Documentary

• Wheeler Dealers - MGB GT | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In Wheeler Dealers the challenge is to save a variety of classic cars from the scrap yard. In this programme auto veteran Mike Brewer joins forces with his mechanic mate Edd China with only 2 000 and one week to restore a MGB GT. A sure treat for retro car lovers everywhere.

• The Kings And Queens Of England - Modern Monarchy - 1837 To The Present | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £9.91   |  Saving you £0.08 (0.81%)   |  RRP £9.99

  As seen on the UK History Channel. This documentary programme looks at the modern monarchy with the longest ruling royal in history Queen Victoria. From her accession to the throne in 1837 to her death in 1901 Victoria was to reign for 64 years. In contrast Edward VII her successor was to be king for only 10 years; a reign that led up to the current house of Windsor. Although the days of the empire are long over here you have an informative record of a period which experienced huge political and social reform and one which took us through two World Wars. In addition to expert analysis by Alan Ereira this documentary is complimented with atmospheric re-enactments throughout.

• Wham - Greatest Hits Live | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• Royal Navy at War - A Sailor's View: War in the Frozen North | DVD | (16/05/2011) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-0.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Drawing on rare and previously unseen archive film materials from diverse archives, Royal Navy veteran Roland R Smith chronicles the fiery destruction of the British aircraft carrier the Glorious during the Norwegian Campaign of 1940- and the Royal Navy's relentless thirst for revenge which culminated in the destruction of the German battleship Scharnhorst.

• Entertaining The RAF -The Astra Gazette Newsreels 1951-1959 | DVD | (14/06/2010) from £7.99   |  Saving you £-6.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  The Royal Air Force Astra Gazette newsreels were made by Path'' in the 1950s to be shown to serving RAF personnel in the RAFs very own Astra Cinemas that were housed on their air bases all over the world! The surviving editions start with the young Princess Elizabeth taking the place of her sickly father King George VI at the graduation parade at RAF Cranwell way back in 1951. Most of the Astra Gazettes used a newsy format with short items featuring many young ladies in swim suits to keep the lads happy! But it is the Astra Gazettes insider round up of RAF news stories which afford such a fascinating insight into the RAF of the 1950s and include many of the key service personalities of the time such as Douglas Bader and Bob Stanford Tuck. By 1953 Path'' were filming all the items in full colour such as Ejector Seat Testing a Sunderland flying boat rescue and the 1955 closure of the famous RAF Fighter Station at Biggin Hill. The reports end with RAF Waddington receiving The Freedom of the City of Lincoln with some stunning shots of the Vulcan in 1959. Film stars of the time also feature heavily including Peter Cushing Jill Day Jack Hawkins and Lee Patterson. These surviving Astra Gazettes are included here just as they would have been seen by the serving RAF personnel of the 1950s in the RAFs airbase Astra Cinemas that they are named after. Titles Comprise: 1. 1951 Special Edition- Graduation Parade 2. 1951 Astra Gazette Number Eight 3. 1952 Presentation of The Kings Colour 4. 1952 Astra Gazette Number Twelve 5. 1952 Astra Gazette Number Thirteen 6. 1953 Astra Gazette Number Nineteen 7. 1953 Astra Coronation Review- Special Edition 8. 1953 RAF Halton Queens Colour Presentation 9. 1953 Astra Gazette Colour Collection 10. 1955 Astra Gazette in Colour 11. 1955 Astra Gazette Biggin Hill Closes 12. 1956 Astra Gazette in Colour Return to Biggin Hill 13. 1957 Rubber Masks- Turko Bath-Sunderland Rescue 14. 1958 Kat on Trial- Chimps Boxing Dog Champs 15. 1958 Pylon Men- Car Museum- Peter Cushing 16. 1958 Emets Ideal Home-Scooter Jousting 17. 1958 Motoring Inn-Old Cricket- Spaghetti Contest- Mushroom Farm with Bob Stanford Tuck 18. 1959 Ejector Test-Houseboat Girls-WRAF Horsewoman 19. 1959 RAF Waddington Freedom of The City of Lincoln

• World War II: Lost Films - The Air War | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Only Ones To See War Like This Were The Ones Who Lived It. Until Now...Feel the fear and exhilaration of a battlefield 25,000 feet in the air as History travels with four US veterans on some of the most dangerous, deadly and visually stunning aerial missions of World War II.Following in the footsteps of the Emmy Award-winning series WWII Lost Films, this two-hour special takes viewers inside the US Eighth Air Force as it takes to the skies for an unsung story of bravery and sacrifice. Extraordinary archive footage in colour brings the historic fight for control of the skies to life.Narrated by Emmy nominated actor Rob Lowe. Featuring voices by Casey Affleck, Sean Astin, Chris O'Donnell and Elijah Wood.

• In Search of Lambretta - Lambretta Scooters | DVD | (27/05/2002) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From the streets of the Isle of Wight and Nigel Cox's fantastic collection of scooters with Italian auto jumbles to Casa lambretta itself take a journey to explore the legend of Lambretta in the country that gave birth to this classic piece of scooter history.

• Exit Through The Gift Shop | Blu Ray | (06/09/2010) from £6.89   |  Saving you £18.10 (262.70%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed.

• British Railways Volume 8 - English Branch Lines & Byways | DVD | (21/04/2008) from £16.25   |  Saving you £-3.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Branch lines and secondary routes have always had a special appeal. This programme filmed by C. J. Barnard Keith Christie Harry Luff and Edwin Wilmshurst recalls many such English byways in films made in the 1950s and '60s. The lines featured include those to Audley End Hayling Island Princeton Stanmore Swanage Lymington the M&GN system and the roadside tracks of the Wisbech & Upwell Tramway. All connoisseurs of minor railways will find this programme a welcome addition to their collection.

• 135 Interview Answers to Tough Questions DVD | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £15.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (-33.40%)   |  RRP £11.99

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• What Happened to Kerouac? | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A lively and revealing investigation into the personal history and creative process of Jack Kerouac, father of the Beat Generation, author of On the Road and pivotal figure of the fifties counter-cultural revolution. Includes interviews with Steve Allen and William Buckly. Features Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William Burroughs, Charlie parker, Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and more.

• Classic Cockpits - The Avro Lancaster | DVD | (08/06/2009) from £6.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (114.76%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Flying the Avro Lancaster is the fourth programme from the Classic Cockpit series which accompanies Flying the De Havilland Vampire DC-3 and PBY Catalina. Derived from the twin-engine Avro Manchester the Lancaster was designed for one purpose; to carry bombs. Its bomb bay was stressed to take more than twenty thousand pounds of high explosive. Powered by four Rolls Royce engines it carried enough fuel to take it deep into the German heartland destroying cities and wreaking havoc on Hitler's heavy industries. The Lancaster is probably best known for the famous 'Dam Busters Raid' in May 1943 when aircraft of the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the M''hne Eder Sorpe and Ennepe dams in the Ruhr using the revolutionary 'bouncing bomb' designed by Dr Barnes Wallis. In this documentary film the Lancaster is flown from its base at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum at Hamilton Ontario by Don Schofield a retired Air Canada captain. After a detailed cockpit tour and pre-flight inspection we join the crew for some local flying in the Hamilton area. Multiple cameras provide detailed coverage in the cockpit while cameras in accompanying B-25 Harvard and Bell Jetranger provide spectacular aerial prospective

• The Making Of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Stage Show) | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £5.64   |  Saving you £14.35 (254.43%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Making of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Stage Show) charts the months leading up to opening night of the stage version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in London in April 2002--34 years after the film about a young family and their flying car enchanted a generation. It's an interesting account of the logistics of mounting a high-tech blockbuster, from casting and marketing to the rehearsal process and the choreography. Everybody is "acclaimed" and "award-winning", everybody adores what they're doing and each new day brings another moment of excitement. But there's no disguising the fact that this is basically a long commercial for a sure-fire hit. Michael Ball--the housewife's pet crooner--is an odd choice to play eccentric dad Caractacus Potts. Portly to begin with, he finally gets to grips with some vigorous dancing, earning kind words from choreographer Gillian Lynn. And, of course, he sings beautifully. Thank heaven there's some good old-fashioned bile to cut the syrup: as she surveys her dressing room the excellent Nichola MacAuliff (the Baroness) says: "It's a cupboard under the stairs, basically." That's show business. On the DVD: The Making of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a standard television video documentary in 4:3 picture format with a clear Dolby Digital Stereo soundtrack. Narration is by the gracious Sally Ann Howes, the original Truly Scrumptious character. Extras include several familiar songs from the show plus a new one, all showing that this is a classic combination of music, spectacle and technology. --Piers Ford

• Gauguin, The Full Story | DVD | (17/05/2011) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (-127.40%)   |  RRP £10.99

  This documentary charts the life of the celebrated artist Paul Gauguin through countless twists and turns which take him from an idyllic childhood in Peru to an horrific death on the Marquesas Islands. The Gauguin who emerges from this story is not only an accomplished sculptor but a musician, print maker, journalist and ceramicist.

• British Campagnes Battle Of Britain And The Blitz | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £7.34   |  Saving you £2.65 (26.50%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Flushed with success from the Blitzkrieg on 30th June 1940 Goering issued an operational order for the Luftwaffe's forthcoming attack on Britain. On 16th July Hitler himself ordered preparations for Operation Sea Lion - the invasion of Britain. All that stood between Nazi Germany and victory was the English Channel - and the Royal Air Force

• I Am Bruce Lee | Blu Ray | (23/07/2012) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-0.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The amazing story of Bruce Lee, one of the most iconic human beings ever to enter the public consciousness. The film is a compelling and visually stunning uncovering of Bruce's life, his enormous impact, and his ever-expanding legacy in the world of martial arts, entertainment, and beyond-despite his tragic and sudden death at the age of 32.Featuring interviews with people who knew Bruce intimately, along with a broad array of international icons from the entertainment and athletic fields including basketball superstar Kobe Bryant, acclaimed actors Mickey Rourke and Ed O'Neill, world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, Taboo of pop music supergroup Black Eyed Peas, and UFC's Dana White and world champion Jon Jones. The interviews will be combined with rarely seen archival footage, classic photos, and cutting edge visuals and graphics to tell Bruce Lee's story in a way never seen before.

• Ancient Aliens Season 1 | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods provides the inspiration for this History Channel series, which takes UFOs and extraterrestrials deadly seriously. Over five episodes, it explores phenomena throughout the ages that defy explanation. The first, "Evidence," looks at Indian aeronautical texts, the Great Pyramid of Giza, and the Saqqara Bird, an Egyptian carving that anticipates the airplane. Legendary Times publisher and consulting producer Giorgio A. Tsoukalos feels that items like the figurine "have nothing in common with anything similar in nature." That's a matter of opinion, though other authors, engineers, and investigators tend to agree, which isn't a problem in and of itself, except there are few dissenting voices. In "The Visitors," "The Mission," and "Closer Encounters," the show travels to Peru, Mali, Iraq, and other locations to discuss elongated skulls, cattle mutilation, and primitive stargazing (the theory that King Tut might have been part-alien seems pretty far-fetched). Further references to the Knights Templar and the Ark of the Covenant, which some believe lies beneath an island in Nova Scotia, bring Spielberg blockbusters, like Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, to mind. The series concludes with "The Return," a look at sightings and attempts to communicate with aliens by NASA and SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). Like von Däniken's controversial bestseller, Ancient Aliens presents intriguing data but calls for a healthy degree of skepticism, since there's more speculation on offer than verifiable fact (the boisterous Swiss scribe also appears in the program). The academic speakers make valid points, but a few experts seem less credible. It's easier, for instance, to trust an MIT or UCLA scholar over a radio host or crop circle researcher. This three-disc set concludes with a bonus episode, "Chariots, Gods and Beyond," which surveys the links between theology and ancient astronaut theory. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

• Classic British Jets - Vulcan | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £6.25   |  Saving you £6.74 (51.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Vulcan is a complete film profile of the Vulcan bomber from the earliest test flights at Avro Woodford to the final flight of the very last Vulcan XH-558 when it touched down at Bruntingthorpe airfield on 23rd March 1993.Among the rare and dramatic footage included - spanning the Vulcan's entire career - is film of the 1/3 scale research prototypes test pilot Roly Falk barrel-rolling a Vulcan in the 50's at Woodford a classic 'roll off the top' bombing manoeuvre from Farn

• Rock N Learn: Telling Time | DVD | (09/07/2012) from £10.35   |  Saving you £1.64 (15.85%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Kids learn to tell time with analog and digital clocks. 40 minutes. Great gifts for your little adorable ones.Satisfaction ensured.

• Royal Navy At War - Naval Instruction Films | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (-21.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This extensive collection of five wartime Naval Instructional Films prepared for the Admiralty offers a detailed and truly diverse look at the skills expected to be mastered by the men of the Royal Navy and their duties on board ship. Also features 3 unseen extra films.