Recommend a Documentary

[Stranded]

?"Been a while since we've had one of these, and the nights are drawing in, so I need something new to watch. A few to get things going.. ""Cold War"" (1998) Series made by the same people who did 'The World at War'. Covers the period from 1945 to 1991. This is episode 1, the same person's put up all the other episodes too.. ""To Mars by A-Bomb: The Secret History of Project Orion"" (2002) BBC film about the Cold War era plan to build an ocean liner-sized spaceship, propelled by endless external nuclear explosions. Fascinating from start to finish. ""Reggae"" (1971) Film about the 1970 Wembley reggae festival. Live clips, interviews, etc. If you like old ska/reggae you'll love it. "

[Livingstone]

That Letter to Zachery was one of the saddest things I ever watched but verygood

[nerd]

I thoroughly enjoyed the byzantine one on bbc4 in three parts

[Sir Alf]

"""Century of the Self"" on YouTube. 4 episodes and a bit ""dry"" at times but explains the modern World (in the West of the globe anyway) :)"

[Sir Alf]

"""Century of the Self"" on YouTube. 4 episodes and a bit ""dry"" at times but explains the modern World (in the West of the globe anyway) :)"

[Seamus]

http://youtu.be/vKoYjOGOzXQ This is priceless Panorama on miillwall hooligans in the late 70s I'd imagine a few of you will recognise some of them.

[Stranded]

"charlie paynter 7:03 Just finished watching it. That was great! Got anymore like that up your sleeve? This is another biker one, about The Outcasts MC from Yarmouth. Not as good as your one, but still pretty funny in places. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ1CLt5tAwU"

[Northern Sold]

"""So I had to do a bodge job on the exhaust with a peanut butter lid... I hope it lasts to Aylesbury"" ""So what do you think about your son being in the Hells Angels""? """"Well as long as he does not get into trouble I don't mind"" FUCKING GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Northern Sold]

"charlie paynter 7:03 Thu Oct 9 Ha Ha Ha Ha ... funniest thing I have seen in yonks!! ""Cross eyed ever since his eyes were knocked out of their socket in a fight"" ""the only member of the family mad John has time for is the half crazed Alsatian called Hitler"""

[Stranded]

"Couple more.. ""Who Are the Cockneys Now?"" 1968 film about the changing face of the East End, presented by Georgia Brown with Lionel Bart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7uW7koB7pw ""Watch Me Now"" 1983 PBS film about Cus D'Amato and the Catskill Boxing Club. With a 16 year old Tyson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J7EFlTttoc"

[Northern Sold]

Zico no that's the Firehouse one isn't it?? Yeah another good one...

[zico]

Northern Sold 7:03 Thu Oct 9 Is that the one when a couple of French filmmakers are at a Fire Station in NYC the morning it all happened? If so a very harrowing but incredible bit of television. A couple I saw recently were two on the history of safety in Formula One which were fascinating. And if you can find it an ESPN documentary called The Two Escobars is an incredible documentary.

[BarkingMadHammer]

Recently watched the Shin Bet doc - The gatekeepers about Israeli homeland security The Joe Strummer doc is brilliant too . . .

[Mr Kenzo]

The Cove Terrific documentary on the slaughter of Dolphins

[Northern Sold]

Link to 102 Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq7yT18YeR4

[charlie paynter]

Amusing half hour BBC doc on Hells Angels from 1973: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng8Ll7x08Vk A bigger bunch of losers you will never see

[Northern Sold]

102 Minutes that changed America

[Blunders]

"Feel like there's one of these threads once a mobth..... Hoop Dreams The Thin Blue Line The Act Of Killing Searching for Sugarman 20,000 Days on Earth The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters Grizzly Man The Last Waltz The Fog of War Bowling for Columbine Exit Through The Gift Shop Fahrenheit 9/11 Capturing the Friedmans"

[Pancho]

"Stranded, amazed any of them are still alive let alone playing! Best music documentary I've ever seen was hilarious."

[Sue Perdupa]

The Imposter - part recreation/part doc about a missing kid. Best thriller I've seen in ages. Restrepo - embedded footage following US soldiers trying to keep a trade road open in Afganistan. Simultaneously harrowing and uplifting Burma VJ - lifting the lid on the brutality and the failed revolution. All covertly filmed from within the country at great danger to himself

[peckham massive]

Letter To Zachary was pretty incredible. Some of the ESPN 30 docs are good. Two Escobars and Catching Hell

[WHU(Exeter)]

"(And I've now realised, why I was trying to remember Marvin Haggler for some reason as well. Would probably be better, if I wrote these things down)"

[Stranded]

"Pancho 5:47 Dig! is a really good one. Funny as fuck. An old mate of mine, now sadly deceased (natural causes, incase his being in Dig made you wonder), is in it."

[WHU(Exeter)]

Cheers both Will have a look tonight. The one about Featherstone Rovers is called 'The game that got away' (I think)

[jammydee]

"WHU(Exeter) 5:53 Thu Oct 9 Marvellous, should still be on iplayer"

[jammydee]

"WHU(Exeter) 5:53 Thu Oct 9 Marvellous, should still be on iplayer"