#factualtv — Public Fediverse posts

Happy centenary, David! Attenborough’s 100 most spectacular TV moments https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/ng-interactive/2026/may/08/david-attenborough-100-most-spectacular-screen-moments #Television #DavidAttenborough #ScienceAndNatureTv #Wildlife #Bbc #Culture #TelevisionRadio #FactualTv #EducationalTv #Documentary #Animals

‘A false narrative around a paedophile’: Michael Jackson biopic criticised by Leaving Neverland director https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/29/michael-jackson-biopic-criticised-by-leaving-neverland-director-dan-reed #Film #Michael #MichaelJackson #Biopics #Culture #Music #LeavingNeverland #Documentary #FactualTv #BusinessTv #EducationalTv #PoliticsTv #Television #TelevisionRadio #TheNewsOnTv

‘A false narrative around a paedophile’: Michael Jackson biopic criticised by Leaving Neverland director https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/29/michael-jackson-biopic-criticised-by-leaving-neverland-director-dan-reed #Film #Michael #MichaelJackson #Biopics #Culture #Music #LeavingNeverland #Documentary #FactualTv #BusinessTv #EducationalTv #PoliticsTv #Television #TelevisionRadio #TheNewsOnTv

‘A false narrative around a paedophile’: Michael Jackson biopic criticised by Leaving Neverland director https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/29/michael-jackson-biopic-criticised-by-leaving-neverland-director-dan-reed #Film #Michael #MichaelJackson #Biopics #Culture #Music #LeavingNeverland #Documentary #FactualTv #BusinessTv #EducationalTv #PoliticsTv #Television #TelevisionRadio #TheNewsOnTv

‘A false narrative around a paedophile’: Michael Jackson biopic criticised by Leaving Neverland director https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/29/michael-jackson-biopic-criticised-by-leaving-neverland-director-dan-reed #Film #Michael #MichaelJackson #Biopics #Culture #Music #LeavingNeverland #Documentary #FactualTv #BusinessTv #EducationalTv #PoliticsTv #Television #TelevisionRadio #TheNewsOnTv

Sex, drugs and going Maga: what does Netflix’s Hulk Hogan series tell us? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/23/hulk-hogan-real-american-netflix #Documentary #Wrestling #DonaldTrump #Culture #FactualTv #Television #TelevisionRadio #UsNews

Asif Kapadia to direct final chapter of influential ITV documentary series Up https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/17/asif-kapadia-direct-final-chapter-itv-documentary-series-70-up #Television #Itv1 #Itv #Culture #TelevisionRadio #AsifKapadia #Documentary #FactualTv #TelevisionIndustry #UkNews #Children

Asif Kapadia to direct final chapter of influential ITV documentary series Up https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/17/asif-kapadia-direct-final-chapter-itv-documentary-series-70-up #Television #Itv1 #Itv #Culture #TelevisionRadio #AsifKapadia #Documentary #FactualTv #TelevisionIndustry #UkNews #Children

Asif Kapadia to direct final chapter of influential ITV documentary series Up https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/17/asif-kapadia-direct-final-chapter-itv-documentary-series-70-up #Television #Itv1 #Itv #Culture #TelevisionRadio #AsifKapadia #Documentary #FactualTv #TelevisionIndustry #UkNews #Children

Asif Kapadia to direct final chapter of influential ITV documentary series Up https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/17/asif-kapadia-direct-final-chapter-itv-documentary-series-70-up #Television #Itv1 #Itv #Culture #TelevisionRadio #AsifKapadia #Documentary #FactualTv #TelevisionIndustry #UkNews #Children

Duffy to tell story of her kidnapping and rape ordeal in new Disney+ documentary https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/25/duffy-kidnapping-rape-ordeal-new-disney-documentary #Duffy #Music #Culture #PopAndRock #RapeAndSexualAssault #Disney #Documentary #FactualTv

Twisted Yoga review – a wild exposé of a tantric sex cult https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/mar/13/twisted-yoga-review-tantra-apple-tv #Television #TelevisionRadio #Culture #Documentary #FactualTv #Yoga

Reality bites: why the wildest TV shows of the 2000s are haunting us now https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/feb/25/reality-tv-2000s-documentaries #RealityTv #Documentary #FactualTv #TelevisionRadio #Television #Culture #UsNews

‘A queer true crime story’: inside a shocking he-said-he-said murder https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/feb/19/murder-in-glitterball-city-hbo-documentary #Documentary #FactualTv #Television #TelevisionRadio #Culture

Being Gordon Ramsay review – did we really need six hours of him setting up restaurants? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/feb/18/being-gordon-ramsay-review-restaurants-netflix #TelevisionRadio #Culture #Television #GordonRamsay #Documentary #FactualTv #BusinessTv #Food #Restaurants #HospitalityIndustry

Paul Anka on his incredible, star-studded career: ‘Revenge is a motivator like you wouldn’t believe’ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/03/paul-anka-musician-career-interview #Television&radio #MichaelJackson #FrankSinatra #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #Culture #Music

Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future – an astonishing look at how tech is changing disabled people’s lives https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/22/chris-mccausland-seeing-into-the-future-tech-changing-disabled-peoples-lives-bbc #Television&radio #ChrisMcCausland #Television #Technology #FactualTV #Culture

Ken Burns on his American Revolution documentary: ‘We won’t work on a more important film’ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/20/ken-burns-american-revolution-documentary #Television&radio #UStelevision #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #Culture

‘Do we live in a war zone?’: how US schools prepare for a shooting https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/18/thoughts-and-prayers-documentary-us-school-shootings #USschoolshootings #Television&radio #UStelevision #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #Guncrime #Schools #Culture #HBO

Alex vs ARod: the baseball legend turned ‘recovering narcissist’ tells all https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/05/alex-vs-arod-hbo-docuseries #Television&radio #AlexRodriguez #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #Baseball #Culture #Sport #HBO

Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson to make Netflix road trip series https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/02/zayn-malik-louis-tomlinson-netflix-road-trip-series #Television&radio #LouisTomlinson #OneDirection #Documentary #Television #ZaynMalik #FactualTV #Netflix #Culture #USnews #Music

The Yogurt Shop Murders: how to turn a horrifying true story into a sensitive true crime docuseries https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/03/yogurt-shop-murders-series-hbo-max #Television&radio #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #Culture #UScrime #Austin #Texas

‘There’s New Orleans before and after’: revisiting Hurricane Katrina in a new docuseries https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/27/hurricane-katrina-race-against-time-national-geographic-docuseries #HurricaneKatrina #Television&radio #Documentary #Hurricanes #NewOrleans #Television #FactualTV #Louisiana #Culture

‘He told us to just tell the truth’ – behind a revealing Billy Joel documentary https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/17/billy-joel-documentary-hbo #Television&radio #Documentary #Television #Popandrock #BillyJoel #FactualTV #Culture #Music #HBO

Netflix gets it: we all love watching a trainwreck | Andrew Lawrence https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/16/next-trainwreck-documentaries #Television&radio #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #Netflix #Culture

‘It became a game to people’: how online sleuths grew obsessed with the Idaho murders https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/11/university-of-idaho-murders-online-docuseries #Television&radio #AmazonPrimeVideo #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #Culture #UScrime #Idaho

Caution has turned to cowardice – the BBC is failing viewers with its Gaza coverage | Karishma Patel https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/02/bbc-gaza-doctors-under-attack-documentary-israel-war #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestinianterritories #Televisionindustry #Television&radio #Israel-Gazawar #Documentary #FactualTV #Channel4 #Israel #UKnews #Media #Gaza #BBC

Inside the revolting story of the infamous ‘poop cruise’: ‘Complete media bloodbath’ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/25/trainwreck-poop-cruise-documentary-netflix #Television&radio #UStelevision #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #Culture #Netflix

‘We were powerless’: inside the devastating Ohio State sexual abuse scandal https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/17/ohio-state-sexual-abuse-scandal #Television&radio #Collegefootball #Collegesports #UStelevision #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #USsports #Culture #Sport #Ohio

In 1973, I reported freely on Israel at war. Now its censorship has made that impossible | Martin Bell https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/06/israel-1973-war-censorship-idf-gaza-palestinians #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestinianterritories #Television&radio #Israel-Gazawar #Warreporting #ThenewsonTV #Worldnews #FactualTV #Israel #Media #Gaza

‘Incredibly disturbing’: docuseries goes inside jaw-dropping LA mortuary scandal https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/01/mortician-hbo-docuseries #Television&radio #Documentary #LosAngeles #California #Television #FactualTV #WestCoast #UScrime #Culture #Media #HBO

Arctic, feathered … or just weird: what have we learned since Walking with Dinosaurs aired 25 years ago https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/25/arctic-feathered-or-just-weird-what-have-we-learned-since-walking-with-dinosaurs-aired-25-years-ago #Palaeontology #Television #Dinosaurs #Evolution #FactualTV #Fossils #Science #Culture #Biology #UKnews #BBC

‘A new form of mass murder’: the terrifying, twisty unsolved mystery of the Tylenol killer https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/23/tylenol-murders-netflix-cold-case #Television&radio #Johnson&Johnson #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #Netflix #UScrime #Culture

Prince William series to champion ‘dangerous’ work of wildlife rangers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/23/prince-william-series-guardians-wildlife-rangers #Naturedocumentaries #Television&radio #PrinceWilliam #Conservation #Environment #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #Wildlife #Monarchy #Culture #Animals #UKnews

‘It was thrilling and combative’: inside a revealing Pee-wee Herman documentary https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/21/pee-wee-herman-paul-reubens-documentary #Television&radio #UStelevision #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #TVcomedy #Culture #Comedy #HBO

‘These murders still live with me’: the show that goes inside Fred and Rose West’s ‘house of horrors’ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/13/documentary-fred-and-rose-west-a-british-horror-story-dan-dewsbury-netflix #Television&radio #Gloucestershire #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #Culture

‘We’re on a knife edge’: Alex Gibney warns about the dangers of dark money https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/15/alex-gibney-dark-money-documentaries-hbo #Television&radio #Documentary #AlexGibney #PoliticsTV #Television #FactualTV #Culture #HBO

‘She joined the dark side’: the strange story of the Elizabeth Holmes of yoga https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/oct/28/guru-jagat-katie-griggs-yoga-documentary-breath-of-fire #Television&radio #EducationalTV #UStelevision #Documentary #Television #FactualTV #Culture #Yoga #HBO

Inside San Quentin’s marathon club: ‘For that day they are runners, not criminals’ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/apr/09/1000-mile-club-san-quentin #Television&radio #Marathonrunning #Documentary #Television #California #FactualTV #Marathon #Culture #Running #USnews #Sport