Episodes
1. Kick the Habit: The Last Cigarette
February 26, 2000
This film looks at America's love-hate relationship with cigarettes over the course of the century.
2. My Best Fiend: Herzog - Madman or Genius
March 18, 2000
Tracing director Werner Herzog's strange and troubled relationship with actor Klaus Kinski.
3. Genocide, the Judgement
July 2, 2000
Following the trial of the mayor of a Rwandan village, who was brought before a UN tribunal to face a genocide and crimes against humanity charge.
4. One Day in September
September 5, 2000
Oscar-winning documentary recounting the kidnapping of 12 Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympics by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September.
5. Norman Mailer: Oh My America: Farewell to the Fifties
October 11, 2000
The first of a two-part programme in which writer Norman Mailer profiles life in America since the Second World War. But, disappointed by post-war America, he grew to despise the fifties.
6. Norman Mailer - Oh My America: Beyond the Revolution
October 12, 2000
In this second and final episode, writer and social critic Norman Mailer describes the revolution in attitudes during the sixties, the impact of the Vietnam war, and the Reagan and Clinton years.
