Storyville
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Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago. Screening over 340 films, from some 70 different countries, the strand has garnered a staggering array of awards: five Oscars, 15 Griersons, three Peabodys and two International Emmys. In true, unique, Storyville style, the new series promises to deliver the strand's usual eclectic mix of compelling stories from across the globe.
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Storyville: Trailer - BBC Four
Cast
George Carey
Bret Hart
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Little Dieter Needs to Fly
15-11-199780mThree decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Acc...
- Ep 2
2.Nobody's Business
22-11-199760mFilmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles his father's life.
- Ep 3
3.Wednesday
29-11-199793mVictor Kossakovsky searched obsessively for inhabitants of St. Petersburg who were born on Wednesday 19 July 1961, his own birthday, in former Leningrad. Fifty-one women and fifty...
- Ep 4
4.Naughty Boy
06-12-199762mA profile of Danish film-maker Ole Ege, whose work pushed the boundaries of acceptability when Denmark legalized pornography in 1969.
- Ep 5
5.Paradise Lost
13-12-1997150mA horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.