Documentary

• A Day In The Life - Four Portraits Of Post-war Britain By John Krish | Blu Ray | (28/03/2011) from £7.29   |  Saving you £12.70 (174.21%)   |  RRP £19.99

  John Krish is one of British cinema s best-kept secrets: a master of post-war documentary filmmaking who repeatedly turned his works for sponsors as diverse at the Central Office of Information (COI) and the NSPCC into not just effective non-fiction films but truly stirring cinema to rank alongside the world s greatest directors. A Day in the Life collects together four of his most cherished films: The Elephant Will Never Forget (1953) Our School (1962) They Took Us to the Sea (1961) and I Think They Call Him John (1964). In each of these films richly textured with the details of everyday post-war life Krish combines a deep belief in human beings with a compulsive desire to push the documentary form forward. This essential and critically acclaimed collection is supplemented with an interview with Krish as well as with Krish s rarely seen films I Want to Go to School (1959) and Mr Marsh Comes to School (1961).

• The Punk Rock Movie | DVD | (30/06/2008) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Directed by the legendary Don Letts The Punk Rock Movie captures the leaders of the movement in performance and on tour. Produced in London in 1978 this 35MM documentary feature highlights the punk rock explosion reverberating around England at the end of the decade. The film focuses on the last nights at the famous Roxy Club the epicentre of punk. An award wining film The Punk Rock Movie is considered the only true record of the sound and feeling of punk rock in London. Exclusive live performances by: Sex Pistols; The Clash; Siouxsie & The Banshees; X-Ray Spex; Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers; Generation X & More

• Around the World in 80 Treasures | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £26.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (10.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A Grand Tour Of Man's Greatest Creation! Join Dan Cruickshank as he takes a global tour of the most breathtaking treasures man has ever created. Exciting and intrepid intimate and engaging this series explores some of the world's outstanding man-made spectacles. Traversing the globe Cruickshank visits every continent to reveal awe-inspiring temples towers castles ruins monuments and artefacts. From the exquisite castles of Japan to the Nasca line in Peru from Persepolis in Iran to the Palace of Versailles in France this is your chance to share in the expressive beauty of man's creative powers. Episodes Comprise: 1. Peru To Brazil 2. Mexico To America 3. Australia To Cambodia 4. Japan To Chine 5. India To Srilanka 6. Uzbekistan To Syria 7. Jordan To Ethiopia 8. Mali To Egypt 9. Turkey To Germany 10. Bosnia To France And Home

• The Battle of the Sexes | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £13.35   |  Saving you £4.64 (34.76%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Battle of the Sexes; that tells the story of a match that defined a movement, the infamous tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in Houston 1973. Weaving together the story of the embryonic women's movement and the battle to establish equality on the tennis court (a literal level playing field). It shows how a group of women banded together to overthrow the male establishment - to become true pioneers. More than a mere historic telling, we hope this film has the emotional ...

• Most Haunted Live - Vols. 1 To 3 | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £29.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (16.83%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Join investigative presenter Yvette Fielding spiritual medium Derek Acorah parapsychologist Jason Karl and the rest of the Most Haunted crew as they travel the length and breadth of Great Britain in their unique search into the paranormal. Experience the tears laughter and intense fear of the Most Haunted team as they stay overnight at renowned haunted locations. By setting experiments and using the most up-to-date equipment Most Haunted captures some of the best paranormal footage ever seen. This box set features a collection of Most Haunted's Live volumes.

• The Circus Live | DVD | (23/11/2009) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After the biggest comeback in pop history Take That are taking to the stage in support of their fifth studio album The Circus and now with Take That: From The Circus Live you can witness their epic stage show live on DVD. Tracklisting Disc 1: The Circus Live At Wembley Stadium 1. The Adventures Of A Lonely Balloon 2. Greatest Day 3. Hello 4. Could It Be Magic 5. Pray 6. A Million Love Songs 7. Back For Good 8. The Garden 9. Shine 10. Up All Night 11. Wooden Boat 12. How Did It Come To This 13. The Circus* 14. What Is Love 15. Clown Medley** 16. Said It All 17. Never Forget 18. Patience 19. Relight My Fire 20. Hold Up A Light 21. Rule The World *includes Love Ain't Here Anymore / Babe / Nobody Else / The Circus ** includes Do What You Like / Promises / It Only Takes A Minute / Take That And Party Disc 2: In The Session At Abbey Road 1. The Garden 2. How Did It Come To This 3. Greatest Day 4. Up All Night 5. Patience 6. What Is Love 7. The Circus 8. Shine 9. Rule The World 10. Julie 11. Said It All

• Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £10.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Justin Bieber's odds were a million to one until millions of fans found him online. Now his world is yours with Never Say Never the riveting and inspiring* story of his journey from average teen to the youngest performer to sell out the most famous stage in New York City.

• Line Dancing Made Easy | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £7.94   |  Saving you £-1.95 (-32.60%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Last Party 2000 | DVD | (19/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The year 2000 brought the system of Democracy in the United States to crisis point. After 8 years of Democratic Party control America witnessed an astonishing and extraordinary change of leadership. While failing to win the popular vote the Republican Party managed to win the presidency - a result of polling irregularities an inordinate number of discarded ballots and the monumental move by the Supreme Court of stepping in to decide a national election result. Debate ran rampant

• The Complete Humphrey Jennings volume 3: A Diary for Timothy | Blu Ray | (15/07/2013) from £16.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (17.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This Dual Format Edition completes the BFI's acclaimed Complete Humphrey Jennings collection making available all the films directed by Britain's greatest filmmakers available on Blu-ray and DVD. The films of Humphrey Jennings have proved hugely influential over the last 60 years - his influence can be felt in the work of Lindsay Anderson (If...) and more recent filmmakers such as Kevin MacDonald (Touching the Void Marley). Jennings was also a major influence for Frank Cottrel Boyce and Danny Boyle whose 2012 Olympics ceremony used Jennings' book Pandæmonium as its inspiration. Films Comprise: The Eighty Days (1944) A Diary for Timothy (1945) A Defeated People (1946) The Cumberland Story (1947) The Dim Little Island (1949) Family Portrait (1950) Special Features: V.1 (1944): a shorter cut of The Eighty Days made for overseas distribution The Good Life (1951): Jennings' final film

• The Stones and Brian Jones | Blu Ray | (14/10/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  John Mills brings a stoic intensity to the role of Professor Bernard Quatermass in this key piece of British dystopian fiction from visionary writer Nigel Kneale. Unsettling in its portrayal of a crumbling society coming under alien attack, Quatermass is stylishly directed by BAFTA winner Piers Haggard and features the high production values associated with Euston Films. Shot on 35mm, the original negatives have been used for this stunning High Definition restoration a 5.1 mix from original triple-track audio elements is also presented here alongside the original mono soundtrack. Bernard Quatermass, former head of the British Rocket Group, lives in seclusion in western Scotland, watching in appalled silence as Britain slowly turns into a vision of violence, gang rule and governmental collapse. A desperate search for his missing granddaughter plunges him into a terrifying situation when he comes to realise that the mass disappearance of thousands of youths is nothing less than the culling of the human speciesby an unknown alien intelligence...SPECIAL FEATURES- The Quatermass Conclusion: an alternative, restored feature length edit- 5.1 mix for episodic version - Music-only tracks for all four episodes- Episode recaps - Textless titles - Image gallery - Trailer

• The Miners' Hymns | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £12.09   |  Saving you £7.90 (65.34%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An elegy in film and music to the coal mining history of North East England and a unique creative collaboration between the renowned American filmmaker Bill Morrison (Decasia) and acclaimed Icelandic musician and composer Jhann Jhannsson. Created from archive and newly-shot film footage The Miners' Hymns celebrates the sense of vibrant community rich self-organised culture and the forbearance that characterised the lives of those who worked underground and the places in which they lived. Accompanying Morrison's filmic collage Jhannsson's newly composed modern classical score draws upon the region's brass music culture: image and sound combine to create a rich homage to Britain's coal mining heritage.

• Classic Steam Train Collection - Green Arrow | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £11.48   |  Saving you £3.51 (23.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The story of 60800 ""Green Arrow"" and her heroic attempts to become the first V2-class locomotive to reach Plymouth. Originally 60007 ""Sir Nigel Gresley"" was to make the trip but when mechanical faults ruled the engine out 60800 ""Green Arrow"" came to the rescue. No-one imagined the volcanic efforts the 2-6-2 engine would have to produce to reach her destination. Would she triumph and uphold the honour of the LNER?

• Falls the Shadow - The Life and Times of Athol Fugard | DVD | (04/06/2012) from £13.69   |  Saving you £0.30 (2.10%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Fugard is the most performed playwright, besides Shakespeare, in the world today with hisThirty or so plays being performed constantly throughout the world. His work is a shockingIndictment of the apartheid regime, but much else besides which is why the plays haveAlways attracted the greatest of stage actors - Antony Sher, Ben Kingsley, James EarlJones, Vanessa Redgrave, Janet Suzman, Rosemary Harris, John Kani, all of whom appearin the film.

• The World At War - Vol. 5 | DVD | (09/10/2000) from £11.52   |  Saving you £13.47 (116.93%)   |  RRP £24.99

  When this epic series was first broadcast in 1973 it redefined the gold standard for television documentary; it remains the benchmark by which all factual programming must judge itself. Originally shown as 26 one-hour programmes, The World at War set out to tell the story of the Second World War through the testimony of key participants. The result is a unique and unrepeatable event, since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long left to live. Each hour-long programme is carefully structured to focus on a key theme or campaign, from the rise of Nazi Germany to Hitler's downfall and the onset of the Cold War. There are no academic "talking heads" here to spell out an official version of history; the narration, delivered with wonderful gravitas by Sir Laurence Olivier, is kept to a minimum. The show's great coup was to allow the participants to speak for themselves. Painstaking research in the archives of the Imperial War Museum also unearthed a vast quantity of newsreel footage, including on occasion the cameraman's original raw rushes which present an unvarnished and never-before-seen picture of important events. Carl Davis' portentous main title theme and score underlines the grand scale of the enterprise. The original 26 episodes were supplemented three years later by six special programmes (narrated by Eric Porter), bringing the total running-time to a truly epic 32 hours. Now digitally remastered The World at War looks even more of an impressive achievement on DVD. Available in five volumes, each handsomely packaged double-disc set comes with a detailed menu that places the individual programmes along a chronological timeline. Better yet, chapter access is laid out to allow you to select key speeches or maps or newsreel footage. The World at War was a landmark television event; its DVD incarnation underlines its importance as an historical document. --Mark Walker

• Lost - Series 1 - Complete | Blu Ray | (15/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £60.99

  Get lost in the hottest series of the year. From J.J. Abrams the creator of Alias comes the action-packed adventure that became a worldwide television event. Stranded on an island that holds many secrets 48 people must band together if they hope to get home alive. Now you can experience the nonstop excitement and mystery of every episode from the show's stunning first minute to its spectacular finale on a seven-disc set. Presented in a widescreen theatrical format with 5.1 Surround Sound and bursting with more than 8 hours of original bonus features - including unaired Lost Flashbacks form the final episode - Lost is a real find.

• Playing Shakespeare | DVD | (21/06/2010) from £24.28   |  Saving you £0.71 (2.80%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Accesssible for anyone with an interest in Shakespeare students and seasoned theatregoers alike this is a rare opportunity to see the finest actors of their time - including Judi Dench Ben Kingsley Ian McKellen Patrick Stewart and more - work in a series of masterclasses filmed for television on the intricacies and balances of Playing Shakespeare. In 1982 John Barton Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company gathered many of the finest British actors of their generation in one rehearsal room. Their aim was to grapple with the work of Shakespeare - to wrestle with its meaning its poetry its language. To examine the way that sentences are constructed so as to guide the actor. The way in which the drama of the written word is best conveyed to an audience. It makes for a gripping insightful and powerful work of theatre in its own right - harnessing the expertise of this master of Shakespeare's work at the height of his craft inviting the viewer into this intimate and exposing space as he works with the living instruments that will bring these works to life. The results are unforgettable. And whether you are an actor or a member of the audience the lessons to be learned will change the way you practice or experience Shakespeare's work.

• Youssou D'Nour - Return To Goree | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £7.88   |  Saving you £12.11 (60.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Africa's slave legacy is explored by internationally acclaimed Senegalese Mbalax singer Youssou N'Dour and world renowned jazz pianist Moncef Genoud in Return To Goree. Opening with a student pilgrimage to Gor''e West Africa's most important transit post where thousands of slaves were processed on to ships bound for the Americas Youssou N'Dour sets out to explore the journey the slaves made and their influence on the cultures they became part of. What he discovers is a rich legacy whose impact upon 20th Century music is beyond doubt. Pierre-Yves Borgeaud's film accompanies Youssou N'Dour on his journey from Dakar to Atlanta New Orleans New York City and finally Luxembourg tracing in the history of jazz the roots of his ancestors. Gathering together some of the world's most exceptional musicians and singers from gospel traditional jazz and soul including the legendary New Orleans jazz drummer Idris Muhammad and ace guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel Youssou N'Dour finally returns to Gor''e for a concert that celebrates Africa's enduring musical culture.

• IMAX Adventure | Blu Ray | (20/02/2017) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Experience Breathtaking Scenery, Heart-Stopping Action and the Origins of the Universe Like You've Never Seen It Before - Now in Stunning 4K ULTRA HD.

• The Charisma of Adolf Hitler Leading Millions into the Abyss | DVD | (03/12/2012) from £13.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (48.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adolf Hitler is infamous today as a war criminal - arguably one of the worst war criminals in history. Yet during the 1930s he was loved by millions of Germans. How was this possible? In this fascinating series, award-winning historian and documentary maker Laurence Rees examines the background to Hitler's 'charismatic' rule.' Adolf Hitler was an unlikely leader - fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unable to engage in political debate, and yet he earned the ad...