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To ask for your best gritty documentaries?

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elm26 · 12/12/2022 20:00

I used to love "I Survived" and series like that which included animal attacks and getting lost in a desert etc but I can't seem to find anything similar!

I have Netflix, Prime and Disney + so hoping somebody can recommend me something!

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Couscousmoose · 27/04/2023 21:03

oh I like documentaries and need recommendations too, what exactly do you mean by 'gritty'?

I expect not David Attenborough or Brian Cox

Oysterbabe · 27/04/2023 21:04

Have you watched I Shouldn't Have Survived on Prime? It's very good.

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elm26 · 27/04/2023 22:47

I forgot about this thread!

@Couscousmoose I LOVE David Attenborough but I meant things like Banged Up Abroad, Shark Attack Files etc 😊

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elm26 · 27/04/2023 22:47

@Oysterbabe oooooh that sounds right up my street! Thanks!

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Skinnermarink · 27/04/2023 22:53

Worst Roomate Ever?

AllMyExesWearRolexes · 27/04/2023 23:07

P Company - 4 on demand or More 4.

Cramlington567 · 27/04/2023 23:14

The Bridge. It's about suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Full doc is on YouTube.

The Wet House. About a hostel in London that takes alcoholics in but let's them drink. Bleak viewing.

There was one a few years ago on BBC or maybe C4 about some ex military guy who did a month on the streets being homeless (might have been 50 days). Did London, Manchester and Glasgow.

Terry Pratchett docs on Alzheimer's and the one on Dignitas in Switzerland. I often think about that.

Cramlington567 · 27/04/2023 23:19

60 days on the streets was the ex military guy one on channel4

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/former-soldier-tells-how-he-slept-rough-in-cities-around-the-uk-for-hardhitting-documentary-60-days-on-the-streets-a4102621.html

Former soldier tells of sleeping rough in cities across the UK

A former soldier has told how he drew on his survival training to cope with sleeping rough in cities around the UK for a hard-hitting documentary.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/former-soldier-tells-how-he-slept-rough-in-cities-around-the-uk-for-hardhitting-documentary-60-days-on-the-streets-a4102621.html

IamnotHWhittier · 27/04/2023 23:41

I’m a ‘digging for Britain’ fan

Acheybreakyhead · 27/04/2023 23:44

I was going to suggest 'The Bridge' then I saw this is a zombie thread but it's always good to get recommendations

The other one I'd recommend is about an author who thought he could dip into trying heroin for the purposes of writing a book and it absolutely ruined his life. There is a follow up to it too. I can't remember the name of either

'dreams of a life' is also good, a woman who was seemingly popular died alone in her flat and undiscovered for years.

maybelou · 27/04/2023 23:47

Extreme Rescues is brilliant, I think it's on Disney+, all actual footage of rescues (crazily enough) taken by the rescuers/rescuees. I loved it, wish there was a second series of it!

moggerhanger · 27/04/2023 23:47

The BBC Storyville one about Jonestown was grimly fascinating.

Snugglemonkey · 28/04/2023 00:09

I am watching "I am a Killer". Very interesting.

Acheybreakyhead · 28/04/2023 00:12

Don't get high on your own supply is the one about the journalist who became an addict

TheWildOnesRunningWithTheDogs · 28/04/2023 00:20

Touching the Void is quite old but unbelievably gripping. Also One Day in September by the same director.

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