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• Planet Dinosaur | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £7.59   |  Saving you £12.40 (163.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Transporting you to locations across the globe and back in time through tens of millions of years, Planet Dinosaur uses unique hi-tech graphics to bring to life the most awesome and amazing creatures that ever lived. Almost all the dinosaurs featured were discovered in the last 10 years or so and forced a rewriting of the prehistory books.Palaeontologists now know that dinosaurs spread to every part of the globe, and evolved in ways so monstrous, horrific and bizarre they make T Rex look very tame indeed. Planet Dinosaur is a completely immersive visual experience studded with curious facts and jaw-dropping action as well as charismatic monsters. Presenting a brand-new global perspective on the prehistoric era, the series re-creates the creatures, their habitats and how they lived, from analysing their bones to watching them fight to the death.

• Walking With Beasts - The Complete Series | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £8.49   |  Saving you £16.50 (194.35%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Walking With Beasts is an introduction to the animals (predominantly mammals) that roamed the earth from the extinction of the dinosaurs until the rise of early humans. The sequel to the BBC’s acclaimed and highly successful series Walking With Dinosaurs, Beasts also uses a combination of clever special effects and computer-generated imagery to create a realistic world as it may have appeared millions of years ago. As to be expected from any BBC nature programme, the images are visually stunning; the prehistoric animals look impressively lifelike, interacting seamlessly with each other and their environment to create an entire world that could have been photographed only yesterday. Best of all is Episode 2, "Whale Killer", which follows a female Basilosaurus, an enormous ancient predatory whale, as she travels through shallow seas and along coastlines--the underwater images could have just as easily originated in the BBC’s spectacular Blue Planet series. It’s unfortunate, therefore, that Walking With Beasts is let down by its script and the often dubious science therein. Episode 3, "The Land of Giants", begins with an anthropomorphic statement better suited to a Disney film than a scientific documentary, referring to the featured animals as "The good [a herbivore or plant-eating animal], the bad [a carnivore or flesh-eating animal] and the ugly [a giant warthog which is, admittedly, pretty ugly]." Still, Walking With Beasts has a host of little touches and flourishes that add to the feeling of realism (the animals knock over the cameras, pebbles hit the lens), which make this programme a success as a piece of pure entertainment and prehistoric escapism. A companion book and soundtrack CD is also available. --Ted Kord

• The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £15.33   |  Saving you £0.66 (4.31%)   |  RRP £15.99

  We know some were huge we know some were ferocious... but only now are we able to tell the truth about dinosaurs. New research has lead to new ways of seeing some of the most brutal killers in history. The ubiquitous Tyrannosaurus Rex: was he king of the dinosaurs or a mediocre scavenger? The feared Velociraptor - small and covered in feathers? Innovative new techniques provide a look at dinosaurs as they've never been seen before. Robotics CGI special effects and hi-tech scans are

• Planet Dinosaur (Blu-ray 3D) | Blu Ray | (20/08/2012) from £14.55   |  Saving you £0.44 (3.02%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Transporting viewers to locations across the globe and back in time through tens of millions of years, Planet Dinosaur 3D brings to life the most awesome and amazing creatures that ever lived, rendered in visually stunning 3D technology. Most were discovered in the last 10 years and entailed a rewriting of the prehistory books.Palaeontologists now know that dinosaurs spread to every part of the globe, and evolved in ways so monstrous, horrific and bizarre they make T Rex look very tame indeed. Unlike any dinosaur show before it and shot in Stunning 3D CGI this is a completely immersive visual experience studded with curious facts and jaw-dropping action as well as charismatic monsters brought to life on screen. Presenting a brand-new global perspective on the prehistoric era, the series recreates the creatures, their habitats and how they lived, from analysing their bones to watching them fight to the death.

• Planet Dinosaur | Blu Ray | (24/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Transporting you to locations across the globe and back in time through tens of millions of years, Planet Dinosaur uses unique hi-tech graphics to bring to life the most awesome and amazing creatures that ever lived. Almost all the dinosaurs featured were discovered in the last 10 years or so and forced a rewriting of the prehistory books. Palaeontologists now know that dinosaurs spread to every part of the globe, and evolved in ways so monstrous, horrific and bizarre they make T Rex look very tame indeed. Planet Dinosaur is a completely immersive visual experience studded with curious facts and jaw-dropping action as well as charismatic monsters. Presenting a brand-new global perspective on the prehistoric era, the series re-creates the creatures, their habitats and how they lived, from analysing their bones to watching them fight to the death.

• James May's Big Ideas | DVD | (22/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Top Gear presenter James May explores flying cars petrol made from air and other mind-boggling innovations in James May's Big Ideas a new Open University TV series seeking out the science that could shape our future. Energy transport and robotics are the themes that May explores in a follow-up to his earlier Open University TV show James May's Twentieth Century. Not content with merely pondering the questions that keep him up at night James travels the world and into the realms of cutting edge science with a surfeit of his trademark wit and imagination. The series is shot in the UK US Spain Germany Holland Japan Russia Eire and over three episodes looks at the issues that trouble him.