Bruce Springsteen: In His Own Words

The premiere of the world tour "La vie est belle" was one of the finest outdoor theaters in the world, the Waldbühne in Berlin. Backed by a...

Professor Iain Stewart reveals the story behind the Scottish physicist who was Einstein's hero; James Clerk Maxwell. Maxwell's discoveries not only...

Originally aired as part of the Arena series, this BBC biography of Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex. She is one of the first black women...

This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer....

Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how one tiny comment against President Bush dropped...

Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.

Balzac is a 1951 short documentary film by French director Jean Vidal. It is a biopic on the work, life, and loves of the French playwright and...

An elderly choir group brings back erased violent history by singing songs that were written in prison and have been silenced for more than 50 years.

At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to great critical acclaim in London in late 2017. Alan...

From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world - its origins, its triumphs,...

On April 8th 1994, Kurt Cobain - the lead singer of post-punk band Nirvana - was found dead in his Seattle home of an apparent shotgun wound to the...

A musical, and also a reflection on watching, on trying to escape an anthropocentric gaze and also on watching itself in cinema. Featuring mares and...

Documentary about author Christopher Isherwood, in which he is interviewed about his life and work and which features extracts from films of his...

Sergiu Celibidache's fairy tale journey: from Moldavia to the Berlin Philharmonic. Despite World War II and countless challenges, he pursued his...

Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.

The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of...

The Spanish sculptor meditates about his life and work

Documentary about basketball player Pete Maravich. The legend of "Pistol Pete" Maravich was born on the playgrounds of his youth, extending to the...

A documentary which depicts Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers at their most personal, featuring unseen footage shot during the...

Photographer Imogen Cunningham presents her own work in this Academy Award-nominated documentary.