Sky Documentaries HD Thursday

The history of American cinema continues with the 1960s, tracing the impact of movies including West Side Story and The Graduate

A profile of the American actress, who rose to prominence through her depiction of Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It

The life and work of English film-maker Carol Reed, who directed movies including The Third Man, Odd Man Out and Our Man in Havana, and won an Oscar for 1968 musical Oliver!

A look at the complexities that led to America's involvement in the Vietnam War and how it changed the country in ways that can still be felt even today

Traded from the Lakers to the Miami Heat, Shaq teams up with rising young star Dwyane Wade to bring the franchise its first NBA championship

A look at how acclaimed psychiatrist John Mack began an investigation into claims of alien abduction and the shocking discoveries he made

Oscar-winning documentary about French street performer Philippe Petit, who undertook a tightrope walk and acrobatic routine between the towers of the World Trade Centre in 1974

A look at what sitcoms offer an escape from, revealing a lot about the state of the American mind and the state of the artform itself

The topic of upward mobility in situation comedies, with many shows helping Americans come to grips with their place in a supposedly classless society

The life and work of English film-maker Carol Reed, who directed movies including The Third Man, Odd Man Out and Our Man in Havana, and won an Oscar for 1968 musical Oliver!

A profile of the American actress, who rose to prominence through her depiction of Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It

A look at how acclaimed psychiatrist John Mack began an investigation into claims of alien abduction and the shocking discoveries he made

Documentary exploring the story of two music entrepreneurs in the mid-1990s who claimed to have unearthed top-secret footage showing the corpse of an alien

As the film is released across the globe to enormous fanfare, the footage is pored over by ufologists, journalists and the military to verify its authenticity

Growing claims that the video was a hoax, forcing Hollywood producer Bob Kiviat to press Ray and Gary about the source of the film

The musician's journey from punk rocker to pop star, featuring interviews with Idol himself, his bandmates, family and fellow artists such as Miley Cyrus and Billie Joe Armstrong

Documentary about the Big Beach Boutique II free event held in 2002, when an estimated quarter of a million people turned up to the concert on Brighton beach

Traded from the Lakers to the Miami Heat, Shaq teams up with rising young star Dwyane Wade to bring the franchise its first NBA championship

How a gang of Irish bank robbers from Montreal rose to become one of North America's most feared criminal organisations

A profile of the American actress, who rose to prominence through her depiction of Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It

A look at the history of cinema through the 1970s, including films that pushed the boundaries of filmmaking from The Godfather to Jaws