BBC Documentaries
Season 1987
TV-PG
Documentaries produced by or for the BBC
Where to Watch Season 1987
11 Episodes
- Hammer - The Studio that Dripped BloodE2
Hammer - The Studio that Dripped BloodA BBC documentary from 1987 tracing the history of Britan's famous Hammer studio. Interestingly, the title implies that the BBC was not immune from the common confusion between Hammer and Amicus; The House That Dripped Bood was an Amicus production. - Michael Caine: Acting in FilmE4
Michael Caine: Acting in FilmIn this instalment of the "Actor's Take on Movie Making" series, British film star Michael Caine (Alfie, The Cider House Rules, The Quiet American) offers advice to aspiring actors to help them succeed in a competitive business. Caine shares valuable trade secrets about character development; script preparation; voice, sound and movement; working with directors; and the sometimes brutal politics of movie-making. - The Trireme Quest
E5The Trireme QuestFifty years ago Professor John Morrison dreamed of rediscovering the secrets of the Greek Trireme. The design of this legendary warship - powered by 170 oarsmen and with a deadly battering ram - had long been forgotten. But the triremes had once given the Greeks supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean and allowed their culture to flourish. This year, after a lifetime of detective work among the art and literature of the ancient world, this gentle Cambridge scholar saw his dream come true. A replica, based on his findings, was built - and a trireme put to sea in the Aegean again for the first time in 2,000 years. - Fourteen Days in May
E6Fourteen Days in MayThere is one crime on the record of Edward Earl Johnson, a 26-year-old African-American man from Mississippi - murder. He was convicted on the sole evidence of signing a confession he had not written. Johnson always denied the killing and appealed against his death sentence for eight years in the US courts. Fourteen Days in May is a countdown to an execution, revealing the effect on prison staff and other death-row inmates as time runs out for one young man. - Priddy the HedgehogE7
Priddy the HedgehogThis year's animal drama from wildlife film-makers John and Simon King features a female hedgehog called Priddy, who lives on the Mendip Hills. All the adventures that happen to Priddy in this film have been experienced by one hedgehog or another in real life. Narrated by John King Film edited by PETER SNOW Directed and photographed by SIMON KING Produced by JOHN KING BBC Pebble Mill - Bruce Springsteen - Glory DaysE9
Bruce Springsteen - Glory DaysOn four nights in the summer of 1985 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band filled to capacity the Los Angeles Coliseum, home of the 1984 Olympics. It was the culmination of a 16-month world tour, during which Bom in the USA became the CBS label's biggest-selling album of all time. In this world-exclusive interview, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band talk to David Hepworth , with extracts from 14 previously unseen performances including 'Sandy' from Springsteen's English debut performance at the Hammersmith Odeon concert in 1975. - WisdenE10
Wisden'There's no literary phenomenon quite like it - it's an accidental social history of England.' Every spring as the daffodils fade, another splash of yellow arrives; Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. It's as much a part of the new cricket season as the smell of bat oil and newly-mown grass. For 123 years Wisden, alone, has recorded the minutiae of this essentially English game. Reporter James Hogg , together with John Arlott , Benny Green and many other dedicated followers of the summer sport pay tribute to a unique sporting institution.
