Storyville
Season 19 Episode 14 - My Mother the Secret Baby
In this funny and moving documentary, acclaimed film-maker Daisy Asquith tells the very personal story of her mother's conception after a dance in the 1940s on the remote west coast of Ireland. By exploring the repercussions of this act, Daisy and her mother embark on a fascinating and emotional adventure in social and sexual morality. Her grandmother, compelled to run away to have her baby in secret, handed the child over to 'the nuns'. Daisy's mum was eventually adopted by English Catholics from Stoke-on-Trent. Her grandmother returned to Ireland and told no-one. The father remained a mystery for another 60 years, until Daisy and her mum decided it was time to find out who he was. Their attempts to find the truth make raw the fear and shame that Catholicism has wrought on the Irish psyche for centuries. It leads Daisy and her mum to connect with a brand new family living an extraordinarily different life.
Episodes in Season 19
The Arabian Motorcycle Adventures
85 min
The Internet's Own Boy
85 min
Mugabe and the Democrats
85 min
Bulldozers, Paving Stones and Power: The Chinese Mayor
85 min
Love Hotel
85 min
The Great Sex Addict Heist: The Dog
85 min
Love Is All: 100 Years of Love and Courtship
85 min
The Great European Disaster Movie
85 min
1.7 Billion Dollar Fraud: Full Exposure
85 min
India's Daughter
85 min
Rocking Cambodia: Rise of a Pop Diva
85 min
The Lost Gold of the Highlands
85 min
Masterspy of Moscow: George Blake
85 min
My Mother the Secret Baby
85 min
Himmler: The Decent One
85 min
Last Days of Vietnam
85 min
Circus Elephant Rampage
85 min
Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise
85 min
A Syrian Love Story
85 min
Lockerbie: My Brother's Bomber
85 min
Dreamcatcher: Surviving Chicago's Streets
85 min
Orion: The Man Who Would Be King
85 min
Cartel Land
85 min
FBI Undercover
85 min
The Six-Day War: Censored Voices
85 min
