UK / (History Channel) 1 x 60 me 28 Dec Tues 2:00pm 1999

Profile of the life of the Dalai Lama (from being discovered at the age of 21/2 to becoming Tibets spiritual leader at 4 to his currant life in exile. The Dalai Lama meditates for five hours a day. Broadcast to tie in with the first UK TV showing of Kundon the Martin, Scorsese film about the Dalai Lama the same day 8:00pm Sky Premier.

UK / Yorkshire 1 x 60 me 1975

A study of ex miner Joe Gibson Struggling for farming survival in the Yorkshire area of Grisedale.

THE DANCER’S BODY

BBC2 / 3x50m / started 21 September 2002

Producer: Diana Hill / Series Producer: Robert Eagle

Series showing the science of a dancer’s body the stresses it goes through in order to produce the apparently effortless flexible grace of a ballet dancer. Presented by dancer Deborah Bull.

BBC2 3 x 40 me 22 Mar - 5 Apr wed 9:50pm 2000

Producer Mathew Barrett. Executive Producer. Robert Thirkell.

Problems in the world of management consultancy and so called business theory.

BBC2 (Close Up) 1 x 50 me 30 Mar Tues 9:30pm 1999

Editor Michael Poole. Director Mary Downes.

Profile of designer Daniel Libeskind who designed an extension to the Victoria and Albert Museum. 

C4 / 1x70m / 28 December 2002

Book: Randall Keynes / Dramatised, Produced and Directed by: James Runcie

Based on the book "Annie’s Box", this documentary tells the story of Charles Darwin as he is putting together his theories of evolution in part by studying the behaviour of his children, in particular Annie, his eldest. Annie’s death aged 10 shattered his Christian faith whose teachings in any event were always at odds with his scientific beliefs. Told with short dramatised pieces and with character "interviews". Narrated by Janis Robinson. With: Pip Torrens as Charles Darwin, Annabelle Apsion as Emma Darwin, Lara Rebekah Harvey as Annie Darwin

UK / ATV 1 x 60 8 Oct Tues 9:00pm 1974

Comedian Dave Allen embarks on a search for some of England's strangest people such as a bloke living in a tiny box.

UK / BBC2 3 x 40 me 31 Jan - 2 Feb Mon - Wed 11:20pm 2000

Producer / Director Ian Lilley.

Andrew Mur Looks at the state of britain at the beginning of the 21^st century. The End How Brits seem to be moving away from a national identity. In The Middle Is Britain falling too much under the influence of America. The Beginning Should the notion of Britain itself be replaced with something new.

C4 / 1 x 60 me 19 Jul Mon 8:00pm 1999

Executive Producer Richard Riesz. Director Stephen White.

A look at what he future holds for manned space exploration.

UK / BBC2 /  x 30 me 1998

Producer Sue Davidson.

Series of individual documentaries looking at defining moments in peoples lives. 

C4 / 2x60m / started 14 October 2002

Executive Producer: Stuart Carter

By breaking the lifetime of the earth down to represent 24 hours, this documentary charts what occurred during the first hour.

UK / TVS 1 x 60 me 1985

Telling the history of the Great Western Railway. Hughes of course was the 1983 Mastermind Champion.

Producers: Ian Duncan - programme 1; Jim Burge - programmes 2 & 3; David Dugan - programmes 4,5 & 6. 

A major in depth look at the Industrial Revolution. One Stephenson's Rocket and its non to amazing debut 15 Sept 8:30pm / Wheeling And Dealing First steps in mass production. / Ships Of Fortune The beginnings of the import export age. / The Medieval Machine The numerous factors including, the mechanical clock, the invention of spectacles and mass produced glass, that helped Europe take over from China as the most advanced part of the world. / War And Peace The role warfare and diet played in the dawning of the technological age. / The domestication of animals as well as the spread of disease.

UK / C4 1 x 60 me 6 nov Sat 8:00pm 1999

Producer / Director Ian MacMillan

Historian Patricia Wright with a look at the major wars of the 20^th century, tying in with the day of remembrance.

UK / Thames 1 x 60 me 1975

Producer John Robins.

The events surrounding the beginning of WWII with contributions from performers including Bing Crosby, Margaret Lockwood, Jack Warner and Tommy Trinder 

BBC1 / 1x120m / 6 June 2004

Director and Executive Producer: Richard Dale

60 years on - dramatised scenes tell the story of the lead up to D-Day and the decisions made on both sides that helped shape the battles that followed. Interspersed with eyewitness testimony.

BBC1 / 3x60m / started 20 April 2005

Series Producer: Andrew Williams

Dramatised documentaries telling the story of what happened between D-Day and the end of the war in Germany. Narrated by Sean Bean

UK / Granada 3 Jan Tues 10:30pm 1969

Producer James Butler. Director Richard Guinea

A profile of the Normandy Landings

Presented by Brian Inglis.

BBC2 (Correspondent) 1 x 45 me 10 Apr Sat 7:15pm 1999

Producer Bill Treherne- Jones. Editor Fiona Murch.

A look at the story of teenage murderer Sean Sellers who spent 13 years on death row before being executed.

Uk / ATV 1 x 30 me 10 Aug Thurs 9:15pm 1972

Camera Nick Knowland. Producer John Goldschmidt

Profile of a group of teenagers unable to get a job.

Narrated by Ashley Bruce

C4 1 x 60 me 6 Apr tues 10:00pm 1999

Producer Ahmed A Jamal. Director Suman Bhuchar.

D.C.I. Mike Lane of Hamphire C.I.D.investigate a murder over a two year period.

UK / C4 3 x 55 me 2 Oct - 16 Oct sat 7:05pm 1999

Producer / Director Mark Galloway.

Series examining the way attitudes have changed to deafness during the last hundred years. 

UK / C4 / 5x60m / started 2 July 2002 / 9:00pm

Producer: Alice Yglesias / Executive Producer: Anne Moir

Series follows the lives of terminally ill patients to explore some of the major issues surrounding death and bereavement.

UK / Granada x 60 me 1967

Writer John Chandos. Producer Mike Wooller. Director Michael Cox.

Series examining various true life disasters

Narrated by Frank Duncan

C4 1 x 30 me 3 May Mon 8:30pm 1999

Executive Producer Anne Reevell. Producer Anna Laura Malago.

A look at the dangers of avalanches faced by holiday makers in ski resorts.

ITV 2 x 60 me 1994 - 1999

Producer David Munro. Editor Morris.

2 Hard hitting documentaries focusing on Indonesian treatment of the people of East Timor after the invasion of 1975.

Presented by John Pilger

UK / Granada 1 x 30 me 12 sept Tues 8:45pm 1967

Writer / Producer Ronald Eyre. Executive producer Dennis Mitchell.

Panzer the dog takes a look at the effects humans are having on the natural world.

BBC2 (Brian Lapping) 5 x 50 me 3 Sept - 1 Oct 1995

Producer Norman Percy.

The story of how the Balkans region fell apart and the Bosnia Conflict.

UK / BBC2 1 x 60 me 30 Dec Thurs 6:00pm 1999

Producer Elaine Sheperd. Executive Producer Tim Kirby

Review of the years news in photos from the horror of the Paddington Rail Crash to the wedding of Victoria Adams & David Beckham.

C4 3 x 60 me 20 April Tues 9:00pm 1999

Producer Oliver Morse.

Series focusing on three children and their social workers.

UK / A-R 29 May Wed 9:45pm 1963

Writer Paul Johnson Producer Peter Morley

A study of the events that made Hitler lose World War Two.

Narrated by Paul Johnson.

UK/ C4 3 x 55 me 1 may - 15 May Mon 7:05 / 8:00pm 2000

Producer Simon Lloyd. Director Nic Young

An examination of the terrible destructive power of floods.

UK / LWT 1 x 40 me 13 Oct Wed 10:20pm 1999

Producer Michele Carlisle

On the job with a group of demolition experts as they knock down large buildings in Essex & Sheffield and a police station in India.

Michaela and Arman DENIS

Husband and wife wildlife team whose programmes included FILMING WILD ANIMALS (BBC 1954-55) / FILMING IN AFRICA (BBC 1955) / ON SAFARI (1957-59 and 1961-65) / MICHAELA AND ARMAND DENIS (ATV 1955-58) / SAFARI TO ASIA (BBC 1959-61) / IN AFRICA (BBC 1955-56)

UK / BBC (Close Up) / 1x50m-e / 1998

Documentary profile of TV's premier playwright Dennis Potter from his early days as a would be parliamentarian to his death from cancer in 1994.

UK / C4 4 x 60 me 18 Sept - 9Oct Mon 8:00pm 2000

Producer Vyv Simpson. Director Andy Webb.

A study of train disasters from the many crashes that happened in the early years of train travel to the sometimes terrible disasters of today.

UK / C4 3 x 5 me 6 - 8 Jun Tues - Thurs 7:55pm 2000

Producer / Director Sophie Johnston.

Three short profiles of people involved in the Epsom Derby (tying in with the 2000 race on 10 Jun.)

1. The Jockey's Valet - Dave Carrie.
2. The Bookie
3. The Horse Vet - Marcus Head.

UK / ITV 1 x 60 me 14 Nov Sun 5:00pm 1999

Executive Producer Jeremy Bennett. Director Marion Milne.

A profile of the Desert Rats , tying in with Remembrance Sunday, looking at their battles in North Africa during World War II.

Narrated by Ralph Fiennes

BBC1 1 x 50 me 7 Apr Wed 10:20pm 1999

Producer Danielle Peck. Executive Poducer Bettina Lerner.

Looking at how it may be possible to create genetically designed children in the next century.

UK / BBC2 6 x 30 me 8 May Mon 7:30pm 2000

Producer Tim Neil. Director Eleanor Yule.

Professor Janice Kirkpatrick looks at various aspects of design and the role it plays in our world.

1. The Body
2. The patent
3. The Home
4. The Wheel
5. The Word
6. The Chair

UK / C4 1 x 65 me 24 Oct Tues 9:00pm 2000

Producer Anne Laing

A look at how Richard Seymour and Dick Powell get on with their revolutionary design.

UK / BBC2 4 x 30 me 25 - 28 Apr Tues - Fri 11:20pm 2000

Director Colin Luke

Series contrasting the experiences of immigrants of various European Countries.

1. Under The Wire - Differing EU laws
2. The New European - Being able to travel throughout Europe (via the Sheigan Agreement)
3. Gambling On Europe - Illigal immigrants.
4. Wanderlust - People buying 2^nd homes in other European countries.

UK / Thames 6 x 60 me 1976

A series looking at the early days of American history and the many diverse ranges of peoples that go to make up modern day USA.

UK / C4 3 x 60 me first episode shown 12 Mar Mon 8:00pm 2001

Producer Damon Thomas. Executive producer Cathy Rogers.

This series looks at the history of Mars exploration and the preparation for the first manned mission to the planet.

ITV 1 x 60 me 4 Jun Thurs 10:40pm 1998

Executive Producer Mike Blair. Editor Kieth Woothon.

John Stelves looks at how five criminal cases were solved using the latest computer and science technology. 

BBC2 / 1x60m / 19 March 2003 (postponed from 17th)

Writer: Peter Ackroyd / Director: Tim Neil / Executive Producer: Neil McDonald

The story of William Tyndale who translated the bible into English and was branded a heretic. With Iain Glen as Tyndale, James Fox as Thomas More and Peter Hugo-Daly as John Firth in dramatised sequences. Narrated by Geraldine James.

THE DIAMOND MAKERS

UK / BBC2 (Horizon) 1 x 50 me 27 jan Thurs 9:30pm 2000

Producer Adrian Pennink. Editor Bettina Lerner.

A kiss on the hand may be quite sentimental but diamonds are a girls best friend, a look inside the world of the new technology capable of making real diamonds thanks to machines able to break down carbon atoms.

BBC1 1 x 50 me 23 Jun Wed 9:30pm 1999

Producer Christopher Sykes. Executive Producer Edward Mirzoff.

A look at the fate of the dresses that wer sold at auction by the Princess of Wales in June 1997.

UK / ITN 28 Jul Sun 9:05pm 1991

Editor Mike Sheppard

Profile of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Presented by Carol Barnes.

ITV 1 x 60 me 3 Jun Wed 9:00pm 1998

Producer Richard Belfield.

A six months investigation into the events that culminated in Princess Diana's death.

Presented by Nicholas Owen.

UK / C5 1 x 60 me 15 aug Tues 8:00pm 2000

A look at Princess Diana's last ill fated relationship with Dodi Al Fayed and rumour of her friendship with an Indian Doctor.

BBC2 3 x 40 me 27 may - 10 Jun Thurs 9:50pm 1999

Producer / Director David Henry.

The story of Britain's disabled community in the late 20^th century. Narrated by Paul Scofield. A debate show followed the final program11:15pm

UK / BBC1 1 x 55 me 3 Oct Tues 10:50pm 2000

Producer / Director Rabinder Minhas.

A look at the effects of the terrible Paddington rail crash of 5 Oct 1999 when 31 people were killed. With interviews with survivors etc, the program tying in with an inquiry into the crash. The previous evening had seen a similar documentary on C5 called Paddington Disaster.

UK / C4 (True Stories) 1 x 90 me 1998

Producer / Director Kupa Longinola & Ziba Mir Haasseini.

Amazing documentary filmed inside an Iranian divorce court in Tehran where a 16 year old girl called Ziba is trying to extricate herself from her marriage to a much older man.

UK / BBC2 (Under The Sun) 1 x 50 me 18 May Thurs 9:30pm 2000

Editor David Pearson. Director Marilyn Gaunt.

Profile of Dr Chen Kai a man who has opened a shanghai sex clinic, the first such clinic in China.

UK / C4 (True Stories) 1 x 100 me 15 May Mon 9:00pm 2000

Producers Michael Williams & Dorothy Aufiero. Director Errol Morris

Story of Fred Leuchter Jr A designer of Gas Chambers for the Us government (for capital punishment purposes) and his mad desire to prove that the holocaust of World War II never happened, including a contribution from the equally controversial David Irving a man who is obsessed with the same thing. 

C4 / 3x60m / 1-3 May 2005

Director: Martin Durkin / Producer: Steven Green

A strange mixture of musical and factual documentary about the unusual reproductive practices of some animals and insects. Dr Olivia Judson (on whose book it is based) adopts the persona of Dr Tatiana, a tongue-in-cheek sex-therapist to the animal kingdom (of which actors are dressed up in skimpily-clothed representations of such), and punctuated with musical numbers where the performers burst into song.

UK / C4 1 x 75 me 15 Oct Sun 7:55pm 2000

Putting the medical profession on trial with a prosecutor and a defence putting their cases as to the health, as it were, of the Health Service. Presented by Jon Snow

UK / BBC2 4 x 50 me 9 Dec - 3 Jan Thurs 9:30pm 1999 - 2000

Producers Robert Thirkell & Adam Wishart. Narrator Robert Lindsay.

A look at the often troubled (both politically and commercially) building of the millennium dome.

1. Our Finest Hour - Peter Mandleson begins to feel hot under the collar over the dome's early stages.
2. The Darkest Hour - Summer 1998 the outer dome construction is complete but problems are just beginning on the inside.
3. The Longest Hour - Early 1999 new man lord Falconer needs to make an early impression.
4. The Final Hour - The Final hundred days leading to the opening of the dome.

UK / C5 1 x 60 me 4 Oct wed 8:00pm 2000

Producer / Director Jess Watkins.

A light-hearted documentary looking at cultural differences between England and Germany and especially their rivalry when it comes to football.

UK / C4 (Equinox) 1 x 60 me 20 sept Mon 9:00pm 1999

Producer / Director Henry Singer.

A profile of author Judith Rich-Harris and her controversial book The Neptune Assumption which claims that children's personalities are formed by their peers rather than family.

UK / C4 1998

A magazine show exploring the world of animation from Tv (the likes of Trumpton) to foreign film shorts and big releases.

BBC2 (Inside Story) 1 x 65 me 26 Sept Wed 9:30pm 1990

Executive Producer Paul Hamann. Director Christopher Olgiath.

A profile of notorious underworld drug trafficker Howard Marks a former Oxford graduate who was finally tracked down by the US Drug Enforcement Officer Craig Lorato.

UK / ATV B&W 1964

Director Dennis Mitchell

Two kinds of disparate documentaries one about Tv producer Francis essex and the show he is working on (Six Wonderfull Girls) and film and v lecturer Roy Knight.

UK / ITV (Real Life) 1 x 60 me 4 Oct Mon 10:00pm 1999

Editor Stephen lambert. Director Pip Banyard.

Motorists who have been involved n accidents resulting in fatalities talk about their experiences.

UK / C5 3 x 30 me 11 - 25 Jan Tues 8:30pm 2000

Producer Fiona Keenaghan. Executive Producer Simon Walton.

Stories of parents coping with bringing up children with behavioral problems.

ITV 1 x 50 me 2 Mar Tues 10:40pm 1999

Producer Kevin Piper. Director Amanda Rudman.

A profile of formula one team boss (owner of Team Jordon) Eddie Jordan over the course of the 1998 season in which his driver Damon Hill scored the teams first ever victory at Spa.

ATV 30 Oct Wed 9:45pm 1963

Writer John Deane Potter. Producer Tony Firth.

An investigation into the world of drug trafficking.

Presented by Brian Abel-Smith.

UK / C4 (Dispatches) 1 x 30 me 17 Feb Thurs 9:30pm 2000

Producer Sam Bagnall. Director Norman Hull.

A look at the failings of the British Customs system which is not faring too well in the war on drugs.

UK / BBC 1 x 50 me 19 Aug Tues 9:30pm 1986

Producer Dennis Adams.

A glimpse into the world of the Prince of Wales 130,000 acre estate. With Jenni Murray.

UK / HTV 1 x 60 me 28 Dec Wed 9:00pm 1977

Producer Aled Vaughan. Camera Les Dickinson & Mike Reynolds.

A team attempt to canoe down the Dudh Kosi river one of the most dangerous rivers in the world.

UK / BBC1 4 June Sun 2000

A trio of programs commemorating the 60^th anniversary of the Dunkirk Evacuation when loads of little ships rushed to the aid of British soldiers stranded on the shore.

1. Operation Dynamo - 1 x 60 me 11:30pm Producer David Pickthall. Director Daniel Brittain Cattain. A re-enactment.
2. On The Beaches - 1 x 45 me 3:45pm Official Tribute.
3. Songs Of Praise 1 x 40 me 5:30pm A special editon from Dunkirk Harbour

UK / C4 1 x 115 me13 Sept Mon 12:00 1999

Executive Producer Kathy Eldon. Director Kyra Thompson.

The sister of photo journalist Dan Eldon travels to Somalia to examine the facts surrounding her brothers murder (he was stoned to death by a mob.

UK / ITV / RDF 3 x 60 me 12 - 25 Oct Thurs 10:00pm 2000

Director Mark Ruders. Executive producer Stephen Lambert. Music the Fratelli Brothers. Titles Skaramoosh.

Stories of some of the worlds most powerful families such as the Getty's and the Kennedy's