Subgenre Sampler
Documentary > Television: 263 Films to Buy & Rent
Masterpieces of the Hermitage (TV Series) (1992)
- A breathtaking tour through the State Hermitage Museum of St. Petersberg, home to some three million works of art. Begining with the 14th century…
Pole to Pole (TV Series) (1992)
- Feat. Michael Palin
- Michael Palin's followup to his model travel–series AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. Here he journeys from the North Pole to South Pole across Asia…
Sister Wendy - The Complete Collection (TV Series) (1992)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Strangely intriguing series hosted by Sister Wendy Beckett – an endearingly impish nun with a passion for paintings who takes her viewers on a…
Jerry Springer Uncut (Jerry Springer Uncensored) (1991)
- An appalling compilation of salacious and outrageous moments from the legendarily vulgar tabloid talk–show hosted by Jerry Springer, sometimes…
Lost Worlds - Vanished Lives (1989)
- Famed nature–boffin David Attenborough here delves into the subject of prehistoric fossils, speculating in typically comprehensive fashion as…
Palin Travel Collection (1989-2007)
- Feat. Michael Palin
- Comprehensive 19–disc set containing all of Michael Palin's BBC travel documentary series including; Great Railway Journeys, Around the World…
First Eden, The (TV Series) (The Mediterranean World and Man) (1987)
- Feat. David Attenborough
- Part of Sir David Attenborough's canonical 1967 Natural World project, this series focuses on the Mediterranean, cradle of Western civilization, from…
Oprah Winfrey Show: 20th Anniversary Collection (1986-2006)
- Feat. Oprah Winfrey
- A gigantic 6–DVD distillation of the extremely influential US daytime TV show which propelled Oprah Winfrey into mega–celebrity, wealth…
In Search of the Trojan War (1985)
- Dir. Bill Lyons
- A thorough, intelligible excavation of Homer’s epic poems and the speculation of a Trojan Society, historian Michael Wood takes us back in time via…
Our Heritage (TV Series) (1981)
- A unique series of television snippets, in which seven ballads by legendary Waitakere historian Jack Diamond are recited over historical imagery and…