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In March the Channel marks International Women's Day on 8 March with a series of new films, including Girl Stars, Forced to Marry and Like a Ship in the Night.
Turning Point - 1st Mar @ 9am/9pm
Each year, road crashes kill 1.3 million people and injure 50 million others. This film, presented by actor Michelle Yeoh, is a journey on the world's killer roads, from the South African townships to the bustline streets of Vietnam and the new highways of India.
 Untold Stories - Episode 1 - Mon 1st Mar @ 7.30am/1.30pm/7.30pm
Sir Trevor McDonald introduces a series of short films made by volunteer filmmakers highlighting the diverse work of small charities. Part of Volunteer Films project - Series 5. more...
Vaccine for Road Safety - Tue 2nd Mar @ 8am/8pm
The film looks at the first Global Conference on Road Safety held in Moscow in 2009 which has prompted a UN General Assembly meeting on the issue in March 2010 in New York.
Untold Stories - Episode 2 - Tue 2nd Mar @ 7.30am/1.30pm/7.30pm
Sir Trevor McDonald introduces a series of short films made by volunteer filmmakers highlighting the diverse work of small charities. Part of Volunteer Films project - Series 5. more...
Comic Relief: The Net Result - Tue 2nd Mar @ 9pm
In 2009 pop singer Gary Barlow and a group of celebrities climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to highlight the deadly issue of malaria for Comic Relief. In this film, they go to Uganda to distribute malaria nets to prevent this killer disease.
International Women's Day - 8 March 2010:
 Saira Khan presents Forced to Marry
Forced to Marry
Entrepreneur and TV presenter Saira Khan goes to Pakistan, her country of origin, to investigate the dramatic stories of British Asian women forced to return to Pakistan to marry.
J-U-M-P
A look at the work of a small charity, Jacob's Unique Memory Pot - set up by two women to provide lasting memories - photos, video and audio - of terminally ill children. Set up from personal experience. more...
SMK Foundation
A short film profiling the work of the Sheila McKechnie Foundation which supports grassroots campaigners, set up in memory of Sheila McKechnie, a leading campaigner.
Girl Stars - Madhuri
Madhuri Kumari is an elected village leader in Fakirpuri village, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. When Madhuri was young, she used to walk six kilometres to school, through a thick forest – and she walked barefoot because she did not have any shoes. This film profile Madhuri's achievements. She's a Girl Star - young Indian women who have changed their lives by going to school.
Like a Ship in the Night
Abortion is illegal in Ireland, punishable by life imprisonment. And yet at least 8,000 Irish women a year travel to England for abortions. This documentary follows a young painter, a working class mother of five, and a self-proclaimed country girl as they plan their secret journeys across the Irish sea.
Unveiled Views
To what extent is our opinion of Muslim women based on Western prejudice? This film profiles five remarkable women who are challenge the conventional stereotypes.
Centre of Hope
In Afghanistan, Marwan Dinarhi was 10 when she was orphaned. She's transformed her life — the international charity Womankind has been there to support her.
Previously shown in February
Outdoor Kindergarten - 9 Feb @ 8am/2pm/8pm
The benefits of outdoor preschool education, as seen through daily life at an outdoor kindergarten deep in Arctic Norway. more...
As the Call, So the Echo - 21 Feb @ 9pm
A woman with cancer is seen by a volunteer doctor in Vietnam. He fights to save her life, and has to overcome a language barrier, outdated equipment, and his worst fears. more...
A Sikh's Journey Home - 22 Feb @ 8.30am/8.30pm
Follow a year in the life of the Mankoo family, who take a trip to India for their children to discover their roots, after living in London for 30 years. more...
United We Stand - 22 Feb @ 10pm
A glimpse at Ken Loach's 'Looking for Eric' kicks off a look at the joy and agony of football fans, from the rise of the Premier League to FC United of Manchester, a football club owned and run by its supporters. more...
We Are the People We've Been Waiting For - Fri 26 Feb @ 9pm
Explores the education system in the UK and reveals a very inconvenient truth about education.
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