"Director: Laurence Rees"

• The Nazis - A Warning From History | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £7.86   |  Saving you £12.13 (154.33%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Combining unseen archive footage and a wealth of interview material with "ordinary" people who witnessed or even participated in Hitler's reign, this eight part 1997 documentary brought fresh light to bear on the rise and fall of The Third Reich. Inevitably, the episode dealing with the Holocaust immobilises the viewer in its harrowing detail and a further blow against that rump of humanity who refuse to believe the genocide ever occurred. Yet of great interest also is the depiction of the nature of Hitler's dictatorship. He was, it seems, not a driven, workaholic ideologue but a lazy man who, having set his ideas in motion was content to let his subordinates do all the administrative work, fighting for his favour. The series also featured interviews with unrepentant Nazis. There's a telling moment in which an interviewer confronts an elderly woman with a letter of complaint to the Nazi authorities about a supposedly "subversive" neighbour, bearing her signature. The letter sent the hapless neighbour to her death. At first the woman denies knowledge of the incident, then, when faced with the evidence, glibly wonders why anyone should still bother about events that occurred so long ago. This series shows us exactly why. --David Stubbs

• World War 2 - Behind Closed Doors | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  For the first time on television this series tells the true story of Stalin's encounters first with the Nazis and then with Churchill and Roosevelt and consequently their enormous impact on World War II and later the fate of post-war Europe. An enthralling mix of high politics - including the inside story of the Allies' meetings at Tehran Yalta and Potsdam - and the dramatic personal experiences of those who bore the consequences of the decisions made by the powerful. Astonishing dramatic reconstructions carefully sourced from archive material reveal how the great leaders decided the future shape of the post-war world. These decisions had immediate and often harrowing effects for those on the ground. Their story is told through documentary footage dramatic reconstructions and illuminating interviews - including contributions from former Soviet secret policemen Allied seamen who served on the Arctic convoys and Red Army veterans who experienced hand-to-hand fighting on the Eastern Front. Written and produced by award-winning film-maker Laurence Rees (Auschwitz - The Nazis & the 'Final Solution' War of the Century Nazis - A Warning from History ) this series is a compelling new way of understanding the most secret and dramatic events of the Second World War.

• World War II Collection (Repackaged) | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

  This Boxset is releasing to coincide with VE Day, and contains the following BBC documentary titles: 1. Nazis - A Warning From History 2. The Road To War 3. Dunkirk 4. War of the Century 5. Battle of the Atlantic 6. Horror In The East 7. Battlefields 8. D-Day 9. D-Day To Berlin 10. Auschwitz

• The World War Two Collection | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

  This Boxset is releasing to coincide with VE Day and contains the following BBC documentary titles: 1. Nazis - A Warning From History 2. The Road To War 3. Dunkirk 4. War of the Century 5. Battle of the Atlantic 6. Horror In The East 7. Battlefields 8. D-Day 9. D-Day To Berlin 10. Auschwitz