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It’s an epidemic of staggering proportions. Thirty-six million people are infected with the HIV virus worldwide, with over 25 million of them in Africa. More than 21 million people have died of AIDS, nearly 17 million in Africa alone. This film is about the greatest challenge of the 21st century and the work of Canadian […]

Poker Kings takes us inside poker’s furtive and exotic subculture as we follow the year-long journey of a select few of the world’s most talented and eccentric players as they compete with each other, and their own frailties, in a quest to win the ultimate prize – The World Series of Poker in glittering, cacophonous […]

“Do no harm” – it’s the credo medicine has lived by for more than 2,000 years, but if the aim is not to harm, then why are thousands of patients dying every year as a result of medical error? Is it a case of incompetent doctors or is there something wrong with our system of […]

This programme looks at the changing face of conservation in Kenya and explores the impact of both colonial and contemporary initiatives, as well as how they affect the peoples who have traditionally lived off the land. In particular, we follow the shifting fortunes of the semi-traditional pastoral group the Masai, one of several tribes in […]

Clot Busters examines the advances, both medical and technological, to the treatment of stroke. Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in North America, affecting 4.7 million people worldwide each year. One in five women will be affected by stroke-nearly double the number of cases for all forms of cancer. And although risk doubles […]

Up Close and Toxic reveals that the great indoors is not as safe as we’ve been lulled into thinking. The study of indoor pollutants indicates that we are very much exposed to toxic agents in places where we would least expect them.

Mississippi Cold Case is the powerful, emotional story of one man’s journey to confront the Klansmen who murdered his brother and to seek justice that has long been denied. This documentary, produced by David Ridgen, played a vital role in the recent charges against the accused in a brutal 43-year-old murder case having ignited North […]

Meet nature’s detectives; how bugs, plants, bones … even dust can be formidable enemies of crime. In the dark recesses of a warehouse, a drunken game of cards explodes into a shocking murder. Now the night watchman lays dead. The only witnesses a housefly or perhaps a cockroach that might be skittering by. That stylized […]

This programme charts an expedition into the Lomako Forest, a remote part of war-torn Congo, in search of the endangered bonobo ape; the bonobo is one of the most human-like and least understood of the great apes. The film examines the paradox of a mission to save apes from extinction in a country facing annihilation […]