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NICK FRASER INTERVIEW
Find out more about the Storyville series editor
 

Interview with series editor (Nick Fraser)

  CURRENT STORYVILLES
Programme information for recent and upcoming films

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Features on past Storyville films

The Jazz Baroness (Pannonica Rothschild)
 
THE JAZZ BARONESS
BBC Four : Sun 19 April
British baroness Pannonica Rothschild was born with everything, but one track by a man she had never met inspired her to leave and start a new life in America.

Japan - A Story of Love and Hate (Naoki)
 
JAPAN - A STORY OF LOVE AND HATE
BBC Four : Mon 30 March
Naoki had it all in Japan's bubble economy days, but lost everything when the economy crashed. He was saved by his new girlfriend Yoshie who juggles three jobs to support them both.
  Watch a clip from the film

Campaign! The Kawasaki Candidate (Kazuhiko Yamauchi on the campaign trail)
 
CAMPAIGN! - THE KAWASAKI CANDIDATE
BBC Four : Sun 22 March
Originally shown as part of Why Democracy? this film is being repeated as part of BBC Four's Japan season. It follows a candidate as he runs for a seat on the Japanese council.
  More programmes in the Hidden Japan season

Hammer and Tickle (animation still of Stalin)
 
HAMMER AND TICKLE
BBC Two : Monday 16 March
Ben Lewis tells the real history of Communism through the jokes told by ordinary people about the oppressive Communist regimes of the Soviet Union and its satellites.

The Children's Ward (Murtaza)
 
THE CHILDREN'S WARD
BBC Four : Monday 9 March
Not all casualties of war are combatants. This film looks at two children who are victims of conflict, both directly and indirectly, in Afghanistan and Sudan.

Robert Capa - In Love and War (Storyville logo)
 
ROBERT CAPA - IN LOVE AND WAR
BBC Four : Saturday 7 March
Robert Capa photographed five epic conflicts on three continents, all in the 40 short years of his life. This is a compelling insight into the life and loves of the iconic war photographer.

Bulletproof Salesman (Fidelis Cloer in Kabul, Afghanistan)
 
BULLETPROOF SALESMAN
BBC Four : Monday 2 March
Fidelis Cloer is a self-confessed war profiteer. In a career spanning two decades of global turmoil, he has supplied presidents and dictators with the finest luxury armoured vehicles money can buy.

Gods of Brazil (Pele in 2005)
 
GODS OF BRAZIL
BBC Four : Tuesday 24 February
Pele and Garrincha are both footballing legends in Brazil. Using archive footage, Gods of Brazil tells the story of how one of them became a legend and the other saw success slip away.

Barca - The Inside Story (Barcelona FC logo)
 
BARCA - THE INSIDE STORY
BBC Four : Monday 23 February
A study of Barcelona Football Club from the inside, as a new management team try to claw the club out of debt and towards glory during their turbulent 2003/04 season.

Maradona: In the Hands of the Gods (Two British fans of Diego Maradona)
 
MARADONA - IN THE HANDS OF THE GODS
BBC Four : Monday 23 February
Five young British freestyle footballers undertake a journey from London to Argentina in the hope of fulfilling a lifelong dream - to meet their hero, Diego Maradona.

Solitary Endeavour on the Southern Ocean (Andrew McAuley)
 
SOLITARY ENDEAVOUR ON THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
BBC Two : Sunday 22 February
The extraordinary journey of a man who refused to be ordinary: this story charts the fatal attempt of Andrew McAuley to cross from Australia to New Zealand in a kayak.
  (External) Read about the voyages on Andrew's website

One of the original members of the Funk Brothers
 
STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN
BBC Four : Friday 20 February
This film tells the story of the Funk Brothers, the Motown musicians who were behind more number one hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and The Beatles combined.

Watch Now   Martin Freeman meets the Funk Brothers

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