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BBC – Vienna Summer Night Concert (2020)
English | Size: 3.22 GB
Category: Documentary
The Vienna Philharmonic’s annual Summer Night Concert takes place in the unique ambience of the Schoenbrunn Palace Gardens in Vienna. Postponed from May, the 2020 concert is conducted by Russian maestro Valery Gergiev and features one of the world’s great operatic singers, German tenor Jonas Kaufmann. [Read more…]
BBC – Noteworthy with Chris McQueer (2020)
English | Size: 858 MB
Category: Tutorial
People may sometimes recognise the faces on our Scottish banknotes for the very reason that they feature on the money that we spend. However, apart from the usual suspects – such as Walter Scott, Robert Burns and Robert the Bruce – many of us have no idea who many of them are, or of their extraordinary impact on the world. [Read more…]
BBC Timewatch – Murder in Rome (2005)
English | Size: 788 MB
Category: Tutorial
This is a dramatized documentary of a famous Roman murder trial which established the law career of Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Rome in 81BC was under the dictatorship of Sulla after a civil war. Sulla proscribed perceived enemies of the state. Up to 9000 people, mainly nobles, were executed without trial as part of the proscriptions and had their property seized. It was in this environment of fear and extra-judicial killings that the trial takes place. [Read more…]
BBC True North – Saving the Shipyard (2020)
English | Size: 481 MB
Category: Documentary
With its yellow cranes framing the Belfast skyline, Harland and Wolff is one of Northern Ireland’s most iconic companies. Famous for building the ill-fated Titanic, the legendary yard dominated global shipbuilding during the twentieth century and at its height employed more than 30,000 people.
But like much of the UK’s shipbuilding industry, Harland and Wolff suffered a steady decline in recent years. [Read more…]
BBC – The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire (2014)
English | Size: 2.29 GB
Category: Tutorial
David Olusoga reveals stories of the millions of Indian, African and Asian troops and ancillaries who fought during World War I. [Read more…]
BBC The Sky at Night – Beyond the Visible (2020)
English | Size: 656 MB
Category: Documentary
The focus for this edition of The Sky at Night is on astronomical research that is beyond the scope of our eyes.
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BBC True North – Restoring Ormiston (2020)
English | Size: 446 MB
Category: Documetnary
Ormiston House in East Belfast is one of the city’s most historic buildings. Built in 1867 for a local mill owner, it was once home to distinguished businessmen Edward Harland and Lord Pirrie. But after years of neglect the house had fallen into a state of total disrepair – and was at risk of collapse. In 2014, it was bought by local entrepreneur Pete Boyle and wife Ciara. After decades of decline, the couple were faced with one the one of the most challenging and ambitious private restoration projects this island has ever seen – from dealing with dry rot to restoring Ormiston’s overgrown 13-acre gardens. [Read more…]
BBC Our Lives – Highland Road Rescue (2020)
English | Size: 627 MB
Category: Documentary
Our Lives offers an intimate insight into the difficulties faced by a tight-knit family business in the Scottish Highlands. Jamie and his sister Jean run the roadside recovery company their parents began in 1973, rescuing stranded motorists from some of the wildest landscapes and challenging roads in Britain. During the busiest month of the winter, they strive day and night to rescue everything from sports cars to 42-ton trucks. It’s tough work, but they take great pride in seeing people safely on their way. [Read more…]
BBC Panorama – Australia Burning (2020)
English | Size: 574 MB
Category: Documentary
Thirty-four people died in Australia in 2019 as the worst bush fires in living memory swept across the country. An area roughly the size of England was devastated and thousands of homes were destroyed. A year on, Panorama hears from the people living in the path of the fires and the firefighters who risked their lives to save them. And as this year’s fire season gets underway, Clive Myrie asks if these levels of destruction are to become normal. [Read more…]
BBC Storyville – The Mole: Infiltrating North Korea (2020)
English | Size: 1.40 GB
Category: Documentary
In 2010, Danish director Mads Brugger received an email from a stranger who had seen a documentary he had made about North Korea. He asked if Mads would be interested in making a new film about his quest to become a member of his local North Korean ‘friendship’ association in Denmark to enable him to travel to Pyongyang undercover. There are Korean Friendship Associations (KFA) in countries around the world, and their members, bizarrely, are devoted to the glorification of the world’s last totalitarian communist dictatorship. [Read more…]