Documentary

• Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan | DVD | (11/03/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The remarkable career of the movie industry's most admired and influential special-effects auteur, the legendary Ray Harryhausen, is the subject of Gilles Penso's definitive documentary Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan. Leaving no doubt as to Harryhausen's seminal influence on modern-day special effects, the documentary features enlightening and entertaining interviews with the man himself, Randy Cook, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Phil Tippet, Terry Gilliam, Dennis Muren, John Landis, Guillermo Del Toro, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and many more. These filmmakers, who today push the boundaries of special effects movie-making, pay tribute to the father of Stop Motion animation and films such as 'The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms','It Came From Beneath The Sea','The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad', 'Mysterious Island', 'Jason And The Argonauts' and 'The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad' - the films that enthralled them as children and inspired them to become filmmakers in their own right.

• Earth | Blu Ray | (17/03/2008) from £7.49   |  Saving you £17.50 (70.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Earth is a feature length version of the amazing television series Planet Earth. The documentary follows the migratory paths of four animal families classicly narrated by Patrick Stewart!

• Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The observational documentary series about the iconic haulage firm, Eddie Stobart, returns with bigger and better trucks and more time-laden jeopardy. Their 2000 drivers cover the distance to the moon and back every day, making deliveries every 4 seconds. Eddie Stobart's trucks are a familiar sight on the motorways of Europe and they play a massive role in keeping freight moving across the UK & the continent.Now the Stobart trucks, with their female names and distinctive livery, are featured in this new DVD release of the second series of the Channel Five series, Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers. But this four DVD box set is not just about trucks - it's also about the men and women that keep the Stobart trucks rolling 24 hours a day. For the truckers, planners, and bosses of Eddie Stobart, time is money, and jams, breakdowns and empty trailers are cash down the drain. Stobart make a delivery every 4.6 seconds, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It's a company of five thousand people, driving two thousand trucks, packing three thousand trailers, running two ports, two airports and endless freight trains.In each episode we tell stories which will have characters facing high stakes. We'll get to know the bosses who watch every penny from the control room and negotiate multi-million pound contracts. We'll see the men and women who move millions of pounds of stock in and out of the huge warehouses and container ports filled with everything that keeps Britain going. But we'll also find out about the quirky traditions and routines that have made Stobarts a national treasure - and even meet the Eddie spotters who spend their free time in search of Stobart lorries...All the time the clock will be ticking. Will they get the fridge trucks to the supermarket before the fresh food goes bad? Can they shave vital minutes - and thousands of pounds - off the time taken to unload and turn around a container ship? Can our tramper get home in time for his son's school play?This is the story of the people who race against time, all night and day, in the wind, the rain and the snow, to get everything you eat and buy delivered to you.

• IMAX Legends of Flight 3D (2D/3D Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (08/08/2011) from £9.78   |  Saving you £10.21 (104.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Fly in the cockpit of some of history’s most amazing aircraft – including a Stearman wooden biplane, Harrier Jump Jet, and Super Constellation. Discover the design challenges, financial risks and the many lessons learned from a century of aviation trial and error, bringing us to the dawn of a new era of revolutionary aircraft — Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus 380. Witness the construction and final assembly of the 787, and join chief test pilot Mike Carriker as he puts the new airliner through its rigorous test flights

• Bananaz | DVD | (01/06/2009) from £13.84   |  Saving you £0.15 (1.10%)   |  RRP £13.99

  In the late 1990's Jamie Hewlett met Damon Albarn and the concept of Gorillaz was born sometime after. At the birth of the project film maker Ceri Levy set about to document this undertaking. The result is Bananaz 91 minutes inside the remarkable real world of Gorillaz ''-the most successful animated band ever. The film takes down the virtual walls of Gorillaz. Levy filmed alongside and behind the scenes from 2000 to 2006 from first drawings animations music and the musicians through to the faces behind the voices of Murdoc 2D Noodle and Russel Hobbs. The result is an unsanitised free-wheeling documentary film; an intimate honest and often hilarious account of the working relationship between Albarn and Hewlett. With appearances by many of those who occasionally pass through this world ; Dennis Hopper De la Soul Ibrahim Ferrer Dangermouse Dan the Automator D12 Bootie Brown and Neneh Cherry. The DVD will also feature The Bananaz Home Movie Club with up to an hour of outtakes from the film. Rolls include - Clint Eastwood Live in Japan The Sneeze Hello America Bill Murray Featuring The Bees and Food Chain amongst others.

• Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £16.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (17.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For over a half century Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans around the world with his breathtaking motion picture effects and stop-motion animation. presented here for the first time ever is the authorized collection of his earliest work along with hours of supplemental features.

• Rock N Learn: Sight Words - Level 3 | DVD | (27/05/2013) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-1.49 (-12.40%)   |  RRP £11.99

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• Michael Jackson - The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop? | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £10.77   |  Saving you £2.22 (20.61%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On June 25th 2009 the death of Michael Jackson shook the world. With a musical legacy spanning decades he was without doubt one of the world's most influential musicians and a true legend in his own lifetime. As more and more details surrounding Michaels death surface still more questions arise. It seems like everybody has their own theory as to what happened to the king of pop; from a calculated murder to a tragic suicide. One thing is for certain there is more to this story than it first appeared. Get the inside story with interviews and personal accounts from family and those closest to him (Jermaine and Tito Jackson Elizabeth Taylor Diana Ross Uri Gellar and Quincy Jones to name a few). Looking back at the highs and lows of Michael's life this inside story examines the contributing factors and events leading up to his death; including the infamous Pepsi Commercial accident reportedly the start of his supposed medication dependency. Featuring fantastic footage throughout from rehearsal footage and video of life on the road to the fateful 911 call and a touching look at his memorial service including Paris Jackson's heartbreaking eulogy for her father. This programme attempts to uncover the truth of just who or what lead to the death of the King of Pop whilst offering a sensitive look at the man and the tragedy: this is a must see for any Michael Jackson fan.

• Race Across America with James Cracknell | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £6.03   |  Saving you £8.96 (148.59%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Race Across America started as the greatest endurance challenge of the century - 100 mile run through Death Valley cycling the 2 500 miles of Route 66 row 250 miles across Lake Erie and a swim 15 miles down the Hudson River - and ended with James Cracknell almost losing his life.

• Life After People - As seen on Channel 4 | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Using feature film quality visual effects and top experts in the fields of engineering botany ecology biology geology climatology and archeology Life After People provides an amazing visual journey to a world free from human intervention. We visit New York now overrun by forest London submerged under water Paris where the Eiffel Tower no longer stands... Humans won't be around forever and now we can see in detail for the very first time the world that will be left behind in... Life After People.

• NAKED ISLAND, The (Masters of Cinema) (BLU-RAY) | Blu Ray | (24/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Filmed on the virtually deserted Setonaikai archipelago in south-west Japan The Naked Island [Hadaka no shima] was made - in the words of its director - as a 'cinematic poem' to try and capture the life of human beings struggling like ants against the forces of nature. Kaneto Shindô (Onibaba Kuroneko) made the film with his own production company Kindaï Eiga Kyôkai who were facing financial ruin at the time. Using one-tenth of the average budget Shindô took one last impassioned risk to make this film. With his small crew they relocated to an inn on the island of Mihari where for two months in early 1960 they would make what they considered to be their last film. The Naked Island tells the story of a small family unit and their subsistence as the only inhabitants of an arid sun-baked island. Daily chores captured as a series of cyclical events result in a hypnotising moving and beautiful film harkening back to the silent era. With hardly any dialogue Shindô combines the stark 'Scope cinematography of Kiyoshi Kuroda with the memorable score of his constant collaborator Hikaru Hayashi to make a unique cinematic document. Shindô who had worked with both Kenji Mizoguchi and Kon Ichikawa shot to international fame in 1952 with the astounding Children of Hiroshima. Eight years later the BAFTA-nominated The Naked Island won the Grand Prix at the Moscow International Film Festival (where Luchino Visconti was a jury member). It is now considered to be one of Shindô’s major works and its success saved his film company from bankruptcy. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to release The Naked Island for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK. Special Features: Newly restored 1080p transfer in its 2.35:1 original aspect ratio Full-length audio commentary by director Kaneto Shindô and composer Hikaru Hayashi Video introduction by Alex Cox Optional English subtitles 24-page booklet with an essay by Acquarello and a reprint of Joan Mellen’s interview with Shindô from Voices from the Japanese Cinema

• Raiders Of The Lost Art | DVD | (22/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Throughout history, some of the world's most amazing works of art have simply disappeared. Through re-enactment we see how these treasures were looted, stolen or vanished into the archives. Some have been recovered but many more are still waiting to be found. All 6 episodes of the series are presented here in this 2 disc set.

• Team Khan | DVD | (12/11/2018) from £5.85   |  Saving you £4.14 (70.77%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Team Khan is a fly-on-the-wall documentary about professional boxer Amir Khan, filmed between 2014-16. The documentary follows Khan as he chases a fight with the unbeaten superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. Outside of the ring, Amir must grapple with the significance of family, fame, and religion, as he grows from being boxing's golden child into a man.

• The Krays - A Life of Crime | DVD | (18/06/2012) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Take a journey back to the 1950s East End as Krays' biographer Fred Dinenage retraces the extraordinary lives of two of Britain's most notorious criminals.Ronnie and Reggie Kray are perhaps the most notorious criminals in British history. The East End gangsters earned a reputation as two of the most unpredictable and deadly villains living and working in 1950s London. Here, broadcaster and journalist Fred Dinenage recalls how he was personally chosen by the Krays to write their story, and takes a journey back through the lives of Ronnie and Reggie to see how right he got it. Dinenage takes a tour through the old haunts of the twins, from Old Repton boxing club where they spent much of their formative years to the Carpenters Arms, scene of the murder of Jack 'the hat' McVity at the hands of Reggie. Along the way, Dinenage recounts his memories of acting as the Krays' biographer and speaks to those who were close associates of the twins for the very first time, to find out what the twins were really like. Interviews with 'Mad' Frankie Fraser, trusted 'enforcer' Freddie Foreman, firm member Lenny Hamilton and jewel thief Billy Frost help Dinenage to retrace Ronnie and Reggie's extraordinary lives from their childhood to their heyday and finally to the demise of one of British crime's most infamous partnerships.

• Michael Wood - Story Of India | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £40.48   |  Saving you £-10.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  For over two millennia India has been at the centre of world history. But how did India come to be? What is India? These are the big questions behind this intrepid journey around the contemporary subcontinent. In this landmark series historian and acclaimed writer Michael Wood embarks on a dazzling and exciting expedition through today's India looking to the present for clues to her past and to the past for clues to her future. The journey takes the viewer through majestic landscapes and reveals some of the greatest monuments and artistic treasures on Earth. From Buddhism to Bollywood from mathematics to outsourcing Michael Wood discovers India's impact on history - and on us.

• Instruments Of Death | DVD | (10/02/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £33.99

  In days gone by death came at close quarters. This was a time when warriors stood toe-to-toe with their enemy; when battlefields were confused hell holes where men hacked desperately at each other; where no mercy was expected and none was given. This series explores the realities of taking a crushing blow from a battle axe or being hit by a deadly arrow from a longbow. The experience of facing mortar and artillery fire; or of attacking into a hail of bullets from muskets or machine guns. Instruments of Death place some of history's deadliest weapons in your hands. Through a series of innovative tests and modern experiments you'll see at first hand the effects of the blade and the bullet on a human being. You'll find out how just effective shields armour and helmets actually were. And how the wounds suffered by ordinary soldiers were treated on the battlefield. This is a fascinating and immersive look at the stark truth of yesterday's wars - a world far away from statistics and numbers and co-ordinates - and demonstrates the dangers faced by those who were sent into battle to do or die. Episodes Comprise: The Battle of Naseby 1645 The Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Towton 1461 The Norman Invasion: The Battle of Hastings 1066 Queen Boudicca’s Revolt: The Battle of Watling Street AD61 The Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo 1815 The Great War: The Battle of the Somme 1916

• Facing Ali | DVD | (18/07/2016) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  He rocked the sport, shook the world, and changed their lives. Now, several decades after they met in the ring, ten of the sport's finest fighters tell what it was like to battle Muhammad Ali, the man many consider the greatest of all time. This brutally honest documentary recounts Ali's incomparable journey as seen through the eyes of those who stepped through the ropes and into history. Join these respected fighters as they weigh in on The Greatest and pay tribute to a legend in this powerful and unforgettable film.

• Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - The Life And Death Of Marvin Gaye | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  What's Going On is the story of Marvin Gaye's extraordinary life and tragic death. Produced by the same team responsible for the acclaimed Classic Albums series the tale unfolds through archive footage of interviews and performances with Marvin and brand new interview footage with his friends and family. The documentary delves into the abrasive relationship between Gaye and his father his marriages his drug abuse and his relationship with Berry Gordy and

• World in Action - Volume 3 | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £11.60   |  Saving you £13.39 (115.43%)   |  RRP £24.99

  World in Action was, undoubtedly, ITV's flagship current affairs show. Over four decades (from the '60s to the '90s) this multiple BAFTA winner was fearless, hard-hitting and trailblazing, choosing subjects that other programmes would not dare touch, getting into trouble with ITV regulators and - at times - the Government. A cornerstone of the British viewing schedule, the WIA team investigated stories at no small personal risk to themselves and often courted controversy whilst reporting on organisations such as the National Front. This report is included here, along with editions that cover everything from euthanasia to Scientology, from the Miners' Strike to extended coverage of the underhanded practices of the CIA in the 1970s.

• Safari/Rainforest/Turtle - the Incredible Journey | Blu Ray | (26/11/2012) from £24.28   |  Saving you £10.71 (30.60%)   |  RRP £34.99