The Prisoner, or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair

S12 E01 • Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 • Jan 15 • 1h 25m

Stranded! The Andes Plane Crash Survivors

S12 E02 • Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008 • Jan 22 • 1h 25m

In October 1972, a student rugby team boarded a small plane in Montevideo to fly across the Andes for a long weekend of playing rugby and partying in Chile. But they never reached their destination as a storm brought their plane down in the high Andes, leaving the survivors stranded on a remote glacier. Ill-equipped, with no food and little hope of rescue, the survivors faced extreme hardship and many life-or-death situations, including the agonising decision to eat the flesh of those killed in the crash to stay alive. Thirty years later, those that got down from the mountain relive their 72 days 'up there' to give this extraordinarily powerful, vivid and immediate account of human endurance and heroism.

Jonestown: The World's Biggest Mass Suicide

S12 E03 • Sunday, Jan 27, 2008 • Jan 27 • 1h 25m

The Devil Came on Horseback

S12 E04 • Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008 • Jan 29 • 1h 25m

Hitler's Secretary

S12 E05 • Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008 • Jan 30 • 1h 25m

Acclaimed film comprising an extended interview with 81-year-old Traudl Junge, who recalls her role as Adolf Hitler's personal secretary during his final years.

The Polish Ambulance Murders

S12 E06 • Tuesday, Feb 5, 2008 • Feb 5 • 1h 25m

Orthodox Stance

S12 E07 • Tuesday, Feb 12, 2008 • Feb 12 • 1h 25m

Blue Blood

S12 E08 • Sunday, Feb 17, 2008 • Feb 17 • 1h 25m

Very Russian Geniuses

S12 E09 • Tuesday, Feb 19, 2008 • Feb 19 • 1h 25m

Dance With a Serial Killer

S12 E10 • Sunday, Feb 24, 2008 • Feb 24 • 1h 25m

Series showcasing the best in international documentaries. In 1989, a woman was brutally murdered in broad daylight on a beach in Brittany. The detective assigned to the case was a young homicide cop, Jean Francois Abgrall. Abgrall was soon convinced that the murderer was a weird drifter called Francis Heaulmes who, despite an alibi, kept dropping mysterious hints. Abgrall recounts how he trailed Heaulmes through France to bring him to justice.

Tito's Ghost

S12 E11 • Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 • Feb 26 • 1h 25m

Dolce Vita Africana

S12 E12 • Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 • Mar 4 • 1h 25m

Documentary about celebrated Malian photographer Malick Sidibe, whose iconic images of his country from the late 1950s through to the 1970s captured the carefree spirit of his generation asserting their freedom after independence, up until an Islamic coup ushered in years of military dictatorship. The filmmakers travel to Malick Sidibe's studio in Bamako to witness him at work and meet many of the subjects of his earlier photographs, whose personal stories also tell the history of Mali.

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

S12 E13 • Sunday, Mar 9, 2008 • Mar 9 • 1h 25m

Documentary telling the story of the Funk Brothers, the Motown session musicians who were behind more number one hits that the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined. Drawn together from Detroit's jazz and blues scene, the film recounts their evolution of the Motown sound from its origins to its demise in LA during the 1970s, and reunites the surviving Funk Brothers for the first time in thirty years.

Somebody Has to Live: The Journey of Ariel Dorfman

S12 E14 • Tuesday, Mar 11, 2008 • Mar 11 • 1h 25m

All White in Barking

S12 E15 • Friday, Mar 14, 2008 • Mar 14 • 1h 25m

The English Surgeon

S12 E16 • Sunday, Mar 30, 2008 • Mar 30

Henry Marsh is one of Britain's leading brain surgeons. Ten years ago he befriended Igor Kurilets, a fellow neurosurgeon who works in the Ukraine, and ever since he has travelled to the Ukraine twice a year to operate on patients for free. Geoffrey Smith's moving film follows Henry as he travels to Kiev to help Igor operate on a young man called Marian, who without surgery has just months to live. When Henry arrives he faces a serious challenge - Marian must be awake when his tumour is removed, and Henry must use the most basic tools, including a Black and Decker drill.

My Secret Agent Auntie

S12 E18 • Wednesday, May 7, 2008 • May 7 • 1h 25m

The Battle for Jerusalem

S12 E19 • Wednesday, May 14, 2008 • May 14 • 1h 25m

My Israel

S12 E20 • Wednesday, May 14, 2008 • May 14 • 1h 25m

Flipping Out - Israel's Drug Generation

S12 E21 • Thursday, May 15, 2008 • May 15

As part of a season marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, Yoav Shamir's documentary looks at why so many young Israelis use their National Service discharge bonus to go backpacking in northern India and Goa, with a high proportion experimenting with drugs and consequently suffering mental breakdowns.

Bob Dylan's Indian Birthday

S12 E22 • Wednesday, May 21, 2008 • May 21 • 1h 25m

Documentary focusing on Shillong, North India, where each year the village comes together to celebrate the birthday of their musical hero - Bob Dylan. At the heart of the celebrations is Lou Majaw, a local celebrity who tours India performing Dylan's songs to rapturous crowds. This film takes a behind-the-scenes look at Majaw's life, seeing how the rock and roll lifestyle seems to be tearing him apart.

The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Enterprise

S12 E23 • Tuesday, May 27, 2008 • May 27 • 1h 25m

Death of a WAG

S12 E24 • Wednesday, May 28, 2008 • May 28 • 1h 25m

The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - A Good Match

S12 E25 • Tuesday, Jun 3, 2008 • Jun 3 • 1h 25m

The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Family Duties

S12 E26 • Tuesday, Jun 10, 2008 • Jun 10 • 1h 25m

The Father, the Son and the Housekeeper

S12 E27 • Monday, Jun 16, 2008 • Jun 16 • 1h 25m

The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Bright Future

S12 E28 • Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008 • Jun 17 • 1h 25m

The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World - Compilation

S12 E29 • Monday, Jul 7, 2008 • Jul 7 • 1h 25m

The Chuck Show

S12 E30 • Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 • Jul 23 • 1h 25m

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story

S12 E31 • Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 • Jul 27

Documentary telling the story of Stax, one of the most influential soul record labels ever. Founded in a black neighbourhood of Memphis by a white brother and sister in the 1960s as a studio with an open-door policy, the label went on to sign such iconic acts as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and their house band, Booker T and the MGs. Featuring interviews with Jesse Jackson, Elvis Costello, Chuck D, Justin Timberlake, Bono and Pete Townshend.

Kidult: My Kid Could Paint That

S12 E32 • Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008 • Jul 30

The Burning Season

S12 E33 • Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 • Aug 6 • 1h 25m

Flying - Confessions of a Free Woman - 1

S12 E34 • Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 • Aug 13 • 1h 25m

Flying - Confessions of a Free Woman - 2

S12 E35 • Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008 • Aug 20 • 1h 25m

1968

S12 E36 • Monday, Sep 22, 2008 • Sep 22 • 1h 25m

Documentary exploring what really happened throughout the world in the seminal year of 1968, a time of music and of revolution, asking why so many hopes were disappointed and what is the period's true legacy. Drawing on archive footage from the US, Vietnam, Britain, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Mexico, the film dynamically reconstructs the hopes, the fears and the ultimate sense of despair that pervaded the events of 1968.

Dirty Tricks: The Man Who Got the Bushes Elected

S12 E37 • Monday, Oct 6, 2008 • Oct 6 • 1h 25m

Roman Polanski - Wanted and Desired

S12 E38 • Monday, Oct 13, 2008 • Oct 13 • 1h 25m

Shot in Bombay

S12 E39 • Monday, Oct 20, 2008 • Oct 20 • 1h 25m

When Borat Came to Town

S12 E40 • Monday, Oct 27, 2008 • Oct 27