Documentary

• Deep Purple - Who Do You Think We Are? | DVD | (02/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Who Do We Think We Are? This is the powerful independent review of the music that changed the face of rock music forever. Featuring in depth interviews with original founder member Nick Simper and Purple Mark III stalwart Glenn Hughes the film draws on rare footage of Purple in concert in the studio and on the road. Also featured is behind the scenes footage of the band on tour in 1974 the first television appearances by the Mark II line up and a rare glimpse of the original Mark 1 line up in performance. We also hear the views of Jon Lord Ritchie Blackmore Iain Paice Ian Gillan and David Coverdale. This documentary film will fill in the missing piece for the serious music collectors and at the same time will delight casual music fans exploring the music of Deep Purple for the first time.

• The Black American Experience - Famous Activists - Paul Robeson And Richard Wright | DVD | (19/04/2010) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Black American Experience - African Americans who left their stamp on history. The Black American experience celebrates 200 years of change in America. From children of slavery to the first African American elected President, this series is an inspiring journey of courage, defeat and triumph that celebrates outstanding men and women who left their stamp on history. Their stories are a vivid reminder that Yes, We Can - overcome hardship and oppression through the strength of our beliefs a...

• Madhoshi | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  On September 11 2001 while talking to their US based daughter on the telephone the Kaul family is thrilled to know that she is expecting a child soon but their conversation is interrupted by the terrorist attack on the world trade centre. Both her sister and her husband perish in the attack. The Kaul family is devastated. They take some time to recover and arrange their other daughter Anupama's marriage with Arpit Oberoi who runs an advertising agency. Anupama and Arpit like eachother and are happy with this marriage. While travelling by train Anupama and Arpit like eachother and are happy with this marriage arrangement. While travelling by train Anupama meets Aman a plain clothes officer working with an anti terrorist organization and falls in love with him. She loses interest in Arpit and even her family. When her family find out about Aman they decide to meet him and realize that there is no such person as Aman leaving Anupama to be the only one to vouch for his presence....

• Our Century 1980 - 1990 - Solidarity | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Our Century is an outstanding series of ten programmes comprising exceptional film archives made throughout the last century. It covers the great international events that marked both our history and everyday life and also addresses the major issues of the time. 1980 - 1990 Solidarity Communism collapses in Central Europe. The industrial nations are faced with unemployment and new forms of poverty. The African continent is a disaster area and fundamentalism spreads in the Arab nat

• An Education / Atonement | DVD | (14/03/2011) from £5.49   |  Saving you £9.50 (63.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Globe Trekker: Bolivia | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £17.79   |  Saving you £-1.80 (-11.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bolivia is a country of unique qualities unpredicatble and extreme; it needs no embellishment to entice visitors. Landlocked between Peru Chile Paraguay Brazil and Argentina it has managed to escape mainstream tourism quietly retaining its mystery. Globe Trekker Ian Wright explores Bolivia finding one of the poorest countries in South America is also one of the richest in culture and landscape.

• Four Valleys - Disentis To Filsur | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £16.10   |  Saving you £-4.85 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  At Disentis in the valley of the Vorder Rhein the Rhatische Bahn makes an end on junction with the Furka-Oberalp railway where its locomotives take over such famous trains as the Glacier Express. Descending the fertile valley and cutting through a gorge with unusual geological formations it comes to Reichenau the junction for the line to St.Moritz before speeding along the double track into Chur the capital of Canton Graubunden. Here it connects with the Federal Railways with which it runs almost parallel to Landquart where the Rhatische Bahn's most important workshops are situated. The line then swings up the valley of the Landquart river to the well known resort of Klosters before beginning a punishing climb towards Davos from where the line continues down the valley of the Landwasser crossing an impressive viaduct on the way to the junction with the St. Moritz line at Filisur.

• The World According to Kapoor ( Le monde selon Anish Kapoor ) | DVD | (23/01/2012) from £22.83   |  Saving you £7.16 (23.90%)   |  RRP £29.99

  France released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), French ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Making Of, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A multicultural magician, an aesthetic perfectionist, and an engineer of the impossible, sculptor Anish Kapoor thrives on new artistic and technical challenges, such as his enormous inflatable structure with wich he took over the Grand Palais in Paris at the Monumenta 2011 Exhibition. Kapoor, who was born in India but has lived in England since the 1970s, is an enchanting artist- his enormous mirros capture the clouds, his pigment miniatures are sculptures of monochrome colour, and his wall hangings pull us into a sublime void. This documentary recounts the world according to Kapoor, via a journey, from his London studios to the permanent installations of Chicago and Naples, to exhibitions in Bilbao, Mumbai and Dehli. The artist is given the opportunity to talk personally about his perpetual quest for new forms, which are always deeply moving. ...The World According to Kapoor ( Le monde selon Anish Kapoor )

• When Women Ruled: Great Women Leaders in World | DVD | (17/05/2010) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A unique biographical series examining the lives and legacies of extraordinary women leaders and their effect on their countries and the world. Discover and relive the triumphs and tragedies of fascinating women who led nations, fought in battles, and made life and death decisions affecting the fate of millions. Over a period of more than three millennia and spanning three continents, these women of destiny had a profound effect on the course of history. Ancient Egyptian rulers include Quee...

• US Civil War - Battlefields | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Koffee With Karan - Bollywood Divas | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £11.30   |  Saving you £1.69 (13.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Indian cinema's most celebrated young director gets together with his equally famous friends to brew magic on this TV series. Drama and emotions glitz and glamour some things naughty and lots of things nice - it's all there on 'Koffee with Karan' the most successful chat show in the history of Indian television. Bollywood Divas: They are the ones who make grown men swoon and adolescents dream. They are the ones who make a million hearts go aflutter in the dark. They are the divas of Bollywood - and they are all here on Koffee with Karan. Episode1: Are they the best of friends or the worst of enemies? Find out what the gossip magazines will never tell you as Rani Mukerji comes face to face with Kareena Kapoor. In between all the chat about Rani's supposed affairs and Kareena's confession about the man in her life lies the truth about the Rani-Kareena equation. After all with the host all to happy to press his ""lie-o-meter"" there is but no option for the truth to come out! Episode 2: Bengali bombshell Bipasha Basu is joined by ex-Miss Universe Lara Dutta in this steaming hot cup of Koffee. The loves of their lives their insecurities about each other and the nasty comments made about them by another actress - nothing stays hidden under the relentlessly witty cross examination of Karan Johar. Even Tiger Woods makes a surprise appearance in the conversation between Karan and the ladies in this episode served piping hot with oomph and glamour! Episode 3: With oodles of charm and talent to burn ex-Miss World Priyanka Chopra has become a strong contender for the top slot among Bollywood actresses. In this freewheeling chat with Karan Johar she takes all questions head on including her supposed liaison with Akshay Kumar and her stand on 'no exposure'. All that you ever wanted to know about this diva - the men she finds sexy the projects she finds interesting - is there on this episode. Joining her is model turned actor and hearthrob of women all across Arjun Rampal. Ready to make friends with the divas of your dreams?

• The Great War In Colour | DVD | (16/06/2014) from £10.79   |  Saving you £0.20 (1.85%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Even though the technology existed to produce colour at the time, most of the surviving films and photographs of the Great War were shot in black and white. Fortunately the advance of technology has allowed historians to revisit these amazing images and present them in colour, the result is a powerful documentary which provides a detailed look at the Great War as experienced through the eyes of those who were there. Also featured In the film are the rare images produced by pioneers of colo.

• John Adams - American Classic | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  John Adams is America''s most frequently performed living composer. He has managed the considerable feat of writing accessible music that still surprises and challenges its listeners. In the words of the New Yorker he is ''the man who takes the agony out of modern music''. Though he is not the only composer who has combined a classical education with a pop sensibility he is the one who has made the synthesis stick. Richly harmonic his music embraces just about every style from Minimalism to Mahler rock to jazz hymns to Liberace but always winds up sounding like Adams. Adams is also one of music''s most controversial figures - thanks to opera. Nixon in China started a whole new genre in modern opera. The Death of Klinghoffer dealt with the 1985 hijacking of a cruise liner by four Palestinian terrorists. Now made into a feature film it is one of the most contentious operatic works written in over a century. Ironically Adams started out hating opera but his own musical development made him the perfect composer for it. This profile of the man who led contemporary music out of the cul-de-sac of the avant-garde and revitalised modem opera centres on a major interview filmed at his home outside San Francisco. There are contributions from stage director Peter Sellars librettist Alice Goodman and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and extensive performance extracts from Nixon in China and El Nino. His orchestral compositions Shaker Loops The Chamber Symphony and Gnarly Buttons are also featured.

• The Golden Age Of Steam - Locomotives | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This programme is a tribute to the Golden Age of Steam and looks at steam locomotives filmed in action over several decades of the 20th Century. Among the mighty locomotives featured are 4472 Flying Scotsman in LNERlivery, 4468 Mallard, a replica of The Rocket, Fenchurch coupled with Stepney, South Eastern & Chatham Railway P class, number 27 on the Bluebell Railway, C Class 592built by South Eastern & Chatham Railway in 1902, Q Class built for Southern Railway in 1939, 46443 on the Severn Valley Railway June 1990, A USA six coupled tank At theRolvenden Depot, Maunsell & Wainright locos on the move by road, 30065 leaving Northiam station, 76017 on the Watercress line, 34105 Swanage West Country Pacific Bulleid and many more.

• Modern Drummer Festival 2006 - Sunday 9/17 (2 Dvd) | DVD | (01/01/2000) from £12.47   |  Saving you £-2.48 (-24.80%)   |  RRP £9.99

  On September 16 and 17, 2006, The Modern Drummer Festival Weekend returned to the incredible NJ Performing Arts Center for its most ambitious festival ever. Backstage, while these incredible performances were taking place, each artist was interviewed at a practice kit. Each in-depth interview features playing and demonstration, as well as discussion on technique, warming up, their MD Fest performance and much more. And making for a truly historic segment, Thomas Lang interviewed Steve Smith.

• Weird Stories - Werewolves | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Do werewolves actually exist? The belief in werewolves has haunted the imaginations of people from all over the world. The great interest and for some obsession about the werewolf dates all the way back to ancient times. Today many people believe they actually exist. Not surprisingly it has been the subject of many films and has been immortalised by Hollywood. The films featured many great stars of the day including Lon Chaney who was only famous for his portrayal of the wolf man. The word 'werewolf' comes from an anglo-saxon word meaning 'wolf' and 'man'. It is perhaps logical that many people believe that the werewolf represents the evil and primitive urges that are buried deep in the subconscious of modern day man. Whatever the truth the legend of the werewolf has remained one of the greatest and most enthralling mysteries known to man.

• A Life In Pictures - Marilyn Monroe | DVD | (05/01/2009) from £21.02   |  Saving you £-8.03 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  With her flawless beauty and childlike charisma actress Marilyn Monroe continues to wield the most iconic screen presence in cinematic history. From her early days as a model to her meteoric acting career and from her star-studded marriages to her tragic drug overdose at the age of 34 Marilyn lived her whole adult life in front of the camera. Fittingly this documentary DVD presents an intimate portrait of the legendary sex symbol through a collection of film clips that includes

• Steaming Through Austria - Schneebergbahn | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A visit through the alps on a railway system which operates 2000 metres above sea level. In the lower ranges of the alps there is a rack railway operating. The steam engines operating this line were built between 1897 and 1902 and are still in daily use. Through steep and difficult terrain the railway climbs 1200 metres. At half the distance water is refilled. Two tunnel systems have to be passed until it reaches the top of the mountain. Have a look at the new rail car as well. Enjoy this beautiful ride through the marvellous mountains of the Austrian Alps.

• Great Fighters Of World War II | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £11.30   |  Saving you £-1.31 (-13.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This documentary is a visual encyclopaedia of the fighters deployed and their strategic use by both Allied and Axis Forces during the Second World War. The programme includes accounts of the Spitfire Hurricane Mosquito Messerschmitt 109 Focke Wulf Fw 190 Mustang Lightning Thunderbolt Corsair Kittyhawk Beaufighter Typhoon Defiant Wildcat Messerschmitt Bf 110 Ju 88 Macchi Castoldi Me 262 Hellcat and more.

• The Ultimate U.S. Armed Forces Collection | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £9.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (60.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Disc 1 - America's Finest: From its earliest beginnings and through the 60's the Army and its most heroic figures are featured in these documentaries highlighting the milestones and accomplishments that made America proud. Disc 2 - The Army In Action: 11 Fascinating documentary features that take you right into the heart of the action with live combat footage interviews and commentary. Produced by the US Army these films offer superior insights and an intimate look at the Army in action. Disc 3 - The Air Force Story: A fascinating collection of wartime features produced by the US Air Force. Designed to inform and inspire an audience of wartime viewers these short films tell the history of the US Air Force from its beginnings right through the war years. Vintage footage and newsreels make this collection a must for the military fan. Disc 4 - History Of The US Navy: Produced by the US Navy this series of documentary films highlights the critical moments of Naval history and provides fascinating insights into its proud heritage. Explore Naval history from its very beginnings through to the late 20th century through news reels commentary pictorial reviews reenactments and interviews. Disc 5 - Marines In Combat (Part I): This remarkable documentary series takes you to the heart of U.S. Marine Corps using real footage and insightful commentary to convey the glory drama and sacrifice of that proud institution. From the battles of Iwo Jima to the historic Korean conflict experience the action with the first 10 episodes filled with authentic combat action and battlefield drama. Disc 6 - Marines In Combat (Part II): This part of this exciting series takes you further on a bold adventure of discovery showcasing all of the most important events in the history of the Marine Corps during WWII and the Korean War. A stirring tribute and a fascinating study of military history showcasing the heroic story of one of the greatest military forces of all time.