Please recommend good documentaries

[Firesidefox]

Can anyone recommend me a good documentary?

I loved The Dawn Wall, Wild, Wild Country, The Staircase, Making a Murderer, Fyre, and Tell Me Who I Am.

Any recs v welcome!

[Cruiser11]

Three Identical Strangers.

[Firesidefox]

Thank you - I haven't heard of that one. Will look it up.

[Cruiser11]

It’s about a set of triplets who grew up in separate households. I found it fascinating.

[absolutelynotfabulous]

I love Air Crash Investigation (National Geographic).
Also Inside 9/11 if you can get hold of the complete version.
Just watching the Epstein one on Netflix.
World at War must be one of the best documentaries ever.
Not keen on the Netflix ones as a rule.
At the moment enjoying Brown/Blair on BBC.
So many to enjoy (I generally prefer documentaries to drama).

[Beamur]

Behind the curve
My Octopus teacher (or something similar?)

[Standrewsschool]

Last night there was a programme on to about an ex- footballer and his gambling addiction. It was really interesting..

[Firesidefox]

Thanks all. The triplets one sounds great, as do all the suggestions actually.

I have also enjoyed the octopus one and am also enjoying the Blair/Brown one, but I have to watch that with DH as he loves it too.

[LadyEggs]

'Don't f**k with cats' on Netflix is very good. Its not as upsetting as it first appears.

[GCAcademic]

Daughters of Destiny of Netflix. It’s about a boarding school in India for girls from very impoverished backgrounds.

[Hopeisallineed]

Grey Gardens. All time favourite.

[Taswama]

The Shipman files (iPlayer).

[TheCategoryIs]

Murder At The Cottage
Murder By The Coast
Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s Shadow
The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty
The Wimbledon Kidnapping
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Challenger: The Final Flight
Grenfell: The Untold Story (bit premature, this story will run for years, plenty more to tell)
The Trump Show (not so topical now)

I watch documentaries almost exclusively, especially disaster and crime, these are some which have stuck with me.

[Firesidefox]

Loved the triplets one thank you @Cruiser11 !

Will start on some of the others tomorrow (I am off work for a bit so need to watch telly while I can).

Thanks all

[Piapiano]

Love on the spectrum (Netflix). It's really heartwarming.

[Cruiser11]

Pleased you enjoyed it!

[Leftbutcameback]

I really liked Rockfield - if you were in your teens in the 90s it’s very evocative. About the studio where lots of bands went to record albums, in the countryside

[Thecurtainsofdestiny]

The Investigator

[GingerRuby]

Celebrity a 21st century story is still on I player and I really enjoyed it

[Cruiser11]

My DS watched Operation Varsity Blues about American college admissions I think and said it was very good.

[iwanttobeonleave]

@Cruiser11

Three Identical Strangers.

This is amazing

[FuzzyPuffling]

Anything by Simon Reeve. Travel, but definitely different.

[Topbird29]

Free solo is good - about a climber and his obsession climbing a particular rock. Gives a good insight into how he thought

[Topbird29]

And I love Simon reeve

[FuzzyPuffling]

@Topbird29

And I love Simon reeve

Have you read his autobiography, "Step By Step"? I loved that too.

[Turmerictolly]

Loved Three Identical Strangers. There is the Tiger King of course. If you like the Joy of Painting programme, there's a doc about Bob Ross's life. There's also a great doc about two 'savant' sisters in America with perfect memories- fascinating but I can't remember what it's called unfortunately.