• 1994
Network First

Summary A British documentary series, Network First covers a wide range of subjects such as history, biographies and science. View more details

  • 1994

Network First

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Peter Sullivan John Pilger Prince Michael of Kent Alison Lomas

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6.8

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 3, 1994

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Summary A British documentary series, Network First covers a wide range of subjects such as history, biographies and science. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 3, 1994

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

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Episode 1 • Jan 03, 1994
Florence and Robin
Documentary set in San Francisco about a lesbian couple who have a long-term relationship and want a child of their own.
Episode 2 • Jan 10, 1994
Women Who Kill
Five women explain why after years of mental and physical abuse they finally killed their partners.
Episode 3 • Jan 17, 1994
An Everest to Climb
In October 1993 a party of climbers left for the Himalayas, including seven British mountaineers who had mental or physical disabilities. The film follows their attempts to climb the Pokalde peak in the Everest range.
Episode 4 • Jan 24, 1994
Supermodels
A revealing look at the fashion industry with supermodels Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington. The programme goes behind the scenes at Paris Fashion Week and tells sad tales about British models trying to cope.
Episode 5 • Jan 31, 1994
Bhopal: The Second Tragedy
Mark Tully returns to Bhopal, 10 years after the gas leak, to find that the American chemical giant has wriggled out of its responsibility towards the victims of the world's worst industrial disaster. He travels to the USA, Mexico and Brazil to find if the world has learned any lessons from Bhopal.
Episode 6 • Feb 07, 1994
Nightfighters
Follows the formation of the 332nd fighter group in Italy during World War II, the first all black air squadron in the United States Air Force, from its beginnings in Tuskegee, Alabama in July 1941.
Episode 7 • Feb 14, 1994
Children of the Holocaust
History of four Jewish children who survived Auschwitz.
Episode 8 • Feb 28, 1994
Top Chef
Young chefs compete with other chefs at the Ecole Superieure de Cuisine Francaise, cooking classic dishes against the clock. They have five hours to create two perfect dishes for a panel of chefs and cookery writers.
Episode 9 • Mar 07, 1994
Ballet School
A behind-the-scenes look at a term in London's Central School of Ballet.
Episode 10 • Mar 21, 1994
Last Voyage of the Lusitania
Documentary on the sinking by a U-boat of the 'Lusitania' in 1915 in which nearly 1200 men, women and children were drowned. Dr Robert Ballard investigates the wreckage to see if the ship was really carrying arms, according to the Germans.
Episode 11 • Mar 28, 1994
Stigmata: A Modern Miracle?
A documentary examining evidence from people claiming to receive the open wounds of the stigmata. The programme features stigmatics from around the world, including the three from the UK, and throughout history from St Francis to Padre Pio. It covers the various theories that have been put forward to explain the phenomenon: multiple personality disorder, self-infliction of wounds, the psychosomatic reproduction of injuries of trauma years after the event.
Episode 12 • Apr 04, 1994
The War Against the Mafia Part 1: The Founding Father
How America's law enforcement agencies tackled the Mafia. Concentrates on the Gambino family from 1980 to 1993. Includes secret FBI recordings, interviews and allegations that the family were responsible for the deaths of 200 people.
Episode 13 • Apr 11, 1994
The War Against the Mafia Part 2: Death in the Family
The programme begins with the funeral of Carlo Gambino, the model for The GODFATHER. His successor, Paul Castellano, turned the Mafia into a billion dollar business by controlling New York's waste disposal and construction industries.
Episode 14 • Apr 18, 1994
The War Against the Mafia Part 3: The King of Little Italy
The programme looks at the rise and fall of gangster, John Gotti, who took charge after arranging the murder of Paul Castellano. Bribing his way to freedom, justice finally caught up with him and he is now doing a life sentence.
Episode 15 • Apr 25, 1994
Mandela: From Prison to President
An intimate portrait of South Africa's President-in-waiting, looking at the sacrifices Mandela made in his quest for peace and power and examines the problems he will face in the future.
Episode 16 • May 02, 1994
Inside the Channel Tunnel
The story of the bi-lingual company Eurotunnel which has taken possession of the Channel Tunnel, opening on Friday, 6th May 1994.
Episode 17 • May 09, 1994
The Professional Beggar
Documentary about the Orbis International Flying Eye Hospital, a charity-funded medical service that works at restoring sight to the blind in Third World countries.
Episode 18 • Jul 25, 1994
Apollo: When the World Held Its Breath
Documentary telling the stories of Apollos 11 and 13, two of the most important missions in space exploration, revealing how close they came to fatal disasters.
Episode 19 • Aug 07, 1994
Murder in the Family
Documentary about Roderick and Newall, the brothers accused of murdering their wealthy parents in New Jersey, USA.
Episode 20 • Sep 05, 1994
Date Rape: The Investigation
Documentary drama of a typical "date-rape" case, using actors to represent the victim, the accused and their friends; but real professionals to represent the police, medics, judge and lawyers; followed by a dramatised trial.
Episode 21 • Sep 06, 1994
Date Rape: The Trial Day 1
The alleged victim gives her evidence and is cross-examined,
Episode 22 • Sep 07, 1994
Date Rape: The Trial Day 2
The prosecution witnesses are now taking the stand.
Episode 23 • Sep 08, 1994
Date Rape: The Trial Day 3
The alleged rapist is cross-examined and the summing-up begins.
Episode 24 • Sep 12, 1994
Date Rape: The Verdict
Follows the alleged victim's case through the Crown Court, giving her evidence to the Court and the defence demanding graphic details of the alleged rape. We hear the jury's deliberations before they reach a final verdict.
Episode 25 • Sep 19, 1994
Waking from Coma
Report from the Royal Hospital in Putney, London, where pioneering work is carried out on severely brain-damaged patients who are in deep comas.
Episode 26 • Sep 26, 1994
Inside Castro's Cuba
Documentary on Cuba after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Features an interview with President Fidel Castro who speaks about their economic crisis, the US economic blockade and Cuba's success in pharmaceuticals and tourism.
Episode 27 • Oct 03, 1994
Miami Front Line
Documentary about the tragedy taking place on the coastal waters off Florida, where thousands of Cuban and Haitian refugees have perished - the victims of sharks, storms and the sun, as they flee persecution in their homeland.
Episode 28 • Oct 10, 1994
The Secrets of Porton Down
Documentary about human guinea pigs being used at the secret Porton Down research facility to help with the development of chemical weapons. Former volunteers talk about their health problems, and about their struggle to win compensation.
Episode 29 • Oct 17, 1994
Nicholas and Alexandra Part 1: Anointed by God
First of a two part programme about the assassination of the last Tsar, Nicholas, and his wife Alexandra amid the bloody Russian revolution. Includes testimonies, letters, diaries, photographs and tape-recorded descriptions of the murders.
Episode 30 • Oct 24, 1994
Nicholas and Alexandra Part 2: The Slaying of the Tsars
Prince Michael of Kent reveals details of the tragic deaths of the last Tsar and his family, and the consequent discovery and identification of the family's remains in woods close to Ekaterinburg.
Episode 31 • Oct 31, 1994
Stalker Investigates
Former deputy Chief Constable John Stalker investigates the murder of Hilda Murrell in 1984, including her involvement in anti-nuclear activities and the sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano during the Falklands War.
Episode 32 • Nov 07, 1994
The Russian Love Connection
Documentary offers an insight into the burgeoning industry in Post-Communist Russia of supplying Russian women as brides for Western men. Also follows the women as they leave their family and friends for a new life in America.
Episode 33 • Nov 14, 1994
Flying the Flag - Arming the World
The British arms business and its implications in World politics.
Episode 34 • Nov 21, 1994
The Visit: Coma - Connie's Story
A return visit to Connie Taylor, who was knocked down by a car outside her house eight years ago and nearly died. Featured in THE VISIT in 1987,she was starting to recover from her coma. Now she is taking driving lessons.
Episode 35 • Nov 28, 1994
The Visit: Chariots of Wire
Documentary about three young British businessmen who design and manufacture a revolutionary cheap wheelchair which they make available to people all over the world through a charity they set up named 'Motivation'.
Episode 36 • Dec 05, 1994
The Visit: A Life for Polly
Documentary on Polly East, a five-year-old who has been diagnosed with leukaemia. Follows her family as she undergoes the painful and distressing course of treatment.
Episode 37 • Dec 12, 1994
Between Life and Death
Documentary about the Near Death Experience, and scientific research which has tried to explain how people who have technically died can make astonishing recoveries and remember inexplicable encounters or religious experiences.
Episode 38 • Dec 19, 1994
Talking to the Enemy
Documentary about IRA's foot-soldier Dermot Finucane. The programme also records the moving testimony of Robert Ewart-Briggs, whose father was blown up in 1976 by an IRA landmine, and who refuses to dismiss the IRA as criminals.
Episode 39 • Jan 02, 1995
The Plague Monkeys
Documentary about a group of viruses, known as filoviruses, which can kill within two weeks and which are transmitted via monkeys.
Episode 40 • Jan 09, 1995
UFO
Documentary about the phenomena of UFO sightings, and the history of authorities ignoring or debunking theories associated with them.
Episode 41 • Jan 16, 1995
Love, Lies and Bigamy
Documentary about the experiences of four modern bigamists - three men and a woman - who were prosecuted.
Episode 42 • Jan 23, 1995
The Man Who Saved Animals
Profile of conservationist Richard Leakey, the Director of the Kenya Wildlife Service, who for many years has been a prolific campaigner to save the world's wildlife.
Episode 43 • Feb 06, 1995
Commando
Documentary from behind the scenes with a Royal Marines commando unit as it takes part in a dramatic training exercise in Norway.
Episode 44 • Feb 13, 1995
Desperately Seeking Asylum
Report on the treatment of people arriving in Britain seeking asylum. Follows the stories of some of the refugees through each stage of the complicated process, and includes secretly recorded footage of a deportation taking place.
Episode 45 • Feb 20, 1995
The Yardies
Profile of the Yardies, a crime syndicate that's more powerful than the Mafia, originating from Kingston, Jamaica, now moving into Britain and America. A special police unit has been set up to combat them.
Episode 46 • Feb 27, 1995
Confronting Crime
An early exploration of mediation as a supplement to punishment - victims meet their assailants, with often unpredictable results - very moving, challenging and sometimes surprisingly hilarious.
Episode 47 • Mar 06, 1995
Hollywood Vice
Profile of the career of detective Fred Clapp, who has been with the Los Angeles Vice Squad for 25 years, involved in undercover operations into prostitution and drug dealing to the Hollywood elite.
Episode 48 • Mar 13, 1995
The Troubleshooters
For the last 25 years Belfast's leading press agency, Pacemaker, has built up a stunning visual record of The Troubles. It's photographers have witnessed the grief and suffering of others, and have put themselves in danger to bring us those unforgettable images. In a momentous 12 months, Network First cameras have followed them as Ulster has moved from violence to uneasy peace.
Episode 49 • Mar 20, 1995
Paul McKenna's Secrets of Hypnosis
Documentary about hypnosis, exploring the uses for its technique, such as learning, pain control, and eyesight enhancement. Also looks into the more sinister uses of hypnosis for mind control by cults, advertisers, and politicians.
Episode 50 • Mar 27, 1995
Escape from Tibet
The fortunes of a group of Tibetans as they try to escape from the Chinese over the Himalayas.
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