The ethos of freediving is simple. The challenge: to dive as deep as possible on just one breath. The drive: to explore the ocean in the purest way. The goal: to make it back to the surface in a coherent state. In ‘Deep Blue Dive’ we voyage into this deep and dangerous world with Trevor Hutton,…
This films reveals the extraordinary variety of life found in the vast blue expanses of te open ocean. Here, all the action takes place in a 10 metre deep band of water, just under the surface. Many species use this section of water to migrate and hunt while others use ingenious ways to stay hidden where…
The perfect programme to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, released online for the first time. Told through the technology, the heroes of the time and the spirit and determination of the British people, 2015 marks the anniversary of the Battle of Britain. This film captures their…
To this day, the Spitfire remains in our minds as the fighter aircraft that saved Britain from invasion and defeat. Spitfire: The Birth of a Legend tells the story of this legendary aircraft from a radical design on the drawing board to the fighter aircraft that became the symbol of Britain’s…
Classic Fighter – the story of the great piston-engined fighters of World War Two. A tribute to the men who flew them, and to the men and women who guided them and kept them in the air. Made in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, this programme tells the story of these great war…
The Avro Lancaster has been described as the outstanding bomber of World War II. At a time when Hitler’s armies had spread the Nazi creed and empire across Occupied Europe, the heavy bombers were the only means of carrying the offensive back to the Nazi heartland. We detail the Lancaster’s…
Britain’s biggest serial killer was a doctor, Dr Harold Shipman. Unsuspected for many years, Dr. Shipman selected his victims from his patient list. There were clues, but who in the community would believe that a doctor would kill his patients? Suspected of killing over 350 people during his career,…
The majority of the victims of hate violence homicides in the United States are transgender women. Transgender people of color are six times more likely to experience physical violence from the police. Shelly “Treasure” Hillard, a young African American transwoman, died violently in 2011.…
More than 80 per cent of Australians killed during the First World War lost their lives on the main battlefield, facing the formidable force of the main enemy. The battlefield in question was the Western Front where Australian and New Zealand troops were constantly engaged from early 1916 until the…
“Music to Madness – The Story of Komitas”, examines the life of Komitas, an Armenian composer and priest who experienced a life filled with the passion of dreams pursued, but who also witnessed the devastation of those dreams during the catastrophic Armenian Genocide of 1915 – 1923.
During December 21 of 2012 – the day of the supposed Mayan apocalypse – the village of Quillagua, an indigenous community located in the desert of Atacama, lives its own end of the world: the contamination of the land caused by mining companies.
Logline: Burma Storybook is a creative documentary about a country emerging from years of dictatorship, told through Burmese poetry. The film circles around the story of the country’s most famous living dissident poet as he waits for his long-lost son to return home. Synopsis: Poetry…
