BBC expands Storyville documentary series with new films and shorts

The BBC is expanding its award-winning documentary series, Storyville, with a new season featuring six international films. The expansion includes the launch of ‘Shorts’, a new format dedicated to shorter productions, beginning with ‘Allies in Exile’.

Scheduled for release on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer, five films are set to premiere in autumn 2026, with another following in early winter 2027. Notable upcoming titles include ‘Ask E. Jean’, directed by Ivy Meeropol, which profiles journalist E. Jean Carroll and her legal battles with Donald Trump.

Other featured productions include ‘A Want in Her’, a film by Myrid Carten exploring family struggles with addiction and mental health in rural Donegal, and ‘Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story’, which documents the life and extensive photographic work of activist Kwame Brathwaite.