Real Stories

Revealing documentary that uncovers the so-called respectable members of the middle classes who cheat, fiddle and steal their way through life, from petty crime such as fiddling tax and insurance to more serious offences like burglary, forgery and fraud. Want to watch more full-length Documentaries? Click here: http://bit.ly/1GOzpIuFollow us on Twitter for more - https://twitter.com/realstoriesdoc...

The December 1989 mission to Panama to capture Manuel Noriega, in which Navy SEALs had to destroy Noriega's gunboat, Presidente Poras, to prevent his escape. Instagram - @realstoriesdocsAny queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being a runway model is every girl's dream… But is it every boy's? Pretty Boys goes behind-the-scenes of the catwalks and editorial shoots of male models. This gripping documentary brings us up close and personal with many beautiful men and the fashion world that consumes them. Filmed candidly, it explores the lives of models at different stages of their careers. The film focuses on Kelly, a young...

An estimated half million women are trafficked annually for the purpose of sexual slavery. They are "exported" to over 50 countries including Britain, Italy, Japan, Germany, Israel, Turkey, China, Kosovo, Canada and the United States. Misunderstood and widely tolerated, sex trafficking has become a multi- billion dollar underground industry. According to the International Herald Tribune, human tra...

Cat Ladies unravels the real story behind the oft-ridiculed 'cat lady' - a cultural stereotype and figure of ridicule for women of a certain age with too many furry companions. Through the intimate portrait of four unique 'cat ladies' we create a sensitive and emotionally honest portrait of women whose lives and self-worth have become intractably linked to cats. It's not the number of cats that de...

September 11th, 2001, started as a beautiful day. Nobody could have imagined what was about to happen. This documentary shares the harrowing, first-hand accounts of New Yorkers who lived through the 9/11 attacks, as told through their own words and never-before-seen footage. It’s a raw, emotional look at a day that changed everything—from the moment the planes hit the Twin Towers to the dust cloud...

Join acclaimed documentary maker Chris Terrill (The Cruise) as he follows a group of young commandos moving from civilian life to the front line of war. With unprecedented access to both the training and battle grounds, cameras capture the exhilaration, intensity and fear of Troop 924 of the Royal Marines as they prepare for war. After 32 weeks of intensive training, are they ready for what lies a...

23 years ago a Surrey schoolgirl vanished. She left for school in the morning, never got there, was spotted that evening in local beauty spot Box Hill, then disappeared off the face of the earth... Two decades later, an ex-counter-terrorist cop living in the nearby town felt that something just didn’t quite add up and started to investigate. He contacted the journalist who originally covered the s...

Leonard is serving a life sentence in a Florida prison for the murders of Patricia and Chris. Agnes — the victims’ mother and grandmother — decided to contact Leonard in the hope it would help her heal from this tragedy and give it meaning. As the law didn’t allow her to meet Leonard, she wrote to him instead. Their exchange led them to join in a mutual fight to promote restorative justice — an al...

This documentary delves into the remarkable journey of Tesla, the company that transformed the automotive industry and redefined the future of transportation. Founded in 2003 by engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Tesla started with a radical vision-to prove that electric vehicles could outperform traditional gas-powered cars and lead the way toward a sustainable energy future. Tesla's...

A warm hearted and emotional film, following 22-year-old Alice as she searches for her real dad. During Alice's life there have been six different men that she's thought of as being her dad - some meant more to her than others. But there's one of these men Alice has no memory of - her biological dad. In this film Alice sets off on a journey to meet these different men from her childhood, and in th...

In this intimate and personal portrait, we follow Paul, a single, straight bus driver of 37, as he undergoes a gender transition to begin living as a woman called Julia. At first glance, Paul comes across as a regular, affable and blokey man with a passion for racing cars and farming, but inside it is a different story. Despite living and looking like a man, Paul has always felt like a woman. Film...

Join acclaimed documentary maker Chris Terrill (The Cruise) as he follows a group of young commandos moving from civilian life to the front line of war. With unprecedented access to both the training and battle grounds, cameras capture the exhilaration, intensity and fear of Troop 924 of the Royal Marines as they prepare for war. After 32 weeks of intensive training, are they ready for what lies a...

This documentary uncovers the bizarre true story of the CIA's most intimate and dramatic plot to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. In 1959, the Agency recruited Castro's 19-year-old German-American lover, Marita Lorenz, to be their assassin. Given untraceable poison pills—allegedly sourced through the Mafia—Marita was tasked with bypassing Castro's elite security by slipping the toxin into hi...

While middle-class stability vanishes, a new elite is rising to unprecedented power. This premium investigative documentary draws back the curtain on the world's ultra rich, a group whose numbers have exploded from 140 to over 1,200 billionaires in just 25 years. Real Stories explores the geopolitical and economic forces fueling this massive concentration of wealth, examining the "visionary ideas"...

This documentary gets to the heart of suicide in Northern Ireland and examines the human debris of the family and friends left behind. Breaking The Silence is a sensitive and powerful portrait of the trauma faced by families in the aftermath of suicide, and the journey towards coming to terms with this deep, personal tragedy. Each story builds towards its awful yet inevitable conclusion and, by al...

This film follows life inside 5 UK primary schools to uncover the enormous challenges faced by teachers dealing with violent and disruptive behaviour. 97 percent of teachers say they have to deal with disruptive pupils in their classroom – pupils like Levi in Luton, who regularly has to storm out of class for fear that he might lose control; or Jordyn in Glasgow whose swearing and aggression frigh...

The murder of Tupac Shakur has long been one of music and true crime's greatest unsolved mysteries. Now, with a suspect arrested 27 years later, this documentary tells the full story of his final year. Through exclusive police interviews and insider accounts, we reveal the tense power struggle between Tupac and his record label, Death Row Records. You'll hear from the people closest to him about h...

Join acclaimed documentary maker Chris Terrill (The Cruise) as he follows a group of young commandos moving from civilian life to the front line of war. With unprecedented access to both the training and battle grounds, cameras capture the exhilaration, intensity and fear of Troop 924 of the Royal Marines as they prepare for war. After 32 weeks of intensive training, are they ready for what lies a...

Dan Snow travels to Lindisfarne, site of the infamous Viking raid, and explores its sacred past. Instagram - @realstoriesdocsAny queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, transformed from the son of a teenage mother and a young man who took apart his own crib with a screwdriver into a global tech legend. This documentary chronicles the incredible life story of the man who forever changed the way the world shops. After leaving a secure Wall Street job in 1994, he ignored the advice of his colleagues and parents, moving to Seattle t...

On the night of November 26th 1996, sixteen year old Rod Ferrell bludgeoned to death his girlfriend’s parents, in what the US media labelled a wild vampiric ritual. Rod’s girlfriend was with him that night, so were three other members of Rod’s vampire clan: Scott Anderson, Dana Cooper and Charity Keese. This film follows the trial of Dana Cooper right through to the verdict, featuring exclusive in...

Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald | Real StoriesThis two-part series sees veteran presenter Sir Trevor McDonald come face to face with some of the world’s most dangerous criminals as he gets exclusive access to one of America’s oldest and most notorious prisons. Housing 1900 inmates, 12 of whom are on death row, Trevor spends two weeks in the dark and forbidding world of Indiana State Maximum...

The murder of Tupac Shakur has long been one of music and true crime's greatest unsolved mysteries. Now, with a suspect arrested 27 years later, this documentary tells the full story of his final year. Through exclusive police interviews and insider accounts, we reveal the tense power struggle between Tupac and his record label, Death Row Records. You'll hear from the people closest to him about h...

Documentary about the highly competitive world of beauty pageants in India, culminating with the top prize: Miss India. Following the efforts of several of the contestants, as well as others involved in the behind-the-scenes work of getting everyone ready, the film examines what drives the women toward this particular goal. Want to watch more full-length Documentaries? Click here: http://bit.ly/1G...