In the UK there is a lot of cultural diversity and most of these people try access the food which is traditional to them but often those foods and the ingredients that go into these dishes can be illegal to buy. Smokies are no different, they are a traditional food to some West African countries but in the UK they are illegal to produce and sell. This has been the case throughout Europe since 1987
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Only three hundred will ever be built and to buy one will cost you over one million pounds, it can accelerate from 0 - 60 mph in just 2.5 seconds with a top speed of more than 250 miles per hour and incredible it can break from this top speed to a stand still in less than 10 seconds. This iconic brand is brought back to life and into the 21st century. The Bugatti Veyron it seems is unlike any
Cigarettes are the most lethal consumer product on the planet, every year over 5 million customers of the tobacco industry die. In this documentary series, Peter Taylor investigates why thousands of young people around the world are still taking up smoking daily. We get an insight into how the powerful tobacco companies manipulate smokers and seduce the young, potential victims of the fatal addict
Explores how two teenagers, who were just weeks away from graduating, embarked on a killing spree of such shocking magnitude that it was to make the name of an American high school synonymous with tragedy.20th April 1999 began like any other day for the pupils of Columbine High School. However, it was to end as a day that would be tragically etched in American history after two of the school's s
Stephanie Flanders, former BBC economics editor, has a very personal interest in the battle to beat polio. Her father, Michael Flanders, one half of the world-famous singing duo of the 50s and 60s, Flanders and Swann, was paralysed by the infection when he was 21. He used a wheelchair for the rest of his life, and died early at 53 through complications caused by the disease. Stephanie was just six
'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.
Released in 2005, FUCK is a documentary by Steve Anderson and examines the word "fuck" and its origins. The films itself argues that the word is an essential part of society and discussion and represents freedom of speech in itself. It examines the term from various perspectives which includes art, linguists, society, comedy, etc. Including interviews with many public figures.
BBC's Panorama visits a housing estate in Shadsworth, Blackburn in an attempt to understand what it is like to live in one of Britain's poorest areas. This programme follows the families and children living there along with the police who have been tasked with dealing with the areas anti social behavior and drug dealers.
Air France Flight 447 was an international, long haul flight departing from Rio de Janeiro, heading towards Paris. On the 1st of June 2009 the flight crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. All passengers and crew members on board were killed. The flights black box was not recovered for almost two years, May 2011. This is the story of that flight and what went wrong.