Author: Jill Rose

The Naughty bits is a sassy and irreverent new series that peeks at six parts of our bodies long considered to be the most sexy, erotic and alluring: the penis, vagina, breast, bum, eyes and lips. If you have ever wondered ‘just how big is big’, ‘are the eyes truly the window on the soul’ […]

On September 2001, just days after the destruction of the World Trade Centre, Quebec’s celebrated chamber ensemble, Les Violons Du Roy, performed one of the greatest pieces of consolatory music in the Western world – Mozart’s Requiem – at the Troy Savings Bank Musical Hall in Troy, New York. In Ode to a Requiem, director […]

This singular documentary follows the inside story of a four and a half year inquiry into what caused the crash of Swissair MD-11 on the evening of September 2, 1998. The so-called black boxes stopped functioning about six minutes prior to impact. Coupled with the fact that the aircraft lay 55 metres below the surface […]

La Nouba transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, engaging the imagination from beginning to end with opulent sets, brilliant choreography, theatrical lighting and provocative music. Featuring mesmerizing high wire and flying trapeze, stunning acro-gymnastic performances and other dynamic displays of co-ordination and strength, La Nouba promises to surprise, excite and mystify. La Nouba is an unforgettable journey through […]

Apocalypse Cow is a two-part story about Mad Cow Disease – a rare brain disorder of cattle that has the ability to jump species. The Mad Cow epidemic started in the United Kingdom and has spread to more than 20 countries around the world. It is also a story about cover-up and greed. Apocalypse Cow […]

Nature of Things looks at the economics of environmentally sound business, and at some companies that have factored ecology into their ‘bottom line.’ The series looks at what some businesses are doing to ‘green’ their operations from recycling and re-using waste, to completely rethinking every aspect of their production process.

This investigation uncovers the serious health implications for the millions of New Yorkers exposed to the poisonous ruins of the World Trade Centre. New York Times reporters Tony Depalma and Marc Santora investigate the aftermath of what scientists have called “the largest acute environmental disaster that has befallen New York”.

We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton. Her incarceration and subsequent release, then re-incarceration and her ultimate release once again-left us submerged knee-deep in the twists and turns of her life. Famous for doing nothing, she’s the ultimate manifestation of our obsession with celebrity […]

In 1965, fifteen years after moving to France, author Mavis Gallant reflects on writing and her life in Paris. This rare moment with the venerated writer of numerous stories of the New Yorker is a golden hour. Black and White.