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Henry VIIIs Enforcer The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell 2016 The reputation of Thomas Cromwell is as a notorious thug who became Henry VIIIs Chief Minister yet this documentary reveals another side to him as a principled statesman and pioneering law maker who laid the foundations of the mo

Dan Cruickshank Resurrecting History Warsaw 2015 NA

A look at how the air fryer has taken over the nation and influenced social media. Includes an "air fryer surgery" answering questions from the general public.

City of Gold 1957 The writer Pierre Berton narrates the story of his childhood hometowns history during the Klondike Gold Rush In doing so, Berton surveys the general history of the last great gold rush and what those people struggled for in that time really achieved

David Harewood on Blackface 2023 David Harewood goes on a mission to understand the roots of the strange and intensely problematic cultural form of minstrelsy

Gay Parade San Francisco 1974 1974 NA

LynchOz 2022 Victor Flemings film The Wizard of Oz 1939 is one of David Lynchs most enduring obsessions This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through line in Lynchs work

You Can Call Me Bill 2023 An intimate portrait of William Shatners personal journey over nine decades on this Earth, You Can Call Me Bill strips away all the masks he has worn to embody countless characters, and reveals the man behind it all

Cracked Up 2018 In Cracked Up we witness the effects adverse childhood experiences can have across a lifetime through the incredible story of actor, comedian, master impressionist and Saturday Night Live veteran, Darrell Hammond Behind the scenes Darrell suffered from debilitating flashbacks, self i

The number of young people vaping has skyrocketed in recent years. Annual sales in the UK are now thought to be ?1.7billion. As a vaper himself, radio DJ Jordan North is aware of the increasing popularity of the product as an alternative to cigarettes, but also the steady stream of negative news re

Dugma The Button 2016 An intimate portrait of a group of very different suicide bombers working for Al Qaeda in Syria From the Saudi who loves singing and fried chicken, to a 26 year old white British convert who worries a lot about his new wife, this remarkable film embeds with an unlikely bunch of

Flying for the Flag 2023

National Treasure, National Disgrace 2022 For years, Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris, Stuart Hall and pop star Gary Glitter were adored by fans but the horrifying truth of how they abused vulnerable fans and junior employees has now emerged

The Dark Shadow of Murder 2020 Beatrice Jones beloved daughter, Moira, was abducted, raped and murdered in Glasgow To try to cope better, she started to write about her inner turmoil

Arrows 1979 Recorded in a series of clubs countryside, as well as at the News of the World Darts Championship, ARROWS offers a filmed record of Eric Bristow aka The Crafty Cockney at the beginning of his professional career, as he took the darts world by storm He comes across as a brash, self confid

Britains Most Fragile Treasure 2011 Historian Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries old masterpiece in glass, the East Window at York Minster the largest medieval stained glass window in the country

Tommy Steele The Great Entertainer 2022 A personal and revealing portrait of one of this countrys greatest entertainers Tommy Steele This 90 minute documentary tells the incredible story of how Tommy Steele went from East End boy to Britains first rock and roll ido

A man forms an unlikely friendship with a wild otter while living in the remote Shetland Islands

Monster Hammerheads Killer Instinct 2023 Dr Tristan Guttridge believes hammerhead sharks can reach monster sizes by hunting other sharks but the only way to prove it is to get tissue samples from some of the largest sharks on the planet

Fast Eddys Old News 2015 Ed Vaar 1929 Estonia, Kuressaare 2015 Canada, Toronto, freelance cinematographer, who earned his nickname Fast Eddy by reaching the scene of events before police and CBC crime reporters Majority of his filmed footage has aired on TV through CBC The rest of the footage, over

Walter A Life in Football 2021 Documentary paying tribute to one of the most successful managers in the history of Scottish football, Walter Smith

Mechashark Love Down Under 2022 NA

Finding the Money 2023 An underdog group of economists is on a mission to instigate a paradigm shift by flipping our understanding of the national debt, and the nature of money, upside down

Dodi Last Days of a Playboy 2022 The story of Princess Dianas death is one of the most well told stories in history, but one half of that story is missing This feature documentary reveals the life and legacy of the other passenger in the car, Dodi Fayed

Kaepernick America 2022 Ever since he started to oppose police brutality, civil rights activist and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernicks actions have reverberated worldwide as shown in this documentary

Microwaves vs Air Fryers Which Is Better 2024 A comparison between the microwave and the speed, convenience and cost of the air fryer, including an exploration into how these appliances can save money for consumers

Kiss the Future 2023 Kiss the Future celebrates the underground art and music scene that thrived during the siege of Sarajevo The biggest band in the world, U2, paid attention and shined a light on the crisis in an effort to support the besieged Sara

Cracking Aces A Womans Place at the Table 2018 A documentary about the pioneering women who broke through the glass ceiling of professional poker

They Take the High Road 1960 The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands

Graphic Sexual Horror 2009 Graphic Sexual Horror takes a peek behind the terrifying facade behind the most notorious of bondage websites, exploring the dark mind of its artistic creator and asking hard questions about personal responsibility Interviews reveal deep fascinations with bondage and sadom

Butterfly in the Sky 2022 Chronicles the journeys of broadcasters, educators and filmmakers who believed television could inspire a lifelong love of reading

Uncropped 2023 The stories behind iconic images of New York and celebrities, from Alfred Hitchcock to Muhammad Ali, recounted by photojournalist James Hamilton

Acasa, My Home 2020 In the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, nine children and their parents lived in perfect harmony with nature for 20 years until they are chased out and forced to adapt to life in the big city

Flowing Water 2017 FLOWING WATER tells the story of the revitalization of the Longwood Gardens Main Fountain Garden a lavish jewel in the crown of one of the greatest collections of fountains in the United States

Notaro faces absurdities, from hallucinatory texts to a surreal Hollywood meeting. Her life provides fodder for standup routines, including a late night encounter with a mustachioed fireman that makes her rethink things.

The Book of the Sea 2018 The story of everyday survival of the traditional sea hunters of the Bering Strait in the Far East of Russia is enriched with animated Inuit myths that at times prevail reality This is a visually impressive cinematic parable about the vitality of the ancient Arctic culture

Bruna Louise Demolition 2022 After being in the dating game for a while, comedian Bruna Louise has mastered the art of terrible relationships by turning them into hilarious jokes

Russian Hackers 2022 Russian Hackers the beginning is the authors documentary mini series of acclaimed Russian journalist Andrei Loshak The film investigates this worldwide phenomenon of Russian hackers, its inception in early 90s and its growth

An adaptation of the hit Vulture podcast, GOOD ONE: A Show About Jokes is an immersive look at the craft of comedy from the ground up and a unique snapshot of the intersection between process and personal. The first docu-special features Mike Birbiglia, fresh off the run of his latest Broadway show

Fist of Fear, Touch of Death 1980 A reporter interviews fighters and promoters about Bruce Lee, intercut with footage from old Bruce Lee films and pseudo documentary footage

Push 2019 Leilani Farha, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing for the United Nations, examines the affordability housing crisis, where the working class can no longer afford to live in many of the worlds major cities, let alone the poor, access to housing which is legally supposed to be a basi

On the Adamant 2023 Follows patients and caregivers at a psychiatric centre with a unique floating structure located in the middle of the Seine river in central Paris

Cinema Novo 2016 Cinema Novo is a movie essay that investigates poetically the most important movement of Latin America cinema, through the thoughts of its main auteurs Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Glauber Rocha, Leon Hirszman, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Ruy Guerra, Walter Lima Jr , Paulo Cesar Saracen

Honey Hunters 2016 1 in every 3 bites of food are, in some way, pollinated by honey bees Across the globe, various traditions have retained a respect and love for these small insects, despite their alarming decline From the perilous hills of Nepal to the unlikely rooftops of Paris, this breathtaking