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Posted in: Society
Meet Alice. She is a four-year-old child out on London’s Oxford street begging hours on end, day in, day out. Alice is just one of Britain’s Gypsy child beggars, and she can earn hundreds of pounds a day. For months, BBC Panorama filmed them as they worked the streets during last winter’s snow, sleet and [...]
Posted in: Crime
What happens when the police fail in their sworn duty to protect life, when they get it wrong or when police officers themselves break the law? BBC’s Richard Bilton investigates cops who behave badly, and discovers just how many cases are dealt with by the police themselves behind closed doors. This film asks why, in [...]
Posted in: Mystery
Mystery of the Left Hand explores the characteristics of left-handed people. But don’t be surprised if you can’t remember deciding whether to be left or right handed. Hand preference is thought to begin in your mother’s womb and stay with you for life. And what comes naturally to us is important information for scientists. Handedness [...]
Posted in: Art and Artists
Go inside the glittering world of the super-rich as art critic Alastair Sooke tracks down the ten most expensive paintings to sell at auction. This film tells the stories behind the astronomical prices of art, and why the world’s richest people want to spend their millions on it. Sooke enters a world of secrecy and [...]
Posted in: Society
Frank Catalfumo is a 91 year old shoemaker and repairer in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. He first opened the doors to F&C Shoes in 1945 and continues to work five days a week alongside his son Michael. If you’re ever in the area, make sure to stop by the shop and listen to one of Frank’s amazing [...]
Posted in: Psychology
Every child is born full of promise, ready to go forth into the world and meet his or her destiny. But for those diagnosed with schizophrenia in the prime of their lives, independence, acceptance, and even a place to call home usually slips beyond their grasp. Over three years, film-makers Abbey Jack Neidik and Irene [...]
Posted in: Society
But we assume that most immigrants trying to cross the US/Mexico border are all Mexican. The reality is that a large percentage of them come from Central America, and their journey north is gruelling. For those hoping to get across the US border, they first have to pass through Mexico, an ordeal that often ends [...]
Posted in: Technology
It’s been billed as the smartest jet fighter on the planet, designed to strike enemies in the air and on the ground without being detected by radar. The question is how and why did Australia lock itself into a project that both experts and senior US politicians say is dangerously flawed? After a decade of [...]
Posted in: News & Politics
Private Bradley Manning is the man United States authorities allege stole classified military files, providing them to WikiLeaks for publication. While WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange battles to avoid extradition from the United Kingdom to Sweden, on the other side of the Atlantic Bradley Manning is facing a court martial. If found guilty Manning could spend [...]
