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BBC – Planet Earth: A Celebration (2020)
English | Size: 1.24 GB
Category: Documentary
While the pandemic restricts our movements, wildlife remains free. In this time of crisis, the natural world can be a source of solace and escape. In the most extreme of environments, from the hottest deserts to the freezing poles, from the highest mountains to underwater kingdoms, animals overcome adversity to survive and thrive, offering a message of hope to humanity. [Read more…]
BBC Our Lives – Saving Our Ecovillage (2020)
English | Size: 650 MB
Category: Documentary
Off-grid with their own food, animals, power, water and waste disposal, a Welsh eco-community try to come up with a plan to save their homes and their future. [Read more…]
BBC – The Dark Shadow of Murder (2020)
English | Size: 1.20 GB
Category: Documentary
It’s been 12 years since Beatrice Jones’ beloved daughter, Moira, was abducted, raped and murdered in Glasgow. To her it seems only a few weeks ago, such was her trauma, devastation and despair. To try to cope better, she started to write about her inner turmoil and now believes that her journals could also help other people deal with the loss of a loved one. Her intimate writings have never been shared with anyone – until now. [Read more…]
BBC – Searching for Shergar (2018)
English | Size: 889 MB
Category: Documentary
The story of one of the world’s most valuable racehorses, Shergar, which was famously abducted from its stables in 1983, at the height of the Troubles, and never seen again. Thirty seven years on, Alison Millar sets out to see if changed times will help her unearth the mystery once and for all. [Read more…]
BBC – The Day Mountbatten Died (2019)
English | Size: 1.09 GB
Category: Documentary
On 27th August 1979, Lord Mountbatten, great uncle to Prince Charles, was blown up at sea by the IRA off the west coast of the Republic of Ireland. Three others were killed on the boat that day, including two teenage boys. Later that afternoon, in a second strike, the IRA killed 18 British soldiers, across the border in Northern Ireland. Forty years on, this is the story of that remarkable Bank Holiday Monday – movingly told by those directly affected by it. [Read more…]
BBC – Family Goldmine (2015)
English | Size: 1.59 GB
Category: Documentary
Documentary about a French gold miner and his Scottish wife; their family’s quest to start a remote eco-friendly gold mine in Africa with no prior experience. Frenchman Claude Nicolay has no experience whatsoever in the mining business. [Read more…]
BBC Storyville – Avicii: True Stories (2020)
English | Size: 1.21 GB
Category: Documentary
In 2006, Tim Bergling was just a regular teenager living in a small apartment in Stockholm, Sweden. Before his tragic death at the age of 28, he became one of the world’s foremost DJs, regularly headlining some of music’s biggest events and collaborating with superstars. [Read more…]
BBC – The Old Grey Whistle Test: Live for One Night Only (2018)
English | Size: 2.69 GB
Category: Tutorial
Hosted by Bob Harris, this live studio show features music, special guests and rare archive to mark 30 years since the legendary series was last broadcast. Featuring performances from Peter Frampton, Richard Thompson, and Albert Lee among others. [Read more…]
BBC Storyville – Dolce Vita Africana (2008)
English | Size: 725 MB
Category: Documentary
Documentary about celebrated Malian photographer Malick Sidibe, whose iconic images of his country from the late 1950s through to the 1970s captured the carefree spirit of his generation asserting their freedom after independence, up until an Islamic coup ushered in years of military dictatorship. The filmmakers travel to Malick Sidibe’s studio in Bamako to witness him at work and meet many of the subjects of his earlier photographs, whose personal stories also tell the history of Mali. [Read more…]
BBC – The Unbelievable Story of Carl Beech (2020)
English | Size: 834 MB
Category: Tutorial
Directed by critically acclaimed film-maker Vanessa Engle, this documentary tells the jaw-dropping story of Carl Beech, a former nurse from Gloucester who claimed he had been sexually abused by a group of prominent men in the 1970s and 80s. [Read more…]