Documentary

• Parky's Picks | DVD | (26/11/2012) from £4.47   |  Saving you £20.52 (459.06%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This collection celebrates the great talkers and demonstrates what the Parkinson show was all about. By concentrating in greater depth on individuals who remain fresh in the memory and high in my esteem you'll be entertained, informed and reminded that the show gave time and space for the guest to talk on whatever subject took their fancy. So sit back and enjoy the likes of Oprah Winfrey on her extraordinary childhood, Michael Caine on learning to drive Hollywood Style, Dr Jacob Bronowski’s thoughts on the morality of science, Jonathan Miller's chicken impressions, Peter Ustinov's ordeal at the hands of Japan's answer to Michael Parkinson, Dame Judi Dench on Shakespeare in the nude, Don McCullin on war photography and Bette Midler on performing in Turkish Baths.

• Tim's Vermeer | DVD | (26/05/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The film follows Tim Jenison a Texas based inventor as he attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all of art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring) manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography?

• Koyaanisqatsi | Blu Ray | (15/02/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  KO YAA NIS QATSI ko?yaa?nis?qatsi (from the Hopi language) n., 1. crazy life 2. life in turmoil 3. life out of balance 4. life disintegrating 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living Told without dialogue, narration, cast or characters, Koyaanisqatsi is a dizzying, hypnotic example of cinema set to an extraordinary score by Philip Glass. It contrasts natural beauty with a population ever more dependent on modern technology. Shot on a low budget in New York City and the American South West, the film found support from Francis Ford Coppola where it found a larger audience and has gone on to become a cult classic. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Restored digital transfer, approved by director Godfrey Reggio, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio Introduction by filmmaker and composer Gary Tarn (Black Sun, The Prophet) Essence of Life Interviews with Reggio and composer Philip Glass Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork

• Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story | DVD | (25/09/2023) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Philip Vincent built the fastest and most glamorous motorcycles in the world - yet he ended his days in poverty. Some 40 years after he died, one of his machines sold for over $1 million. This is his untold story.

• Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese (2019) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | DVD | (25/01/2021) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1975, in an America defined by both the self-mythologizing pomp of the upcoming bicentennial and ongoing socio-political turmoil, BOB DYLAN and a band of troubadoursincluding luminaries such as JOAN BAEZ, ALLEN GINSBERG, and JONI MITCHELLembarked on a now-legendary tour known as The Rolling Thunder Revue, a freewheeling variety show that was part traveling counterculture carnival, part spiritual pilgrimage. Director MARTIN SCORSESE (The Irishman) blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief, with a magician's sleight of hand, into a zeitgeist-defining cultural record that is as much a concert documentary as it is a slippery, chimerical investigation into memory, time, truth, and illusion. At the centre of it all is the magnetic Dylan, a sphinx-like philosopher-poet singing, with electrifying conviction, to the soul of an anxious nation. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital transfer, approved by director Martin Scorsese, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New interviews with Scorsese, editor David Tedeschi, and writer Larry Ratso Sloman Restored footage of never-before-seen Rolling Thunder Revue performances of Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You and Romance in Durango, and of a never-before-seen cut of Tangled Up in Blue Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by novelist Dana Spiotta and writing from the Rolling Thunder Revue tour by author Sam Shepard and poets Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman

• Earthflight | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the makers of Tiger Spy In The Jungle, comes Earth Flight. Amazing sights from five continents are revealed in a whole new light as this five-part series joins the journeys of snow geese, cranes, falcons, albatross, eagles and other birds. Using cutting edge new filming techniques to show everything in exquisite detail, viewers have a uniquely privileged perspective flying 9,000 metres high over the sands of the Sahara or skimming metres over the Great Wall of China. The birds are shown up-close in flight and interacting with other animals down below, from barnacle geese encountering herds of migrating reindeer, to pelicans plunging into hundreds of nurse sharks. Spycams film right in the heart of the flock with microlights, hang-gliders and wirecams making up the aerial filming arsenal, while slow-motion techniques reveal extraordinary detail

• Byron | DVD | (04/05/2010) from £9.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The young poet Lord Byron had everything. He was beautiful aristocratic talented - and sexually irresistible. By his mid-twenties he was the most famous man in England - the world's first celebrity. Women flung themselves at him. Men wanted to be like him. He lived for sensation and sexual excess indulging his darkest cravings and scandalising the nation until he could only be satiated by a passionate affair with his own half-sister. Too late he discovered that even a celebrity can go too far...

• Best of Enemies | DVD | (09/11/2015) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Best of Enemies is a behind-the-scenes account of the explosive televised debates between the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr, during the 1968 Democratic and Republican national conventions. Live and unscripted, they kept viewers riveted with their rancorous disagreements about politics, God and sex. Ratings for ABC News sky-rocketed; and a new era in public discourse was born.

• Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £5.63   |  Saving you £11.36 (201.78%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Railroad walks With Julia Bradbury

• Nureyev | DVD | (18/03/2019) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk DOES NOT have English audio and subtitles.

• Catfish | DVD | (10/01/2011) from £7.09   |  Saving you £10.16 (174.27%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A reality thriller that is a shocking product of our times, Catfish is a riveting story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue.

• Fight for the Skies | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £13.20   |  Saving you £1.79 (11.90%)   |  RRP £14.99

  As technology improved and new forms of warfare became available the Second World War quickly developed into more than just a foot war fought on the battlefields of Europe between allied and enemy troops. The technological advancements meant that for the first time major aerial battles could now take place. In order to inflict damage quickly and decisively against enemy air bases and buildings the aeroplane quickly became a pivotal piece of machinery that would ultimately decide the outcome of the war. As the race to build fighter planes became more and more important heated aerial attacks such as the Battle of Britain would be fought and pave the way for an eventual allied victory. This DVD explores the majority of the most well known and influential planes including: German Bf 109 Fw 190 Me 262 English Spitfire and Hurricane American P - 51 Mustang P 38 Lightning F 4 U and F 6 U along with the Japanese Zero. The DVDs gives a further fascinating insight into the Me 262 the first jet-powered fighter aircraft introduced by the Luftwaffe in 1942. This Hunter set new standards in aviation history in the skies over Germany claiming over 500 allied kills. With over fifty minutes of original archive film as well as exclusive picture galleries and bonus films this DVD will appeal to all aviation fans.

• Little Dieter Needs To Fly | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £7.79   |  Saving you £8.20 (51.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An Incredible Tale Of Courage And Survival Against Impossible Odds. As a young boy Dieter Dengler watched as Allied planes destroyed his village. From that instant he knew that he wanted to fly. So at 18 he moved to America enlisted in the Navy and was promptly shipped off to Vietnam. During one of his first missions however Dengler was shot down over Laos and taken prisoner. Despite torture and starvation - at one point he weighed 85 pounds - he escaped and after a harrowing journey through the jungle on foot returned home. Today even comfort and success cannot dispel the demons of his past. In this remarkable award-winning documentary director Werner Herzog returns to the jungle with Dengler to tell an incredible tale of courage and survival against impossible oddds.

• Rags And Riches: Life In The 1930s Part One | DVD | (14/05/2012) from £12.85   |  Saving you £0.14 (1.09%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The world is in the grip of the Great Depression but amongst the misery of unemployment and economic hardship there is a shining light. London is booming with a boost in house building which doubles the size of the city, creating the metropolis we know today. Using rare archive footage this film tells the story of how this happened against the backdrop of a turbulent and fascinating decade.

• House Of The Flying Arrows | DVD | (14/11/2016) from £2.95   |  Saving you £17.04 (577.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With a mix of behind the scenes footage, interviews and archive footage, House of Flying Arrows traces the story of darts' humble beginnings, through its glamourous heyday in the 70s and 80s, professional upheaval and popular resurgence in the 90s right up to the present and the 2015 World Championships. Full of all the drama, excitement and outrageousness of the game, this will be a must-have for darts fans but also a great gift for any sports documentary fan. Featuring all the biggest names and personalities in the sport: Phil The Power Taylor, Michael Van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Raymond Van Barneveld and more, as well as legends from the golden age including Eric Bristow, Barry George, Keith Deller and Bob Anderson and celebrity fans including Ronnie O'Sullivan, Alastair Cook and Will Greenwood.

• The Complete Humphrey Jennings: Volume 2 (DVD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (23/04/2012) from £15.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (25.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Widely considered to be one of Britain’s greatest filmmakers, Humphrey Jennings has long been celebrated as the director of works which beautifully capture the everyday heroism in times of war and peace. This, the second of three volumes which collect together Jennings’ entire output, gathers 5 films from 1941 -1943 and shows Jennings at the pinnacle of his career. It features his masterpieces Listen to Britain and Fires Were Started and the rousing Words for Battle as well as some previously neglected works and alternative versions, many of which are made available for the first time since their original release. Special features: Contents: Listen To Britain (1941); Words for Battle (1941); The Heart of Britain (1941); Fires Were Started (1943); The Silent Village (1943) All films presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition This Is England (1941): alternate cut of The Heart of Britain I Was a Fireman (1943): Jenning’s original cut of Fires Were Started Illustrated booklet with newly commissioned essays, film notes, and biography

• Time Escapade: Five Seconds Till Climax | DVD | (16/05/2011) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tokyo 1986. Every night Etsuko abandons herself to solitary pleasure while fantasising about her boss with whom she is in love. One evening more turned on than ever she experiences and earth-shattering orgasm - a climax so powerful it unleashes an ecstatic energy that transports her through time. In the strange new Tokyo of 2001 Etsuko meets herself fifteen years older. She has a husband but their future marriage is on the rocks... and there's a son. To put things right she must travel back to 1986. But how?

• William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill | Blu Ray | (27/05/2024) from £19.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Guy Martin's World's Fastest Electric Car | DVD | (13/12/2021) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Ghost Blues | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Disc 1 - Ghost Blues - The Story Of Rory Gallagher Disc 2 - The Beat Club Sessions 1. Laundromat 2. Hands Up 3. Sinnerboy 4. Just The Smile 5. Used To Be 6. In Your Town 7. Should've Learned My Lesson 8. Crest Of A Wave 9. Tore Down 10. Pistol Slapper Blues 11. I Don't Know Where I'm Going 12. Going To My Hometown 13. I Could've Had Religion 14. McAvoy Boogie 15. Hoodoo Man 16. Messin' With The Kid