What we’re watching...
A sneak peek at what’s being watched in the Tv&satellite Week office…
THIS WEEK: DOCUMENTARIES
Follow This
Genre: Quirky current affairs Seasons: 2 Eps: 14
These bite-size documentaries (between 15-20min long) follow US journalists as they investigate a range of issues, from ‘swatting’ pranks (sending an armed-response unit to someone’s house) to the popularity of Amish romance novels.
Out of Thin Air
Genre: True-life crime Runs: 84min
Iceland’s haunting landscape lends a chilling backdrop to this one-off story of two disappearances in the 1970s that led to the country’s most notorious murder case, in which six people were convicted. First shown last year on BBC4.
Drowning in Plastic
Genre: Environmental investigation Runs: 89min
There are some shocking scenes in this eye-opening oneoff documentary, recently shown on BBC1, as presenter Liz Bonnin travels the world to see the huge harm caused by the 51 trillion pieces of plastic polluting our oceans.
Bobby Kennedy for President
Genre: Political biography Seasons: 1 Eps: 4
A meticulously researched and utterly absorbing account of the political career of JFK’S younger brother, a family man whose own presidential ambitions also ended with an assassin’s bullet while on the campaign trail in 1968.