
Storyville
NR1997•1h 25m•7.6/10
Documentary
Ratings
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7.6/10(8)
Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago. Screening over 340 films, from some 70 different countries, the strand has garnered a staggering array of awards: five Oscars, 15 Griersons, three Peabodys and two International Emmys. In true, unique, Storyville style, the new series promises to deliver the strand's usual eclectic mix of compelling stories from across the globe.
Production
BBC Four
Language
EN
Status
Returning Series
First Aired
November 15, 1997
Last Aired
October 28, 2025
Networks
BBC Four, BBC Two
Trailers & Videos
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Air date: 1997-11-15
Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.
E2
Nobody's Business
Air date: 1997-11-22
Filmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles his father's life.
E3
Wednesday
Air date: 1997-11-29
Victor Kossakovsky searched obsessively for inhabitants of St. Petersburg who were born on Wednesday 19 July 1961, his own birthday, in former Leningrad. Fifty-one women and fifty men fitted the profile. In the course of time a few of these 101 people had died, others had moved to another community or abroad. But in 1995 Kossakovsky managed to capture on film all seventy remaining residents, in the street, at work or simply at home. While doing so he spent time with doctors and patients, entertainers and businessmen, construction workers and homeless people. In his unorthodox style Kossakovsky has produced a beautiful profile of people in their thirties in St. Petersburg.
E4
Naughty Boy
Air date: 1997-12-06
A profile of Danish film-maker Ole Ege, whose work pushed the boundaries of acceptability when Denmark legalized pornography in 1969.
E5
Paradise Lost
Air date: 1997-12-13
A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.






















