Monday 12th
Channel 4 - The Enemy Within - "
An extremist ideology is sweeping across Europe. Fundamentalist terrorist groups are operating in London. They want to end the British way of life and a minority are prepared to bomb and kill to get what they want.
But the year is 1892: Victorian England, where the government is fighting a war on terror against many of its own citizens.
Over 100 years later, Britain is home to another community which some claim is in deep conflict with its fundamental values.
The Enemy Within explores the discontent which fuelled radical sentiment in the 19th century and the anger that fuels it again today.
It tells the story of a largely forgotten period of English history - an Anarchist insurgency that took place in Victorian London - and examines the parallels that can be drawn with the modern-day war on terror.
A cast of non-professional actors, young British Muslims, speak the words of the 19th-century Anarchists involved with the terror campaign. Their performances are intercut with interviews in which they explain how they feel about being a Muslim in Britain today.
The programme uses surveillance-style camera techniques to evoke an atmosphere of tension and paranoia as it examines the feelings of oppression, persecution and anger that can lead to extremism."
Tuesday 13th
BBC2 - Horizon 1/6 -'Do I Drink Too Much?' - "Alcohol is by far the most widely used drug - and a dangerous one at that. So why are so many of us drinking over the recommended limits?
Why does alcohol have such a powerful grip on us? How much of our relationship with this drug is written in our genes? What are the real dangers of our children drinking too young?
Addiction expert John Marsden, who likes a drink, makes a professional and personal exploration of our relationship with alcohol. He undergoes physical and neurological examinations to determine its impact, and finds out why some people will find it much harder than others to resist alcohol. Even at the age of 14 there may be a way of determining which healthy children will turn into addicts.
John experiments with a designer drug being developed that hopes to replicate all the benefits of alcohol without the dangers. Could this drug replace alcohol in the future?"
More 4 - True Stories: Last of the Honey Bees - "Jeremy Simmons' moving film about the plight of honeybees throughout the world but this time from a very human angle.
Through the stories of three American beekeepers; Nicole Ulibarri from Montana, Eric Mills from Carolina and Matt Hutchens from Washington State, Simmons follows their efforts to make the epic journey with their hives to the biggest event on the beekeepers' calendar - the pollination of the almond groves of California.
But in common with many of the world's apiarists, the three are suffering from unexplained colony collapse disorder (CCD) which results in devastating consequences not just for the bees but for the beekeepers whose livelihoods are at stake.
The film hints at the global consequences of CCD continuing unchecked: the possibility that the crops, fruit and flowers that humanity rely will not be pollinated and will die out."
Friday 16th
Channel 4 - The Force - new 3 part series - "With unprecedented access to Hampshire Constabulary, this series follows the investigation of three major crimes, offering a rare and unique insight into the reality of modern policing." Part 1 - "
A woman's body, burned beyond all recognition, is discovered lying in a cornfield on an idyllic summer's day.
Two days into the case, Hampshire Constabulary know their victim has been strangled, her body carried in a suitcase to a field near a tiny Hampshire village, and then set alight; but not who she or who her killer is.
House-to-house inquiries unearth a witness who's seen a battered Vauxhall being driven slowly around the crime scene, the day before the killing. The offender profilers advise that whoever chose that lonely spot had done so because he knew the area, and a database search of car registrations throws up four names, one of them with a Hampshire bank account.
The chase is on, and as the case unfolds it presents an extraordinary snapshot of Britain in the 21st century - the passions and divisions hidden beneath the placid surface of middle England - and a unique insight into the fragility of modern policing."
Channel 4 - Unreported World: Liberia - Stolen Childhood - "The foreign affairs documentary series reveals how the west African country of Liberia is facing a child rape crisis. Six years after a brutal civil war in which rape was routinely used as a weapon, children are still at risk of being attacked. Reporter Jenny Kleeman and director Matt Haan meet victims at safe houses and children's hospitals to hear their harrowing stories. With little being done to bring rapists to justice, just how serious is the Liberian government about tackling child rape?"
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