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  • Best of the Bolshoi BalletBest of the Bolshoi Ballet | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £13.39   |  Saving you £3.60 (21.20%)   |  RRP £16.99

    Paul Czinner's Oscar-nominated film, indispensable for ballet lovers, records the Bolshoi's 1956 London visit - featuring the legendary Galina Ulanova as Giselle and the Dying Swan. In Dance Magazine, critic Clive Barnes eulogized the artistry documented here: Everything the Russian critics have written about her is true. The impeccable technique, the expressive body, the intellect, the informed face; yet Ulanova has something criticism could never define, something you might look for in Shakespeare's sonnets.

  • Secret Russian Aircraft of World War 2Secret Russian Aircraft of World War 2 | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £8.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

    During WWII Russian aircraft designers worked under the paranoid rule of Stalin many were imprisoned and forced to work in special prison camps. Despite this their genius resulted in their independent discovery of jet and rocket technology. They were also incredibly innovative with flying tank and submarine bomber prototypes as well as the world's first long rage bomber. Using Specially commissioned computer graphics previously unseen archive footage and interviews with aviation experts this programme brings back to life the Secret Russian planes of World War 2.

  • Deep Purple - The Video Singles [1987]Deep Purple - The Video Singles | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

    Deep Purple: The Video Singles featurings two acclaimed videos from their album The House Of Blue Light these include: Bad Attitude and The Call Of The Wild. Tracklisting: 1. Bad Attitude 2. Call Of The Wild 3. Perfect Strangers 4. Knockin' At Your Back Door 5. Nobody's Home

  • Street Fight [2005]Street Fight | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

    Street Fight chronicles the bare-knuckles race for Mayor of Newark N.J. between Cory Booker a 32-year-old Yale Law School graduate and Sharpe James the four-term incumbent and undisputed champion of New Jersey politics. Fought in Newark's neighbourhoods and housing projects the battle pits Booker against an a political machine that will use any means necessary to crush its opponents: city workers who do not support the mayor are demoted; disloyal businesses are targeted; a campaigner is detained and accused of terrorism; and disks of voter personal data are stolen during the night.Even the filmmaker is dragged into the fray and by election day the climate has become so heated that the national government is forced to send in observers to watch for election fraud and even violence and intimidation. Street Fight is set in the underbelly of democracy where elections are not won with spin-doctors or media consultants let alone policies are won on the streets.

  • Yuvvraaj [2008]Yuvvraaj | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-0.09 (-1.10%)   |  RRP £7.99

    Three brothers are constantly fighting and playing games with each other to inherit their father¿s wealth. However, when Anushka comes in to explain them the power of relationships over the power of money, they all have a change of heart.

  • Anne Frank - Dear KittyAnne Frank - Dear Kitty | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £9.95   |  Saving you £-1.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

    Remembering the tragic life of Anne Frank a Dutch Jew who hid away Nazi persecution with her family only to be discovered and sent to Auschwitz shortly before the war's end... If it hadn't been for Miep Gies 'The Diary Of Anne Frank' would have been lost. She found it on the floor of the hiding place after Anne's arrest and following the war she gave it to Otto Frank who was the only member of the family to survive Auschwitz. Now more than 50 years after Anne Franks arrest Miep Gies once again walks through the building where she used to work....

  • Mush-Shi Volume 5Mush-Shi Volume 5 | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Neither Good Evil. They are life in its purest form. Vulgar and strange. They have inspired fear in humans since the dawn of time and have over the ages come to be known as 'Mushi'

  • Ultimate Fighting Championship - Ultimate Knockouts Vol.5Ultimate Fighting Championship - Ultimate Knockouts Vol.5 | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £6.40   |  Saving you £0.59 (8.40%)   |  RRP £6.99

    Ultimate Fighting Championship: Ultimate Knockouts 5

  • Natural World - The Bear Man Of KamchatkaNatural World - The Bear Man Of Kamchatka | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £7.48   |  Saving you £-2.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

    The incredible story of the man who's devoted his life to the grizzly bears of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The Russian mafia killed Charlie Russell's beloved bears - but now he's back with four new cubs and trying to prove that Russia can live with its grizzlies. This film follows Charlie as he restarts the project spending nine months living with the orphaned cubs as they become increasingly independent and make the crucial transition to the wild. But will he be able to keep them safe from other grizzlies and the ever present threat of poachers?

  • The Will Ferrell Collection [DVD]The Will Ferrell Collection | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £20.87   |  Saving you £14.12 (40.40%)   |  RRP £34.99

  • Tchaikovsky-Eugene Onegin [2008]Tchaikovsky-Eugene Onegin | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

    Eugene Onegin composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Performed by Wiener Philharmoniker and conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival 2007.

  • Natural World - On The Trail Of TarkaNatural World - On The Trail Of Tarka | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £8.97   |  Saving you £-3.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

    In 1927 Henry Williamson wrote Tarka the Otter about the life and death of an otter in Devon. This film goes in search of Tarka's descendents. Do they still fish the same pools as their forebears? Williamson's otters were treated as vermin and were trapped and hunted for sport. Today the otter is an endangered species and our attitude towards it has changed. Do the lives of modern otters reflect this shift? Combining well-loved fiction with modern-day fact this film contrasts the dramatic events of the novel with actual events from a modern otter's life.

  • Up The Yangtze [2007]Up The Yangtze | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £10.69   |  Saving you £4.30 (28.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

    In the largest engineering project since the Great Wall China has set out to harness the power of the Yangtze an endevour that provides the epic and unsettling backdrop for a dramatic and disquieting film on life inside the Chinese dream. Among the two million losing their livelihood to the dam the Yu family must send their daughter off to work. In a bitter irony she's been hired into a strange apocalyptic tourist trade that thrives along the river offering a glimpse of a legendary world before it disappears forever. Stunningly photographed and beautifully composed Up the Yangtze juxtaposes the poignant and sharply observed details of Yu Shui's story against the monumental and ominous forces at work all around her. Where Western passengers take in the spectral views consuming entertainment on the spacious upper decks while Yu Shui toils in the galley down below vying with workmates for the few permanent positions. All the while the ship charts a course towards its controversial destination traveling upriver through a landscape of unprecedented upheaval as ancient and revered sites give way to the burgeoning candy-coloured towers of China's neon future. Back at the river's edge far from the bright lights Yu Shui's parents assemble their humble possessions as the floodwaters rise.

  • Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of World War 2Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of World War 2 | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-2.79 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £7.99

    Throughout World War Two Germany continued to invent and improve on aerial warfare. This programme explores the possibility that the war could easily have been lost in Europe if such inventions as the Jet version of the Stuka Dive bomber and the Horten Flying Wing Jet Bomber designed to reach New York had come into operation.Using Specially commissioned computer graphics previously unseen archive footage and interviews with aviation experts this programme brings back to life the Secret German planes of World War 2.

  • VerdiVerdi | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £18.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    This major two-part documentary film on the life and work of Giuseppe Verdi is presented by Mark Elder former Music Director of English National Opera and a renowned conductor of Verdi's music. Stunning location film from Italy and other elements including quotations from Verdi's own correspondence are interspersed with highlights from some of Verdi's most popular operas sung in Italian and specially staged by American director David Alden. The film made in 1994 features actors Bob Peck as the voice of Giuseppe Verdi and Juliet Stevenson as the voice of Giuseppina Strepponi. Operatic extracts are from: Luisa Miller Attila Macbeth Rigoletto Il Trovatore La Traviata The Force of Destiny Don Carlos Simon Boccanegra Otello Falstaff

  • Secret Allied Airctraft of World War 2Secret Allied Airctraft of World War 2 | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £7.81   |  Saving you £0.18 (2.30%)   |  RRP £7.99

    Before the onset of World War Two Germany's planes were far superior to those of the US and the UK. This programme explores how the scientists and engineers improved on technology and helped to defeat Nazi Germany. Using Specially commissioned computer graphics previously unseen archive footage and interviews with aviation experts this programme brings back to life the Secret Allied planes of World War 2.

  • Suzuka Volume 4Suzuka Volume 4 | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £6.00   |  Saving you £11.25 (237.34%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Yamato and Honoka are dating...somewhat. For a young man blissfully in love he sure is spending a lot of time with Suzuka. First getting stranded then birthday shopping...Already bound and determined to screw things up on his own with Yasunbu cheering this race on Honoka's gonna be outta there before the starting pistol gets a chance to go off!

  • The Sword In The Stone/Robin Hood  (Disney) [1963]The Sword In The Stone/Robin Hood (Disney) | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

    A young scullery boy named Wart is taught amazing lessons by the wizard Merlin who turns him into a fish a bird and a squirrel so that he might understand the mysteries of life. Such lessons help the boy succeed where for centuries thousands of might men had failed. Whoever removes the wondrous golden sword embedded in a large stone will be crowned Arthur King of England! Brilliantly executed and peopled with unforgettable characters The Sword in the Stone is the best of both worlds: a legend and a Disney Classic!

  • Discover America - The Hoover DamDiscover America - The Hoover Dam | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £21.02   |  Saving you £-8.03 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

    The Discover America DVD series takes you behind the scenes and beyond the well trodden tourist path to America's most popular National Parks and modern wonders. The Hoover Dam stands today as one of the ten greatest Civil Engineering feats of the 20th Century. When built it was the tallest dam in the world and was surpassed in size only by the pyramids of Egypt. The story of its construction is one of daring heroism as men toiled in the unrelenting desert heat far removed from the comforts of home. This production includes the classic 1930s black & white film on the construction of the dam featuring footage of every aspect of the project: the initial work in the depths of Black Canyon tunnelling of diversion tunnels the drama of men hanging in mid-air clearing the canyon's walls of debris prior to the pouring of concrete and the ingenious systems developed for getting wet concrete to the dam site - all in an environment where 120 degree temperatures were commonplace. Breathtaking contemporary color footage reveals the internal workings of the dam as well as the new stunningly situated Visitor Center. See how the early 20th Century generators turbines and water-wheels are controlled by state-of-the-art computerized technology. Also included is the subsequent development of Lake Mead National Recreation Area visited by over 9 million visitors a year it has become an international class destination that attracts water-sports enthusiasts from all over the world.

  • Bob The Builder - Triple PackBob The Builder - Triple Pack | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Join Bob The Builder and his brilliant machine team - Scoop the digger Lofty the crane Dizzy the cement mixer Muck the digger/dumper and Roley the steam roller! Triple Pack Includes: Bob The Builder: Live! Hang onto your hard hats! You're about to enjoy Bob the Builder's first ever live arena tour! Enjoy the excitement of Bob Wendy and their friends singing and dancing their way through a fun-packed larger-than-life adventure in front of your very eyes. There are ten fantastic songs including of course 'Can We Fix It?' and 'Mambo No.5'. Bob The Builder: Chip Off The Old Block: Bob and friends are back with another collection of fun-packed adventures! In Chip Off The Old Block the machines want Wendy to live in Sunflower Valley with them but what do they do with Bob's old yard? Scoop tries to find a local builder to take over the yard until Spud reminds him that Bob is a chip off the old block because his dad Robert used to be a builder! Episodes include: Scoop's Recruit Where's Robert? Wendy's Welcome Roley's New Friend and Two Scoops. Bob The Builder: Lets Scram! Join Bob the Builder and friends for more fun and capers! Scram to the valley with Scambler Bob and all the team in this exciting collection of ""Project: Build It"" adventures. The team welcomes back Benny and new friend Marjorie arrives to help out Farmer Pickles. There is still much to be done and from off-rad scrambling to building mud huts the fun never stops in Sun Flower Valley! Episodes include: Benny's Back Spud's Straw Surprise Off Road Scrambler Meet Marjorie Muck's Mud Hut

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