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Friday, March 19 8:00pm Biography: Harold Shipman. The incredible story of the British doctor believed responsible for killing hundreds of his patients, mostly through intravenous drugs. In 1998, concerns by local undertakers and physicians spurred a quiet police inquiry into Shipman's high patient death rate, but poor investigative work turned up nothing suspicious. He was finally nabbed when he created a phony will that would have made him the beneficiary of one of his victims. Shipman hanged himself in jail in 2004.
Saturday, March 20 12:00am Biography: Harold Shipman. The incredible story of the British doctor believed responsible for killing hundreds of his patients, mostly through intravenous drugs. In 1998, concerns by local undertakers and physicians spurred a quiet police inquiry into Shipman's high patient death rate, but poor investigative work turned up nothing suspicious. He was finally nabbed when he created a phony will that would have made him the beneficiary of one of his victims. Shipman hanged himself in jail in 2004.
Wednesday, March 24 8:00am Biography: Dave Chappelle This profile of the young comic traces Chappelle's story from his hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio to his 2005 escape to South Africa. Find out how the young boy who once idolized the comedy of Bill Cosby became famous for racially provocative and envelope-pushing comedy. 
Wednesday, March 24 2:00pm Biography: Dave Chappelle This profile of the young comic traces Chappelle's story from his hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio to his 2005 escape to South Africa. Find out how the young boy who once idolized the comedy of Bill Cosby became famous for racially provocative and envelope-pushing comedy. 
Wednesday, March 24 11:00pm Biography: Chris Farley. Profile of the Saturday Night Live star whose death from a drug overdose stunned his legions of fans. Farley battled alcohol and drug addiction while struggling to defeat his demons by attending church regularly. Includes interviews with friend Tom Arnold and fellow SNL cast members Rob Schneider and Al Franken, and Father Thomas Gannon, Farley's spiritual advisor.
Thursday, March 25 3:00am Biography: Chris Farley. Profile of the Saturday Night Live star whose death from a drug overdose stunned his legions of fans. Farley battled alcohol and drug addiction while struggling to defeat his demons by attending church regularly. Includes interviews with friend Tom Arnold and fellow SNL cast members Rob Schneider and Al Franken, and Father Thomas Gannon, Farley's spiritual advisor.
Monday, March 22 9:00am Biography: Brooke Shields. This portrait of the beautiful actress who has gone from teen sex symbol to respected TV and Broadway performer follows her often controversial career. Encouraged by her stage mother, 12-year-old Shields shocked audiences in Pretty Baby when she kissed a 28-year-old actor. She went on to make a risqué Calvin Klein jeans commercial, the racy movie The Blue Lagoon, and date Michael Jackson. But she also won respect as a student at Princeton as well as kudos for her performances in Cabaret and Wonderful Town. Includes an interview with Brooke herself.
Monday, March 22 3:00pm Biography: Brooke Shields. This portrait of the beautiful actress who has gone from teen sex symbol to respected TV and Broadway performer follows her often controversial career. Encouraged by her stage mother, 12-year-old Shields shocked audiences in Pretty Baby when she kissed a 28-year-old actor. She went on to make a risqué Calvin Klein jeans commercial, the racy movie The Blue Lagoon, and date Michael Jackson. But she also won respect as a student at Princeton as well as kudos for her performances in Cabaret and Wonderful Town. Includes an interview with Brooke herself.
Tuesday, March 23 4:00am Biography: Brooke Shields. This portrait of the beautiful actress who has gone from teen sex symbol to respected TV and Broadway performer follows her often controversial career. Encouraged by her stage mother, 12-year-old Shields shocked audiences in Pretty Baby when she kissed a 28-year-old actor. She went on to make a risqué Calvin Klein jeans commercial, the racy movie The Blue Lagoon, and date Michael Jackson. But she also won respect as a student at Princeton as well as kudos for her performances in Cabaret and Wonderful Town. Includes an interview with Brooke herself.
Friday, March 26 9:00am Biography: Jamie Oliver. The hottest young cooking star of his generation, Jamie Oliver has wowed food lovers across the world with his fresh, no-nonsense cooking style. It was inevitable that in a world obsessed with food and celebrity that Jamie, with his pop-star looks and cheeky confidence, would rise to stardom. Jamie went onto make many TV series, but he was a man on a mission and supported by Jools, his childhood sweetheart, he took on the establishment campaigning for deprived kids to be better-trained as chefs and for better food in schools. This campaign even pushed the British government into action before the 2005 General Election. But Jamie had also made enemies in high places and he has had to fight a constant battle with the British tabloid press. Stories of infidelity are aimed at destroying his marriage.
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