Sky Documentaries Friday

A look at how Mikhail Gorbachev's rise to power in the Soviet Union sparked a chain of events that culminated in the dramatic conclusion of the Cold War

The life and career of the Oscar-winning English actress, who starred in Sense and Sensibility Titanic and has been Oscar-nominated seven times, winning for The Reader

A look at the life and career of Kathryn Bigelow, who is the only woman to have won an Academy Award for Best Director, for the 2008 war thriller The Hurt Locker

As tensions rise amid Angel City's fight for a play-off spot, the co-founders eye a brighter future for women's professional football

An investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988, examining unanswered questions and exploring the truth behind the atrocity

Investigators uncover a key piece of forensic evidence in the form of a fragment of a Toshiba radio that points to an Iran-backed Palestinian terror cell

A Libyan double agent provides the evidence needed to bring the two suspects to court, but as the trial gets under way a key witness changes his story

A shock verdict leaves the families unsatisfied, but doubt is cast on the court's decision and 34 years after the bombing, a new suspect is taken into custody

A profile of the actress told through audio tapes discovered in the archive of journalist Richard Meryman, revealing the complex inner life and vulnerability of the star

A look at the life and career of Kathryn Bigelow, who is the only woman to have won an Academy Award for Best Director, for the 2008 war thriller The Hurt Locker

The life and career of the Oscar-winning English actress, who starred in Sense and Sensibility Titanic and has been Oscar-nominated seven times, winning for The Reader

How talk shows embraced topical comedy and more diverse hosts in the 2000s, with the rise to fame of Chelsea Handler, George Lopez, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert

Alan Cumming tours the less-celebrated sights of Brighton, including a toy museum and a boutique specialising in unusual headgear, and goes behind the scenes at the Royal Pavilion

Alex Crawford investigates the 2014 Yazidi genocide, uncovering daring rescues, emotional reunions, and the unbreakable spirit of survivors

Michael Moore's Oscar-winning documentary exploring America's love affair with firearms, going beyond public opinion to research corporate and political influence

The relationship between F1 drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, team-mates whose friendship was torn apart after a controversial ending to the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix

Documentary exploring a movie Steve McQueen began work on in the 1960s, but which was never completed

Exploration of the lives and careers of basketball legends Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, whose on-court rivalry dominated the sport in the 1980s and transformed the NBA

The life and career of the Oscar-winning English actress, who starred in Sense and Sensibility Titanic and has been Oscar-nominated seven times, winning for The Reader

The life and career of the American actress, who rose to fame in Ridley Scott's Alien and was nominated for an Acacdemy Award when she reprised her role in Aliens in 1986