Zara McDermott: Disordered Eating, Uncovering Rape Culture And Revenge Porn

In this series, Zara McDermott, former Love Island contestant, confronts the issues of revenge porn, rape culture and eating disorders—all rising astronomically in the past few years. What societal trends are causing these behaviours to escalate?

The Mum Who Got Tourettes

Without warning, Elizabeth Hall developed Tourette’s shortly after her 40th birthday. In this affectionate and extremely funny special, we follow Elizabeth and her family across a year, witnessing every triumph and tribulation amplified by the unpredictable impact of her Tourette’s. A captivating, humorous and heartfelt look at a serious medical condition.

Independent America: Rising From Ruins

INDEPENDENT AMERICA: RISING FROM RUINS reveals how Americans need local businesses to help their communities thrive and survive through hard times, now more than ever. This gripping documentary follows former NBC correspondent Hanson Hosein to New Orleans, where he investigates the heartbreaking story of post-Hurricane Katrina. Once a city known for its vibrant, independent retail businesses, only a third of businesses have reopened post-disaster, less than half in poorer neighborhoods. Given this unequal playing field between corporate chain and independent retail, will the Mom & Pop shops be strong enough to help revive those areas and restore New Orleans’ proud independence?

Inside Disaster Haiti

Within 48 hours of a major natural disaster, the Red Cross is on the ground. INSIDE DISASTER follows humanitarian workers and aid recipients in life and death stories that play like fiction, but are all too real. With unprecedented access INSIDE DISASTER delivers powerful and gripping stories, told by fascinating characters caught up in a high-stakes drama.

Young Gifted And Broke

Music prodigy Shane Thomas was a child star until his career suddenly ended. Now in his teens, he is being given one last chance to make it big – but first he must deal with a complicated family history and his frustrating manager father. Filmed over 18 months, this heartfelt documentary tells the story of a 17 year old trying to overcome financial and social barriers and a dark family secret to achieve his dreams and secure the recording contract he deserves.

Three Mothers, Two Babies And A Scandal

Winner of the Scottish BAFTA for Best Factual Series, THREE MOTHERS, TWO BABIES AND A SCANDAL tells the complex and compelling story of the internet adoptions of twin babies, by two separate families on two different continents, and the Trans-Atlantic custody battle and media storm that ensued. Through intimate testimony, the women at the heart of what happened speak together to tell their stories for the first time. The docuseries revisits the thorny twists and turns in a custody case for twin girls, through each of the mothers’ eyes: Tranda, the birth mother, Vickie, the American adoptive mother and Judith, the Welsh adoptive mother.

To Be Continued...

TO BE CONTINUED is a three-part documentary series profiling new writers, who have taken on the unique task of keeping well-known stories and characters alive in sequels. Do the new writers emulate the style of the original author? Do they dare make changes to plots and characters so well known and loved? The series features heated discussions with writers, agents, heirs and most importantly, readers.

Inside China: Kung Fu Inc.

Experience the past, present and future of the 1500 year old Shaolin Temple and the birthplace of Kung Fu and Zen Buddhism.

Prison

PRISON tells the human story on both sides of the cell door: staff and prisoners, and the real issues facing them all. The first season of this docu-series features exclusive access to the male English prison HMP Durham. The second instalment shifts its focus to female offenders with exclusive access to HMP Foston Hall, a women’s prison in the UK. Season 1: Winner of 2019: Best Documentary Series, Broadcast Award and Best Documentary Series, Royal Television Society Award. Nominated for 2019 BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series

Cocaine: Living With The Cartels

Cocaine consumption is at its highest level in 30 years, with middleclass millennials spending more money than ever on the drug. In this series, four recreational cocaine users are about to discover the true cost of their party lifestyles. We go behind the false glamour of cocaine as the ‘jet-set drug’ to reveal the heart-breaking reality of how lives across the globe are being destroyed by the white powder as we take four consumers to the terror filled jungles, favelas and drug cartels of Colombia and then back to the grim reality of the cocaine trade back in their own neighbourhoods.