Documentary

• Robbie Coltrane's B Road Britain | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £20.94   |  Saving you £2.04 (11.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Robbie Coltrane travels from from the most northerly tip of Scotland to the extreme south of England looking at the places people and traditions that makes Britain what it is today.

• Coal House At War | DVD | (07/12/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Coal House At War This fascinating living history series returns to Stack Square transporting three families back to 1944 and the Second World War. Having given up their comfortable lives they are faced with the many hardships that war presented. The families experience all aspects of life as it was in 1944. The men work long punishing days down the coalmine followed by tending the Stack Square shared allotment as people were encouraged to 'Dig for Victory' to overcome food shortages. They also have to endure the arduous Home Guard training each getting a taste of army life and discipline. The women have to juggle their relentless household chores with compulsory work at the munitions factory undertaking a variety of different tasks for the war effort. The children meanwhile have their own worries with daily doses of cod liver oil and the ever present threat that their pet rabbits may be served up for dinner. Joined by the Bevin Boys young lads sent by the Government to work the mines the families struggle to cope with strict regimes rationing air raids and blackout fines but rediscover the strong community spirit that war evoked.

• The Penguin King (DVD) | DVD | (19/11/2012) from £3.48   |  Saving you £12.51 (359.48%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Filmed in spectacular 3D, join one King Penguin on his incredible adventure from awkward adolescence to fatherhood!

• Visions Of Light | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £9.15   |  Saving you £10.84 (118.47%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Experience the dazzling story of cinematography as seen through the lenses of the world's greatest filmmakers and captured in classic scenes from over 125 immortal movies. Discover Gordon Willis's secrets of lighting Marlon Brando in The Godfather and Greg Toland's contributions to Citizen Kane. Hear William Fraker on filming Rosemary's Baby; Vittorio Storaro on his use of colour and light in Apocalypse Now; and much much more. From black and white to Te

• Gaudi's Barcelona | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £12.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (30.79%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Antoni Gaudi was an eccentric dandy and a devout Catholic. The campaign to persuade the Vatican to make him a saint still goes on. But his legacy of extraordinary colourful and simply weird buildings has made him perhaps the world's best known architect. All this despite the fact that his work was limited to one country - Spain - and almost to one city Barcelona. Every year millions of tourists flock to see the mysterious neo-Gothic outline of the Casa Battlo the rollercoaster roof of the Pedrera or the still unfinished Sagrada Familia. The strange contours of the Gaudi monuments bring joy to young and old alike. This DVD tells the life story of Gaudi from his unremarkable origins through a doomed infatuation with a divorcee to the tragic street accident which ended his life. Along the way we visit the much-loved masterpieces and hear how they came about as well as peeking at some of the lesser-known but still wonderful buildings not on the usual tourist trail. The infectious enthusiasm of narrator Robert Elms is married with some stunning photography - brilliant pictures celebrating the brilliant artwork of this peculiar genius.

• Spies of Warsaw | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £5.98   |  Saving you £14.01 (234.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in the opening days of World War II, war hero and military attach Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier is drawn into a world of espionage and danger -- and sex and romance -- in a story spanning Europe.

• Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen | DVD | (27/02/2023) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Rick Stein's French Odyssey | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £8.79   |  Saving you £11.20 (127.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Inspired by his gastronomic journey through the idyllic waterways of Southern France Rick Stein's French Odyssey explores French culinary tradition - perfect for aspiring cooks everywhere. Rick's culinary tour on an ancient barge takes him along the Canal du Midi from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. His final destination is a little restaurant near Marseilles where several years ago he had the best seafood lunch imaginable. Along the way he samples regional foods from country stew in Castelsarrasin to the Montaine Noire hams of Castelnaudary. Further south he stops over in the Languedoc wine region and samples local delicacies before heading towards Marseilles via the Canal du Rhone.

• Ballet Boys | DVD | (10/11/2014) from £7.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Lukas, Syvert and Torgeir love to dance, but have they got what it takes to be the best? This warm-hearted, inspiring film introduces us to three very different young friends who are all passionate about ballet. As the boys near the end of high school, they must decide whether they have the commitment and skill to make a career in dance. In a field dominated by girls, the boys have forged a strong friendship, brilliantly captured here, which will be challenged by the choices they make at this vital stage in their lives.

• Full Circle With Michael Palin | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £7.83   |  Saving you £12.16 (155.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In Full Circle Michael Palin sets off from Diomede in the Bering Strait and hopes to return there one year later via Russia Japan Korea China Vietnam the Philippines Borneo Indonesia Australia New Zealand and the whole length of the Americas. But right from the start things don't go to plan...

• Wonders of Life | DVD | (04/03/2013) from £4.96   |  Saving you £15.03 (303.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Professor Brian Cox tells the story of the origins and history of life, from the fundamental laws which govern its creation, to the myriad species that populate our planet. Tracing how light, gravity, time, matter and energy combined 3.7 billion years ago to begin a process which ultimately led to the huge diversity of life we now have on Earth, Prof. Cox visits locations around the world to reveal how life came to adapt and develop in the most unusual and unexpected places.

• Real Michael Jackson, the | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £5.32   |  Saving you £14.67 (275.75%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Producer & television star David Gest presents a feature length definitive portrait of his best friend Michael Jackson through the eyes of family friends and music legends including Smokey Robinson Dionne Warwick Whitney Houston Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson Holland-Dozier-Holland Gamble & Huff Freda Payne The Temptations' Dennis Edwards Martha Reeves Paul Anka Petula Clark Jimmy Ruffin Percy Sledge Brenda Holloway Kim Weston Bobby Taylor Russell Thompkins Jr. plus many more. Includes never before seen footage and unprecedented interviews with Michael's Mum Katherine and siblings Tito and Rebbie Jackson covering all the highs and also the lows in the King of Pop's extraordinary life story uniquely told by those who knew him best. Plus fantastic music from The Jackson 5 and other Motown Legends.

• The Genius of Photography | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £22.36   |  Saving you £2.63 (11.76%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The first comprehensive television history of the most influential art form of the present day. Winner of the Royal Television Society Arts Award 2007.

• Live From Space | DVD | (01/12/2014) from £10.57   |  Saving you £10.68 (114.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A visually spectacular, ground-breaking TV event, presented by Dermot O'Leary broadcast live from the International Space Station and Mission Control in Houston. With unique access to the International Space Station, Live From Space follows the day-to-day life of three astronauts, Rick Mastracchio, Koichi Wakata, and Mike Hopkins, who have been living and working, whilst orbiting 250 miles above the earth. Here for the first time, filmed by themselves and in their own words, is the incredibl.

• Senna | DVD | (10/10/2011) from £3.85   |  Saving you £16.14 (419.22%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Senna's remarkable story, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of this documentary feature.

• Around The World In 80 Gardens | DVD | (07/07/2008) from £19.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (25.01%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In Around The World In 80 Gardens a visually stunning series BBC Two's resident gardening expert Monty Don sets off on an enchanting journey to visit 80 of the world's most celebrated gardens from ancient to modern large to small and grand to humble. The well-known Taj Mahal and Alhambra feature but he also visits the less known gardens that build up a sumptuous picture of the world's horticultural heritage. Episodes Comprise: 1. Mexico And Cuba 2. Australia And New Zealand 3. India 4. South America 5. The United States Of America 6. China And Japan 7. The Mediterranean 8. South Africa 9. Northern Europe 10. South-East Asia

• James May's 20th Century | DVD | (23/06/2008) from £16.49   |  Saving you £1.50 (9.10%)   |  RRP £17.99

  James May explores the big ideas from the last century and reveals how they shaped the times we live in now Top Gear presenter James May takes a tour of the 20th century- trying out for himself some of the most surprising and influential technological advances of the past hundred years - looking at advances in aviation warfare and medicine. For example: Jay Kay (Jamiroquai) lends James his replica Lunar Rover to test drive. NASA built four to take to the moon in the 1970s and at $38 million they were the most expensive fleet cars ever built / James has his brain photographed while he's looking at his favourite cars to see how he reacts to pleasure and speed.

• Documentaries That Changed The World - John Pilger | DVD | (11/09/2006) from £17.98   |  Saving you £24.00 (150.09%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A dozen award-winning documentaries that had a far-reaching and lasting influence on the world around us.

• Monty Don's Spanish Gardens | DVD | (22/04/2024) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Mccullin | Blu Ray | (25/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Celebrated photographer Don McCullin worked for The Sunday Times from 1966 to 1983, at a time when the newspaper was widely recognised as being at the cutting edge of international investigative photo-journalism. During that period he covered wars and humanitarian disasters on virtually every continent: from civil war in Cyprus, the war in Vietnam and the man-made famine in Biafra to the plight of the homeless in swinging sixties London. This new documentary from the producers of the award-winning Senna uses rich, detailed archive footage and incredible in-depth interviews to reveal the truth behind McCullin's hard-hitting and controversial images, piecing together his remarkable story in truly breathtaking style.