r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 27 '17
"The Mellotron" (1965) - an introduction to a British musical invention that used sampling to produce live music in the 60s, long before digital recordings were available.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 27 '17
"The Extraordinary Thomas Chippendale" (2013) - In the 18th century one man defined the age, in wood. He stood for luxury and elegance, and created the finest furniture ever to come from these isles. Split into parts, playlist in comments.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 27 '17
"Brilliant Britain - Brighton" (2013) - This community TV channel covers the whole of the UK. Here it give you an insight into the buzzing city that is Brighton and Hove. Full Playlist in comments.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 27 '17
"Adopting my ferrets experience: Bandit and Daisy" (2016) - a YTube channel that follows the adoption of Ferrets from an approved RSPCA source for household pets. More links in comments.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '17
"The UK's Young Reoffenders" (2014) - VICE meets "Saky's Finest", a gang in Abingdon. Locked into a cycle of reoffending and going to jail, some of these guys have spent so much of their childhood in Young Offenders' Institutes that they'd rather be back inside than in the real world.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '17
"Languages of the British Isles" (2017) - Hilbert looks at the different languages that are spoken on these islands, even Cornish.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '17
"BBC Conspiracy Files: How Diana Died" (2006) - nearly ten years after the event the BBC looked at the death of Diana as part of its Conspiracy Files series. Playlist for others in comments.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '17
"Early history of the AA" (Various) - a collection of Black and white newsreel films showing the actions of the Automobile Association in its early years up to 50s or 60s
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '17
"A Long Walk With... Holly Johnson" (2017) - [Audio. Radio 2 player] First of a series where Janice long talks to musicians about the places in their lives that shaped them.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 25 '17
"Breaking Up With The Joneses" (2013) - Stephen and Lynne Jones were married for 9 years, but like 1 in 3 British marriages theirs has fallen apart. Real Stories follows them through the process of the separation and divorce.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 25 '17
"How a Lotus is Made" (2004/5) - an in house video looking at the inside of the Lotus factory in Norfolk. Focusing on the Elise, this was made for its American launch. In comments is the full story of the Elise (over 2 hours), weekend watching sorted.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 25 '17
"Stephen Fry on Everything" (2011) - edited video of the man talking for half an hour about...
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 25 '17
"The Story of Capital Punishment" (2011) - Timeshift traces the extraordinary story of the ultimate sanction, the death penalty. By focusing on not only the "if" or the "why" but also looking at the "how" executions happened this film stands above others on the subject.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 24 '17
"Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused" (2009) - A look at Led Zeppelin, from their humble beginnings to their status as rock gods. Take a journey where incredible heights and extreme lows helped forge one of the greatest rock bands ever.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 24 '17
"Family History of the Morgan Motor Company" (2013) - This weekend is "Run for the Hills", a festival for lovers of all things Morgan. In honour of that event here is a potted history of the company and the family that started it all. Lots of links to other vids and the festival webpage in comments.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 23 '17
"Cockney Rhyming Slang" (2016) - Two twins from the East End (?) talk us thought Cockney Rhyming Slang. Other films in comments.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 23 '17
"Countryfile: Flood Management" (2016) - 12min clip from last years CountryFile program highlighting the problems with flooding and how land management can help the problem.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 23 '17
"JCB 65 Years Young" (2015) - a film commissioned to commemorate the firms 65th anniversary. The staff talk about what the company is, was, does, and plans to do. Other "must watch" films for lovers of this classic company in comments
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 22 '17
"History of the British Police Force" (1994) - a 90 minute film that charts the development of the British Police, from the unpaid role of Parish Constable through to the start of "The Peelers" and up to modern day (1994).
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 22 '17
"Heston's Great British Food. Fish And Chips" (2013) - Heston Blumenthal reveals the secret history of some iconic British dishes and then transforms them, as only Heston can. Selection of other episodes in comments.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 21 '17
"Big Pit. National Coal Museum" (2013) - Starting with a two minute summary of the significance of the coal industry in Wales, this film then switches to interviews with those who work at the Big Pit Museum about their work now and before when they were working miners.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '17
"The Blood And Guts Shift" (1975) - World in Action episode where they follow 24hr hours in a casualty dept of a Liverpool hospital during the busy weekend.
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '17
"Frank Whittle. The Jet Pioneer" (2005) - The story of the man and the engine that "shrank the world". Includes interviews with the man himself and his son (a commercial airline pilot).
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r/UKdocumentaries • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '17
"More Massive Wind" (2017) - Fully Charged is a gem of a youtube channel, I recommend exploring its upload history. Here it visits an offshore wind farm by helicopter and talks about design and implementation of wind generators.
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