Documentary

• The Guv'nor | Blu Ray | (10/10/2016) from £5.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The life of famed East End luminary Lenny McLean gets a touching, personal treatment in The Guv'nor. Famous (and infamous) as a bareknuckle boxer, bouncer, enforcer, and doorman from the late ˜60s, McLean's journey from unlicensed fighter to best-selling author and star of Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels is also the story of a working class man from Hoxton weathering the changing decades before his untimely death in 1998. Director Paul Van Carter follows his son Jamie as he explores his father's story, from troubled upbringing to stardom, on the way meeting a variety of East London characters to director Guy Richie. What emerges is a picture of a complex, troubled and driven family man.

• Gardens Of The National Trust - Vol. 3 | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  In the third of this splendidly produced series Alan Titchmarsh follows six more of the National Trust's loveliest gardens through the changing seasons. There's the magnificent Victorian sunken parterre garden and formal wilderness walks of Blickling Hall in Norfolk. Hampshire's Hinton Ampner - a perfect example of how horticultural skills and determination can triumph over the problems of an exposed site and unpromising soil. The famous broad hanging terraces of Powis Castle in Pow

• West of Memphis | DVD | (20/05/2013) from £4.00   |  Saving you £15.99 (80.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After the 1994 conviction of three troubled teens for the murders of three younger boys, questions began to arise about the prosecution of the case, with numerous legal experts and celebrities demanding that previously ignored evidence be examined.

• Ernest and Celestine | DVD | (27/05/2013) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In normal bear life it is frowned upon to make friends with a mouse. But Ernest a big bear a clown and musician who lives on the fringes of bear society nonetheless welcomes little Celestine into his home. She is an orphan and has fled the mouse world down below. These two solitary characters find support and comfort in one another but in the process fly in the face of convention upsetting the established order.

• Living In World War Two Home Front | DVD | (27/06/2011) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Evacuees air raid shelters gas masks ID cards queues for food Local Defence Volunteers - The Home Guard snap drills sandbagging searchlights the Auxiliary Fire Service barrage balloons - this was life in Britain in World War Two on the Home Front. When mainland Europe fell to the Nazis in 1939 Great Britain was left isolated alone. The nation geared up for conflict. Conscription evacuation rationing the population learned to live with the privations that come with war. Hitler attacks and after his failure to overcome the RAF in the Battle of Britain the nation has to endure an unprecedented aerial bombardment of its cities. The air raids lasted for eight months killing 67 000 civilians. This drew the people of the nation together and ignited a common spirit of defiance against its powerful enemy. By refusing to crumble Britain was able to continue in the fight. This was our finest hour.

• Through Hell And High Water | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (65.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An engrossing documentary series that follows TV presenter Ben Fogle and Olympic gold medal winning rower James Cracknell as they struggle to race 3000 miles across the Atlantic in a 24ft rowing boat....

• Primitive London (DVD + Blu-ray_ | Blu Ray | (24/10/2011) from £11.48   |  Saving you £10.50 (110.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The sensational follow-up to London in the Raw sets out to reflect society's decay through a sideshow spectacle of 1960s London depravity - and manages to outdo its predecessor. Here, we confront mods, rockers and beatniks at the Ace Cafe, cut some rug with obscure beat band The Zephyrs, witness a seedy Jack the Ripper re-enactment, smirk at flabby men in the sauna and goggle at sordid wife-swapping parties as we discover a pre-permissive Britain still trying to move on from the post-war depression of the 1950s.

• Steve Jobs - The Man In The Machine | Blu Ray | (02/11/2015) from £6.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In his signature black turtleneck and blue jeans, Steve Jobs’ image was ubiquitous. But who was the man on the stage under the giant iPhones? What accounted for the grief of so many across the world when he died? In Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney presents a critical examination of Jobs, revered both as an iconoclastic genius and denounced as a barbed-tongued tyrant. The film is a candid telling of the Apple legend through interviews with a handful of those close to Jobs at different stages in his life. Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine is an evocative portrait of his legacy, and our relationship with the computer. It unravels the larger than life myth he so deliberately crafted, and examines the endurance of his values which continue to shape the culture of Silicon Valley to this day. he kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse they don’t understand and the only way out is to go as fast as their cop car can take them.

• Super Size Me | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £7.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (66.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Here's a documentary which needs absolutely no introduction. Why is America so fat? This is the question that Morgan Spurlock wanted to answer. He set out to interview experts in 20 U.S. cities including Houston - the Fattest City in America - whilst at the same time conducting his own personal experiment... To eat nothing but McDonalds for 30 days straight. There were 4 rules 1- No options. He could only eat what was available over the counter (water included!) 2- No 'supersizing' unless offered 3- No excuses. He had to eat every item on the menu at least once 4- No giving up. He had to eat three square meals a day - breakfast lunch and dinner. The results shocked even the doctors who were monitoring his experiment. The winner of a host of international awards this unmissable documentary has really got the world talking and the junk food peddlers running scared.

• Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, And Supermarkets | DVD | (14/07/2014) from £5.89   |  Saving you £12.10 (205.43%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Sheffield 1988 'The Day That Never Happened'. Following a disastrous farewell show in their hometown Pulp move to London in search of success. They find fame on the world stage in the 1990s with anthems including 'Common People' and 'Disco 2000'. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert: what could go wrong? Giving a career best performance exclusive to the film the band share their thoughts on fame love mortality - and car maintenance. Director Florian Habicht (Love Story) weaves together the band's personal offerings with dream-like specially-staged tableaux featuring ordinary people recruited on the streets of Sheffield. Unveiling the deep affection that the inhabitants of Sheffield have for Pulp and the formative effect the town has had on the band's music (and front-man Jarvis Cocker's lyrics in particular) Pulp is a music-film like no other - by turns funny moving life-affirming and (occasionally) bewildering.

• Steep (2 Disc Edition) | DVD | (26/12/2008) from £6.59   |  Saving you £13.40 (67.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "Steep" is a feature documentary about bold adventure, exquisite athleticism and the pursuit of a perfect moment on skis. It is the story of big mountain skiing, a dangerous and exhilarating sport that barely existed 35 years ago.

• The Country House Revealed | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £14.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the Tudor ebullience of South Wraxall Manor to the rigour of Kinross in Scotland; the beauty of Hawksmoor's Easton Neston to the palatial Georgian sweep of Wentworth Woodhouse; the Victorian exuberance of Clandeboye to the Edwardian ingenuity at Marsh Court, the properties exemplify the changing architecture and fortunes of the nation itself.All are still lived in as family homes. But their owners have agreed to go beyond a few carefully selected highlights, and open the entirety of their homes to Dan Cruickshank. Dan has the run of each estate, roaming the corridors, poking into attics and rummaging in cellars. No hat-box or trunk is unturned as Dan teases out each home's story - who built them, the generations who lived in them, and the families who lost them.Along the way he has uncovered tales of excess and profligacy, tragedy, comedy, power and ambition. And as these intriguing narratives take shape, Dan shows how the story of each house is indissoluble from the social and economic history of Britain. Each one is built as a wave of economic development crests, or crumbles. Each one's architecture and design is therefore expressive of the aims, strengths and frailties of those who built them, and together they plot the psychological, economic and social route map of our country's ruling class in this rich new telling of our island story.

• Coast | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £8.30   |  Saving you £31.69 (381.81%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Discover the curious relationship between the British and the seas in this series first shown on the BBC. The nation's love affair with the coast will be reawakened for this entertaining and ambitious exploration of the entire UK coastline. Every part of the 9 000-mile coast is covered to explore how we've shaped it - and how it shapes us. Hosted by a team of history and geography experts who investigate everything from life on a nuclear submarine to rebuilding the Titanic using co

• Arnhem - A Bridge Too Far | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £5.75   |  Saving you £7.24 (55.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

  'Arnhem: A Bridge Too Far - The True Story' follows the route of the 3 airborne divisions - British 1st US 101st and 82nd - and presents new insights into the operation called Market Garden. It also follows the 2nd Army in their drive up a single narrow road to relieve the beleaguered British airborne forces in Arnhem. Arnhem expert Brigadier Frank Steer MBE provides a completely new and unique tour of the battlefield and the drama that unfolded in the epic days of the battle. T

• Life After People (3-Disc Box Set) | DVD | (17/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The very notion is deliciously ghoulish: What happens to earth if--or when--people suddenly vanished? The History Channel presents a dramatic, fascinating what-if scenario, part science fiction and part true natural science. "Welcome to Earth, Population: 0" is the catchy tagline, Life After People's is so gripping you nearly forget while you watch that you, yourself, will be gone too. It turns out that Earth can go along very nicely without us. The hardest part of the special is probably in the first 15 minutes, when pet owners confront what likely will happen to their dogs (thankfully, the show follows those dogs who break out of their houses, and the prognosis for them to survive as scavengers is good). As the fictional days and weeks tick by, the process of nature's reclaiming the planet becomes less grim and more fascinating. The impact of the lack of people will be noticed right away, as most power grids shut down around the planet. The one holdout: Hoover Dam, whose hydro power lights up the American Southwest. Scientists say the dam can continue to operate on its own for months, maybe years, keeping the Vegas Strip alight. Only the eventual accumulation of quagga mussels, an invasive species, in the cooling pipes of the power plant--currently being cleaned by humans--will shut down the dam. Elsewhere, critters and plants will have their run of Manhattan and every other previously "civilized" spot. Inventive photography shows bears clambering out of subway stations, and vines pulling down brownstones, then skyscrapers. It may not be a surprise when the Eiffel Tower and Space Needle meet their eventual fates, but the scenes nonetheless provide a pleasant sting of shock. Life After People is humbling, yet exhilarating. -- A.T. Hurley

• Cake | DVD | (15/12/2008) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Always the bridesmade, never the bride, Pippa McGee flies home for yet another wedding. Jet-lagged and late, she downs one martini too many and flirts with every guy in sight. It's disaster, made worse when Pippa discovers her publisher dad urgently needs a new editor for one of his magazines. She volunteers only to discover the job is her idea of hell- she is incharge of 'wedding bells'. Can the freewheeling Pippa cope with 9 to 5? Can she bring herseld to write about frocks and frills? And ...

• The Hidden Ashes | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When Sunset+Vine produced the historic 2005 England vs Australia Ashes series for Channel 4 they recorded every ball from ten different angles. There were literally ten versions of every four every six and every wicket only a handful of which were seen on the Live Channel 4 transmission mostly as slow-motion replays. There were also many images recorded that were never seen at all on C4. Now Sunset+Vine have reviewed more than 150 hours of footage from the ten cameras and have put together the story of the series from the very best of these pictures. The result is the most dramatic look yet at those five extraordinary cricket matches. Re-live in giant close-up the joy and despair of the players as the series takes its many twists and turns; sit in the stand with the fans at Old Trafford as England come up agonisingly short in the Third Test; see the utter bemusement of the England players as Ricky Ponting explodes at Trent Bridge after being superbly run out by substitute fielder Gary Pratt; wince as Kevin Pietersen is hit by a 93-mph bullet from Brett Lee at The Oval; feel the genuine warmth that emerges between the teams as this fabulous series unfolds. How long did it actually take Freddie Flintoff to peel away from the England celebrations at Edgbaston and go and console Brett Lee - the single defining image of the summer? Where does Shane Warne keep his Trebor mints when he's fielding at slip? Which England player does Michael Clarke share his chewing gum with? It's all in Hidden Ashes the most vivid television account yet of the greatest cricket series ever played!

• Union with David Olusoga | DVD | (18/12/2023) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Renowned historian David Olusoga reveals the human stories behind one of the world's most influential but fragile unions: the United Kingdom. At a time when the UK faces existential threats to its survival, David Olusoga explores the forgotten histories of contemporary divisions and explains how the origins of these splits can be traced back centuries. Delve into the emotional stories of ordinary people whose lives were caught up in turmoil as the United Kingdom was created and a British identity forged. Who are the people most affected by disunity today - and can the UK survive another period of disruption and unrest?

• D-Day Boxset (8 Titles) | DVD | (02/06/2014) from £23.99   |  Saving you £-10.27 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.72

  June 6 1944 known as D-Day marked the beginning of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy France and the turning point of World War II that would ultimately end Nazi domination in Europe. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the largest military mission in history this triumphan D-Day Remembered film collection includes 8 of the greatest war movies of all time featuring powerful performances by Hollywood's biggest heroes! Films Included: The D-Day Sixth Of June The Longest Day A Bridge Too Far Patton Battle of Britain The Bridge At Remagen Attack Von Ryan's Express

• The Simple Life - Series 5 - Complete - Goes To Camp | DVD | (05/05/2008) from £2.29   |  Saving you £15.70 (87.30%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The wildlife at Camp Shawnee just got a whole lot wilder because the new counsellors are American celebutantes Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie! With their notorious feud officially behind them the torrid twosome are back together and life in the great outdoors will never be the same! Join these babes in the woods as they put their own unique spin on health and fitness at a wellness camp spice things up at a couples therapy session and orchestrate the eagerly awaited world premiere of Paris and Nicole: The Musical! Need we say more?