Documentaries you've seen you still think about to this day

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Also speaking of Christmas ones did anyone watch that 'Bad Santa's' in like 2012 where they gave ex-criminals another chance by offering them seasonal work being Santa in different Grottos. Think it was on Ch4
 
I’m an avid documentary viewer but one of the very best is Lost Lives - accounts of
some of the deaths that occurred during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. A stunningly beautiful documentary and so heartbreaking. I was so moved because its simplicity made it powerful.

On a lighter note, who remembers the weekly series about Prof Winston helping couples with infertility issues, particularly Tania and Ray. I wonder how old their twins would be now?
 
MissPrint said:
I’m an avid documentary viewer but one of the very best is Lost Lives - accounts of
some of the deaths that occurred during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. A stunningly beautiful documentary and so heartbreaking. I was so moved because its simplicity made it powerful.

On a lighter note, who remembers the weekly series about Prof Winston helping couples with infertility issues, particularly Tania and Ray. I wonder how old their twins would be now?
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Is that available to watch anywhere?
 
I’ve just remembered another one - can’t remember what it was called but it was on bbc2 (I think) last year some time. Set it another country and had subtitles. It was about an undercover journalist who was hired privately by a family to go undercover at an old people’s homes to expose the abuse that the residents were put through, but it turned out there wasn’t any. Did anyone see that and remember the name? At the end Im sure it said it was some part of documentary series (not about the same topic each time though).
 
HockyRorror said:
I’ve just remembered another one - can’t remember what it was called but it was on bbc2 (I think) last year some time. Set it another country and had subtitles. It was about an undercover journalist who was hired privately by a family to go undercover at an old people’s homes to expose the abuse that the residents were put through, but it turned out there wasn’t any. Did anyone see that and remember the name? At the end Im sure it said it was some part of documentary series (not about the same topic each time though).
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I think it might have been a Storyville doc on BBC4. I'm sure I've seen it pop up on iplayer in the BBC4 section
 
MissPrint said:
I’m an avid documentary viewer but one of the very best is Lost Lives - accounts of
some of the deaths that occurred during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. A stunningly beautiful documentary and so heartbreaking. I was so moved because its simplicity made it powerful.

On a lighter note, who remembers the weekly series about Prof Winston helping couples with infertility issues, particularly Tania and Ray. I wonder how old their twins would be now?
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I have the book Lost Lives, dark days 😔

Oh yes I loved that documentary, think it was one of the 1st to give a full insight into just what couples go through with ivf, people still think of a turkey baster 🤦‍♀️😂
 
Warpaint said:
I think it might have been a Storyville doc on BBC4. I'm sure I've seen it pop up on iplayer in the BBC4 section
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As soon as I read Storyville it rung a bell and I googled it and you’re right. This particular episode was called “The Mole Agent” and it took place in Chile. It was a very nice watch actually.
Undercover OAP: The Mole Agent
A recently widowed 83-year-old goes undercover in a Chilean nursing home in a warm-hearted and surprising look at age, isolation and loneliness.
Sergio is a Chilean spy - sort of. At least, he is offered the role of one after a casting session organised by Detective Romulo, a private investigator who needs a credible mole to infiltrate a retirement home. Romulo’s client, the concerned daughter of a resident, suspects her mother is being abused and hires him to find out what is really happening.
However, Sergio is 83, not 007, and not an easy trainee when it comes to technology and spying techniques. But he is a keen student, looking for ways to distract himself after recently losing his wife. What could be a better distraction than some undercover spy action? While gathering intelligence, Sergio grows close to several residents and realises that the truth beneath the surface is not what anyone had suspected.
The film is a stylish combination of observational documentary and spy movie, resulting in a unique observation of compassion and loneliness.
 
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