TVF Docs: Cult

A documentary on the life and work of maverick cinematographer, Chris Doyle. This film showcases Doyle's work using footage from his films such as Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho. The film contains fascinating shots of Hong Kong street life, the city that Doyle has come to love and call his home and draw upon in his work. It's an intimate look at Doyle and his art with contributions from Wong Kar Wai, the acclaimed Hong Kong film director (In the Mood for Love), and others who have worked alongside him.

Talking Pictures consist of two half hour portraits of two of the world's leading film directors, Sir Richard Attenborough and the controversial Ken Loach. The programmes are both searching and compelling and succeed in giving the audience a greater insight into what inspires these directors.

Talking Pictures consist of two half hour portraits of two of the world's leading film directors, Sir Richard Attenborough and the controversial Ken Loach. The programmes are both searching and compelling and succeed in giving the audience a greater insight into what inspires these directors.

THE BRITISH UFO FILES reveals for the first time the secret history of alien aircraft investigations led by the most powerful forces within the British government. Featuring eye-witness accounts by top ranking military personnel, previously unseen top secret documentation and rare archive footage, the film examines in detail a cache of information ranging from the alleged production of Nazi UFO’s to the landing of an alien spacecraft at a British air-force base. Revealing a catalogue of unexplained, unearthly phenomenon, THE BRITISH UFO FILES tells a story more bizarre than anything to be found within the pages of even the fictional X Files.

Long before Hollywood was invented, three Frenchmen pioneered the art of the cinema. As early as 1900, the Lumiere brothers exhibited film on the world’s largest screen to an audience of 25,000 people. The brothers Pathé had branches in London, Moscow, New York and the Far East in the early 1900s. George Melies by accident invented the jump-cut stop-motion transition in the same period. This programme features incredible footage, rarely seen, and some of it hand-coloured. A fascinating insight into the birth of cinema.

This programmes traces the rise of Hungary’s most noted star, from his struggle to reach the top of the Broadway stage, to his success as Count Dracula and finally to the unfortunate typecasting that led to his demise. With Ralph Bellamy and John Carradine.

This star-studded record of the early Hollywood musicals not only traces the development of sound from the original disc, but also features many Hollywood legends, including Al Jolson, James Cagney, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Betty Grable.

This tribute traces the early career of Charlie Chaplin from utter destitution to his meeting with Fred Karno and his rise to stellar status. In 1913, Karno’s company was invited by Mack Sennett to join the Keystone Film Company. Using hilarious footage from the early Chaplin movies, this powerful documentary follows the early career of one of the world’s greatest ever comic geniuses.

A winner of several international awards, this programme examines the legacy of Pythagoras and Plato and their impact on the modern world, our thoughts, buildings and hierarchies. Filmed accross North America and Europe, the documentary is shot on location in the home towns of these two great historical figures.

Before movies became sexually explicit, the female form was hidden from the male on the silver screen. Through rare archive material (featuring Marilyn Monroe and Joan Crawford among others), clips from films, stills and magazines, this programme presents a fascinating social record of glamour in an age of supposed innocence!

This programme offers a quirky look at what the mobile phone revolution is doing to us. Have they really brought us a new freedom to go where we want and still be in touch or have they just turned us into slaves at the beck and call of their constant ringing and reduced us to liars and neurotics? We meet people whose lives have been transformed by the mobile phone such as the escort agency where mobile phones enable girls to work in relative safety to a thoroughly modern couple with nine mobile phones between them who even keep them switched on in the sauna.

Rollin' Through the Decades encapsulates the positive atmosphere of skateboarding and shows a true picture of its influence on our time. The film features interviews with over 100 inspirational and legendary skateboarders, photographers and film-makers. It blends historic, rare and unseen footage, videos, and photos with nostalgic sounds of the 70’s80's and 90's, and contemporary music made especially for the film.

Tall Paul Newman was raised in clubland, his father John owning the famous Turnmills in E.London. Paul got his first breaks on the decks there and rapidly ascended the DJ hall of fame, last year being voted "European DJ of the year". With residencies worldwide including Las Vegas, Ibiza & London, Belfast, & Miami, Paul spends little time with his beloved family. A fanatical Arsenal supporter he still finds the time to play weekly soccer with the boys from his hugely successful record label Duty Free. Superstar DJ follows Tall Paul from his recording studio, to his national radio show broadcast from London, to his residency in Ibiza and a frantic rush back for his weekly night at the family club Turnmills.

Very few girls have cracked the Dj scene and Lisa Loud is at the top of any promoters top 10. From her home in Richmond Superstar Dj follows her to her residencies in Newquay, Cornwall and to her monthly appearances at the world famous superclub Manumission in Ibiza. She reveals her passion for fashion and the programme culminates in her first self promoted night in Middlesborough, with Lisa having to dish out flyers on the street to get the club paying punters in through the doors. Lisa Loud is loud in every way.

The programme kicks off at the Love Parade in Leeds where the Radio 1 superstar performs in front of 100,000's of clubbers all chanting his name. His beautiful wife Angelic performs her latest top 20 track and the pair then rush off to Jules's residency at the world famous Gatecrasher in Sheffield. No rest for this DJ, it's on to a 7am flight to Ibiza to play at his own sell-out night "Judgement Day". The newest love of his life, his newborn child awaits him on the Golden Isle. Jules is the acceptavble face of dance music, it's stated that he's the most poweful man in the Uk music industry.

Superstar DJ hangs out with the undisputed "king of largin", notorious chop stick hooligan, the boy with an eye for fast cars and copious amounts of booze. The absolute crowd favourite Brandon is happiest at home in West London with his local mates. It doesn't affect him that he's had 2 Top 20 records and is mobbed every time he goes out, just buy Blocko a drink and he'll be your friend. Superstar DJ follows Brandon playing at his local pub in Pinner and then follows him on an all night road session from Reading to the Midlands enchanting the crowds with his frenetic Dj style.

Madam Kitty's Cathouse is run by Madam Jan. Manchester born and bred; Jan took a job as a cleaner at Madam Kitty's Cathouse thinking it was a cattery - now she is the Manager. Jan leads us through the intricacies of running a brothel that turns over millions of dollars, thousands of men and hundred of working girls. Goldie is one of the new girls. For the past two years she has been working the 'track' in the Bay area, dreaming of coming to a legal house. On her 18th birthday she took a Greyhound bus to Carson City. Through Goldie we see the transition is not always easy. One of the things that she finds difficult is giving her client TLC - something she never had to do on the streets. The house offers more security then the street - the prime attraction for the girls working the track. But in the house there are still risks involved despite all the security measures the House has put in place. One night Goldie confronts one of the worst fears a working girl has to encounter….

Dennis Hof's birthday party, held in a Marquee in the grounds of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, is one of the highlights of the Sex industry's social calendar. The Moonlite is more upmarket then Madam Kitty's and is where Dennis bases his PR operations. It is a time for the management and the girls to celebrate their hard working year, and a golden opportunity to make more money. Dennis has revolutionized the Brothel industry by introducing simple white collar ethics and innovative marketing techniques. One of these innovations is to encourage porn-stars to work at his brothels. It is now possible to rent the video, go to the brothel and sample the star. As his PR agent Kent Wallace puts it, "Dennis is making it okay for porn stars to work in brothels and making it legitimate, and they're like 'finally we can now get involved and make some real money because we were really getting screwed when we were just making films'". The porn stars have been arriving at the Moonlite all week, this favoritism creates tension at the earthier Madam Kitty's, where they have also been decorating their brothel for the party. While the guests arrive Dennis calls the girls to a meeting. Like any successful sales manager he is keen to thank them for a great year and to remind them that there is money to be made on the dance floor. And he is offering the usual incentives...

Linda is a mother of three and has been a working girl for six years. Working at the brothels was one of the few ways that she could earn good money in Carson City, "I came to being on the game because we needed to make some pretty good money fast." Bringing up three kids on a minimum wage became impossible, and it was a decision that her mother, sister and eldest daughter all supported. Linda has no qualms, "I'm making people very happy, I'm making good money. Women go out and have one night stands all the time, and nobody has a problem with that." So when her eldest daughter, Darla expressed an interest in joining her at the Moonlite, Linda thought it hypocritical to dissuade her. Darla is 18, and has only ever slept with one man, her husband Buck. She needs the money to start college. Buck reluctantly agrees. Darla claims that she is no good at sex, "I mean I've only slept with one person in my life, I mean that's hard to just go out there and just go and do that for a living." We follow Darla as she goes through the process of becoming a prostitute, and in just 24 hours with a new "ho" (whore) name Bianca, she is good to go. Some of the older girls have some advice to give her, "You should really think about it before you come into any part of the adult business because once you do it you can't take it back and you are using your body." Word slowly spreads that the house has a mother and daughter working there. Hank is a house regular and he has a special fantasy, "I have partied with Mom, and I've always had a fantasy, one of my all time favorite movies is the Graduate with Dustin Hoffman when he did both Mom and daughter."

Prostitution is legal in Nevada, advertising it is not. Denis Hof has always been creative in the way he markets his business. PR man Kent Wallace and Dennis are constantly dreaming up ways to promote the brothels. The US led war on terrorism has presented Dennis with another marketing opportunity. He is offering free sex to virgin soldiers about to join the war. The catch is they have to do it live on radio at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch. Ruby takes virgin soldier Jordan's virginity. She is very proud of her work, and claims it runs in the family, "My mom's a teacher so I kinda got a little of that. I just teach a much more interesting subject. Women should be coming in no more than 7 minutes. If you are longer than 7 minutes you need my help. You need to come to me." Dennis has been invited to LA to attend the Emmys. He rewards his top-bookers, Airforce Amy and Candice with a free trip, which will includes radio and television appearances. Unfortunately the Emmys are canceled due to the start of the attack on Afghanistan. War may stop awards ceremonies, but it certainly doesn't stop Dennis Hof's publicity machine….

Love For Sale follows the highs and lows of the clients, girls and Madams of Madam Kitty’s Cathouse and the Moonlight Bunny Ranch, 2 brothels situated near Carson City, Nevada - the only area in the US where prostitution is legal. Thanksgiving is the most important family day of the year in America. One of Jan’s most important roles is to motivate the girls. She encourages a family atmosphere at the house, and is like a Mum to the girls. Jan makes Thanksgiving Day a big occasion for all the girls who have chosen to stay at the Brothel. She explains ‘Some of them come from foster homes and things like that of course, some ran away from home when they were young, some of them would like to be with their families but simply can’t afford it. So we want to make it a really special day for them…but I also want them to be grateful so we’re going to say grace before dinner because I want them to understand just what a lot they have to be thankful for.’ Dallas stays at the brothel over Thanksgiving as she thinks that she has the opportunity to make a bit of extra money. The decision to stay pays off. She has an out date – a client who wants to take her out of the brothel. In this case to Reno to gamble. There are other reasons for her staying, she explains ' you know, pretty much I’ve been here over ten years, and these folks I live with them everyday this is my family for sure. My adult family. Ricki is having a crisis with her husband and so she spends Thanksgiving at the brothel. She also considers Madam Kitty’s to be a big family, ‘Family doesn’t have to be by blood and these people have been with me from the beginning and they care about me and it’s kinda like why would I be anywhere else? Why wouldn’t I go to see my Mom and my brother? Because I’m not going to drive 500 miles round trip to be treated like crap.' The girls are happy; they have made their sales targets, all in all as Jan says, ‘Six ‘o clock, and we’ve still got an hour to go on day shift so we did pretty damn good today. Pretty damn good. There’s still guys out there want sex on Thanksgiving Day. It’s been a good day. A family day.’

Dennis explains his marketing philosophy, ‘I’m the Colonel Sanders of prostitution there’s no question about it. I am a shameless, relentless promoter of prostitution I believe in the product, I love the product, I use it daily and I love sex. I think that sex for sale is the only way. You bet, rent it, if it fucks, flies or floats rent it.’ Dennis Hof has become a well known player in the pimp world. Every year he is invited to the exclusive Players Ball, an award ceremony for America’s pimp industry. Dennis and Sunset and their entourage are the only white faces at the ball held in Chicago’s notorious south side. The players have respect for Dennis for as the pimps say ‘you all know Dennis Hof from the Bunnyranch and he’s got Sunshine Thomas, man this guy has got 250 ho’s deep.’ The Players ball gives the pimps of America an opportunity to celebrate their success, show off their jewellery, their furs and their bitches...The night is organised by Bishop Magic Don Juan, special guests include Ice T and Snoop Dog. However, Dennis doesn’t see himself as a pimp, ‘I look at pimp as a jokey manner ‘cause I’m not a pimp. I’m a business man who supplies a place and an opportunity for ladies to work and we share the proceeds. The last thing I am is a pimp.’ But in the strange world of the brothel it is hard to see where the business ends and the pimp begins…

The Brothels attract girls from all over the United States and from a variety of different back grounds. Most of the girls come from other parts of the sex industry – strip bars, escort agencies and the street. Some have never worked in the sex industry before. But for all their differences they are united in a common dream of earning big money fast. Times are hard. An economic recession and the twin towers disaster has impacted on the sales of the house and the morale of the girls. Madam Jan has asked the owner Dennis Hof to give a motivational talk to the girls. Dennis’ background as a time share sales man has him ideally placed to motivate the girls. But the sales spiel doesn’t work for Ricki, an old timer at the ranch. She is burnt out and needs a break from the Nevada hustle. In the intense atmosphere of the house the girls must learn to get on with one and other. Madam Jan’s job is to encourage a sense of sisterhood in the house. She encourages the girls to focus on their work. Sierra and Misty offer a two girl party. But mixing business with pleasure has meant that Sierra has fallen in love with the glamorous and soulful Misty. They have moved in together. Unfortunately for Sierra, Misty is not quite so committed. It is uncertain, like many of the relationships in the house. The pursuit of the American dream remains elusive…

Darla has now been on the game for three months. She has made a smooth transition from innocence to experience. Being a prostitute has given her a new found confidence and more money. ‘I’m doing the same thing over and over and I’m getting better at this. And it’s done a lot really for my confidence, just being more outgoing.’ Her first purchase is a new car. But there are victims to her success; namely her husband Buck, who she is now divorced from. Buck is trying to take a philosophical view on the divorce,’ unfortunately you can’t go back and change events that happened before so you gotta live with the mistakes that you make. I’m glad that she’s happy now.’ The Brothel marketing machine turns it attentions to Darla, now known as Bianca. She does her first porn magazine shoot, something she vowed she would never do. Hustler magazine also send a journalist Peter, to the ranch to cover the mother daughter story. The angle is he has to have sex with both Mum and daughter. Something that Linda has never discounted, ‘I would probably do it. I don’t think she really relishes the thought of seeing her mother have sex. But I’ll leave it up to her, I mean it doesn’t really matter to me, I’ve seen everything.’ Peter files the story and falls in love with Darla. In true Nevada style they get married that afternoon. The future looks bright, Darla is going to go to college back east and Peter will support them. However, months later Darla is still at the ranch and Peter is writing a novel. But they are living together…

The more successful women at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch consider that they provide a service more akin to sex therapists with the onus on the practical application of sexual acts. They see it as their personal mission to improve the sex lives of the American Public. Keith a regular punter agrees, ‘they’ve taught me to be more upfront, more vocal. To talk to your partner tell ‘em what you want, tell ‘em what feels good and I think it’s been great in my relationships ever since.’ Monica specialises in helping men with sexual problems. She helps men deal with premature ejaculation, impotency and other sexual problems, and shows them how to touch and pleasure women. But most of all she teaches sexual communication skills to improve their marriages. The Christmas season is a busy time for the ranch. Many of the clients tend to be repeat customers who have treated themselves to a night at the ranch. Billy 'the Club' likes to spend his Christmas with Airforce Amy and claims to be a sex addict. Amy explains that ‘Some people are thrill seekers, they get their thrills snow skiing off a mountain or snowboarding, and some get their thrills in Amy.’ Men are not the only ones to treat themselves to a party at the Moonlite. The fastest growing market in the brothel industry is ‘couples’. Mike and Cathy work in the Bay area. For years Cathy has wanted to experience having sex with a woman. This year Mike has given her a surprise present - a night with Monica. Cathy says it is ‘Exactly what I wanted from a lady with such experience, I wanted her to teach me. I asked her questions and she showed me how to find a g-spot and it was great, it was great.’

The Moonlight Bunny Ranch receives 50 calls per week from women who want to become prostitutes. They are attracted for a wide range of reasons. The prime motivation is the lure of making big money fast. This episode focuses on the girls who have made a financial success of being at the ranch. Girls like April- a law student. A complete novice to the sex trade, April on a whim signed up with the Moonlite Bunny Ranch and made $40,000 in 3 weeks, she has no regrets. ‘I make people feel special on a daily basis so I don’t see that there’s anything wrong with that and anybody who judges me needs to take a hard look in the mirror before they start to judge any of these girls in this house.’ Airforce Amy is the ranches top booker. On a good year she makes $300,000. She applies modern sales and marketing techniques to her work and good old fashioned motivation. Amy learnt her skills through reading Madison Avenue books on perfecting closing a deal. Her technique is always to bid high first, ‘you hit ‘em high and you’re thinking well he’ll never bite on that and they’re like‘ok’.’ Brothel manager Dennis Hof has created a culture of sales team motivation within the workers at the ranch. Bonuses are offered at all levels – bar staff through to girls. Hof has been responsible for applying white collar marketing methods to the brothel, techniques that he picked up whilst working in the Time Share Industry. The expense accounts, luxury life style and fast money are the real rewards of a great deal of motivation which is the true secret of the Moonlite’s success. The House understands that a happy hooker is a profitable hooker.

Rockbitch are a group of female musicians who live in a sex commune. The girls see themselves as striking a blow for women everywhere, through the medium of rock music - in the nude. The band was formed 11 years ago in a converted monastery in France where there is a "free love" outlook on physical interaction. The girls in the band are ex-students, drama school dropouts and car thieves with a penchant for "sex magic". They have released two albums and play to crowds of over 1000. This is an exciting, visually stimulating and no-holds barred documentary including scenes of nudity. A highly explicit feature length version is also available - "This is Rock Bitch X".

This award-winning, highly successful film investigates the allegations of links between devil worship and heavy rock music. Should heavy metal music in particular carry a government health warning? Recommended by Time Out magazine as ‘compulsive viewing’.Winner of Prix de la Critique & Mention D’Honneur, Jury International des Journalistes. Critics Prize, Prix Danube

Percy Savage started fashion PR, introduced Saint-Laurent to Dior, created the Mary Quant explosion, invented fashion video and established London Fashion Week. A Savage Life in Fashion, a film narrated by Joanna Lumley, features the first-ever interview with Percy Savage, alongside a host of fashion icons, rare archive and exclusive footage. This fascinating documentary reveals the story of a glittering career and Percy’s extraordinary influence on fashion, beauty and design.

This programme tells the tale of two of Britain's most famous crimes of passion - and two women who hanged for love.

1960’s Britain was a time when gangster culture was at it’s height. This episode explores two of the most notorious gangland events.

Paris, city of romance, has also been the setting for some of the most depraved serial killings. This programme looks at two of these murderers

Even the most unassuming and quiet corners of Britain can sometimes bear witness to the most dramatic and disturbing deaths. This programme looks at two of small town Britain’s most disturbing murders.

The Lake District in the North of England may be a beautiful area to visit but it has also been the scene of love stories gone wrong and violent murder

Where crimes of passion are concerned, only the killer may ever know the real motive for murder. In this episode, we look at two incidents where the truth remains a mystery.

After graduating from Sussex University, Chloe & Dalia went over to Japan to make some money. They worked as ‘hostesses’ in Roppongi an infamous district in Tokyo and started filming their own lives.When Chloe’s sister Kat came over to join them they trained the camera on her.

Sex Games investigates the hidden scandal of sex testing. The programme examines the International Olympic Committee’s use of a genetic sex test, denounced by scientists around the world as inaccurate, inappropriate and unjust, that ruins lives and careers in deciding just who is a woman.

This episode follows the story of a woman who as a teenager was forced to give up her first-born son for adoption. Still haunted by her decision thirty-six years later, she faces a roller coaster of emotions as her eldest daughter prepares for the birth of her first child.

A son asks his father "How does it feel to be a grandmother?" The father responds "I'm too young to be a grandmother". Meet Debbie, the once-married father of two teenage sons who decides that in order to be his true self, he must live his life as a woman.

As if murder wasn't horrible enough, think about how it might affect your family if one of your parents intentionally killed the other. A retired man who brutally murdered his wife has caused a divide within his family. As they struggle to pick up the pieces, three brothers deal with the consequences of their father's actions.

Birthdays are a time for celebration, but rather than celebrate with his family, a young man resorts to drugs, alcohol and sleep. His sister is increasingly concerned that her slacker brother will follow in the footsteps of their mother, who drank herself to death.

A woman learns the baby she's carrying will be stillborn. But after months of intense grief, she discovers an inner-strength and vocation that helps her find a new place in her community and resume her life.

No one said love was easy, especially when a couple's only means of contact is through a bullet-proof window. Following her convict lover from one maximum-security facility to another has caused a prison social worker to leave her family and relinquish her own 'freedom'.

A well-adjusted couple in their 20s want to have kids. When the young woman discovers she may never conceive, she tries to balance fertility treatments with familial pressure.

Starving herself to' look the part' has finally caught up with a former competitive junior skater. After being diagnosed as anorexic 15 years later, she must compete with her inner demons to get her life back on course.

A gambling junkie with a passion for slot machines aims to conquer her addiction by returning to a casino for a night of non-gambling forcing her to divulge a confession that shocks her family

By day she seems like your typical mom-next-door, but when her cell phone rings, this suburban mother of two turns into a mistress of pleasure and pain. How she manages to keep her alternative occupation a secret from her family is anyone's guess.

A woman with beauty, brains, wit and confidence fell into a deep postpartum depression when her son was born. Now she lives with the shame and guilt of not being a 'good mother' and faces uncertainty about having another child.

Despite occasional unpredictable behaviour and social awkwardness Asperger's Syndrome sufferers can usually function fairly well in the world. What is it like for a mother to cope with two children who have the disease?

Many plants we eat are vegetables, others have medicinal uses, but there are rare and special plants that generate visions or hallucinations if they are eaten or ingested. Salvia divinorum is thought by some to contain the most powerful natural hallucinogen known to man. Yet the effect of the actual plant is strange and elusive, and hardly anything is known about it in the West. Despite the dangers of taking any hallucinogen, to uncover the secrets of this sacred plant, once again a team of specialists was gathered. The effects of Salvia have never been recorded scientifically, and over the next few days the team would help carry out a series of unique scientific experiments.

Drugs throughout the ages have affected human behavior, and are not simply a phenomenon which came to light in the twentieth century. This series examines some of the drugs which have been central to cultural life in the past. Henbane is a toxicant associated with witches, and with the help of volunteers who test the drug, as well as academic experts in the field of chemistry, history and anthropology, the documentary attempts to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the plants which have enthralled peoples of the past.

In 1922, when the tomb of Tutankhamun was opened, the pharoah's body was found covered in a mass of flowers. They were the 3,000 year old remains of a now rare plant - the Blue Water Lily. For decades, Egyptologists have said these flowers were purely symbolic. But a startling new theory has now emerged - that the Blue Lily is in fact a drug plant. In our society, hallucinogenic plants are largely treated with suspicion. But in many vanished cultures they were regarded as sacred, a means of communicating with hidden, divine parts of the universe.

This is a documentary about a father and daughter with blood on their hands. In the 1980’'s, Louis van Schoor was responsible for the deaths of 39 men as a security guard in East London, South Africa. In October 2002 his daughter, Sabrina, began a 25-year prison sentence for hiring an assassin to kill her mother. Until the 29 October 2004, the date of Louis's release from prison, both father and daughter resided in the male and female sections of Fort Glamorgan prison in East London.

Narelle arrives at the wharf with her boyfriend but has to be coaxed on board by Amanda. Mark laughs at the idea of being described as a drug addict and depressive. Mark and Kody seem to be getting on well. Mark and Troy refuse to share a bunk so Mark and Kody get to share a bunk, "top to tail". The next night they seem to have forgotten the "top and tail" clause. Three days out and Mark and Kody's relationship seems to be on the rocks. She threatens him with a knife. Later she is found drinking and the alcohol is poured overboard. This annoys her and she decides she's had enough and wants to get off. But no one can get off. They're at sea.

Kody punches Narelle over an incident in the galley at breakfast time. The others take side against Kody and she goes into a sulk. Narelle, Amanda and Josh have all broken the 'no drugs' rule. Peter, the skipper, decides that the drugs have to be destroyed. They negotiate with Peter. Narelle needs pot to stop her heroin craving. She and Josh are getting along well. Mark finds two homeless Cape Baron Goslings, which he protects and keeps as pets, but Peter convinces him to return them to the wild. Troy rings his girlfriend on the sea phone and finds that things are not going well at home. He is beginning to feel the effects of alcohol withdrawal and wants to go home.

The group spend the night on shore. Narelle angry at being forced to do it, empties the bag of marijuana onto the camp fire. Mark takes the goslings back to where they were found and releases them. Troy and the others go to the large cave on Erith Island. It's an unexpectedly emotional experience for him, and he resolves to make contact with his father's family, the Aboriginal culture from which he has been separated. Narelle and Amanda are amazed how good they feel considering they have not smoked pot for six days. Josh seems to have lost interest in Narelle though, since the dope has gone. They return to the boat in high spirits, especially Troy.

The stormy weather has not abated for five days, but the decision is taken to cross open seas to Flinders Island.

Amanda reveals how she was mistreated as a child and how it has impacted on her life. In a meeting of the men, both Mark and Troy talk about the sexual abuse they have experienced as children. The weather is closing in and there is no opportunity to leave Erith Island until a change in the weather. Peter decides to make a dash for Flinders Island and so begins the most dangerous and uncomfortable part of the journey.

Welcome to the contest that glamorises gluttony, beautifies binging and marvels at mastication. Seven-cans of baked beans in 1 minute 48 seconds? Thirty-three pickled eggs in a matter of seconds? Litres of mayonnaise that don’t even touch the sides? Life may be too short to stuff a mushroom but it’s not too short to stuff one hundred and seventy-three down your neck before the clock stops ticking. Welcome to the ultimate eating contest – THE BIG EAT!

The story of the man who personified the tough lconic peace-maker of the prairie before his rise to stardom. John Wayne made 80 films in eight years prior to "Stagecoach", and during this time developed the swaying walk and lopsided grin that was to become his trademark. From his first film job as an extra, this programme features many of his early roles.

Jabe Babe - A Heightened Life explores the personal and medical experiences of 31 year old Jabe Babe, who measures 6ft 2 inches (188cm) and has a life threatening genetic condition called Marfan Syndrome. Jabe works and lives on the margins, defying society's expectations of the "normal" feminine body and sexuality.