Documentary

• The Royal Air Force Collection - Mosquito At War | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £6.94   |  Saving you £6.05 (87.18%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Mosquito at War is the definitive story of the deHavillard Mosquito from the early prototype test flight to the final decommissioning of the aircraft in 1963. Designed with a revolutionary wooden frame and originally intended as a bomber the Mosquito proved faster than any other fighter of its day and was quickly adapted to nightfighter fighter-bomber ground attack and photo reconnaissance - it was simply unequalled. Including previously unseen archive footage newsreels inter

• The City Gardener | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Whether you have the scrappiest back yard the tiniest balcony the most exposed roof terrace or the dullest window sill in the world Matt James - The City Gardener - leads the call for urbanites everywhere to pick up their trowels. The City Gardener takes a refreshing attitude towards gardening that will energise a new generation of green-fingered city dwellers: chuck out the rule book don't worry about monster earthworks and expensive ""features"" just get to know and love the thing

• Torchwood - Series 2 - Complete | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £21.00   |  Saving you £13.99 (66.62%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Separate from the government outside the police beyond the United Nations: Torchwood sets its own rules. With fearsome new aliens compelling new storylines and amazing guest stars the second series will take the close-knit Torchwood team through dare-devil action temptation heartache... and a life changing event for one of the team. The high-octane new episodes take Torchwood on journeys to the 51st Century and World War I. The team battle a rogue Time Agent investigate alien sleeper cells save a stranded creature from horrific abuse and come face to face with an entity that may well be Death itself. Joined for three episodes by Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones in Doctor Who) and with guest appearances from Richard Briers (Monarch of the Glen The Good Life) Alan Dale (Ugly Betty The OC) and James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Smallville) Captain Jack will have his work cut out as the stakes get higher and his team are stretched further than ever before.

• Terry Pratchett: Living With Alzheimer's | DVD | (06/02/2012) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  World-renowned author Terry Pratchett is facing an uncertain future. Despite selling over 55 million books worldwide and with his work translated into 33 different languages, he is an author who may one day live in a world without words. Terry has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Every 14 minutes someone in Britain is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s – and the best-selling writer of the Discworld series is now one of them. This programme follows Terry coming to terms with his diagnosis, living with his condition, facing the certainty of its conclusion and his mission to find a cure. Adamant that he has “done nothing wrong” and that Alzheimer’s sufferers should not be stigmatised, this is a genuine personal journey of one man, through the science and the reality of what it’s like to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

• Common Threads | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £7.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (46.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This film recounts the lives and deaths of various victims of AIDS who are commemorated in the AIDS quilt. It is a massive cloth collecting each piece as a memorial for each victim of the disease to both show the death toll and to show the humanity of the victims to those who would rather demonize them

• Escort Girls | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £8.75   |  Saving you £6.24 (71.31%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It's Christmas Eve in London, 1974 - and seven lonely people are on the town, looking to grab that elusive slice of enjoyment. So who better to contact than an escort agency- providing high-class ladies and gentlemen for anyone willing to pay the right price.But even in the saucy seventies, things weren't that easy- and our intrepid pleasure seekers have to face everything from inadequacy, rejection and catharsis to racism, violence and grand theft. Just goes to show how lonely a place the throbbing metropolis can be, especially during the holiday season...Donovan Winter's gritty, realist sex drama is a fascinating snapshot of a London long past, featuring an early performance from David Dixon (Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, The Legend Of Robin Hood) alongside notable cult film faces Veronica Doran (Haunted House Of Horror, Funny Man) Ken Gajadhar (Death May Be Your Santa Claus) Helen Christie (Lust For A Vampire) and Maria O' Brien (Adventures Of Barry McKenzie, When Dinsoaurs Ruled The Earth) It's glittering, it's grimy, and above all, it's guaranteed to make you say, now where have I seen them before? A night in with the Escort Girls (and boys) is like the night out you never thought you'd have... and you still might not!

• The Beatles - Live at Shea | DVD | (21/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  On August 15 1965 56 000 fans came to celebrate the Beatles at the opening show for their third US tour. The first open air concert ever played at New York's Shea Stadium was attended by the largest concert audience recorded up to that time. Photographer Bob Whitaker described the state of emergency in NYC during the arrival of the Fab Four as follows: The journey to Shea had to be organized like a military operation. We flew by helicopter from the top of the Pan-Am building in Manhattan and transferred to an armoured Wells Fargo truck near the stadium. It had no windows and the kids were hammering on the outside and rocking it. The noise was deafening the screaming and screeching was really terrifying. At one stage we thought the truck was going to tip over and we were all going to get dragged out and torn to pieces. Promoter Sid Bernstein remembers: I guess we didn't care too much about sound trouble. You couldn't hear much of what the Beatles were singing anyway because the kids were screaming their lungs out all the way. There was incredible screeching all over when emotions went haywire. It was all about taking part! This was a historic moment for the kids and for all of us who were involved with the show. To be there meant to be a part of history.Apart from the live recording this DVD contains a documentary film about the concert and an interview with the Beatles about their impressions of that extraordinary event. Tracklist: 1. Ed Sullivan Intro 2. Twist And Shoufg 3. I Feel Fine 4. Dizzy Miss Lizzy 5. Ticket To Ride 6. Everybodys To Be My Baby 7. Cant Buy Me Love 8. Act Naturally 9. A Hard Days Night 10. Help 11. I'm Down

• Jean-Luc Godard - Histoire(s) du Cinema | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Histoire Du Cinema (3 Discs)

• The World At War - Vol. 3 | DVD | (09/10/2000) from £16.16   |  Saving you £8.83 (35.30%)   |  RRP £24.99

  When this epic series was first broadcast in 1973 it redefined the gold standard for television documentary; it remains the benchmark by which all factual programming must judge itself. Originally shown as 26 one-hour programmes, The World at War set out to tell the story of the Second World War through the testimony of key participants. The result is a unique and unrepeatable event, since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long left to live. Each hour-long programme is carefully structured to focus on a key theme or campaign, from the rise of Nazi Germany to Hitler's downfall and the onset of the Cold War. There are no academic "talking heads" here to spell out an official version of history; the narration, delivered with wonderful gravitas by Sir Laurence Olivier, is kept to a minimum. The show's great coup was to allow the participants to speak for themselves. Painstaking research in the archives of the Imperial War Museum also unearthed a vast quantity of newsreel footage, including on occasion the cameraman's original raw rushes which present an unvarnished and never-before-seen picture of important events. Carl Davis' portentous main title theme and score underlines the grand scale of the enterprise. The original 26 episodes were supplemented three years later by six special programmes (narrated by Eric Porter), bringing the total running-time to a truly epic 32 hours. Now digitally remastered The World at War looks even more of an impressive achievement on DVD. Available in five volumes, each handsomely packaged double-disc set comes with a detailed menu that places the individual programmes along a chronological timeline. Better yet, chapter access is laid out to allow you to select key speeches or maps or newsreel footage. The World at War was a landmark television event; its DVD incarnation underlines its importance as an historical document. --Mark Walker

• Ray Mears - Wild Food | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ray Mears journeys back in time to find out what our Stone Age ancestors would have eaten in Wild Food. Ray and archaeo-botanist Professor Gordon Hillman show us how our ancestors found prepared and cooked their food and we can learn things about the amazingly rich natural larder that still surrounds us. In the first programme Ray travels to the other side of the planet to hear from Australian Aboriginals about what food means to a hunter-gatherer and the role it plays in their culture as well as their society. Along with many other discoveries the trip sees Ray sample that most iconic of ""bush tucker"": the witchetty grub a huge maggot that lives in the roots of the witchetty bush.

• Flying Coffins | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When the first world war broke out powered flight was barely a decade old. Within the first few months of the war the first flimsy aircraft would change ground warfare forever. An Allied reconnaissance plane spotted a crucial weakness in the German lines at the Marne in August 1914. However as the Allied massed to attack a German aircraft saw them and the element of surprise was lost. Armies could no longer manoeuvre without being seen - and the era of trench warfare began.At first rival pilots regarded each other as brothers. but the desperate need to knock out the enemy 'eye in the sky' led to the swift development of the first fighter aircraft. World War One would be fought with equal ferocity in the air as on the ground.

• Primitive London | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £8.83   |  Saving you £9.16 (103.74%)   |  RRP £17.99

  First released in 1965 Primitive London is a once shocking mondo-style documentary that sets out to reflect societal decay through the sideshow spectacle of 1960's London depravity. Here the camera finds mods rockers and beatniks an obscure band called The Zephyrs seedy Jack the Ripper enactments flabby men in the sauna sordid wife-swapping parties and more. Shot just as the sixties was really starting Primitive London shows a Britain trying to find a way of transiting from the post war depression of the 1950''s and the shiny brave new world of the mid 1960''s. Miller''s companion piece London in the Raw is also released this month.

• Bail Enforcers | DVD | (20/02/2012) from £10.69   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A group of down-on-their-luck bounty hunters hit the jackpot one night when they pick up an informant with a hundred thousand dollar bounty on his head. But their world is turned upside down when a mob boss offers them one million dollars in exchange for the informant. When they refuse, the mafia unleashes a trio of assassins on them who use all of their power to bring the bounty hunters down, and to get their man - dead or alive.

• River | Blu Ray | (16/05/2022) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Throughout history, rivers have shaped our landscapes and our journeys; flowed through our cultures and dreams. RIVER takes its audience on a journey through space and time; spanning six continents, and drawing on extraordinary contemporary cinematography, including satellite filming, the film shows rivers on scales and from perspectives never seen before. Its union of image, music and sparse, poetic script will create a film that is both dream-like and powerful, honouring the wildness of rivers but also recognises their vulnerability.Product FeaturesTrailer

• Steven Seagal: Lawman - Season Two | DVD | (14/03/2011) from £12.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Famed for his role as an all-action hero in a host of blockbuster movies Steven Seagal demonstrates he is also a real-life hero in this unmissable series. Following him in his other day job as a fully commissioned Deputy Sheriff in Jefferson Parish Louisiana this DVD follows the star as he raids the home of a suspected drugs dealer tracks dangerous gunmen who are on the loose and steps it up a gear to chase a vehicle in a high-speed pursuit.

• Ffestiniog Railway | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (-21.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales was originally constructed to convey slate from the quarries in Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog. The line was built on a steep incline to facilitate the use of gravity trains. In 1863 the increase in traffic forced the owner to consider different forms of motive power. After many trials and much development work a special design of locomotive incorporating power bogies took to the narrow gauge rails. During the Spring of 1988 the railway celebrated 125 years of steam power with a gala weekend spanning 3 glorious days which saw the return to service of the newly restored Fairlie double engine Merddin Emrys vintage trains hauled by Prince visiting W.H.R. Locomotive Russell and much more besides. Our cameras were there to record the event in full and this film produced in conjunction with and the full cooperation of the Ffestiniog Railway Society includes exclusive footage shot on the double headed run up the line with Blanche and Mountaineer.

• The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town Documentary | Blu Ray | (02/05/2011) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The award-winning film The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town is accompanied by the bonus features "Songs From the Promise," a five-song concert event filmed in Asbury Park, NJ, and "A Conversation With His Fans," an intimate question-and-answer session. The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town was directed by Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny. The film received a rapturous critical response around the world, including as an official selection, Toronto International Film Festival, The BFI London Film Festival, and The International Rome Film Festival. The ninety-minute documentary combines never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978 including home rehearsals and studio sessions with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former-manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the record. Includes bonus features: "Songs From The Promise" was filmed before an audience of approximately sixty fans in December, 2010, in Asbury Park, NJ's historic carousel house. Hosted by music critic and Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh, "A Conversation With His Fans" is an intimate, 22-minute question-and-answer session featuring Springsteen at his most candid.

• Terminus | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Made by the late Hollywood director John Schlesinger for British Transport in 1961 Terminus is widely regarded as one of the best railway films ever produced. A celebration of London's Waterloo station in all its glory on a busy day the film boasts a truly exceptional jazz soundtrack from Ron Grainger music and songs from Julian Cooper. It uniquely captures the essence of a British station at the beginning of the 1960s with the camera taking you behind the scenes as well as on

• Mutiny – Ant Middleton – Relive the epic voyage of Captain Bligh (Repackaged) | DVD | (07/06/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The World At War - Vol. 1 | DVD | (28/08/2000) from £5.52   |  Saving you £4.47 (80.98%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When this epic series was first broadcast in 1973 it redefined the gold standard for television documentary; it remains the benchmark by which all factual programming must judge itself. Originally shown as 26 one-hour programmes, The World at War set out to tell the story of the Second World War through the testimony of key participants. The result is a unique and unrepeatable event, since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long left to live. Each hour-long programme is carefully structured to focus on a key theme or campaign, from the rise of Nazi Germany to Hitler's downfall and the onset of the Cold War. There are no academic "talking heads" here to spell out an official version of history; the narration, delivered with wonderful gravitas by Sir Laurence Olivier, is kept to a minimum. The show's great coup was to allow the participants to speak for themselves. Painstaking research in the archives of the Imperial War Museum also unearthed a vast quantity of newsreel footage, including on occasion the cameraman's original raw rushes which present an unvarnished and never-before-seen picture of important events. Carl Davis' portentous main title theme and score underlines the grand scale of the enterprise. The original 26 episodes were supplemented three years later by six special programmes (narrated by Eric Porter), bringing the total running-time to a truly epic 32 hours. Now digitally remastered The World at War looks even more of an impressive achievement on DVD. Available in five volumes, each handsomely packaged double-disc set comes with a detailed menu that places the individual programmes along a chronological timeline. Better yet, chapter access is laid out to allow you to select key speeches or maps or newsreel footage. The World at War was a landmark television event; its DVD incarnation underlines its importance as an historical document. --Mark Walker