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BBC We Are England – Make Mine a 99 (2022)

26/11/2022 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC We Are England – Make Mine a 99 (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 369 MB

In the 1960s there were tens of thousands of ice cream vans in England. [Read more…]

BBC – The Hacienda The Club That Shook Britain (2022)

26/11/2022 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – The Hacienda: The Club That Shook Britain (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.05 GB

The story of Manchester’s iconic Hacienda nightclub and music venue, 40 years after it opened, mixing insightful testimony from Peter Hook and Stephen Morris (members of New Order, the legendary band that funded it) with stories from famous regulars like Noel Gallagher and Shaun Ryder. [Read more…]

BBC Storyville – A House Made of Splinters (2022)

25/11/2022 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC Storyville – A House Made of Splinters (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.12 GB

In a ramshackle house near the front line in war-torn eastern Ukraine, a group of women run an orphanage. [Read more…]

BBC – The Rescue 54 Hours Under the Ground (2022)

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BBC – The Rescue: 54 Hours Under the Ground (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 787 MB

After a freak accident, experienced caver George Linnane was left with multiple life-threatening injuries within Britain’s deepest cave system. [Read more…]

BBC – Screengrabbed Too (2022)

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BBC – Screengrabbed Too (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 844 MB

Huw Stephens presents an exciting selection of short films from emerging artists and film-makers from across the UK. [Read more…]

BBC – How the BBC Began (2022)

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BBC – How the BBC Began (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.85 GB

The often-hilarious stories of the BBC’s first 50 years. The corporation’s pioneers describe its evolution – which was often by accident rather than design. [Read more…]

BBC Imagine – The Triumph and Laments of William Kentridge (2016)

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BBC Imagine – The Triumph and Laments of William Kentridge (2016)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.20 GB

Alan Yentob joins South African artist William Kentridge as he prepares an epic frieze along the banks of the river Tiber in Rome. [Read more…]

BBC Imagine – Malorie Blackman What If (2022)

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BBC Imagine – Malorie Blackman: What If (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.17 GB

Alan Yentob follows one of Britain’s best-loved writers: Malorie Blackman, former Children’s Laureate and the first children’s writer to win the prestigious Pen Pinter Prize. [Read more…]

BBC Storyville – Navalny (2022)

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BBC Storyville – Navalny (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.34 GB

In August 2020, a plane travelling from Siberia to Moscow made an emergency landing. [Read more…]

BBC – Kids’ TV The Surprising Story (2022)

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BBC – Kids’ TV: The Surprising Story (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 999 MB

Konnie Huq celebrates the very best of British children’s television, with a dazzling array of clips from some of the most treasured programmes ever made and revealing chats with some of TV’s most beloved stars. [Read more…]