Documentary

• Montezuma | DVD | (19/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Dan Snow journeys to the ancient heart of Mexico in search of the lost civilisation of the Aztecs and their last and greatest ruler Montezuma II (1502-1520). Montezuma inherited an empire of five million people stretching from present-day Mexico to Nicaragua from his uncle. His rule was marked by incessant warfare. Enemy states were growing more powerful and conquered tribes were becoming more rebellious. Within months of taking the throne in 1502 he went changed a man of good reason into a pitiless autocrat who declared himself a god believing that fear and ruthlessness were the only ways to stop the empire falling apart. Yet it was at the hands of Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors that Montezuma met his downfall. But what was his relationship with Cortes and why did such a ruthless leader submit to his captors with such relative ease? As Dan Snow visits the ruins and picks through current excavations he pieces together the evidence of a gripping story: a divine tragedy of errors the clash of civilisations the end of a world - and a very human God.

• Finding Vivian Maier | DVD | (10/11/2014) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  FINDING VIVIAN MAIER is the critically acclaimed documentary about a mysterious nanny who secretly took over 100 000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and discovered decades later is now among the 20th century’s greatest photographers. Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel Maier’s strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never before seen photographs films and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her.

• Fred Dibnah's World Of Steel, Steam And Stone - Part 1 | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £3.49   |  Saving you £16.50 (472.78%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A brand new BBC series from the greatest steeplejack of all time made combining highlights from many of Fred's programmes over the last 7 years with a focus on the many sides of Fred and his contribution to our knowledge and appreciation of Britain's architectural industrial and engineering heritage. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Industrial Landscape 2. Back Street Mechanic 3. The Machines That Changed The World 4. Men Of Iron 5. The Victorian Gentleman 6. Preserving Our Past

• Night Train (Pociag) | DVD | (27/05/2013) from £14.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Kawalerowicz's celebrated film is considered one of the finest achievements of Polish cinema. Employing a classic Hitchcockian premise - two people, one possibly a killer on the run, sharing a compartment on a crowded overnight train - Kawalerowicz turns a thriller into an intriguing character study of ordinary people in unusual circumstances. Featuring impressive performances from Lucyna Winnicka (Mother Joan of the Angels), Zbigniew Cybulski (the 'Polish James Dean') and Leon Niemczyk (Knife in the Water), Night Train is more than simply a thriller... taut and gripping but also suffused with humour and warmth and boasting a wonderful jazz score by renowned composer Andrzej Trzaskowski.

• Baby Einstein - Language Nursery | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £5.38   |  Saving you £6.61 (55.10%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Baby Einstein: Language Nursery is from the award-winning infant-developmental media company of the same name, whose goal and philosophy is the satisfaction of a child's curiosity through sight and sound. In the main Theatre section of this disc you'll find lots of simple shapes, primary colours and favourite toys passing across the screen. Everything's accompanied by soothing and tinkling nursery-rhyme tunes. Every so often, a narrating female voice will move from English into another language--all of which is designed to expose your child to the wider world of languages. A Video Tutorial explains things just in case the parent is scratching their head as to what they're meant to do. It really is as simple as plonking junior down for half an hour to be colourfully distracted in a manner designed to educate as well as entertain. This is the simplest of the company's releases, making for an ideal introduction to what they're about. Others in the series focus on musical or artistic themes to expand upon all the ideas contained here. On the DVD: Baby Einstein: Language Nursery is the name of the feature itself, but from the Main Menu you can enter a Concert Hall to play with options for many different languages. There's also a Resources section with the aforementioned Video Tutorial and a Toy Chest crediting all the toys used, just in case a certain someone wants one of their own. --Paul Tonks

• Robben Ford - The Art Of Blues Rhythm | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £22.02   |  Saving you £5.97 (21.30%)   |  RRP £27.99

  As one of the most emulated blues players of our time Robben Ford's impeccable soloing techniques phrasing and tone have been the subject of several books and videos but for the first time Robben brings his smooth and tasty rhythm playing to the forefront in this DVD. He explains and demonstrates dozens of blues rhythm concepts and techniques from 12-bar shuffle blues rhythms to mixing in jazz chords to blues comping. Robben also takes you through several of his tunes showing his chord voicings rhythms and right-hand picking/finger techniques. Robben also answers questions about double-stops his guitars recording and road gear. Also includes a 39-page printable PDF with examples and transcriptions. Robben has been offering masterclass clinics for several years to a very select and limited number of students. We're happy to present this DVD to allow guitarists everywhere to be a part of this unique experience.

• British Diesel Trains: The South West | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £21.02   |  Saving you £-8.03 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This programme features diesels of classes 08 25 33 37 42 46 50 and 52 seen on the main and preserved lines of the South West of England and on the ex-Southern and ex-Great Western railway metals. These locomotives show that this is not just a holiday are as they are filmed conveying all kinds of produce from China Clay to steel as well as stopping passenger to express passenger trains on the national network. We also show it the way it was on lines such as the West Somerset and Torbay Railways. The area covered encompasses Cornwall Devon Dorset Somerset and Hampshire. This fabulous programme part of a wonderful eight-volume series celebrates the might of diesel an often overlooked part of British rail heritage. Incredible action footage makes every title in this series a real treat.

• George Best - Special Edition | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £11.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (20.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This release features The George Best Story and the last ever interview with the Belfast Boy. The George Best Story: George Best is arguably the greatest player ever to set foot on a football pitch. Blessed by genius he had the confidence and arrogance to try absolutely anything matched to a charismatic character that reached a far greater audience than those on the terraces at Old Trafford. The first of the new footballing superstars Best marked the transition of players from simply dedicated professionals to pop culture icons. Unable to cope with the temptations of his celebrity lifestyle indulged himself to excess in alcohol late nights and women and as a consequence walked out on top flight football aged just 26. In this video Best will take you back to his home town of Belfast and introduce you to his family and friends. Catch a glimpse of Best playing on his local park where he was spotted by a Manchester United talent scout before journeying to Old Trafford for an in-depth profile of his career at the 'Theatre Of Dreams'. Best's Last Ever Interview: An extremely rare and exclusive insight into George Best from the mouth of Best himself filmed alongside former team mate and life long friend Rodney Marsh.

• Apollo 13 - When the World Held Its Breath | DVD | (31/12/2013) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Apollo When the World Held It's Breath covers the development of the US space program concentrating on the almost-disaster of Apollo 13 where two-hundred thousand miles into its journey to the moon an explosion ripped through its service module leaving astronauts James Lovell Fred Haise and John Jack Swigert with a limited supply of oxygen water and food. Against all odds they came back and almost 25 years after the doomed mission this celebrated documentary told their story. Presented by James Burke this documentary includes interviews with the key players and covers the highs and lows of the Apollo lunar project from the tragedy of Apollo 1 to Apollo 11's world-changing moon-walk and beyond. Featuring interviews with Lovell and Haise the astronauts families flight director Gene Krantz Mission Operations director Christopher Kraft astronauts Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov Apollo: To the Edge and Back offers not only unprecedented insights into the Apollo 13 mission but also an overview of the Cold War rivalry which initiated the Apollo programme and the near-fatal mission s impact in rekindling waning interest in space exploration.

• Ancient Worlds | Blu Ray | (06/12/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Ancient Worlds is a six-part odyssey from the first cities of Mesopotamia to the Christianisation of the Roman Empire with archaeologist and historian Richard Miles at the helm. The series tells the story of what Richard argues is mankind's greatest achievement - civilisation. The series offers an epic sweep of history against a panorama of stunning locations and bold propositions about the origins of human society. In the 21st century we might fondly imagine that it is humankind's natural state to live together in communities that extend beyond blood ties. As Ancient Worlds sets out to show however no such assumptions were made by the first clan chiefs who decided to form communities in southern Iraq in 4500 BC. There is nothing natural about the city and its founders understood that its very survival relied on compromise ruthlessness sacrifice and toil. In the West we have consigned the term 'civilisation' to the museum display case. Embarrassed by its chauvinistic and elitist connotations we have increasingly taken refuge in more politically correct and soft-focused terms such as 'culture' to explain our origins. This series seeks to rescue civilisation from its enforced retirement and celebrate such a hard-fought invention.

• Big Brother's Big DVD The Best Bits: 2000-2010 | DVD | (30/08/2010) from £5.40   |  Saving you £4.59 (85.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The best bits from channel 4's TV show Big Brother from 2000 to 2010!

• Jennifer Lopez: Dance Again | DVD | (12/10/2015) from £3.49   |  Saving you £16.50 (472.78%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dance with award winning superstar Jennifer Lopez! Dance Again combines riveting musical performances with a raw and candid look at Lopez's personal and professional life over a defining six month period when she challenges herself to go on her first ever world tour with her two young children in tow. This docu-concert goes behind the scenes of Lopez's first ever world tour traveling 100 000 miles on 5 continents and reaching one million fans producing 11 250 minutes of musical performances and requiring 500 000 sequins and 162 wardrobe changes. See Jennifer live love and dance... again!

• Ute Lemper - The Thousand And One Lives Of Ute Lemper - A Trilingual Portrait | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Thousand and One Lives of Ute Lemper, Valerie Esposito's 1998 documentary on the idiosyncratic singer and actress, is a fascinating study of an uncompromising performer who defies categorisation. Every facet of her career is represented here: the award-winning musical star of Chicago; the cabaret artist who sinks her teeth into Weill like nobody since Lenya; the avant-garde pop singer who has worked with modern composers from Elvis Costello to Philip Glass; and the muse who inspired Michael Nyman to write her a song cycle. But Lemper can be an acquired taste. She works at show songs with an intensity and individuality that set her apart from mainstream musical actors. The result can be so stylised that the emotional truth she strives for becomes self-conscious and even disengaged. There are some unanswered questions here--why, for example, does she no longer have any contact with Nyman?--but elsewhere her frankness in discussing her influences and her approach to work combines with the glimpses of her family life to provide a useful portrait of this extremely modern, versatile show woman. On the DVD: The Thousand and One Lives of Ute Lemper is presented in 4:3 picture format and has the quality of a top-class television production. The PCM stereo sound reproduces the various textures of Lemper's live and recorded work to good effect. There are no extras but the booklet notes are comprehensive. The running time stated on the cover is misleading: 145 minutes is actually the combined total of the English, German and French versions of the documentary.--Piers Ford

• Standing with Stones | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There are about 1 000 stone circles in the British Isles. If you include other megalithic monuments such as stone rows long barrows cairns cists standing stones and others the number runs to tens of thousands. Yet most people can only name one. This DVD is an exploration beyond Stonehenge a discovery of the wealth that is Megalithic Britain. More than two years in the making this broadcast-standard film written and presented by explorer and naturalist Rupert Soskin takes you from the tip of Cornwall to the Scottish Isles on an unforgettable journey through the landscape of our ancient past.

• Blood Upon the Snow - Russia's War | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £40.48   |  Saving you £-10.49 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This is the incredibly powerful story of the Stalin years. It is based on rarely seen archival footage, contemporary diaries and documents and personal memoirs, as well as interviews with relatives and those people who survived the Gulag labour camps and World War II. It follows the events from Stalin's rise to power, his association with Hitler and the Soviet involvement in the Second World War right through to his death. First regarded as a visionary, it soon became apparent that Stalin was a capricious, ruthless tyrant who would arrange for the ‘removal’ of anyone he thought was opposing him. For nearly 30 years, he maintained power without challenge by manipulating his people through propaganda, state sponsored lies and terror. In this tremendously moving and at times graphic, harrowing and shocking documentary, we witness the suffering and sacrifices of the people of the Soviet Union and discover what led to the death of millions of Soviet citizens during the Great Patriotic War.

• If Only | DVD | (05/11/2008) from £15.97   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  If Only

• Sophie Scholl Special Edition | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sophie Scholl - The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch (of recent cult fave The Edukators in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistence group The White Rose. Armed with long-buried historical records of her incarceration director Marc Rothemund expertly re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's life: a heart-stopping journey from arrest to interrogation trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless.

• Radio:Active - Live at Wembley | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tracklist: Concert Tracks (Main Stage) 1. One For The Radio 2. Everybody Knows 3. Going Through The Motions 4. Obviously 5. Transylvania 6. Corrupted 7. P.O.V 8. Falling In Love (B-Stage) 9 .Star Girl 10. That Girl 11. Do Ya (Back To Main Stage) 12. Black Or White 13. Room On The 3rd Floor 14. All About You 15. The Last Song (Encore) 16. Lies 17. 5 Colours In Her Hair

• McKellen: Playing the Part | Blu Ray | (12/11/2018) from £13.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Constructed around a 14-hour interview, McKellen: Playing the Part uncovers the remarkable story of actor Sir Ian McKellen. From his upbringing living through the Second World War, working through repertory and West End theatre becoming a pioneering stage star, coming out and being a leader in the campaign for equality, to his mainstream film breakouts as Magneto and Gandalf. His work and influence transcends generations, celebrated here in this fully authorized insight. Directed by the award-winning Joe Stephenson, this remarkable film features unprecedented access to private photo albums, a wealth of never-before-seen archive material, including diaries written when he was 12, and exclusive behind the scenes of theatre shows and films alongside McKellen's personal thoughts on a life long lived.

• Secret Army - Series 3 | DVD | (01/01/2008) from £29.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.13%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This award-winning series was a gripping and authentic portrayal of the war waged by one group of Belgian resistance fighters against the German occupation during the Second World War... Episodes comprise: 1. The Last Run 2. Invasions 3. Revenge 4. A Safe Place 5. Ring of Rosies 6. Prisoner 7. Ambush 8. Just Light the Blue Touch Paper 9. Sound of Thunder 10. Collaborator 11. Days of Judgement 12. Bridgehead 13. The Execution