UK / BBC2 (Correspondent) 1 x 45 me 26 Feb Sat 6:50pm 2000

Editor Fiona Murch. Producer Farah Durrani.

A look at the lives of three young journalists working for the communists party owned newspaper The Beijing Youth Daily.

Presented by Julian O'Halleran

WALKING WITH BEASTS

BBC1 / x30 / 2001

A follow-up documentary series to Walking With Dinosaurs which uses computer animation to recreate the lives of some now extinct animals.  For instance the mammoth and the saber-tooth cat.

BBC1 / 4x30m / started 27 March 2003

Director: Richard Dale / Series Producer: Peter Georgi

Documentary series portraying various stages of development of primitive man. Presented by Professor Robert Winston. 

BBC1 / 1x30m / 30 December 2002

BBC1 / 1x30m / 1 January 2003

Producer: Jasper Jones / Executive Producer: Tim Haines

A special edition in which Zoologist Nigel Marvin travels back one million years to South America which was home of the gigantic Argentinosuarus, the biggest dinosaur that ever lived and it’s fearsome predator, the Giganotosaurus.

WALK ON BY: the Story of the Popular Song

UK / BBC2 / 8x50m-e / 2001 First Episode: Saturday 17 March / 8.15pm

Mammoth documentary series looking at the history of popular music starting with Tin Pan Alley and Gershwin and Irving Berlin, moving through the Rock N' Roll era, the Beatles, Psychedelia and upto to days current pop acts. 

UK / ITV1 / 1x60m / 21 July 2002 / 8:00pm

Director: Mark Murray / Executive Producer: Judith Holder

A documentary reuniting the seven original children in the long-running American series, THE WALTONS, as they reminisce about their time on the show and we discover what they have been up to since the show ended.

UK / BBC2 2 x 60 me 10 - 17 Nov Fri 9:00pm 2000

Director Michael Daviies. Producer Beryl Vertue.

Allied air crews shot down in WWII and their attempts to escape from the notorious Stalag Luft III. Including personal accounts of the 'Great Escape' where 200 men planned to break out using three tunnels.

Part 2 saw 7 former captives talk about their time on the run.

UK / C4 3 x 60 me 30 Jan - 13 Feb Sun 8:00pm

Executive Producer George Carey. Producer Eamonn Mathews.

A trilogy looking at the war in Kosovo. Presented by Michael Elliot.

1. The Road To War

   How, after numerous 'final warnings', and the abortive talks, NATO began their aerial bombardment of Kosovo and Serbia.

2. How throughout the air strikes Serbia continued and indeed stepped up its campaign of ethnic cleansing.
3. The end of the conflict with Serbian leader Milosovic finally giving in under the constant pressure of the NATO bombardment, but the cost to the Kosovo Albanians meant that there were over a million people put out of their homes.

C4 x 60 me Mon 9:00pm 1998

Producer David Mcleod. Series Producer Kevin Hull.

Behind the scenes at Britain's Defence Evealuation and Research Agency where the UK's weaponry is developed.

UK / BBC2 (Nature Special) 1 x 50 me 10 May Wed 9:30pm 2000

Producer Jeremy Bristow. Executive Producer Mike Gunton.

Julian Pettifer takes a look at the growing evidence of climate change and what the future possibly holds.

UK / BBC2 4 x 50 me 5 - 26 Oct Tues 9:00pm 1999

Producer Lawrence Rees

Hitler's eventually fruitless attempt to capture the Soviet Union.

1. High Hopes ( The early days of the war of annihilation.
2. Spiral Of Terror ( The mass blood letting over the battle for Moscow.
3. Learning To Win ( The battle of Stalin grad and how the Desperate Soviet Army managed to stop Hitler's Soldiers.
4. Vengeance 9 How the Russians managed to defeat the Germans and in April 1945 extract their own grim retaliation.

UK / BBC1 / 1x30 minutes / Thursday 4 May 2000 @ 11.30pm

Producer: Janice Thomas / Director: Angela O'Leary

Documentary offering an overview of the life and career of Alf Garnett himself - Warren Mitchell, hence the punning title.

BBC2 (Modern Times) 1 x 50 me 17 Feb Wed 9:00pm 1999

Producer Cathy Rogers. Editor Alex Holmes.

Behind the scenes at Madame Tussauds in London.

UK / Sky One x 60 me 2000

Gruesome stories of plastic surgeons performing operations using the latest techniques to perform their ops.

LWT 1 x 120 me 30 Dec Sun 10:00pm 1984

Director Stephen Pile.

A profile of a weekend in the village of Nether Wallop celebrating arts, poetry, music, writers, comedy etc. Many famous names appeared including Peter Cook, Ned Sherin, Billy Connelly. 

BBC2 / 1x50 minute episode / 1999 31 December @ 12.05am

Producer: Patrick Tichy / Director: Tim Daly
Documentary. A year in the life of DJ superstar Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook, taking in his massive hits (Praise You etc), his festival performances and his marriage to TV presenter Zoe Ball.

BBC1 / 6x30m / started 21 March 2002

Director/Series Producer: John Downer

Series looking at some of the strangest creatures in the natural world.

C4 (Nostradamus Night)1 x 65 me 3 Jul sat 10:30pm 1999

Producer Paul Yale. Executive Producer Roy Ackerman.

A look at some of the religious cults who believe the world is coming to an end. During the latter days of the last millennium there were hundreds of similar groups all saying the same thing.

UK / ITV 1 x 60 me 31 Aug Tues 10:00pm 1999

Producers John Pilger & Alan Lowery. Director Alan Lowery.

John Pilger examines the plight of the aboriginals as Australia gears up for the year 2000 Olympics.

BBC2 / 2x50m / started 31 may 2002

Producer: Rachel Bell / Executive Producer: Mark Fiedler

Historian Richard Holmes looks at the life of the military hero.

BBC2 (Reputations) 1 x 60 me 17 Jul Sat 9:00pm 1999

Producer Janice Hadlow. Producer Andrew Williams.

Profile of the German rocket scientist, creater of the V2 rocket of WWII NASA used the technology of the V2 to develop their Apollo space craft.

BBC2 1 x 45 me 27 Mar Sat 7:30pm 1999

Producer Michael Appleton. Director Hugh Farley.

A look at the Londonderry March of 5^th March 1968 that may have been the spark that ignited the troubles. Presented by Nick Ross. The above dates refer to showing on terrestrial TV, previously broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland.

UK BBC2 (Correspondent) 1 x 50 me 2 Oct Sat 6:45pm 1999

Editor Fiona Murch. Director Christopher Mitchel.

The story of the long conflict between the guerrillas of Polisario and Moroccan Soldiers over the Western Sahara.

UK / BBC2 3 x 10 me 19 Sept - 2 Oct Sun 7:25am 1999

A look at some of the energy breakthroughs in the 1970's.

UK / C4 1 x 60 me 23 Dec Thurs 8:00pm 1999

Producer Sue Daley. Director Nick Southgate.

Ordinary people talk about the Christmas presents that have meant most to them.

C4 1 x 60 me 19 Jul Mon 9:00pm 1999

Producer Emma Willis. Director Chris Durlacher.

A look at the future of the moon and whether one day people will live on the moon.

UK / ITV 6 x 30 me 16 Jan - 20 Feb Sun 11:45pm 2000

Producer Tim Hopewell. Executive Producer Sarah Murch.

Young people examine the parables (and their place in the modern world)

1. The Parable Of The Talents
2. The Parable Of great Price
3. Parable Of The Two Sons in St Mathews Gospel
4. Parable Of The Builders
5. Parable Of The Unmerciful Servant
6. The Parable Of The 10 Virgins

C5 x 30 me 1997

Producer Peter Gill

Consumer and news based magazine series presented by Vanessa Collingridge.

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

Adam Hart-Davis on the technologies introduced by the Romans including bathing habits and food. 

C4 / 3x60m / started 5 December 2004

Producer/Director: David Malone

Astronomer Martin Rees tackles various scientific and philosophical issues about things that are still unknown or uncertain.

UK / C4 1 x 60 me 13 Sept Wed 9:00pm 2000

Producer Kathy O'neill. Director Fiona Calvert.

Women who have left their husbands for other women. 

Granada / 1x60 minutes / Tuesday 11 April 2000 at 10.00pm

Producer: John Holdsworth / Executive Producer: Gary Monaghan

Documentary. A look at the rise of the “lads mag” (FHM, Loaded etc) and the alrming number of rising celebrity starlets willing to parade in their “smalls”. Narrated by Amanda Redman.

14 Sept Tues 9:20pm 1971

Producer Rudolf Woller.

West German Television program about the reasons for the defeat of Hitler's Luftwaffe inWWII

Introduced by Group Captain Peter Townsend. Narrated by Michael Wolf. 

ITV1 / 1x90m / 4 July 2004

Writer/Director: Steven Clarke / Executive Producer: Bill Jones

Documentary detailing the German plans to invade Britain in 1940 - and then re-creating speculative scenes of what life might have been like if the plans had been carried out.

UK / BBC2 6 x 40 me 16 May - 1 Jul Tues 9:50pm 2000

Producer Julian Mercer. Director Ann Latic.

A series of profiles of elderly people who each have problems with living alone and must move, either into a home, sheltered accommodation or with relatives.

UK / BBC2 x 10 me 1999

Children from all over the world talk about their hopes for the future.

UK / C4 1 x 60 me 15 Jul 2000

Producer Ben Gould. Director Mary Crisp.

The story of the 1920 speculation frenzy of share dealing that led to an infamous stock market crash. This program made obvious comparisons with the currant trend of investing in internet companies.

UK / C4 1 x 60 me 28 May Sun 4:20pm 2000

Producer / Director Michael Kretzmer.

A look at Wasim Akram's year playing semi pro cricket for Smethwick in the Birmingham Cricket League. 

UK / Channel 4-World of Wonder / 1x60mins / Wednesday 21 June 2003 9.00pm

Producer/Director: David Schiff / Executive Producers: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

Documentary. Behind the scenes of the infamous US show Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire in which Rick Rockwell chose out of a line up and married on live television Darva Conger. The marriage lasted a matter of days.

ATV (Aquarius) / 1x60mins / 3 December 1972 

Documentary. Behind the scenes at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature. With Diana Rigg, Michael Hordern and Dudley Moore.

BBC 1959 - 88

Long running series of travelogue come journalism reports from the distinctly voiced Alan Whicker.

See separate entry for YTV show.

UK / YTV 6 x 60 me 1969

Alan Whicker in a tour of America.

UK / YTV 6 x 60 me 1972

Alan Whicker visits Bali, Hong Kong and Thailand.

UK / YTV 6 x 60 me 1973

Travelogue style series with Alan Whicker seeking interesting people in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

UK / YTV 7 60 me 1970

Alan whicker visits Australia.

UK / YTV 8 x 60 me 1973

Alan Whicker undertakes a tour of the United States.

UK / YTV 10 x 60 me 1974 - 77

Alan Whicker globe trotting and talking to interesting people.

1974 : Houston Texas. Rio De Janeiro.

1975 : Vienna. Taipei. Honalulu.

1976 : Penang.

1977 : Anchorage, Alaska. Charleston, South Carolina. Palm Beach. Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 1976 Whicker travelled to Australia for a series of shows called WHICKERS WORLD DOWN UNDER

C4 3 x 60 me 10 - 24 Apr Sat 8:00pm 1999

Executive Producer George Carey. Director David Taylor.

Series examining the sixties presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the man who led the US into Vietnam.

UK / C4 / Diverse 3 x 60 me 13 - 27 Jan Thurs 9:00pm 2000

Producer Helen Littleboy. Director Paul Whilmshurst. Music Daniel Pemberton. Executive Producer Narinder Minhas.

Are the English facing an identity crisis with most of Europe cuddling up together and Scotland and Wales going through devolution. Presented by Darcus Howe.  THE WHITE TRIBE DEBATE Followed the final episode this was an unscheduled broadcast that went out 27 Jan Thurs 11:40pm Presented by Jon Snow Panellists were Darcus Howe, Mark Lamar, Anne Leslie, Andrea Oliver, Yasmin Alibbai-Brown. 

BBC2 / 10x60m / started 12 October 2004

Series Editor: Ben Gale

Well known people delve into their family trees and discover touching or poignant stories about their personal heritage.

UK / BBC2 (Correspondent) 1 x 45 me 21 Oct Sat 6:50pm 2000

Producer Caroline Pere. Series Producer Farah Durrani.

An examination of the 40 year old murder of Patrice Lamumba, one time prime minister of Congo, looking at evidence that the British, the Belgians and the USA may have been implicated in it.

UK / BBC1 5 x 15 me 19 - 23 Dec 1999

Producer Norman Stone.

Five dialogues on what Jesus would have made of modern life today.

1. Family Matters - Or Does It (Sun 11:20pm Bishop James Jones.
2. The Message And The Medium - ( Mon 12:10am Journalist Christine Odone
3. A Club For Non Believers - ( Tues 12:15am the church today by Anthony Such.
4. Broke And Blue - (Wed 10:55pm Singer Ricky Ross on favouring the poor.
5. Whose Face Is It Anyway - (Thurs 11:25pm Novelist Alice thomas Ellis on the image of Jesus.

C4 1 x 60 me 1 Feb Mon 9:00pm 1999

Producer / Director Riete Dord. Executive Producer Belinda Giles.

An examination of the controversy surrounding Stuart Smith & Victoria Greetham an engaged couple who posed as father and daughter in order to fool a C4 documentary team for a show called Daddy's Girl.

BBC1 (Omnibus) / 1x55mns / Monday 29 November 1999 (10.40pm)

Director: Tim Dunn / Editor: Basil Comely 

Documentary. An examination of the life and career of Victorian novelist Elisabeth Gaskell tying in with a showing of an adaptation of her final novel Wives and Daughters including behind the scenes footage of the making of that programme. Narrated by Sue Johnston.

UK / Anglia 6 x 30 me B & W 1966

A series of programmes on archaeological digs. 

BB1 / 1x50mins / Monday 28 August 2000 (11.05pm)

Producer/Director: Corinne Bishop

The inside story on popular 80's new romantics Duran Duran (named after the character of the same name in the film Barbarella) who are still performing today.

BBC1 (Panorama) (NOT BROADCAST) / 1x50m-e / 3 July 1995

Investigates rough justice in Europe. British citizens who are arrested in EU countries such as Germany, Spain and Portugal are almost never given bail, are often not told what's happening and often feel isolated from any British Consulate assistance. Tom Mangold looks at cases of four Britons who ended up in prison. Asks why European legal and judicial systems are not being standardised. 

UK / BBC1(Omnibus) /1x65 minutes / Monday 10 May @ 10.40pm

Executive Producer: Roger Thompson / Director: John Akomfrah

Documentary. An overview of the life and career of jazz giant Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. Produced for the Omnibus arts strand series. 

UK / BBC2 / 1x50 minutes / Saturday 10 June 2000 @ 10.55pm

Producer: Pauline Law / Director: Mark Cousins

Interview. An interview with Woody Allen talking to Mark Cousins about the many films he has made (with plenty of clips on display).

UK / ITV ( Yorkshire ) / 6x60 minute episodes / 1975

Writer/Producer: Peter Batty

A series that went inside the world of the television industry, narrated by Nigel Pegram.

Channel 4 / 1x35 minutes / Saturday 16 September 2000 at 10.00pm

Producer: Helen Richards / Executive Producer: Tim Hunchs

Documentary. A look at the many different versions of the reality game show Big Brother. See that entry for more details of these.

UK / BBC1 / 1x50 minutes / 1973

Director: Tony Palmer

C4 / 6x60m / started 28 August 2004

Director: Brendan Hughes / Executive Producer: David Willcock

Tony Robinson looks back into different periods from history and shows what the most unpleasant jobs that people did back then would have been.