Sunday 29th
More 4 - Darcus Howe - Son of Mine - "This touching and candid film follows Darcus Howe as he attempts to understand and come closer to his troubled youngest son, as well as face up to his own failings as a father. The outspoken broadcaster and social commentator Darcus Howe is no stranger to controversy or tackling issues head on, but in Son Of Mine, his most personal documentary to date, he finally meets his match - in the form of his own troubled youngest son.
When Darcus Howe started this film, his twenty-one year old son Amiri was in serious trouble. He'd been caught handling stolen passports and shoplifting. He'd been accused of attempted rape. He wrote obsessive hip-hop lyrics about shooting and killing.
"Shit just attracts to us, man," Amiri confides to the camera, with disturbing pride."
Monday 30th
BBC 1 - Panorama: Can Tesco Save The World? - "It has been blamed for concreting over the countryside, and running up endless air miles importing food and trucking it the length and breadth of Britain, but is Tesco now leading the business fightback against man-made global warming?
Local communities and a new breed of business entrepreneurs increasingly see delivering a low-carbon economy as an opportunity to make money, while politicians are wary of forcing the pace of change because of its potential to lose votes."
Tuesday 1st
ITV 1 - Real Crime: Bombers On The Run - "“There was the most incredible tension inside the police. They knew there were people out there could kill several hundred people if we didn’t get them quickly.” Ken Livingston, Mayor of London. “There’s a split second when I enter that room that I think, ‘I’m going to die here.’” ‘Karl’, West Midlands Police specialist firearms officer, part of the team who apprehended Yassin Omar, who tried to bomb Warren Street Underground Station. Exactly two weeks after the July 7 bombings, as a memorial service was held in London for the victims and a still shocked nation was united in grief and sympathy for the injured, others were planning to emulate the mass murder with a repeat of those terrorist attacks. Presented by Mark Austin, Real Crime: Bombers On the Run tells the story of a group of terrorists’ failed attempt to bomb the capital with a series of explosions on public transport and the dramatic race to capture the culprits before they could strike again. Featuring interviews with witnesses who saw the bombers attempt to detonate their devices and key senior figures within the police operation to find them, Real Crime vividly reflects a week of febrile tension across London as the city remained on full alert while the would-be bombers were on the run. And speaking exclusively to Real Crime, for the first time officers from West Midlands Police specialist firearms unit tell the incredible story of how they risked their lives to snare one of the bombers. Featuring CCTV and archive footage, the documentary pieces together the bombers’ movements and the unprecedented scale of the police efforts to track them, before ultimately bringing them to justice."
Wednesday 2nd
BBC 2 - This World: Stalin's Return - "Joseph Stalin is back. Or is he?
Reporter John Sweeney travels more than 5000 miles through the old Soviet Union, from Stalin's birthplace in Georgia to a former labour camp in Russia, to find out if one of the twentieth century's most notorious mass-murderers is really being rehabilitated."
Friday 4th
BBC 2 - Gardeners' World: The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - "Narrated by keen gardener Sandi Toksvig, this documentary explores the stories behind the seven founders of the Royal Horticultural Society - a disparate group of gentlemen who met in 1804 above a bookshop in London's Piccadilly. Detailing their feuds and quarrels, the film then jumps forward to investigate where gardening is heading today, through the eyes of seven modern key horticulturists hoping to ensure the successful future of the RHS."
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