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  • Only Me

    Paulie White, once a charismatic MC, now homeless in Slough. Alcoholism and violence have isolated him. Drink transforms him from charming Paulie White into the dangerous "Paulie F**king White," a stark snapshot of life sleeping rough.

  • One Bride, Seven Cows or a Box of Heroin

    Girls are traded as goods, sold into marriage for school fees or heroin. From Mei in Vietnam to Mujgan in Afghanistan, this film tells their stories.

  • Cutting Barking

    Filmmaker Marc Isaacs and editor David Charap deconstruct their documentary, 'All White In Barking'. This behind-the-scenes look reveals the creative struggles between directorial vision and subjects' agendas, showing how the film found its own unexpected narrative path.

  • The Road: A Story of Life and Death

    In Marc Isaacs’ film, diverse London arrivals seek better lives: an aspiring Irish singer, a lonely ex-builder, a Kashmiri hotel worker, a Jewish WWII refugee, and a retired German stewardess. Blending humour and heartbreak, it’s a deeply affecting, non-polemical study of immigration.

  • Striving For Utopias

    Women face harassment, abuse, and repression, their sexuality constantly regulated. Yet every woman has the right to sexual empowerment and support.

  • Soldiers Who Rape

    DRC's war weaponized rape. Hundreds of thousands of women brutally assaulted. Soldiers, interviewed here, cite terror, shaming enemies, attacking rival men, and societal collapse as reasons for their normalized crimes. A shocking investigation.

  • Call of the Land

    Inspired by 'Land Matters,' Lee Love and Rooh Star empower themselves by staying connected to their environment. Living in a handmade barrel home and travelling in a makeshift cart, their self-sustainable lifestyle redefines modern possibilities.

  • Men of the City

    "Men of the City" tracks London’s financial meltdown. Beyond brokers making money from money, it reveals a cleaner, a Bengali single father, and others striving for dignity amidst the crisis. Sensitive portraits of diverse lives.

  • Shark Gordon
    13 Episodes

    Shark Gordon

    13 Episodes

  • K Road Chronicles Season 1

    8 Episodes

  • K Road Chronicles Season 2

    7 Episodes

  • Dream Car Garage

    6 Episodes

  • Aunty Moves In

    13 Episodes

  • Combat Forces Season 1

    26 Episodes

    Combat Forces is a documentary television series that profiles what young NATO & Coalition soldiers, sailors and airmen go through to be among the best in the world. From intense combat training to highly competitive physical fitness challenges, we follow the military as it prepares for possible ...

  • Discover China

    69 Episodes

  • Glitter From Dust Season 1

    6 Episodes

  • Sport & Adventure

  • Politics

  • Up In Smoke

    Movie

    Slash and burn farming is one of the bigger contributors to deforestation, destroying biodiversity and sending huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. S & B sits at the crossroads of two of the greatest threats to global stability: accelerating climate change and diminishing food sec...

  • OMG Oh My God

    1 season

    This series takes an inviting & insightful look at the spiritual teachings, customs & daily lives of families of different faith. Experiencing a vast array of traditions & social activities it explores faith through the eyes of youth, their families and social connections as it takes a light-hea...

  • Revolution: Dos and Don'ts

    Movie

    What becomes of revolutionaries after victory? Jiovana Navias was chosen to represent Bolivia's unemployed single mothers. The film charts her journey from idealistic campaigner to facing corruption charges, showing the collision of far-left ideology with the realities of power.

  • Aunty Moves In

    1 season

    Families call on some big-hearted but practical ‘Aunties’ to help them through the rocky terrain of modern life, from money woes to health problems and love life troubles. Real people, real problems – there are times when families need nothing short of their own fairy godmother to help them throu...

  • K Road Chronicles

    2 seasons

    K Road Chronicles is a look at homelessness from the inside. Six – once homeless herself for several years, now a journalist – is our guide to the colourful, diverse, harsh and often tragic world of street people living on and around Auckland’s Karangahape Road. Six (yes, that’s her real name) is...

  • DIY Country

    Movie

    In Spring 2014, armed pro-Russian rebels stormed the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. After seizing control of the city, the separatists held a referendum - labelled illegal by the US and EU - and independence from Kiev was declared. This brave documentary explores the origins and evolution of...