Putin: A Russian Spy Story is a 3 part documentary miniseries that reveals how Vladimir Putin managed to make his way from being an unremarkable KGB recruit to one of the most powerful men in the world. Over the course of these three episodes, we witness first hand how the Russian leader snuck his way into Moscow's halls of power and ultimately made them his own.Episode 1: The Rise of PutinSt
When we walk through the supermarket we are bombarded with choices, fresh or frozen, low fat or lots of fat, cool ranch or nacho cheese, with so much variety we assume that some of it is healthy and that some of it junk food but at least we have a choice, but do we really have a choice? Is picking the best from a pile of flavorless tomatoes really a choice? Or are key choices about what we eat ma
Brandon Tenna was a transgender man from Lincoln, Nebraska in the United States, who was the victim of a violent hate crime in 1993 and was later murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, alongside Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert in what became known as "The Humboldt Murders". Brandon's life and death became the subject of the Academy Award-winning 1999 film called Boys Don't Cry, which was in part based o
Ireland, it's a place that has been long associated with religion and conservative values, but over the last few years, the country has reinvented itself as a new and progressive Ireland. In 2017, the Irish government extended this spirit of inclusivity to its traveller population, who were now to be recognised as a distinct ethnic group within the nation of Ireland. Now in the year 2020, we are
Have you noticed that whenever you see an advertisement for ham on television, it's often set in the countryside with a nice family and a rustic backdrop and the ham itself is always pink? It's usually very pink and 100% natural of course. But what if behind this delicious pink color hid one of the biggest health scandals of our era. In 2015, the World Health Organisation listed processed meats a
The threat of China is becoming big news, the media is beating the drums of war as the world is being primed to regard China as a new enemy. China is building airstrips in the South China Sea on disputed islands condemned by an international tribunal, this is now a flashpoint for war between China and America. What is not making the news though is that China itself is under threat from American b
It has been over 20 years since Chigaco began to rewrite a chapter of its own story, a story tucked away in the shadows of its famous skyline closing an era shrouded in an ambiguous past, as past that if not remembered will soon be forgotten. This story's legacy, the violence and poverty that plagued Chicago's hyper-segregated communities, but what is known about the systems that created them, th
Brothers and sisters, you don't get to choose them but your family bond lasts a lifetime. Sometimes they are your trusted friends, sometimes they are your rivals but what is it like when your brother or sister is a megastar or icon?This special examines George Obama, brother to 44th President of the United States, Brack Obama. Barack Obama Sr., married four times before he died and to this da
Inside the worst nuclear disaster of the century, one year later this FRONTLINE special interviews the men who risked their lives to save the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant as they reveal what really happened when it was hit by a tsunami caused by a devastating earthquake on March 11, 2011.In the desperate hours and days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the fate of thousands of Japanese