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Mike Brett and Steve Jamison direct this documentary following the fortunes of the American Samoa soccer team, officially the worst international football side in the world. The nadir of American Samoa's soccer career arrived when they lost 31-0 to Australia in 2001, the heaviest loss ever recorded in a FIFA match. The result was in line with Samoa's status as the lowest ranked team in the FIFA listings, but the islanders were determined to improve their fortunes. They duly employed hardened Dutch coach Thomas Rongen to whip them into shape. How would a man who played alongside George Best and Johann Cruyff deal with footballers of a very different level as the qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup approached?
Daniel Craig narrates this feature-length BBC wildlife documentary celebrating the diversity and tenacity of life on earth. Edited together from some 10,000 hours of footage from the BBC's natural history archives, the film focuses on the cyclical journey taken by all living things, from their own birth to the moment they deliver youngsters of their own and the next generation is born.
Documentary about former professional boxer Muhammad Ali directed by film-maker Clare Lewins. With access to Ali's personal audio journals as well as his friends and family members, the film explores how he became an internationally recognised celebrity and countercultural figure due to a provocative and entertaining nature, and also examines how he was with those closest to him while at the top of his game.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of England’s 1966 World Cup win, Bobby is the revealing story of triumph and tragedy behind British sports greatest ever hero. With spectacular archive footage including some never-seen-before from the ’66 World Cup, the golden era of English football is vividly brought to the big screen like never before. Featuring stars of the football world and more including Pele, Geoff Hurst, Gordon Banks, Harry Redknapp, Russell Brand, Ray Davies and Bobby Moore’s family, this authorised account is an incredible tale of an extraordinary man.
Documentary written and introduced by David Attenborough. This wildlife programme charts the lives of various animals on our planet, chronicling their differing journeys from birth to adulthood, each from their own unique perspective. Each episode focuses on one stage of the animals' lives, depicting the struggles they face in the quest to reach adulthood and the duty to continue their bloodline if they are successful in overcoming the odds and reaching parenthood.
General Sir Ian Hamilton, commander of the Gallipoli campaign, introduces this rarity - a documentary on the events of World War One made close to the time of the conflict itself. Unseen for over sixty years, it features interviews with the men who fought in the trenches and lived to tell the tale.
An official access all areas, cinematic documentary celebrating Ryan Giggs’ illustrious career at Manchester United Football Club. Directed by Daniel Mendelle, Life of Ryan combines video diary footage with archive film of the footballing legend’s career, along with a rare glimpse into Ryan’s other passions outside the beautiful game. Currently assistant manager at Manchester United F.C., Ryan Giggs is celebrated as having the longest Premier League career to date, having played 1,027 games and won 34 trophies over the course of a career spanning almost 8,000 days. Thanks to this, he is now one of the most famous and successful footballers in history, and is regarded as a true legend of the modern game. Life of Ryan comes from the producers of the acclaimed sporting documentary film The Class of 92, which detailed the rise to prominence of the infamous six Manchester United footballers who joined the team along with Ryan Giggs in the early 1990s, and whose careers have been in the global spotlight ever since. The film also features high profile interviews with his Class of 92 teammates David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Phil Neville, Gary Neville and Nicky Butt, plus sporting icons Rio Ferdinand, Diego Maradona and former manager Sir Alex Ferguson, along with current Manchester United players including Darren Fletcher and Michael Carrick.
Documentary following the electronic dance music trio Swedish House Mafia on their last ever tour together. Film-maker Christian Larson joins the group on their 2012/2013 worldwide tour as they perform in a number of locations including Malaysia and India. Through interviews with the members themselves, Larson documents the highs of their short but largely successful career as well as the tensions within the group which have ultimately led to their disbanding.
Feature-length documentary plus a live performance by the US pop superstar Beyoncé Knowles. The documentary, partially filmed by the singer herself, offers an insight into her life offstage. As well as exploring Beyoncé's childhood in Houston, the programme follows her as she works in the studio, practises for live performances and deals with business concerns related to her career. The live set was compiled from four consecutive performances at the Revel Casino Hotel and saw her perform hits including 'Crazy in Love', 'Single Ladies', 'Run the World (Girls)' and 'Halo'.
Documentary profiling the award-winning comic '2000AD'. In 1977, the first edition of '2000AD' was published and changed the world of science-fiction forever. With boundary-pushing stories and extreme violent imagery, the comic went on to inspire countless films and television shows including 'RoboCop' and 'Alien', yet few people today have ever heard of it. This documentary features interviews with the comic's creator Pat Mills and writers Neil Gaiman and Dave Gibbons as they explain how and why '2000AD' changed the world for the better.
Documentary about the life of Pope John Paul II: poet, playwright, actor, mystic - and head of the Roman Catholic Church. Shaped by the horrors of World War II and the subsequent brutalities of the Communist era in Poland, John Paul II is seen by millions as one of the world's greatest defenders of religious freedom and human rights. Filmed on location in Krakow and Rome, the film traces his personal life and struggles.
Documentary maker Alex Gibney examines the WikiLeaks phenomenon and the question of how information is accessed globally. With a goal 'to bring important news and information to the public', the fledgling website, founded in 2006 by Australian Julian Assange, gained worldwide notoriety in 2010 with its leaking of highly sensitive US classified material, including the infamous 'Collateral Murder' footage of US air strikes on civilian targets in Iraq, along with over 250,000 diplomatic cables. In addition to detailing how the website came to be, the film explores the issues surrounding the freedom of information and moral responsibility, whilst comparing and contrasting the impact that the furore has had on founder Assange, and Pfc. Bradley Manning, the US soldier charged with supplying the leaked material.
In this unique feature documentary, the celebrated naturalist reflects upon both the defining moments of his lifetime and the devastating changes he has seen. The film addresses some of the biggest challenges facing life on our planet, providing a snapshot of global nature loss in a single lifetime. With it comes a powerful message of hope for future generations as Attenborough reveals the solutions to help save our planet from disaster. His message comes at a critical time, when nature is sounding its alarm for united action.
Documentary charting the way classical music has been presented on television since the 1930s, with contributions from amongst others: Glenn Gould, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Anna Netrebko, Igor Stravinsky and Arturo Toscanini.
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
Attenborough and the Giant Egg
The British monarchy has evolved over the past thousand years, throwing up some diverse characters along the way. Nigel Spivey tells the stories of twelve kings and queens, including Henry II and George III.
Documentary about the poetic accounts of the Great War as written by veterans Wilfred Owen, John McCrae, Rupert Brooke, A.E. Houseman and Siegfried Sassoon.
Relive the last seasons of two of the 1970s greatest characters: James Hunt, who quit racing after the Monaco Grand Prix claiming to be fed up with Formula One, and Niki Lauda, who retired at the penultimate Grand Prix in Montreal.
David Hayman presents this documentary about Scottish poet Robert Burns. Hayman explores Burns' life from his childhood to his rise to fame throughout the nation while a team of experts use forensic technology to create a model of the writer's head to show, with as much accuracy as possible, what he would have really looked like.
Springsteen’s first studio album in five years, Western Stars marks a departure for the legendary singer/songwriter while still drawing on his roots. Touching on themes of love and loss, loneliness and family and the inexorable passage of time, the documentary film evokes the American West—both the mythic and the hardscrabble—weaving archival footage and Springsteen’s personal narration with song to tell the story of Western Stars. Western Stars offers fans the world over their only opportunity to see Springsteen perform all 13 songs on the album, backed up by a band and a full orchestra, under the cathedral ceiling of his historic nearly 100-year-old barn.
Double bill of documentaries from British film-maker Marc Isaacs. 'Someday My Prince Will Come' (2005) looks at life in a small coastal town in Cumbria and follows a young girl and her cousin as they share memories from their childhood and begin to think about what the future may hold. 'Philip and His Seven Wives' (2005) tells the story of Philip Sharp, an ex-rabbi attempting to build a new godly family in his quiet suburban neighbourhood. Believing he has communicated directly with God, Sharp claims he is a former Hebrew king and therefore entitled to take seven wives. |
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