They Came from Manchester: Five Decades of Mancunian Pop
A selection of performances by Manchester-based acts culled from the BBC archives.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Actors: 10CC, 808 State, Buzzcocks, Freddie & The Dreamers, George Best, Gerald Simpson, Happy Mondays, Herman's Hermits, Ian Brown, James
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
With mesmerizing footage and time lapses of animators at work, this behind-the-scenes special captures the artistry of a unique tale years in the making.
The Young Girls Turn 25
Agnes Varda’s documentary of the celebrations arising from the 25th anniversary of her husband Jacques Demy’s film The Young Girls of Rochefort.
The Fittest
In 2019 the fittest athletes on earth took on the unknown and unknowable during four intense days of competition at the CrossFit Games. “The Fittest ” captures all the drama…
24 City
Chengdu nowadays. The state owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called “24 CITY”. Three generations, eight characters : old workers, factory executives…
The Balcony Movie
Composed from the conversations that the director holds with people passing by in the street under his Warsaw apartment, each story in ‘The Balcony Movie’ is unique and deals with…
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse. It…
Jackass Shark Week 2.0
After Johnny Knoxville sent the guys on a terrifying Shark Week mission last year, Knoxville is joining the boys as they head out to get Poopies over his fear of…
King Cnut
The extraordinary and hilarious saga of comedian Dave Griffiths’ fight against fashion industry giant French Connection, for the right to wear his CNUT t-shirt.
The Other Dream Team
The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled under Soviet rule, became symbols of Lithuania’s independence movement, and – with help from the Grateful Dead –…
Samurai Castle
The Kumamoto Castle from the 17th century was heavily damaged by a series of powerful earthquakes, but the oldest sections of stonewalls miraculously survived and avoided major damage, while newer…
The Family I Had
In The Family I Had, a mother recalls how her brilliant teenage son came to shatter their idyllic family through one horribly violent and shocking act. Now, left to pick…
Great Performances
The unsolved rape, mutilation and murder of young G.I. Darlene Krashoc has haunted Joe Kenda in the years since he turned in his gun and badge. Until a crack team…