This documentary sub-heading is one of the most popular forms of non-fiction film. The biography details the lives - usually the achievements and faults of - noted or notorious public figures. Also included, alongside other movie types, are profiles of everyday people and their human interest stories.
Comprises "Too Long a Winter", "A Winter Too Many", and "An Innocent Abroad", three truly extraordinary Yorkshire Television documentaries about the l... Read more
Michael Crawford has starred in some of the biggest and most popular hits of all time. From Frank Spencer in "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em", to the origin... Read more
Early in 1995, Hone Tuwhare one of the country's best-known, best-loved and most colourful literary figures allowed a film crew to observe him at home... Read more
With unprecedented access to Nelson Mandela, world leaders and those closest to him, this is the story of Mandela from the perspective of those who kn... Read more
In an age of intrigue and vice, he was a voice of morality and virtue. 2500 years after his death, he is revered as one of the great teachers in histo... Read more
The remarkable Maid of Orleans is the subject of this documentary that traces her brief, though bright, existence from her village upbringing, to her... Read more
Narrated by F Murray Abraham, this dramatized documentary portrays Einstein (played by Andrew Sachs) as a man of formidable genius, passionate emotion... Read more
The true story behind the fastest guns in the west! Crime wasn't the only way to turn profit from gunplay in the Old West, Buffalo Bill Cody and "Wild... Read more
Mongol warlord Genghis Khan's reputation as a peerless conqueror did not come by accident. The ruthless figure attained his reputation not only with b... Read more
Life in the modern world would be unthinkable without his inventions. More than any other individual, he paved the way for the future. Thomas Alva Edi... Read more