UK / ITV 1 X 65 ME 20 Sept Mon 11:30pm 1999

Producer Shaun Gilmartin

A British catamaran team compete in a long haul freshwater sailing marathon on lake Malawi.

UK / C4 1 x 60 me 1999

Producer / Director Steve Humphries. Music Nigel Beahan-Powell & Bella Russell.

The story of the role played by thousands of women during World War II in the Land Army, working on farms after the men went to fight.

Narrated by Susanne Bertish.

UK / C5 1 x 60 me 22 Aug 8:00pm 2000

Stories of Spitfire pilots who took part in the battle of Britain during World War II

BBC2 (Under the Sun) 21 Jul Wed 9:30pm 1999

Editor David Pearson. Director John Paul Davidson.

Profile of Venetian gondolier Armando Nardin.

C4 3 x 50 me 1999

Producer Adrian Cowell. Executive Producer Roger James.

The fight for survival of an ancient tribe against the relentless advance of modern man.

UK / BBC2 8 x 30 me 28 Sept - 6 Nov Thurs 8:00pm 2000

Producer Salim Salam. Executive Producer Bob Long.

Explorer and adventurer Benedict Allen travels all over the world looking into the stranger aspects of medicine (I witch doctors, shamen, medicine men etc).

UK / C4 (Secret History) 1 x 60 me 1998

Producer Les Singer.

Director Russel England.

In March 1944 medium Helen Duncan was charged with witchcraft accused of revealing vital military secrets.

UK / BBC2 / LION / ARE (Timewatch) 1 x 55 me 27 Nov sat 8:05pm 1999

Editor Lawrence Rees. Producer Richard Bradley.

How it was really the Mormons (and not the Mafia) who were responsible for the founding of Las Vegas.

Narrated by Nicky Henson.

BBC1 / 1 x 55 me 23 Jun Wed 10:50pm 1999

Producer / Director Bruce Batten.

Recently disclosed files shed light on the 1952 murder case in which 19 year old Patricia Curran died, this program presented by Dennis Tuohy re-examines the evidence. 

BBC1 / 3x60m / started 20 April 2003

Writer/Presenter: Alan Yentob / Producers: Sarah Aspinall, Tim Dunn / Executive Producer: Michael Mosley

A biography of the famous Italian painter and thinker Leonardo Da Vinci. The first two parts dealt with his famous commissions and engineering accomplishments and looked at some of his designs for futuristic equipment and built and tested them to see if they would have worked. The final episode concentrated on the story of his most famous work, the Mona Lisa. With: Mark Rylance as Leonardo.

C4 / 2x60m / started 3 February 2003

Director: Paul Sapin / Executive Producer: Julian Ware

Experts attempt to turn some of the inventive mechanical designs of Leonardo Di Vinci into reality to see if they would have really worked.

UK / BBC2 ( Correspondent) 1 x 45 me 7 Oct Sat 6:50pm 2000

Producer Farah Durrani. Editor Fiona Murch.

A look at how Dame rebecca West's book on the Balkans written some 60 years before was being used by Correspondents during the Balkans many recent crisis's as a major guide to the background of the conflict.

C4 (Secret Lives) 1 x 60 me 1998

Producer Dominic Prince. Director Patricia Forbes.

A re-evaluation of the life of the all time great jockey. Piggott's downfall came when he was sent to prison for evading the tax man (although he returned briefly to racing following his release.

BBC2 (Timewatch) 1 x 50 me 26 Jun say 9:40pm 1999

In 1969 Denmark legalised all forms of pornography - this program looked at the rise of world porn since that time.

BBC2 4 x 30 me 14 Apr wed 7:30pm 1999

Editor Archie Baron.

Historical based series with various desperate people including boxer Chris Eubank and geneticist Steve Jones investigate historical Stories. 

UK / BBC2 / 1x50 minute episode / Tuesday 23 May 2000 @ 9.00pm

Producer: Hamish Mykura / Editor: Jenny Abbott / Narrator: Denis Lawson

Part of the Reputations strand this documentary was a profile of the ultra flamboyant and outrageous pianist Liberace who died from an Aids related illness in 1987.

UK / Channel 5 / 5x5 minute episodes / 1999 (15-19 November / Monday - Friday @ 7.55pm)

A documentary series of short programmes looking at how great libraries are and the multitudinous variety of resources on offer at them from the books themselves to the internet and beyond.

UK / C4 (Dispatches) 1 x 30 me 9 Dec Thurs 9:30pm 1999

An undercover investigation into the murky world of international arms dealing.

UK / BBC2 (Correspondent) 1 x 45 me 25 Mar Sat 6:50pm 2000

Producer Fiona Lloyd-Davies. Series Producer Farah Durrani.

A look at the law in Pakistan which allows the heir of any murder victim to forgive the killer (meaning of course, the chance for family members to collude over killings).

Presented by Olenka Frenkiel.

This was a follow up to Murder in Purdah.

UK / BBC1 (Everyman) 1 x 50 me 31 Oct Tues 10:35pm 2000

Producer Fionna Montagu. Director Petra Graf.

Grace comes out of prison after serving 18 years for murder and tries to start a new life for herself after having found god.

UK / BBC2 (Horizon) 3 x 50 me 4 - 6 Jan Tues - Thurs 8:00pm 2000

Editor Bettina Lerner.

A look at the way medical technology may change in the future.

1. Living Forever

   The quest for eternal youth. Producers Lara hanney & Charle Smith.

2. Future Plagues

   Will the human race be wiped out by unknown infectious diseases. Producer Becky Jones.

3. Designer Babies

Will the abilities to alter embryos get out of hand. Producer Danielle Peck

BBC / 1x60 minute episode / 1977

Writer/Producer: John Ormond

Documentary. The story of the famous magazine of the 1930's and 40's. Narrated by Rene Cutforth with contributions from some of the people involved including Fyfe Robertson, James Cameron and Tom Hopkinson.

Redifussion / Thames 12 x 60 me 1 Jan 19 Mar 1965.

Writer John Teraine. Producer / Director Peter Morley.

Mammoth sries detailing the life of the great grandson of Queen Victoria.

Narrated by Alec Mangu.

UK / BBC 8 x 50 me 1978

Producer Frank Cox.

A series attempting to reconstruct (in drama documentary form) various terrorist activity and kidnapping etc. 

UK / BBC1 / 2x60m / started 16 January 2002

Producer: John Hayes Fisher / Executive Producer: Michael Mosley

Documentary following Professor Kypros Nicolaides at the Harris Birthright research Centre for Foetal Medicine in London’s Kings College Hospital as he advises people on the health of their unborn babies. 

BBC1 / 6x60m / started 23 November 2005

Producer: Peter Bassett

David Attenborough turns his attention to the small creatures in the natural world - insects and spiders. Using cutting-edge camera techniques to show the invertebrates in their natural habitats.

BBC1 / x30m / 2002-2002

Directors: Mandi Startup, Jonny Young

Series following environmental health officers. Narrated by John Peel. 

BBC1 / 10x60m / started 20 November 2002 / 9:00pm

Producer: Mike Salisbury

David Attenborough journeys round the globe discovering why mammals are the most successful and diverse animals on the planet. 

BBC1 / 1x60m / 5 December 2002

Producer: Brian Leith

Celebrating the television career of Natural History programme maker David Attenborough who joined the BBC in 1952. Presented by Michael Palin.

UK /C4 5 x 5 me 1 - 5 Nov Mon - Fri 7:55pm 1999

Producer / Director Lisa Fairbank.

A series looking at life in Germany after the fall of the wall. 

BBC2 / 4x60m / started 16 August 2005

Director: Jeremy Turner / Executive Producer: Anne Laking

Professor Simon Scaffer describes the history of man's fascination with light. From it's early religious connotations, to the discovery of lenses and the advent of modern optical technology.

UK / C5 (Survivor) 1 x 60 me 14 Sept tues 8:00pm 1999

Director Duncan Hampshire.

Survivors tell of their amazing escapes from a lightning storm.

UK / C5 / Sunset & Vine 2 x 60 me 4 - 11 Nov Turs 9:00pm 1999

Producer Nick Lord. Director Sophie Paul. Music David Mcewan.

An in-depth look at the world of lingerie. From Channel Five - the home of the sex fuelled documentary.

Narrated by Janet Ellis.

BBC2 1 x 60 me 4 Apr Sun 8:00pm 1999

Director Stephen Ives.

Profile of the aviator. In 1927 Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic in a record breaking flight. Whose son was later tragically kidnapped.

UK / BBC1 (Scotland) 1 x 55 me 10 Oct Tues 10:50pm 2000

Producer / Director Steven Candie.

The history of the Scottish Football Team with contributions from actor Robert Durrell ( a big fan apparently) Graeme Souness, Ally McCoist, Garry McAlister and Colin Hendry.among many others.

UK / BBC2 6 x 30 me 19 Jul wed 9:00pm 2000

Producer Nadia Hagger. Director Sarah Wasson.

The changing role of women in society, looking at different jobs.

1. Fly Me (Air hostesses)
2. Give Us A Twirl (Women on TV)
3. Beauty Queens
4. Married To The Job (Wives of career men)
5. Sec's appeal (secretary's)
6. Domestic Goddess (The housewife)

UK / BBC1 2 x 40 me 19 - 26 Jul Wed 9:30pm 2000

Producer Steve Greenwood. Executive Producer Tessa Finch.

A look at the bad behaviour of young children making much use of hidden cameras and how behavioural techniques can help.

Narrator Sue Johnston.

UK / BBC2 1 x 50 me 29 Mar Thurs 9:00pm 2001

Director / Producer Kate Townsend.

A marketing industry term tweenager describes pre teen girls between 7 and 11 years old. This program follows three such groups. 

BBC1 / 6x35m / started 19 February

Series Producer: Charles Bunce

Actor Martin Kemp meets people who do dangerous jobs.

C4 4 x 5 me 20 - 23 Mar Mon - thurs 7:55pm 2000

Producer Roger Troup.

A look into the lives of four people whose life have been changed by the internet.

BBC2 3 x 40 me 3 - 17 Mar Wed 11:15pm 1999

Producer Dai Richards. Executive Producer Alan Bookbinder.

An in-depth look at clinical depression and its causes.

Presented by Professor Louis Wolpert.

UK / C4 (On The Line) 1 x 90 me 30 Dec 7:00pm 1999

Producer John Bridcut. Executive Producer Jackie Hughes.

A look at the lives of people around the world living on the Greenwich Meridian Line, with Jon Snow travelling north from the coast of Ghana and Ekou Eshun travels south from Holderness in North Yorkshire with the two meeting up in Timbuctoo. 

ITV1 / 1x100m / 3 February 2003 / 9:00pm

Producer/Director: Julie Shaw

Martin Bashir's revealing behind-the-scenes documentary of singing superstar Michael Jackson filmed over a period of eight months.

BBC2 / 3x50m / started 7 May 2004

Writers: Peter Ackroyd, Chris Granlund / Producer/Director: Chris Granlund

Peter Ackroyd tells the history and evolution of London from its early Roman origins through to the fire of London and the blitz of the Second World War.

BBC2 / 2x50m / 24-25 February 2003

Writer/Producer: Cassian Harrison

Story of the sixteenth-century German monk who took on the most powerful institution of the day, the catholic church. With Timothy West as Luthor in short dramatised sequences. Narrated by Liam Neeson.