As well as providing the subject for Luc Besson’s The Big Blue, Jacques Mayol did more than anyone to establish the sport of free diving to enormous depths without an oxygen supply. Using breathing techniques derived from yoga, he went to 50, 60, and even 100 meters—depths no one had considered to be within the bounds of human possibility. Mayol was a sportsman, a mystic, a vagabond, but above all, a man who believed in testing the limits of experience. This visually stunning tribute shows a man’s quest to be at one with the vastness of the ocean and to have no fear of the abyss within, where lurks serenity, freedom and finally, death.

Directed by North East filmmaker Alex Ayre, this gripping behind-the-scenes journey follows NORTH Wr...
The programme offers unique access to Julia Donaldson, her family, her rich archives and home movies...

French pop diva Dalida candidly discusses a number of the songs that made her a phenomenal success a...

When the cameras rolled, Doris Day wore a happy face, never hinting at the pain she endured in her p...

Elizabeth Bagshaw was a forerunner of the women's movement. As one of the first women to practise me...

A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Stev...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

A documentary film that takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that by cha...

Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Par...

Standout tells the powerful story of Ben Kjar, born with Crouzon Syndrome, a rare craniofacial disor...

Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Dir...

AGNIYOGANA is a meditative inquiry into the lost art of classical Hatha Yoga. Offering an experienti...

It is 1945. Enrico Piaggio’s Pontedera factory is in ruins and the 12,000 people who worked there ar...

We are in the mid-60s, when a very young Mariele Ventre gave birth to the very first formation of th...

A documentary portrait of a legendary Czech jockey, Josef Vána, reveals his inner world of thoughts....

How could a German Wehrmacht soldier become a celebrated soccer idol of the Britons in the post-war ...

Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests as ...

An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic V...