Factual & Sports Shows

This page lists the documentaries, sporting events and other factual entertainment that I own in my personal collection, or have seen live, or have mentioned in this blog after watching on TV or online.

Contents

• Documentaries
  • Attractions & Museums
  • Crime
  • Disability
  • Nature
  • Railways
  • Other
• Derren Brown
  • TV Series
  • TV Specials
  • Stage Shows
• Special Events
  • Royalty
  • Politics
• Sporting Events
  • Olympics & Paralympics
  • Commonwealth Games
  • Athletics
  • Football
  • TV Game Shows
  • Other
• Polls

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Documentaries

Attractions & Museums

• Big Ben Restored: The Grand Unveiling (TV) – See review.
• British Library: Harry Potter – A History Of Magic (DVD) – See review.
• British Museum: Hokusai (DVD) – See exhibition review.
• Eiffel Tower: Building The Impossible (TV) – See review.
• London Zoo At Christmas (TV) – See review.
• National Trust: Hidden Treasures  (TV) – See mentions of Series 1-2 & 3.
• Natural History Museum: World Of Wonder (TV) – See review.
• Museums In Quarantine (TV) – See mention.
• Secrets Of The Museum  (TV) – See mentions of Series 1, 2 & 3.

Crime

• Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer (Netflix) – See mention.
• Millionaire: A Major Fraud (TV) – See mentions of the documentary & Quiz drama.
• The Puppet Master: Hunting The Ultimate Conman (Netflix) – See mention.
• The Tinder Swindler (Netflix) – See mention.

Disability

• Sight Loss:
  • Blind Ambition (TV) – See mention.
  • Climbing Blind (TV) – See mention.
  • Chris McCausland: Seeing Into The Future (TV) – See mention.
  • Me & My Guide Dog (Youtube) – See mention.
  • Pick Of The Litter (Netflix & Disney+) – See mention.
• Other: 
  • Alex Brooker: Disability And Me (TV) – See mention.
  • Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (Netflix) – See mention.
  • Fighting Cancer: My Online Diary (TV) – See mention.
  • Rising Phoenix (Netflix) – See mention.
  • Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain (TV) – See mention.
  • Targeted: The Truth About Disability Hate Crime (TV) – See mention.

Nature

• David Attenborough:
  • The Blue Planet – Series 1-2 (Blu-ray) – See mention of Series 2.
  • The Green Planet (Blu-ray) – See mention.
  • Dinosaurs: The Final Day (TV) – See mention.
  • Life On Earth: Making Of (TV) – See mention.
  • Secret Garden (TV) – See mention.
  • Wild Isles (TV) – See review.
  • Wild London (TV) – See review.
  • 100th Birthday (TV) – See review.
• Other:
  • The Human Body (DVD)
  • Life On Our Planet & The Dinosaurs (Netflix) – See reviews.
  • Apple TV+ (Online) – See mention of my trial highlights.

Railways

• All The Stations (Youtube) – See reviews and mentions of:
  • 2017 UK Series – Adopting & Visiting Barking Station
  • 2017 UK Series – Final Documentary
  • 2017 Day Trip – Southend
  • 2017 Day Trip – Human British Rail Logo
  • 2018 Comedy Talk – Station Names
  • 2019 Ireland Series
  • 2019 Extras Soundtrack
  • 2020 Comedy Talk – World Cup Of Tube Lines
  • 2020 Lockdown Live Streams
• London Underground:
  • The Underground (BBC) (DVD)
  • Driver’s Eye View – East London & District Lines (DVD)
  • The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway (TV) – See mention.
  • Secrets Of The London Underground (TV) – See reviews of Series 1, 2, 3 & 4.

Other

• Biographies:
  • Beckham (Netflix) – See review.
  • David Jason: My Life On Screen (TV) – See mention.
• Health:
  • Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: Going Viral (TV) – See mention.
• Space Travel:
  • Artemis II: Moon Flyby Mission (Online & TV) – See review.
• Technology:
  • Panorama: Spying On The Scammers (TV) – See mention.
• Theatre:
  • Matilda & Me (TV) – See mention.
• World War II:
  • Bletchley Park: Code-breaking’s Forgotten Genius (Youtube) – See mention.
  • Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story (Amazon) – See mention.

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Derren Brown

TV Series

• Mind Control (TV) & Inside Your Mind (DVD)
• Trick Of The Mind – Series 1 & 2 (DVD) & Series 3 (TV)
• Trick Or Treat (TV)
• The Events (TV)
• Derren Brown Investigates (TV)
• The Experiments (DVD)
  • See reviews for all of the above series.

TV Specials

• Russian Roulette, Séance, The Heist & The System (DVD)
• Messiah (TV)
• The Gathering (TV)
• Hero At 30,000 Feet (TV)
• Miracles For Sale (TV)
• Apocalypse (TV)
• Fear And Faith (TV)
• The Great Art Robbery (TV)
• Pushed to the Edge (TV)
• Sacrifice (Netflix)
• 20 Years Of Mind Control (TV)
  • See reviews for all of the above specials.

Stage Shows

• Something Wicked This Way Comes (DVD)
• An Evening Of Wonders (DVD)
• Enigma (DVD)
• Svengali (DVD)
• Infamous (DVD)
• Miracle (TV)
  • See reviews for all of the above stage shows.
• Showman (Live & TV)
  • See reviews of my live experience and the TV special.

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Special Events

I only saw these events on TV unless otherwise stated.

Royalty

• Queen Elizabeth II:
  • 2002 Golden Jubilee – See reviews of the Prom At The Palace & Party At The Palace DVDs that I own.
  • 2012 Diamond Jubilee – See my concert review.
  • 2022 Platinum Jubilee – See my concert review.
  • 2022 Death & Funeral – See review.
• Other Royalty:
  • 2011 William & Catherine’s Wedding – See mention.
  • 2023 King Charles III’s Coronation – See review.

Politics

• UK General Election 2024 – See discussions of the campaign launch and Labour victory.
• US President Inaugurations – See mentions of Obama’s & Biden’s ceremonies.

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Sporting Events

I only saw these events on TV unless otherwise stated.

OIympics & Paralympics

• 2004 Athens Olympics – See mention.
• 2008 Beijing Olympics & Paralympics – See mention.
• 2012 London Olympics & Paralympics:
  • I own the Blu-rays for the Olympics (BBC) & Paralympics (Channel 4), and recorded a few DVDs of related programmes from the TV.
  • See my detailed reviews of the Olympics Opening Ceremony, Days 1-8, Days 9-16, Closing Ceremony, Paralympics Highlights and Celebratory Events & TV Shows.
• 2016 Rio Olympics & Paralympics – See Olympics mention & Paralympics review.
• 2020 Tokyo Olympics & Paralympics – See review.
• 2024 Paris Olympics & Paralympics – See Olympics & Paralympics reviews.

Commonwealth Games

• 2002 Manchester Games – See mention.
• 2006 Melbourne Games – See mention.
• 2022 Birmingham Games – See review.

Athletics

• 2002 British Grand Prix – See mention.
• 2002 European Championships – See mention.
• 2022 World Athletics Championships – See mention.

Football

• 2002 World Cup – See mention.
• 2004 Euros – See mention.
• 2005 Champions League Final – See mention.
• 2006 World Cup – See mentions in June & July.
• 2010 World Cup – See mention.
• 2022 Women’s Euros Final – See mention of England’s victory.

TV Game Shows

• Gladiators (BBC) – See reviews for Series 1, 2 & 3 and the Christmas specials in 2024 & 2025.

Other

• Super Bowl:
  • 2015 Half-Time Show – See mention.
• Tennis:
  • 2002 Wimbledon – See mention
  • 2010 Wimbledon’s Longest Match – See mention.
  • 2021 US Open Final – See mention of Emma Raducanu’s victory.

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Polls

These are the results of random TV polls that I included in my early journals.

• Animation:
  • 100 Greatest Cartoons 2005 – See mention & list.
• Christmas:
  • 100 Greatest Christmas Moments 2004 – See mention & list.
• Comedy:
  • Britain’s Best Sitcom 2004 – See mention & list.
  • 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches 2005 – See mention & list.
  • Top 25 TV Put Downs 2008 – See mention & list.
• Movies:
  • The Ultimate Film 2004 – See mention & list.
• Music:
  • 100 Worst Pop Records 2004 – See mention & list.
  • 100 Greatest Music Videos 2005 – See mention & list.
  • 100 Greatest Albums 2005 – See mention & list.
• People:
  • 100 Greatest Britons 2002 – See mention & list.
  • 100 Worst Britons 2003 – See mention & list.
• TV:
  • 100 Greatest TV Treats Of 2004 – See mention & list.
  • Britain’s Most Watched TV 2005 – See mention & list.
  • 50 Greatest ITV Shows 2005 – See mention & list.