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1. Invasion (1980 TV Movie)
111 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Drama documentary surrounding the events leading to the Soviet Union's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Paul Chapman, Julian Glover, Paul Hardwick, John Woodnutt
Votes: 17
2. Nova (1974– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Science documentaries about various topics.
Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Stacy Keach, Eric Meyers
Votes: 3,097
3. The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One (2015 TV Movie)
120 min | Music
TV show where the British public have voted for their favourite Beatles song that made No.1 in the singles chart. Various celebrities/experts give their views or memories on each song as ... See full summary »
Directors: Stephen McGinn, John Piper | Stars: Rod Argent, Peter Asher, Corinne Bailey Rae, James Bay
Votes: 32
4. Storyville (1997– )
45 min | Documentary, Biography
Series showcasing the best in international documentaries.
Stars: Garth Crooks, John M. Francis, Doug Block, Asha Devi
Votes: 187
5. Children of Beslan (2005 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
On September 1, 2004, a group of heavily armed rebel extremists stormed into School No. 1 in Beslan, Russia. For three days, more than a thousand children and adults were held hostage in a ... See full summary »
Directors: Ewa Ewart, Leslie Woodhead
Votes: 271
6. Strike: The Birth of Solidarity (1981 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Ian Holm, Frances Cox, Jonathan Adams, Tommy Boyle
Votes: 16
7. The Day the Bomb Dropped (2015 TV Movie)
Documentary
Outstanding documentary by Smithsonian Channel. It covers the preparations for and actual dropping of the 2 atomic bombs used to stop WWII. It features the actual flight crew (being ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Shigeko Sasamori, Takashi Tanemori
Votes: 32
8. A Cry from the Grave (1999)
150 min | Documentary, War
Documentary about the fall of Srebrenica (Bosnian civil war, 1995). For a large part consisting of original video material shot by people involved themselves.
Director: Leslie Woodhead
Votes: 353
9. Wide Angle (2002–2009)
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Daljit Dhaliwal, Amy Hargreaves, Bev Sheehan
Votes: 58
10. Collision Course (1979 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Dramatisation of the events leading to the Zagreb air disaster and the subsequent trial of the air-traffic controllers.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Antony Sher, David de Keyser, Nick Brimble, David Beames
Votes: 19
11. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
12. The Day Kennedy Died (2013 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 92 min | Documentary, History
Captures the frantic rush to the local hospital, the public chaos that ensued, the quickly mobilized manhunt by law enforcement looking for a suspect after witnesses identified the source ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Kevin Spacey, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Hugh Aynesworth
Votes: 294
13.
World in Action (1963–1998)
Episode:
Mick Jagger
(1967)
Documentary
Mick Jagger gives a press conference after his recent conditional discharge for drug use. He then joins a discussion with eminent people on what is expected of famous icons by society, and how much of this is their responsibility.
Stars: Thomas Corbishley, Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger, William Rees-Mogg
Votes: 6
14. Daughter of Shanghai (2019)
90 min | Documentary
The dramatic tale of Tsai Chin, one of the first Chinese actresses to break to the West. From celebrity to anonymity and back, Tsai Chin brings significant representations of Asians to mainstream-media.
Directors: Michelle Chen Miao, Hilla Medalia | Stars: Tsai Chin, Jonathan Aitken, Ingrid Bergman, Feiyu Cai
Votes: 27
15. 9/11: Day That Changed the World (2011 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 94 min | Documentary, History
Learn first-hand how our nation's key decision makers responded in the face of chaos and catastrophe on 9/11.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Laura Bush, Dick Cheney, Richard Clarke, Ann Compton
Votes: 235
16. My Friend Sasha: A Very Russian Murder (2007 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, War
Director: Andrey Nekrasov | Stars: Andrey Nekrasov, Boris Berezovsky, Alexander Litvinenko, Marina Litvinenko
Votes: 40
17. Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019)
TV-14 | 89 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The times and life of the unique Ella Fitzgerald.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Ella Fitzgerald, Norma Miller, Ray Brown Jr., Laura Mvula
Votes: 577
18. The Day Hitler Died (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History
Filmed interviews with the survivors of the Berlin Bunker in which Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun and the Goebbels family killed themselves in the final days of World War II. The interviews were ... See full summary »
Director: Craig Collinson | Stars: Mark Strong, Michael A. Musmanno, Traudl Junge, Bernd von Loringhoven
Votes: 204
19. The Russian Newspaper Murders (2004 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Paul Jenkins | Star: Leslie Woodhead
Votes: 10
20. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 88
21. The Stones in the Park (1969)
53 min | Documentary, Music
Extensive footage of the Rolling Stones performing on July 5th 1969 in Hyde Park in front of an audience of appropriately 500,000 people just two days after the untimely death of former lead gutiarist and band founder Brian Jones.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor
Votes: 291
22. Diana: The Day We Said Goodbye (2017)
TV-PG | 46 min | Documentary
Reliving the day of Princess Diana's funeral through the eyes of the many who were there.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Philip Bartlett, Lucy Beresford, Grant Chanter, Graham Craker
Votes: 26
23. World in Action (1963–1998)
30 min | Documentary
A documentary series focusing on current affairs.
Stars: Brian Armstrong, Chris Kelly, Derek Cooper, Wilfrid Thomas
Votes: 98
24. Godless in America (2006 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary on atheism in contemporary America, framed around the story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, the founder of American Atheists, who was murdered in 1995 at age 76.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Charlie Boy, Donna Cowling, Phil Donahue, Don Friend
Votes: 79
25. The Hunt for Bin Laden (2012 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary
Witness the 20-year, billion-dollar hunt for the Al-Qaeda leader, as told by the main players who finally brought him down.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Allen Farmer, Richard Clarke, J. Cofer Black, Pat D'Amuro
Votes: 229
26. How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin (2009 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, History
The story of the Beatles' effect on the Soviet Union.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Leslie Woodhead, Artemiy Troitskiy, Vladimir Pozner, Kolya Vasin
Votes: 135
27. Diana: The Day Britain Cried (2017 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Retrospective documentary marking the 20th anniversary of the funeral of Princess Diana narrated by Kate Winslet.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Kate Winslet, Graham Craker, Michael Jay, Malcolm Ross
Votes: 51
28. Enemies of the State (1983 TV Movie)
Biography, Drama
Tells the story of Czech philosopher Julius Tomin and his preparation of the human rights document Charter 77 in Czechoslovakia.
Directors: Eva Kolouchova, Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Zoë Wanamaker, Paul Freeman, Nicholas Ellery, Matthew Blakstad
Votes: 12
29. Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (1992 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
The real-life struggle to contain the environmental and financial damage caused to Alaska by the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez is dramatized.
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: John Heard, Bob Gunton, Mark Metcalf, Bruce Gray
Votes: 288
30. The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990 TV Movie)
PG | 86 min | Documentary, Drama
Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Ned Beatty, Peter Boyle, Harry Ditson, Vincent Gardenia
Votes: 119
31.
Arena (1975– )
Episode:
Tony Bennett 's New York
(1996)
86 min | Documentary
Once dubbed the 'king of cool', a look behind the silky voice as Tony Bennett - civil rights activist, jazz enthusiast, painter and New Yorker - takes a tour around his native city.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Tony Bennett, Reggie Nadelson, Mary Chiappa, Mario Cuomo
Votes: 11
32. Cinema (1964–1975)
30 min | Documentary
Weekly film magazine, featuring film reviews, interviews with celebrities and historical lookbacks.
Stars: Michael Scott, Michael Parkinson, Brian Trueman, Clive James
Votes: 121
33.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Holocaust on Trial
(2000)
TV-PG | Documentary
An account of Holocaust denier David Irving, and his 1999 libel trial against historian Deborah Lipstadt who challenged his deceptions.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Michael Byrne, John Castle, David Cesarani, Jeremy Clyde
Votes: 12
34. Endurance (1998)
G | 83 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The gold medal for the men's 10,000-metre race in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is won by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie.
Directors: Leslie Woodhead, Bud Greenspan | Stars: Haile Gebrselassie, Shawananness Gebrselassie, Yonas Zergaw, Tedesse Haile
Votes: 439 | Gross: $0.23M
35. Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989 TV Movie)
82 min | Thriller
Chronicle of the shooting down of a Korean passenger plane by Soviet air force on 1st September 1983. Over 280 people died in this incident.
Director: David Darlow | Stars: Michael Murphy, Michael Moriarty, Chris Sarandon, Harris Yulin
Votes: 141
36.
Storyville (1997– )
Episode:
Tito's Ghost
(2008)
59 min | Documentary, Biography
Combining stunning archive with incisive interviews this documentary charts how every stage of Tito's life has left its mark on the region and its people.
Director: Mira Erdevicki
Votes: 11
37.
World in Action (1963–1998)
Episode:
The Shrinking World of L. Ron Hubbard
(1968)
Documentary
This Scientology exposé features an interview with L. Ron Hubbard aboard a Sea Org vessel, and also presents stock footage and commentary on Scientologists.
Stars: L. Ron Hubbard, Nick Robinson, Janet E. Lundy
Votes: 33
38. The Holocaust on Trial (2000 TV Movie)
110 min | Documentary, Drama, History
An investigation of the evidence for Hitler's Final Solution, together with a dramatic reconstruction of key courtroom exchanges in the libel case lost by the historian David Irving, who ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Ian Holm, John Castle, Michael Byrne, Jeremy Clyde
Votes: 32
39. A Very Modern Dictator: A Profile of Slobodan Milosevic (2002– )
50 min | Documentary, Biography, War
An investigative report inside the realm, and inside the mind, of one of the most effective and brutal tyrants of the past 50 years: Slobodan Milosevic.
Star: Slobodan Milosevic
Votes: 18
40. Srebrenica: Never Again? (2005 TV Movie)
79 min | Documentary
'Srebrenica: Never Again?' tells the story of three people whose lives were turned upside down by the genocide that took place in July 1995. Ten years after the traumatic events, the ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Woodhead
Votes: 35
41. Hair (1968)
54 min | Documentary
This TV documentary shows both behind-the-scenes footage as well as stage footage of the 1969 adaptation of Hair when it came to the U.K.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Ethel Coley, Michael Feast, Lucy Fenwick, Andy Forray
42. Disappearing World (1970– )
52 min | Documentary
Stars: Melissa Llewelyn-Davies, Mark Edwards, John Sheppard, Reimar Schefold
43. As It Happened: America Held Hostage - 444 Days to Freedom (1998 TV Movie)
105 min | Documentary
As It Happened looks at the Iranian Hostage Crisis where hundreds of Islamic students occupied the American Embassy in Tehran. They took the diplomats hostage in a crisis that ended up ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Roger Mudd, Farideh Mashinie, Charles Jones, Charles Scott
44. Three Days in Szczecin (1976 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A dramatization of the Polish shipyard workers' strike in 1971.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Leslie Sands, Kenneth Colley, Eric Allan, Johnny Allan
45. Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America (1994 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
A portrait of Randy Newman, the American singer-songwriter, arranger and composer known for his Southern-affected singing style, early Americana-influenced songs (often with mordant or satirical lyrics), and various film scores.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Star: Randy Newman
46. True Stories: Fire Will Eat Us (2001– )
Documentary
Film-maker Leslie Woodhead and anthropologist David Turton's account of how the cattle-herding Mursi warriors of southern Ethiopia are coping with both the influx of tourists and a major ... See full summary »
47. Strike! (1980 TV Movie)
Documentary, Drama
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Paul Butterworth, Ian Holm
48. The World in Action Years (2013 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
On the anniversary 50 years to the day of its first episode, a tribute to ITV's premier current affairs documentary series, and some of its ground-breaking stories.
Director: Gregor Stewart | Stars: John Hurt, Michael Apted, John Birt, Steve Boulton
49. The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Quiet (1970 TV Movie)
Biography
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Star: Hamilton Dyce
50. A Subject of Struggle (1972 TV Movie)
65 min | Documentary, Drama
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Star: Tsai Chin