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NHK Train Cruise – Quaint Sketches of Life in the Nagano Countyside (2019) 720p HDTV

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NHK Train Cruise – Quaint Sketches of Life in the Nagano Countyside (2019) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 851 MB
Category: Documentary


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Travel the verdant countryside of Nagano Prefecture in early summer. Our journey starts at a hot-spring town on the Ueda Line where the conductor plays harmonica for passengers. Trains rattle through rustic, hilly terrain along Nagano Electric Railway. The Shinano Line gives new life to colorful, old trains. The JR Shinonoi Line has a view of 1,500 terraced rice fields. The JR Oito Line runs along the foot of the majestic Northern Alps. We peek into the lives of the residents who live each day with thanks to nature. [Read more…]

S4C Dylan ar Daith – O San Steffan i Tennessee (2014) 720p HDTV

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S4C Dylan ar Daith – O San Steffan i Tennessee (2014) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 687 MB
Category: Documentary


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Dylan Iorwerth explores Alabama, Tennessee, New York, London and Aberystwyth as he follows a journey undertaken by reporter John Griffith, an influential thinker and important communicator of his time. [Read more…]

ITV – Sewer Men (2019) 720p HDTV

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ITV – Sewer Men (2019) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 2.01 GB
Category: Documentary


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The sewer workers at West Midlands water company Severn Trent have an unenviable task on their hands. This documentary follows them as they unblock thousands of toilets and drains and delve down sewers clogged with all sorts of waste. It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it – and as it turns out, these sewage shovellers just love their work. Along the way, they lift the lid on Birmingham’s toilet habits, while Severn Trent’s chief executive goes into emergency mode to keep the taps flowing and sort out water leaks during the driest summer in decades. Pete and Shawn unblock the sewage well at one of the dirtiest, deepest pumping stations in Staffordshire, before dealing with a blockage outside a prison. John and Jason delve into a blockage in the sludge pump after a storm, and company boss Liv Garfield reveals how talking about her job can kick up something of a stink around the dinner table.
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BBC – Farther and Sun A Dyslexic Road Trip 720p HDTV

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BBC – Farther and Sun A Dyslexic Road Trip 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.12 GB
Category: Documentary


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Could dyslexia be a gift? Or can it only ever be a disability? Documentary maker Richard Macer sets off on a road trip with his dyslexic son Arthur to find the answer. En route, they meet Richard Branson and Eddie Izzard, and many other successful dyslexic people.
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BBC – Woodstock Three Days that Defined a Generation (2019) 720p HDTV

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BBC – Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation (2019) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.26 GB
Category: Documentary


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For three days in August 1969, half a million people from all walks of life converged on a small dairy farm in upstate New York. They came to hear the concert of their lives, but most experienced something far more profound: a moment that came to define a cultural revolution. [Read more…]

NHK – Station Children Japanese Orphans of WWII (2018) 720p HDTV

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NHK – Station Children: Japanese Orphans of WWII (2018) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 915 MB
Category: Documentary


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All alone in an uncaring world: that was the fate of many Japanese children who lost their parents during World War II. Desperate and hungry, they drifted to train stations in big cities and lived in underground passages, and were called and known as “station children”. They were forced to beg and, often, to steal. Some just waited for death. NHK found survivors who reveal the largely unknown plight of these war orphans. A woman recalled caring for her brother and sister in the dark hell beneath Tokyo’s Ueno Station. A man, spurned by relatives, described living on the streets, nearly blinded by illness and losing his best friend to suicide. These heartbreaking accounts offer an important message for modern Japan.
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BBC – Merely Marvelous The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon (2019) 720p HDTV

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BBC – Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon (2019) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.21 GB
Category: Documentary


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A celebration of the life and artistry of Broadway’s greatest dancing star, Gwen Verdon. She overcame many obstacles, including rickets, the Hollywood system, a loveless first marriage and a difficult second marriage to choreographer/director Bob Fosse, to become a multi-Tony Award-winning performer. Gwen’s life is told through interviews with family members and theatre associates as well as a mine of rare footage from her Broadway and Hollywood careers. Merely Marvelous is the story of a brave woman who rose to the very top of her profession. [Read more…]

BBC – Our Classical Century Breaking the Sound Barrier (2019) 720p HDTV

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BBC – Our Classical Century: Breaking the Sound Barrier (2019) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.21 GB
Category: Documentary


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Part 4 of 4.
Suzy Klein and West-End star Alexandra Burke chart how, in the 80s and 90s, a new generation of young musicians – from Simon Rattle and Nigel Kennedy to Vanessa-Mae – defied tradition and burst out of the accepted confines of the classical genre. We look at Torvill and Dean’s triumph at the Winter Olympics, the Three Tenors at Italia 90, Tavener’s haunting anthem accompanying the funeral of Princess Diana and the successful launch of Classic FM.
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