Seven Ages of Starlight
7.8
2012
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This is the epic story of the stars, and how discovering their tale has transformed our own understanding of the universe.
Rocketmen
7.2
2009
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The astronauts themselves discuss Americas lunar missions, from the race with Soviet Union to the first steps on the moons surface.
Planet Ant: Life Inside The Colony
8.3
2013
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Theyre humble ants - as amazing as they are small. Go inside a specially constructed glass nest to see one million of them and the feverish inner workings of their mysterious society.
Michael Mosley vs The Superbugs
8.2
2017
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Concerto: A Beethoven Journey
8.1
2015
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This is an exciting, beautifully cinematic film offering a fresh look at Beethoven through the widely acclaimed performances and articulate insight of the great Leif Ove Andsnes.
Explosions: How We Shook the World
8.3
2010
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Who Should We Let In? Ian Hislop on the First Great Immigration Row
6.1
2017
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As Brexit Britain prepares to draw up new rules on who is welcome here, Ian Hislop takes an entertaining and provocative look at the decades from the Victorian era to the First World War, when modern Britain introduced its first peacetime restrictions on immigration.
Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
7.2
2010
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Art historian Dr Nina Ramirez reveals the codes and messages hidden in Anglo-Saxon art.
Tornado The 100mph Steam Engine
8
2017
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Documents the secret, overnight attempt to set a 100 mph record for the newly-built steam locomotive Tornado, between Newcastle and York on the East Coast Main Line, the first time that such a speed has been attempted in the UK by a steam locomotive since British Rail withdrew them in the 1960s.
Jobriath A.D.
7.3
2012
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Called The American Bowie, The True Fairy of Rock u0026 Roll and Hype of the Year, Jobriaths reign as the first openly gay rock star was brief and over by 1975. Now, 35 years later, Jobriath A.D. spotlights his life, music, groundbreaking influence and the new generations of fans slowly re-discovering him.
Satanis: The Devil's Mass
5.7
1970
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The film is a study of Anton Szandor LaVey, leader of a cult of devil worshipers in San Francisco. He and his Church of Satan are shown performing a black mass, in which a nude woman serves as an altar and a boa constrictor wraps itself around a naked witch. Newsreel footage is included in which LaVeys neighbors are interviewed about the lion which he kept in his house until complaints resulted in the animals removal to a zoo. The ideology of the Church of Satan is discussed--guilt rejection, sexual freedom, and self-indulgence.
General Idi Amin Dada
7.4
1974
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A documentary on the military dictator of Africas Uganda.
The Medici: Makers of Modern Art
8.2
2008
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Documentary in which Andrew Graham-Dixon reveals how the Medici family transformed Florence through sculpture, painting, and architecture and created a world where masterpieces fetch millions today.
The Fantastical World of Hormones with Professor John Wass
6.6
2014
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Expert John Wass presents a documentary telling the story of how hormones were discovered and remain at medicines cutting edge as we try to deal with modern scourges like obesity.
The Big Think: Should We Go to Mars?
6.7
2017
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Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
7.6
1997
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Twenty-four contestants compete in an endurance/sleep deprivation contest in order to win a brand new Nissan Hardbody truck. The last person to remain standing with his or her hand on the truck wins. An absurd marketing gimmick at first glance, the contest proves to be much more...
Dangerous Knowledge
7.5
2007
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In this one-off documentary, David Malone looks at four brilliant mathematicians – Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing – whose genius has profoundly affected us, but which tragically drove them insane and eventually led to them all committing suicide. The film also talks to the latest in the line of thinkers who have continued to pursue the question of whether there are things that mathematics and the human mind cannot know. Dangerous Knowledge tackles some of the profound questions about the true nature of reality that mathematical thinkers are still trying to answer today.
Ford's Dagenham Dream
6.6
2009
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In the 1950s Ford of America began to introduce its dream of \happy families on wheels\ to the UK, producing cars at Dagenham for the average British family - and in the 1960s and 1970s, for boy racers as well.
The Secret Life of the Sun
6.7
2013
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Kate Humble and Helen Czerski reveal the inner workings of the sun and investigate why scientists think changes in the suns behaviour may have powerful effects on our climate.
Glasgow 1967: The Lisbon Lions
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2017
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50 years after Celtic made history as the first British side to win the European Cup, this film returns to the streets of the city on which the iconic players lived, rediscovering the Glasgow of 1967 in which the legendary team were forged.
He Has Seen War
7.6
2011
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He Has Seen War is a documentary featuring surviving veterans of Easy Company and the 1st Marine Division, whose stories are told in Band of Brothers and The Pacific. From their initial steps at reintegrating into civilian life to the lasting impact the war had on each of their lives, He Has Seen War features veterans and their families relaying their own unique stories. Complemented by renowned historian and author Donald L. Miller, as well as rarely seen archival and documentary footage, it captures the struggle and ultimate triumph of a generation who, after helping rescue the world from unprecedented calamity, reclaimed their lives and re-forged a country.
Spiral Jetty
6.6
1970
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This film, made by the artist, Robert Smithson, with the assistance of Virgina Dwan, Dwan Gallery \u0026amp; Douglas Christmas, Director, Ace Gallery, (the aforementioned Dwan \u0026amp; Christmas also assisted Smithson financially with the making of the Spiral Jetty), is a poetic and process minded film depicting a \portrait\ of his renowned earth work -- The Spiral Jetty, as it juts into the shallows off the shore of Utahs Great Salt Lake. A voice-over by Smithson reveals the evolution of the Spiral Jetty.
The Laughing Man
7
1966
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An interview with former Nazi and mercenary Siegfried Müller about his life and war campaigns.
The Natives: This Is Our America
5
2017
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Stacey Dooley narrates this documentary offering a unique insight into the lives of young Native Americans, and follows the protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.