True Stories

10:00pm Tuesday, May 4 on M4

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, presents David Bond’s attempt to disappear off the face of the earth. But is it that easy when he lives in Britain, one of the most intrusive surveillance states in the world, where the average UK adult is registered on over 700 databases and caught daily on one of the four million CCTV cameras on almost every street corner?

10:00pm Tuesday, April 13 on

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, presents Harris Fishman’s fascinating documentary which features a mix of exotic animals and complex personal relationships. Before Siegfried and Roy found fame, Ron and Joy Holiday built up an act with exotic big cat cast, including leopards, tigers and jaguars. As they became successful, they brought a new member, Chuck Lizza, into the act and then into their lives; the three becoming involved in a love triangle. But as the trio’s fame increased, tragedy would strike not once but twice as one of the big cats turned feral…

Tuesday, April 6 on M4

True Stories , More4′s strand of acclaimed international documentaries, presents Chris Atkins’ hilarious but shocking documentary about the celebrity obsessed media. It starts with a romp through the real reasons behind our addiction to fame, and goes on to pull the rug out from the media corporations and moguls that deal it out.

10:00pm Tuesday, January 5 on M4

Last month in Italy, American student Amanda Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty of the brutal murder of Knox’s flatmate, British student Meredith Kercher. Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison. This film, exclusive to the True Stories strand, gained intimate access to the Knox family and their friends for almost two years, beginning just after her arrest in November 2007.

Tuesday, December 29 on M4

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, presents Harris Fishman’s fascinating documentary which features a mix of exotic animals and complex personal relationships.

Tuesday, December 22 on M4

Werner Herzog’s Oscar-nominated film finds the legendary director in Antarctica. At McMurdo Research station he meets the scientists, researchers and workers who inhabit a remote, almost magical world.

Tuesday, December 15 on M4

Richard Butchins’ extraordinary film is a road trip with a difference. He follows the journey of a self-described travelling Freak Show through America, with ‘exhibits’ such as The Lobster Girl, The Half Woman, Dame Demure and The Elephant Man. But what makes them stand out from the old carnival shows is that they perform by choice.

Tuesday, December 8 on M4

Part city symphony and part visual poem, the award-winning The Solitary Life of Cranes explores the invisible life of London, its patterns and its hidden secrets, seen through the eyes of crane drivers working high above its streets.

Tuesday, December 8 on M4

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best of both international and domestic feature documentaries, continues with the remarkable True Stories: The Bridge . The eponymous bridge is San Francisco’s celebrated Golden Gate, which is the most photographed man-made structure in North America and the single most popular suicide site in the world.

Tuesday, December 1 on M4

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, presents Samantha Buck’s intimate portrait of a very ordinary American family living in Buffalo, New York undergoing the hardest of times. The film centres on Sharon, who, pregnant with her first child, returns to the family home. She does so to act as a mediator between her parents and her younger sister Karen, who is pregnant for the third time.