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Network is proud to present a third volume of documentaries from one of the world's most respected factual film-makers. The 3-disc set: John Pilger - Reporting The World, containing 15 of the Australian's acclaimed works is released on 9th June 2008.

John Pilger began his career in his native Australia before moving to London in the 60s. The recipient of multiple awards, most notably the UN Media Peace Prize, he is a world-renowned journalist, author and respected factual filmmaker. Drawing extensively from eye-witness testimonies and the unwavering, ever candid eye of the camera, Pilger's works make uneasy viewing as he uncovers shocking truths behind political facades, and delves into subject matter where many other journalists would fear to tread.

The 15 documentaries included in John Pilger Reporting The World are:

Episodes

  • World In Action: Conversations With A Working Man Investigating the core of Britons who feel they have no voice in their future

  • Dismantling A Dream Spending cuts highlight the shameful neglect of the NHS

  • An Unfashionable Tragedy The plight of the Bangladeshi during the horrors of the famine

  • A Nod And A Wink The use of Conspiracy laws in British justice

  • Smashing Kids Hunger and malnutrition - a direct cause of the welfare state

  • Thalidomide: The Children We Forget Why are 98 of the affected families not allowed compensation?

  • Vietnam: Still America's War Investigating the aftermath in Vietnam following the ceasefire

  • Mr Nixon's Secret Legacy Counterforce: the prosecution of a flexible, acceptable nuclear war

  • The Secret Country - The First Australians Fight Back The shameful history of aboriginal persecution in Australia

  • Zap - The Weapon Is Food An investigation into the US policy that makes food more powerful than oil

  • Nobody's Children The plight of mentally handicapped children held in appalling circumstances

  • The Most Powerful Politician A revealing portrayal of bigoted Alabama governor George Wallace

  • One British Family Viewing the racial minefield of British society through the eyes of an immigrant

  • Guilty Until Proven Innocent highlighting the issue of innocent people confined to prisons on remand

  • Heroes The shabby treatment of returning combat soldiers from Vietnam is investigated