New documentaries
A collection of new documentaries added to Docur. Last update March 09, 2018 @ 03:08 PM
Panorama, Weinstein: The Inside Story
Panorama, Weinstein: The Inside Story follows suit with the recent documentary we have watched on the Hollywood cocksman "Working with Weinstein" published by Channel 4 in February. Like "Working with Weinstein" this documentary also tells the story of how[...]
The Buddha
The Buddha is the founding figure of Buddhism, a religion of traditions, ideas and spiritual practices. He is believed to have eastern part of ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. This 2010 documentary film explores the history of this ancient fig[...]
Ellie Undercover: Rent for Sex
Ellie Undercover: Rent for Sex, a 2018 sociopolitical documentary by British investigative journalist Ellie Flynn about the rise of tenants paying for their residence for sex in the United Kingdom. This is a controversial issue as some people say that people are allowed to do what they[...]
Bye Bye Planet Pluto
For decades little Pluto was considered to be the ninth planet in our solar system, though everything about it just didn't fit in with the others. All the rocky planets reside in the inner solar system while the gas giants, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune orbit in the outer regions. &nb[...]
The Blind Watch Maker
The Blind Watch Maker, a 1987 BBC Horizon documentary film within which English evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins challenges the creationism theory. This documentary is based on Dawkins' 1986 book titled "The Blind Watchmaker" which makes an explanation of evolution b[...]
The Big Chill
The Big Chill is a 2003 environmental-science documentary narrated by actor Jack Fortune, discussing the possibility of a new ice age because of global warming. Remember that long, hot summer? You might never see its like again. And all that talk of global warming? Forg[...]
The Bible Code
“The Bible Code” documentary was first broadcast in 2003 and looks into the mysterious code which is supposedly hidden in the Christian book. Narration by actress Dilly Barlow. Michael Drosnin is an American journalist and best selling author. He h[...]
Atlantis Reborn Again
On 4th November 1999, BBC TWO broadcast Horizon: Atlantis Reborn, a documentary that looked at the theories of best-selling author and television presenter Graham Hancock, supported by author Robert Bauval, about the existence of a lost civilisation. In this film, Horizon jo[...]
Are Health Tests Really a Good Idea
In the 2015 BBC Horizon documentary Are Health Tests Really a Good Idea, Michael Mosley puts himself through a battery of health tests available to people who feel perfectly well. From an expensive heart scan to a new national screening procedure to detect the earliest signs of bowel cance[...]
The Ape that Took Over the World
In 2001, scientists announced a startling discovery: the oldest skull of a human ancestor ever found. The fossil of three million and a half old, was very complete, and finding fossils unlike any before. Their discovery – by a team led by Meave Leakey of the famous Leakey[...]
Allergies: Modern Life and Me
A 2014 science documentary narrated by Amanda Redman (Sexy Beast) which examines whether there is a relationship between our modern lives and the rising number of people who have allergies. In Allergies: Modern Life and Me new technologies and a case-study to deduce what kind[...]
The Age of Big Data
In the 2013 BBC Horizon science documentary The Age of Big Data narrated by English actress Helen McCrory we explore the forefront of the big data technological revolution. What is "big data"? It is a large database or "dataset" which typically contains mil[...]
ADHD and Me: With Rory Bremner
British comedian and TV personality Rory Bremner presents ADHD and Me within which he learns about ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). This condition of the brain affects 3% of the population and Bremner believes he has it. Though a lot still needs to be unde[...]
70 Million Animal Mummies: Egypt's Dark Secret
The Ancient Egyptians believed that the mummification process was a way of passage into the after-life, it turns out that they not only mummified humans but animals too. 70 Million Animal Mummies have been discovered in Egypt since the 19th century. Now researchers from Manche[...]
The 10 Million Challenge
The 10 Million Challenge, 2014 hosted by Alice Roberts. To celebrate its 50th birthday, Horizon invites the public to play a role in tackling the greatest challenges facing science today. This special episode of Horizon launches the £10 million Longitude Prize 2014 - a prize[...]
Voyager: To the Final Frontier
The Voyager space mission is arguably one of mankind's greatest achievements of the 20th century, and one which nearly never got off the ground. In 1964 Gary Flandro of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory discovered that Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune would align in such a way that[...]
Chelsea Headhunters
A 1999 investigative documentary by Irish journalist Donald MacIntyre following the notorious Chelsea Headhunters football hooligan firm, which has ties to the professional Premier league football club Chelsea. Chelsea F.C has a worldwide following including a group of London-based hool[...]
Warnock
This documentary follows Neil Warnock as he manages British football team Sheffield United through the 2004/2005 Championship season. "Warnock" is a fly-the-wall sports documentary meaning what you see is what you get. It provides a unique insight into Warnock's[...]