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On-board motorcycle footage, filmed from the rider's perspective at a number of prestigious racing meetings, including the TT, the Ulster GP, the NW200 and the Southern 100. Riders featured include Joey Dunlop, Steve Hislop, Nick Jefferies, and Iain Duffus.
Multi-award winning documentary by Brazilian director José Padilha, exploring the conditions and circumstances that led to an armed siege on a Rio bus in June 2000. When Sandro do Nascimento, a young homeless man evidently high on drugs, failed in his attempt to rob Ônibus 174 in a wealthy area of Rio de Janeiro, he took the bus passengers hostage armed with a pistol. The situation escalated as the police, a SWAT team and reporters converged on the bus, and the hijacking unfolded in front of a nation until it reached its tragic and horrific climax. Padilha looks behind the event at the circumstances of Sandro's life: he had watched his mother's brutal murder as a small boy, and managed to survive the 1993 massacre of homeless children at Candelária. The documentary shows the desperation of Sandro's plight, using interviews with people involved in the event, including members of Sandro's family, and live television footage to tell this powerful and unsettling story.
This was the year a champion was made, and a legend was born as Niki Lauda bagged his first title.
Dramatic reconstruction of two key naval battles fought in the early days of the First World War. During the Battle of Coronel in November 1914, gunfire between the two nations resulted in the Germans sinking two British ships, HMS Monmouth and HMS Good Hope, causing the fatalities of 1600 sailors. To enact their revenge, a month later Britain sent two battle cruisers, Inflexible and Invincible, to engage the Geman fleet in the Battle of the Falkland Islands. Led by Vice Admiral Sturdee (Craighall Sherry), this time they were victorious and sank the German cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau. The feature also includes an original score composed by Simon Dobson and performed by 24 members of the Royal Marines Band Service.
Highlights capturing all the excitement of the 1989 Motocross Championship.
Highlights of the 1985 season featuring such cars as Volvo, BMW, and Rover cars.
A collection of rare films and footage from the golden era of Formula One, featuring world-famous racing names including Graham Hill and Jim Clark.
Documentary about Indian film archivist and scholar P.K. Nair. Having founded the National Film Archive of India in 1964, Nair sought to source and preserve Indian cinema for the sake of its cultural heritage. For the next 30 years he collected films from throughout India and the wider world and was instrumental in introducing world cinema to an Indian audience.
Relive Niki Lauda's horrific accident at the Nurburgring that nearly killed him, and his remarkable resilience and dedication which enabled him to return six weeks later to fight for the title.
Double bill of documentaries from Marc Isaacs. 'All White in Barking' (2007) examines the attitudes the white citizens of Barking have towards the immigrants living in the area. These attitudes generally involve prejudices which focus on what clothes the immigrants wear, the religion they follow and the food they eat. 'Men of the City' (2009) follows a trader, a street-sweeper, an immigrant and an insurance agent in London as they attempt to move forward in the economic crisis and discover their place in the capital city.
Jian Liujun presents this guide to the art of Tai Chi Chuan. The programme begins with the Essence of Tai Chi Chuan, explaining the fundamental principles of the discipline, including the Yi Ying, Yin and Yang, the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrammes. It then moves on to explore the essential Tai Chi techniques of Spiral Movements and the Figure 8, with every exercise clearly explained and illustrated in detail.
In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa's biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring many more. Miners Shot Down shows the courageous fight waged by a group of low-paid workers against the combined forces of mining company Lonmin, the ANC government and their allies in the National Union of Mineworkers. What emerges is collusion at the top, spiralling violence and the country's first post-apartheid massacre.
Liam Neeson narrates this three-part documentary about the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. As well as charting the events of the rebellion, the programme examines events leading up to and after the Rising and places a new importance on the role of Irish Americans in the struggle. Although the rebellion was quickly suppressed subsequent events it inspired would lead to the end of British rule in Ireland and in other parts of the country's far-reaching empire.
Documentary looking back at the West Coast group who invented gangster rap. The original lineup of N.W.A consisted of Dr Dre, Ice Cube and Eazy-E, all of whom went on to be successful in their own right. The documentary looks at how the group influenced the world of rap music as well as the controversial life and death of Eazy-E and the career developments of Ice Cube and Dr Dre.
Colin Rothbart directs this British documentary which follows a group of drag artists. Filmed over five years, the film provides an insight into East London's drag scene by profiling some of its most famous characters including New York performer Jonny Woo, Amber Waze and veteran DJ John Sizzle who share their stories and experiences of the vibrant scene. As the history of the area unfolds, the interviewees discuss how they align their performances on club stages with their day-to-day lives off it.
Documentary about the orchestral leader Annunzio Mantovani. Reaching levels of success that had never been seen before, the Venice-born Mantovani became the first artist to sell more than one million albums and went on to achieve worldwide fame with his critically-acclaimed orchestra.
Documentary about Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmoniker Bremen's performance of Schumann Symphonies at Pier 2, a former dockyard in Bremen harbour that is usually the site of rock and pop concerts. The film explains the idea behind the project and features excerpts from the performance, as well as rehearsal footage and comments from Paavo Järvi about the symphonies and the interpretation.
Fitness programme presented by Rocco Sorace, designed to tone the body and help with weight loss. The workout features kick boxing, Pilates, strength exercises and more.
All 22 rounds from the world's premier touring car championship, as Britain's Andy Priaulx bids for an unprecedented fourth title in a row against fellow drivers James Thompson, Gabriele Tarquini and Alex Zanardi. Features in-car footage and interviews with the top drivers.
Miklos Jancso's classic film is a starkly atmospheric tale of friendship in the final days of World War II. Joska (Andras Kozak) is a young Hungarian making his way home, through countryside full of the debris of war, when he is captured and imprisoned by Russians. Left in the custody of a young Russian soldier, Kolya (Sergei Nikonenko), the two youths form a friendship in spite of not speaking each other's language. Joska's attempts to complete his journey homeward provide the framework for this powerful film, considered by many to be Jancso's first masterpiece.
Teen drama from South Korea. In the port city of Icheon, five female friends struggle to stay close after leaving high school. When one of the group, upwardly-mobile Hae-ju (Yu-won Lee), moves to Seoul, the other girls have their ways of dealing with the loss. Feeling most rejected, shy Ji-young (Ji-young Ok) finds comfort in her new friendship with optimistic rebel Tae-hee (Du-na Bae).
Part of a series of programmes looking at the history of diesel trains around Britain, this volume focuses on Wales.
In this DVD, MR A. demonstrates how to prepare and cook the very best in barbecue banqutes, using both charcoal and gas barbecues. For ten years Mr A. was chef patron of the Bentley Brook Inn, which is still his family home, in Englands peak District National Park. He came to the inn after a twenty year career, travelling the world as an engineer. In the kitchens, he mastered his new craft, found his true vocation and a love of cooking. Now retired through injury, he passes on, through DVD and writing, the techniques he mastered by practical experience and the secrets he learned during his world wide travels. His eclectic menus reflect the influences of renowned chefs of American and European restaurants, contrasting with the skills he observed of cooks working road side food stalls in Africa and Asia.
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