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BBC Documentaries

Season 1989 1989
TV-PG

  • 1989-04-21T20:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 1h
  • 8h (8 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
Documentaries produced by or for the BBC.

8 episodes

Season Premiere

1989-04-21T20:00:00Z

1989x01 The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler

Season Premiere

1989x01 The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler

  • 1989-04-21T20:00:00Z1h

How did Hitler win the support of the German people? Having fallen prey to his "fatal attraction," they were ready to support him in his road to war, genocide and an imperial German Reich that his propaganda machine claimed would reign for a 1,000-years.

The program features interviews with Costello, plus solo-acoustic performances of “God’s Comic,” “Deep Dark Truthful Mirror,” “Let Him Dangle,” “Pads, Paws and Claws,” “Baby Plays Around,” “Any King’s Shilling” and “Tramp the Dirt Down,” all from Spike, plus “Having It All,” written for the film “Absolute Beginners,” but not used (and eventually included on the reissue of 1986′s King of America).

1989-03-15T21:00:00Z

1989x03 John's Not Mad

1989x03 John's Not Mad

  • 1989-03-15T21:00:00Z1h

John Davidson, a 15-year-old from Galashiels in Scotland, who had severe Tourette syndrome. John's life was explored in terms of his family and the close-knit community around him, and how they all coped with a misunderstood condition. Oliver Sacks, a neurologist, offers observations on aspects of John's behaviour. The documentary was narrated by the actress Eleanor Bron.

1989-01-01T21:00:00Z

1989x04 The Mini

1989x04 The Mini

  • 1989-01-01T21:00:00Z1h

The world's most famous small car celebrates its 30th birthday. Mini enthusiasts around the world, including Spike Milligan and Tony Benn, explain the little car's unique character.

First transmitted in 1989, this frank and candid pair of films provides a thought-provoking record of life in the Army - here for the 1st Battalion, Light Infantry in Berlin - and highlights the very different perspectives of the squaddies and officers who made them.

1989-12-31T21:00:00Z

1989x06 Eighties

1989x06 Eighties

  • 1989-12-31T21:00:00Z1h

A rock review of the decade with highlights from the most outstanding performances on BBC television over the past ten years. Featuring everyone from Soft Cell to Simple Minds, Human League to Housemartins, Bauhaus to Black Box , the Police to
Public Enemy, Adam and the Ants to the Art of Noise as they appeared on programmes as diverse as Whistle Test, Crackerjack, Top of the Pops, Wogan and The Late Show.

1989-07-20T20:00:00Z

1989x07 For All Mankind

1989x07 For All Mankind

  • 1989-07-20T20:00:00Z1h

In July 1969, the space race ended when Apollo 11 fulfilled President Kennedy's challenge of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to earth. No-one who witnessed the lunar landing will ever forget it. Breathtaking both in the scope of its vision and the exhilaration of the human emotions it captures, Al Reinert's classic 1989 documentary is the story of 24 men who travelled to the moon, told in their words, in their voices and using the images of their experiences.

In a rare television interview, Doris Day looks back over her successful acting and singing career, and recalls happy memories of working with Rock Hudson, James Cagney, Clark Gable and James Garner.

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