What’s On Sky Documentaries
Today Friday 20 January 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Sky Documentaries
today.
06:00
Fish Town
S01E05
Brixham’s fishermen prepare for the annual Trawler Race
The cameras follow three teams of fishermen participating in Brixham’s annual Trawler Race, including a father and son who have been pitted against each other. Landlady Pat Seddon is not looking forward to the raucous celebrations, however, and decides to reminisce about past race days instead. The programme also meets Matt Kimble, a graduate who gave up on his plan to become a PE teacher and decided to follow his ancestors into the fishing trade instead
07:00
Discovering: Gary Cooper
S02E10
Hollywood icon Gary Cooper
A portrait of Hollywood icon Gary Cooper, whose career in film spanned from 1925 until shortly before his death in 1961. Cooper starred in more than 100 films and is consistently ranked highly in all-time lists of great actors. He won Academy Awards for his performances in High Noon and Sergeant York, but is also remembered for his work in films such as Mr Deeds Goes to Town, For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Pride of the Yankees
08:00
The Directors
S01E05
The life and work of Howard Hawks
09:00
The Sixties
S01E05
Martin Luther King Jr and the civil rights movement
10:00
Project Nim
Documentary about a chimpanzee raised as a human child
2011 – Documentary
Documentary about a chimpanzee who formed the focus of an unusual experiment in the 1970s. The ape was raised as a child by a family in an attempt to disprove the accepted wisdom that only humans are capable of using language. But the study was placed in jeopardy as the animal became stronger and more aggressive when it grew to adulthood
12:00
Life According to Sam
The story of a teenager with a life-threatening progressive ageing disorder
13:50
My Icon: Michael Campbell
The golfer discusses the individuals that have inspired him over the course of his life
14:00
Six by Sondheim
Documentary about the composer
15:45
My Icon: Keegan Hirst
The Wakefield Trinity rugby league player discusses those that have inspired him
16:00
The Directors
S01E05
The life and work of Howard Hawks
17:00
Discovering: Gary Cooper
S02E10
Hollywood icon Gary Cooper
A portrait of Hollywood icon Gary Cooper, whose career in film spanned from 1925 until shortly before his death in 1961. Cooper starred in more than 100 films and is consistently ranked highly in all-time lists of great actors. He won Academy Awards for his performances in High Noon and Sergeant York, but is also remembered for his work in films such as Mr Deeds Goes to Town, For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Pride of the Yankees
18:00
The Sixties
S01E05
Martin Luther King Jr and the civil rights movement
19:00
Deadline Day: Football’s Transfer Window
S01E01
A look at the transfer market
20:00
Spector
S01E02
A look at how Phil Spector gained a sinister reputation
21:00
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
S01E01
Part one of two. An intimate portrait of the iconic American comedian, Garry Shandling
Part one of two. An intimate portrait of the iconic American comedian, Garry Shandling, featuring interviews with many of his family, closest friends and admirers, including Jim Carrey, Sacha Baron Cohen, Bob Saget and Jerry Seinfeld. The documentary also features an array of candid home audio and video footage, and clips of over four decades’ worth of television appearances
23:15
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
S01E02
Part two of two. An intimate portrait of the iconic American comedian, Garry Shandling
Part two of two. An intimate portrait of the iconic American comedian, Garry Shandling, featuring interviews with many of his family, closest friends and admirers, including Jim Carrey, Sacha Baron Cohen, Bob Saget and Jerry Seinfeld. The second part of the documentary also offers an extensive examination of The Larry Sanders Show, his landmark HBO comedy series
01:55
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
The lives and careers of basketball legends Magic Johnson and Larry Bird
2010 – Documentary, Drama
03:45
Baghdad ER
Life working in a US Army field hospital
Emmy Award-winning documentary looking behind the scenes at a US Armed Forces field hospital. With a chaotic occupation and a civil war raging around them, the doctors and nurses work to help soldiers and civilians alike, offering an insight into how the military intervention has affected ordinary Iraqis
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