
After five years of war in Syria the remaining 350,000 citizens of Aleppo are constantly under siege. Through the eyes of the volunteers of the White Helmets, in this film we experience daily life and death in the streets of Aleppo.\n\nKhalid, Subhi and Mahmoud are founding members of the White Helmets and are the first to enter destroyed buildings, scouring through the rubble in search of bodies and signs of life. They have chosen to stay in Aleppo to help save their people during the never-ending siege.\n\nMany lives including those of countless children and infants are lost during the bombings. But each day is a dilemma and a conflict for the men - should they stay and risk death themselves, or should they try to get out and save their own families, as other have?\n\nThe film is a collaboration with the Aleppo Media Centre, and tells the extraordinary story of real heroes in an epic human tragedy.\n\nThe film is directed by Feras Fayyad, co-directed by Steen Johannessen and produced by Soeren Steen Jespersen and Kareem Abeed.
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Dogs Of War
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BBC 4
Speechless: 2. The Pendulum Swings
This two-part documentary is a personal journey by award-winning film-maker Ric Esther Bienstock that delves into the heart of the culture wars and freedom of speech conversatio ...
21-04-2026
BBC 4
Speechless: 1. The New Campus Revolution
This two-part documentary is a personal journey by award-winning film-maker Ric Esther Bienstock that delves into the heart of the culture wars and freedom of speech conversatio ...
14-04-2026
BBC 4
André Is An Idiot
A Storyville documentary that follows André, who, despite receiving a terminal diagnosis, is determined to die with humour, curiosity and defiance.
07-04-2026
BBC 4
Three Dads And A Baby
This intimate and pioneering documentary explores a three-way relationship and a radically different approach to fatherhood. In Norway, trans people were subjected to forced ste ...
31-03-2026
BBC 4
Khartoum
A Storyville documentary, set against the backdrop of conflict in Sudan, that follows five Khartoum residents as they search for freedom amid revolution and war.
24-03-2026
BBC 4
Portrait Of A Confused Father
Filmed over more than 20 years, this deeply personal documentary charts an extraordinary father–son relationship that takes an unexpected and tragic turn.\n\nNorwegian fil ...
17-03-2026
BBC 4
Mistress Dispeller
An intimate and candid film that follows the course of an extramarital affair in modern China from the perspectives of the couple, the mistress and the woman hired to save the m ...
10-03-2026
BBC 4
Red Light To Limelight
In a red-light district of Kolkata, a group of women reclaim their voices through the power of storytelling.\n\nGiven unprecedented access, this film follows Rabin, Bilkis, Afsa ...
03-03-2026
BBC 4
Ihuman
A Storyville documentary. Artificial intelligence now permeates every aspect of our lives, but only a handful of people have any control over its influence on our world. \n\nWit ...
24-02-2026
BBC 4
Speechless: 1. The New Campus Revolution
This two-part documentary is a personal journey by award-winning film-maker Ric Esther Bienstock that delves into the heart of the culture wars and freedom of speech conversatio ...
14-04-2026
BBC 4
Three Dads And A Baby
This intimate and pioneering documentary explores a three-way relationship and a radically different approach to fatherhood. In Norway, trans people were subjected to forced ste ...
31-03-2026
BBC 4
Portrait Of A Confused Father
Filmed over more than 20 years, this deeply personal documentary charts an extraordinary father–son relationship that takes an unexpected and tragic turn.\n\nNorwegian fil ...
17-03-2026
BBC 4
Speechless: 2. The Pendulum Swings
This two-part documentary is a personal journey by award-winning film-maker Ric Esther Bienstock that delves into the heart of the culture wars and freedom of speech conversatio ...
21-04-2026
BBC 4
The Darkest Web
For US agent Greg Squire and a dedicated network of specialist undercover investigators around the world, the mission is clear: track and catch serial paedophiles who operate ac ...
17-02-2026
BBC 4
White Man Walking
A Storyville documentary that traces the 1,500-mile walk that film-maker Rob Bliss embarked on through America’s southern states while wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt.
27-05-2025
BBC 4
Undercover Oap: The Mole Agent
A recently widowed 83-year-old goes undercover in a Chilean nursing home in a warm-hearted and surprising look at age, isolation and loneliness. \n\nSergio is a Chilean spy - so ...
24-07-2024
BBC 4
Gaucho Gaucho: Argentina’s Last Ranchers
A Storyville documentary that follows the lives of Argentina’s gauchos (cowboys and cowgirls), who proudly preserve their traditions in a fast-changing world.\n\nThey trav ...
23-02-2025
BBC 4
Mr Nobody Against Putin
When Russia invades Ukraine, a quiet schoolteacher in a small industrial town picks up his camera and becomes an unlikely dissident. Pavel Talankin isn't a journalist or activis ...
17-02-2026
BBC 4
The Queen Of Africa: The Miriam Makeba Story
A Storyville documentary that takes a look at the life of South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba. Forced into a life of exile for exposing the harsh realit ...
30-05-2023
BBC 4