Documentary

• The American Civil War | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The most successful public-television miniseries in American history, the 11-hour American Civil War defined what has since become known as the "Ken Burns approach"--voice-over narrators reading letters and documents dramatically and stating the writer's name at their conclusion, fresh live footage of places juxtaposed with still images (photographs, paintings, maps, prints), anecdotal interviews, and romantic musical scores taken from the era he depicts. The American Civil War uses all of these devices to evoke atmosphere and resurrect an event that many knew only from stale history books. While Burns is a historian, a researcher, and a documentarian, he's above all a gifted storyteller, and it's his narrative powers that give this chronicle its beauty, overwhelming emotion, and devastating horror. Using the words of old letters, eloquently read by a variety of celebrities, the stories of historians like Shelby Foote and rare, stained photos, Burns allows us not only to learn and understand history, but also to feel and experience it. --Dave McCoy

• Tornado Steam Engine: BBC Absolutely Chuffed - From Dream to Steam Train - Extended and Updated Edition | DVD | (15/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tornado: Absolutely Chuffed: From Steam to Dream is a brand new extended in-depth film about the amazing story of the 50th Peppercorn Class A1 steam locomotive No. 60163 Tornado. The original double award nominated BBC television programme 'Absolutely Chuffed: The Men Who Built A Steam Engine' was fantastic profile for Tornado and and the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust when it first aired. 'From Steam To Dream' is the film they might have shown if they had more than a 30 minute transmission slot! From the same producers and director it takes the story forward and goes much further - it's been in the works and has come out retooled with plenty of unseen new footage which gives a new insight into the construction of Tornado! From the original inspirational idea to the running of the Royal train this programme delves deeper than ever before into the fascinating story of a steaming success with frank interviews and fly on the wall filming. It was a project that started in 1990 when a group of dedicated people came together with a vision of what seemed at the time an unachievable task. They were united by an extraordinary ambition to construct a brand new steam engine and to bring back to life the Peppercorn class A1 Pacific steam engine. After 18 years of incredible effort and teamwork and at the cost of 3 million their dream became a reality when locomotive No. 60163 Tornado moved under her own power for the first time. Culminating with spectacular footage of the engine in action 'Tornado: Absolutely Chuffed: From Dream to Steam' is the tale of a the project that made the world sit up and watch. A story of skill determination and dedication - steeped in the tradition that made Britain famous!

• Nazis: One People. One Reich. One Fuhrer. 6 DVD Pack | DVD | (01/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Documentary looking at the Nazi Party, led by Adolf Hitler, who ruled Germany from the 1930s to the end of World War II and caused untold destruction.Episodes Comprise:The Third Reich - The RiseThe Third Reich - The FallNight of the Long KnivesGestapo - The Sword is ForgedThe Sword UnsheathedGestapo - The Sword is Shattered

• Baby Einstein - Neighbourhood Animals | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £5.38   |  Saving you £6.61 (55.10%)   |  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 Einstein uses real-world objects music art language science and nature to introduce young children to the world around them in fun facinating ways. All the DVDs are set to music specially reorchestrated for little ears. They encourage you to watch with your c

• Fred Astaire - Swing Time/Top Hat/You'll Never Get Rich/You Were Never Lovelier | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  One of the greatest music and dance stars in the history of motion pictures Fred rose from a fairly inauspicious start where a studio exec remarked: Can't sing. Can't act. Slightly balding. Can dance a little. Well his career and achievements speak for themselves. A remarkable talent this box set features 4 of his most-loved films. Swing Time (Dir. George Stevens 1936): Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers star in arguably their finest film together; packed with exhilarating dance routines and a marvellous score this is an indispensable musical classic! Swing Time is full of magical moments including a complex and delightful routine to 'Pick Yourself Up' a luminous turn to 'Waltz In Swing Time' and Astaire's breathtaking solo to 'Bojangles Of Harlem'. Top Hat (Dir. Mark Sandrich 1935): Following a case of mistaken identity dancer Jerry (Astaire) follows Dale (Rogers) the girl of his dreams to Europe and tries to win her heart through song and dance routines. This most lavish of musicals from Hollywood's golden era features lyrics and music by Irving Berlin. You'll Never Get Rich (Dir. Sidney Lanfield 1941): After his wife discovers a telltale diamond bracelet impresario Martin Cortland tries to show he's not chasing after showgirl Sheila Winthrop. Choreographer Robert Curtis gets caught in the middle of the boss's scheme. Army conscription offers Robert the perfect escape from his troubles - or does it? You Were Never Lovelier (Dir. William A. Seiter 1942): In this lavish Hollywood musical the headstrong daughter (Hayworth) of a powerful Argentine hotelier has to contend with her father's attempts to get her to marry...

• Battle Of The Hood And Bismarck | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A documentary looking at one of the greatest sea battles of WWII and an underwater expedition to locate the wrecks of HMS Hood and KMS Bismarck.

• First World War - The Complete Series | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This documentary attempts to highlight and explain the tactics and strategies employed in the conflict and is both revisionist and traditional in it's interpretation of events. With clever use of letters some previously unseen photographs and diaries of the time the viewer is taken back to the exact time of the war. Thus making this extremely interesting to anyone interested in Military history or even a student currently learning about the great war for the first time....

• King Tut's Curse | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £6.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (30.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It is perhaps the most intriguing mystery ever to emerge from ancient Egypt - the mystery behind the famed boy-king Tutankhamen. Why did he die so young? Was he murdered? And is there an explanation behind the legendary curse inflicted on those who discovered his tomb? Now for the first time an international team of scientists using state of the art CT-scan technology unveil the truth of what really happened 3 000 years ago and unravel the mystery of King Tut's Curse...

• Diamond Jubilee Package | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £4.79   |  Saving you £20.20 (80.80%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This Collector's Edition DVD brings together an exclusive documentary about the Queen's Jubilee portrait with two beautiful archive films, creating a stunning package fitting of this momentous occasion. Filmed in 2012, 'The Portrait' documents artist Phil Richards as he creates an official portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for her Diamond Jubilee. Directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Hubert Davis, The Portrait is joined in this special edition DVD by two classic films about the royal family. The first film shows Princess Elizabeth on her inaugural Royal visit to Canada in 1951. Entitled 'A Royal Journey', this archive film charts the 33 day excursion the made by the 25 year old Princess and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. The second film is a colour broadcast of the Queen's Coronation in 1953, a wonderful record of a historic event. A Royal Journey - The Queen's Diamond Jubilee is created by the National Film Board of Canada in partnership with the Department of Canadian Heritage and Canada Post.

• Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure: Complete BBC Series 1 & 2 Box Set | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure is a unique sociological TV experiment. Featuring Oz Clarke - renowned wine authority Francophile and former Wine Tasting Champion of the World - as he attempts to reveal the wonder of the world's most complex viniculture to James May - a beer drinker who admires the Renault 4 but can identify a wine only as being 'nice' or 'nasty'. The results are often ugly and embarrassing for Britain. This is what happens when two grown men spend a month together in a car arguing about who's going to drive and whether or not it is acceptable to eat with your fingers in the Chateau of a French aristocrat. French wine for many people is a subject shrouded in mystery and confusion and following Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure it remains so. Can you make your own wine in a bucket? Should you spit or swallow? And where does this tent pole go? In series 2 we rejoin the pair in California as they take a month-long trip around the revered Californian wineries. They begin in Santa Barbara county - home of Pinot Noir where Oz is a local hero and inspiration to winemakers. Travelling on they meet wine 'renegades' an eccentric millionaire bicker when James crashes the Monaco Recreational Vehicle and argue over the quality of wine - from the Inaccessible and over-priced to 'two-buck-Chuck' who knocks out bottles for only two dollars. Finally they arrive at the glamorous Napa Valley where they are dismayed to discover that they're staying in the car park. The pair argue about who will empty the RV's waste tank then sample Californian sparkling wine at the Taittinger estate. Next the Schramsberg estate where they have a heated debate about what bubbles taste like!

• Surviving D-Day | DVD | (29/08/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Rod Stewart - The Story of... | DVD | (11/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Ghost Detectives | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £25.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Presented by Tom Baker Ghost Detectives follows a squad of intrepid investigators each with a nose for the unnatural who set up camp at the country's most haunted locations. Using a combination of clairvoyants dowsers and other paranormal techniques alongside more traditional historical research they try to separate the facts from fictions about the alleged hauntings.

• Arnhem: Battle of the Oosterbeek Perimeter - Market Garden Collection | DVD | (16/08/2012) from £11.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (29.40%)   |  RRP £16.99

  With 2 Para isolated at the Arnhem Bridge and both 1 and 4 Para Brigades thwarted in their attempts to fight their way into Arnhem and falling back what became the Oosterbeek Perimeter started to form around Divisional HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel. Beaten but not defeated the remnants of 1st Airborne Division fought a grim battle with the SS supported by reinforcements and armour rushed to Oosterbeek from all over the West. Veterans and experienced battlefield guides vividly relate their experiences and take the viewer to the scene of the action. The seven days of grim and bloody fighting in the Oosterbeek Perimeter was amongst the hardest fought of all the battles in the West. It was one that the SS veterans of the Eastern Front in the Hohenstaufen Division christened the Hexenkessel or Witches Cauldron . All the while the the airborne soldiers were waiting for XXX Corps to arrive from the south with the enemy pressing ever closer. Harrowing tales of determined flying by the RAF and the award of the Victoria Cross to Flight Lieutenant Lord are told by men who fought at the limits of human endurance making this a startlingly vivid production with many stories that the veterans have self censored over the years adding to the mix.

• Cbeebies - Bedtime Collection | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A collection of stories for little ones at bedtime.

• Life Journeys - Friends Rediscovered | DVD | (20/03/2009) from £29.87   |  Saving you £0.12 (0.40%)   |  RRP £29.99

  In the DVD resource 'Friends Rediscovered' we join Jeff in an examination of the friendships enjoyed and sometimes endured -- by the apostle Paul. True friendship is one of the most valuable gifts we can have, and we are much the poorer without it. Relationships that have long-term trust, easy laughter and the comfortable sharing of silence as well as the delight of relaxed chatter are priceless. However, such relationships don t just drop out of the sky. It takes time, tears, maybe even the ...

• Sacred Blacksmith | DVD | (19/09/2011) from £14.83   |  Saving you £15.16 (50.60%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Plot Summary: As the newest head of the prestigious Campbell household, young Cecily Campbell is following family tradition by becoming a Knight Guard of the Independent Trade City of Housman and taking up the family sword. While being attacked by a crazed veteran knight, she was saved by Luke, the Sacred Blacksmith. Alongside Lisa, his assistant, Luke has the power to forge powerful swords capable of defeating the so feared demons. Demons which could once again bring the world close to an end.

• Japan At War In Colour | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Using never-before-seen footage this DVD narrated by Brian Cox tells a previously untold story. It recounts the history of the Second World War from a Japanese perspective combining original colour film with letters and diaries written by Japanese people. It tells the story of a nation at war from the diverse perspectives of those who had lived through it the leaders and the ordinary people the oppressors and the victims the guilty and the innocent. Until recently it was be

• African Safari 3D | Blu Ray | (20/10/2014) from £18.88   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Africa takes a new dimension with Kevin Richardson “The Lion Whisperer” and Mara Douglas-Hamilton as your guides. Take the ride of a lifetime and go on a thrilling safari in exclusive immersive 3D travelling across Africa from Namibia to the Kilimanjaro. Watch lions hunt seals on the skeleton coast of Namibia bathe with elephants in the Okavango delta walk among 15 million bats in Kansaka the largest Mammal migration on earth and see lions climb trees in Tanzania… African safari is a real journey to the most remote and wild African lands!

• LA Ink - The Complete Series One | DVD | (07/07/2008) from £6.92   |  Saving you £28.07 (405.64%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Kat Von D has come home to Los Angeles to fulfil her dream of opening up her own tattoo shop. The news has spread and celebrities such as Eve Jesse Metcalfe Steve-O and Ja Rule as well as tattoo collectors are lining up for some of Kat's famous black and grey ink. In a city known for its tattoo culture LA Ink is sure to stand out - drawing clients from all over the world and from all walks of life. But with popularity comes headaches drama and a lot of hard work. Playing by her own rules Kat lives a fast-paced rebel lifestyle. Hers is a life of freedom: she sets her own schedule picks her clients sleeps late and parties all night. For her shop to be a success Kat will need to learn how to balance her lifestyle and her business while managing a colourful staff of renowned artists. LA Ink will offer a rare glimpse into an LA that is seldom seen through the eyes of a true insider. Episodes Comprise: 1. Welcome Home Kat 2. Nowhere To Work 3. LA Ink Grand Opening 4. Boobs Rule 5. Master Cleanse 6. Corey's Vasectomy 7. Pixie's Surgery 8. Kat's Gnarly Day 9. Kim Looks For Love 10. Kat's In Love 11. Holly's Here 12. Pixie's Got The Blues 13. Big Decisions