The Battle To Beat Malaria

Documentary. Following an accidental overdose of prescribed painkillers, influential photographer Nan Goldin began a series of events to protest the close financial relationship between Big Pharma and major art galleries, many of which have supported her work. Film-maker Laura Poitras follows Goldin's activism, as well as documenting and celebrating the artist's life and work.

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Exploring the human cost from the first and last atomic bombs used in an act of war, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on two Japanese cities in 1945 - Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Featuring testimonies of some of the last 'Hibakusha' - survivors of the two atomic bombs. Combining their personal accounts with archive footage, the programme reveals how their experiences still affect them

Atomic People

An exploration of one of the IRA's most significant attacks on mainland Britain during the Troubles, which killed five people and seriously injured 34 others. Directly targeting Margaret Thatcher, the bomb was planted three weeks before the Conservative Party conference, hidden beneath a bathtub in room 629 of Brighton's Grand Hotel. This programme features new testimony from many of those affected and an interview Patrick Magee gave in 2022 about his role in the bombing

Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher

The story of the war in Ukraine captured through first-person footage of volunteers from around the world saving strangers' lives in one of the most dangerous places on Earth. It is a tale of courage, passion and loss among idealistic young people risking their lives in the middle of a war zone, without military support

Hell Jumper: Love Under Fire

More than two decades on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.

Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

2013: a daring protest on a Russian oil rig goes terrifyingly wrong. The activists become unwitting pawns in Putin's war against the West - and at the heart of a global crisis.

On Thin Ice: Putin v Greenpeace

Documentary examining how Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party seized power in Germany during the 1930s and ushered in the death of democracy.

Rise of the Nazis

More than 200 million people fall ill and 600,000 die of malaria every year, making it among the world's deadliest diseases. The vast majority of those fatalities are young children - an average of one child every minute, but medical science may now be at an exciting turning point. Filmed with intimate access to key scientists on four continents, this film tells the inside story of a new vaccine that could change the very nature of the fight, developed by many of the same team behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

The Battle to Beat Malaria

On the morning of January 27 2023, mortgage adviser and mother-of-two Nicola Bulley was walking her dog along the River Wyre in the quiet Lancashire village of St Michael's on Wyre, when she disappeared without trace. To add to the mystery, her dog was seen running loose, and her phone was still on a Teams call. A storm of social media comment and conspiracy theories swirled online, causing additional hurt and distress to her loved ones, prior to the recovery of her body. This is the inside story of the search for the 45-year-old, as told by her family, the police and social media sleuths

The Search for Nicola Bulley

The story of Andrew Malkinson, who spent years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Convicted in March 2004 for the attack and rape of a young woman, his only crime was to match the description of the real rapist. He was released after 17 years as a sex offender, and it would be another three years before he had his conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal. This documentary tells his story, and how he was failed at every turn by the criminal justice system

The Wrong Man: 17 Years Behind Bars

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