50 Greatest Documentaries

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In 2005, Channel 4 conducted a poll to determine what the British public considered to be the 50 greatest documentary films. The final result was broadcast in October 2005.

—I stopped compiling the list as I found a number of the entries were television series and I didn’t want to pollute the AllConsuming database.

  1. 2.
    Touching the Void
    by Kevin Macdonald

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  2. 3.
    Bowling for Columbine

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  3. 4.
    The World at War (30th Anniversary Edition)
    by John Pett

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  4. 5.
    Capturing the Friedmans
    by Andrew Jarecki

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  5. 6.
    ?
    The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off

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  6. 7.
    Life on Earth

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  7. 8.
    Fahrenheit 9/11

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  8. 9.
    When We Were Kings
    by Leon Gast

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  9. 10.
    ?
    Faking It

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  10. 11.

  11. 12.
    ?
    This Week: Death on the Rock

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  12. 13.
    ?
    The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife
    by Nick Broomfield

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  13. 14.
    One Day in September
    by Kevin Macdonald

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  14. 15.
    ?
    Fourteen Days in May

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  15. 16.
    Super Size Me

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Created by Chris Nolan.ca on Oct 05, 2006.
 

Comments

Untitled — 2 years ago

The trouble with such polls is it reflects the general public’s limited viewing (geographically and historically). Anyway, take a look at my list of recommended documentaries, which is far from definitive as there are plenty of good uns i’ve not seen and is only my personal taste.


karyncake
Brighton and Hove

planet earth — 2 years ago

David Attenborough series on bbc1 right now.