New documentaries
A collection of new documentaries added to Docur. Last update February 08, 2018 @ 02:44 PM
The Dark Ages: An Age of Light
A four-part documentary series looking into the art of the Dark Ages created and presented by Brtish art critic Waldemar Januszczak. Episode one: The Clash of the Gods - An investigation of how Christianity merged into the Roman empire to influence its artwork during the third and fourt[...]
Walking with Cavemen
Walking with Cavemen is a four-part 2006 BBC history documentary series created by Nick Green about the history of Human evolution. Unlike the other "walking with" documentaries; Walking With Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts, and Walking with Monsters this final edition was not[...]
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Kids Selling Drugs Online
British journalist Stacey Dooley Investigates Kids Selling Drugs Online is this documentary film. With a huge crackdown on the online drug trade in the last decade and sites like Silk Road getting busted, one would think that online sales would have taken a dip. They are booming however[...]
Naked Science - Close Encounters
Has planet earth ever had a close encounter with aliens? In this Naked Science - Close Encounters documentary Eric Meyers looks into this possibility and attempts to answer how it could have been done given the immense distances they would have needed to travel to[...]
Triumph Des Willens (Triumph of the Will)
Triumph Des Willens (Triumph of the Will) is the infamous 1935 propaganda film approved by Hilter to show the might of the Nazi party. The film was shot by German actress and documentary filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl and depicts a National socialist rally in the city of Nuremberg over the[...]
Prehistoric Park
Prehistoric Park is a 2006 docu-fiction dinosaur series presented by British wildlife lover Nigel Marven. The story which is stylised into documentary format follows Nigel as he uses a time machine to go back in time and collect dinosaurs and other extinct animals. Once he finds them th[...]
Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict
The FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have joined efforts to combat the growing drug abuse problem in The United States, particularly Heroin abuse. Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict aims to educate young adults and students about the dangers of addiction.[...]
Child of Rage
Child of Rage is a 1992 documentary narrated by Larry Pierce which centres around a six-year-old girl, Beth Thomas who is suffering from severe mental health problems as the result of being sexually abused. In a shockingly candid interview, she explains how she would like to k[...]
Mega Disasters: Yellowstone Super Volcano Eruption
Mega Disasters: Yellowstone Super Volcano Eruption. Could it erupt again soon? The largest active volcano in the world is located below the serene Yellowstone park in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. The Yellowstone supervolcano has erupted 3 times, the first ar[...]
Nanook of the North
Nanook of the North is a revolutionary 1922 silent documentary film directed by Robert J. Flaherty. The documentary follows the life of an Inuit called Nanook and his family who live in the Arctic circle. Flaherty follows them as they hunt for food and trade in Northern Quebec[...]
Walking with Monsters
Walking with Monsters is a 2005 3-part documentary presented by Irish actor Kenneth Branagh which takes us back to a time before dinosaurs. Using state of the art (as of 2005) CGI and filming techniques the documentary brings back this amazingly fruitful time in history back to life so[...]
Animals with Cameras
Animals with Cameras is a revolutionary new documentary series which focuses on seeing the world from a animals perspective by putting specially adapted cameras on them. This is all based on-camera work by Gordon Buchanan who worked with scientists to bring this fascinating educational[...]
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Mums Selling Their Kids for Sex
In "Stacey Dooley Investigates: Mums Selling Their Kids for Sex" Stacey travels to the Philippines where she will stay for a week with Mike, an undercover special agent from ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and follows a secret operation in which HSI hope to arrest sev[...]
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Russia's War on Women
In Russia's War on Women Stacey Dooley Investigates a dark secret which is kept behind closed doors in Russia. It has been estimated that thousands of women are killed by their partners every year in the country. Domestic violence is higher than it should be everywhere around the[...]
Cat Wars
Cats are the most popular pet in the West. It is estimated that more than 10 million live in the UK alone which cat loves will be happy about however there are some who feel they are nothing more than a garden pest. The Cat Wars BBC documentary meets with people on both sides of opinion[...]
Fermat's Last Theorem
A documentary by Eve Matheson Fermat's Last Theorem. Andrew Wiles stumbled across the world's greatest mathematical puzzle, Fermat's Theorem, as a ten- year-old schoolboy, beginning a 30-year quest with just one goal in mind - to solve the problem that has baffled min[...]
Stacey Dooley Investigates: Second Chance Sex Offenders
In this episode of "Stacey Dooley Investigates" British journalist Stacey Dooley travels to Florida to see how laws which give sex offenders a second chance are working. Once sex offenders have left prison in Florida they are all put on a list which is publicly avail[...]
The Bulger Killers: Was Justice Done?
A new 2018 documentary which speaks to key individuals who were involved in the James Bulger trial in 1993. The Killing of two-year-old James Bugler at the hands of 10-year-old Jon Venables and Robert Thompson was one of the worst crimes of the 20th century and sparked outrage[...]