Paul Merton profiles some of the great stars of silent comedy, examining their lives and works, and uncovering seldom-seen material
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Himself
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
A 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios and its impact on 1920s culture.
Spanish documentary series.
Mammamia! is an Italian television series that aired between 2003 and 2004 , written and directed by Maurizio Nichetti. The series unfolds in thirty episodes of eight minutes each, and no dialogue. The heroine is Angela Finocchiaro, who plays the part of a mother struggling with the problems of the daily life of her children of 4, 7 and 13 years.
A documentary series that charts the Haitian-American experience of Motown Maurice, a future cultural icon, featuring interviews from his past and present.
Sirius Disclosure is a research project working to fully disclose the facts about UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence, and classified advanced energy and propulsion systems. They have over 500 government, military, and intelligence community witnesses testifying to their direct, personal, first hand experience with UFOs, ETs, Et technology, and the cover-up that keeps this information secret.
Komachi is a little ghost who died during the Meiji Era and has hung around earth as a wandering spirit girl for over a hundred years. Komachi appears in the room of a young girl named Anko and the two get wrapped up in all sorts of adventures involving other ghosts and demons.
Historian Hans Goedkoop is of Dutch-Indonesian descent. In a two-part TV program he talks to first, second and third generation Dutch-Indonesians. This gives Dutch Indians the opportunity to talk about their feelings about the colonial past of the Netherlands.
Yogiri Takatou missed a few things during his nap. When he wakes up, he finds out that he and his entire class are in another word and must now team up with Tomochika and fend off danger with his Instant Death ability. If he can keep his eyes open, that is...
Unsuspecting people are placed in confusing, impossible, embarrassing, ridiculous, and hilarious positions, while their reactions are recorded on a hidden camera.
Fishy Fêshuns is a South African television sitcom based on the 1960s BBC sitcom The Rag Trade by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney which revolves around the goings on between workers and their boss in a clothing factory in Cape Town.
Who do you think you are? is a program full of psychological, social and physical experiments with a good dose of humor. Rob Urgert and Joep van Deudekom always subject two groups of people who are opposite each other in society to scientific, but often hilarious experiments, to gain more insight into their differences.
Documentary from 1976 about the Indonesian struggle for independence. Unique archive footage and interviews with former vice-president Mahammed Hatta (the only existing interview with him on film), journalist/writer Johan Fabricius, the physician dr. Abu Hafina, the nationalist youth leader Roelan Abgulgani, dr. P. J. Koets, at the time political adviser of the Lt. Governor-General, the Indonesian generals Nasution and Simaupang, and the planter couple Marsman.
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