Documentaries - Technological, Cultural, Religious, Political...

I'm currently adding documentaries to this page from the history page the art page and the misc page as they are all Documentaries.
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Title	Comment	Year	Mins	MyID
Art Deco Starring : ???	Art Deco A look around Clareges Hotel, one of the best preserved Art Deco buildings in London. As this is a short clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	date	00:30:00	ID:301009
Do I Drink Too Much ? Starring : ???	Do I Drink Too Much ? A Horizon documentary looking at the relationship dfiffrent people have to alcohol..	date	00:58:56	301009
Electric Dreams Starring : Robert Llewellen (narrator)	Electric Dreams - 3 episodes x 60 minutes each A family (Sullivan-Barnes) undergoes an experiment to experience life from 1970-2000 over a 30-day period, in order to explore how the technological advancements have changed life in Britain over the three decades. Each episode feature a different decade.	2010	3x60	tv-dvd 15-06-10
The Virtual Revolution Starring : Aleks Krotoski (presenter), Tim Berners-Lee Kudjo Agbevi Bob Finch Einar Kvaran Ory Okolloh Master Shortie	The Virtual Revolution - 4 episodes x 60 minutes each The Virtual Revolution is a British television documentary series presented by Aleks Krotoski, which began airing on BBC Two on 30 January 2010. A co-production between the BBC and the Open University, the series looks at the impact the World Wide Web has had since its inception 20 years ago. The series took on a different approach to BBC documentary making by encouraging an open and collaborative production. The production team took a different approach to the development of the series, described by series producer Russell Barnes as "radical" and "open-source": "We don't just want to observe bloggers from on high; we want to blog ourselves and get feedback and comment on our ideas.	2010	4x60	tv-dvd 18-03-10
Hawking's Universe Starring : Stephen Hawking	Hawking's Universe - 60 mins From the Big Bang to black holes, Stephen Hawking's theories have broken new ground in modern science. Discover his revolutionary ideas on space, time and the origins of the universe. Legendary physicist Stephen Hawking has made giant contributions to our understanding of the universe From the Big Bang to black holes, Stephen Hawking's theories have broken new ground in modern science. Take a look at his most famous theories, and discover his revolutionary ideas on space, time and the origins of the universe. As this is a 60 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2009	60	ID:301009
Montezuma Presenter : Dan Snow	Montezuma - 60 mins Dan Snow travels to Mexico to investigate the history, character and legacy of Montezuma, the last great ruler of the Aztecs of central America. He uncovers the extraordinary story of the Aztecs themselves, a cultured and civilised people whose lives were governed by eleborate ceremony and blood-curdling ritual. Dan Snow also discovers how, in a titanic clash of cultures, their leader Montezuma faced up to a mortal threat from another world - the weaponry, gold-lust and greed of 16th-century Spanish conquistadors. As this is a 60 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2009	60	ID:221009
Cutting Edge: The Red Lion Starring : Boozers	Cutting Edge: The Red Lion - 60 mins Sue Bourne is an award-winning filmmaker. She recently travelled 3000 miles around the UK for a Channel 4 documentary - to visit some of the 600 pubs called the Red Lion, the most common name for a pub in the UK. She explored British drinking culture, questioned the friendly 'locals' and investigated the future of pubs along the way. As this is a 60 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2009	60	ID:221009
Saving Britian's Past Starring... Tom Dyckhoff	Saving Britian's Past - 60 mins each Saving Britain’s Past explores changing attitudes towards the past in post-war Britain. It tells the story of how our feelings about our history have developed, what those shifts tell us about ourselves and how they’ve shaped who we are. 1: The City 2: Streets In The Sky 3: The Country House 4: The Market 5: The Pit 6: The Crofters 7: The Street Each episode focuses on a specific case study and is related to a particular decade.	2009	7 x 60	ID:221009 ID:301009
Autistic Me	Autistic Me - 60 mins Documentary following three people with autism. 23-year-old Oli, 15-year-old Thomas and 24-year-old Alex - with autism at pivotal moments on the rocky road to being accepted as an adult. As this is a 60 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2009	60	ID:221009
Nostrodamus Starring... Unknown	Nostrodamus - 55 mins Documentary about the seer's predictions and how they are interpreted with hindsight. This is recorded from The History Channel and although the original footage is shown, non of those interviewed can be heard as there is a new narration over the top with new imagery intercut. As this is a 55 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2009	00:55:00
Great Cities of The World Series 1 Starring... Griff Rhys Jones	Great Cities of The World - Series 1 - 60 mins each. London A whistle-stop tour of London, featuring visits to such tourist attractions as Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, together with lesser-known locales - notably the macabre Necropolis Railway in Westminster Road. Other ports of call include Sotheby's, St Paul's Cathedral, Burlington Arcade and the city's financial district - along with a late-night boxing club where brokers can work off their aggression in the ring. New York Visits to major metropolises, beginning with New York, where Griff gets his hands dirty with the Sanitation Department, cleans the windows of a skyscraper and goes backstage at a Broadway production. Among his other ports of call are Grand Central Station, the Morgan Stanley children's hospital, and a factory founded more than 150 years ago that employs 450 people to make exactly the same thing that it first manufactured in 1853 - Steinway pianos. Paris A whistle-stop tour of Paris, which survived World War Two unscathed because Hitler considered it `too beautiful to bomb.' Included on the itinerary are visits to such instantly recognisable landmarks as the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe, together with an expedition into the famous catacombs, a late-night shift at a brasserie, and a stint with the city's graffiti eradication squad.	2008	3 x 60	ID:230909
The Qur'an Starring... Unknown	The Qur'an - 60 mins A ground-breaking, feature-length documentary by award-winning filmmaker Antony Thomas, The Qur'an asks what Islam's holiest book actually says about issues such as equality, punishment, peace, other faiths and suicide bombing. The film is part of a special week of powerful and thoughtful programmes that aim to de-mystify, as well as celebrate, the world's most talked-about religion and offer an insight into the lives and beliefs of Muslims across the globe.I have included the pre-program content warning as follows. Warning : “The Program contains footage of executions, the aftermath of bombing and female genital mutilations which may upset some viewers”. As this is a 60 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2008	60	ID:290708
Britain From Above - Satellite Earth Starring... Unknown	Britain From Above - Satellite Earth - 60 mins This special takes a look around the globe, using the same techniques showcased in earlier episodes. It looks at the history and development of the satellite and what it has been able to achieve. As this is a 60 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2008	60	ID:240808
Britain From Above - Cities Starring... Unknown	Britain From Above - Cities - 3 x 30 mins London, Norfolk & Industrial landscapes.	2008	3 x 30	ID:040908
Britain From The Air Starring... Unknown	Britain From the Air - 3 x 60 mins Part of The Britain From Above series of programmes.	2008	3 x 60	ID:040908
Timewatch - Stonehenge Starring... Tony Robinson	Timewatch - Stonehenge - 60 mins Professors Tim Darvill and Geoff Wainwright are the world-renowned archaeologists who believe they have cracked the conundrum of Stonehenge's original purpose. Follow the links below to find out why. Timewatch archaeologists carried out the first dig for almost half a century inside the stone circle of the world's most famous Neolithic monument. Their aim was to unearth evidence for a startling new theory - that Stonehenge was built to heal the sick. As this is a 60 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2008	60
The Seven Wonders of The Muslim World Starring... Unknown	The Seven Wonders of The Muslim World - 90 mins Building on the people and themes introduced in the series of short films shown on Channel 4 over six nights, this 90-minute documentary has unprecedented access to Mecca, the city that welcomes close to a quarter of a million pilgrims every fortnight, and the birthplace of Islam's founder. As this is a 90 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2.5 hours total for the £5 donation. See the 60 minute Qur'an documentary above.	2008	90	ID:290708
The Trial of The Knights Templar Starring... Alain Demurger Barbara Frale Sean Martin	The Trial of The Knights Templar - 45 mins The final programme in a four-part series of religious documentaries focuses on the downfall of the Knights Templar. For 200 years these pious warriors defended pilgrims in the Holy Land and established a network of banks that made them rich and respected. But the order collapsed when its leaders were tried and executed for heresy. This film explores the evidence against the knights and looks at the real reasons for their fall. Founded in 1095, the Knights Templar were the warrior heroes of Christendom, combining the lifestyle of monks with the bloody work of soldiers. As this is a 45 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2008	45	ID:201108
Blackadder Rides Again Starring... Rowan Atkinson Richard Curtis Ben Elton Stehen Fry Hugh Laurie John Lloyd Rik Mayal	Blackadder Rides Again - 60 mins A documentary to mark the 25th anniversary of the show with interview from writers, cast and producers. As this is a 60 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2008	60	ID:STEPTO
Kings Of Stonehenge Starring... Unknown	Kings Of Stonehenge - 55 mins The archilogical find of a body burried with unimaginable treasure suggests a royal connection. As this is a 55 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2007	55	ID: ?
The Day We Learned To Think Starring... Uknown	The Day We Learned To Think - 35 mins Documentary About Human Intelligence Development. Understanding of humans' earliest past often comes from studying fossils. They tell us much of what we know about the people who lived before us. There is one thing fossils cannot tell us; at what point did we stop living day-to-day and start to think symbolically, to represent ideas about our environment and how we could change it? At a dig in South Africa the discovery of a small piece of ochre pigment, 70,000 years old, has raised some very interesting questions. As this is a 35 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2006	35	ID: ?
Looking for Truth With a Pin Starring... Ivor Cutler	Looking for Truth with a Pin An affectionate tribute to the Glasgow-born Cutler who has been Britain's best kept secret with his mix of poetry, music, painting and comedy. His most famous outing was probably in The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour film. As this is a 60 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2005	60
The Money Programme VOIP Starring...	The Money Programme : VOIP Looking at how VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) is set to take on the big telecom companies by allowing people to use the internet to make free calls to other users using compatable software, i.e. Skype / Vonage. EDIT [2019]. As it turns out, they are only free using Skype to Skype etc. If you have Skype and whoever you're calling doesn't you still pay, althouh at a greatly reduced rate. As this is a 60 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2005	60
The 1970's Office Starring... Nicole Adams Natasha Alexander Robert Clayman Jasmine Parry Joe Rowntree Paul Shearer Matthew Stripling Victor Van Amerongen	The 1970's Office A bunch of people are plucked out of their ordinary jobs to live the life of an advertising agency office from the 1970s for two weeks. That's no mobile phones, no cash points, no computer, no Internet - in fact, nothing more than a few flip charts, drawing boards and extra staff. Although there are smaller challenges along the way, it all leads up to a big pitch where our team of sideboard-wearing, fluorescent-hued executives try to win an imaginary contract to promote a space hopper against a team who have none of the anachronistic restrictions placed on them. Some of these fashions are still worn in the office. The set is fabulously kitsch and the feel is surprisingly good.	2004	4 x 60
Travels In Virtual Japan Starring... Waldermar Januszczak	Travels In Virtual Japan Writer and cultural critic Waldemar Januszczak takes a lively lookat the latest in Japanese technological innovationand scours Japan's past for clues to the present. This is the place where past and future collide - a fusion of what came before and what is to come. Robotic monks, virtual bonzai, Robotic Coelacanths, the Otaku and the girls who set the fashion trends, a staggering artificial beach, the first Karaoke machine, Shigeru Miyamoto, toilets that measure your body fat then contact your fridge, doctor and supermarket - they're all here. As this is a 60 minute clip, you can add 1 or more shows up to 2 hours total for the £5 donation.	2000	60	ID:MTHOMAS
4 Computer Buffs Starring : Jane Ashton Tony Bastable Mike Thorne	4 Computer Buffs A very early Channel 4 (UK) series which provided news items, information and soft-ware for computer enthusiasts. 1. Hardware comparisons 2. Trundle kit, ZX-81 3. Jack Tramiel, file serviers, new Atari 4. 1st light pen software, video game MUD 5. Logo, Rick Wakeman, music software 6. Prolog, microdrives 7. Clive Sinclair, Jazz, Muppets Picture quality is 5/10. But very watchable.	1985	7x25	ID:041108
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