Documentary

• Funny Up North: The History Of Northern Comedy | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £6.77   |  Saving you £6.22 (91.88%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The North of England has always enjoyed it's own very particular brand of comedy, best seen today in Coronation Street.80 years ago however Mancunian Studios produced feature films for the northern masses. Funny Up North tells the story of the Mancunian Studios, it's eccentric owner John E Blakely and it's cavalcade of stars including such household names as Arthur Askey, Jimmy Jewell, George Formby and the legendary Frank Randle. Hosted by Professor Chris Lee, the authority on Northern Cinema, Funny Up North takes you on a journey from it's humble beginnings to it's sad demise in the 1960's. It's reet good!

• Line Of Fire - The Battle Of The Bulge | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £9.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Discover why the last major German offensive of World War Two so nearly succeeded and how heroic defensive actions by American GIs thwarted their plans.

• Southland Tales | DVD | (31/03/2008) from £2.69   |  Saving you £17.30 (86.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A noir thriller set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster.

• Terror's Advocate | DVD | (25/08/2008) from £8.07   |  Saving you £11.92 (59.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dictators. Terrorists. War criminals. Jacques Verges is the man who has defended them all. Acclaimed filmmaker Barbet Schroeder takes us down history's darkest paths in his engrossing attempt to illuminate the mystery behind this enigmatic and controversial lawyer. At the height of his career Verges disappeared without trace for 8 years. Following his return to the public eye he resumes his profession with a vengeance acting as legal representative to some of the century's most notorious figures including Carlos The Jackal Slobodan Milosevic and Nazi lieutenant Klaus Barble.

• Meet The Romans Presented by Mary Beard As Seen On BBC2 | DVD | (13/08/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  We still live in the shadow of ancient Rome - a city at the heart of a vast empire that stretched from the North of England to Afghanistan, dominating the West for over 700 years. This fascinating history series, as seen on the BBC and presented by Professor Mary Beard, puts aside the stories of emperors and armies, guts and gore, to meet the real Romans living at the heart of it all.

• Spartacus - Gods Of The Arena | Blu Ray | (03/10/2011) from £26.75   |  Saving you £8.24 (30.80%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The House of Batiatus is on the rise, basking in the glow of its infamous champion Gannicus, whose skill with a sword is matched only by his thirst for wine and women. These are the times a young Batiatus has been waiting for. Poised to overthrow his father and take control, he’ll freely betray anyone to ensure his gladiators are in the highest demand. And he’ll have his loyal and calculating wife Lucretia by his side for every underhanded scheme, drawing on the brazen talents of her seductive friend Gaia when it counts. Together, they will stop at nothing to deceive the masses, seize power, and bleed Capua dry in this audacious prequel to “Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

• Liverpool Through The Ages | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £6.45   |  Saving you £6.54 (50.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Presented by Billy Butler Liverpool Through The Ages takes the viewer on an historical journey around one of Britain's foremost cities. The story of Liverpool is essentially the story of one of the greatest ports in the world. The sea made Liverpool - and made it unique. No other city in Britain has such a rich heritage of diverse cultures and influences - which is why no other city has turned out like Liverpool. The people are unique. The humour is unique. Even the accent is unique.

• Classic Albums - Paul Simon - Graceland | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £8.85   |  Saving you £2.14 (19.50%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Paul Simon's 1986 album Graceland is a landmark record. Recorded in New York and South Africa Graceland not only sold 14 million copies was named Album Of The Year in the 1986 Grammy Awards but also brought the sound of South African music to audiences around the world. when released in the autumn of 1986 Graceland soared to number three in the US album charts and topped the UK and South African charts for many weeks. The dramatic story of Graceland is told here both in Paul Si

• Altman | DVD | (18/05/2015) from £5.69   |  Saving you £12.30 (68.40%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Altman is a touching respectful illuminating survey of the life and works of one of the most innovative influential and truly independent directors in American cinema history. While refusing to bow down to Hollywood's conventions or its executives Altman's unique style of filmmaking won him friends and enemies earned him world-wide praise and occasionally scathing criticism. With a career spanning M*A*S*H The Player Gosford Park and more Altman proved that it is possible to make truly independent films.

• The Greatest Steam Locomotives 6DVD Set | DVD | (14/02/2011) from £21.07   |  Saving you £-3.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The ultimate profile of steam's most famous locomotives FLYING SCOTSMAN A stunning pictorial record of how the world's most famous express locomotive steamed triumphantly into the Millennium. BLACK FIVE Experience all the excitement and drama as a Black Five - Stanier Class 5MT 45407 - answers an SOS from the Mid-Hants Railway to work a Daylight Railtour outing from Alton to Bridgnorth. CASTLE & MANOR See how Castle class locomotive 5051 Earl Bathurst copes with a 75-mile an hour dash to the seaside as she stands in for 7802 Bradley Manor on the first of a series of Torbay Express excursions between Bristol and Kingswear. CLAN LINE Bulleid Pacific 35028 Clan Line was saved from destruction in the 1960s by a group of enthusiasts who weren't prepared to let the Merchant Navy class die. This wonderful DVD follows her progress for a year. GREEN ARROW This is the story of 60800 Green Arrow and her heroic attempts to become the first V2-class locomotive to reach Plymouth after mechanical faults ruled out 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley. But no one on the footplate knew quite what lay ahead. KING EDWARD I Watch as cameras at more than 50 locations follow the beautifully restored 6024 King Edward I from London to Bristol and back to Didcot.

• Man With A Movie Camera | DVD | (10/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An experiment in the creative communication of visible events without the aid of inter-titles, a scenario or theatre "aiming at creating a truly international absolute language of cinema," is how the inter-titles describe what is about to be seen. Bold claims indeed, but in its awesome sophistication The Man with a Movie Camera does live up to them, making it one of the most contemporary of silent movies. The subject, the life of a city from dawn to dusk, was not original even for 1928, but its treatment was--the cameraman as voyeur, social commentator and prankster, exploiting every trick permissible with the technology of the day (slow motion, dissolves, split screens, freeze frames, stop motion animation, etc). A young woman stirs in her bed, apparently fighting a nightmare in which a cameraman is about to be crushed by an oncoming train. She wakes up, and the sequence is revealed to be a simple trick shot. As she blinks her weary eyes, the shutters of her window mimic her viewpoint, and the iris of the camera spins open. Self-reflexive wit like this abounds here--there's even a delicious counterpoint made between the splicing of film and the painting of a woman's nails.The film was the brainchild of the Moscow-based film-maker Dziga Vertov (real name Denis Arkadyevich Kaufman), a furiously inventive poet of the cinema who made innumerable shorts about daily life (such as the much-quoted "Kino-Pravda"), and played at candid camerawork and cinema vérité long before they became the clichés of the television age. The editing has a fantastic abandon that makes most pop videos look sluggish. --David Thompson

• Classic Albums - The Band - The Band | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £10.78   |  Saving you £0.21 (1.95%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Initially associated with Bob Dylan with whom they toured and recorded The Band were soon to be acknowledged as a truly seminal band in their own right truly The Band. Comprising Rick Danko Levon Helm Garth Hudson Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson. The Band were signed to Capitol Records in 1968 and embarked on a recording career that witnessed eight U.S. Top 40 albums including three million sellers. The story of The Band and their classic album is told here in vivid words

• Hidden Treasures of the National Trust: Series 1 | DVD | (20/05/2024) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Rawhide - The Complete Series Three | DVD | (11/07/2011) from £22.98   |  Saving you £19.00 (90.52%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Head 'em up and move 'em out! Academy Award-winner Clint Eastwood is back in the saddle as ramrod Rowdy Yates in the third action packed series of classic TV Western Rawhide. Hit the Sedalia Trail with Gil Favor (Eric Fleming) Rowdy and their hard-driving gang of drovers as they take on murderous outlaws crooked ranchers and renegade soldiers in this rousing eight-disc DVD set jam-packed with whip-cracking thrills adventure and danger! A collection no true Clint Eastwood fan can afford to miss... Get those doggies rollin'!

• Occupation: Dreamland (A film by Garrett Scott and Ian Olds) | DVD | (01/08/2008) from £22.83   |  Saving you £-2.84 (-14.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

• London in the Raw (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (24/10/2011) from £18.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (6.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'The World's greatest city laid bare! Thrill to its gay excitement, its bright lights, but be shocked by the sin in its shadows!' Following on from his Take Off Your Clothes and Live, and influenced by the world-wide success of Italian 'Mondo' movies, which combined documentary footage with staged sequences of salacious effect, legendary British low budget movie mogul Arnold Miller concocted this fascinating exploitation-style documentary. Peering voyeuristically behind the grimy net-curtains of London life into seedy bars and clubs for beatnik 'art lovers', and burrowing beneath the glittering facade of the capital's glamorous cocktail lounges and casinos, London in the Raw provides a cynical, sometimes startling vision of life on and off the rain-spattered streets of 1960s London.

• Captain America: The Serial 2 | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the arch villain called The Scarab who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations. Episodes Comprise: 6. Vault of Vengeance 7. Wholesale Destruction 8. Cremation in the Clouds 9. Triple Tragedy 10. The Avenging Corpse.

• Disappearing World - Vol.1 | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Granada's landmark anthropological series broadcast over three decades remains an extraordinary triumph of cutting-edge documentary making. A series of internationally acclaimed award-winning films offer intimate portraits of remote communities such as the Cuiva Embera and Panare Indians of Colombia the nomadic Tuareg of the Sahara the Kurdish Dervishes and the Meo of China while highlighting the fragility of these ancient cultures - many of which had been squeezed to the point of extinction at the time of filming. Developed from an idea by former World In Action producer Brian Moser who had witnessed at first hand the relentless and rapid destruction of native Indian tribes in Latin America Disappearing World displayed an unprecedented foregrounding of its subjects who spoke freely about their lives and values in their own languages and were filmed engaged in daily activities. A generous budget and much freedom was granted to the production and research team and the series' constantly evolving presentation format also acknowledged current concerns and debates within the field about the portrayal of 'primitive' societies. The films were made easily accessible to schools and universities and remain a valuable educational resource. Disappearing World was groundbreaking television whose aim extended far beyond the remit of 'serious' or 'educational' programming required by the broadcasting strictures of the day setting the standard for future investigative programming. This first volume collects 15 documentaries initially broadcast between 1970 and 1975.

• Baby Beethoven - Symphony of Fun | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £7.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (50.06%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Great Minds Start Little. Created by a mum from a baby's perspective this DVD will captivate and stimulate your child providing numerous opportunities for you and your child to interact with one another! Baby Beethoven Symphony of Fun is part of the Baby Einstein integrated family of award-winning videos DVDs music recordings and books which explore art music language science and nature. Baby Beethoven Symphony of Fun is a captivating experience t

• British Steam - The Bluebell Railway | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (-21.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Bluebell Railway was Britain's first standard gauge passenger carrying preserved railway. After 35 years this outstanding line set deep in the Mid-Sussex countryside is still at the front of the steam preservation movement. Beautifully restored stations are complemented by an unrivalled collection of steam locomotives coaches and wagons. Many of these are seen in action up and down the line while one of the world's most glamorous and luxurious trains is recreated in the Golden Arrow Pullman. Behind the scenes the programme explores the history and the current operation of the railway and there is also time to visit the National Trust properties at Sheffield Park and Wakehurst Place as well as many of the other attractions in the immediate area.