Documentary

• Voice of Merrill | DVD | (23/06/2008) from £16.67   |  Saving you £-3.68 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A female blackmailer is found murdered at her apartment and the police have several suspects to investigate. All have something to hide. Hugh (Edward Underdown) an aspiring young writer was the dead girls lover but has now fallen in love with Alycia (Valerie Hobson). Alycia is a married woman however and her husband (James Robertson Justice) is a famous playwright and belligerent social snob. He decides to have his wifes lover narrate his new radio serial The Voice of Merrill but as the episodes are broadcast Inspector Thornton (Garry Marsh) realises that the storyline is helping him to discover the murderers identity

• Ross Kemp Afghanistan and Return to Afghanistan Box Set | Blu Ray | (20/09/2010) from £19.24   |  Saving you £10.75 (35.80%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Since 2007 Ross Kemp has been making some of the most powerful television about British soldiers' serving in Afghanistan on Britain's frontline. His documentaries are un-missable. Candid and brutally honest they are the first on UK television to show what our troops are going through to win peace in this war-torn land during the toughest years of the campaign so far. In the summer of 2007 Ross joins his father's old regiment 1 Royal Anglian and for the first time heads to Afghanistan. Ross is immediately embedded with frontline troops where for weeks at a time he lives a soldier's life as they fight a fanatical and determined enemy. Off the battlefield he tells the stories of those who risk their lives fighting the Taliban stories of soldiers who have lost friends in battle and the impact that a loss has on relatives back home. Ross returns to Afghanistan in the summer of 2008 to the recently captured town of Musa Qaleh. This small yet significant town is the centre of some of the fiercest fighting in the conflict. The worst battles take place in the densely vegetated and claustrophobic terrain of the green zone. He joins 5 Scots and 1 Royal Irish on four operations as they defend the town from Taliban attack. In the final programme Ross meets the unsung heroes of this conflict young soldiers' who have lost limbs to mine strikes who now face an uncertain future. In the winter of 2009 Ross travels to Kajaki a remote base in Helmand where he joins 45 Victor Company of the Royal Marines.

• Deadliest Catch - Series 4 | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £17.53   |  Saving you £12.46 (41.50%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Each year hundreds of fishermen arrive at Dutch Harbour for the beginning of the Alaskan red king crab season. They work 24-hour shifts for days on end in brutal conditions braving 12m waves 130kmph winds and sub-zero temperatures with 360kg crab pots slamming against the deck. Well-placed pots can mean a catch of king crab worth millions of dollars while unlucky hauls will only just cover the boat's operating expenses. The Deadliest Catch is back as the brave fisherman wage war on the Bering Sea once more. Join Early Dawn Cornelia Marie the North-western the Wizard the Time Bandit the North American and all the crews for what promises to be the hardest hitting series yet!

• Irish Railways - 1940s & 1950s | DVD | (10/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Includes three narrow gauge lines the County Donegal The Londonderry & Lough Swilly and the ex-LMS Ballycastle line Great Northern and CIE steam & colour footage of the former LNWR owned Dundalk Newry & Greenore line.

• Titanic - A Legend Built In Belfast | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This programme tells the definitive story of the building of the Titanic, and includes interviews with people who saw the great vessel being built and launched and those whose lives it has touched in different ways. It also revisits the slipway at the Harland & Wolff shipyard where, in 1911, 15,000 shipbuilders worked on the construction of the Titanic and its sister ship theOlympic.It features an interview with Belfast-born film director Bill MacQuitty whose 1950 film A Night to Remember, first told the epic story of the Titanic disaster. Clips from this film are also included in this absorbing documentary about the ill-fated Titanic and the city where it was built. The legacy of failure that haunted Belfast for the past century, following the Titanic disaster, has finally given way to a much more positive mentality, where the achievement of actually building such an engineering marvel is finally being recognised and celebrated, as this documentary confirms.

• Deadliest Catch Series 6 | DVD | (29/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Over five years and more than 60 voyages the Emmy nominated series Deadliest Catch has captured the most gut wrenching and awe inspiring moments in maritime history. Crab fishing off the Alaska Coast is the ultimate test of human endurance. The icy Bering Sea is increasingly relentless with boat capsizing swells icebergs and freezing temperatures. Yet a handful of adventurers battle Arctic weather brutal waves and a ticking clock for a chance at big money in this modern day gold rush.

• Gluck - Orphee Et Eurydice (Gardiner) | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £4.66   |  Saving you £5.59 (164.41%)   |  RRP £8.99

  When the historic Theatre du Chatelet in Paris re-opened after a period of extensive refurbishment the first two productions mounted in the theatre were Gluck''s Alceste and Orph''e et Eurydice. Both operas were sung in their French versions and were mounted and designed by Robert Wilson and conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. This was the first time Wilson and Gardiner had collaborated and their individual credentials combined to produce an exceptional result. American polymath Wilson was responsible for some of the most ambitious avant-garde performance projects of the 1970s and 80s.Since the mid-1980s he has increasingly brought his prodigious creativity to works fiom the standard dramatic and operatic repertoire transforming them into his own unmistakably minimalist yet grandiose visions. His styled classical interpretations of Alceste and Orph''e bear his trademarks of an uncluttered stage and the arresting use of colour and light. They are not so much timeless as in Robert Wilson''s words ''full of time''. With their minutely rehearsed gestures at once formal and poetic the singers have the grace and elegance of Balanchine or Martha Graham dancers. A key figure in the revival of Early Music John Eliot Gardiner has long been a champion of Gluck''s French operas and is a great Gluck conductor. He received enormous critical acclaim for his musical direction of both Orph''e and Alceste at the Chatelet as did his orchestras and chorus. He sought to rid the operas of any vestiges of remoteness or venerable respectability and to release the huge emotional charge that lies behind the beauty of Gluck''s classical sobriety. The stories are after all he says not only poignant and deeply moving they have an immediate and contemporary relevance: they portray two married couples striving to protect their union and their love plumbing the very depths of their emotional strength and summoning the courage to make huge personal sacrifices. ''If presented in a way that''s immediate and with tremendous intensity and truth of expression then all the dross and superficiality of the stage action falls away and you''re left with what''s actually a very visceral connection between two living people.'' Television''s top opera director Brian Large worked closely with Robert Wilson and John Eliot Gardiner to ensure that the translation of live performance to the small screen is of the highest artistic and techcal standard. John Eliot Gardiner chose to use Berlioz''s 1859 revision of Orphee which adapted the tenor role of Gluck''s 1774 score for the contralto voice of Pauline Viardot adjusting the register for a mezzo-soprano. Underlining his preference for this version he performed the opera with the nineteenth-century period instruments of his Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique. His regular chorus the Monteverdi Choir excelled vocally and dramatically in its elegant contribution to the drama. The Greek legend of Orpheus has captured the imaginations of many creative artists over the centuries. In this recording Magdalena Kozena brings to the role expressiveness exceptional virtuosity and a rare emotion. Madeline Bender as Eurydice is possessed of a touching grace and beauty while Patricia Petibon is deliciously mischievous as Amour. All three of these young singers are among the cream of a new generation of operatic talent.

• Martina Coles Ladykillers | DVD | (23/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  British crime writer, Martina Cole, examines the life and times of the most notorious female serial killers across history and asks: Why do women kill and why are we surprised when they do? Each programme tells the story of an individual killer with expert analysis and dramatic reconstruction. The first programme looks at Myra Hindley, who along with Ian Brady was responsible for a spate of child murders in the 1960s, and features interviews with Hindley s lawyer and prison chaplain. Crime writer Martina Cole examines the backgrounds, personalities and behaviour of the notorious female murderer, re-examining evidence and providing a portrait of the sociological backgrounds that may have moulded her. The case of Rose West, who is currently serving a life sentence without parole for 10 separate counts of murder, committed during the 1970s and 80s. Her husband and partner in the sexually motivated crimes committed suicide in prison in 1995. Herself a victim of abuse, Rose directed her appetites toward her own children as well as at least eight other girls, whose dismembered remains were found buried at their home in Cromwell Street, Gloucester. Profile of nurse Beverley Allitt, dubbed the Angel of Death, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1993 for the murders of four children in her care at a hospital in Lincolnshire. Although she had repeatedly failed her exams, she was granted a six-month nursing position, during which she attacked 13 young patients before being arrested and eventually charged. Bristol-born Amelia Dyer qualified as a nurse and became a baby-farmer, looking after others babies. After deaths of children in her care she was charged with neglect and served six months in jail. Later she spent time in a mental asylum but carried on baby-farming. In 1896 she was hanged for the murder of Doris Marmon, a child in her care, but is suspected of having killed many more infants.

• Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age 4 DVD Gift Set | DVD | (23/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  FRED DIBNAH S INDUSTRIAL AGE Fred Dibnah takes a nostalgic look at Britain s Industrial Heritage. In this series he recounts Britain s industrial history, bringing to life landmark events from the eighteenth century up to the early twentieth century in his typically anecdotal and engaging manner. Episodes: Wind, Water & Steam, Mills & Factories, Iron & Steel, Mining, Railways, Mills & Factories FRED DIBNAH S MAGNIFICENT MONUMENTS Fred tours Britain searching out magnificent monuments, from ancient earthworks through to modern day structures. He looks at how and why things were built and what sort of tools and materials were used and how buildings were adapted and altered to meet changing needs. Episodes: Bridges and Tunnels and Pleasure Places

• Romeo And Juliet - G.C.S.E. | DVD | (24/01/2005) from £22.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (8.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A five disc set with everything you need to know to achieve exam success. Peter Andrews Head of English at the King Alfred School in London renowned for its creative approach to learning will take you through Romeo & Juliet for Key Stage 4. Featuring explanations of all the major themes revision guides teacher summaries and a complete stage production this DVD contains everything needed for that exam success.

• Elvis Presley - Elvis - The Story | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  ""Before Elvis there was nothing"" - John Lennon The story of the King of Rock 'n Roll is traced from his humble beginnings to his rise to superstardom: from his humble upbringing in Mississippi to buying his first guitar as an 11-year old; to his amazing last show in Indianapolis in the Summer of 1977; through to his tragic death in Graceland on the 16th August 1977 at the age of 42. Featuring performance footage taken from early gigs to his comeback performance in 1968 in

• Autopsy: Life And Death | DVD | (24/05/2010) from £10.64   |  Saving you £5.35 (50.28%)   |  RRP £15.99

  How do you imagine your own death? Will it be peaceful? Will it be quick? Will you be old? Our death is a mystery to us. We cast it as an outsider a thief robbing us of our breath in an instant without warning. But death is less mysterious than we imagine. Its origins are in our genes in the things that happen to us in what we do. In this series controversial anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens shows through live dissections of human bodies how the two courses of your death can be found in the way you are designed and the way you live your life. Four episodes focusing on circulation cancer poisoning and ageing are all demonstrated with human dissections as well as live and scientific models to reveal what disease really looks like and how it works.

• WWII in 3D (Blu-ray 3D | Blu Ray | (20/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Incredibly, during WWII both the Allies and the Nazi propaganda machine were using 3D technology to produce colour photographs, and even films, in stereoscopic 3D. These historical gems were locked away in secret archives until now, when today's 3D consumer technology allows us to view these incredible artefacts in our own homes, bringing images from history to life in a way few have ever seen before.3D content contained in this treasure trove of rare and dramatic material includes: reconnaissance photos shot by the Allies; a collection of revealing images shot by the Nazis that detail the rise and fall of the Third Reich from within; stunning photos secretly taken by a civilian in occupied France; and an amazing 3D motion picture filmed by the Nazis in 1943. These have not been adapted or artificially upgraded into 3D, they were actually shot using 3D technology.Whatever footage you may have seen before, nothing will prepare you for seeing history come alive in a totally new dimension!

• Steaming Around Britain: Lms, Lner And Southern Lines | DVD | (14/10/2013) from £9.45   |  Saving you £5.54 (58.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  L.N.E.R Lines: This London and North Eastern Railway (The L.N.E.R) was the major railway serving the Eastern area of Great Britain with its line covering East Anglia, Yorkshire, Northumberland and the Scottish coast through to Aberdeen. Its wide variety of steam locomotives - which included the most famous and fastest of all time; Flying Scotsman and Mallard - is well represented today in the world of preservation and on the main lines of British Rail. L.M.S Lines: The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (The L.M.S) was the largest of the four railway companies formed in 1923. It's territory stretched from Wick in the North to Bournemouth in the South, although it's principal areas of operation were along the West coast of England and Scotland and the industrial Midlands. Its legacy of steam locomotives is one of the finest and many of them still run today, lovingly restored on both private railways and the national system. Southern Lines: The Southern Railway was the smallest of the four railway companies formed in 1923. However it carried the largest passenger traffic of all with its enormous suburban system which was rapidly electrified. By contrasts its rural branch lines, which proliferared all along the South coast of England and the main lines from which they sprang, were worked by a variety of steam locomotives right up to the end of main line steam. Many of these branches survive today, forming the basis of numerous preserved railways and the rich variety of Southern steam locomotives is still well represented.

• Cirque Du Soleil - La Nouba (DVD) | DVD | (10/06/2005) from £10.81   |  Saving you £9.18 (84.92%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Black Blood Brothers | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £18.88   |  Saving you £1.11 (5.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It''s been a decade since the sacred war between humans and vampires. The rise of the Kowloon Bloodline a new breed of monsters bearing an infectious bite sets the streets ablaze under the reign of their king. Humanity had never witnessed such pure animalistic brutality. Today Jiro travels with his younger brother Kotaro to the Special Zone a place where vampires live freely in peace alongside humans. But the brothers find themselves in the midst of a battle between human soldiers vampiric refugees and the re-emergence of the Kowloon Children. Assisted by Mimiko a negotiator between their species Jiro will try to make sense of the chaos around them before they are caught up in it and destroyed. To protect those that he holds dear the vampire will once more draw forth the Silver Blade...

• Grayson Perry: Double Bill: Why Men Wear Frocks / Spare Time | DVD | (19/05/2014) from £9.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (40.04%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Why Men Wear Frocks - In his documentary for Channel 4, Grayson explores his compulsion to dress as a woman, talking candidly about his own experiences and how he reconciles this aspect of his character with his roles as artist, husband and father. Ultimately Why Men Wear Frocks uncovers the difficulties of being a man in the 21st Century. Spare Time - Grayson fronts his second documentary exploring the contemporary landscape of leisure. Casting an eye over the many acti.

• Play Your Cards Right - All New 2008 Family Edition | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £6.46   |  Saving you £1.53 (19.10%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Play the classic eighties TV game show from your living room. This brand new edition for 2008 has exciting new questions for all the family to enjoy. Answer a question to gain control of the board then make your way up by gambling money and predicting whether the next card will be higher or lower. You'll be screaming 'Higher!' 'Lower!' and 'Freeze!' at the TV as the excitement reaches fever pitch! Whoever has the most cash by the end of the third round wins and gets the chance to gamble in the Final Round. It takes skill good judgment and a certain amount of luck to succeed in this game. You can Play Your Cards Right against friends and family or take on the DVD in the single player game. You'll love this fun-filled 'true to the game' interactive DVD. So why wait? Play Your Cards Right today!

• Ah3eo& Ha3oe | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Road: A Story of Life and Death | DVD | (25/03/2013) from £1.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (703.52%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The latest film from acclaimed documentarian Marc Isaacs (All White in Barking; Men of the City) offers a fascinating and intimate insight into the lives of people who have come to London from afar and struggled to make the city their home. Isaacs introduces a diverse number of characters who have made their way to London, from all over the world, in order to seek a better life. There's a young Irish woman who dreams of becoming a singer, who takes a job pulling pints in Cricklewood, serving the generations of Irish people who came over before her; a lonely Irish ex construction worker loosing his battle to booze; a man from Kashmir working in a hotel, trying to earn enough money so his wife can join him; an elderly Jewish woman who fled Vienna when Hitler was in power; and a glamorous retired German air stewardess living with her estranged husband. Fused with wonderful moments of humour and equally heartbreaking moments where broken dreams are revealed, The Road: A Story of Life and Death is a study of immigration that manages to be highly affecting, whilst avoiding being polemical or didactic. Special Features: Interview with Director Marc Isaacs Trailer