About this season
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.
Episodes (42)
1. Citizen King: Martin Luther King
Aired 17 January 2005
2. Prisoner of Paradise
Aired 24 January 2005
3. Made in China
Aired 8 February 2005 • 85 min
Global companies wish to be well-thought of and very successful. Being Finnish, and therefore Scandinavian, Nokia is in the lead when it comes to feeling good about capitalism. But it is not always easy to feel good about the methods by which you make piles of money. Enter ethical consultants. Thomas Balmes' funny, perceptive film follows a Nokia executive and a British ethical management consultant as they make their way around Nokia's prime phone charger suppliers in China.
4. The Fifty Years War
Aired 11 March 2005 • 85 min
5. Why We Fight
Aired 23 March 2005 • 85 min
6. Life on Tracks
Aired 12 April 2005 • 85 min
7. Dr Goebbels Speaks
Aired 5 May 2005 • 85 min
Archive footage and extracts from Goebbels' voluminous diaries combine to provide a vivid insight into the mind of Hitler's propaganda minister.
8. Hitler's Secretary
Aired 6 May 2005 • 85 min
11. Conrad Black: The Last Press Baron
Aired 9 May 2005 • 85 min
13. My Louis Armstrong Years
Aired 18 May 2005 • 85 min
14. A Company of Soldiers
Aired 24 May 2005 • 85 min
15. Games in Athens
Aired 27 May 2005 • 85 min
16. Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Aired 29 May 2005 • 85 min
17. Closing Down
Aired 6 June 2005 • 85 min
18. The Curse of Oil: Rich and Poor
Aired 7 June 2005 • 85 min
19. The Curse of Oil: The Pipeline
Aired 8 June 2005 • 85 min
20. The Curse of Oil: The Wilderness
Aired 9 June 2005 • 85 min
21. Death on the Staircase: Episode 1
Aired 15 July 2005
22. Death on the Staircase: Episode 2
Aired 15 July 2005
23. Death on the Staircase: Episode 3
Aired 15 July 2005
24. Death on the Staircase: Episode 4
Aired 16 July 2005
25. Death on the Staircase: Episode 5
Aired 16 July 2005
26. Death on the Staircase: Episode 6
Aired 16 July 2005
27. Death on the Staircase: Episode 7
Aired 17 July 2005
28. Death on the Staircase: Episode 8
Aired 17 July 2005
29. Romancing the Throne
Aired 2 August 2005
30. Paris Brothel
Aired 2 August 2005
31. Lost in La Mancha
Aired 4 August 2005
32. Shake Hands with the Devil
Aired 30 August 2005
33. The Wild Blue Yonder
Aired 12 September 2005
34. The White Diamond
Aired 14 September 2005
35. Peace One Day
Aired 17 September 2005
36. The Fifty Years War: Part 1
Aired 25 September 2005
37. The Fifty Years War: Part 2
Aired 27 September 2005
38. My Life as a Spy
Aired 17 October 2005
39. Robert Capa: In Love and War
Aired 18 October 2005
40. Animal Magic
Aired 6 November 2005
41. Live Forever
Aired 13 November 2005
42. Sir, No Sir! The GI Revolt
Aired 5 December 2005
43. Kinsey
Aired 19 December 2005
44. Andrew and Jeremy Get Married
Aired 20 December 2005
45. The Natural History of the Chicken
Aired 23 December 2005