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BABIES OF THE MILLENIUM
BBC1 1 x 50 me 7 Apr Wed 8:00pm
1999
Producer Daniel Barry. Editor
Saul Nasse.
An offshoot of Tomorrow's World.
A program promising to be the first of an occasional series charting the
progress of children born at the turn of the century.
BABITSKY'S WAR
UK / C4 (True Stories) 1 x 70 me
4 Sept Mon 9:05pm 2000
Producer Teresa Charles /
Director Paul Yule.
Profile of Andrei Babitsky a
journolist who infuriated the Russians when he was the only journo remaining
inside Chechneya reporting on the conflict there.
THE BABY BUSINESS
BBC2 3 x 40 me 1998
Executive Producer Samir Shah
A look at what is a booming
industry - the fertility business.
BABY BUSINESS
UK ? BBC1 1 x 40 me 27 Jul Thurs
10:20pm 2000
Producer Thea Guest. Executive
Producer Clive Edwards.
A look at the big business in
America that is the private adoption business with babies changing hands for
large sums of money.
THE BABY MAKERS
C4 / 3x60 me 11 May Thurs 9:00pm
1999
Producer Eamonn Matthews.
A look at the highly
controversial history of test tube babies. Elaine Brown being the first test
tube baby, born in 1978.
BACKGROUND
USA / NBC / x 30 me B & W 16
Aug - 6 Sept Mon 8:30pm 1954
Series looking at items then in
the news.
Host Joseph C Harsch
BACK PASSAGE TO INDIA
UK / BBC1 1 x 60 me 1 May Mon
10:05pm 2000
Producer Kenton Allen
Comedians Caroline Aherne and
Craig Cash travel across India looking at different charity projects, especially
Sight Savers.
BACK TO THE FLOOR
UK / BBC2 x 30 me 1998-continuing
Editor Robert Thirkell.
Various high ranking executives
spend time back on the bottom rung of the ladder in their cmpanies, experiencing
at first hand the problems their employees face.
BACK TO THE FUTURE
UK / BBC2 (Leviathan)1 x 40 me 1
Jan Sat 4:30pm 2000
A number of scientists make
predictions about what the 21stt century has in store.
BAD BOYS
UK / C5 / HTV / United / Charm /
1 + 60 minute episode 1999 24 Oct Sun 11:35pm.
Producer / Director Kate Jones -
Davies
Life for the young offenders of
the Portland Institute, especially the ones in Rodney House. A special alcohol
and drug addictions unit.
THE BAILIFFS ARE COMING
BBC 1 / 1+55 minute episode 1999
27Jun Wed 10:15pm (Inside Story)
Producers Ian Shuttard &
Richard Taylor
Executive Producer Olivia
Lichtenstien.
A look at the work of Corinne
Landriscina and Mark Shobbings a pair of bailiffs who are also a couple.
BALD
BBC2 (Picture This) 1 x 30 me 7
Jul Wed 9:00pm 1999
Producer/Director: Katie Buchanan
Two less than hirsute up top
gents attempt to find remedies for their baldness.
BANGKOK BOUND
UK / C4 / 6 x 30 me 2 Jun Wed
11:00pm 1999
Producer Peter Wyles. Editor
Angela Smith.
Stories of Foreigners who have
settled in Thailand's capital Bangkok.
BARBARA WOODHOUSE GOES TO
BEVERLY HILLS
UK
/ ITV Network-Yorkshire / 1x60 minute episode / Broadcast Wednesday 30
December 1981 @ 9.00pm
Producer:
Nigel Turner / Executive Producers: Michael Deakin, Frank Smith /
Director: David Gerrard
Documentary. Dog training specialist Barbara Woodhouse meets the pampered
pets of the Hollywood Hoi-Polloi. There were guest appearances from
William Shatner, Britt Ekland, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Elke Sommer, Wilfred Hyde
White, Stefanie Powers and Lorne Greene.
BARBARIANS
UK / C4 / 3x60m / started 8 July
Director: Mark Elliot / Producer:
David Wason
Series reassessing the contribution that the post-Roman barbarian invaders made
to Britain.
BATTLE ACTS
UK / C4 4 x me 10 Apr Mon - Thurs
7:55pm 2000
Producer / Director Patricia
Fitzsymons
Four short profiles of people who
re-enact classic battles. A Roman enthusiast, a would be Viking and second world
war addicts.
BATTLE FOR THE DESERT
ATV / 1 x 60 me 24 Oct Tues
9:00pm 1967
Writer / Producer Peter Batty
A look at the war in the Western
Desert and specifically El Alamein tying in with its 25th aniversary.
Narrated by Bernard Archer
BATTLE GROUP
C4 / 1 + 60 minute episode 1999
26 Jun Sat 7pm
Producer Anthony Makin. Directo
Kirk Wolfinger
Behind the scenes with the United
States Battle Group - probably the strongest fighting force on the planet.
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
UK / ITV 2 x 60 me 22 Aug - 29
Aug Tues 10:00pm 2000
Editor Steven Clarke. Executive
Producer Tom Archer.
Documentary with some dramatised
segments looking at the summer of 1940 and the Battle of Britain tying in with
the 60th anniversary of this very important turning point of the
Second World War.
BATTLE OF THE SEXES
BBC2 6 x 30 me Wed 7:30pm 1999
Producer John Sparks.
A look at the sexual behavior of
all manner of animals. Narrated by Samuel West.
BATTLE OF WILLS
UK / C4 3 x 60 me 7 sept - 21
Sept Thurs 8:00pm
Producer John Ward director Anne
Symon.
Series about the often
contentious issue of last wills and testaments.
BATTLE STATIONS
UK / C4 / 10x60m / started 15
January 2002
Producer: Taylor Downing
Documentary series showing how people and machines played crucial roles during
the second world war.
BEACH PATROL
USA / Syndicated 26 x 60 me 1996
Series following the work of the
various agencies ( The Coast Guard / The FBI / The US Marshals etc) who look
after everything to do with American waterways.
BEASTLY BUSINESS: TACTICS OF
TERROR
UK / BBC2 1 x 50 me 21 Oct Sat
10:30pm 2000
Producer Louise Norman Director
Polly Williams
A look at some of the extremes
animal rights activists go to, with contributions from animal rights activist
themselves and the people who they target.
BEATLES
ON TOUR
UK
/ ITV (
Granada
) / 1x50minute episode / 1964 Tuesday 23 June -
10.07pm
. black and white
Producer: Dick Fontaine
Superb documentary
following the then rising Beatles as they performed on tour. Presented by Bill
Grundy.
BEAT THE CHEAT
Thames / x 30 me Mon 8:00pm 1991
Producer Alastair Pirrie.
A series attempting to show how
to avoid getting conned.
Presented by John Staplton and
Trish Williamson.
BEAUTY, BONNY, DAISY, VIOLET,
GRACE AND GEOFFREY MORTON
Thames / 1 + 60 minute episode /
1974 1 Oct Tue 9:10pm
Producer Frank Citanovich. Camera
Mike Fash
Yorkshire farmer Geoffrey Morton
Carries on farming with traditional farming methods, especially through his use
of shire horses ( those named in the title).
BECOMING ONE FLESH
UK / BBC2 (History Zone) 11 x 50
me 20 May Sat 8:05pm 2000
Producer Annie Paul. Editor
Laurence Rees.
A look at the changing attitudes
toward sex before marriage.
BEDROOM SECRETS
UK / ITV (Real Life) 1 x 60 me 11
Oct Mon 10:00pm 1999
Editor Stephen Lambert. Director
Mia Clough.
Four couples talk frankly about
their sex lives.
BEHIND BARS
UK / BBC2 6 x 50 me 8 May Mon
9:30pm 2000
Producr Jonathon Stamp. Executive
Producer Lawrence Rees.
Behind the scenes in some of the
worlds most notorious prisons in the world. Narrated by Bill Paterson. The
prisons included:- Supermay in Illinois. Devils Island. Holloway. Penitentiary
New Mexico. Grendon Underwood in Buckinghamshire.
BEFORE THE TITANIC
BC2 (Timewatch) 1 x 50 me 29 May
Sat 8:15pm 1999
Editor Lawrence Rees. Producers
Carol Sennet & Ben Loeterman
A look at how in 1909 two ships
from Florida (carrying Italian immigrants to New York) used new wireless
technology to save the lives of their passengers when the two ships collided.
BEHIND THE CRIME
UK / C4 4 x 60 me 11 Jan - 1 Feb
Tues 9:00pm 2000
Producer / Director Alex
Sutherland
Stories of people involved in
crime.
Thieves
Three former crooks discuss their
criminal plot.
Car Crime
A pair of car thieves talk about
the crimes they have commited.
Fakers
Varied scams ( the three were
Terry Bradkey, Benedict Marsh & trevor Taylor).
Credit Crooks
Three ex cons and their
experiences of credit card fraud.
BEING VICTORIA BECKHAM
ITV1 / 1x80m / 4 March 2002
Director: Yasmin Pasher /
Producer: Caroline Mandell / Executive Producer: Stewart Morris
An intimate insight into the life of Spice Girl Victoria Beckham.
BEST OF ENEMIES
UK / BBC2 2 x 30 me 5 Jan - 12
Jan wed 7:30pm 2000
Producer Alison Cahn. Editor Anne
Tyerman.
Kenneth Baker (the former cabinet
Minister) takes a look at how france and Germany see us, through the cartoons
that have appeared over the years about Anglo french / German relations.
THE BEST THING
BBC2 (Glory Glory Man Utd) 1 x 50
me 15 May Sat 10:00pm 1999
Director Mike Wadding.
A profile of one of Man Utd's
greatest hero's George Best, including interviews with friends,ex wives and
girlfriends as well as fellow players.
BEWARE CAR THIEVES AT WORK
UK / ITV 1 x 60 me 30 Oct Sat
9:15pm 1999
Producer Sasha Jeffrie. Executive
Producer James Allen.
Stories of car crime victims as
well as those committing the crime.
BEWARE BAD DRIVERS
ITV 6 x 30 me 1 Jul - 5 Aug Thurs
8:00pm 1999
Producer Sasha Jeffrie. Executive
Producer Will Smith.
Film footage of dangerous drivers
at work (the words barrel and scraping spring o mind for some reason).
BEWARE….. CONMEN AT WORK
ITV / LWT 1 x 60 me 24 Mar Fri
9:00pm 2000
Producer Sasha Jeffray.
How to avoid the work of con-men
by exposing some outrageous stories.
BEWARE: PICKPOCKETS AT WORK
ITV / 1 x 60 me 5 Jun Sat 9:00pm
1999
Producer Henry Hainult. Director
Mike Toppin.
A look, using closed circuit TV
and hidden camera footage. At the world of the pickpocket.
BEWARE: ROGUE TRADERS
UK / ITV 1 x 60 me 24 Aug Thurs
10:00pm 2000
Executive Producer Joe Houlihan.
Director Kirby McNiel.
Hidden camera style footage of
dodgy salesman, tradesmen and the like.
BEWARE: SHOPLIFTERS AT WORK
ITV / 1 x 60 me 9 Apr Fri 9:00pm
1999
Producer Michael Brennan.
Executive Producer Joe Houlihan.
Looking at shoplifters and the
people out to catch them in the act.
BEWARE THIEVES AT WORK
UK / 1 x 60 me7 Apr Fri 9:00pm
2000
Producer / Director Sasha
Jeffrey.
The less than straight activities
of the burglar.
BEWARE VANDALS ON THE RAMPAGE
UK / ITV 1 x 60 me 3 Oct Tues
10:00pm 2000
Executive Producer Will Smith.
Producer Spencer Kelly.
Closed circuit TV footage of
vandals at work in both the Uk and the US.
Narrated by Andrew Sachs.
BEYOND THE CLOUDS
UK / C4 6 x 60 me 1994
Director Phil Agland. Nmusic
George Fenton.
Five years in the lives of the
members of a smallish Chinese town giving a time portrait of China at the
closing of the 20th Century.
THE BIG DEAL
BBC2 / 4x30 minute episodes / 1997 (10 - 31 May / Saturdays @ 11.05am)
Documentary series profiling four men involved in business.
The four episodes were 1. In The Blood, a look at horse dealer Charlie Gordon; 2.
Dr Mobius: The 8 Million Dollar Man, a look at Mark Morbius who was an emerging markets investor; 3.
Headhunter - Jonathan Evans was a headhunter recruiting financial analysts in London; 4.
A Norman Conquest focuses on architect Norman Foster who may be planning to make a bid on the design for a new airport terminal in Madrid.
THE BIG END
BBC1 6 x 30 me Sun 11:45pm 1999
DJ Simon Mayo looks at the build
up to the new millenium.
THE BIGGEST WHEEL IN THE WORLD
UK / BBC2 1 x 50 me 18 Dec Sat
8:05pm 1999
Producer Desmond Wilcox. Director
Andy Humphrey.
The story behind the London Eye -
the 450 feet high 'Ferris Wheel' that is able to take 800 people in cable car
kind of vehicles up in the air to take in the views of London. Narrated by Neil
Pearson.
BILLION DOLLAR SECRET
C5 / 1 x 100 me 4 Jul Sun 5:50pm
1999
Producer Michael Griggby.
Executive Producer George carey.
A look at American UFO Sightings
and supposed Pentagon investigations / cover ups.
Presented by Nick Cook.
BILLY BUTLIN
C4 (Secret Lives) 1 x 60 me 1998
Producers Tony Cook & John
Goddard. Director Nick Godwin.
A re-evaluation of the life of
Britain's holiday camp king.
BILLY CONNOLLY'S WORLD TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND
BBC1 / 8x60m / started 20 November 2004
Director: Billy Sneddon / Series Producer: Steve Brown
Comedian Billy Connolly's tours New Zealand, seeing the sights, meeting locals and joining in with their customs.
BIRTH
UK / A-R / B&W 25 Jul Wed
9:45pm 1962
Camera Riley Briggs. Director
Rollo Gamble.
Looking at a fathers role in
childbirth.
BIRTH RACE 2000 - TONIGHTS THE
NIGHT
ITV / 1 x 120 me 10 Apr Sat
9:00pm 1999
A themed evening from ITV,
because April 10th is supposed to be the ideal time for couples to
conceive a baby that would be born on the first day of the new millennium.
Hosted by Davina McCall the night
consisted of.
- Tonights The Night - 9:10pm
Davina McCall meets a group of couples trying for a baby.
- On The Job With Lisa Riley -
9:10pm Sitcom clips with a lust theme.
- Tonights The Night Update -
9:40pm
- A -Z Of Conception - 9:50pm
- Tonights The Night Update -
10:25pm
- Animal Passions - 10:35pm
Clips of randy animals. Presented by John Thompson.
- Fancy An Early One - A recap
of the important facts to put prospective parents in the mood.
A BIT OF AN EXPERIENCE
UK / BBC 7 Sept Thurs 9:05pm 1967
Producers Michael Latham &
Gordon Thomas.
Profile of cancer sufferer
Heather Kent.
BITTER INHERITANCE
UK / BBC2 / 5x40m-e / started 10
January 2002
Producer: Steve Greenwood /
Executive Producer: Tessa Finch
Series following the lives of families with genetic diseases as they decide
whether to undergo tests and try revolutionary new medical treatments
A BITTER PILL
UK / BBC1 1 x 30 me 13 Sept Mon
7.30pm 1999
Executive Producer Susan O'Keefe.
Producer Sharon Keatley.
A look at the practice of giving
children in hospital drugs that have not been specifically tested for them.
With Shelley Jofre and Steve Le
Feure.
BLACK AND WHITE
BBC 1989 / 99
Producer David Henshaw.
Two undercover reporters, one
black one white use hidden cameras to find evidence of racial discrimination.
And ten years later to see weather times have changed.
BLACK, BENT AND BEAUTIFUL
UK / C5 1 x 60 me 15 Feb Tues
11:20pm 2000
Producer / Director Naomi Sesay.
The problems faced by four black
homosexual men.
BLACK HISTORY
UK / C4 1999
A series of programs looking at
black history and culture.
- Untold Britain's Slave Trade
- A Blaggers Guide To Black
History
- Riot
- Brixton's Holy War.
BLACK MARRIES WHITE
UK / A-R B&W 29 Apr Wed
9:40pm 1964
Director Peter Morley.
Study of a number of mixed
marriages.
A BLAGGERS GUIDE TO BLACK
HISTORY
UK / C4 10 x 5 me 4 Oct 1999
Only semi serious shorts on black
culture and history.
BLAIR'S THOUSAND DAYS
UK / BBC2 2 x 50 me 30 Jan - 6
Feb Sun 8:00pm 2000
Producers Dollan Cannell &
Manishe Vadhic
A look at how Tony Blair has
managed since becoming Prime Minister in May 97.
- What Makes Tony Tick - Inside
the mind of the PM, with behind the scenes stuff and another interview with
the PM.
- The Lady And The Lords - The
story of Lady Jay (the first female labour leader of the lords) and her
attempts to pass a bill through parliament abolishing the right of
hereditary peers to sit and vote in the house of lords. (This was one of
labours key manifesto pledges).
BLAIR'S WAY
C4 1 x 60 me 2 May Sun 8:00pm
1999
Producer Jane Bonham-Carter.
Director Steve Connolly.
Political commentator Steve
Richards takes a look at how the Prime Minister leads his cabinet.
BLAKE NIGHT
UK / BBC Knowledge 10 Nov Fri
from 8:00pm 2000
An evening of programs dedicated
to William Blake
BLAZE
C4 1 Jun Tues 9:00pm 1999
Producer / Director Vyr Simpson.
A look at four major fire
disasters in Britain, Ireland, America and Hong Kong.
BLOKES
UK / BBC2 (Under The Sun) 1 x 50
me 6 Aug Sun 11:40pm 2000
Executive Producer David Pearson.
Director Cassie Allward.
Program about the relationship
between two close male friends Chris and Jack. Film maker Cassie Allward took
the unusual step of falling for one of the men (Chris) and sleeping with him.
BLOOD AND FLOWERS: IN SEARCH
OF THE AZTECS
UK / BBC2 / the Learning Channel
/ time Life 1 x 50 me 6 Jan Thurs 9:30pm 2000
Producer Liz Gray. Executive
Producer Richard Denton.
A delve into the world of the
bloodthirsty central American ancient race The Aztecs.
Presented by historian Tony
Spawforth.
BLOOD ON THE CARPET
UK / BBC2 x40 me
1999-continuing
Producer Nick Mirsay
Series about famous boardroom
battles.
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