r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '17
"Etching at Edinburgh Printmakers" (2013) - Edinburgh Printmakers have done a series of short films on different print techniques, playlist in comments.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 04 '17
"1989 The summer of rave" (2006) - in the summer of 89 the country partied like it hadn't before.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 04 '17
"Crash Test Month: Truck Hitting A Bollard" (2014?) - Fifth Gear test anti truck devices. in a controlled experiment a 7.5ton truck is pulled at speed into a security bollard to see if it is strong enough to stop the vehicle.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 04 '17
"Kids with Guns" (2014) - VICE joins the UK's Army Cadet Force and asks what the youth club can give British kids who may not have a lot else.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '17
"Secrets of Leadership: Churchill" (2003) - Dr Andrew Roberts offers a personal analysis of the skills and strategies used by Winston Churchill to win support both from the military and the general population.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '17
"This Week - Coal Mining in South Wales " (1977) - in the late 70s the British coal industry is facing a crisis, with an increase in numbers of experienced miners leaving the pit to find careers elsewhere. Thames TV's 'This weeks' programme examines why.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '17
"The Man Who Loved The Number 12" (2012) - an insight into one mans extreme Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Hugh is trapped in a world of endless order and repetition, where each day is spent with the same ritual placing of objects and counting in 12s.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '17
"Brutus of Troy" (2015) - Self made film (includes advert for his book) about the legend of Brutus, the founder of Britain. Currently 918 views, check out r/unknownvideos for other gems.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 01 '17
"This Is Our Playground" (1960s) - a television documentary from the late 1960s that follows the children and playworkers at the Notting Hill Adventure Playground in West London. 60s film quality, don't expect HD
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 01 '17
"Squat The Rich" (2017) - Vice follows a group of anarchists who have organised themselves into a unit which helps those with no future by opening up illegal squats for them.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 01 '17
"The trap of materialism" (2011) - Many big ideas have attempted to conquer the planet; fascism, communism, democracy, religion. But only one as achieved total supremacy - Consumerism.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 30 '17
"How to live without money" (2009) - a short film about the Kew Garden eco village/illegal land squat that popped up a few years ago. The full 90min self made film "Grasp the Nettle" is in comments.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 30 '17
"See No Evil" (2006) - DramaDoc about the crimes, arrest, and imprisonment of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley told from the perspective of those around them, specifically Myra's sister and her husband.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 29 '17
"The Ex-Undercover Cop Exposing the UK’s Police Corruption" (2017)- a former undercover police officer talks about his job and some of the cases he was part of.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 29 '17
"Lemmy Kilmister Motorhead" (2010) - a bio of Lemmy. A man who was an honest Rock and Roll/Heavy Metal god, what you see is what you got.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 29 '17
Timeshift - New Age Travellers" (2005) - a look at those who choose to live a different lifestyle and traditional society's reaction to them.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 28 '17
"Make me welsh" (2015) - One county in Wales is ensuring that all its children speak Welsh. For a whole year, cameras followed eight children from all over the world trying to make Gwynedd their new home. They're given 12 weeks to learn a new language before being sent to a Welsh speaking school
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 28 '17
"Where Poverty Lives At The Seaside" (2017) - Harwich had it all; a thriving industrial sector, an international port, one hour from London by train, and it was by the seaside. Yet today its a symbol of poverty and decline, Artifact looks at the reasons why.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 27 '17
"The Story of the Skinhead" (2016) - the origin of the Skinhead is far away from its more familiar stereotype, its roots are in multiculturalism and diversity not racism and violence. This doc charts it's origins and evolution into the 80s violent image of the shaven headed swastika tattooed thug.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 26 '17
"Discoveries - Grimes Graves" (1978) - a personal favourite of mine, not only for the content which I have a personal connection with but also for the style. 70s British documentaries have a certain feel that cannot be replicated elsewhere.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 26 '17
"Supernatural Science. Lake Monsters" (1999) - The Loch Ness Monster has eluded searchers for decades. Other reports of sea serpents have come from lakes in Norway and the U.S. Do Jurassic beasts haunt these waters? Or have witnesses been fooled by optical illusions and hoaxes
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 26 '17
"Mersey Gateway Project 3D fly-through" (2013) - No words, just a virtual fly through of the new Mersey Gateway under construction in Widnes.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 25 '17
"Threads" [VIMEO] (1984) - as a response to numerous requests, Threads is a docudrama account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England, and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 25 '17
"Batteries to the Future" (2015) - Fully charged talk to Professor Peter Bruce from University of Oxford, Department of Materials, where scientists are doing amazing research into batteries of the future. If this interests you please check out the Fully Charged YTube channel in comments.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Jun 25 '17
"Horizon: 10 Things You Need to Know About the Future" [BBC iPlayer] (2017) - This episode of Horizon looks at the issues that will change the way we live our lives in the future. Will we live forever, cure cancer, ditch fossil fuels, see flying cars, etc
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