Veteran TV personality Ross Kemp, takes a trip to one of Britain's most notorious prisons HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow. This tough jail has a formidable reputation, to better understand what the prisoners here go through Kemp decides to get admitted like any other inmate.In this film we see Kemp gain exclusive access to every part of the prison and he sets out to discover what the prisoners really
Ever since he was 16 years old he has lived his life in the public eye, yet no one outside of his family and close friends really knows him. Sir Bobby Charlton scored the last of his 49 goals for England in 1970 a record that Wayne Rooney has finally broken, the narrator, Gary Lineker came close but got stuck on 48 but now Rooney has become England's greatest goal scorer, but who is he? who is the
Room 237: A subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining (1980). The film may be over 30 years old but it continues to inspire debate, speculation, and mystery. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments. Together they'll draw the audience in
At the intersection of the Internet and politics, presidential candidate Ron Paul’s supporters are rewriting the rules of political campaigns. NOW explores how the Texas congressman and his supporters are using the Internet to attract voters—and massive campaign contributions—from across the political spectrum. Supporters include anti-war progressives, anti-tax libertarians, civil libertarians, an
In 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested in Los Angeles on charges he gave drugs and had sex with a 13-year-old girl he was photographing for Vogue. Eleven months later, having pled guilty to one count, he fled to Europe before sentencing.This film examines that year-long period, using archival footage of the media frenzy and of Polanski's life before the charges, clips from his films, and contempor
As Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner makes its inaugural flight, Rolls-Royce engineers celebrate the performance of its revolutionary Trent 1000 jet engines. They're the latest in a family of sophisticated aero engines that have driven Rolls-Royce to become world leaders in the market for jumbo jet engines. This is the story of the thousands of people who design, build and test engines at Rolls-Royce's
Roger & Me is a 1989 American documentary film directed by Michael Moore. Moore portrays the regional negative economic impact of General Motors CEO Roger Smith's summary action of closing several auto plants in Flint, Michigan, costing 30,000 people their jobs at the time (80,000 to date) and economically devastating the city.
Ronan O'Gara is a former Irish rugby union player, who played fly-half for both Ireland and Munster. Throughout his career he managed to collect 128 caps, making him Irelands second most-capped player behind Brian O'Driscoll (who has 133) and the sixth most-capped in rugby union history.O'Gara has had quite the standout career having captained Munster, Ireland, and the British and Irish Lions,
The NHK documentary, "Robot Revolution : Will Machines surpass humans" features Honda ASIMO, Hubo, Big Dog from Boston Dynamics, Baxter from Rethink Robotics, Nextage and other humanoid robots. Since the Fukishima nuclear disaster, development of humanoid robotics and the artificial intelligence used in them has accelerated dramatically.