Documentary

• Diana: Death Of A Princess | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £2.25   |  Saving you £10.74 (477.33%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On August 31 1997 the world stopped. Millions of people right across the globe wept as they learned of the tragic death of Princess Diana. Diana's car had hit a concrete pillar at high speed in the Pont De L'Alma tunnel in Paris. To this day Diana's untimely and tragic death is shrouded in mystery with many questions still yet to be answered with any degree of certainty. What really happened on that fateful night? What happened to the mysterious white Fiat that police believed caused Diana's Mercedes to skid out of control? Neither the car nor its driver has ever been seen again. This exciting DVD goes underground in Paris in search of the truth and new evidence that throws light on a tragedy that echoes to this day.

• Aerial Britain - The Coast To Coast Walk | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £11.25   |  Saving you £1.74 (15.47%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A view of Britain's beautiful coastline from the air.

• Eichmann | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £6.15   |  Saving you £6.84 (111.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann made before he was tried and hanged in Israel in 1962 this powerful film stars Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong Resident Evil: The Apocalypse) as the SS officer who orchestrated the mass murder and destruction of millions of innocent people. Captured by intelligence operatives in Argentina 15 years after World War II Eichmann must be broken down by Captain Avner Less (Troy Garity) a young Israeli Police Officer. Gradually Avner uncovers the harrowing truth about Eichmann's role as the architect of Hitler's plan for the final solution which killed 6 million Jews including Avner's own father. As the world watches the two men confront each other in a battle of wills - the result of which will change a nation forever.

• Trumbo | DVD | (30/05/2011) from £13.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (6.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Hollywood blacklisted him... But he had the last word... Trumbo focuses on the writer's own indelible words the film features performances of some of his extraordinary letters clips from his films and archival and contemporary interviews with those who knew him best. Forced to write underground letter writing became the chief repository of Trumbo's extraordinary talents and they serve as a wonderfully entertaining testament to his boundless intellect acerbic humor and staggering resilience.

• Keep on Burning - The Story of Northern Soul | DVD | (10/12/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Keep on Burning tells the fascinating story of the world's most enduring underground music movement: Northern Soul! Featuring interviews with key DJ's, journalists and promoters, including soul radio pioneer Tony Blackburn, this new documentary was filmed on location at Manchester's iconic Twisted Wheel and London's 100 Club Wigan Casino founder Russ Winstanley and Blue and Soul music journalist Tony Cummings recount the artists, records and stories which have made Northern Soul a way of life for its aficionados. With contributions from record label executives' Tim Brown (Goldmine), Ady Croasdell (Kent), Dave McAleer (Pye/RCA) and Neil Rushton (Inferno), Keep on Burning reveals a unique insight into the music phenomenon that came of age in the clubs of Northern England in the mid-seventies. Featuring archive Northern Soul performances and Granada's 1977 TV documentary This England with an exclusive interview and commentary by its BAFTA award winning director Tony Palmer, Keep On Burning is the ultimate story of those who decided to Keep The Faith. Special Features: This England: Tony Palmers 1977 Seminal Documentary on the Wigan Casino Optional Introduction by Tony Palmer Full Uncut Intwerview with Tony Palmer

• The Northumbrian Coast | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £11.75   |  Saving you £2.24 (19.06%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The North East of England has some of the most beautiful coastline in Britain with its golden beaches hidden coves fishing villages and tiny harbours. Enjoy the splendid architecture of the great coastal castles & magnificent churches. Visit fun fairs cliff railways piers pavillions kippering sheds lighthouses lifeboats and beach huts which together make the Northumbrian coast so special. Locations featured: - Holy Island (Lindisfarne) Farne Islands Bamburgh Embleton Bay Howick Haven Craster & Dunstanburgh Castle Seaton Delaval Hall Tynemouth Whitley Bay & St Mary's Island Saltbum Whitby and Scarborough.

• Montezuma | DVD | (19/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Dan Snow journeys to the ancient heart of Mexico in search of the lost civilisation of the Aztecs and their last and greatest ruler Montezuma II (1502-1520). Montezuma inherited an empire of five million people stretching from present-day Mexico to Nicaragua from his uncle. His rule was marked by incessant warfare. Enemy states were growing more powerful and conquered tribes were becoming more rebellious. Within months of taking the throne in 1502 he went changed a man of good reason into a pitiless autocrat who declared himself a god believing that fear and ruthlessness were the only ways to stop the empire falling apart. Yet it was at the hands of Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors that Montezuma met his downfall. But what was his relationship with Cortes and why did such a ruthless leader submit to his captors with such relative ease? As Dan Snow visits the ruins and picks through current excavations he pieces together the evidence of a gripping story: a divine tragedy of errors the clash of civilisations the end of a world - and a very human God.

• Finding Vivian Maier | DVD | (10/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  FINDING VIVIAN MAIER is the critically acclaimed documentary about a mysterious nanny who secretly took over 100 000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and discovered decades later is now among the 20th century’s greatest photographers. Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel Maier’s strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never before seen photographs films and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her.

• Fred Dibnah's World Of Steel, Steam And Stone - Part 1 | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £6.24   |  Saving you £15.01 (301.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A brand new BBC series from the greatest steeplejack of all time made combining highlights from many of Fred's programmes over the last 7 years with a focus on the many sides of Fred and his contribution to our knowledge and appreciation of Britain's architectural industrial and engineering heritage. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Industrial Landscape 2. Back Street Mechanic 3. The Machines That Changed The World 4. Men Of Iron 5. The Victorian Gentleman 6. Preserving Our Past

• Night Train (Pociag) | DVD | (27/05/2013) from £14.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Kawalerowicz's celebrated film is considered one of the finest achievements of Polish cinema. Employing a classic Hitchcockian premise - two people, one possibly a killer on the run, sharing a compartment on a crowded overnight train - Kawalerowicz turns a thriller into an intriguing character study of ordinary people in unusual circumstances. Featuring impressive performances from Lucyna Winnicka (Mother Joan of the Angels), Zbigniew Cybulski (the 'Polish James Dean') and Leon Niemczyk (Knife in the Water), Night Train is more than simply a thriller... taut and gripping but also suffused with humour and warmth and boasting a wonderful jazz score by renowned composer Andrzej Trzaskowski.

• Baby Einstein - Language Nursery | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £9.77   |  Saving you £2.22 (22.72%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Baby Einstein: Language Nursery is from the award-winning infant-developmental media company of the same name, whose goal and philosophy is the satisfaction of a child's curiosity through sight and sound. In the main Theatre section of this disc you'll find lots of simple shapes, primary colours and favourite toys passing across the screen. Everything's accompanied by soothing and tinkling nursery-rhyme tunes. Every so often, a narrating female voice will move from English into another language--all of which is designed to expose your child to the wider world of languages. A Video Tutorial explains things just in case the parent is scratching their head as to what they're meant to do. It really is as simple as plonking junior down for half an hour to be colourfully distracted in a manner designed to educate as well as entertain. This is the simplest of the company's releases, making for an ideal introduction to what they're about. Others in the series focus on musical or artistic themes to expand upon all the ideas contained here. On the DVD: Baby Einstein: Language Nursery is the name of the feature itself, but from the Main Menu you can enter a Concert Hall to play with options for many different languages. There's also a Resources section with the aforementioned Video Tutorial and a Toy Chest crediting all the toys used, just in case a certain someone wants one of their own. --Paul Tonks

• Robben Ford - The Art Of Blues Rhythm | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £22.02   |  Saving you £5.97 (21.30%)   |  RRP £27.99

  As one of the most emulated blues players of our time Robben Ford's impeccable soloing techniques phrasing and tone have been the subject of several books and videos but for the first time Robben brings his smooth and tasty rhythm playing to the forefront in this DVD. He explains and demonstrates dozens of blues rhythm concepts and techniques from 12-bar shuffle blues rhythms to mixing in jazz chords to blues comping. Robben also takes you through several of his tunes showing his chord voicings rhythms and right-hand picking/finger techniques. Robben also answers questions about double-stops his guitars recording and road gear. Also includes a 39-page printable PDF with examples and transcriptions. Robben has been offering masterclass clinics for several years to a very select and limited number of students. We're happy to present this DVD to allow guitarists everywhere to be a part of this unique experience.

• British Diesel Trains: The South West | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £21.02   |  Saving you £-8.03 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This programme features diesels of classes 08 25 33 37 42 46 50 and 52 seen on the main and preserved lines of the South West of England and on the ex-Southern and ex-Great Western railway metals. These locomotives show that this is not just a holiday are as they are filmed conveying all kinds of produce from China Clay to steel as well as stopping passenger to express passenger trains on the national network. We also show it the way it was on lines such as the West Somerset and Torbay Railways. The area covered encompasses Cornwall Devon Dorset Somerset and Hampshire. This fabulous programme part of a wonderful eight-volume series celebrates the might of diesel an often overlooked part of British rail heritage. Incredible action footage makes every title in this series a real treat.

• George Best - Special Edition | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £11.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (20.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This release features The George Best Story and the last ever interview with the Belfast Boy. The George Best Story: George Best is arguably the greatest player ever to set foot on a football pitch. Blessed by genius he had the confidence and arrogance to try absolutely anything matched to a charismatic character that reached a far greater audience than those on the terraces at Old Trafford. The first of the new footballing superstars Best marked the transition of players from simply dedicated professionals to pop culture icons. Unable to cope with the temptations of his celebrity lifestyle indulged himself to excess in alcohol late nights and women and as a consequence walked out on top flight football aged just 26. In this video Best will take you back to his home town of Belfast and introduce you to his family and friends. Catch a glimpse of Best playing on his local park where he was spotted by a Manchester United talent scout before journeying to Old Trafford for an in-depth profile of his career at the 'Theatre Of Dreams'. Best's Last Ever Interview: An extremely rare and exclusive insight into George Best from the mouth of Best himself filmed alongside former team mate and life long friend Rodney Marsh.

• Apollo 13 - When the World Held Its Breath | DVD | (31/12/2013) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Apollo When the World Held It's Breath covers the development of the US space program concentrating on the almost-disaster of Apollo 13 where two-hundred thousand miles into its journey to the moon an explosion ripped through its service module leaving astronauts James Lovell Fred Haise and John Jack Swigert with a limited supply of oxygen water and food. Against all odds they came back and almost 25 years after the doomed mission this celebrated documentary told their story. Presented by James Burke this documentary includes interviews with the key players and covers the highs and lows of the Apollo lunar project from the tragedy of Apollo 1 to Apollo 11's world-changing moon-walk and beyond. Featuring interviews with Lovell and Haise the astronauts families flight director Gene Krantz Mission Operations director Christopher Kraft astronauts Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov Apollo: To the Edge and Back offers not only unprecedented insights into the Apollo 13 mission but also an overview of the Cold War rivalry which initiated the Apollo programme and the near-fatal mission s impact in rekindling waning interest in space exploration.

• Ancient Worlds | Blu Ray | (06/12/2010) from £12.10   |  Saving you £17.89 (147.85%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Ancient Worlds is a six-part odyssey from the first cities of Mesopotamia to the Christianisation of the Roman Empire with archaeologist and historian Richard Miles at the helm. The series tells the story of what Richard argues is mankind's greatest achievement - civilisation. The series offers an epic sweep of history against a panorama of stunning locations and bold propositions about the origins of human society. In the 21st century we might fondly imagine that it is humankind's natural state to live together in communities that extend beyond blood ties. As Ancient Worlds sets out to show however no such assumptions were made by the first clan chiefs who decided to form communities in southern Iraq in 4500 BC. There is nothing natural about the city and its founders understood that its very survival relied on compromise ruthlessness sacrifice and toil. In the West we have consigned the term 'civilisation' to the museum display case. Embarrassed by its chauvinistic and elitist connotations we have increasingly taken refuge in more politically correct and soft-focused terms such as 'culture' to explain our origins. This series seeks to rescue civilisation from its enforced retirement and celebrate such a hard-fought invention.

• Big Brother's Big DVD The Best Bits: 2000-2010 | DVD | (30/08/2010) from £9.89   |  Saving you £0.10 (1.01%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The best bits from channel 4's TV show Big Brother from 2000 to 2010!

• Jennifer Lopez: Dance Again | DVD | (12/10/2015) from £4.16   |  Saving you £15.83 (380.53%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dance with award winning superstar Jennifer Lopez! Dance Again combines riveting musical performances with a raw and candid look at Lopez's personal and professional life over a defining six month period when she challenges herself to go on her first ever world tour with her two young children in tow. This docu-concert goes behind the scenes of Lopez's first ever world tour traveling 100 000 miles on 5 continents and reaching one million fans producing 11 250 minutes of musical performances and requiring 500 000 sequins and 162 wardrobe changes. See Jennifer live love and dance... again!

• Ute Lemper - The Thousand And One Lives Of Ute Lemper - A Trilingual Portrait | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Thousand and One Lives of Ute Lemper, Valerie Esposito's 1998 documentary on the idiosyncratic singer and actress, is a fascinating study of an uncompromising performer who defies categorisation. Every facet of her career is represented here: the award-winning musical star of Chicago; the cabaret artist who sinks her teeth into Weill like nobody since Lenya; the avant-garde pop singer who has worked with modern composers from Elvis Costello to Philip Glass; and the muse who inspired Michael Nyman to write her a song cycle. But Lemper can be an acquired taste. She works at show songs with an intensity and individuality that set her apart from mainstream musical actors. The result can be so stylised that the emotional truth she strives for becomes self-conscious and even disengaged. There are some unanswered questions here--why, for example, does she no longer have any contact with Nyman?--but elsewhere her frankness in discussing her influences and her approach to work combines with the glimpses of her family life to provide a useful portrait of this extremely modern, versatile show woman. On the DVD: The Thousand and One Lives of Ute Lemper is presented in 4:3 picture format and has the quality of a top-class television production. The PCM stereo sound reproduces the various textures of Lemper's live and recorded work to good effect. There are no extras but the booklet notes are comprehensive. The running time stated on the cover is misleading: 145 minutes is actually the combined total of the English, German and French versions of the documentary.--Piers Ford

• Standing with Stones | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There are about 1 000 stone circles in the British Isles. If you include other megalithic monuments such as stone rows long barrows cairns cists standing stones and others the number runs to tens of thousands. Yet most people can only name one. This DVD is an exploration beyond Stonehenge a discovery of the wealth that is Megalithic Britain. More than two years in the making this broadcast-standard film written and presented by explorer and naturalist Rupert Soskin takes you from the tip of Cornwall to the Scottish Isles on an unforgettable journey through the landscape of our ancient past.