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The Doctor

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:51:20 +1300

I'm the Doctor. And I love documentaries. Not the kind of ninny crap that too often passes for documentary programming in free-to-air prime time, but the kind you usually have to BitTorrent because there's zero prospect of them being shown here, at least in any reasonable timeslot.

Which is why?

Chris McKay

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:25:27 +1300

I heard a interview on bFM yesterday about a film maker who made a documentary about the real guy from Dog Day Afternoon – "Based on a true story"? He seemed to have been brought out by the Doco channel, any word on when that's on?

Graeme Edgeler

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:45:51 +1300

Doctor – you sure about the "Adventure of English". I remember it's airing in NZ (watched every episode), but I'm pretty sure we got all that's thus far been made (i.e. two sets of four episodes were played back to back).

Those looking for other hidden gem documentaries on free?

Keith Hawke

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:53:10 +1300

It will be interesting to see what gets to air. There have been some excellent NZ docos that never hit the screens. Lack of balance is one of the oft quoted reasons.
We have just completed one in this vein. "Seals. Possums of the Sea?' The title really says it?

Meech

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:55:27 +1300

Walter Stokman is at the launch of the channel tonight but not sure if he's doing any other speaking.

The Doctor

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:59:22 +1300

I heard a interview on bFM yesterday about a film maker who made a documentary about the real guy from Dog Day Afternoon – "Based on a true story"? He seemed to have been brought out by the Doco channel, any word on when that's on?

Its first play is?

Mark Revington

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:19:29 +1300

Dear Doc

Old episodes of Piha Rescue are worth more than gold, surely?

Richard Llewellyn

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:42:29 +1300

Actually, looking at the Walter Stokman back catalogue, I hope that his 'Let me Have it All' doco about a search for Sly Stone makes it here. Can't beat a doco about a mad musical genius.

Scott Savidge

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:48:01 +1300

And for those of us too tight or poor or ambivalent about sport to pay for Sky, muchos bravos to Maori TV for their generous servings of doco's. They might not all be gold, but they offer more than the plethora of psuedo-doco's that the big boys serve up.

Ka?

Tristan

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:04:53 +1300

I am *loving* the fact that we are getting a doco channel, getting in touch with the doucmentry film fest people and replaying all of those would be a good start there was a heap i missed!

oh and since sky are probaly monitoring this transmission...

"IF YOU PLAY GOOD?

Stephen Hansen

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:43:22 +1300

Yep Scott Maori Tv do very well giving us docs – although oldies still goodies.

Prime also have some decent ones at times – and at a decent hour!

Maybe now the TVNZ programmer has finally found left we might see some improvement.

Shayne Stuchbery

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:58:33 +1300

Um, I am overseas, but does anyone else love "Kaikohe Demolition"? and think it should certainly air on the telly? Managed to fluke a veiwing it when I was in NZ last and it gives me homesick twinges when I think about it. If it is old news then ignore?

jon_knox

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:54:33 +1300

I watched a documentary called "Root of all evil" last week presented by Richard Dawkins on the subject of the irrational power of religion. (available via bit torrent). Part 1 features an interview with the Pastor Ted Haggard, who this week has denied having sex with a male escort, though?

Michael Hogan

Sun, 05 Nov 2006 12:06:31 +1300

With BBC World, Rialto, and the History Channel, I have been pleasantly surprised with the offerings on Sky of the last couple of years. Included have been some excellent PBS titles such as The Persuaders, and Andy Goldsworthy's Rivers and Tides, amongst many others. There are some brilliant and informative?

Fletch Goldsworthy

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 03:08:50 +1300

Wondering what differentiates the Documentary Channel from other offerings such as Animal Planet, Discovery, History Channel?

Check their banner ad: "No Skarks, No Nazis"

Simple, hilarious!

Sam

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:32:20 +1300

I am not sure that my life has been enriched by the offering of 'Living Famously – the story of Benny Hill' that I managed to catch late last night. I also noticed that along with Piha Rescue re-runs (which are bearable) they are also re-running Gary McCormacks Heartland.
Saying?

andrew llewellyn

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:36:09 +1300

The only problem, given some of the upcoming delights on this channel, will be capacity!

Agreed – I wonder if we can lobby Sky for a storage upgrade... about 10 times what we have now would do for a while.

Richard Llewellyn

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:57:00 +1300

I've gotta say, being a football tragic, I'm really looking forward to the Maradona doco tonight.

I'm assuming and hoping its going to be an entertaining story of the rise and fall and rise of a short squat footballing genius – who now apparently has the number one talk-show in?

andrew llewellyn

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:59:58 +1300

Heh... I'm tempted to try & catch the Benny Hill bio :)

johnno

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:01:22 +1300

I know they aren't strictly documentaries, but I would love to be able to see some quality foreign current affairs. I'm thinking stuff like the ABC's Foreign Correspondent and 4 Corners, the Beeb's Panorama, and PBS's Frontline. Then I would be a very happy camper...

Anne M

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:25:20 +1300

I know they aren't strictly documentaries, but I would love to be able to see some quality foreign current affairs. I'm thinking stuff like the ABC's Foreign Correspondent and 4 Corners, the Beeb's Panorama, and PBS's Frontline. Then I would be a very happy camper...

Heck if they run 4?

Jeremy Andrew

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:04:17 +1300

Even the Beeb ain't what it used to be... The Register on a recent Horizon doco

Deb Hill Cone

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:51:31 +1300

I am loving the Doco channel – including the Living Famously ep on Benny Hill. But I wish that the "series link" feature on My Sky would work on things like the Beatles Decade etc. It's hard to tape every episode because they repeat them and you don't know which?

Tristan

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:02:53 +1300

eeek MY sky has issues with channel 49?

damn it, i haveto reconsider getting it now!

Danielle

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:09:09 +1300

It's not an issue with 49, per se: it's that MySky finds it difficult to recognise new episodes of things that are repeated at odd times throughout the week, so certain channels with a lot of repeats, like the Documentary Channel, confuse it a bit. I can't make it 'series?

Richard Llewellyn

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:15:19 +1300

Couldn't agree more on the Beatles doco, I can appreciate that they didn't have the rights to the music, but in the end the lack of any actual Beatles music in a doco about the influence and context of the Beatles is just a bit too much to overcome.

Makes?

Richard Bol

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:42:14 +1300

Maybe they should play the BBC 'Dancing In The Street' series which TV One screened a while ago. Worth it just for the footage of David Bowie completely out of it while on tour in the USA.

'End Of The Century' – about The Ramones – is also brilliant, and?

matthewbuchanan

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:14:05 +1300

It's not an issue with 49, per se: it's that MySky finds it difficult to recognise new episodes of things that are repeated at odd times throughout the week, so certain channels with a lot of repeats, like the Documentary Channel, confuse it a bit. I can't make it 'series?

simon burgin

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:59:48 +1300

Hey, I'm just going to barge on in on this forum.

I don't get Sky personally, being a poor young man, but wondering if their was any unrestrained feedback on Father of the House? I'm assuming someone watched it,

also I concur that Kaikohe Demolition should be on the doco?