Where to Watch BBC Documentaries • Season 1989
8 Episodes
- The Fatal Attraction of Adolf HitlerE1
The Fatal Attraction of Adolf HitlerHow 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. - Elvis Costello: Everything You Need to Know About SpikeE2
Elvis Costello: Everything You Need to Know About SpikeThe 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). - John's Not MadE3
John's Not MadJohn 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. - Inside Out: Ticking With the Crow/The Officers' MessE5
Inside Out: Ticking With the Crow/The Officers' MessFirst 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. - EightiesE6
EightiesA 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. - For All Mankind
E7For All MankindIn 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.