Documentary

• 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 £4.28   |  Saving you £17.47 (693.25%)   |  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.

• Blood Upon the Snow - Russia's War | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £40.48   |  Saving you £-10.49 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This is the incredibly powerful story of the Stalin years. It is based on rarely seen archival footage, contemporary diaries and documents and personal memoirs, as well as interviews with relatives and those people who survived the Gulag labour camps and World War II. It follows the events from Stalin's rise to power, his association with Hitler and the Soviet involvement in the Second World War right through to his death. First regarded as a visionary, it soon became apparent that Stalin was a capricious, ruthless tyrant who would arrange for the ‘removal’ of anyone he thought was opposing him. For nearly 30 years, he maintained power without challenge by manipulating his people through propaganda, state sponsored lies and terror. In this tremendously moving and at times graphic, harrowing and shocking documentary, we witness the suffering and sacrifices of the people of the Soviet Union and discover what led to the death of millions of Soviet citizens during the Great Patriotic War.

• If Only | DVD | (05/11/2008) from £9.98   |  Saving you £-3.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  If Only

• Sophie Scholl Special Edition | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sophie Scholl - The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch (of recent cult fave The Edukators in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistence group The White Rose. Armed with long-buried historical records of her incarceration director Marc Rothemund expertly re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's life: a heart-stopping journey from arrest to interrogation trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless.

• Radio:Active - Live at Wembley | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £39.99   |  Saving you £-27.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tracklist: Concert Tracks (Main Stage) 1. One For The Radio 2. Everybody Knows 3. Going Through The Motions 4. Obviously 5. Transylvania 6. Corrupted 7. P.O.V 8. Falling In Love (B-Stage) 9 .Star Girl 10. That Girl 11. Do Ya (Back To Main Stage) 12. Black Or White 13. Room On The 3rd Floor 14. All About You 15. The Last Song (Encore) 16. Lies 17. 5 Colours In Her Hair

• McKellen: Playing the Part | Blu Ray | (12/11/2018) from £13.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Constructed around a 14-hour interview, McKellen: Playing the Part uncovers the remarkable story of actor Sir Ian McKellen. From his upbringing living through the Second World War, working through repertory and West End theatre becoming a pioneering stage star, coming out and being a leader in the campaign for equality, to his mainstream film breakouts as Magneto and Gandalf. His work and influence transcends generations, celebrated here in this fully authorized insight. Directed by the award-winning Joe Stephenson, this remarkable film features unprecedented access to private photo albums, a wealth of never-before-seen archive material, including diaries written when he was 12, and exclusive behind the scenes of theatre shows and films alongside McKellen's personal thoughts on a life long lived.

• Secret Army - Series 3 | DVD | (01/01/2008) from £29.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.13%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This award-winning series was a gripping and authentic portrayal of the war waged by one group of Belgian resistance fighters against the German occupation during the Second World War... Episodes comprise: 1. The Last Run 2. Invasions 3. Revenge 4. A Safe Place 5. Ring of Rosies 6. Prisoner 7. Ambush 8. Just Light the Blue Touch Paper 9. Sound of Thunder 10. Collaborator 11. Days of Judgement 12. Bridgehead 13. The Execution

• Hitler's War Machine - The Fall of France May-June 1940 | DVD | (27/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Genius of Design | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £12.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (54.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This compelling five-part series tells the story of design from the Industrial Revolution through 20s modernism the impact of war and freedoms of a post-war world the swinging 60s the designer 80s and up to the present day. 1 - Ghosts in the Machine: The Industrial Revolution saw a wealth of anonymous creators developing objects for life and work yet it also gave birth to a new generation of designers from Wedgwood to William Morris. Includes interviews with Dieter Rams and J Mays Ford Motors' global head of design. 2 - Designs for Living: In the 1920s and 30s did the future lie in the radical vision of the Bauhaus or the British love affair with mock-Tudor? Throughout Europe open-plan living the fitted kitchen and tubular steel furniture entered the mainstream while in the US designers explored the dreams of the American consumer. Featuring Niels Diffrient and Tom Dyckhoff. 3 - Blueprints for War: When nations go to war designers are in the front-line. From the Sten gun made by British toy-makers to the all-wood Mosquito fighter-plane the stories reveal how 'good design' shifts dramatically when survival is at stake. Featuring Desert War veteran Peter Gudgin and designer Michael Graves. 4 - Better Living Through Chemistry: The post-war 50s and 60s offered a world of opportunity with the possibilities of plastic married to liberating lifestyle choices from seamless plastic chairs to a bed with built-in stereo and cigarette lighter. In Japan radio came pocket-sized leading to the revolutionary Walkman. Featuring Sony master designer Teiyu Goto Alberto Alessi and Stephen Bayley. 5 - Objects of Desire: From the 70s to 90s designers set the tone for many lives and lifestyles. But as the threat of global warming redefines how we make or break the world they prove they have a vital role to play. Featuring Philippe Starck Marc Newson Jonathan Ive and Stephen Fry.

• Zizek - The Reality Of The Virtual | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £10.79   |  Saving you £2.20 (20.39%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The author of works on subjects as wide-ranging as Alfred Hitchcock 9/11 opera Christianity Lenin and David Lynch Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek is one of the most important and outrageous cultural theorists working today. This captivating erudite documentary explores the eccentric personality and esoteric work of this incomparable academic and writer. Zizek trails the eminent and intrepid thinker as he crisscrosses the Globe and obsessively reveals the invisible workings of ideology through a unique blend of Lacanian psychoanalysis Marxism and pop culture critique. He is also unafraid to turn his critical gaze on himself offering cutting commentary on his personality private life and growing international celebrity.

• Derren Brown - Inside Your Mind | DVD | (16/04/2007) from £5.19   |  Saving you £14.80 (285.16%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Derren Brown is being talked about as someone unique and altogether different in the world of magic and illusion - he can predict suggest and control human behaviour. Whether it be convincing a medical student to drive a needle through his own flesh winning at will at a London casino fooling pole dancers into thinking he has touched them or making a bookie pay out on losing bets. Brown doesn't pretend he's a mind reader he admits it's all persuasion and simple human psychology. He's even prepared to share some of his secrets with you demonstrating the amazing power of perception influence and subliminal suggestion.

• Trials of Life (Repackaged) | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £27.09   |  Saving you £2.90 (10.71%)   |  RRP £29.99

  On the coast of Christmas Island a beach is painted crimson by the bodies of a million scarlet crabs, all choosing the same moment to lay their eggs in the sea. In East Africa an elephant calf is born and the females in the herd crowd around the newcomer, collaborating in looking after their young. On a Patagonian beach sea-lions lounge in supposed safety as a tall wave, concealing the huge presence of a killer whale, thunders towards the shore. Following the extraordinary series 'Li...

• Clarkson Thriller | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £3.16   |  Saving you £16.83 (532.59%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Clarkson Thriller

• Hitler's War Machine - Hitler Triumphant June 1940 | DVD | (20/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Documentary Feature -Flashpoint Berlin 1957-1963 | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-4.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

• The Essential Collection | DVD | (03/09/2012) from £20.07   |  Saving you £-3.08 (-18.10%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Tracklisting:1. Waterloo2. Ring ring3. Mamma Mia4. SOS5. Bang-a-boomerang6. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do7. Fernando8. Dancing Queen9. Money, Money, Money10. Knowing Me, Knowing You11. That’s Me12. The Name of The Game13. Take a Chance On Me14. Eagle15. One Man, One Woman16. Thank You For The Music17. Summer Night City18. Chiquitita19. Does Your Mother Know20. Voulez-Vous21. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)22. On And On And On23. The Winner Takes It All24. Super Trouper25. Happy New Year26. When All Is Said And Done27. One Of Us28. Head Over Heels29. The Day Before You Came30. Under Attack31. Estoy Sonando32. Conociendome, Conociendote33. Gracias Por La Musica34. Felicidad35. No Hay A Quien Culpar36. The Last Video