Great Documentaries

[Lee909]

Amazing this

He's been on Rogans podcast so thought I give it a go. Amazing achievement 

 

 

 

[Elite]

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey on Netflix is a good watch.

 

Religion is one hell of a drug.

[YorkshireRed]

Quite enjoyed the Chaplin one that’s on Sky. It skims over the more dubious elements of his character, which reduces some of its overall credibility, but was interesting nonetheless.

 

Plenty of footage I’d not seen before, and I learned a bit about his younger years and those years as his star faded. 
 

It’s not amazing, but worth a watch.

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

Quite enjoyed the Chaplin one that’s on Sky. It skims over the more dubious elements of his character, which reduces some of its overall credibility, but was interesting nonetheless.

 

Plenty of footage I’d not seen before, and I learned a bit about his younger years and those years as his star faded. 
 

It’s not amazing, but worth a watch.

I went to watch that earlier as I fancied a documentary but ended up watching American murder story on Netflix the one where the fella killed his wife and two girls. Unreal that. 

[YorkshireRed]

1 minute ago, Bjornebye said:

I went to watch that earlier as I fancied a documentary but ended up watching American murder story on Netflix the one where the fella killed his wife and two girls. Unreal that. 

It’s worth a watch. I watched it in three sessions as it’s quite long. 
 

I don’t think I could stomach the one you watched instead. I’d be watching from behind the sofa. 

[A Red]

1 hour ago, Elite said:

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey on Netflix is a good watch.

 

Religion is one hell of a drug.

Just finished this, its fucking shocking. Try Wild Wild Country.

[Bjornebye]

7 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

It’s worth a watch. I watched it in three sessions as it’s quite long. 
 

I don’t think I could stomach the one you watched instead. I’d be watching from behind the sofa. 

I'll give it a go this week.

 

 

You don't see him do it... its fascinating watching him lie though. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I've just watched Red Elvis, which was on Sky Documentaries a while back. It's about Dean Reed, who I'd never heard of, but... fuck me, what a life!

[Red Shift]

On 30/05/2022 at 07:39, Lee909 said:

Amazing this

He's been on Rogans podcast so thought I give it a go. Amazing achievement 

 

 

 

Incredible achievement, that. Although I still think the greatest single climb is the 1980 Reinhold Messner summit of Everest. Solo. No oxygen. Brand new route on the North Face. In and out in 48 hrs. The guy is simply not human. Reminds me very much of the free divers who are just about fish, w/o gills.

[Harry's Lad]

I wasn't sure where to post this but there's a new series on Channel 5 tonight at 9:00 called Digging for Treasure.

Dan Walker, Michaela Strachan and Raksha Dave with a team of local metal detectorists.

Tonights programme is at Loch Leven using divers.

It might be worth a watch.

 

[The Midnight Rambler]

Just watched the Creedence doc on Netflix. Fucking superb. John Fogerty is a diamond in a sea of glass. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 02/09/2022 at 19:21, Harry's Lad said:

I wasn't sure where to post this but there's a new series on Channel 5 tonight at 9:00 called Digging for Treasure.

Dan Walker, Michaela Strachan and Raksha Dave with a team of local metal detectorists.

Tonights programme is at Loch Leven using divers.

It might be worth a watch.

 

 

[Captain Turdseye]

8 hours ago, The Midnight Rambler said:

Just watched the Creedence doc on Netflix. Fucking superb. John Fogerty is a diamond in a sea of glass. 

Watched that last week. How fucking good we’re they at the Albert Hall? You could have put a CD on over the top and heard hardly any difference. 

[Captain Turdseye]

Been watching loads of docs recently, mainly on Netflix, which is putting out some quality stuff. Their one on Brian Jones is superb. 
 

If you’ve a got a Firestick/FireTV then there should be an app on there called FreeVee. Open that up and search for something called ‘Moment of Truth’. It’s a five-part series about the murder of Michael Jordan’s dad, similar to a lot of these wrongful conviction type documentaries that are all the rage now. I finished that in one sitting. 

[Kepler-186]

Saw this post on FB about Kenneth Griffith, Welsh actor and documentary maker. 
 

Lots of his docs are on YouTube, and many were censored at the time including the one about Michael Collins.

 

He was a world renowned expert on the Boer War, and was a world class documentary maker denied greater exposure. 
 

He played the gay Medic Whity in Wild Geese, amongst other roles. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Griffith?wprov=sfti1
 

 

Some really good historical documentaries on the channel. 

[VladimirIlyich]

On 11/10/2022 at 00:21, The Midnight Rambler said:

Just watched the Creedence doc on Netflix. Fucking superb. John Fogerty is a diamond in a sea of glass. 

What's it called?

[The Midnight Rambler]

1 hour ago, VladimirIlyich said:

What's it called?

Travelin’ band

[Bjornebye]

A good watch if you're into special forces stuff. Odd to see a lot of faces unblurred and even surnames. 

 

 

 

[Mook]

On 11/10/2022 at 08:44, Captain Turdseye said:

Watched that last week. How fucking good we’re they at the Albert Hall? You could have put a CD on over the top and heard hardly any difference. 

 

I watched this a couple of weeks back, I really enjoyed the documentary up until the Albert Hall but their performance there bored me senseless. John Fogerty was clearly immensely talented but the other three were a right bunch of fucking stiffs.

 

Another documentary I watched this week was Jaco, about the bass player Jaco Pastorius. I had to rent it but I think it's on Prime, it was superb & extremely sad towards the end, a real waste.

[Mike D]

6 days to make an episode of South Park.

 

 

[Elite]

Remember a short clip of this lad a few years back but there's a full version now.

 

He's hilarious but incredibly likeable.

 

Reminds me of a certain TLW hall of famer.

 

 

[Kepler-186]

Adam Curtis’ latest series on iPlayer. 
 

Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

 

Episode 1 of 7 covers 1985-1989 and the collapse of Communism, Chernobyl, withdrawal from Afghanistan,  and the rise of the first oligarchs. 
 

https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/traumazone-2022/

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0d3hwl1/russia-19851999-traumazone

 

Made from BBC archive footage with subtitles for the Russian and large texts to explain what’s happening, there’s no audible narration. 
 

Perfect for a bit of dead zone telly but couldn’t binge it! 
 

 

[Harry's Lad]

I've just come across this on Sky History tonight at 10:15, perhaps more of a docudrama, but it's a story that needs to be told.

Plus it's got the lovely Sam Naz in it so it's piqued my interest.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/liberte-short-film-shines-light-on-unsung-british-wwii-secret-agent-noor-inayat-khan-12810255

[Harry's Lad]

13 hours ago, Harry's Lad said:

I've just come across this on Sky History tonight at 10:15, perhaps more of a docudrama, but it's a story that needs to be told.

Plus it's got the lovely Sam Naz in it so it's piqued my interest.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/liberte-short-film-shines-light-on-unsung-british-wwii-secret-agent-noor-inayat-khan-12810255

Don't bother.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

My knowledge of Noor Inayat Khan begins and ends with her appearance in Doctor Who.