The Pirate Code

The Pirate Code 2009

8.00

With little direction, except for a survivor's testimony and a cryptic clue, salvage expert Barry Clifford embarks on the search of a lifetime to uncover the nearly 300-year-old wreck site of the Whydah Galley and its four-and-a-half tons of treasure. The Pirate Code: Real Pirates brings to life "Black Sam" Bellamy—a legend during the golden age of piracy—and follows one man's quest to resurrect Black Sam's ship from its watery grave.

2009

The End of the World Cult

The End of the World Cult 2007

7.40

An inside look at the Lord Our Righteousness Church, an American cult based in New Mexico.

2007

The Antiques Rogue Show

The Antiques Rogue Show 2009

1

Drama documentary about one of the world's most prolific and diverse art forgers, Shaun Greenhalgh, who created fake paintings, antiques and sculptures to dupe the art world.

2009

The Thieving Headmistress

The Thieving Headmistress 2006

7.00

A Headmistress steals from her own school. As a young girl Colleen McCabe asks a priest in confessional "What is sin?" Thirty years later she is found out for practising it. An ex-nun,she leaves the convent because she becomes disillusioned with spiritual matters and goes into teaching, being appointed headmistress of the John Rigby School in London. Along with a small coterie of chosen staff members to act as her spies,she misappropriates half a million pounds from school funds which she spends on luxury goods and a trip on the Orient Express. Meanwhile the school suffers,having to use ancient text books and pupils as cleaners. She is tried,although admitted to hospital for depression on the trial day, and sentenced to five years in jail, later reduced to four. The film alternates dramatized scenes of Colleen's misbehaviour with interviews with those who knew her.

2006

The Boy Who Sees Without Eyes

The Boy Who Sees Without Eyes 2007

1

Ben Underwood had both his eyes removed at the age of three. He taught himself to perceive and locate objects by making clicking sounds with his tongue and using the echoes as they bounced off his environment.

2007

The Whale That Swam To London

The Whale That Swam To London 2006

1

In January 2006, a Northern bottlenose whale swam into the River Thames. This is her story and the story of her rescue.

2006