1970's America, Hip-Hop was in it's early phase rising up from the ghettos of New York, The Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, a perfect environment to breed raps most political group but that wasn't where the Public Enemy story started, it began on the more affluent streets of New Yorks, Long Island.They were the biggest rap group on the planet and the most controversial, they sold millions of recor
Alfred Hitchcock is probably the most famous director in film history, he made his name and his fortune from scaring millions out of their wits, but his films were more than just entertainment, he put his own deepest fears onto the silver screen.In this BBC special we get a glimpse into the life of Hitchcock. We see how as a child he grew up in the suburbs of London as somewhat of a loner, how
The band Oasis revolved around the brothers Gallagher who's volatile relationship has been acted out in front of the press but before taking shots at one another they endure blows from an explosive and abusive father. The self-dubbed bad boys of rock, Oasis captured the music and imagination of an era and with the attitude came adulation from millions of fans from all over the world. With chart su
Born July 2, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, Robin Williams was undoubtedly one of TV and film's most beloved stars of all time. In the early days his improvisational style of stand up comedy landed him his own television show, Mork and Mindy which gave him a centre stage in which he could develop more as an actor. He later played many memorable roles, both comedic and dramatic and after three previou
Burials in Britain are not normally held after dark, but nothing in the life and music of the composer Frederick Delius was normal. He was buries in May 1935, yet he'd actually died almost a year earlier. The short ceremony took place at midnight in a Surrey churchyard, yet Delius himself had nothing but contempt for the Church of England and all religion. Not to mention that t
"Some people can not believe that a magician can fool them in such a way that they can't figure it out, but magicians can and magicians do. Swindlers do, conmen do, all the time, their not magicians but rather are fakes. They are lying to us, they are deceiving us. It's okay to fool people as long as you're doing that to teach them a lesson which will better their knowledge of how the real wo
"I Am Evel Knievel" takes a unique look at the life of Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, through the use of archival footage we experience some of Evel's greatest jumps and learn about his rise to fame, having started off as a small town rebel in Butte, Montana, to becoming a cultural icon who's success was build on nerves of steel.The film not only uses archival footage of his larger-than-life cha
In the Undisputed Truth, director Spike Lee and heavyweight professional boxer Mike Tyson bring us this amazing confessional broadway performance, where Tyson recounts the highs and lows of his career and life. From growing up in one of the toughest neighbourhoods in New York, where he was bullied on a regular basis to becoming the worlds youngest heavyweight champion at the age of 20 and then loo
Of all the people who have ever lived, there is only one that can say "I am Rik Mayall", creator of the TV series The Young Ones, a pan global phenomenon and loved by millions. On the day Rik was born god cried "let there by light entertainment" and there was, he dreamt the impossible dream and there will never be another.For those that are unfamiliar with his work Richard Mayall, was an English