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1. Panorama (I) (1953– )
40 min | Documentary, News
Long-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
Stars: Fred Emery, David Dimbleby, Richard Lindley, Richard Dimbleby
Votes: 598
2. 638 Ways to Kill Castro (2006 TV Movie)
78 min | Documentary, History
Dollan Cannell's documentary on the hundreds of alleged plots to assassinate Fidel Castro, and a look at the evolution of Cuban politics.
Director: Dollan Cannell | Stars: Wayne Smith, Enrique Encinosa, Enrique Ovares, Fabian Escalante
Votes: 449
3. Dispatches (1987– )
Documentary, News
Channel 4's long-running, award-winning investigative current affairs documentary series. Particularly noted for its undercover reporting.
Stars: Morland Sanders, Antony Barnett, Deborah Davies, Tazeen Ahmad
Votes: 236
4. Treblinka's Last Witness (2012 TV Movie)
Documentary
Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman, the last two survivors of the Nazi extermination camp Treblinka, recount the horrors they experienced during the war and talk about their lives after ... See full summary »
Directors: Dollan Cannell, Spike Geilinger | Stars: Richard Lintern, Kalman Teigman, David Cesarani, Samuel Willenberg
Votes: 102
5. CNN Presents (1993– )
39 min | Documentary
The plight of child sex slaves has been well publicised but seldom do we get to see inside their nasty world. Recently however, an undercover film crew did just that. They gained rare ... See full summary »
Stars: Randi Kaye, Christiane Amanpour, Judy Woodruff, Soledad O'Brien
Votes: 92
6. Police: Suspect No. 1 (2020–2024)
60 min | Documentary, Crime
Documentary series following the work of Norfolk police as they attempt to identify those responsible for crimes, exploring the intricacies of producing irrefutable evidence, conducting interviews and getting the guilty to confess.
Star: Hugo Speer
Votes: 38
7. The Importance of Being Famous (2003 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
In this three part series, Piers Morgan editor of the tabloid newspaper "The Daily Mirror", investigates the British public's obsession with fame and celebrity. He also interviews various ... See full summary »
Director: Dollan Cannell | Stars: Piers Morgan, Andre Agassi, Susie Amy, Nicholas R. Bailey
Votes: 20
8. The Blair Years (2007)
Documentary
Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell, William Hague
Votes: 18
9. Skint Britain: Friends Without Benefits (2019)
60 min | Documentary
Documentary series exploring the impact of the new Universal Credit benefits system on Hartlepool, one of the first towns to experience life under the government's flagship social welfare policy.
Stars: David Threlfall, Ryan Swain
Votes: 14
10. Gareth Malone's Extraordinary School for Boys (2010– )
177 min | Documentary
Gareth Malone teaches in a primary school for one term. His mission is to re-engage boys who don't like school and who, like many across Britain, lag behind their female peers.
Stars: Mark Bazeley, Gareth Malone, Chris Thurgood, Lacey Roberts
Votes: 10
11. The Choir: Unsung Town (2009– )
233 min
Choirmaster Gareth Malone believes everyone should sing. As such, he has brought choral music first to a co-ed high school, and then a boys only school, neither which had a recent history ... See full summary »
Stars: Mark Bazeley, Gareth Malone, Matty Leonard, South Oxhey Community Choir
Votes: 10
13. Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes (2021)
60 min | Documentary
Documentary series exploring some of Britain's most beautiful and most iconic landscapes and meeting local people. Narrated by Robert Lindsay.
Star: Robert Lindsay
Votes: 8
14. Skies Above Britain (2016)
Documentary
Stars: Julian Barratt, Nick Fellows, Peter McKenzie-Brown, Christopher Paul Jones
Votes: 8
15.
Police: Suspect No. 1 (2020–2024)
Episode:
Armed Rampage
(2020)
45 min | Documentary, Crime
In Norfolk, a team seek evidence to help them convict two suspects in a shocking armed robbery case.
Directors: Dollan Cannell, Piers Sanderson | Star: Hugo Speer
Votes: 5
16.
Panorama (1953– )
Episode:
Diabetes: The Hidden Killer
(2016)
58 min | Documentary, News
Britain is in the grip of a hidden epidemic that threatens to overwhelm the NHS as more and more people, even children, are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Panorama reports from Birmingham where nearly 1 in 10 have the disease.
Directors: Dollan Cannell, Alys Cummings | Star: Anna Maxwell Martin
Votes: 5
17. Exodus (2000)
Documentary, Short
In "Exodus" Samura traveled to Nigeria, Mali, The Sahara, Morocco and Spain as he followed African exiles in their attempt to make their way to the 'promised land' of Europe. The film saw ... See full summary »
Director: Dollan Cannell | Star: Sorious Samura
18. Brixton Stories (2004)
Documentary
Directors: Richard Guard, Ron McCullagh, Kate Snell, George Waldrum, Mark Welsh
19. Addicts' Symphony (2014 TV Movie)
62 min | Documentary
Director: Dollan Cannell | Stars: James McConnel, Colin Morgan
20. The Choir: Unsung Town Revisited (2011 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
A condensed version of The Choir: Unsung Town (2009) is presented. The show told the story of choirmaster Gareth Malone's year long project to create choirs in South Oxhey, a housing estate... See full summary »
Stars: Sibel Aykam, Yildiz Aykam, Mark Bazeley, Reece Bellotti
21. Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In? (2018)
180 min | Documentary
Filmed over one term with access to three schools in Bexley, which has a fully selective education system, following children and teachers to see how selection impacts on education.
Star: Sophie Black
22. 21st Century War (2002– )
Documentary
Part one. Sorious Samura explores the changing face of war, focusing on its impact on the lives of ordinary people. In particular, he looks at the experiences of those on the receiving end ... See full summary »
Star: Sorious Samura
24.
CNN Presents (1993– )
Episode:
Exodus from Africa
(2001)
Documentary
CNN examines why thousands of Africans attempt to immigrate illegally to Europe each year. Many of them are poor and they take the risk in order to go to countries that they believe hold ... See full summary »
Director: Dollan Cannell | Stars: Leon Harris, Sorious Samura
25.
The Blair Years (2007)
Episode:
Blair and Brown
(2007)
Documentary
Director: Dollan Cannell | Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, David Aaronovitch, Tony Blair, Hilary Armstrong
26.
Police: Suspect No. 1 (2020–2024)
Episode:
Crime Wave
(2020)
45 min | Documentary, Crime
Norwich CID seek a prolific burglar who is very conscientious when it comes to leaving no traces.
Directors: Dollan Cannell, Piers Sanderson | Star: Hugo Speer
27.
Police: Suspect No. 1 (2020–2024)
Episode:
Truth and Lies
(2020)
45 min | Documentary, Crime
After a raid on a cannabis factory, nine people are arrested and it is up to the team at Norwich CID to get to the bottom of which role each suspect played.
Directors: Dollan Cannell, Piers Sanderson | Star: Hugo Speer
28.
Police: Suspect No. 1 (2020–2024)
Episode:
Violent Strangers
(2020)
45 min | Documentary, Crime
The team in Norwich gathers evidence about a single-punch attack that has left a man with a serious brain injury, but no willing witnesses.
Directors: Dollan Cannell, Piers Sanderson | Star: Hugo Speer
29.
Gareth Malone's Extraordinary School for Boys (2010– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2010)
59 min | Documentary
Choirmaster Gareth Malone is taking on a challenge unfamiliar to him: increase the literacy of British boys, who, at elementary school levels, lag far behind girls. This literacy includes ... See full summary »
Directors: Dollan Cannell, Marcus Sulley | Stars: Mark Bazeley, Louise Eaton, Gareth Malone, Lacey Roberts
30.
Gareth Malone's Extraordinary School for Boys (2010– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2010)
59 min | Documentary
It's week three of Gareth's eight week experiment to get the boys at Pear Mead School to improve their reading level by six months. So far, Gareth has managed to get the boys interested in ... See full summary »
Director: Marcus Sulley | Stars: Mark Bazeley, Gareth Malone, Chris Thurgood
31.
Gareth Malone's Extraordinary School for Boys (2010– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2010)
59 min | Documentary
Gareth only has a few weeks left in his eight week task of increasing the boys' literacy level by six months. So far, he tackled the issues of speaking and reading, and in these last few ... See full summary »
Directors: Marcus Sulley, Dollan Cannell | Stars: Mark Bazeley, Gareth Malone, Lacey Roberts, Chris Thurgood
32.
The Choir: Unsung Town (2009– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2009)
58 min
After the television airing of The Choir: Boys Don't Sing (2008), choirmaster Gareth Malone received hundreds of requests to set up choirs. What he chooses as the follow-up is to set up a ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beney | Stars: The Bach Choir, Mark Bazeley, South Oxhey Community Choir, Carly Harvey
33.
The Choir: Unsung Town (2009– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2009)
58 min
Now that he has got the South Oxhey Community Choir up and running which included having its first public performance in the estate precinct to garner public moral support among South Oxhey... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beney | Stars: Darren Aisthorpe, Sibel Aykam, Mark Bazeley, Dean Bridges
34.
The Choir: Unsung Town (2009– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2009)
59 min
With some early successes with both the community and children's choir in South Oxhey, choirmaster Gareth Malone moves on to his next three somewhat discrete challenges in South Oxhey which... See full summary »
Director: Dollan Cannell | Stars: Mark Bazeley, Dean Bridges, Mark Brunette, Merchant Taylors' School Choir
35.
The Choir: Unsung Town (2009– )
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2009)
58 min
With the community choir, the children's choir and now the young men's choir all rising to the challenges he's placed before them, choirmaster Gareth Malone moves on to his final project ... See full summary »
Director: Dollan Cannell | Stars: Sibel Aykam, Mark Bazeley, Dean Bridges, Daniel Carpenter
36.
Dispatches (1987– )
Episode:
The Dispatches Debate: Muslims and Free Speech
(2006)
Documentary, News
Director: David Coleman | Stars: Jon Snow, Shami Chakrabarti, Caroline Fourest, Imran Khan
37.
Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In? (2018)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2018)
58 min | Documentary
This edition follows a group of children from Uplands Primary School as they prepare to take the 11 plus selection test. Joanita has had extra tuition, Summer is one of the few pupils not to have done so.
Directors: Mark Casebow, Leo Fawkes, Jamie Pickup | Star: Sophie Black
38.
Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In? (2018)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2018)
59 min | Documentary
Part two follows daily life at two secondary schools. Townley Grammar is judged to be one of the best schools in the country, two miles down the road Erith School needs to pick itself up following a critical report.
Directors: Leo Fawkes, Jamie Pickup, Mark Casebow | Star: Sophie Black
39.
Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In? (2018)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2018)
59 min | Documentary
In the third and final part of the series, pupils at Erith School and Townley Grammar prepare to face their mock GCSE examinations.
Directors: Mark Casebow, Leo Fawkes, Jamie Pickup | Star: Sophie Black
41.
Great Ormond Street (2010– )
Episode:
Fight to Breathe
(2015)
Documentary
Director: Catey Sexton
43.
Skint Britain: Friends Without Benefits (2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2019)
47 min | Documentary
Promising young drummer Tamsyn aims for her big break. Nathan and Abbey hunt rabbits for their tea. Partially blind David's payments are reduced after his disability is reassessed.
Directors: Owen Gower, Aaron Black, Phil Turner | Star: David Threlfall
44.
Skint Britain: Friends Without Benefits (2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2019)
47 min | Documentary
Billy and his mother run a letting agency in Hartlepool. Since Universal Credit was introduced, they've seen rent arrears soar. Meanwhile, tensions between loan sharks and their clients boil over.
Directors: Owen Gower, Aaron Black, Phil Turner | Star: David Threlfall