David France
Director
Storyville (1997)
Season 2002
Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago. Screening over 340 films, from some 70 different countries, the strand has garnered a staggering array of awards: five Oscars, 15 Griersons, three Peabodys and two International Emmys. In true, unique, Storyville style, the new series promises to deliver the strand's usual eclectic mix of compelling stories from across the globe.
Released Nov. 15, 1997
Episode 85 min
None+
Genres: Biography, Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.current-affairs, mdblist.has-trailer
Production Companies: BBC Four
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S6E1 - Who is Bernard Tapie?
Part 3 looks at the strong sense of duty implicit in family relationships in China. Waitress Peng has sacrificed her own education to support her sister's studies, while owner Qin Linzi discusses her own difficult childhood and introduces us to her privileged daughter. The restaurant prepares a 70th birthday banquet for Sun and her family, with special dishes including steamed longevity buns and stir-fried turtle.
May 28, 2002, midnight
S6E2 - Meeting My Daughter
Part 4 looks to the future with a banquet for a new baby and the anniversary show organised by the West Lake to celebrate its third year. Managers, chefs and waiting staff take to the stage in an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza rounded off with a star turn by the owner, Qin Linzi. The restaurant addresses the high rate of staff turnover and gives the waiting staff a pay rise, while Qin discusses how important it is for her to drink with her customers.
June 24, 2002, midnight
S6E3 - Robots Are Us
What are the forces that shape and propel American militarism? This award-winning film provides an inside look at the anatomy of the American war machine.
Why We Fight is the provocative new documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Eugene Jarecki (The Trials of Henry Kissinger) and winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
Named after the series of short films by legendary director Frank Capra that explored America’s reasons for entering World War II, Why We Fight surveys a half-century of military conflicts, asking how – and answering why – a nation of, by and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a government system whose survival depends on an Orwellian state of constant war.
July 11, 2002, midnight
S6E4 - Dark Days
Aug. 8, 2002, midnight
S6E5 - Chain Camera
Aug. 8, 2002, midnight
S6E6 - Out of Phoenix Bridge
Aug. 10, 2002, midnight
S6E7 - More Than A Life
Sept. 2, 2002, midnight
S6E8 - Louis Malle's India
Sept. 3, 2002, midnight
S6E9 - See What Happens
Sept. 16, 2002, midnight
S6E10 - Town Bloody Hall
Sept. 16, 2002, midnight
S6E11 - The War Room
Sept. 23, 2002, midnight
S6E12 - Cry for Argentina
Sept. 24, 2002, midnight
S6E13 - Greedy in Thailand
Sept. 24, 2002, midnight
S6E14 - Kabul Emergency Room
Oct. 7, 2002, midnight
S6E15 - Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Oct. 15, 2002, midnight
S6E16 - Fashion Victim
Oct. 17, 2002, midnight
S6E17 - Ghosts of Attica
Oct. 29, 2002, midnight
S6E18 - Last Party 2000
Nov. 2, 2002, midnight
S6E19 - Crumb
Nov. 26, 2002, midnight
S6E20 - Aids 2002: Simon & I
Dec. 3, 2002, midnight
S6E21 - Aids 2002: Sincerely Yours
Dec. 3, 2002, midnight
S6E22 - Milosevic: How to be a Dictator
Dec. 10, 2002, midnight
Watch Trailer
BBC Two
85 min/ep
58140 min
Nov. 15, 1997
Oct. 28, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
NR
Action
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