Kenya, 1950. A white policeman takes in a murdered black priest's son to live with him and his wife as a houseboy, or "kitchen toto".

A look at the Metro-Cammell factory in Birmingham which designs and builds a variety of metro trains, looking in particular at the planning and building of the 'Kowloon Connection', a metro system between Hong Kong and Kowloon. The designing and ...

Hong Kong 1997. A man returns to his place of birth to find work but, unable to find a job, he decides to help others emigrate. A street cleaner seeking a better life becomes his first client.

A travelogue advertising Rhodesia as a tourist destination. Main scenes include wildlife in game reserves, Victoria Falls, the ruins of Zimbabwe (presented as a "mystery"), and the Matapos Hills. The Kariba Dam is also shown, with ...

Documentary about the penguins (gentoo, Magellan, rockhopper and king) that use the Falkland Islands as a breeding ground and the other sealife that prey on them.

Two-part documentary about the life and work of Jackie Pullinger, who works among Triads addicted to heroin in Hong Kong's Walled City.

The first of two programmes which aim to show that top Shell and BP executives may have committed criminal offences through their involvement in keeping Rhodesia supplied with oil, thus breaking the sanctions imposed by the ...

A look at life on Ascension Island.

The story of David Livingstone's life up to the conclusion of his great trans-African journey, during which he discovered the Victoria Falls and most of the course of the Zambesi. Includes scenes of his birth-place, the mill in which he ...

The Battle of Goose Green and the march on Port Stanley.

The rle of medical staff in the Royal Navy.

The various kinds of medical staff in the Navy are introduced - medical assistants (HMS Dido), medical officers, medical technicians and RN nurses. "Imagine yourself in ...

China threatens to relinquish the Patten blueprint on Hong Kong. In Hong Kong there are concerns about post-1997 civil rights. These form the backdrop to the 1995 elections which turn out to be a victory for democracy - and for Patten. But ...