Episode guide
Storyville: Season 2017
29 episodes · first aired Jan 16, 2017
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- 1 Zero Days: Nuclear Cyber Sabotage Jan 16, 2017 · 1h 25m Documentary thriller about warfare in a world without rules - the world of cyberwar. It tells the story of Stuxnet, self-replicating computer malware, known as a 'worm' for its ability to…
- 2 The Great Literary Scandal: The JT Leroy Story Feb 1, 2017 · 1h 25m An inside account of a scandal that duped celebrities and the literary world. Former homeless youth JT LeRoy become an 'it boy' beloved by stars like Madonna and Courtney Love. His tough…
- 3 Notes On Blindness Feb 16, 2017 · 1h 25m In 1983, after decades of steady deterioration, John Hull, a professor at the University of Birmingham, became totally blind. To help him make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began…
- 4 Life, Animated Feb 20, 2017 · 1h 25m Nominated for an Academy Award, this film tells the uplifting story of Owen Suskind, an autistic young man and his family. After unremarkable early years, at the age of three Owen withdrew…
- 5 Killing For Love Mar 7, 2017 · 1h 25m Documentary about a compelling murder mystery, fuelled by a passionate young love affair. It all looked clear-cut when German student Jens Soering confessed to the brutal murder of his…
- 6 Murder in Italy Mar 13, 2017 · 1h 25m On Friday, 26th November 2010, in the close-knit town of Bergamo, Letizia Ruggeri received a telephone call. It was Maura Gambirasio, a mother whose 13-year-old daughter Yara hadn't come…
- 7 North Korean Kidnap: The Lovers and the Despot Mar 20, 2017 · 1h 25m The bizarre and sensational story of the despot who stole a film star. In 1978, North Korea's movie-loving dictator Kim Jong-il arranged for the Hong Kong kidnap of South Korea's leading…
- 8 Last Days of Solitary Mar 27, 2017 · 1h 25m In 2011, Maine State Prison launched a pioneering reform programme to scale back its use of solitary confinement. Bafta and Emmy-winning film-maker Dan Edge and his co-director Lauren…
- 9 OJ: Made in America - Part 1 May 14, 2017 · 1h 25m Five-part series and winner of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Documentary chronicling the rise and fall of OJ Simpson. To many observers, the story of the crime of the century is a story…
- 10 OJ: Made in America - Part 2 May 14, 2017 · 1h 25m There was never one Los Angeles, California. There were always two. One was the world inhabited by OJ Simpson - wealthy, privileged, and predominantly white. A world where celebrity was…
- 11 OJ: Made in America - Part 3 May 16, 2017 · 1h 30m The police arrived at the condo on Bundy Drive at 4:25 a.m. on June 13th, 1994. It was a gruesome murder scene, clearly the result of a violent confrontation that had left two people dead…
- 12 OJ: Made in America - Part 4 May 17, 2017 · 1h 30m In January 1995, the trial of the century took place. It would be like nothing before it, nor anything that's come since, and reshape the landscape of the media and, truly, American…
- 13 OJ: Made in America - Part 5 May 18, 2017 · 1h 30m On the morning of October 3rd 1995, it was announced that OJ Simpson had been found not guilty of all charges. To many Americans, it was a stunning, almost explicable miscarriage of…
- 14 Tokyo Girls Jun 27, 2017 · 1h 25m Girl bands and pop music permeate Japanese life. This film gets to the heart of a cultural phenomenon driven by an obsession with young female sexuality and internet popularity. Meet Rio…
- 15 Oink: Man Loves Pig Jul 2, 2017 · 1h 25m Oink explores man's relationship to pigs, diving headfirst into a beguiling mix of sentimentality and violence - from keeping pigs in your bed to factory farming. The documentary veers…
- 16 This Was My Dad: The Rise and Fall of Geoffrey Matthews Jul 10, 2017 · 1h 25m A profoundly intimate documentary filmed by Bafta-winning director Morgan Matthews over a period of more than ten years in the life of Morgan's father Geoff and his wonderfully eccentric…
- 17 The Great European Cigarette Mystery Jul 17, 2017 · 1h 25m The former EU commissioner of health, Mr John Dalli, recently left his post having been accused of being in the pocket of 'big tobacco'. Two Danish journalists, Mads Brugger and Mikael…
- 18 Accidental Anarchist: Life Without Government Jul 24, 2017 · 1h 25m Carne Ross was a career diplomat who believed western democracy could save us all. But after the Iraq war he became disillusioned and resigned. This film traces Carne's worldwide quest to…
- 19 Queerama Jul 31, 2017 · 1h 25m Created from a treasure trove of archive, Queerama traverses a century of gay experiences, encompassing persecution and prosecution, injustice, love and desire, identity, secrets…
- 20 Out of Thin Air: Murder in Iceland Aug 14, 2017 · 1h 25m In 1974 two men vanished several months apart. Iceland, with a population of just over 200,000, was a close, tight-knit community where everyone knew everyone, but the police got nowhere…
- 21 Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web Aug 21, 2017 · 1h 25m Documentary looking at the black market website known as the Silk Road, which emerged on the darknet in 2011. This 'Amazon of illegal drugs' was the brainchild of a mysterious, libertarian…
- 22 The Boy Who Changed America Sep 6, 2017 · 1h 25m On 25 November 1999, a six-year-old Cuban boy was found floating alone off the Florida coast after his mother drowned during an attempt to escape Cuba for the United States. Set against…
- 23 The Work: Four Days to Redemption Oct 26, 2017 · 1h 25m Set inside one room in Folsom Prison in California, this film follows three men from outside as they take part in a four-day group therapy retreat with convicts serving long sentences for…
- 24 Coming Home: Bowe Bergdahl vs the United States Oct 30, 2017 · 1h 25m The story of the homecoming of US Army sergeant and former Taliban prisoner Bowe Bergdahl, after five years in captivity. After walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009, US Army…
- 25 Toffs, Queers and Traitors: The Extraordinary Life of Guy Burgess Nov 13, 2017 · 1h 25m It was a scandal that shook the British establishment to its roots. In June 1951, the government was forced to admit that two Foreign Office diplomats had disappeared. One of them, Donald…
- 26 My Mother's Lost Children Nov 20, 2017 · 1h 25m A Storyville documentary: an eccentric Jewish family is thrown into turmoil when two stolen children reappear after 40 years.
- 27 Last Men in Aleppo Nov 27, 2017 · 1h 25m After five years of war in Syria the remaining 350,000 citizens of Aleppo are constantly under siege. Through the eyes of the volunteers of the White Helmets, in this film we experience…
- 28 The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey Nov 30, 2017 · 1h 25m Twelve billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our solar system and entering the void of deep space. It is the first human-made object ever to do so. Slowly dying within its heart…
- 29 When Rock Arrived in North Korea: Liberation Day Dec 7, 2017 · 1h 25m To the surprise of a whole world, the ex-Yugoslavian now Slovenian cult band Laibach became the first rock group ever invited to perform in the dictatorially repressed state of North…