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Deep Water (2006) The true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who entered the most daring nautical challenge ever - the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.
Delius: Song of Summer (1968) Based on Eric Fenby's 1936 memoir Delius As I Knew Him, and co-scripted by Russell with Fenby himself, it recounts the last six years of the composer Frederick Delius (1862-1934), who by 1928 was b...
Depart de Grandes Vacances (1950) The second of Kay Mander's educational films about the French language, this film is again about la famille Martin, who this time go on holiday and have a meal en route, introducing food to the lea...
Deported (2004) Deported follows the journeys of individual asylum seekers rejected by countries they have struggled to reach. Escaping civil war, ethnic or religious hatred and political persecution, asylum seekers ...
Derek Jarman: Life as Art (2004)

During the 1980’s and early 90’s Derek Jarman was one of Britain’s most innovative and controversial independent filmmakers. Also a hugely talented painter, writer and gardener, h...

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Desert Darling (2003) Described by Mark Lawson in The Guardian as "a humiliation gameshow with anthropological ambitions", this three-part series for Channel 4 follows six couples on a grueling 28-day trek through the N...
Desert Island Discs (1982) The longest running programme in the history of broadcasting, Desert Island Discs, was launched in 1942 and quickly became a British institution. For the past seven decades everyone who is anyone has ...
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Detroit: Ruin of a City (2005) A road movie about Detroit and the automobile industry, a documentary about making a documentary about a city. Detroit, known as Motor City, was once the fourth largest city in the United States, home...
Diana: The Secrets Behind the Crash (1998) A six month investigation around the circumstances that lead to the death of Diana Princess of Wales, Dodi Fayed and their driver Henri Paul in a high-speed car crash in 1997.
Diary for Timothy, A (1946) A meditation on the future of Britain towards the end of the Second World War, told to a six-month old baby called Timothy. While celebrating the war effort, including those out fighting and those wor...
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Dinner Party, The (1997) Conservative voters in the home counties come together for a dinner party where they discuss their politics, revealing reactionary views. The participants later claimed that they had been set up by ...
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Dirty Fan Mail (2005) Jonny Trunk gave up his job as an advertising copy-writer and found himself thrown into the world of pornography when he agreed to help his glamour model sister run her fan club. As she grew in popul...
Disabled and Looking for Love (2006) This film follows four people with different challenges but who are all on the same quest; to find love. Through very personal narratives, the film explores the thorny issue of sex and disability as t...
Dispatches: Burma's Secret War (2006) In Burma's Secret War, Dispatches exposes the new surge in violence inflicted on the Burmese people by their own regime. Enslaved by a brutal military dictatorship whic...
Dispatches: Sex on the Streets (2002) Guardian journalist Maggie O'Kane investigates the effects of new prostitution laws on women out on the streets. Travelling to eighteen towns and cities throughout the UK, she meets women who have ...
Dispatches: The Big Heist (2005) On December 20th 2004 the Northern Bank headquarters in Belfast was robbed of £26.5m. It was the biggest cash bank robbery in criminal history. The Bi...
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Dispatches: The Care Connection (1995) Shocking exposure of how children as young as twelve were being recruited into prostitution from the care system. Shown on Channel 4 as part of its Dispatches strand.
Divorce Iranian Style (1998) Dispelling images of Iran as a country of war, hostages, and "fatwas", and Iranian women as passive victims of a terrible system, this film is a subtle and intimate look at Iranian women's lives in...
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Doctors To Be: Where are they now? (2002) An update on the lives and careers of six doctors who were first filmed at medical school in 1992 in the documentary series Doctors To Be.