A few years ago hardly anybody had ever heard of a man called Luka Magnotta but in 2010 this individual began posting videos of himself killing cats in various sadistic ways, from feeding a kitten to a python to putting two in a plastic vacuum bag and sucking the air out until they suffocated. These videos caused outrage on the internet and a group of individuals set about trying to hunt him down
Britain is in the grip of an epidemic of sexually transmitted infections, behind every rash, lump and itch is a patient terrified they may have caught an STI. This BBC four part series follows staff as they treat patients at the Manchester Center of Sexual Health. The production team themselves work alongside the staff here to encourage young people to checked out.
BBC's Panorama takes it upon themselves to investigate the Irish budget airline known as "Ryanair". Ryanair is one of the fastest growing airlines, having only started with one plane back in 1985 and now has 200, flying to nearly 150 destinations in 26 different countries whilst offering customers low-cost fairs to fly, but to achieve these low prices the airline has had to sacrifice luxury and co
An interesting documentary from the BBC which examines the dark history of Britain's mental asylums and their closure. After the second world war about 150,000 people were hidden away in 120 of such institutions located throughout the country. Now days however most of these patients live in the community and these asylums have been closed. From a collection of interviews and testimonies with patie
This is a short story about a young potter called Muri. His interest in Bonsai trees brought him to the throwing wheel where he started making his own Bonsai pots. Now 26 years old Muri has left Rumania to live in Denmark. He has applied to be accepted on the school of ceramics on Bornholm and he will start this autumn if they let him on.
In September 1949, the world learned that the Soviet Union had joined the United States as a nuclear power. The shocking news intensified fears in the US and put a premium on mathematicians. Mathematicians had helped win World War Two, now there was hope they could protect Americas strategic edge. Princeton boasted the most elite maths department in the world, each of its graduate students we
'Stuck in Traffick' is a documentary bringing awareness to the child sex trade in Phoenix. Sex trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world and at least 100,000 minors are forced into it every year. This documentary gives first-hand accounts from former victims and exposes the reality of this underground world.
British people now do more of their shopping online than any other nation and in 2013, tens of millions of British customers used Amazon to buy 4.5 billion pounds' worth of goods. The story of the growing use of Amazon is the story of the internet age.Time and again, founder Jeff Bezos has moved the goalposts for many industries. Publishers, retailers and even the French minister of culture cr
BBC's Panorama takes it upon themselves to investigate the state of some of Britain's care homes for the elderly. Through the use of secret filming this documentary reveals some truly disturbing cases of neglect. We are shown what its like for some elderly folk living in such care homes and how the workers, the very people trusted with ensuring the well being of family members mistreat their patie