Storyville - Season 23 / Year 2019
Season 23 / Year 2019
Episodes
Waco: Madman or Messiah Part 1
A two-part Storyville documentary telling the story of the the deadliest siege in American history, which took place in 1993 outside Waco, Texas, and following a new group of Branch Davidians which is living on the same property under a new leader. His goal: to repopulate the Branch of Davidian sect before the coming apocalypse. The programme combines interviews with survivors on location at Mt. Carmel Ranch, some of whom have never spoken publicly before, as well as family, friends and key ATF/FBI officers, along with dramatic reconstructions of past events.
Waco: Madman or Messiah Part 2
This episode begins with the fateful ATF raid. The two-and-a-half-hour gun battle rapidly develops into a stand-off with the FBI, watched by the world's media. Tanks are sent in and sniper positions set up. Inside, the Branch Davidians, believing that prophecy is being fulfilled, sit tight, while the FBI dismiss Koresh and his followers' words as just ‘Bible babble'. Finally, Koresh announces he will write his version of the Seven Seals and that they will all come out when it is complete. But it is too late. On April 19, a frustrated FBI starts inserting teargas into the compound with tanks. A fire develops and, fanned by high winds, devours Mount Carmel along with David Koresh and his followers. Now we finally answer the controversy that has been disputed ever since that fateful day - who lit the fire?
Under the Wire
Paul Conroy and Marie Colvin's fateful mission to tell the story of the civilians trapped by the Syrian conflict in the besieged city of Homs.
Defying the Cutting Season
How Rhobi Samwelly has set up a safe house for girls in fear of suffering female genital mutilation, confronting a tradition that, although illegal, goes back thousands of years.
The Internet's Dirtiest Secrets: The Cleaners
Documentary about the secret team of content moderators who clean the internet. Who are they, what criteria do they use, and where does content moderation end and censorship begin?
The Trial of Ratko Mladic
The war crimes trial of Ratko Mladic, accused of masterminding the murder of over 7000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in the 90s Bosnian war, the worst crime in Europe since WW2.
Pervert Park
Documentary about a trailer park in Florida housing more than 100 convicted sex offenders, following them as they attempt to reintegrate themselves back into society.
Brexit: Behind Closed Doors - Part 1
The untold story of the Brexit negotiations...from the other side, with exclusive access to the EU parliament's representative Guy Verhofstadt.
Brexit: Behind Closed Doors - Part 2
The untold story of the Brexit negotiations...from the other side, with exclusive access to the EU parliament's representative Guy Verhofstadt.
A German Life: Goebbels' Secretary Remembers
The extraordinary story of Brunhilde Pomsel, secretary and stenographer to the Nazi proganda minister, Joseph Goebbels.
Last Breath
The true story of commercial diver Chris Lemons, who was stranded on the bottom of the North Sea with five minutes of oxygen, but no chance of rescue for more than 30 minutes.
The Raft
The account of what happened to a group of men and women who, in 1973, participated in an experiment in human behaviour by drifting across the Atlantic on a raft.
Tiananmen: The People V the Party
Eyewitness accounts and leaked secret documents provide a deeper understanding of the final bloody days of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy demonstration.
The PM, the Playboy and the Wolf of Wall Street
Storyville documentary about the investigation into the theft from a Malaysian wealth fund of 3.5 billion US dollars, a crime traced to the very top of Malaysia's government.
On the President's Orders
Storyville film that tells the story of President Duterte's bloody campaign against drug dealers and addicts in the Philippines, told with unprecedented access to people on both sides of the war.
Inside Lehman Brothers: The Whistleblowers
A Storyville documentary. How one man's refusal to overlook its financial irregularities led to the exposure of the subprime mortgage scandal that engulfed Lehman Brothers.
Maiden
The inspirational story of how Tracy Edwards became the skipper of the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.
One Child Nation
Documentary that reveals the continuing impact of China's one-child policy, abandoned in 2015, on the country's people.
Murder in the Bush: Cold Case Hammarskjöld
A Storyville documentary. Mads Brügger and Göran Björkdahl investigate the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations Secretary-General, killed in a plane crash in 1961.
Facing Franco's Crimes: The Silence of Others
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