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Titanic: Made in Belfast

31/03/1999

BBC One - Titanic: Made in Belfast

Documentary looking at the creation of the Titanic in Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard.

Arguably the most famous ship ever launched, the Titanic was built in Belfast's Harland and Wolff shipyard. This documentary uses archive images to look at the ship's creation.

In 1912 the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast was one of the busiest and most innovative shipyards in the world, making some of the largest moving objects ever built by man.This documentary looks at the background to the making of one of the most famous ships in history, considering its enduring appeal and what it has come to symbolise.The film, which includes rarely seen archive material, sets the production of the Titanic in the context of the industrial culture of Belfast at the time.

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Documentaries by writer and presenter Louis Theroux

Documentaries by writer and presenter Louis Theroux which delve into the weirder fringes of American society

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends: Series 3: Looking for Love

23/10/2000

Looking for Love

Series 3

BBC Two - Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, Series 3, Looking for Love

Louis Theroux travels to Bangkok to meet Western men at a marriage agency for Thai brides.

Louis Theroux travels to Bangkok, where he has an appointment at a marriage agency where Western men are introduced to Thai brides. He begins to wonder if love is what the men are really looking for.

Louis Theroux's continued exploration of the weirder fringes of society takes him to to Bangkok, where he has an appointment at a marriage agency where Western men are introduced to Thai brides. He begins to wonder if love is what these men are really looking for.

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends: Series 3

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Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Louis Theroux explores some extreme fringes of society.

Louis Theroux explores the weirder fringes of society, meeting hypnotists, Indian gurus, Afrikaner separatists, LA bodybuilders, Thai brides and gangsta rappers.

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