Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
I think I got a bit confused here, as there’s been loads of media rhetoric about the Steve Coogan-led dramatisation of the Savile story: and that’s what I was interested in. It’s probably no...
TvShow Category: Documentary
The Beatles: Get Back
This documentary-of-the-decade was far too good to bother with my usual collection of sentences here. So I wrote a whole post, instead. 👍👍👍
We Are the Champions
I can’t recall what drew me to this – although my watching history does seem to point to the fact that if left to my own devices, I’ll sniff out odd documentary series. In...
ReMastered: The Lion’s Share
One of the more successful late-night documentary selections I’ve made (and managed to stay awake through this one!) – South African journalist Rian Malan tracks down the daughters of Solomon Linda to see if...
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut)
If there’s something I really don’t need in my life it’s more frigging Monty Python documentary. I’ve been watching/reading Python docos pretty much since I’ve known about the Pythons. While watching this I realised...
Pretend It’s a City
I suspect I wildly missed the point of this. Lauded as “must see” by some ppl in my circles, I gave this a good solid attempt at watching (3 episodes), but ultimately found it...
The World According to Jeff Goldblum
Nobody can Jeff Goldblum like Jeff Goldblum – so I’ve no idea what the pitching process for this National Geographic series was, but it features Jeff doing his inimitable thing on a series of...
High Score
Multifaceted documentary about the development of video games through history, and interviews with some of the industry’s more notable figures. Somehow finishes up on Nolan Bushnell of Atari, whose genius can be summed up...
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