Club with a Capital C

A selection of performances by Manchester-based acts culled from the BBC archives.

A short profile doc on street artist MissMe—a sort of Banksy-esque underground figure with a feminist bent. While the short portrait documentary field is certainly overcrowded, director Mohammad Gorjestani’s film is beautifully shot and quickly paced. It’s got a certain energy that can’t be denied (much like artwork driving the film). Plus, the central character is an inspiring symbol of artistic authenticity and self-liberation. A former advertising executive, MissMe ditched her high-profile corporate day job to become a counter-voice to the objectification of women in the mainstream advertising world. Girl power, indeed.

The film is described as a weird and wonderful merging of shades of folk horror, the supernatural with dadaist humour and a quaint British eccentricities that are long gone in the cinema of today.

A dedicated Hendon Fotball Club fan dresses up as the club mascot for fun. He narrates the history of the club, while the visuals present the current state of the football club, the players and fans.

16 people face off in a 7 hour gauntlet of challenges, puzzles and morale destroying tasks for the chance to win £150.

The best of the action from over 30 years of FA Cup finals at Wembley Stadium.

A look at the life and legend of Sir Alex Ferguson, from his working-class roots in Glasgow through to his career as one of the greatest football managers of all time. While recovering from a traumatic brain haemorrhage in 2018, Sir Alex intimately recounts vivid details of his life and career to his son, including his legendary 26-year tenure as manager of Manchester United.

Keyla's Letter delves into the ambitions, hobbies, and interests of Keyla Aldana (she/they), the founder and one of three administrators on the very popular Harry Styles Instagram update account, @harryflorals. Behind their voice-over narration is a documentation of the days leading up to and during two separate Harry Styles concerts that took place in Los Angeles, California.

Supporting Hammarby is more than just watching a winning team, these supporters are some of the most loyal in Sweden. This is their story.

A bitter conflict between the Government and the Indonesian Football Association has seen Fifa ban all official football in the country for almost a year. This is the story of how one of the largest football crazed countries in the world have had to live without the beautiful game.

This is the story of how Parma rose through the Italian divisions to become Champions in Europe, before a spectacular crash saw them bankrupt and relegated to the amateur leagues.

Calcio Storico is football like you’ve never seen before! Dating back to the 15th century, this early form of the game is brutal. But behind the blood and punches lie a story of tradition, pride and honour. A sport as unique and loved in Florence as ACF Fiorentina are, next season will see a unique collaboration between the two...

Eli follows Leyton Orient's tragic relegation from the football league and how the Football Authorities allowed owner Francesco Beccheti to bring the club to its demise.

Overwhelmed by her uncharted direction in life, a young woman leaves a voicemail to her future self, reflecting on her past and questioning her future.

A day in the life of the Manchester Evening News.

Exclusive behind the scenes access to the internet sensation the Wealdstone Raider aka Gordon Hill, finding out what he is really like and how his life has been turned upside down by 'that' video.

A documentary on the curious American domestic terrorist group, infamous for the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst.

A documentary about 1996/97 winter anti-regime demonstrations in Yugoslavia.

In this cinematic fairytale, Francisca Newman, a psychologically disturbed ballerina, fails at her life audition. Her perfectionism starts to take a noticeable toll on her mental health, where in a world of passion and beauty, sensibility and enlightenment becomes darkness. In this increasingly violent and surreal competition at the hands of her own reflection, a familiar voice starts talking to her as an old forgotten friend. A voice that takes her on a journey through her own memories in order to find herself, before her reflection becomes a stranger.

When record store owner and compulsive list-compiler Rob Gordon gets dumped by his long-time girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in order to figure out what went wrong. As he examines his failed attempts at romance and happiness, the process finds him being dragged, kicking and screaming, into adulthood.