In Search of Robert Burns reveals the real face of Scotland's most famous poet. In Search of Robert Burns follows David Hayman as he delves into the world of Robert Burns (1759-1796). He finds out how Burns' upbringing education tough life and romantic spirit forged a creative genius that would transform him from humble farmer to globally renowned poet. David's journey is accompanied by Eddi Reader's unique and beautiful interpretation of Burns' work. Travelling to Burns' birthplace and speaking with experts academics fans and farmers David explores the success and celebrity of Burns and the passions and foibles which ultimately led to his financial ruin. With this intimate knowledge of the great man we finally see the true face of Burns as the newly constructed head of Scotland's beloved bard is unveiled at a public event to an enraptured audience.
Recording with cold, clinical precision the gradual descent into madness, this slow-burning psychological thriller marks a change of pace for director Greg Olliver, previously best known for his documentary portrait of grizzled Motorhead front man Lemmy.
For nearly 50 years Madison Square Garden has been the home of WWE. Relive over 20 of the most iconic matches and moments to take place in The World's Most Famous Arena from Bruno Sammartino's incredible championship run to John Cena's return to glory. Also get the stories behind the history with new interviews from several Garden greats including Bret Hit Man Hart Bob Backlund Shawn Michaels Ivan Koloff Trish Stratus and for the first time on WWE Home Entertainment - Bruno Sammartino. Matches Include: WWE Championship Match: Superstar Billy Graham Vs. Bruno Sammartino - 27th June 1977 Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan - 23rd January 1984 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match: Rocky Maivia Wildman Marc Mero The Stalker and Jake The Snake Roberts Vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley Crush Goldust and Jerry The King Lawler Survivor Series - 17th November 1996 John Cena Returns in the Royal Rumble Match - 27th January 2008 Matches from the first Wrestlemania Wrestlemania X and Wrestlemania XX!
Join the world's foremost physicist for a compelling examination of our Universe. In this remarkable series the world's most famous physicist attempts to unravel the truth behind humanity's most enduring questions: did God create the universe? What is the meaning of life? Why does the universe exist? Unfolding his personal compelling vision of the universe the eminent British cosmologist evaluates a variety of intricate ideas from 'Intelligent Design' to the impact the search for the Higgs boson particle at CERN could have on our understanding of the cosmos. Combining cutting-edge visuals with Hawking's witty and incisive world view these enlightening programmes explore how physics and cosmology are being used to tackle ideas that philosophers have struggled with for thousands of years. Episodes Comprise: The Key to the Cosmos The Meaning of Life Did God Create the Universe?
It's Time for Tree Fu! - WITH BONUS ACTION FIGURE;Join Tom and his magical friends in another 6 amazing action-packed adventures.;Challenges come in all shapes and sizes in Treetopolis and it s only with YOUR help performing Tree u moves that Tom can create spectacular Big World Magic and save the day!;Tree Fu Tom join the fun come along now everyone. Move with Tom he needs you to save the day and do Tree Fu!;Episodes;One For All! - Treefle Tom - The Great Journey - Not So Fast - Hovering Humblebugs - Treasure Hunt
Nominated for the 55th GRAMMY Awards as Best Surround Sound Album 2012 HOFF ENSEMBLE consists of some of Norway's finest jazz and session musicians, fronted by trumpeter Mathias Eick, of ECM renown, who plays a leading role in several of the compositions. The ensemble's basic quartet features legendary veteran bassist Arild Andersen and arranger Jan Gunnar Hoff on piano. Hoff has performed with his own group since 1993, collaborating with such artists as Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, Maria Joao and Alex Acuna. This time in this great Norwegian band he mixes flavours in a "cross-over" setting. Eick, with whom Hoff has worked on earlier projects, was the obvious first choice for QUIET WINTER NIGHT, along with Andersen and the rest of the band, complemented by Rune Arnesen (ex N.P.Molvær) on percussion and Børge Petersen-Øverleir, Norway's leading session guitarist. The music is created by film composers Geir Bøhren and Bent Åserud and among the vocalists are some of Norway's top names (and Universal artists) in popular music: Helene Bøksle, Åsne Valland Nordli, Sondre Bratland, Unni Wilhelmsen, Tomine Harket, Bjørn Johan Muri, Cecilia Vennersten and Bjørn Eidsvåg. 5.1 SURROUND + STEREO produced in DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition 352kHz/24bit) by Lindberg Lyd, Norway
The real upstairs/downstairs stories of four of Britain's most majestic stately homes. Secrets of Highclere Castle.It may be more famous now than any time in its 300-year history as the setting of Downton Abbey but Highclere Castle has its own stories to tell. Discover how the inhabitants of Highclere lived from the aristocrats who enjoyed a life of luxury to the army of servants toiling below stairs. Secrets of Henry VIII's Palace Built by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in 1514 Hampton Court is the ultimate royal pleasure palace embodying an indulgent and grandiose lifestyle. Its many rooms chart Henry VIII's decline from fit young warrior to bloated womaniser and they tell the vivid stories of the ladies who became his queens. Secrets of Althorp - The SpencersStep inside the family home of Diana Princess of Wales. Nestled on over 14 000 acres nineteen generations of Spencers one of Britain's most eminent aristocratic dynasties have lived there for over 500 years. Earl Spencer leads a personal tour around this noble manor that is to him above all still very much a family home. Secrets of ChatsworthOn an estate the size of Washington DC sits Chatsworth home to the Dukes of Devonshire. The tales of intrigue tragedy and scandal of this great family are inextricably intertwined with those of the house itself from the decadent life of the shockingly glamorous Duchess Georgiana to the tumultuous love story between JFK's favourite sister Kathleen Kennedy and heir Billy Cavendish.
This fabulous programme, part of a wonderful eight-volume series, celebrates the might of diesel, an often overlooked part of British rail heritage. Sit back and enjoy the sights and sounds of classes 08, 09, 31, 33, 37, 47, 50, 52 and 73 working freights and passenger turns across the South Eastern part of England. This programme covers an area from Southampton to Dungeness and Sheerness, Paddington to Newbury and into East Anglia and Norfolk. Trains include Cross-Country expresses, local pa...
Three Silent MenAn inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot. The next day the inventor is found dead. Could it be the surgeon? A 1940 Butchers production stars Derrick De Marney and Patricia Roc. InquestDirected by Roy Boulting this Charter production was made in 1939. It was Boultings second film on the way to; Twisted Nerve The Family Way and Seagulls Over Sorrento. Inquest is a whodunit played out through the coroners inquest. Filmed at Highbury Studios and starring Elizabeth Allan and Herbert Lomas.
Unstoppable: Inspired by actual events, Unstoppable is an adrenaline rush fuelled by director Tony Scott's signature mark of propulsive action rooted in the reality of ordinary people placed in extraordinary circumstances. A veteran train engineer (Denzel Washington) and a young conductor (Chris Pine) race the clock to stop an unmanned runaway train - effectively a missile the size of a skyscraper -- and prevent disaster in a heavily populated area. Man On Fi...
Horror directed by and starring Katie Aselton in which the peaceful getaway planned by three friends turns into a nightmare. Abby (Aselton), Lou (Lake Bell) and Sarah (Kate Bosworth) have had their issues recently. In a bid to reconnect with each other and soothe past grievances they head to a remote island for a relaxing weekend. However, contrary to what the girls had expected, the island is not uninhabited. Rather, a trio of male survivalists eke a living from its resources. Initially the ...
Triple Oscar winner Walter Brennan stars alongside Brian Donlevy and Anna Lee in Fritz Lang's masterful 1943 epic of suspense. Prague 1942. Czechoslovakia is occupied by the Nazis and suffering under a brutal regime controlled by SS Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich - the vicious sadist the Czech's call 'The Hangman'. When Heydrich is gunned down by a Czech patriot the fleeing resistance fighter (Brian Donlevy) finds temporary refuge in the apartment of Nasha Novotny (Anna Lee) and her family before escaping. In retaliation the Nazis take hundreds of hostages - including Nasha's father (Walter Brennan) - and threaten to shoot them if Heydrich's assassin is not handed over. Nasha Novotny is left with the most terrible decision of her life. Should she save her father - by betraying Heydrich's killer to the Gestapo? Nominated for two Oscars and co-written by the legendary playwright Bertholt Brecht Hangmen Also Die is a gripping war story given a stunning Film Noir edge. Digitally restored and remastered it is now available to own on DVD for the very first time.
A retired veterinarian living in a remote Scottish village encounters a goat who thinks he's a dog, an Admiral who's afraid of the water and a beaver who was raised by rabbits.
Exploring the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. Hosted by Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman Through The Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existencem - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. Can we eliminate evil? What is nothing? Is there a superior race? These questions have been pondered by the most exquisite minds of the human race. Now science has evolved to the point where hard facts and evidence may be able to provide us with answers instead of philosophical theories. Through The Wormhole brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science - astrophysics astrobiology quantum mechanics string theory and more - to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe. Includes all episodes from Series 1-3.
IRISH RAILWAYS MISCELLANY: This new and revised edition of the pioneering volume in our Irish Railways series provides a splendid introduction to some of the delights which could be seen on both Ireland s 5ft 3in standard gauge tracks and the country s famed narrow gauge lines, from the 1950s through to the 1970s. The programme progresses from north to south beginning with the railways of Ulster. Sequences feature Derby-built tanks at work on motorway construction trains, the Great Northern Railway in the 1950s, including many lines which were soon to close and the Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway whose locomotives were known by name only and never carried numbers. THE SWANSONG OF STEAM IN ULSTER: By early 1960s steam traction had virtually disappeared from the railways of the Irish Republic; however it still flourished on the lines of the Ulster Transport Authority in Northern Ireland where the years up to 1964 can rightly be described as providing the Swansong of Steam in Ireland. As a young man, John Laird set out to record on film as much as he could of the steam action in his native province, and in this selection from his work, published for the first time, is to be found a wonderful record of those exciting years. THE IRISH NARROW GAUGE 1939-1959: The greatest concentration of narrow gauge railways in the British Isles was to be found in Ireland, where, between the 1870s and 1920, over 530 miles of 3ft gauge track were constructed. Though the last of these lines closed in 1961, their attraction for those interested in railways has, if anything, increased with the passage of time. In this, the first DVD devoted entirely to these fascinating lines, we present colour films made between 1939 and 1959 which featured five 3ft gauge systems in different parts of the country. TWILIGHT OF STEAM IN ULSTER: Twilight of Steam in Ulster features a further selection of the films made by John Laird, who set out in the early and mid- 1960s to record as much as he could of the remaining steam workings on Ireland s 5ft 3in standard gauge railways. Whilst the diesels ruled unchallenged on the CIE system in the Irish Republic, a considerable variety of steam locomotives and steam workings could still be experienced on the railway network in Northern Ireland, which was run by the Ulster Transport Authority.
Join Mike Brewer for an action-packed look at the British Armed Forces. Falklands Hero: Bravo NovemberMike Brewer sets off on a journey of discovery to find out the story of one of the most remarkable aircraft in the British Armed Forces: a Chinook helicopter code-named Bravo November. By doing so he examines the invaluable contribution that these helicopters have made to campaigns from the Falklands War onwards. Mike also discovers how Chinooks are now being upgraded to keep them at the cutting edge of British tactical weaponry. Frontline Battle MachinesGiven unconditional access to Camp Bastion and Kandahar Air Base Mike Brewer reveals the latest vehicles and equipment our troops are using in combat. Mike attends actual mission briefings and travels with troops to discover how new technology has transformed the modern battlefield. Back in the UK Europe and the USA Mike sees and experiences firsthand the pre-deployment training needed to operate this equipment. He meets the key individuals who specified this kit and talks to the manufacturer gaining in-depth knowledge about the vehicles and equipment that could mean the difference between life and death on the battlefield.
OA 1120D; OPUS ARTE - BBC - Inghilterra; Classica Lirica
For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces.
Another instalment of the successful action-packing car-orientated movie starring Vin Diesel. Special Features: Theatrical Feature Commentary With Director Justin Lin Extended Feature Commentary With Director Justin Lin Deleted Scenes A New Set Of Wheels Trailers: Johnny English 2 The Event Teaser (Blu-Ray Trailer) Thank You (Anti Piracy Trailer)
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