Acting

Veronika Hyks

Born 1951-01-01

Acting credits

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This entertaining and educational 50-minute program follows well-known biologist Mac van Roosmalen as he pursues his life-long fascination with monkeys, traveling to exotic locations like the remote forests of Brazil--where he discovers remarkable and previously undiscovered species of all kinds. Having already found and named 20 previously unknown kinds of monkey, Roosmalen sets out another intrepid journey, this time on a quest to find large undiscovered mammals, and protect their endangered habitat.

Species Hunter

2006

McLibel poster
6.7

A deep dive into the historic 1997–2005 libel lawsuit, wherein fast-food conglomerate McDonald's sued environmental activists Helen Steel and David Morris over a critical factsheet. It became the longest trial in English legal history and a major free-speech PR disaster for the corporation.

McLibel

2005

Silent Twin: Without My Shadow poster
8.0

1994 Inside Story documentary from the BBC about 'the silent twins' June and Jennifer Gibbons, specifically about June's life following her twin's death.

Silent Twin: Without My Shadow

1994

Ten Pound Poms poster
7.0

In 1947, the Assisted Passage Scheme began, devised by the Australian government to bring in white British settlers. For just 10 pounds, they could start a new life in a sun-drenched land of opportunity, and over the next 25 years, more than a million people took up the offer. The scheme's pioneers tell their story.

Ten Pound Poms

1997

The Russian Cracker poster
NR

Russia is grappling with a critical issue: they have become the country with the most at large serial killers in the world particularly concentrated in Rostov, the same city that witnessed Andrei Chikatilo's infamous killing spree. In response, law enforcement has turned to Dr. Alexander Bukhanovsky, a prominent psychiatrist and criminal profiler, who is implementing radical measures to understand the root causes of this phenomenon and develop effective solutions. Within Dr. Bukhanovsky's clinic, we encounter three of his young patients: Edward and Igor, whose families express deep concerns about their disturbing fantasies, and 'Mischa', who has perpetrated acts of torture and sexual assault. Dr. Bukhanovsky's approach is groundbreaking, offering treatment to potential serial offenders. However, critics argue that by keeping individuals like 'Mischa' anonymous, he may inadvertently shield them from public awareness and accountability, prompting debate over the ethics of his methods.

The Russian Cracker

1999

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It's the most violent gang in America. It has 10,000 foot soldiers in the US, spreading its brutal ways across 33 states. And now, it's going global, fueled by migration across the Western hemisphere and leaving its bloody mark from Central America to the American heartland. Police in half a dozen countries struggle to crack its code and decipher its methods. Now, for the first time, we get answers from the inside.

America's Deadliest Gang: MS-13

2005

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8.0

Communism and Football tells the fascinating story of how the Soviet authorities sought to exercise control over the national sport and use it for their own ends.

Communism and Football

2006

Hollywood's Master of Myth: Joseph Campbell - The Force Behind Star Wars poster
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Documentary charting the contribution to Hollywood movies made by writer Joseph Campbell, whose ideas about mythic structure helped shape Star Wars.

Hollywood's Master of Myth: Joseph Campbell - The Force Behind Star Wars

1999

Children at Risk: The Secret Double Life of a Paedophile poster
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Peter Righton, once a respected child protection expert and social care worker, fell from grace when customs discovered illegal material being mailed to him from Europe. This led to the revelation that he was a founding member of the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE). Further investigations uncovered that he had abused children at a boarding school. Shockingly, Righton confessed to past abuses to his child protection colleagues, but they failed to act on this information out of loyalty to him.

Children at Risk: The Secret Double Life of a Paedophile

1994

Fascism and Football poster
NR

Documentary examining how the three most powerful fascist dictators of the 20th Century - Mussolini, Hitler and Franco - used football's popular appeal as vehicle of propaganda. Rare archive footage, combined with evidence from historians and contributions from former stars of the game, is used to expose the cases of corruption, sabotage, intimidation and even alleged murder that affected the lives of supporters and many high-profile players alike.

Fascism and Football

2003

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4.0

In 1908, the French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn launched one of the most ambitious projects in the history of photography. A pacifist, internationalist and utopian idealist, Kahn decided to use his private fortune to improve understanding between the nations of the world. To this end, he created what he called his Archive of the Planet. For the next two decades, he dispatched professional photographers to document the everyday lives of people in more than 50 countries all around the world. Kahn's wealth enabled him to supply his photographers with the most advanced camera technology available. They used the autochrome - the first user-friendly camera system capable of producing true-colour photographs.

Japan in Colour - The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn

2009

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8.0

Examination of the causes and effects of the financial crash in the Japanese stock market.

Bubble Trouble

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NR

A Channel 5 documentary about a Chinese Mummy

The Riddle of The Chinese Miracle Mummy

2004