames HuangKristen SchylinskiStarsMarisa CristinzioDianne HarbaughMatthew LiberAlthough tens of thousands of young Americans struggle with obesity on a daily basis -only the fortunate few go to weight loss camp for the summer to learn how to live a healthy life. However, "fat camp" is hardly a restrictive prison. Teenage angst is just as much the rule of the day as maintaining a proper diet. MTV News & Docs followed five teens to fat camp for a day-by-day look at their struggle to turn their lives around and found that for these overweight campers - finding love, rebelling against authority, or just trying to fit in can be all-consuming obsessions.
- DirectorJohn DowerStarsBrenda SpencerRichard SachsGene CubbisonA documentary about 16-year-old Brenda Spencer's school shooting of 1979.
- DirectorJulien DunandStarsJohn CarpenterNicolas SaadaJean-Baptiste ThoretA dive into the cinematographic universe of John Carpenter, the director of "Halloween", "The Thing", "Fog" or "Invasion Los Angeles".
- DirectorTim UsborneStarsAmanda TappingKevin WarwickBrad Wright
- DirectorMatt DruryStarsMark StrongPaul Rawson2 men, Russell and Paul masturbate 15 times a day. We follow them as they try to break their masturbation addiction.
- DirectorPeter CohenStarsJo UnwinKevin BlattBoy George
- DirectorSouzan AlaviStarsGbenga AkinnagbeBenay BergerAl BrownA behind-the-scenes look at the fourth season of The Wire.
- DirectorPaul BerczellerThis film travels to Russia's 'Wild Wild East' to follow Vitaly Dymochka as he tries to go legit in order to pursue the unlikeliest of dreams: making it as a film director with an action trilogy based on his own violent past - starring himself and other real life bandits. Featuring unique access into a secret world, Once Upon a Time in Siberia is a comic yet ultimately chilling look at everyday life inside the Russian mafia.
- DirectorAndrew GoldbergStarsJulianna MarguliesRon SunyPeter BalakianThe first Genocide of the 20th century when over a million Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Turks during World War I, between 1915 and 1918.
- DirectorRoss WilsonStarsStephen FryAndy BehrmanJo BrandStephen Fry presents this documentary exploring the disease of manic depression; a little understood but potentially devastating condition affecting an estimated two percent of the population. Stephen embarks on an emotional journey to meet fellow sufferers, and discuss the literal highs and lows of being bi-polar. Celebrities such as Carrie Fisher and Richard Dreyfuss invite the comedian into their home to relate their stories. Plus Stephen looks into the lives of ordinary people trying to deal with the illness at work and home, and of course to the people studying manic depression in an effort to better control it. A fascinating, moving and ultimately very entertaining Emmy Award-winning program.
- DirectorPetra HaffterStarsSeth MichaelsOmar AdamMarc ApplebyThe Egyptian book of the dead could be the oldest document in human history, and the foundation of western civilization. This amazing scroll of secrets is brought back to life.
- DirectorDamien LayStarsSam WorthingtonKristopher BosChristopher CoyleIn the gathering dusk of 18 August 1966, 108 young, inexperienced Australian and NZ soldiers are separated and surrounded, fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming force of 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. And, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, with their ammunition running out and another Vietnamese battalion massing for the final assault, the digger's situation seemed hopeless. Long Tan is the true story of ordinary boys who became extraordinary men.
- DirectorRussell BarnesStarsYousef Al-KhattabRichard DawkinsTed HaggardRichard Dawkins' highly critical documentary attacks the pulsing heart of all mainstream religion- faith; with special focus on Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Contains repeated references to sectorial schools as child abuse and faith as the stepping stone to terrorist activity.
- DirectorMichael DempseyStarsJoan CollinsLinda EvansJohn Forsythe
- StarsDavid CrossRobert WuhlSarah VowellActor Robert Wuhl examines facts and myths in American history.
- StarsPamela AndersonKim BasingerBarbi BentonWhat do Marilyn Monroe, Suzanne Somers, Pamela Anderson, Anna Nicole Smith, and Carmen Electra all have in common? Their show business careers were launched or taken to new heights by appearing in Playboy Magazine. This two-hour special looks at the careers of the many beauties who started out unknown but made the move from the pages of Playboy to starring roles in TV and movies.
- StarsMary McDonnellJamie BamberJames CallisBattlestar Galactica: Told from the perspective of President Laura Roslin, the special tells the story of a refugee fleet of survivors as they flee the destruction of their Twelve Colonies and embark on a quest for an uncharted new homeland: Earth.
- DirectorGrace BaekStarsAdam Yamaguchi
- DirectorAlexandra LaceyBart LaytonPhil LottStarsRicardo CañamarGemma CousinsMatthew OatsThis series tells the true stories that would be any traveler's worst nightmare--when moments of madness or desperation in paradise become a journey into hell that ends up in prison abroad. Through graphic dramatic reconstructions, each film tells the story of someone who's been arrested and thrown into a foreign prison. Sometimes for smuggling drugs. Sometimes for falling foul of local corrupt policemen. Sometimes for being duped into carrying illegal goods through customs. Each film follows the sinking sense of horror from the build-up to the moment of arrest, the journey through an incomprehensible legal process, the coming-to-terms with the details of life in a hellhole jail, and the devastating fallout for family and friends back home.
- DirectorOlivia BlythmanRichard MortimerStuart RamsayStarsRichard TeidemanDavid AaronovitchJenny AgutterCelebrating the relaunch of Film4 as a free-to-air TV channel, Channel4 counts down their list of the fop 50 films to see before you die, as compiled by film critics and personalities.
- DirectorThomas VinerStarsSelwyn RaabGregory B. SmithTommy DadesFinding the connections between the TV series and a real-life New Jersey Mob.
- DirectorKevin BurnsStarsKevin SpaceyGerard JonesForrest J. AckermanThe history of the comic book superhero, Superman in his various media incarnations.
- DirectorSimcha JacoboviciStarsUzi AvnerManfred BietakJohn BimsonUsing 'investigative archaeology' Simcha Jacobovici and his team release never before seen evidence that support the Biblical tale.
- DirectorKate DavisDavid HeilbronerStarsLucille IacovelliMona AlleyRobert AlleyTummy tuck. Nose job. Lipo. Millions of people routinely undergo these cosmetic surgeries each year, hoping the results will help them look and feel better. But when something goes wrong, the consequences can be devastating. This HBO Documentary Films presentation exposes the dark side of plastic surgery with a shocking look at three case studies of procedures that went horrifically wrong. Featuring operating-room footage, home videos, personal 'before' and 'after' photos and interviews with patients' doctors and lawyers, the film reveals the physical and emotional havoc wrought by subsequent corrective surgeries, the toll it takes on family and friends, and the knowledge that patients' ordeals could have been avoided had they not had plastic surgery in the first place.
- DirectorDan AppelStarsRobert DuvallThomas Haden ChurchWalter HillTop-rated miniseries! Academy Award® winner Robert Duvall (1983 Best Actor in a Leading Role, Tender Mercies) and Academy Award® nominee Thomas Hayden Church (2004 Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Sideways) star in this moving Western drama. Set in 1897, Print Ritter (Duvall) and his estranged nephew Tom Harte (Hayden Church) become the reluctant guardians of five abused and abandoned Chinese girls. Ritter and Harte's attempts to care for the girls are complicated by their responsibility to deliver a herd of horses while avoiding a group of bitter rivals, intent on kidnapping the girls for their own purposes. Classic Western action takes center stage in this dramatic miniseries! "ACADEMY AWARD®" is the registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "Emmy"® is the trademarked property of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
- StarsAnna Deavere Smith
- DirectorJon AlpertMatthew O'NeillStarsRhonda BarnesTerry BaslerJoshua BelmontWinner of four Emmy(R) Awards, including Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming (Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill)! The 86th Combat Support Hospital (CSH)--the U.S. Army's premier medical facility in Iraq and formerly one of Saddam Hussein's elite hospitals--is the setting for this unforgettable documentary that puts a human face on the war's cold casualty statistics. Directed by Emmy(R)-winner Jon Alpert (HBO's 'One Year in a Life of Crime'), the film profiles the doctors and nurses at the 86th who fight to save wounded soldiers who are Medevaced (helicoptered) in on a numbingly routine basis. In addition to capturing the drama of victims and caregivers in the ER, the film provides vivid frontline rescue footage with the 54th Medical Company Air Ambulance Team along with tension-filled scenes of soldiers patrolling what is considered the most dangerous road in the world: the five-mile highway from the Baghdad Airport to the CSH.
- DirectorSimon KerslakeStarsMatt BarrJonah FalconSteed HoltA documentary about men with unusually large penises.
- DirectorSimon GeorgeStarsRick BorgiaRichard DillaneTony GaltieriA documentary chronicling the rise and fall of the gangster Henry Hill.
- DirectorElizabeth McIntyre
- DirectorJames ErskineIn In 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) was stolen from a Brazilian bank, making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history.
- DirectorMichael SelditchStarsJay McCarrollNancy KaneHeidi Klum"Project Runway" winner Jay McCarroll heads to New York City to market his own fashion line.
- DirectorShari Springer BermanRobert PulciniStarsAllison AndersJeanine BasingerRobert BentonA documentary on road movies and their effect on American culture.
- DirectorCatrin EdwardsIn October 1966, a Welsh village school and houses were buried under coal slag that slid down the mountain after many days of rain. The victims were nearly all children. The worst British disaster on record.
- DirectorJosh OreckStarsJoel SilverJames McTeigueStephen FryA documentary about the background and making of for the movie V for Vendetta.
- DirectorJohn WheelerStarsJennifer Redelle CareyJohnny DeppKeira KnightleyA making-of documentary for the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
- DirectorChris MitchellStarsDominic FrisbyMarc MeltonvilleRuth GoodmanA group of historians and archaeologists prepare a Tudor feast as it would have been over 400 years ago, including the use of period clothes, recipes from the era, food sourced from the land and the absence of modern conveniences.
- DirectorBen StroutStarsJason AgnelloJoe BradyPhillip CourtneyFire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia Summary: The Winter War was an epic life and death struggle that changed the course of World War II, and saved a democracy. Fire and Ice documents this timeless story of courage against all odds by a people united to preserve their freedom. In November of 1939, when Finland was invaded by the Soviet Union, no one expected this tiny nation would resist the largest military force in the world. Also, no one anticipated one of the coldest winters in recorded history. Outnumbered and outgunned, Finns knew the war was not about territory; it was a total war for their very existence as a people. The war begins with the aerial bombardment of Helsinki. Fires rage in the city. Dazed citizens run for their lives. Poorly equipped Finnish troops face a massive Red Army attack supported by thousands of tanks, heavy artillery, and airplanes. The invasion is almost three times larger than the Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day. The Russians are confident of a quick victory. A Finnish poet remembers how the war started. We enter her world as a child of eleven. An American remembers how at 21, he volunteered to drive an ambulance as he leads us deep into the frozen forests of northern Finland. Finnish soldiers improvise a defense. They attack tanks with Molotov cocktails and crowbars. Finlands women form a unique corps called Lotta Svärd. And as temperatures descend to 50 below zero, their mastery of winter becomes a strategic advantage. Finnish resistance is relentless. They know this war is not about changing borders; their lives, their independence and their identity as a people are at stake. They unite against a common enemy as never before. The narrative is enriched with the contemporary accounts of journalists and soldiers on both sides of the conflict, many from war diaries translated into English for the first time. Rare archive footage, enhanced by meticulous attention to historical detail in re-creating scenes of both the battlefront and home front, brings this history to life. Weaving a combination of personal interviews, contemporary diaries and source material, historians, live re-enactments, and computer generated graphics, Fire and Ice tells the story of the personal, military, and historical significance of the Winter War. The style is one that viewers have come to expect from documentaries. The overall history is well told and periodically punctuated with the minutia of personal accounts from those who fought and lived it. A narration opens the documentary and explains the events which caused the conflict: Stalins fears that St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) might be vulnerable to an attack via Finland through the Karelian Isthmus. The documentary then moves deftly to a more personal perspective, such an the interview with Jack Hasey, the American who voluntarily founded the Iroquois Ambulance Corps, and shuttled wounded Finnish soldiers to medical care. Clear, polished graphics show the strategic plan of advance of the 14th, 7th, and 8th Soviet Armies as they attempted to crush Finland within two weeks. Other graphics are used to explain the tactics used. These are reminiscent of the high quality views that gamers have come to expect from top shelf first-person shooters such as Call of Duty, Red Orchestra, and Battlefield 1942 and even those viewers who lack an appreciation of military tactics will find them interesting and informative. Further bolstering the story are interviews with military professionals, narrations of contemporary documents, and historians, of whom Bill Trotter is prominently featured. His easy, almost casual recollection of the history and his ability to encapsulate it into an intelligent, accessible format draws the cameras attention repeatedly. It is evident from his knowledge that he could have single-handedly narrated the entire documentary, and he nearly does so. I would estimate he appears in about half the time that any expert accounts are shown, and at times he is a part of the glue which holds the documentary together. The mixture of a birds eye view of history and personal trivia (for instance, the Winter War was where the moniker Molotov Cocktail originated) makes for a compelling and informative documentary. My personal interest is in the area of military history, and if I had to find a blemish in Fire and Ice, it would be that there was perhaps a bit too much emphasis on the wars impact on the home front. The impact of the war on the Finns was not insignificant and should not be dismissed. The story of the home front is important, should be told, and makes the documentary accessible to a broader audience than just military history buffs. It is also quite compelling, and despite my preference, I found the story of the home front interesting and moving. These personal accounts help to place the impact of the conflict in both human and military terms. The story is well-balanced and viewers will come away with a solid appreciation and knowledge of the military and historical significance of the Winter War. The Winter War is a conflict that is intimately tied with World War II. It was made possible by the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and the Soviets abysmal performance in the Winter War was a decisive factor in convincing Germany to launch Operation Barbarossa. I would highly recommend Fire and Ice to anyone with an interest in World War II. It fills a gap in history that is both significant and nearly forgotten and it does so in a riveting and informative manner. The DVD which I reviewed is about 12 minutes longer than that which is airing on public television stations. Anyone who cannot view the public broadcast, or who wants to obtain the longer version can purchase it from the producers website, or even view a brief trailer from that same site. Both the Fire and Ice DVD and Bill Trotters A Frozen Hell can be purchased at the website, and special bundled pricing is available for anyone interested in both the book and the DVD.
- StarsMichael EmersonAdewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeNaveen AndrewsWhat price would you pay for Honor? For Faith? For Love? Journey with the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 as they search for answers and struggle for survival on Lost: A Tale of Survival.
- DirectorDollan CannellStarsWayne SmithEnrique EncinosaEnrique OvaresDollan Cannell's documentary on the hundreds of alleged plots to assassinate Fidel Castro, and a look at the evolution of Cuban politics.
- DirectorRoz SinclairStarsTracy-Ann ObermanDawn BoadeyAngie DavidsonThe story of controversial package holiday company, Club 18-30. The company was said to offer drunken mayhem, outrageous nights out and sex. The documentary traces its rise due to shock advertising schemes and an untapped market.
- DirectorJulio Soto GurpideStarsAmelkyn AlexanderKlopotenko AnatolyViktor BryukhanovOn April 26, 1986, a security test at Chernobyl's nuclear plant in the former Soviet Union, triggered the greatest civilian nuclear catastrophe in history. Unable to cope with this political, environmental and human disaster, the Soviets built a wall of silence around the event. The term 'radiophobia' came to define the symptoms of the people suffering from the fallout of the radiation, some kind of social 'stigma.' Radiophobia is a touching documentary entirely shot in Chernobyl's "Forbidden Zone". This documentary examines the Chernobyl disaster and its consequences 20 years later from the perspective of a group of survivors and people who were on duty at the reactor on the fateful night. This is the first time that they have returned to the 'Zone' to reconcile their past with the ruins of the present. Inside the 'Zone' we also meet many of the peculiar inhabitants who never left this highly radioactive and somewhat surreal area.
- DirectorMichael John WarrenStarsSebastian BachFrankie BanaliGeezer ButlerThe four part documentary focuses on the origins, subgenres, and the bands of heavy metal music, paying close attention to influential bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden, who helped to define heavy metal in its early years, including some other bands like Kiss, AC/DC and more.
- DirectorMatt O'CaseyStarsClem BurkeJimmy DestriNoel EdmondsA documentary about New York band Blondie, from their early beginnings in Bowery clubs like CBGBs alongside other up and coming bands like The Ramones, Patti Smith and Talking Heads. The documentary tracks their years of international success, through their internal problems and decline and then to their recovery and re-establishment leading to their being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 - an event that wasn't without its problems.
- DirectorMaryann DeLeoEllen Goosenberg KentStarsMichael OppenheimerDonald KennedyStephen SchneiderA documentary on the effects of global warming in the United States.
- DirectorHermann VaskeStarsJohn CleeseTom KonkleKeith AllenFunnyman John Cleese leads viewers through an exhaustive -- and hilarious -- tour of the world of soccer, complete with the sport's most memorable goals, kicks, saves, goofs and penalties.
- DirectorNick GodwinStarsRicky RodriguezDavid BergDon IrwinOn January 7th 2005, 29 year old Rick Rodriguez murdered his former nanny and then killed himself on a lonely desert highway. Hours earlier he had videoed his suicide note and this final message provided a remarkable insight into a deeply damaged life. It also lifted the lid on one of the most notorious religious cults to emerge out of the 1960s counter culture: The Children of God sect.
- StarsMatthew FlintDocumentary about the struggle parents face to get their children into the school of their choice.
- DirectorIngrid KvaleStarsRosamund CarrSigourney WeaverMore than twenty years after her murder, Sigourney Weaver recounts Dian Fossey's transformation from researcher to conservation activist.
- DirectorDavid PadruschStarsLydia AlvitaJennifer AntkowiakOrion BarnesA inside look about life during the harsh period of Reconstruction after the American Civil War in rural southern states.
- DirectorGisela GrischowVolker SchlöndorffStarsJean ArthurHumphrey BogartJames CagneyBilly Wilder discusses his life and films in interviews filmed by Volker Schlondorff over two weeks in 1988.
- DirectorSonia AndersonStarsPhil LynottStanley TownsendLaurence ArcherA look at the life of Phil Lynott, lead singer of the band; a man whose talent was known worldwide, but whose early life was less well documented. This includes interviews with his mother, band members, and a lot of footage of the music.
- DirectorAnnemarie CassidyStarsCory BowlesAnnemarie CassidyShaun ClarkeA documentary about the history and production of the mockumentary television series TRAILER PARK BOYS, directed and presented by Annemarie Cassidy (wife of TRAILER PARK BOYS director Mike Clattenburg).
- DirectorPeter ButtStarsOctavia Barron MartinEmma BoothDirk BromleyWhen the half naked bodies of physicist, Doctor Gilbert Bogle, and his lover, Mrs Margaret Chandler, were found in bizarre circumstances on a Sydney riverbank in 1963, it set into play an unprecedented forensic investigation.
- DirectorCybele RowbottomStarsMatt BerryMark DolanBen EltonA documentary looking at the life of Benny Hill and with the use of an audience reaction test finding out if he is still funny to contemporary audiences.
- DirectorGed ClarkeStarsTony WilsonJenny AgutterPatrick BaladiDavid Suchet, the actor who has portrayed Poirot for more than 20 years, is interviewed and hosts this retrospective. The viewer is taken behind the scenes, and will be able to see Suchet and others, talk about Mrs. Christie's most popular detective, and possibly the only fictional equal to Sherlock Holmes.
- DirectorDavid GrubinStarsPhilippe AltierAntoine de BaecqueCaroline BernardOne of the most controversial monarchs in history, the queen thrives in the Austro-Hungarian Empire; Blair Brown narrates.
- StarsAlan BondSam ChisholmPeter CostelloTribute to Australian media magnate Kerry Packer, that covers his life, from his childhood through to his ill health and subsequent death. It covers Packer's involvement with the World Series Cricket, the 1984 Costigan Royal Commission, the sale and repurchase of the Nine Network, his love of sport and his generosity. The special also features interviews with politicians, sportsmen, and celebrities who knew Packer.
- DirectorNick BroomfieldStarsNick BroomfieldF.W. de KlerkNelson Mandela15 years after his classic documentary "The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife", Nick Broomfield examines the history of the far-right AWB and its leader Eugene Terre'Blanche and returns to South Africa to catch up with his former driver J.P. Meyer and Meyer's now ex-wife Anita, and by using a disguise, once again secures an interview with Terre'Blanche.
- DirectorJosh AronsonStarsCalpernia AddamsChristine D. BeattyLynn ConwayIn February, 2004, with the help of Eve Ensler and Jane Fonda, a group of transgender women put on the first all-transgender production of "The Vagina Monologues", including a new monologue written by Ensler from their own experiences.
- DirectorDaniela VolkerStarsLisa Teasley
- DirectorVictoria HamburgerStarsJohn Wayne BobbittLorena BobbittPaul EbertChopped Off: Then Man Who Lost His Penis What happened to John Wayne Bobbitt after he got sliced and diced? It's been a long road for John Wayne since 1993, when his Ecuadorian wife, Lorena, took a Ginsa knife to his manhood in the middle of the night, driving off with his severed penis and chucking it in a field. Police managed to retrieve the thing and surgeons re-attached little John to big John. And then John Wayne 'Frankenpenis' Bobbitt's story really began. This is a tale with many twists: from porn career ('Frankenpenis') to failed stand up comedian); a brief stint as a minister in a Las Vegas church; limo driver for a brothel; a prison sentence and a botched penis enlargement. This documentary hangs out with man with the world's most talked about penis and discovers that even now, as a simple furniture removal man, his life is as dramatic as ever.
- DirectorWayne P. AllenStarsLee StrobelTom KaneDon RansonWhen objectively considered, does contemporary scientific evidence point toward or away from a supernatural Creator? Strobel interviewed scientists and scholars from a wide range of disciplines for the answers. Based upon a New York Times best-seller, The Case For A Creator is a remarkable film about Lee Strobel's journey from spiritual skepticism to a profound faith in the God who has etched His indelible signature upon every galaxy and living cell. The Creator now revealed by 21st century science.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsThomas BlassHerbert WinerBuddy Stump
- DirectorDarren ConwayStarsAmanda St. JohnA documentary following 15-year-old Yukina as she leaves home and travels to Kyoto to train to become a Geisha.
- StarsKay BessSabrina Butler-PorterLinda CartyLook into the personal lives of women currently awaiting execution on Death Row. Though each woman is convicted of committing society's ultimate crime, there is often another side of the story.
- DirectorSascha OlofsonStarsJoseph AloiJim ColemanSusannah DoyleDocumentary about serial killer Ted Bundy. This documentary asks the question whether Bundy's obsession with pornography was the cause of his crimes.
- DirectorMathieu VerboudJean-Robert VialletStarsDavid AlbrightAnn BeesonGeorge W. BushA true spy story about the only American citizen who dared stand up to the FBI in an attempt to expose the truth on some specific yet hidden aspects of today's War on Terror and give the American people the protection and security the U.S. government has failed to provide.
- DirectorFresh CarrerasTHE DOWN LOW EXPOSED Probes Secret World of Men Having Sex with Men While Masquerading as Heterosexuals in a Dangerous Gamble with Lives of Female Partners. This one-hour special traverses the backstreets, nightclubs, websites and even the sanctity of marriage where some Black men are leading 'double-lives' as heterosexuals with unsuspecting women; and then flipping the script in a dangerous duality of homosexual pursuits. The end result is confusion, anger, betrayal, tears, family destruction and, in some cases, the ultimate price of HIV and AIDS infections of the innocent and unknowing.
- DirectorKen McGillStarsAndrée Bernard
- DirectorTuggelin YourgrauStarsRich AdamsChad O. AllenCharlie AndersonSpecial examines the origins of the Freemasons and their putative roots in the stonemasons of the Temple of Solomon and the Knights Templar, the impact of the Freemasons on the Age of Enlightenment and the founding of the American republic, populist anti-Masonic hysteria of the 19th century, and freemasonry today.
- DirectorMuffie MeyerStarsMargaret ChesneyRichard J. DavidsonRonald GlaserExtraordinary changes are taking place in American medicine today. Driven by new scientific evidence, doctors are coming to understand that treating the body alone is not enough - the mind can also play a critical role in the healing process. Many physicians are embracing a more holistic form of healthcare, seeking to heal the whole person. Treatments once considered fringe, including visualization, meditation and hypnosis, are being prescribed alongside high-tech western medicine. And medical schools are placing new importance on teaching the "softer side of medicine": listening and communicating.
- DirectorKrishna GovenderStarsTrevor WardNim ChristopherOliver JamesA look at how the quest for the ideal penis has driven some men to have surgery.
- DirectorGavin ClaxtonStarsMary CareyJesús FrancoCraig GrossAn investigation into nunsploitation, and why men find images of nuns involved in sexual situations erotic. The programme also controversially covers the Muslim hibab and burka.
- DirectorPeter JonesMark A. CatalenaStarsBette DavisSusan SarandonRuthie DavisCombining unprecedented access to Davis' vast personal archives with original interviews, this documentary reveals a startling portrait of one of Hollywood's most gifted and enigmatic stars.
- DirectorRory WheelerStarsRobert BeckfordMel GibsonMark KermodeAn exploration of the history and the increasingly uneasy relationship between religion and the film industry, as well as the controversy that inevitably arises as a result of any major religiously-themed film being released.
- DirectorJohnni JavierStarsPete BurnsMichael SimpsonOriginally known for his global hit 'You Spin Me Round (Like A Record),' 80s electro-pop icon Pete Burns is now more famous for his love of plastic surgery and brutal telling-it-like-it-is attitude. After his appearance on Celebrity Big Brother, his career was re-launched and primed for success. But within months of finishing the show, Burns would see his world unravel, finding him fighting bankruptcy, his boyfriend and the legal system. After several arrests for threatening and violent behavior involving incidents with his then estranged boyfriend, he was jailed for two months for breaking bail conditions. This documentary follows Burns from his first day of release, when he is ordered by the courts to reside with an unknown obsessive fan responsible for bailing him out, to the gradual process of picking up the pieces of his shattered life.
- DirectorJohn PiperSue McMahonStarsBradley WalshMel GiedroycCharlie DimmockA countdown of the UK's greatest stars of the small screen.
- DirectorNick BrigdenStarsPhilip AdkinsLamar BrownTerry BurchTrue World War II stories of military valor by African-Americans belatedly deemed worthy of the US Medal of Honor.
- DirectorDavid KeaneStarsJack AnthonyRock BerjonneauGary Harper
- StarsJohn BelushiSandra BernhardRussell BrandChronicles the life of the late comedian Richard Pryor, using clips from Pryor's shows and TV appearances as well as through the interviews with family, friends and fans of this real life king of (controversial) comedy.
- DirectorWaldemar JanuszczakStarsWaldemar JanuszczakArt Critic Waldemar Januzczak presents this documentary which details french artist Toulouse-Lautrec's life.
- DirectorHerrie ten CateStarsJulian RichingsThe Battle of the Somme was the bloodiest day in the history of England. Since then, debate has raged over the legitimacy of the only combat footage of the battle. Now, a team of investigators is using science to solve this 90-year-old mystery.
- DirectorJames BarratStarsPeter CoyoteSami TemimiBahram AlouiOne of the most significant discoveries of the twentieth century is revealed in this film.
- StarsJeremy PivenFollow Jeremy Piven on the trip of a lifetime to Southern and Northern India. This travel documentary provides a more intimate glimpse into the spiritual and unscripted musings of the popular character actor and leading man.
- StarsKennette BenedictSteven M. BlockRobert R. ButterworthA special expanded edition of 20/20 that chronicles 7 of the deadliest threats to humanity. It starts at number 7 (least likely), the death of stars, including the risk of gamma ray bursts and black holes. Intelligent machines and the threat of our own technology turning against us lands at number 6. Five is the inevitability of a super-volcano eruption, specifically talking about Yellowstone park. Moving on the documentary interviews scientists about the plausibility of an asteroid hit, nuclear war, plague pandemic, and ends with our foremost hazard, a process that is already taking place; climate change.
- DirectorRob DoneStarsDaniel CraigMartin CampbellChris CorbouldThis documentary highlights the stunts in Casino Royale (2006).
- StarsErnie BanksBob CostasPaul DzienUsing the frame of opening day, 2006, this documentary examines the Cubs' 100 years without a World Series title. Between conversations with a half-dozen selected Cubs fans in 2006, the film looks back at the Wrigley years (father and son), sale to the Trib, and coming oh-so-close in 1945, 1969, 1984, and 2003. Great players, including Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Ferguson Jenkins, Ron Santo, and Ryne Sandberg, are profiled or interviewed. Wrigley Field's special feel is celebrated. But the real attention of the film is on what it means to be a Cubs fan, especially at those moments when hope springs or when victory slips away.
- DirectorTeresa GriffithsStarsD.B.C. Pierre
- StarsJonathan RossSimon FowlerJonas ArmstrongIn light of a new 2006 BBC Robin Hood series, Jonathan Ross looks at the ways the popular outlaw of Sherwood Forest has been portrayed in the media throughout the years.
- DirectorEckhart SchmidtStarsJerry LewisSteve FrankenRita StoneA Frank and Candid Conversation.