What was the last documentary you watched?
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Secret Mediterranean with Trevor McDonald- fascinating 
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Didn't know anything about him before I watched this but I loved it. What a legend, style icon, and fabulous, trail-blazing earth angel!
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I watched all of the documentaries on this YouTube channel on a lot of old movie stars and enjoyed every one of them. They are all great.
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Recently saw this and really enjoyed it. Such a bizarre story.
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I watched this on Netflix when I had a whopping hangover and just needed aunty Dolly to make everything alright. It worked a treat.
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In case you haven’t heard it, the Dolly Parton’s America podcast is the treat of treats.
Athlete A. Disturbing and revealing to say the least.
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Great doc and it features some astoundingly good dance routines, either starring or choreographed by Bob, or both. What a talent.
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Just binge watched Mucho Mucho Amor & Dolly: Here I am - both wonderful documentaries.
I had no idea who Walter was but I was really moved by it - a man who gave nothing but love out and was taken in by a money grabbing agent. The fact that the agent actually took part in it just goes to show how stupid the man was.
But poor Walter, I shed a tear or two as his fans showed their absolute love and affection towards him - a great documentary.
As for Dolly, what a great, fun, informative film - will we ever see or know the real Dolly...? I hope not, she's just amazing as she is.
I had no idea who Walter was but I was really moved by it - a man who gave nothing but love out and was taken in by a money grabbing agent. The fact that the agent actually took part in it just goes to show how stupid the man was.
But poor Walter, I shed a tear or two as his fans showed their absolute love and affection towards him - a great documentary.
As for Dolly, what a great, fun, informative film - will we ever see or know the real Dolly...? I hope not, she's just amazing as she is.
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1990 Documentary on the making of the unfinished Marilyn Monroe movie 'Something's Got To Give' in 1962.
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Biography of John Casablancas, founder of Elite Modelling agency and 'inventor of the supermodel'. I really enjoyed it.
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Inside The Bruderhof
I found this fascinating, it’s about a very private and self-contained religious community who ignore the modern world and live together without money or owning anything and where no crime occurs. This group live in the Sussex countryside, other identical communities exist in other countries.
It also focuses on Hannah an 18 year old who is questioning her future and shows her experiencing London so she can make an informed choice of what she wants from life.
The only drawback is that this documentary was far too short (approx 40mins) and left me wanting to know more. It would make an ideal documentary series.
I found this fascinating, it’s about a very private and self-contained religious community who ignore the modern world and live together without money or owning anything and where no crime occurs. This group live in the Sussex countryside, other identical communities exist in other countries.
It also focuses on Hannah an 18 year old who is questioning her future and shows her experiencing London so she can make an informed choice of what she wants from life.
The only drawback is that this documentary was far too short (approx 40mins) and left me wanting to know more. It would make an ideal documentary series.
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I watched this last night. It absolutely gutted me. I have cheered for all that olympic glory not knowing the abuse these children went through.
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Rise of the Continents. Really enjoying it.
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DIANA -- 7 Days Which Shook the World (2017)
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Ace of Wands: A Story With No End.
Like the best Ace of Wands stories, it is a three-parter. Starring Michael Mackenzie, Judy Loe, Tony Selby, Roy Holder and Petra Markham. With Trevor Preston, Pamela Lonsdale, Darrol Blake and Ali Bongo.
The bits where they discuss how series one and two were destroyed is a bit sad. They say that people from Thames came up to the production office to ask if they wanted to keep series one and two. No one was in, because they were on location for series three. So Thames destroyed them. Although it had follow-up episodes up to twelve years after it ended. Nice stories about Sid James and others in regard to having an owl as one of the show’s regular cast. And the problems of having a giant snake on set. And having the BBC suppress playing the theme because it was an ITV show. And how they intended to craft a series around the show’s most memorable villain, played by Russell Hunter and later David Jason in the final follow up. And the producer was made to leave to do Rainbow. Quite fun to see the producer saying the weird decision to recast Russell Hunter’s part of supernatural villain Mr Stabs to David Jason, who she says played it in a very strange way and the casting decision ruined plans for the Mr Stabs spin-off series. And she says Russell Hunter wouldn’t forgive her for it!
Like the best Ace of Wands stories, it is a three-parter. Starring Michael Mackenzie, Judy Loe, Tony Selby, Roy Holder and Petra Markham. With Trevor Preston, Pamela Lonsdale, Darrol Blake and Ali Bongo.
The bits where they discuss how series one and two were destroyed is a bit sad. They say that people from Thames came up to the production office to ask if they wanted to keep series one and two. No one was in, because they were on location for series three. So Thames destroyed them. Although it had follow-up episodes up to twelve years after it ended. Nice stories about Sid James and others in regard to having an owl as one of the show’s regular cast. And the problems of having a giant snake on set. And having the BBC suppress playing the theme because it was an ITV show. And how they intended to craft a series around the show’s most memorable villain, played by Russell Hunter and later David Jason in the final follow up. And the producer was made to leave to do Rainbow. Quite fun to see the producer saying the weird decision to recast Russell Hunter’s part of supernatural villain Mr Stabs to David Jason, who she says played it in a very strange way and the casting decision ruined plans for the Mr Stabs spin-off series. And she says Russell Hunter wouldn’t forgive her for it!
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THE SOCIAL DILEMMA (2020, Netflix)
I'm not much of a social media user -- I have an obligatory Facebook account I rarely look at, I use Instagram casually and Twitter passively -- but I was surprised at how uneasy this documentary made me. I was of the vague belief that social media platforms are tools, not unlike the telephone, and that any problems that arise are due to how people use them. This documentary demolished that, given how deeply these platforms are designed to be manipulative and addictive. If the documentary was focused on "experts" and academics, I might have dismissed it as alarmism; but when the very people who designed these tools talk about how dangerous they are, it's hard not to take it seriously.
I immediately turned of notifications of nearly every app on my phone.
I'm not much of a social media user -- I have an obligatory Facebook account I rarely look at, I use Instagram casually and Twitter passively -- but I was surprised at how uneasy this documentary made me. I was of the vague belief that social media platforms are tools, not unlike the telephone, and that any problems that arise are due to how people use them. This documentary demolished that, given how deeply these platforms are designed to be manipulative and addictive. If the documentary was focused on "experts" and academics, I might have dismissed it as alarmism; but when the very people who designed these tools talk about how dangerous they are, it's hard not to take it seriously.
I immediately turned of notifications of nearly every app on my phone.
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