New documentaries
A collection of new documentaries added to Docur. Last update August 31, 2018 @ 01:41 AM
The Truth about Webcam Girls
The Truth about Webcam Girls, an hour-long documentary which follows three British women who make their living performing in front of a camera for the sexual gratification of paying customers, lifting the lid on this secretive, potentially lucrative and sometimes utterly bizarre world of the we[...]
Traders: Millions By The Minute
Traders: Millions By The Minute: A two-part documentary which goes deep inside the world of those who play the markets in some of the biggest financial centres on the planet including London, New York and Chicago. Anybody expecting to be introduced to characters resembling Leonardi Di Caprio’s[...]
Elsa: The Lioness That Changed The World
Elsa The Lioness made history in the 1960’s when she became the first ever captive lion to be released back into the wild, she had been raised by game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy Adamson in Kenya. Elsa had gone to live with the Adamson’s along with her two sisters after they h[...]
Million Dollar Traders
Not so much a documentary but a three-episode reality / social experiment, but essential watching for aspiring hedge fund traders nonetheless, Million Dollar Traders aired on the BBC in 2009. The concept was designed by successful hedge fund trader Lex van Dam, he sought to hire twelve aspiring trad[...]
Stoned in Suburbia
Stoned in Suburbia has been labelled as a ‘social history film’ by the filmmakers, charting the shift in social perception of Marijuana in the UK. It is actually a light-hearted, and at times hilarious, look at the consumption of the drug in the UK and the laws that govern it. [...]
My Boyfriend The Sex Tourist: Venezuela
My Boyfriend The Sex Tourist: Venezuela: A two-part 2007 documentary series directed by Monica Garnsey which examines the global sex tourism industry, this first one-hour long episode looks at sex tourism through the eyes of the girls who work in the sex industry in Venezuela. The film[...]
Mad Dog and Nazi Nick
Mad Dog and Nazi Nick: A 2007 Donal McIntyre documentary which charts the unusual friendship between Jonny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair, an exiled former Loyalist paramilitary leader, and Nick ‘Nazi Nick’ Gregor a former leading German Neo-nazi who claims to have changed his ways and[...]
History of Football: The Beautiful Game
History of Football: The Beautiful Game was a stunning 2002 series which gave a comprehensive overview of the history of the game of football, in a global context. It starts at the origins of the game and shows how the sport has affected history in general, it was even responsible for the start of t[...]
Anthony Joshua: The Journey
Anthony Joshua: The Journey: A 2015 one hour long documentary charting the early life and rise of British heavyweight boxing prospect Anthony Joshua, covering his delinquent early years when he once had to wear a tag and was convicted of drug possession, his amateur career, his gold medal at the Lon[...]
Amish: A Secret Life
Amish: A Secret Life: A 2012 BBC documentary which gives an intimate insight into the life of an Amish family from the ‘Old Order’ Amish community in Pennsylvania, their church forbids all technology. The filmmakers are granted the rare opportunity to enter the private lives of an Amish[...]
Scientology and Me
Scientology and Me: BBC Panorama journalist John Sweeney travels to Los Angeles to investigate the highly secretive Church of Scientology and to determine whether the church was becoming more mainstream. Sweeney rather inevitably finds it incredibly difficult to investigate the church a[...]
Incontrovertible
Incontrovertible is a two hour long 2015 British made documentary film which portrays the views of police officers, firefighters and soldiers who doubt the official explanation into the 9/11 attacks, and also explores the Western medias reporting of the events on that terrible day. The[...]
My Boyfriend The Sex Tourist: Thailand
My Boyfriend The Sex Tourist: Thailand: The second episode in a two-part 2007 documentary series directed by Monica Garnsey which explores the global sex tourism industry, this episode visits a village in North East Thailand to show how many young Thai women are choosing to turn their backs on a tra[...]
Life on Earth
A 1979 series by the BBC in association with Warner Bros., David Attenborough travels the globe to trace the story of the evolution of life on the planet. The series was divided into 13 episodes, each around 55 minutes in duration. This historical important series was the first in Attenborough&rsquo[...]
Carry on Brussels: Inside the EU (preview)
Carry on Brussels: Inside the EU, a journey inside one of the least understood political institutions in the world. The European Parliment. The documentary follows several MEP's through the ups and downs of going through the Brexit process. As one can imagine some MEP's are vehe[...]
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, a feature-length documentary narrated by movie star Pierce Brosnan (James Bond) exploring how the seven wonders of the ancient world were built and why.
The Day the Universe Changed
The Day the Universe Changed, a ten-part documentary presented by British Broadcaster and science historian James Burke exploring the effects of advances in science and technology from a philosophical aspect. The name of the documentary, which was first shown in 1985 comes from the idea that th[...]
Science Moms
Science Moms, a 2018 documentary by Natalie Newell and Brian Newell about a group of women who work in various fields of scientific study offering a free resource to counter mainstream misinformation. It is a fact that a lot of fearmongering flows across the internet about a whole range[...]