In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007)

Astronaut Mike Collins, the third member of the Apollo 11 mission, sums it up best: “I have two moons in my head,” he grins, “whereas most people have one.” Collins might have remained in orbit while Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin became the first of only 12 human beings to walk on the moon, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t got a story to tell in this fascinating documentary. Indeed, the rarely interviewed space traveller is surprisingly verbose, eyes twinkling merrily as he recounts his adventures – and his stories are matched only by Aldrin’s revelation that he was the first man to wee on the moon. Well, someone had to...

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