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GALE
IS DEAD
UK / BBC 1 X 50 me (Man Alive)
1969
A young female drug addict dies
of her addiction. This was a pioneering documentary for it's time from Desmond
Wilcox's Man Alive team.
GALILEO'S DAUGHTER
C4 / 1x90m / 22 December 2003
Writer: Dava Sobel / Director: Peter Jones / Producer: David Axelrod
A look at the life of the 16th century scientist through his correspondence with his daughter Maria. With Simon Callow as Galileo
GAYHURST
CRESCENT GOES SURFING
UK / C4 1 X 30 ME (Dispatches) 2
Mar Thurs 9:30pm 2000
Producer Dominic
Yactman.
Producer Don Cutts.
The residents of Gayhurst
Crescent in Sunderland are given computers and internet access to see what
impact the world wide web has on their lives.
GAZZA'S
COMING HOME
C4 1 x 65 me 1996
Producer Neil
Duncanson. Director
Ken McGill.
A profile of soccer player Paul
Gascoigne and his return to Britain in 1995 and he began playing for Glasgow
Rangers.
GAZZA
V GADDAFI
UK / C5 1 x 60 me 8 Jun Thurs
8:00pm 2000
Profile of Middlesborough FC who
in May 2000 were invited to Libya to play a match against Tripoli (one of whose
main players is the son of Colonel Gaddafi (Al Saadi)
THE
GENERAL AND THE BOXER
UK BBC2 1 x 45 me (Correspondent)
27 Nov sat 6:50pm 1999
Producer Eva Ewart. Editor Fiona
Murch.
In Siberia , General Alexander
Lebed the governer of Krasnoyevsk is locked in battle with boxer turned tycoon
Anatoli Bykov for control of a huge area of mineral rich land.
GENERATIONS
BBC2 4 x 40 me 22 Jul - 12 Aug
Thurs 9:50pm 1999
Executive Producers Belinda Allen
& Pat Holland. Director Susanne White.
A look at three female generation
of various families.
GENERATION
SEX
UK / C4 2000
A season of programmes about
young peoples attitude toward sex.
- Up To You Boys x 5 me 7:55pm
Youngsters talk about the use
of condoms
- Sex From 8 To 18 3 x 60 me 27
Jun 5 Jul Tues 9:00pm
How youngsters appear to be
reaching physical maturity at an earlier age than ever before.
Producer Clare Richards
- Borrow A Baby 1 x 60 me Wed 28
Jun 9:00pm.
Three teens (one a boy) learn
the realities of parenthood by looking after a baby for a weekend.
Producer Anne Hall
- Teenage Sex Lives 5 x 60 me 29
Jun Thurs 9::00pm
The problems faced by young
teens visiting sexual advice centres.
Director Kirk Philips.
- Hollyoaks Access All Areas 1 x
35 me 5 Jul Wed 10:55pm
A look at some of the
difficult subjects tackled by teen soap Hollyoaks.
Producer Roger Turner.
- The Facts Of Life 1 x 60 me
Sun 9:00pm
A history of sex education in
Britain from the 1920's onward.
Producer Jenny De yohng
- Boys 20 Jul Thurs 9:30pm
The sex lives of a group of
teenage boys
Producer Mandy Chang.
GENGHIS KHAN
BBC1 / 1x60m / 25 April 2005
Writer: Isabelle Grey / Producer & Director: Edward Bazalgette
Drama-documentary on the life of Genhis Khan who came to rule a vast empire in Asia in the 13th century. With Orgil Makhaan as Khan / Kenneth Cranham as Khan's narration voice
GENOCIDE,
THE JUDGEMENT
UK / BBC2
(Storyville) 1 x 50 me
1 Jul Sat 1:25am 2000
Editor Nick Fraser . Director
Michael Christofferson.
The story of the trial at UN
International Criminal Tribunal of Rwandan Mayor Jean Paul Anayescu on a charge
of genocide.
GEORGE ELIOT: A SCANDALOUS LIFE
BBC1 / 1x60m / 24 November 2002
Writer: Steve Attridge / Producer: Mary Downes / Executive Producer: Kim Thomas
Documentary with dramatised sequences exploring the life of Mary Anne Evans - a very plain but intellectual woman who frequently shocked Victorian society with her free thinking views and her scandalous relationship with a married man. When she began to write novels she hid behind the pseudonym of "George Eliot" in case her bad reputation ruined the novels chances. Her novels were a great success and once her identity became publicly known she became a celebrated figure.
With:- HARRIET WALTER as George Eliot
GEORGIAN UNDERWORLD
C4 / 5x60m / started 17 April 2003
Producer: Liz Hartford
Exploring different facets of life in early 18th Century London.
THE
GERMANS WE KEPT
UK / BBC2
(Timewatch) 1 x 50 me 8
Jan Sat 8:05pm 2000
Producer Catrina Clay. Editor
Lawrence Rees.
A look at the life of German
P.O.W.'s who, half a million of them anyway. In 1946 were still being held in
captivity. The programme focused on the experiences of the residents of
Lancashire town Oswaldtwistle.
GEORGE
HARRISON: All Things Must Pass
UK / BBC1 / 1x50m-e / 2001
Producer: Des Burkinshaw
Documentary profile of the
Beatle who died in November 2001 after a long battle with cancer, with
contributions from friends, family and fellow musicians. Scheduled for Thursday
27 December 2001 at 10.35pm, this wasn't actually shown. It was withdrawn after the family objected that not enough time had passed since his death.
GEORGE'S
JOURNEY
UK / C4 1 x 60 me 21 Oct Sat
8:05pm 2000
Producer / Director Malcolm
Brinkworth
After being separated as a child
from his mother in Shanghai and then raised in England, 61 year old George Perry
sets out on a journey to trace his real family.
GEORGE
VI - THE RELUCTANT KING
BBC2 (Reputations) 1 x 60 me May
10 Mon 9:30pm 1999
Producer Denys Blakeley
A re-evaluation of the life of
Albert Frederick Arthur George ( or Bertie to his family and friends) who was
forced on to the throne following the abdication of Edward the VIII.
GETTING
OLDER YOUNGER
UK / BBC2 1 x 40 me 3 Nov Wed
9:05pm 1999
Producer / Director Ed
Hariman.
A look at how advertisers are
targeting the classroom.
THE
GHANA GENERATION
UK / C4 1 x 60 me 22 jan sat
8:00pm 2000
Producer Samir Shah. Director
Charlotte Metcalf.
A look at the lives of six people
living in Ghana, one of the worlds poorest countries but also one of the fastest
growing economies in Africa.
GHOSTS
CAUGHT ON TAPE
UK / C5 1 x 55 me 28 Oct sat
8:05pm 2000
Examining the footage of what
purports to be ghosts.
GINOLA:
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
UK / C5 1 x 60 me 6 Sept Mon
8:00pm 1999
Producer Roy Wheeler. Director
Amanda Rudman.
Profile of French footballer
David "I'm a footballer not a movie star" Ginola.
GIRLFRIENDS
FROM PRISTINA
UK / C4 1 x 60 me 6 Feb Sun
11:55pm 2000
Producer / Director Kirc Philips.
Profile of two 21 year olds from
Kosovo's Pristina, both fled during the 1999 war, one now living in Glasgow the
other returning home.
GLADIATORS:
THE BRUTAL TRUTH
UK / BBC2 (The Romans) 1 x 50 me
28 Aug Mon 9:00pm 2000
Executive Producer Richard
Denton. Producer / Director Alan Erieva.
Python Terry Jones examines the
role of the Gladiators in Roman times and the importance of the Games.
GLOBAL
PROTEST
UK / BBC2 1 x 40 me 5 Oct Thurs
9:50pm 2000
Producer Janice Finch. Directors
Mark Shaw & Nick Hiller.
Focusing on the growing
anti-capitalist movement make regular attacks against those in power (especially
banks and politicians).
GLOBAL
VILLAGE
UK / BBC1 (Horizon) 1 x 50 me 26
Nov Mon 9:00pm 1984
Writer / Producer Richard Keefe.
Editor Graham Massey.
A look at the way satellite
communications are transforming the world. Focusing especially on the small
Indian village of Manikack, where satellite TV has recently arrived with the
villagers getting together en masse to watch Bollywood movies and re-runs of To
The Manor Born.
GODS
ARMY
C4 5 X 30 ME 13 Jun - 25 Jul Sun
7:30pm 1999
Executive Producers Andrew
Bethall & David Wickham
A look at the history of the
Salvation Army as well as looking at its role in today's society.
GOING
STRAIGHT
UK / C4 (Witness) 1 x 60 me 25
Jun Sun 9:00pm 2000
Producer / Director Witold
Strecki.
A look at the church in
Witchita,
Kansas called freedom at last which is part of a bigger organisation called
Exodus International which has dedicated itself to getting homosexuals to 'mend'
their ways.
GOODBYE
TO THE NINETIES
UK / BBC2 1 X 90 me 31 Dec Fri
10:20pm 1999
Producer Renee Knight. Executive
Producer Caroline wright.
A rock and roll years style romp
through the 1990's taking in the news and music.
GOOD
MORNING ALBANIA
BBC2 4 X 10 me 19 - 22 Jul Mon -
Thurs 11:15pm 1999
Producer Mandy Rose
Series spending time at the New ?
in Tirana Albania.
THE
GOOD THE BAD AND THE INDIFFERENT
UK / Yorkshire ? x 30 me 1976 -
77
Series of programmes examining
the different faces of the Church of England from a prison chaplain to a fox
hunting vicar.
GOSLING'S
TRAVELS
UK / Granada x 30 me 1975 - 75
Producer Mike Scott
Reporter Ray Gosling travels the
north in search of interesting people and places.
GRACIE
UK
/ BBC / 1x50 minute episode / 1970
Producer and narrated by Denis Pitts.
BBC cameras went to the Isle of Capri where a kind
white-haired 72 year old named Gracie Fields is one of the island’s main
tourist attractions. She still makes concert appearances in
England
and will preform for the tourist who treat her villa as a mecca. Gracie Fields
is seen rehearsing a song program with her accompanist, and she talks of her
approach to her material at this late stage in her career
THE
GRAFTERS
UK / A - R 18 Nov Wed 9:35pm 1964
Director Charles Squire.
Looking at street markets.
GRAHAM
UK / ATV 1 x 60 me 12 Feb Tues
9:00pm 1974
Writer / Producer Tony
Maylam.
Profile of twice world champion
Formula One racing driver Graham Hill. Graham's son Damon also went onto become
World Formula One Champion. Narrated by Paul Newman
GRAND
DESIGNS
C4 29 Apr - 24 Jun Thurs 8:00pm
1999
Producer John Silver. Executive
Producer Peter Fincham. Editor Daisy Goodwin.
Series following a group of
people who design and build their own houses.
Presented by Kevin McCloud
GREAT
BANK ROBBERIES
UK / ITV 1 X 60 me 7 Feb Mon
10:00pm 2000
Producer Jonah Weston. Director
Gary Johnston.
Profile of three robberies of
recent times, using reconstructions archive material and interviews, the three
robberies were the 1972 Laguna Miguel robbery when thieves managed to get away
with a fortune in cash. The 1987 Knightsbridge Safety Deposit Centre and a 1995
Berlin bank job.
GREAT BRITONS
BBC2 / ongoing strand 20 October - 24 November 2002
Great Britons was the overall title for a series profiling ten of the greatest Britons as voted for by the public. Made up of the following programmes:-
GREAT BRITONS - THE TOP 100
Presented by Anne Robinson this opening 3 hour show ran down the top 100 on the list. The top 10 names were revealed but not placed in a final order.
GREAT BRITONS (documentaries)
There followed over the next five weeks a series of hour long documentaries (2 per week) presented by supporters of each subject as follows:-
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (Advocate:- Jeremy Clarkson)
Charles Darwin (Andrew Marr)
Diana Princess of Wales (Rosie Boycott)
Oliver Cromwell (Richard Holmes)
Horatio Nelson (Lucy Moore)
William Shakespeare (Fiona Shaw)
Elizabeth I (Michael Portillo)
Isaac Newton (Tristram Hunt)
John Lennon (Alan Davies)
Winston Churchill (Mo Mowlan)
Each show was top and tailed by a live segment with Peter Snow showing a leaderboard of the current order of the top 10. Each documentary was complimented by a programme from the BBC archives about the subject.
GREAT BRITONS - THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL
In this final 2 hour show the 10 advocates came together for a live studio debate being questioned by Anne Robinson, with Peter Snow showing how the voting was going using General Election style Computer Graphics.
The top 3 were announced as:- 1st) Churchill; 2nd) Brunel; 3rd) Diana;
THE GREAT WAR
BBC2 / 26x40m / 1964 / black and white
Producers: Tony Essex, Gordon Watkins / Executive Producer: Alasdair Milne
Mammoth landmark documentary series from the newly-launched BBC2 telling the story of the 1914-1918 war using eyewitness accounts and archive film. At the time this was the biggest project the BBC had ever undertaken. Narrated by Sir Michael
Redgrave.
THE GUNPOWDER PLOT: EXPLODING THE LEGEND
ITV1 / 1x100m / 1 November 2005
Director/Producer: Mike Slee
Using computer graphics experts decide if the gunpowder plot to destroy the houses of parliament would have succeeded if the powder had been exploded. And what the consequences would have been afterwards. Richard Hammond investigates.
With:- HARRY DOUTHWAITE as Guy Fawkes / STUART LIDDLE as King James I / MATT ROZIER as Robert Catesby
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