"Director: Ben Mole"

• Ancient Battles and Their Deadly Weapons | DVD | (19/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Unearth new clues to connect the present with the past.Ancient Discoveries changes the way we think about the distant past.  While we entertain visions of a simpler, unsophisticated time, the truth is much more complicated and fascinating than we imagine. This fresh, eye-opening series – filmed on location where historical events actually happened and using brilliant, lifelike computer animation – applies the latest scholarship to reconsider common beliefs about ancient times. Reconstructions of ancient machines and hands-on demonstrations bring ancient times to life.• Discover the surprising ways modern technology and ancient history intersect.• An eye-opening series filmed on location in Italy, Greece, Egypt, Holland and England. • Ancient warriors created killing technology centuries ahead of its time.• Brilliant lifelike computer animation.

• A World at War Collection | DVD | (02/11/2020) from £11.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Triple bill of British war dramas. In 'The Eastern Front - Point of No Return' (2020) a band of German soldiers are caught behind enemy lines and do all they can to return to safety. But along the severe extremes of the Eastern Front they find themselves under constant attack. In 'We Go in at Dawn' (2020) British lieutenant Victor Lawrence (Christos Lawton) is held in a POW camp and assumes a false identity, hoping his Nazi captors will not realise his significance. Tasked with securing his release is special forces operative John Seabourne (Kelvin Fletcher), who must liaise with his French counterparts in order to free Lawrence in time for D-Day. In 'Behind the Line: Escape to Dunkirk' (2019) British soldier Danny (Sam Gittins) and his squadron are captured by German soldiers and taken to a POW camp deep in the Ardennes Forest. When the camp officers set up a boxing tournament their aim is to humiliate the British men. However, Danny proves himself to be a more than capable fighter. As the tournament garners more interest the prisoners realise that this could be the perfect distraction to allow them to escape...