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The inside story of the Moscow theatre siege, in which 41 Chechen gunman subjected the audience to a horrifying 57-hour ordeal.

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  • The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall

    The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall

    1 Episode

    The moving true story of a family's struggle to discover what happened to their 21-year-old son, who was shot dead by a sniper from the Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza

  • Jon Snow

    Northern Ireland: The Debate

    1 Episode

    Jon Snow hosts an in-depth debate on the legacy of Bloody Sunday with a specially invited audience of interested parties

  • The Hamburg Cell

    The Hamburg Cell

    1 Episode

    Based on two years of exhaustive research, The Hamburg Cell was the first major television dramatisation of the September 11 plot

  • Saddam's Tribe

    Saddam's Tribe

    1 Episode

    Inspired by interviews with Saddam Hussein's daughter Raghad, this drama describes how the fate of a whole nation turned on the fluctuations of family loyalty, rivalry and betrayal

  • The Valley

    The Valley

    1 Episode

    Award-winning documentary that focuses specifically on the conflict in the Drenica Valley of Kosovo during the late 1990s

  • my_father_the_mercenary

    My Father the Mercenary

    1 Episode

    This emotional First Cut film follows a brother and sister as they travel from England to Belgium to collect their father's remains, and to uncover the extraordinary story of who he was and how he died

  • Britz

    Britz

    2 Episodes

    Peter Kosminsky's BAFTA award winning drama about a British Muslim family who are pulled in radically different directions by their conflicting personal experiences in post 9/11 Britain

  • Sri Lanka's Killing Fields

    Sri Lanka's Killing Fields

    1 Episode

    A hard-hitting investigation into the final weeks of the Sri Lankan civil war, featuring devastating video evidence of horrific war crimes

  • One Born Every Minute series 3

    One Born Every Minute

    3 Series, 24 Episodes

    A ground-breaking look at the drama and emotion of a maternity unit, from the perspective of the parents-to-be and the maternity ward staff

  • cOPPERS

    Coppers

    4 Episodes

    Filmed across Britain, from inner cities to country beats, Coppers reveals what the police are up against every day of their working lives

  • Katie: The Science of Seeing Again

    Katie: The Science of Seeing Again

    1 Episode

    Katie Piper explores the issues surrounding the pioneering surgery she's undergoing to regain the sight in her left eye

  • Latoya

    Confessions of a Nurse

    3 Episodes

    Filmed over a year at a major NHS trust, Confessions of a Nurse follows a diverse group of nurses, revealing their day-to-day challenges and what they really think about being a nurse

  • MotherTruckers

    MotherTruckers

    1 Episode

    How do women lorry drivers get on with their male colleagues, juggle families, and stay feminine? This amusing film meets the new queens of the road.

  • Party Paramedics

    Party Paramedics

    3 Episodes

    Three part series following the medical units, home and abroad, that patch up the victims of Britain's binge-drinking culture

  • Newport Bouncers

    Bouncers

    1 Episode

    Funny, irreverent and often surprising film following the boys of Newport's biggest security firm over a summer of booze and brotherhood

  • Nose job

    Bleach, Nip, Tuck: The White Beauty Myth

    1 Episode

    Two documentaries from the Race: Science's Last Taboo season examine the growing trend for deracialisation surgery