Leslie Woodhead Movies

The real-life struggle to contain the environmental and financial damage caused to Alaska by the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez is dramatized.

The gold medal for the men's 10,000-meter race in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is won by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie.

Ella Fitzgerald was a 15-year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star....

Ten years later, the events of September 11, 2001, still resonate - especially for the people who were in critical leadership positions on that...

A look at the history of America's multi-billion dollar missile defence system, from President Eisenhower to Reagan and Bush.

Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Retrospective documentary marking the 20th anniversary of the funeral of Princess Diana narrated by Kate Winslet.

British TV Movie drama/documentary detailing the birth of Poland's Solidarity union

Documentary about atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair who, for 30 notorious years, successfully challenged God in America, and was brutally murdered in the...

The doctor who tried to save him. The Secret Service agent who was seconds too late. The man wrongly accused of his murder. And the woman who...

In August 1962, director Leslie Woodhead made a two-minute film in Liverpool's Cavern Club with a raw and unrecorded group of rockers called the...

Once dubbed the 'king of cool', a look at the man behind the silky voice as Tony Bennett - civil rights activist, jazz enthusiast, painter and New...

Docu-drama surrounding the events leading to the Soviet Union's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Documentary about the murders of six Russian journalists between 1995 and 2003 and the subsequent police investigation which some, including human...

On August 6 1945, one plane dropped one bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In an instant, the city was destroyed and 80,000 people were dead....

On September 1, 2004, a group of heavily armed rebel extremists stormed into School No. 1 in Beslan, Russia. For three days, more than a thousand...

Ten years after the Srebrenica massacre, Leslie Woodhead follows up his award-winning A Cry from the Grave to investigate what has happened since.

A portrait of Randy Newman, the American singer-songwriter, arranger and composer known for his Southern-affected singing style, early...

Documentary on the experiences of the hostages and captors when the American embassy in Iran was captured for 14 months in 1979.

Witness the 20-year, billion-dollar hunt for the Al-Qaeda leader, as told by the main players who finally brought him down.