Ray Gin Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 Just finished the long awaited second series of The Jinx: The Lives and Deaths of Robert Durst Undoubtedly one of the best true crime documentary series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 As the Paralympics are beginning I thought I’d give another recommendation for Rising Phoenix on Netflix. Some remarkable humans talking about their lives as athletes and the challenges. It’s worth it just for the remarkable young Italian fencer’s attempt for the medal after her being one of the stars of the interviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinga the Swinga Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 Kyle, the gunman who divided America on iPlayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckies1874 Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 2 hours ago, Ray Gin said: Just finished the long awaited second series of The Jinx: The Lives and Deaths of Robert Durst Undoubtedly one of the best true crime documentary series. What's that on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted August 28, 2024 Share Posted August 28, 2024 31 minutes ago, Luckies1874 said: What's that on? Apple tv. Possibly Sky too. (Or a dodgy firestick. Not that I'd use such a thing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted August 29, 2024 Share Posted August 29, 2024 (edited) “ Killing patient zero “ Excellent documentary about Gaetan Dugas aka as “ patient zero “ Except he was unfairly stigmatised as the first main transmitter of HIV . He was an airline pilot and travelled world wide and while there’s no doubt he infected many , he was not fully responsible . It’s explained more clearly in the film . However even though he knew he was HIV + he still continued to have sex , claiming that it wasn’t clear how HIV was transmitted so he might not have been transmitted it to anyone ( he was right though , but his argument has some flawed/ skewered / selfish logic to it I suppose as at that time it was not confirmed how HIV was transmitted ) 1982/3/4. The film casts a sympathetic eye over this guy cause he wasn’t just the only gay being extremely promiscuous. It was endemic in the culture , hence its high transmission rates . Lots of moving stories of survivors of this disease and those dark days of the early 1980s. Edited August 29, 2024 by JudyJudyJudy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted August 29, 2024 Share Posted August 29, 2024 21 hours ago, Ray Gin said: Just finished the long awaited second series of The Jinx: The Lives and Deaths of Robert Durst Undoubtedly one of the best true crime documentary series. Yes it’s brilliant 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppetboy Posted September 10, 2024 Share Posted September 10, 2024 6 schizophrenic brothers. Heartbreaking story of the galvin family in the USA, 12 kids and half of them developed this horrific mental condition. Interviews with some of them and fascinating as it is desperately sad. As a sufferer of a mental health condition, it resonates with me and no doubt countless others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 10, 2024 Share Posted September 10, 2024 7 minutes ago, Muppetboy said: 6 schizophrenic brothers. Heartbreaking story of the galvin family in the USA, 12 kids and half of them developed this horrific mental condition. Interviews with some of them and fascinating as it is desperately sad. As a sufferer of a mental health condition, it resonates with me and no doubt countless others. That’s extremely rare for half a family to have the same mental health condition . In particular schizophrenia, which is an awful condition and much misunderstand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppetboy Posted September 10, 2024 Share Posted September 10, 2024 8 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: That’s extremely rare for half a family to have the same mental health condition . In particular schizophrenia, which is an awful condition and much misunderstand It's a tough watch, a lot of other heartbreaking stuff happened in the their family home. Genuinely think what's the point of life when so many of theirs was basically ruined by this horrible situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted September 11, 2024 Share Posted September 11, 2024 This was an excellent 3 part documentary about the real great escape. it dispells a few of the myths from the famour film but noticeably there were some truths in the film too. Sadly 50 of those who escaped were murdered, against the Geneva Convention rules due to a vengeful and spitefull SS commander ( who ironically was never captured). It was on the PBS American channel so it will probably be repeated again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppetboy Posted September 24, 2024 Share Posted September 24, 2024 Tom brady, man in the arena. Excellent 10 parter documenting his amazing career, with interviews with past teammates and important people in his life. Guy was a freak of nature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppetboy Posted September 24, 2024 Share Posted September 24, 2024 Tom brady, man in the arena. Excellent 10 parter documenting his amazing career, with interviews with past teammates and important people in his life. Guy was a freak of nature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted September 24, 2024 Share Posted September 24, 2024 Trump's Heist - Channel 4 on catch up, about the refusal to accept the 2020 election results and how they tried to influence the outcome. Astonishing and terrifying in equal measure, including input from people who were previously insiders like Bill Barr the attorney general. It made me wonder if it would be scarier if he won or lost this time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted September 24, 2024 Share Posted September 24, 2024 Black Widow on Sky Documentaries Says at the beginning you wouldn't believe this story and you quickly begin to see why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameronstheman Posted September 24, 2024 Share Posted September 24, 2024 State of Terrorism isny bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnjambo Posted September 25, 2024 Share Posted September 25, 2024 Disclosure, Slavery at Sea About human trafficking in the scottish fishing industry. The Bridge, Fifty years across the Forth Really interesting stuff about the lead up to and construction of road bridge. Apologies if mentioned previously. Both available on BBC iplayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzroy Pointon Posted September 25, 2024 Share Posted September 25, 2024 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bairnjambo said: Disclosure, Slavery at Sea About human trafficking in the scottish fishing industry. The Bridge, Fifty years across the Forth Really interesting stuff about the lead up to and construction of road bridge. Apologies if mentioned previously. Both available on BBC iplayer. Watched both of these and I'll second that they are both worth watching. The Slavery at Sea one was tough viewing at times. Edited September 25, 2024 by Fitzroy Pointon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibbers Posted October 21, 2024 Share Posted October 21, 2024 The Turnaround. A short documentary on Netflix. It’s baseball related but I think some of our fans could benefit from watching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppetboy Posted October 22, 2024 Share Posted October 22, 2024 Surviving 0ct 7, we will dance again. Full on horrific and distressing to watch, recounts the turn of events during the hamas attack on the trance rave in Israel. Feature hamas body cam footage, and actual phone footage from the survivors, and interviews with some of these survivors. Harrowing and heartbreaking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppetboy Posted October 22, 2024 Share Posted October 22, 2024 Sorry, it's on iplayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted November 14, 2024 Share Posted November 14, 2024 “ Lucan “ on bbc iplayer . Excellent documentary focussing on the illegitimate son of Sandra Rivett quest to locate Lucan . Sandra was allegedly murdered by Lucan in 1974 . She was the nanny to the Lucan children and it’s claimed she was murdered by accident as Lucan was apparently blind drunk when he came back to the house to murder his wife Lady Lucan . All alleged Ofcourse as he was never found to face trial . Anyway the documentary is viewed from her son’s perspective and it’s very moving as he locates a person he believes to be Lucan . There is a jaw dropping towards the end of it . 9/10 from me . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalamazoo Jambo Posted November 16, 2024 Share Posted November 16, 2024 Billy and Molly - an Otter Love Story is a lovely wee heartwarming tale, set in Shetland. It’s a documentary with a bit of artistic license taken along the way. Saw it a few months ago in the US but it’s now out on Disney+ and Nat Geo in the UK. Well worth a watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 7/7: The London Bombings on BBC iplayer is good for interviewing key participants including all the different key Police and forensic people as well as victims. Some dramatic stories. Obviously covers the murder of the Brazilian guy and they are clever in putting it alongside the gung ho arrogant firearms officers. Show the full event with all the chances to prevent it. Best for me were the stories of the forensic officers who took the bodies of the dead the lady who lost both legs. A couple of pretty inspiring stories there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Hunting Mr Nice on iPlayer is worth a watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 5 hours ago, Mikey1874 said: 7/7: The London Bombings on BBC iplayer is good for interviewing key participants including all the different key Police and forensic people as well as victims. Some dramatic stories. Obviously covers the murder of the Brazilian guy and they are clever in putting it alongside the gung ho arrogant firearms officers. Show the full event with all the chances to prevent it. Best for me were the stories of the forensic officers who took the bodies of the dead the lady who lost both legs. A couple of pretty inspiring stories there. I started watching this but had to turn off when the cop who was first on the scene started talking about going onto the bus with the 2 firefighters. It’s sometimes too hard to watch things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 14 hours ago, Tazio said: I started watching this but had to turn off when the cop who was first on the scene started talking about going onto the bus with the 2 firefighters. It’s sometimes too hard to watch things like that. Yeah But how much they cared was inspirational. They did well to get all the key people to talk to. Spoiler alert re one of the stories. Spoiler The forensic people recovering the bodies slept in the train carriages so that the dead weren't left alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 The Christopher Reeve documentary was quite interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi must stay Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Aviici documentary on netflix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 On 16/11/2024 at 01:56, Kalamazoo Jambo said: Billy and Molly - an Otter Love Story is a lovely wee heartwarming tale, set in Shetland. It’s a documentary with a bit of artistic license taken along the way. Saw it a few months ago in the US but it’s now out on Disney+ and Nat Geo in the UK. Well worth a watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Watched the 3 episode Netflix doc called 'The most hated man on the internet' which was about a truly despicable character called Hunter Moore. In 2010 he created a revenge porn website which in itself was vile but it went further than pics. They were also posting social media details of these women/girls sometimes including home addresses. There was a comments option for these pics and the bulk of it was horrendous stuff for these women to be subjected to. And apparently this wasn't illegal, there was nothing anyone including the law could do about it. It's difficult to appreciate how this devastates individual lives and the lives of entire families including children. What ultimately brought this piece of human crap down was it eventually went beyond just malicious ex boyfriends and the like posting pics of the ex to include hacking peoples email accounts and social media accounts to steal photos they have stored there. This IS illegal. It features a huge range of people affected by it and who became involved including initially one truly tenacious mother whose daughters photos had been put on that site while the daughter said the only way this could happen is by hacking. It's only in a folder in my email account only I have ever seen it I sent it to no one. This woman despite threats just badgered away at it till she eventually brought in others including an ex marine who was a cyber expert and the FBI all of which occurred because of the tenacity of this mother while under threat from the community this weirdo had built on his site. They called themselves 'the family' Manson like and it turned this guy into a sort of cult figure like Trump people totally almost deified. And just like Trump he would set the weirdos on anyone who tried to interfere. About as despicable a human being as you could imagine, made all sorts of online threats including someone might rape the ex marines wife in front of their children and that was a real bad idea when it came to this marine. A good watch with a happy ending in that you see a piece of shit you came to hate look untouchable until he crashed and burned after a long struggle initiated by a protective mother. A journalist she eventually managed to get involved said of her that she had the investigative ability of a seasoned investigative journalist. She handed the FBI a folder full of material with the details of dozens of victims she had personally tracked down and spoken with. She set it going. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Hated_Man_on_the_Internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 On 15/11/2024 at 19:56, Kalamazoo Jambo said: Billy and Molly - an Otter Love Story is a lovely wee heartwarming tale, set in Shetland. It’s a documentary with a bit of artistic license taken along the way. Saw it a few months ago in the US but it’s now out on Disney+ and Nat Geo in the UK. Well worth a watch. Not a docu but have you ever seen 'ring of bright water'? It's set in Scotland and is a fictional account of a guy who really did live in a remote coastal area of Scotland and kept wild otters as pets. He wrote a book called ring of bright water which described his life there with these otters which sold in the millions. I guess that could buy a lot of otter grub. His name was Gavin Maxwell and while the film of ring of bright water starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna isn't like the book I still enjoyed it when I saw it as a child, stuck in my memory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Maxwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalamazoo Jambo Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 8 hours ago, JFK-1 said: Not a docu but have you ever seen 'ring of bright water'? It's set in Scotland and is a fictional account of a guy who really did live in a remote coastal area of Scotland and kept wild otters as pets. He wrote a book called ring of bright water which described his life there with these otters which sold in the millions. I guess that could buy a lot of otter grub. His name was Gavin Maxwell and while the film of ring of bright water starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna isn't like the book I still enjoyed it when I saw it as a child, stuck in my memory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Maxwell Never seen it, but might see if I can find it streaming somewhere, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Anything Simon Schama has done, I've loved every program he's done on any subject, art, history, religion, they've all been great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 16 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said: Anything Simon Schama has done, I've loved every program he's done on any subject, art, history, religion, they've all been great. Jews? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Just now, il Duce McTarkin said: Jews? He's critical of the catholics in his programmes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 11 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said: He's critical of the catholics in his programmes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovecraft Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Anything done by Folding Ideas. He has a few on various subjects and all done with the perfect amount of information and humour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 On 11/01/2025 at 06:01, Kalamazoo Jambo said: Never seen it, but might see if I can find it streaming somewhere, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalamazoo Jambo Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, JFK-1 said: Thanks, will give that a watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Otters can’t be trusted. Terry Nutkins can attest to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sex Panther Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Imposter: The Man Who Came Back From The Dead on 4 on Demand - All about Nicholas Rossi who many will have seen on the news over the last few years. A truly bizarre tale about an absolutely awful human. I only knew about him at arms length from the news reports but this documentary fills in the blanks very well, and then some. Couldn't believe what I was watching at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Magic Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Until The Wheels Fall Off. May not be for everyone however if like me your were into Skating back in Feb day then this is brilliant. Full 2 hour 15 documentary on Tony Hawk. How he got into skateboarding, early career, the good the bad and the ugly all the way through the Bones Brigade era and onto present day. I found it fascinating especially the segment on Tony Hawks Pro Skateboarding on the PlayStation. Well worth a watch if you were into skating or played his game series. Available on demand on Sky Documentaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavman81 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On 28/08/2024 at 19:49, Ray Gin said: Just finished the long awaited second series of The Jinx: The Lives and Deaths of Robert Durst Undoubtedly one of the best true crime documentary series. I only just caught up with the first series of this mate after reading so much about it… I mean , WTAF is he all about??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 18 hours ago, Kalamazoo Jambo said: Thanks, will give that a watch Have the tissues at the ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, Gavman81 said: I only just caught up with the first series of this mate after reading so much about it… I mean , WTAF is he all about??! Incredible finish to series 1 Creep little guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 The Eunuch-maker. Holly ****😮😮😮🤮🤮🤮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Robert Durst alway makes me think about the Warren Zevon song Excitable Boy. No matter your privilege if you’re wrongly wired you can’t sort it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgundy Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Finished watching all episodes of I am a killer on Netflix. They all are pretty similar in that in the first part you hear their story and you feel like they have been hard done by. The second bit of the episode gives the other perspective and some facts that have been missed out of the original tale telling. Could watch these all day long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 15 hours ago, Dawnrazor said: The Eunuch-maker. Holly ****😮😮😮🤮🤮🤮 Where did you watch this? I remember it in the news a while back, I can imagine it is utterly horrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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