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It’s now 50 years since Chairman Mao launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. This brilliantly lucid film, made in 2003, explores with unsparing d... read more

In June 1998 James Byrd, an African-American, was chained to the back of a truck and dragged three miles to his death. Three men from Jasper, Texas, were cha... read more

The Dalai Lama prays with the faithful in German director Werner Herzog's film. Capturing the atmosphere of a pilgrimage and a rite, he follows the Buddhist ... read more

Aids hits a family living an idyllic life in Salt Lake City. Storyville paints a dramatic picture of their extraordinary response to extraordinary circumstan... read more

An attempted coup and return to power feature in a profile of colourful Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. A documentary on the coup itself is at 1.10am.

The life and loves of the photographer feature in Anne Makepeace's documentary.

The history of America's multi-billion-dollar missile defence system is traced - from Eisenhower's commitment to missile defence, to Reagan's "Star Wars" pro... read more

Investigating the effect of clusterbombs on the people and landscape of Laos and Afghanistan. Should these military weapons be subject to restrictive laws?

Directed by Victor Kossakovsky; A look at the surreal side of everyday life in St Petersburg

An explicit insight into the myth and reality of the "maisons closes" - the unique licensed brothels of Paris that were a central part of French life until t... read more

Determined to stage a fully-fledged production of a Mozart opera in his home, Richard White won't let parking restrictions or neighbours stand in his way. Fo... read more

A Czech Romany family's experience of gaining asylum in Britain is examined in Mira Erdevicki's documentary.

How can business failure affect an entire family? Storyville investigates.

"The gates of hell" was how a Bolivian mountain rich in silver became known. Four hundred years on, life remains just as bad for the men and women who scrape... read more

In 1938, reeling from the Great Depression, America's morale was raised by a knobbly-kneed racehorse. His inspirational rise to triumphant form - also the su... read more

This chronicle of Britpop, showing as part of the Storyville documentary strand, examines the phenomenon's socio-political and cultural impact, and features ... read more

Nicolas Philibert's documentary portrait of life in a tiny one-class primary school in the remote hills of France's Auvergne.

An intimate look at the recording of John Lennon 's Imagine album, filmed at his estate in Ascot in the summer of 1971.

Louis Theroux returns with a documentary about one of America's biggest legal brothels - the Wild Horse Resort and Spa - in Reno, Nevada. Louis moves into th... read more

Supporters and opponents of the Cultural Revolution recall the events that rocked China in the 1960s, in Richard Gordon and Carma Hinton 's documentary. Show... read more

Alan Bennett and Michael Frayn are among the interviewees in Leslie Woodhead's wry story of 1950s espionage.

An account of a Chinese family's struggle to cope with HIV. Showing to mark World Aids Day.

Steve James , director of the acclaimed Hoop Dreams, a Storyville documentary from 2002 about a dysfunctional family.

Culture-clash documentary highlighting the difficulties faced by Pakistan's most popular rock group, Junoon, and other musicians.

This chronicle of Britpop, showing as part of the Storyville documentary strand, examines the phenomenon's socio-political and cultural impact, and features ... read more

Nicolas Philibert's documentary portrait of life in a tiny one-class primary school in the remote hills of France's Auvergne.