Growing Up Gay

Recent figures show that more than 40% of LGBT+ people will experience a significant mental health problem, compared to around 25% of the wider population, and are more than twice as likely to have attempted suicide. In this eye-opening and timely film, young pop culture icon Olly Alexander (lead singer of Years & Years) explores why the gay community is more vulnerable to mental health issues, as he opens up about his own long-term battles with depression. Olly joins young people on their journeys, battling issues that parallel his own - from homophobic bullying to eating and anxiety disorders. Each encounter illustrates the positive actions being taken to address these problems, and how this enables people to take strength from each other.

Independent America: The Two Lane Search for Mom & Pop

INDEPENDENT AMERICA: THE TWO LANE SEARCH FOR MOM & POP follows former NBC foreign correspondents and married couple, Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes, as they hit the road and travel 13,000 miles through 32 states, searching for an America unchained by corporate retail. Complete with interviews with economists, advocates, political leaders and even the VP of the world’s leading big box store, this compelling and controversial documentary encourages society to think more about where they spend their hard-earned dollars.

Casey Anthony: Where The Truth Lies

Casey Anthony offers a new perspective on the untimely death of her daughter Caylee Anthony. A decade after being acquitted of murdering her daughter in a court decision that enraged millions and earned her the moniker "America's Most Hated Mom," Casey Anthony is ready to tell her story in her own words. Through a close examination of her version of events, exclusive interviews with people deeply involved in the case, including the officers who initially charged Casey, and unprecedented access to Casey herself, Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies offers a jaw-dropping new perspective on the untimely death of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony.

Inside China: Kung Fu Inc.

Experience the past, present and future of the 1500 year old Shaolin Temple and the birthplace of Kung Fu and Zen Buddhism.

Bad Influencer

BAD INFLUENCER reveals the shocking rise and fall of Belle Gibson, one of Instagram’s first super-influencers. By 23, the Australian wellness guru had cultivated an adoring global following with the story that she’d cured her own terminal cancer by eating a plant-based diet and using alternative natural therapies. Warm, glamorous and authentic, Belle’s appeal transcended Instagram as she scored a lucrative deal with Penguin, while winning awards and plaudits from Apple, Elle, Cosmo and others. But there was one problem with Belle’s story: she never had cancer. BAD INFLUENCER will lift the lid on one of social media’s great mysteries: who was the real Belle Gibson – an ingenious con artist or damaged young woman trapped in a lie?

Pure Intentions

PURE INTENTIONS follows Peter Oliver, a successful Canadian restaurateur, originally from South Africa, as he seeks to right the wrongs of his home country’s past by helping it’s future – it’s children. In the process, Oliver’s journey takes an unexpected and very personal twist.

Three Mothers, Two Babies And A Scandal

Winner of the Scottish BAFTA for Best Factual Series, THREE MOTHERS, TWO BABIES AND A SCANDAL tells the complex and compelling story of the internet adoptions of twin babies, by two separate families on two different continents, and the Trans-Atlantic custody battle and media storm that ensued. Through intimate testimony, the women at the heart of what happened speak together to tell their stories for the first time. The docuseries revisits the thorny twists and turns in a custody case for twin girls, through each of the mothers’ eyes: Tranda, the birth mother, Vickie, the American adoptive mother and Judith, the Welsh adoptive mother.

Barristers

Every year in the UK, 2 million criminal cases are brought before the courts – and for those in the dock, only one thing stands between freedom and a prison cell: Barristers. From murder to international drugs smuggling to violent assault, this ground-breaking series follows some of the country’s leading defence barristers as they fight for clients charged with serious crimes, and reveals just what it takes to keep the scales of justice balanced and defend individuals whose liberty is on the line.

The Science Of Success

We used to think that success took talent, hard work and luck. Now scientists have discovered an extraordinary thing: success depends a lot less on ourselves, rather is a collective response to our performance. All those self-help books that tell you what to do are wrong because you have little to do with your own success. THE SCIENCE OF SUCCESS reveals an exciting, new understanding of how society works, and offers insights into how to achieve success. These discoveries have profound implications for society as well — the outcome of elections, the products we buy, the choices we make — they are all determined by hidden principles. In the age of Big Data, where we can track achievements like a GPS tracks our movements, scientists have identified the drivers of success. And even more astoundingly, they are able to predict it.

Journey In The Danger Zone: Iraq

Adnan Sarwar served as a British soldier in the Iraq war. 15 years later, he returns to explore the country that’s obsessed him ever since. In a revealing and uplifting journey, Adnan sees Iraq and meets its people in a way he never could as a soldier. Starting high in the snowy mountains, Adnan joins wildlife activists releasing bears into the wild; enters tunnels dug by ISIS in Mosul which house an incredible discovery; gains rare access to a booming oil-refinery; and meets Iraqi Kurdistan’s biggest pop star. He joins female soldiers who long for independence from Iraq, before travelling through majestic gorges to reach the contested oil fields of Kirkuk, where Kurdish and Iraqi forces recently clashed. 15 years on, the future of Iraq looks optimistic.