My New Face

Too often we take for granted the medical care we are privileged to have in this country. We forget just how many more people throughout the world have to endure a life of suffering and torment because they cannot get the help they need.

This documentary follows the lives of children who are cursed with extreme facial disfigurement and the work by two of the world's leading plastic surgeons, Martin Kelly and Norman Waterhouse, as they liberate those imprisoned by the stigma of deformity.

Showcasing the very latest in surgical technology and technique, My New Face documents the pair as they travel to some of the most deprived parts of the globe offering humanitarian surgery to as many children as they can. There are also interviews with family members and friends, who reveal the enormous leap of faith they and the children are taking in the hope of a new life.

Siamese Survivors

Hassan and Hussein Salee are 16 year-old twins who relocated from The Sudan with their family and now live in Hounslow, South West London. The difference is that the brothers were born as conjoined twins, fused at the chest and hip.

Decisions were made by surgeons and the family to attempt to separate the twins and extensive and high risk surgery was performed on the pair when they were only a few months old.

Siamese Survivors follows their story and conducts interviews with family and friends, all the while asking that although a rare and ground-breaking operation has given Hassan and Hussein the chance to live separately, can they ever live truly independent lives?

Parkinson's at 25

This is the story of Michael Gibson, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease when he was just 18-years-old, a rarity in the history of the debilitating illness. Initially unable to cope with the situation, Michael lived in denial about his condition for six years, before deciding to go on a quest to discover the potential long-term effects on his life.

Following Michael’s journey, this documentary highlights how Michael's experiences are unlikely to mirror those of others, because everybody's experience with the condition is unique, with each sufferer experiencing their own individual symptoms and responses to treatment.

Part of this journey involves Michael working with healthcare professional to establish drug and therapy regimes that controls his symptoms, while at the same time fit with his lifestyle and clinical needs. Along the way Michael meets others living with the condition, each with their own story and method of maintaining as high a standard of life as possible.

Death Row Diaries

This compelling documentary explores one of the most contentious issues in American society by revealing the lives of those living on death row awaiting execution. In particular this is the story of Christa Pike, who in 1996 became the youngest death row convict in America.

At the age of 19 she was sentenced to death after she was found guilty of the murder of fellow student Colleen Slemmer. Still on death row, this is the tale of both her crime and her reaction to what she did, including frank interviews with both Christa and Colleen’s mothers.

Death Row Diaries offers a thought-provoking and intimate insight into the mind of a killer described has having the face of an angel and the heart of the devil, while also attempts to uncover the truth about the whole incident and the way prisoners on Death Row are treated.