TV Storyville - Season 21 Episode 16 : This Was My Dad: The Rise and Fall of Geoffrey Matthews Storyville - Season 21 Episode 16 : This Was My Dad: The Rise and Fall of Geoffrey Matthews 7.6/10 by 7 users A profoundly intimate documentary filmed by Bafta-winning director Morgan Matthews over a period of more than ten years in the life of Morgan's father Geoff and his wonderfully eccentric partner Anna. In an attempt to reconnect with his dad after becoming estranged, Morgan uses the camera as both a facilitator and a filter that enables him to stay close during challenging times. The film follows Geoff and Anna through a financial crisis that sees them losing their home, it captures the challenges of their relationship, and documents the decline in Geoff's health as a result of emphysema and cancer. With the warmth, love and humour that is so often mixed up in family dramas, this is a documentary made from the inside by a film-maker who is used to turning his camera towards other people's families - but never his own. The result is deeply personal, but the themes of a challenging paternal dynamic, a relationship under pressure, and death in the family, are widespread and universal. Details Casts Posters Images Title Storyville - Season 21 Episode 16 : This Was My Dad: The Rise and Fall of Geoffrey Matthews Alternative Titles First Air Date 1997-11-15 Last Air Date 2025-03-11 Number of Episodes 678 Number of Seasons 29 Genres Documentary, Networks BBC Four, BBC Two, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List Storyville Season 21 :Episode 1 Zero Days: Nuclear Cyber Sabotage Zero Days: Nuclear Cyber Sabotage 2017-01-16 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 2 The Great Literary Scandal: The JT Leroy Story The Great Literary Scandal: The JT Leroy Story 2017-02-01 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 3 Notes On Blindness Notes On Blindness 2017-02-16 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 4 Life, Animated Life, Animated 2017-02-20 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 5 Killing For Love Killing For Love 2017-03-07 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 6 Murder in Italy Murder in Italy 2017-03-13 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 7 North Korean Kidnap: The Lovers and the Despot North Korean Kidnap: The Lovers and the Despot 2017-03-20 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 8 Last Days of Solitary Last Days of Solitary 2017-03-27 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 9 OJ: Made in America - Part 1 OJ: Made in America - Part 1 2017-05-14 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 10 OJ: Made in America - Part 2 OJ: Made in America - Part 2 2017-05-14 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 11 OJ: Made in America - Part 3 OJ: Made in America - Part 3 2017-05-16 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 12 OJ: Made in America - Part 4 OJ: Made in America - Part 4 2017-05-17 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 13 OJ: Made in America - Part 5 OJ: Made in America - Part 5 2017-05-18 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 14 Tokyo Girls Tokyo Girls 2017-06-27 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 15 Oink: Man Loves Pig Oink: Man Loves Pig 2017-07-02 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 16 This Was My Dad: The Rise and Fall of Geoffrey Matthews This Was My Dad: The Rise and Fall of Geoffrey Matthews 2017-07-10 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 17 The Great European Cigarette Mystery The Great European Cigarette Mystery 2017-07-17 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 18 Accidental Anarchist: Life Without Government Accidental Anarchist: Life Without Government 2017-07-24 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 19 Queerama Queerama 2017-07-31 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 20 Out of Thin Air: Murder in Iceland Out of Thin Air: Murder in Iceland 2017-08-14 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 21 Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web 2017-08-21 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 22 The Boy Who Changed America The Boy Who Changed America 2017-09-06 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 23 The Work: Four Days to Redemption The Work: Four Days to Redemption 2017-10-26 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 24 Coming Home: Bowe Bergdahl vs the United States Coming Home: Bowe Bergdahl vs the United States 2017-10-30 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 25 Toffs, Queers and Traitors: The Extraordinary Life of Guy Burgess Toffs, Queers and Traitors: The Extraordinary Life of Guy Burgess 2017-11-13 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 26 My Mother's Lost Children My Mother's Lost Children 2017-11-20 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 27 Last Men in Aleppo Last Men in Aleppo 2017-11-27 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 28 The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey 2017-11-30 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago.... Storyville Season 21 :Episode 29 When Rock Arrived in North Korea: Liberation Day When Rock Arrived in North Korea: Liberation Day 2017-12-07 Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....