Society documentaries

Philippines: Democracy in Danger

Two years into his role as leader of the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has gained an infamous reputation for his brutal war on drugs.   Duterte's critics are now claiming that he is putting the very democratic institutions that keep him in check under threat. To find out what[...]

Queen of the World

Society Presenter 2018
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The 2018 Queen of the World documentary paints an exclusive portrait of the longest-serving head of state in the world today.   The doc follows the queen as she prepares to hand on her important role to younger royal family members; showing how they are building up their Commonwealth conn[...]

Stacey Dooley: Face to Face with Armageddon

In the 2018 Face to Face with Armageddon documentary British investigative journalist Stacey Dooley ask the question; should we all be making plans for the end of the world?   To answer this Stacey spends time with three prepper communities in the United States. Preppers are survival grou[...]

Train Surfing Wars: A Matter of Life and Death

SportSociety Presenter 2018 Unrated

The 2018 Train Surfing Wars: A Matter of Life and Death BBC 3 documentary follows a world-famous teenage Parkour group from Guildford, England, called Brewman.   The Parkour group do stunts on tall buildings and moving vehicles such as buses and trains, then publish clips of the action on[...]

Ireland’s Secret Cults

Society Presenter 2011 Unrated

Ireland’s Secret Cults is a 2011 Irish TV documentary which sees reporters Michael Ryan and Ciara Doherty lifting the lid on various secretive religious cults operating in Ireland,  the best known of which is of course Scientology. Ireland has always had a reputation as a highly[...]

Newcastle: Super Strength Ecstasy

CrimeDrugsSociety Presenter 2016 Unrated

Newcastle: Super-strength Ecstasy is an episode of the 2016 BBC Three series Drugs Map of Britain, it explores the new generation of ecstasy users and focuses on a group of students in Newcastle who take the drug. The students were all born in the 1990’s and refer to themselves as The Children[...]

Fallen Angels, True Cost of Sex Tourism: Philippine's Fatherless Kid

SexualitySociety Presenter 2016
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A 2016 RT (Russia Today) documentary exploring the phenomenon of children created by sex tourism. Angeles City is a well-known destination for Western sex tourists, a legacy of the time when there was an American air base near to the city and mostly retired and mostly American men still visit the ci[...]

The Road To Mongolia

Society Presenter 2015 Unrated

Every year hundreds of people set off from a starting point in the United Kingdom and embark on an insane trip to Mongolia on an adventure which has been described as the greatest in the world. Each team purchases a ridiculously crap car with a maximum 1200cc engine and must make it to Mongolia with[...]

The Lost Tomb Of Jesus

The Talpiot Tomb is a rock-cut tomb discovered in 1980 in the East Talpiot area of Jerusalem, just a few miles south of the Old City in Jerusalem. Included in the tomb was an inscribed epigraph interpreted as “Jesus, son of Joseph”, the tomb contained the remains of several humans. The d[...]

American Nomads

Society Presenter Richard Grant 2011
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As a young man the British documentary maker Richard Grant moved to America and soon found himself in the world of nomadic travelers, jumping onto moving freight trains and heading ‘wherever’. More than a decade later he hits the road again, this time in a car, travelling thousands of mi[...]

Louis Theroux: UFOs

A legendary 1998 episode of Louis Theroux’s weird weekends, he investigates the weird world of UFO seekers including a group called the Alien Resistance Movement, visits an area of Colorado where numerous sightings have been reported, and then onto to Area 51 which attracts hoards of UFO spott[...]

Billionaire's Paradise: Inside Necker Island

For the first time ever a film crew is given full behind the scenes access to one of the most exclusive holiday destinations in the world, the private Necker Island which belongs to British billionaire Richard Branson. This 2015 BBC programme gives an in-depth insight into how the super rich and sup[...]

The Rise of Acid Attacks in the UK

SocietyCrime Presenter Zing Tsjeng 2017 Unrated

The Rise of Acid Attacks in the UK: There have been nearly 2000 acid attacks reported in London since 2010. These appalling crimes increased rapidly between 2015 to 2016 and today they are still happening on a daily basis. Why are criminals turning to such an abhorrent weapon, and is London really a[...]

My Hometown Fanatics

SocietyPolitical Presenter Stacey Dooley 2013 Unrated

The town of Luton has become a hotbed of political and religious extremism, with numerous individuals from the local Muslim community having been convicted of terrorism offences and the political pressure group the English Defense League having been founded in the town by members of the Luton MIGS f[...]