The Mind Of Mark Defriest

Once known as Houdini for his multiple and improbable jailbreaks, Mark DeFriest was condemned to Florida’s worst prison after a lone psychiatrist reversed the previous diagnosis of four court appointed psychiatrists, and declared that Mark was faking mental illness. Over 30 years later, Mark is still struggling to understand how to survive a rigid and unforgiving system, while his remaining supporters forge an unlikely alliance to argue for his freedom.

Diana Interview: Revenge Of A Princess

Twenty-five years ago, a stunned world watched as Diana, Princess of Wales poured her heart out on national television. She revealed a royal marriage in crisis, infidelities on both sides and a degree of personal misery that had made her seriously ill. It was watershed television, affecting public perceptions of the monarchy and prompting a constitutional crisis. But what had led to this remarkable moment? In this two-part series we hear from those who witnessed the marriage descend into tragedy and, through previously unseen documents and footage, as well as eyewitness testimony from inside the interview room, discover how and why this extraordinary interview came about.

Cured

As the global LGBTQ community continues battling for civil rights and faces ongoing stigma, discrimination, and violence, the documentary CURED provides invaluable context for what is arguably the most significant turning point in Gay Liberation history. Until 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) classified homosexuality as a mental illness. CURED sheds light on the little-known story of the LGBTQ activists who challenged the APA to remove homosexuality from its manual of mental illnesses — and won. The documentary combines eyewitness testimony with never-before-seen archival footage to depict this epic battle. CURED illuminates the strategy and tactics that led to this pivotal yet largely overlooked moment in the struggle for LGBTQ equality. Indeed, following the Stonewall uprising of 1969, the campaign that culminated in the APA’s 1973 decision marks the first major step on the path to first-class citizenship for LGBTQ Americans — and a giant step forward for LGBTQ people worldwide, reframing not only how this community was seen but also how it sees itself.

See What You Made Me Do

SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO is a vital, thought-provoking and powerful look at one of the biggest emergencies facing society. Most who experience domestic abuse will never report it, and their abusers will never be called to account. In this series, investigative journalist Jess Hill shines a light into the kitchens, bedrooms and living rooms where abuse is destroying lives. She talks to abuse survivors, perpetrators and the people working with them to curb their behaviours. Resolutely solution focused, Jess explores radical innovations which could make a seismic difference to curbing this crisis in our homes.

Murder In The Village: Who Killed The Doctor’s Wife?

MURDER IN THE VILLAGE: WHO KILLED THE DOCTOR’S WIFE? investigates one of Britain’s most baffling cold cases. Dr. Robert Jones was the beloved local GP in the picture-perfect town of Coggeshall in Essex. Married to the beautiful Diane Jones, the couple lived in a stunning 16th-century farmhouse. Their lives appeared idyllic. But in July 1983, Diane suddenly vanished and, tragically, her body was later discovered with clear signs that she had been murdered. Despite an extensive police investigation, no culprit was ever found. Forty years later, we explore new evidence to investigate who killed her. With first-person testimony from police detectives, friends and neighbours, this series peels back the shocking layers to reveal that truth is stranger than fiction, and that the reality of Diane’s secret life was far from what anyone imagined.

Quebec: A City In Layers

From fur-trading station to naval outpost, to the source of French pride or English conquest, Quebec City is somewhat of a chameleon, constantly transforming itself to reflect the ideology of the day. Through expert interviews, archival footage and a behind-the-scenes tour of the city’s most interesting and storied buildings, QUEBEC: A CITY IN LAYERS explores 400 years of architectural history and brings it to life.

The Jury: Murder Trial

THE JURY: MURDER TRIAL is a ground-breaking experiment that asks profound questions about how we administer justice - by putting the jury system itself on trial. For the first time ever, we examine the fairness of the system, and the inner workings of justice in the UK. Filmed over ten days, a real murder trial is recreated word-for-word from the original transcripts, and two randomly-chosen juries, neither of whom are aware of the other, are asked to judge. The case? A man who admits he killed his wife, but whose defence maintains that he lost control, and is therefore not guilty of murder. What will the two juries decide, and why? How well will they follow the complexities of the law? And after they have deliberated, will they agree with each other’s verdicts? FORMAT AVAILABLE Awards: Best Reality Show, 2025 BAFTA Television Awards Best Factual Entertainment Format, 2024 International Format Awards Ratings Highlights: -Episode 1 was the highest rated new format launch in 10 years and the 3rd highest unscripted launch on C4 in 10 years -Episode 1 had a 112% higher rating than the slot average, and 124% higher audience share than average -In the first week of launch, the series as a whole is the strongest streaming series of any genre currently on the Channel 4 platform.

Jack The Ripper: Written In Blood

From leading producer Nutopia, JACK THE RIPPER: WRITTEN IN BLOOD is a gripping drama-documentary series that reveals a shocking new angle on the infamous Whitechapel murders: how a gang of ruthless reporters at The Star Newspaper created the legend of Jack the Ripper, and helped him get away with murder. Across three hours, we’ll go inside the real-life thriller of how penny-a-line journalist Fred Best and his colleagues at The Star, including its cunning editor TP O'Connor, manipulated the gruesome murders to sell papers. They actively misled the police investigation by planting false leads and fabricating evidence, and printing speculation as fact. With every lurid headline and forged letter, in which they pertained to be the killer, Fred and his cohorts steered the hunt away from the real murderer and made a fiasco of Scotland Yard’s investigation. By identifying false suspects, The Star whipped up mass hysteria and turned the streets of Whitechapel into a battleground, fuelling mob justice and violent suspicion. The city spiralled into panic, with the police chasing shadows while the real killer slipped through their grasp. In their relentless pursuit of headlines, Fred and his colleagues at The Star, didn’t just create the myth of Jack the Ripper, they ensured he would never be caught. They made him the story, guaranteeing he became a sensation, whilst the tragic stories of the murderers victims were lost amidst the press hysteria. The Star’s underhand tactics laid the foundation for modern tabloid journalism, a legacy of scandal, fear, and media-fuelled frenzy, that still shapes our world today.

To Catch A Killer

Detective Mike Arntfield leads a squad of tech-savvy civilians as they work to solve horrific cold cases. Each episode introduces a different crime, as Arntfield and his team use fresh eyes and advanced tools in their quest to solve these longstanding mysteries and bring closure to the victims' families.

Disasters Of The Century

Sometimes all it takes is a poorly-handled match to burn down the legacy of a cultural icon and reduce untold lives to ash. In heartbreaking detail, tragic disasters of our time are told through survivor stories, re-enactments, and accurate 3D renderings explaining exactly how these tragedies began, escalated, and destroyed the lives of thousands, and left an indelible mark on history.