The best Mark Gatiss’s documentary movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Mark Gatiss’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Mark Gatiss.
The Sparks Brothers
7.7/10
Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band’s favorite band.
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
7.4/10
An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).
Return of the Goodies
8/10
The Goodies finally return to television after nearly 25 years with a compilation of classic clips, interviews and new material.
Unlocking Sherlock
The making of about the first "Sherlock" season.
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
7.7/10
Actor and writer Mark Gatiss embarks on a chilling journey through European horror cinema, from the silent nightmares of German Expressionism in the 1920s to the Belgian lesbian vampires in the 1970s, from the black-gloved killers of Italian bloody giallo cinema to the ghosts of the Spanish Civil War, and finally reveals how Europe's turbulent 20th century forged its ground-breaking horror tradition.
In Search of Dracula with Mark Gatiss
7.5/10
Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep coming back to the count.
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
7.2/10
In January 1996 filming began on a new episode of Doctor Who set in San Francisco, but shot in Vancouver, Canada. Sylvester McCoy flew out to join the production team to re-create his role as the Seventh Doctor and to hand over to Paul McGann. In this behind-the-scenes video diary, Sylvester gives us a personal account of his final days as the famous Timelord. Reminiscing about the "old days" and drawing comparisons with the experience of working on this latest adventure, he talks to Paul McGann, Daphne Ashbrook (Dr Grace Holloway) from the new production and Anneke Wills (Polly) from the show's past. All shot on Hi-8 camcorder.
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
In the second "Stranger Than Fiction" documentary, Mark Gatiss explores the three latest BBV productions; "The Terror Game", "Breach of the Peace" and "The Zero Imperative", from the writers perspective. Using behind-the-scenes Hi-8 footage, outtakes and interviews with Colin Baker, Jon Pertwee, Sylvester McCoy and Nick Briggs, this fascinating documentary examines the script from initial beginnings, through character and narrative development to its eventual realisation on the screen.
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
7.5/10
Zoe Ball hosts a live celebration in which the next actor to land Doctor Who's lead role is revealed, in the company of former cast members and celebrity fans.
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
7.4/10
Documentary that chronicles the making of the third film in Hammer's Dracula series.
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
Actors from BBV productions discuss their process preparing for performance.
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
7/10
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
8.1/10
For the actor and writer Mark Gatiss, Minton has been something of an obsession since he first came across his work as a teenager and in this personal, authored film, he tells the story of Minton’s colourful, complex life for the first time on television.
