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February 21 2012

12:35

The Secret Life of Radovan Karadzic

The Secret Life of Radovan KaradzicThe Secret Life of Radovan Karadzic, airs ahead of the imminent resumption of Karadzic’s trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Rageh Omaar travels to Serbia and Bosnia to investigate the decade-long period the former president of the Republika Srpska spent in hiding and examines

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Tags: Crime

February 20 2012

13:59

The Right to Roam

The Right to RoamUnwanted, marginalised, defiant – the Roma people have become the target of governments across Europe. In France and Italy they have been thrown out in their thousands – accused of illegally overstaying their welcome and blamed for increases in crime. They say that in their countries of

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Tags: Society

February 19 2012

12:00

Beating The Bomb

Beating The BombA story about the biggest weapons of mass destruction ever created, the people who use them and, more importantly, the people who fight them. Beating the Bomb charts the history of the British peace movement against the backdrop of the atomic age. The film also frames the

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Tags: History

February 18 2012

12:00

A Fall From Freedom

A Fall From FreedomThe first comprehensive film to reveal the long and sordid history of the captive whale and dolphin entertainment business. Many of these marine parks and aquariums are directly or indirectly responsible for the death of thousands of the very animals they use for public entertainment. Premature deaths.

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Tags: Nature

February 17 2012

11:19

Assange: Facebook, Google, Yahoo are Spying Tools

Assange: Facebook, Google, Yahoo are Spying ToolsIn Julian Assange’s exclusive interview with RT he discusses everything from the uprisings in MENA, to his extradition fight, the Guantanamo and US Cable files, his relationship with The Guardian and The New York Times, global political youth movements, the current state of mainstream media and Bradley

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Tags: Society

February 16 2012

11:52

Prostitutes of God

Prostitutes of GodIn Prostitutes of God, VICE travels deep into the remote villages and towns of Southern India to uncover an ancient system of religious sex slavery dating back to the 6th century. Although the practice was made illegal more than 20 years ago, we discover there are still

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Tags: Religion

February 15 2012

15:51

There’s No Tomorrow

There's No TomorrowThere’s No Tomorrow is a half-hour animated documentary about resource depletion, energy and the impossibility of infinite growth on a finite planet. Inspired by the pro-capitalist cartoons of the 1940s, the film is an introduction to the energy dilemmas facing the world today. “The average American today

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Tags: Society

February 14 2012

16:11

Poor America

Poor AmericaIt’s an election year in the richest country in the world, but tent cities for the homeless are springing up around the nation. Panorama finds out what it means to be poor in America. With one and a half million American children now homeless, reporter Hilary Andersson

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Tags: Society

February 13 2012

14:07

Climate Change

Climate ChangeThe Climate Change series explains how greenhouse gases work, looks at alternative theories to climate change, and debunks the huge number of urban myths that are zipping round the Internet. A basic look at how climate scientists infer that man-made carbon gases are changing the climate, and

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Tags: Environment

February 12 2012

12:38

TROM: The Reality of Me

TROM: The Reality of MeThe TROM documentary is trying to present, in a simplistic way, the world in which we, human beings, live. The world discovered so far, not some idea or personal choice. Moreover we tried to present alternative solutions to current problems and took into account the future, which

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Tags: Society

February 11 2012

13:21

Fast Food, Fat Profits: Obesity in America

Fast Food, Fat Profits: Obesity in AmericaObesity in America has reached a crisis point. Two out of every three Americans are overweight, one out of every three is obese. One in three are expected to have diabetes by 2050. Minorities have been even more profoundly affected. African-Americans have a 50 per cent higher

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Tags: Health

February 10 2012

13:51

Cyberwar

CyberwarIs the US contributing to the militarization of cyberspace? Cyberwar. A conflict without foot soldiers, guns, or missiles. Instead the attacks are launched by computer hackers. Digital spy rings. Information thieves. Cyberarmies of kids, criminals, terrorists – some backed by nation states. But is cyber war really

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Tags: Technology

February 09 2012

18:02

The Lazarus Effect

The Lazarus EffectThe 30 minute film illustrates the transformative effect of life-saving antiretroviral medicine through the stories of HIV+ people in Zambia. By taking the ARV medicine – 2 life-saving pills that cost around 40 cents a day – in as few as 40 days, the medicine can help

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Tags: Health

February 08 2012

12:27

D.M. Bennett: The Truth Seeker

D.M. Bennett: The Truth SeekerOne-hour documentary – awarded the Grand Prize for Best Feature Length Film at the 2011 Portland Humanist Film Festival – chronicles the life of publisher D.M. Bennett (1818-1882). D.M. Bennett was nineteenth-century America’s most controversial and unjustly imprisoned editor of the blasphemous New York City freethought periodical

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Tags: Biography

February 07 2012

16:23

Last Extinction

Last ExtinctionApproximately 13,000 years after the mighty mammoth and 35 other groups of mammals vanished from North America, some scientists pose the controversial theory that a massive impact from space may have heralded their demise. For the past four decades, experts have been at odds over what causes

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Tags: Science

February 06 2012

12:00

Iran: Yesterday and Today

Iran: Yesterday and TodayJoin Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he’s ever visited: Iran. In this one-hour, ground-breaking travel special, you’ll discover the splendid monuments of Iran’s rich and glorious past, learn more about the 20th-century story of this perplexing nation, and experience Iranian life today

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Tags: Society

February 05 2012

14:17

Origins of Us

Origins of UsDr Alice Roberts reveals how your body tells the story of human evolution. The way you look, think and behave is a product of a 6 million year struggle for survival. We have uncovered the secrets of the atom and traveled to the moon. But how did

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Tags: Science

February 04 2012

14:47

Tank on the Moon

Tank on the MoonDuring the 1960s, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a feverish competition to be the first to set foot on the moon. We know who won this race, but less about a secret chapter. The Soviets many not have sent a man to

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Tags: History

February 03 2012

16:05

How To Build A Dinosaur

How To Build A DinosaurDinosaurs died out 65 million years ago and we have hardly ever found a complete skeleton. So how do we turn a pile of broken bones into a dinosaur exhibit? Dr Alice Roberts finds out how the experts put skeletons back together, with muscles, accurate postures, and

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Tags: Science

February 02 2012

12:00

Playing God

Playing GodAdam Rutherford meets a new creature created by American scientists – the spider-goat. It is part goat, part spider, and its milk can be used to create artificial spider’s web. It is part of a new field of research, synthetic biology, with a radical aim: to break

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Tags: Technology
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