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9 October 2005 (UK) moreGenre:
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A countdown of the top 50 documentaries, based on a vote by documentary filmmakers. | add synopsisUser Comments:
The 50 Greatest Documentaries moreCast
(Credited cast) | Zoë Wanamaker | ... | Narrator (voice) (as Zoe Wanamaker) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| David Aaronovitch | ... | Himself |
| Barry Ackroyd | ... | Himself |
| Randall Adams | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Arthur Agee | ... | Himself |
| Benedict Allen | ... | Himself |
 | Michael Apted | ... | Himself |
| Simon Armitage | ... | Himself |
| Jan Arriens | ... | Herself |
| David Attenborough | ... | Himself (as Sir David Attenborough) |
| Nicholas Barker | ... | Himself |
| John Battsek | ... | Himself |
| Peter Bazalgette | ... | Himself |
| Clare Beavan | ... | Herself |
| Tony Benn | ... | Himself |
| Henry Bonsu | ... | Himself |
| Richard Brock | ... | Himself |
| Nick Broomfield | ... | Himself |
| Ted Childs | ... | Himself |
| Joan Churchill | ... | Herself |
| Min Clough | ... | Herself |
| Patrick Collerton | ... | Himself |
| Henry Cooper | ... | Himself (as Sir Henry Cooper OBE) |
| Dan Cruickshank | ... | Himself |
| Richard Dale | ... | Himself |
 | Charles Dance | ... | Himself |
| John Davidson | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Alain de Botton | ... | Himself |
| Richard Denton | ... | Himself |
| Dextrous | ... | Himself |
| Molly Dineen | ... | Herself |
| Geoff Dyer | ... | Himself |
 | Roger Ebert | ... | Himself |
| Dr. Rob Evans | ... | Himself |
| Pam Ferris | ... | Herself |
| Simon Ford | ... | Himself |
| Leon Gast | ... | Himself |
| William Gates | ... | Himself |
| Nelson George | ... | Himself |
| Tim Haines | ... | Himself |
| David Hall | ... | Himself |
| Paul Hamann | ... | Himself |
| David Harris | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Cassian Harrison | ... | Himself |
| Brian Hill | ... | Himself |
| Boyd Hilton | ... | Himself |
| Christopher Hird | ... | Himself |
| Harry Hook | ... | Himself |
| Bettany Hughes | ... | Herself |
| Oliver James | ... | Himself |
| Steve James | ... | Himself |
 | Andrew Jarecki | ... | Himself |
| Francesca Joseph | ... | Herself |
| Valerie Kaye | ... | Herself |
| Edna Kennedy | ... | Herself |
| James King | ... | Himself |
| Stephen Lambert | ... | Himself |
| Claire Lewis | ... | Herself |
| Kevin Macdonald | ... | Himself |
| Donal MacIntyre | ... | Himself |
| Angus MacQueen | ... | Himself |
| Andrew Marr | ... | Himself |
| David Martill | ... | Himself (as Dr David Martill) |
| Nell McAndrew | ... | Herself |
| Ian McBride | ... | Himself |
| Ken McGill | ... | Himself |
| Jane Moore | ... | Herself |
| Errol Morris | ... | Himself |
| David Mortimer | ... | Himself |
| Chris Mullin | ... | Himself (as Chris Mullin MP) |
| Rieta Oord | ... | Herself |
| Michael Palin | ... | Himself |
| Martin Parr | ... | Himself |
| Norma Percy | ... | Herself |
| Barbara Pointon | ... | Herself |
| David Puttnam | ... | Himself (as Lord Puttnam) |
| Laurence Rees | ... | Himself |
| Maureen Rees | ... | Herself |
| Franc Roddam | ... | Himself |
| Jimmy Savile | ... | Himself (as Sir Jimmy Savile OBE) |
| Saira Shah | ... | Herself |
| Joe Simpson | ... | Himself |
| John Simpson | ... | Himself |
| Clive Stafford Smith | ... | Himself |
| Morgan Spurlock | ... | Himself |
| Graham Taylor | ... | Himself |
| Julien Temple | ... | Himself |
| Louis Theroux | ... | Himself |
| Michael Wadleigh | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Debbie Walker | ... | Herself |
| Tony Walker | ... | Himself |
| Paul Watson | ... | Himself |
| Jim White | ... | Himself |
| Heather Wilkins | ... | Herself |
| Margaret Wilkins | ... | Herself |
| Marian Wilkins | ... | Herself |
| Brian Winston | ... | Himself (as Professor Brian Winston) |
| Alan Yentob | ... | Himself |
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*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
This countdown voted by the British public was a very interesting countdown. I had an idea of what might be number one, but I wasn't even close. Documentaries are a picture of real life in the lives of others. They had all sorts of things that were documented for TV and film. They had war, political, food issues, historical events, accidents, gun issues, and basically life. The documentaries that featured included: The Fog of War, Nanoon of the North, Driving School, The Human Body, The War Game, Spellbound (not Hitchcock's), The Power of Nightmares, Wife Swap, Around the World in 80 Days (with Michael Palin), Walking with Dinosaurs, Super Size Me, The Family, Farenheit 9/11, The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off, The World At War, Bowling for Columbine, Touching the Void and number one was Seven Up. With contributions by Michael Apted, Sir David Attenborough, Charles Dance, Pam Ferris, James King, Kevin Macdonald, Nell McAndrew, Michael Palin, Sir Jimmy Savile and Morgan Spurlock, and narrated by Zoë Wanamaker. Very good!