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101 East - China's race for gold

China is home to some of the world's best athletes. At the Beijing Olympics, the country topped the medals table, winning 100 medals in 25 sports, including 51 golds. As the London 2012 Olympics...

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The Passion and the Penalty

On May 22, 2011, Fenerbahce Football Club were crowned champions of Turkey's Super League for the 2010/2011 season. But within a few weeks, the world of Turkish football was in shock as news broke of...

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16x9 - Patrick Chan: Team behind the scenes

Next week, the reigning world champion of men's figure skating -- Canadian, Patrick Chan -- will step on the ice to defend his title. But there is a team behind this solitary star -- and 16x9 followed...

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Net Losses

English football clubs were once at the centre of their communities, but that spirit is eroding in Britain's top flight football. Liverpool FC's anthem is You'll Never Walk Alone - but has this...

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Rwanda's Warm Welcome - UK

Everyone is watching their nations strive for success in the London Olympics. But away from the hype, small English towns are playing host to the different teams, experiencing some unlikely cultural...

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Isle of Man TT: A Dangerous Addiction

The Isle of Man TT is described as the world's most dangerous race. Yet every year more and more motorcycle enthusiasts come to this tiny British island to race in the event.It is a three-hour ferry...

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Running Cold - Iceland

As global preparations for the London 2012 Olympics hot up, this beautifully shot report follows the Belgian athletics team on their extreme training - on the frozen wastes of an Icelandic glacier."I...

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101 East - Body Beautiful

Many Australian men are risking their lives for the perfect body.More young men are bowing to societal pressure to be physically bigger and stronger, but psychologists warn that taken to the extreme,...

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16x9 - The Contenders: Pro Basketball in PEI

The Summerside Storm compete in the National Basketball League of Canada, a league that launched in 2011 and acts as a possible doorway to the big time for some players.

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Paralympic Champions

Meet some of Russia's most famous Paralympic athletes, learn their stories and you may find that people with disabilities have in fact unlimited abilities.

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Vespas To Africa

This hour long adventure documentary follows the world's largest amateur rally, the Budapest-Bamako. Teams lusting for adventure set out from the Hungarian capital to reach West Africa. Three Norwegian...

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Air Lyra

Lyra, a border collie mix, and her owner and handler Jean McCollister came from the U.S. to live in Slovenia, where they became pioneers in dog frisbee. Lyra was the first dog to compete in this sport...

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Rebounds

Thousands of American basketball players that don't make it into the NBA, go around the world looking for a chance to play. Some of them go to Europe, Asia or any place in the world where basketball is...

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I Wanna Be Like Mike: The Story of The New NBA

"I Wanna Be Like Mike" was a slogan that changed everything. In years past, marking campaigns sold products; this was a marketing campaign that sold Michael Jordan himself, as someone you should want...

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The Science Behind the Bike

The Science Behind the Bike is a series of films that investigate how science and technology have transformed the sport of cycling. We talk to Olympic gold-medallists Chris Boardman and Rebecca Romero,...

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Brutal Beauty

A documentary devoted to the story of Portland, Oregon's Rose City Rollers roller derby league. The project attempts to answer the question why this revival of the 1970's sport has become a staple in...

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Japan by Bicycle

After living in Japan for over two years Andrew decided to return to America. To end his time in Japan, he cycled the entire country from south to north with his friends Scott and Dylan.

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Cage Fighting in the USA

Mariana van Zeller explores the fastest growing sport in America - Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). MMA is now a billion-dollar industry, watched by millions on national TV. But increasingly, amateurs are...

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The Jackie Robinson Story

Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey makes Robinson the first black player in major-league baseball. Biography starring Robinson as himself.

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The Golden Boys

At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, the Bosnia and Herzegovina men's sitting volleyball team won the silver medal. Four years later at the London Paralympics, their ambition was to go further.The players...

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