A Storyville documentary. A raw and unfiltered insight into the bloodiest conflict since the Second World War. Over the last two decades, the mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo has witnessed over five million conflict-related deaths, multiple regime changes and the impoverishment of its people.\n\nFollowing the lives of four diverse characters - a government whistleblower, a patriotic military commander, a mineral dealer and a displaced tailor - this programme offers a visceral, yet intimate insight into a nation caught between the foreign-backed M23 rebels and the government ruled by president Joseph Kabila, who cancels elections and refuses to relinquish power. As the conflict resonates through their lives, the film reveals the insidious legacy of colonialism, resource exploitation and the genocidal wars that has created a never-ending cycle of violence.
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Copa ’71: The Lost Lionesses - Storyville
In August 1971, football teams from England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Denmark and Italy gathered in Mexico City for a watershed tournament. With lavish sponsorship, extensive ...
01-07-2025
BBC 4
The Srebrenica Tape
A young woman returns to Srebrenica, the town of her birth, to find out more about her father, who was one of the 8,000 Bosnian Muslims massacred there during the Bosnian War.\n ...
01-07-2025
BBC 4
The Wolves Always Come At Night
A beautiful film, shot in Mongolia, telling the moving story of a young couple left devastated by a sandstorm which kills their entire flock of sheep. They are forced to move to ...
24-06-2025
BBC 4
Revenge: Our Dad The Nazi Killer
Hundreds of Nazi war criminals fled to Australia after World War Two hoping to start over and avoid prosecution. Not all of them found the refuge they had sought; quite a few di ...
23-06-2025
BBC 4
The Contestant
The incredible true story of a man who lived for 15 months trapped inside a small room, naked, starving and alone... completely unaware that his life was being broadcast on nati ...
17-06-2025
BBC 4
Wedding Night
A Storyville documentary in which ultra-orthodox Jewish couples speak bravely about their feelings during matchmaking, the engagement period, the wedding ceremony, their first n ...
10-06-2025
BBC 4
The Jackal Speaks
A Storyville documentary exploring the extraordinary life of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known globally as Carlos the Jackal. The mastermind of some of the most audacious atta ...
03-06-2025
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
Beyond Utopia: Escape From North Korea
A suspenseful, immersive look at the lengths to which people will go to gain freedom. The film follows various individuals as they attempt to flee North Korea, one of the most o ...
20-05-2025
BBC 4
The Eternal Memory
An extraordinary portrait of unconditional love and devotion, directed by Oscar-nominated documentary director Maite Alberdi.\n\nAugusto Góngora and Paulina Urrutia have ...
13-02-2024
BBC 4
The Jackal Speaks
A Storyville documentary exploring the extraordinary life of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known globally as Carlos the Jackal. The mastermind of some of the most audacious atta ...
03-06-2025
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
City Of Ghosts
Bafta-nominated documentary telling the story of website Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), where a group of young men band together and risk their lives to document an ...
11-06-2018
BBC 4
The Spy In Your Mobile
A Storyville documentary that investigates a powerful and terrifying spyware called Pegasus, sold to governments around the world by Israeli company NSO Group and used on journa ...
18-02-2023
BBC 4
Wedding Night
A Storyville documentary in which ultra-orthodox Jewish couples speak bravely about their feelings during matchmaking, the engagement period, the wedding ceremony, their first n ...
10-06-2025
BBC 4
The Village That Fought Back: Five Broken Cameras
Oscar-nominated film compiled from the video diary of a Palestinian farmer who documents unrest in his West Bank village. Emad Burnat starts filming with his first camera follow ...
25-09-2024
BBC 4