Docu-drama and Hybrid Documentary in Europe (1970–2000)

1. Docudrama baseline set by Watkins’ banned film

   Oct 6, 1965Labels: Peter Watkins, The War, BBC

   • The War Game
   • Guardian

2. German TV blurs reality with Das Millionenspiel

   Oct 18, 1970Labels: Das Millionenspiel, West German

   • Das Millionenspiel
   • Telepolis

3. Boys from the Blackstuff dramatizes economic crisis

   Oct 10, 1982Labels: Boys from, BBC

   • Blackstuff
   • BFI

4. Threads popularizes documentary-style nuclear catastrophe

   Sep 23, 1984Labels: Threads, BBC

   • Threads
   • Guardian

5. The War Game finally airs on UK television

   Jul 31, 1985Labels: The War, BBC

   • The War Game
   • Guardian

6. Dogme 95 manifesto pushes raw, anti-polish realism

   Mar 13, 1995Labels: Dogme 95, Lars von

   • Dogme 95
   • New Yorker

7. BBC’s The Death of Yugoslavia models interview-led history

   Sep 3, 1995Labels: The Death, BBC

   • Yugoslavia
   • KCL Archives

8. The Nazis: A Warning from History refines archival narrative

   Sep 10, 1997Labels: The Nazis, BBC

   • The Nazis
   • BBC

9. The Idiots demonstrates Dogme realism’s documentary feel

   Apr 28, 1998Labels: The Idiots, Lars von

   • The Idiots
   • Dogme 95

10. Rosetta marks a wider “verité” turn in European fiction

    May 23, 1999Labels: Rosetta, Dardenne brothers

    • Cannes 1999
    • Criterion

11. The Mayfair Set popularizes authored, essay-like TV documentary

    Jul 18, 1999Labels: The Mayfair, Adam Curtis

    • Mayfair Set
    • BBC

12. Hybrid European screen style enters the 2000s

    Jan 1, 2000Labels: Hybrid realism, Bloody Sunday

    • Bloody Sunday
    • Docudrama