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- Meet Scientology's highest-level defector, Marty Rathbun. As the former Inspector General of Ethics in the organisation, Rathbun worked closely with its leader, David Miscavige, and celebrity follower Tom Cruise. Now he lives in small town America, a man under siege. "The squirrel himself, how you doing Mr Squirrel?" A woman in a blue poncho cackles at the top of her voice, her wild eyed-face jammed into the camera lens. She's one of the Squirrel Busters who have for months besieged Marty Rathbun's house. They're sent to harass and torment members who leave and then make public their Scientology experiences. It's an incredible turnaround for Marty who had been David Miscavige's number two in the Church and was a master of these 'dirty tricks': "I didn't think twice about silencing critics or punishing someone". The Church may contest Marty's status now, but in 1993 Miscavige describes taking on the head of the IRS, side by side with Marty, as they prevailed in Scientology's greatest victory to date, becoming tax exempt in the US and dodging a billion dollar tax bill. Not only that - but Marty was the man charged with finding a poster boy for Scientology and attracting none other than Tom Cruise. "I helped them on his divorce with Nicole and then I was auditing him and helping him get Penelope audited". But his close relationship with Cruise was also his downfall, "Miscavige had to start undermining me in front of Cruise". Out of favour, Marty eventually escaped, going on the run to start up his own independent Scientology movement. Now his blog presents the greatest direct threat to Scientology. In return, they've turned Marty's daily life into a bitter battle. Marty's story offers an unparalleled insight into the inner workings of Scientology's upper echelons and the full array of the weapons it resorts to when it feels a need to protect its own interests. Truly fascinating - and more than a little frightening. Orwell would have loved it!
- Over the past six years, the remains of more than 90 individuals have been recovered from the canals of Greater Manchester - most of them young men. Headlines are now claiming a serial killer may be responsible for their deaths, a story that has caught fire on social media. In this First Cut documentary, former murder detective Tony Blockley reviews the cases of three young men who drowned in the city's canals. Two of them went missing only to turn up dead later, while the third was seen leaving a nightclub with a mystery man who has never been identified. Is the so-called Pusher real or a 21st-century urban legend?
- The phenomenon of single men who search Internet websites for Women in Prison to start relationships with.
- Sam Peter Jackson talks to his father Mick and uncle Dave about the song they wrote "Blame it on the Boogie", and how it was made more famous by Michael Jackson as part of the group The Jacksons.
- The story of pianist Joyce Hatto, and of the fraud that was perpetrated surrounding her pianistic abilities.
- The story of a bed in the Accident & Emergency department of a busy British hospital. The bed sees all sorts of people, from births, through minor accidents and major traumas, through to death. It carries people brought in by ambulance and those who stagger in themselves. It is cleaned and repaired by those dedicated hospital workers who also clean and repair the people who have to visit the A&E department.
- Last year alone 200,000 people went missing in the UK and Claudia Lawrence was one of them. But Claudia's case is unusual. Unlike in approximately 97% of other missing persons cases, there is still no sign of Claudia; there are no clues and no leads, sightings or witnesses willing to come forward. Claudia's case remains a mystery, leaving her family, friends and community in a continuous state of turmoil.
- A touching documentary that follows three women living with trichotillomania, an impulse control disorder that causes them to pull out their own hair.
- Documentary film-maker Tim Wardle goes in search of the most average person in the UK - the ordinary every-man or woman who epitomises the nation's habits, opinions and behaviour.
- Stalked reveals how a confident young man ends up as a terrified victim of a female stalker.
- Two thirty-something singletons enter each other's lives completely, taking on the other's friends, social media, colleagues and exes, then analyzing their personal outlooks in an effort to tell the brutal truth about why they are alone.
- Every 2 minutes, someone in Britain disappears. Most will be found within 48 hours, but every year 2000 people go missing and do not return. This film follows three such cases.
- Each year, over 5000 children are excluded from mainstream education in the UK, and just under 60 of them study at Muntham House School: a specialist boarding school for boys with emotional and behavioral difficulties. Many of Muntham House's pupils have been excluded because of violent and disruptive behavior. But the dedicated teachers, led by charismatic headmaster Richard Boyle, are committed to finding out what it is in each boy that will inspire them to want to turn their lives around. The school is one of the best of its kind and one of its goals is 'to provide a happy experience for the boys'. Muntham House has a high student-teacher ratio, and a combined team of teachers, therapists and care workers. This documentary follows three of the school's most challenging pupils.
- Two girls from two very different worlds - Siobhan, 16, and Farhanatry, 17, try to become friends in one of Britain's most racially segregated towns - Dewsbury in West Yorkshire.
- A look at the politics of bed-sharing all across the UK. All types of couples are interviewed sitting on their beds as they discuss the myriad of behaviours we negotiate when sleeping and waking beside a partner.