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Doing Time: Verdict (2001) The story of two mothers, Lisa and Kim, as they wait to hear if they will be sent to prison, and the children they will leave behind.

Donald and Luba: A Family Movie (2000) An intimate documentary portrait chronicling the lives of Donald and Luba Boyd, the parents of director Don Boyd. Together with his 22 year old daughter and co-cinematographer, Kate, he leads a per...

Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance (1997) Kevin MacDonald and Chris Rodley produced and directed this docu-biog about the extraordinary life, work and death of Scottish film writer and director Donald Cammell, best known for his collaborat...

Don't Worry (2004) Don't Worry is an alternative consumer affairs program that tries to convince the world that everything will be all right, as long as we trust multinational corporations to take care of things. The ...

Dostoevsky's Travels (1992) The hilarious 'Dostoevsky's Travels' trails the novelist's great-grandson Dimitri, a tram driver from Saint Petersburg, as he travels around Germany hoping to find a Mercedes he can afford. He can't s...

Double Vision: Boxing for Hartlepool (1986) George Bowes was a professional boxer whose career spanned the economic boom years of the late fifties and sixties. He was also a face worker at Blackhall Colliery in Co. Durham during the period of R...

Dr Chen's Sex Revolution (2000) The work of a pioneer doctor who opened China's first Sex Clinic in Shanghai. His patients speak openly about their problems. Produced for BBC 2's Under the Sun.

Dream Dealer, The (1990) Part of the BBC's Inside Story, and it follows the story of Dennis Howard Marks, former Oxford graduate and an underworld drug dealer and runner since the 1...

Dream Girls (1994) Dream Girls opens a door into the spectacular world of the Takarazuka Revue, a highly successful theatre company in Japan where all roles are played by women. Thousands of young Japanese women appl...

Drifters (1929) Arguably the film that began the British Documentary Film movement, Drifters is about the herring fishing industry in the North Sea, following a group of fishermen as they leave their village and he...

Drinking for England (1998) Alcohol knows no social or economic bounds and is thirstily pursued by every class and generation within Britain, and imbibing booze is arguably the nation's greatest and most persistent pastime. D...

Driving Me Crazy (1988) A film that began life as a behind the scenes look at the production of a musical, but descends into chaos as the film's budget is slashed, a performer is injured by a piece of kit and the crew's l...

Driving School (1997)

Inside-car cameras show the sweat and tears of learner drivers who are trying to pass their exam and obtain a driving licence.

Drowned Out (2002) Shot over three years, Drowned Out tells the story of one family's inspired stand against the destruction of their land, homes and culture. Three choices: move to the slums in the city, relocate to ...

Dunkirk - the Soldier's Story ()

Dwarves in Showbiz (2002) Documentary for Five, profiling some of the many dwarves who make a career in showbiz. Featuring contributions from Kenny Baker (aka R2D2) and Warwick Davis among others.

Dying for Drugs (2003) Dying for Drugs looks at the ethics of drug testing and the rush to get the drugs to market. It demonstrates the increasingly dominant practice of large drug companies to test new drugs on children in...

Dying Rooms, The (1995) Producers/ directors Brian Woods and Kate Blewett uncover the systematic neglect of abandoned babies in Chinese state-run orphanages. They find 'dark rooms' where the weakest and least liked childr...

Dying to Tell the Story (1998) This Emmy-nominated documentary follows the personal journey of Amy Lendon as she tries to discover what happened to her journalist brother Dan Eldon. The 22-year-old Reuters photographer was stoned...

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