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- The true stories that spawned the eerie tale of Damien, a small boy with an angelic face, whose very name still conjures up thoughts of Satan. This documentary shares spine-tingling information about the the all-too-memorable flick that has terrorized film audiences since 1976.
- A list compiling the 100 Greatest cartoons, new and old, as voted by the British public.
- One Bond is not enough, and this documentary proves it! The James Bond Story celebrates the 39th Anniversary of James Bond in the cinema.
- Actor, writer and life-long horror film aficionado Mark Gatiss follows his 'A History of Horror' with this exploration of European horror cinema. Including interviews with directors Dario Argento and Guillermo del Toro amongst others.
- The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.
- An original documentary from Turner Classic Movies, narrated by Julie Christie
- This great 45 Minute documentary runs through Garbo's life and films in chronological order in an attempt to reveal the 'real' Garbo
- An original documentary on the making of the first James Bond film.
- Documentary that explores Bava's film career.
- Meryl Streep conducts us to a trip to New York City as presented in many films during the 20th Century, and how its cultural importance and impact are important to viewers. With a comprehensive gathering of clips from films between 1910's and 1990's, the documentary presents the mandatory classic films that presented the city and its multiple cultural variations, situations and the great stories filmed there. Actors and directors also discuss how they view the city in reality and also through the pictures.
- The making of Roger Moore's third film as James Bond, often regarded as his best, and the first time Albert R. Broccoli served as sole producer.
- A documentary that details the making of the 6th official James Bond film, 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Features include interviews with the cast and crew, including the blockbuster hit film's director Peter Hunt and star George Lazenby.
- Documentary about the legendary American film director from his introduction to the film industry in its early years to his death in 1959. After a falling out with Adolph Zukor, he left Paramount Pictures to found his own company but it too failed and moved on to MGM where his films were less successful than he had hoped. By 1931 DeMille, despite his huge successes in the silent era, was practically unemployable. Given a second chance at Paramount DeMille found his now classic formula of religious or epic tales with more than just a tinge of sex. Firmly re-established, he would stay with the studio for the rest of his career. He became a fervent anti-communist leading to a confrontation with his colleagues in the Directors Guild. He continued making films regardless and died as one of the most commercially successful in Hollywood history.
- Jonathan Freedland shows how 2008's race for the White House was run before on 'The West Wing', and argues that the relationship between on-screen art and political life isn't new.
- From supporting roles in countless British classics in the 40's and 50's, to sharing a screen with McQueen and Brando in the 60's, to TV stardom in the 70's and 80's, Gordon Jackson was a top actor and by all accounts, a very nice man.
- Paul Merton looks at the British films of Alfred Hitchcock, the silent films and the early sound films.
- A behind-the-scenes featurette that focuses on the director's approach to the film.
- A documentary exploring the various ways that Scotland has been portrayed on screen. From the Hollywood tartanry of Brigadoon (1954) and Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) to the harsh reality of Trainspotting (1996). 'Alan Cumming', who despite his more recent Hollywood credentials was born in the Highlands, tours the locations used in various films. Meeting people who live there and asking how the films compare with their reality, talking to film-makers and academics. Some merging of scenes from the films with the footage shot for the documentary gives a "then & now" comparison and even appears to put Alan into scenes from the films he's talking about.
- At California State University Dr Eric W Hickey devised a model showing the development of the murderous personality, based on research into more than 200 cases of serial murder. These findings are applied to the case of Jeffrey Dahmer, who between 1978 and 1991 killed 17 young men. Shows conversations between Dahmer and his forensic psychologist and footage of the trial. Behavioural psychologists and criminologists explain how Dahmer and other serial killers such as Ted Bundy, Peter Sutcliffe and John Wayne Casey came to kill.
- A look at the careers of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam in the years after Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
- Photographer Rankin aims to recreate several iconic photographs of various Hollywood stars, while also discovering the stories behind the camera.
- 1985– 55mTV-147.9 (155)TV EpisodeThe actor discusses his life and career, with recollections from friends and colleagues.
- Take a look at Ian Fleming and the real-life story behind James Bond.
- 201059m8.3 (99)TV EpisodeThe early sound era of American horror films such as the Universal Horror franchise where Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff became its central players.
- 201059m8.1 (95)TV EpisodeA look at the heyday of British horror cinema such as the lurid color monster films of Hammer Films.
- A look at the rise of modern North American horror in the late 1960s and 1970s.
- 201059mNot Rated8.0 (52)TV EpisodeThe early careers of the Warner brothers, Mayer, Carl Laemmle of Universal and William Fox of Fox. It also covers the invention of Thomas Edison's motion picture camera and penny arcades.
- 2002–20177.2 (9)TV EpisodeThe film investigates the ways school, religion and the justice service have been involved with corporal punishment and how it's imposition has also provoked debate from a sexual aspect.
- An affectionate and revealing portrait of two great comedian's journey from obscurity to audiences of more than 28 million. Part 1 looks at how it all began.
- This Time Travel Special journeys from H. G. Wells The Time Machine through ideas like The Grandfather Paradox and The Butterfly Effect, to the professional time traveler that is the ever popular Doctor Who. Steven Moffat, David Tennant, Karen Gillan, and Neil Gaiman offer a unique perspective on the Doctor. Furthermore, Edward James Olmos reveals the hidden meaning of the language he created for the vision of the future that is Blade Runner, while Bob Gale and Christopher Lloyd take us behind the scenes of Back to the Future.
- What if we could explore the vastness of Space? Science fiction has always fed upon our need to wonder what is out there. From the horrifying scenes of Alien, to the epic spectacle of Star Wars, this is a journey to the stars and the alien encounters that await us there.
- How producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas accidentally stumbled on a hit formula.
- Today Warwick Castle is a popular tourist attraction, but for centuries its walls echoed with the sounds of betrayal, bloodshed, murder and financial ruin. Dan Jones reveals the turbulent history which took place within the well-preserved walls of this imposing castle and the tales of the earls of Warwick who lived there.
- Louise Brooks made her screen debut in the silent "The Street of Forgotten Men", in an uncredited role in 1925. Soon, however, she was playing the female lead in a number of silent light comedies and flapper films.
- Nabil Shaban argues that disabled people are misrepresented by Hollywood, the bad guy always being portrayed with a limp and scars and heroes are physically perfect. If there is a disabled part on offer it is played by an able-bodied actor.