[Part 1] The Strangest Village in Britain focuses on the Yorkshire village of Botton; a place where eccentric behaviour is celebrated and people who might have difficulty being accepted by the outside world are welcomed. One hundred and thirty five people with special needs live and work with 100 'co-workers' (and their children) in a remote and self-contained collection of farmhouses set in a rugged valley on the North Yorkshire Moors.
[Part 1] El-Banate Dol is a documentary that plunges us into the universe of adolescent girls living on the streets of Cairo, a universe of violence and oppression as well as freedom.
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Secret Life Of The Classroom [Part 2]
[Part 2] Every year over 650,000 children start school. Film maker, Fran Landsman, spent 11 weeks at Moorlands Infant School in Bath to make this highly original film revealing the dramas that mark theses crucial weeks for the nation’s four year olds.
[Part 1] Meet The Natives is a Reality Show/Documentary on Channel 4 which sees five tribesmen leave their villages in Vanuatu in the South Pacific and visit the United Kingdom in search of Prince Philip, whom they believe is the physical embodiment of the son of their God. Filming their adventures they take a look at the British way of life.
Murderers on the Dance Floor tells the story behind a YouTube clip that has now been viewed by over 9 million people. In this incredible clip 1,500 inmates of a Filipino prison dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller. But Thriller isn't the only dance the inmates perform; their dazzling repertoire includes Giorgio Moroder's Electric Dreams, a rock version of Canon in D major and numbers from Sister Act.
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The Secret World of Self Storage [Part 1]
[Part 1] Chris heads down to his storage unit whenever he’s going through a rough patch, spending time with his prize possession; Derek the dalek who always lifts his spirits. 35-year-old Maria readily admits that her storage unit is her life. Everything she owns is locked away in a three-metre by three metre box. Maria moved into storage as a short term measure, but three years on, she’s still homeless and there’s little chance of her moving into a place of her own. Then there’s Roddolf, an unashamed storage junkie. He dreams of become an installation artist and he’s convinced that the stuff he stores, including 20-year-old boxes and piles of dust, will provide the inspiration and the raw materials for his masterpieces. As this special discovers, there is everything from dead bodies to people living in self-storage, making police raids more common and there has been no end of strange stuff found inside.
[Part 1] This is your second chance to witness the breathtaking story of Daniel Tammet. A twenty-something with extraordinary mental abilities, Daniel is one of the world’s few savants. He can do calculations to 100 decimal places in his head, and learn a language in a week. This documentary follows Daniel as he travels to America to meet the scientists who are convinced he may hold the key to unlocking similar abilities in everyone. He also meets the world’s most famous savant, the man who inspired Dustin Hoffman’s character in the Oscar winning film ‘Rain Man’.
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