Join Eric Robson and Nell, the Border Collie, on four downhill walks through some of the most spectacular scenery in Lakeland. From Honister to Grange in Borrowdale by way of Castle Crag, from Wrynose to Great Langdale past Blea Tarn from the Castlerigg stone circle to Keswick and from the largest mountain tarn in Lakeland, Devoke Water, to Eskdale past the waterfall in Stanley Ghyll.
The Islanders' War is an award-winning documentary that tells the story of the Falklands Conflict in 1982 through the eyes of the people who lived through it.Viewers are taken right into the heart of the action as Vulcan bomber pilots recall their seemingly impossible mission to bomb a Falkland airstrip. We hear from Simon Weston who recounts the moment that a 500lbs bomb tore through HMS Sir Galahad killing 48 Welsh Guards. Finally, the heroic deeds of the islanders themselves are brought into focus.They transmitted vital radio intelligence, took clandestine photographs of Argentine positions and carried ammunition, food and men to the front lines while often under shell and mortar fire. It is a story of bravery and defiance at great personal risk and their immense contributions to the British cause will never be forgotten.The second documentary in this 2-disc set examines how Argentina's leaders miscalculated Margaret Thatcher's resolve to retake the islands. It caused the downfall of General Leopoldo Galtieri and eventually led to the restoration of democracy in Argentina.
A detailed look at the work of film and installation artist Chris Welsby. Welsby's meditations on landscape have been exhibited at major galleries around the world.
The 17th century saw London rocked to its foundations by a double disaster. Hardly had the victims of the previous year's Great Plague been buried when the Great Fire of September 1666 destroyed five-sixths of the city. In just four days the blaze had rendered 100 000 Londoners homless a catastrophe following the earlier epidemic's huge death toll. This DVD charts these climactic events and their aftermath with the help of contemporary illustrations and dramatic 'eye-witness' accounts.
With fuel prices skyrocketing the Planet Express crew sets off on a dangerous mission: to infiltrate the world's only dark-matter mine source of all spaceship fuel. But deep beneath the surface lies a far stranger place...a medieval land of dragons and sorcery and intoxicated knights who look suspiciously like Bender. So park your hover-car and saddle up your unicorn for Futurama's grandest adventure yet: Bender's Game!
A Living Hell On Earth - Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia USA.
The Clash Live: Revolution Roc
Two in the Wave is the story of a friendship and estrangement. Jean-Luc Godard was born in 1930; Franois Truffaut two years later. Love of movies brings them together. They write in the same magazines Cahiers du Cinema and Arts. When the younger of the two becomes a filmmaker with The 400 Blows which triumphs in Cannes in 1959 he helps his older friend shift to directing offering him a screenplay which already has a title A bout de souffle or Breathless. Through the 1960s the two loyally support each other. History and politics separate them in 1968 and afterwards - when Godard plunges into radical politics but Truffaut continues his career as before. Between the two of them the actor Jean-Pierre Laud is torn like a child caught between two separated and warring parents. Their friendship and their break-up embody the story of French cinema. Exploring the letters personal archives and films of the two New Wave directors Two in the Wave takes us back to a prodigious decade that transformed the world of cinema.
The merchant seamen who helped bring in vital supplies to a Britain under siege during World War Two performed one of the most daring and dangerous tasks of the war. The battle of the Atlantic was merciless and the Merchant Navy lost more men than any of the British armed forces. In 1944 the Crown Film Unit set out to document the bravery of the merchant seamen and expose the harsh dangers faced by making 'Western Approaches'.
Unless you've had your head in a plate of pie and mash for the last few years you'll know that The Naked Chef is the UK's youngest culinary talent, Jamie Oliver, and that the "naked" refers to his style of cooking--fresh, simple, stripped back to basics--not his dress sense. The tone is set for the series from the very first episode with roast leg of lamb flavoured with garlic, rosemary, and pancetta and baked fresh fruits (figs, peaches, cherries) with mascarpone and vanilla sugar. It's all ever so slightly and deliciously left of a very classic centre. His basic recipe for homemade pasta is so undauntingly straightforward, it almost certainly did for pasta-makers what Delia did for coriander when she first used it. If his young nieces can handle ravioli with broad bean, mint and fresh ricotta or his mouth-watering variation with potato, watercress and orgonzola, then we all can. Equally simple but inspiring are his fish dishes: baked salmon fillets with French beans, roasted cherry tomatoes, olives, anchovies and a basil aioli; whole steamed sea bass slashed and stuffed with fresh herbs, red peppers and onions; or his Asian-inspired herb-infused broth over steamed king prawns, scallops and clams with sliced ginger root, garlic and chilies. It remains to be seen whether Jamie Oliver turns out to be the Delia Smith for the lad and ladette generation, but British supermarkets seem infinitely better since he's had his way with purple basil, fennel and baby new potatoes on national television. --Tricia Tuttle
On this magnificent train journey there is plenty to see, with mighty mountains, shimmering lochs and miles of majestic coastline. We start our journey in Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow and a visit to the Museum of transport where all the major Scottish railway companies are represented. From Glasgow our journey takes us north into the Highlands and we go through a number of small stations before we reach Crainlarich where the line divides, one going to Oban and the other to Fort William and Mallaig. We continue our journey through the glens and across desolate Rannoch Moor to Ronnoch Station. From here the line climbs to its summit at 1350ft before it starts its descent to Spean Bridge and finally Fort William. At Fort William we have a stop and visit the town, the diesel and electric loco depot and Inverlochy Castle. Leaving Fort William we head to Mallaig via Corpach on the Caledonian Canal and Glenfinnan with its monument to Bonnie Prince Charlie and spectacular arched railway viaduct. The line now runs down past peat moors to the Atlantic and the terminus at Mallaig. From here we return to Fort William to explore the line to Oban, the gateway to the islands.
A Film Unfinished was originally meant to have been a propaganda documentary filmed by the Nazi's in the Warsaw Ghetto, showing rich Jews exploiting their poorer neighbours and offering some justification for the Final Solution. But in 1998 evidence appeared that much of the film was staged. Yael Heronski has reconstructed the footage, which is accompanied by the testimonies of six survivors who survived the Ghetto. The result is a fascinating example of how history can be manipulated beyond recognition and a powerful reminder of the scale of the Nazi propaganda machine.
Watch all the goals and action from Liverpool's thrilling season - including sensational goals, a memorable FA Cup run and every minute of the nail-biting League Cup final triumph - with interviews with all the key players.Highlights from a season that saw Steven Gerrard's hat-trick complete a double over Everton; Luis Surez cap a virtuoso performance at Norwich with an astonishing 55-yard lob; Glen Johnson grab a spectacular winner at Stamford Bridge and Sebastin Coates strike with a superb scissor kick. It also follows the thrilling FA Cup run; from Dirk Kuyt's late winner that sunk Manchester United, a 6-1 thrashing of Brighton, the gutsy semi-final comeback against Everton to the heartbreaking, 'if-only' last ten minutes at Wembley.Featuring a special bonus disc with every minute of the pulsating League Cup Final triumph, as well as the highlights of the road to Wembley - in which the Reds completed famous victories at Stoke City, Chelsea and Manchester City.
Astonishing never-seen-before footage.It was called unsinkable and its power to fascinate remains unequalled. How was the ship wounded so quickly by an iceberg forcing 1,500 souls beneath the waves of the North Atlantic? To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic in April 2012, History partners with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and RMS Titanic, Inc. for the most extensive exploration and imaging ever undertaken of the wreck site in Titanic At 100: Mystery Solved. For the first time, the entire ship and debris field is made visible in stunning clarity. CGI illustrates what happened structurally to the ship - minute-by-minute - after the collision. Never-before-seen views dramatically underscore this tragic event in history.
Giant leaps for mankind Join the heroic men and women of NASA as we look back at over 50 years of adventure achievement tragedy and triumph. From the first spacewalk to Neil Armstrong's epoch-making first steps on the Moon; from the development of the International Space Station to the Hollywood heroism of the Apollo 13 mission; these are the real stories behind mankind's most astounding technological achievements.
The Mimic is centred around Martin Hurdle (Terry Mynott - 'Very Important People'), a seemingly unremarkable maintenance man who in fact conceals an exceptional talent... an uncanny ability to mimic voices. Labouring without prospect at a large pharmaceutical company, Martin's options appear bleak. His one true friend in life is a girl called Jean (Jo Hartley - 'This Is England') who, despite having the best intentions for Martin, is also his live-in landlord. The only other 'friend' Martin can really boast of is Neil (Neil Maskell - 'Utopia'), a newsagent petrified by the news. Now, in a huge revelation by a former lover, Martin is about to discover that he could be the father of an eighteen-year-old son called Steven (Jacob Anderson - 'Adulthood'). With their first meeting on the horizon, is this the news that will finally prompt Martin to escape his prolonged adolescence? And if it is, just how will he use his voices to cope with this life-changing development?
For two years Marc Singer lived with the people who make their home in the tunnels beneath Penn Station in New York, creating Dark Days, an unflinching portrait of a part of society that is literally and figuratively beneath our notice. "You'd be surprised what the human mind and body can adjust to," says Tito, one of the tunnel dwellers. Along with his neighbours he is homeless, but the tunnels offer them a degree of safety that doesn't exist on the streets above. In this strange place they manage to achieve a remarkable degree of domesticity, building shelters, keeping pets and cooking meals. Singer has an eye for telling images, such as Dee dragging a sofa along the train tracks like Sisyphus rolling his stone in Hell. With its grainy black-and-white photography and haunting soundtrack, this is a surprisingly beautiful film, but it is never sentimental, nor does it try to impose false nobility on its subjects. Dark Days shows a world that we never knew existed, and in this simplicity lies its power. --Simon Leake
A look at the seaside resort of Blackpool featuring the Pleasure Beach the Model Village the Zoo the Sea-Life Centre and the tower. At night enjoy the spectacle of the Blackpool Illuminations. The Blackpool Illuminations are the greatest free show on Earth. You have the privilage of a grandstand view of the switch-on. Join in on an armchair journey through the breathtaking spactacle of this wonderland of colour and light. This DVD takes you through all the places you've probably been to on your holiday to this dynamic resort. Experience the thrills and spills of the Pleasure Beach or sample the quietness of the Model Village and the Zoo. Visit the sharks close up in the Sea-Life Centre or take an exhilarating trip to the top of the Tower and much much more....
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