Documentary

• The Real Godfathers - Meyer Lansky Mob Tycoon | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The life of the corrupt genius who was known as the Mob's financial leader. He was called ""little man"" and Lucky Luciano's advice to his followers was always ""listen to him"". Meyer Lansky was the man who created crime in its syndicate form and remained the most shadowy of the organised crime leaders. From the pogroms of Eastern Europe to the heyday of the Vegas mob rare footage and interviews reveal the double life of the man known as the mob's financial leader.

• Secret Aircraft Of Wwii | DVD | (27/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Uncover the story of the aircraft no one knew about. Using specially commissioned computer graphics never-before seen archive footage and interviews with aviation experts these four incredible programmes bring to life the Secret Aircraft of World War II. Episodes Comprise: Allied:Behold the genius and ingenuity of innovators on both sides of the Atlantic. From the chance Vought flying pancake that could take off vertically to perhaps the biggest secret project outside the building of the A-bomb - Churchill's plan to build a fleet of giant aircraft carriers made of ice - uncover the mysteries of the Allied aircraft programs. Luftwaffe:Hear the story of the tiny HE 162 jet interceptor built in deep underground caves and flown by pilots from the Hitler Youth and the amazing Horten flying wing jet bomber designed to attack New York. Plus we reveal the plans for a jet version of the Stuka dive bomber and how it might have impacted the battle for the Eastern Front. Russia:History has overlooked the unimaginable hardships Russian aircraft designers faced under the rule of Josef Stalin. This programme reveals how Soviet aircraft designers independently discovered jet and rocket technology. Japanese:Trace the development of the Japanese aviation industry and its famous creations including the Nakajima KI-43 Oscar and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. In addition explore the frantic top-secret weapons programs that would have made these legendary aircraft tame by comparison such as a long-range aircraft designed to strike directly at the US west coast with biological weapons.

• Shania Twain: The Discovery Of Eileen Twain | DVD | (12/05/2014) from £14.06   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Royal Family 3 DVD Collection King George VI & Elizabeth, Elizabeth - From Princess to Queen & The Queen Duty & Sacrifice | DVD | (11/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  King George VI & Elizabeth - A Royal Love StoryThe story of King George VI and his Queen, Elizabeth, is one of goodness growing into greatness. In a short reign, just 14 years they created an ideal of the British Royal Family. This programme examines the legacy they built, a legacy that lives on in the way that their eldest daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, rules today. The man who would become King was born Prince Albert, the second son of King George V. The prince was shy and crippled by a terrible stammer. His older brother Edward, heir to the throne, was by comparison, charming, witty and adored by the Press and public. The Prince married well, to the daughter of a Scottish aristocrat, and had two daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth. This young family could so easily have become a sideline of Royal history but events were about to overtake them. The story of Edwards’s abdication from the throne is a well-known one. But it left Prince Albert in a difficult position. Crippled with shyness, the idea of being so much in the public eye terrified Albert, but he took his place on the throne anyway. Happy pictures of the new Royal Family countered the bad news of World War II. It can be said of some people that they had their time, a moment in history where they excelled and made a difference. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth are good examples of this. They were a good King and Queen but perhaps more importantly, they were the right King and Queen for their time. Includes; additional bonus material of VE Day and a selection of speeches taken from different periods of the Kings reign.Elizabeth II - From Princess to QueenThis DVD looks at the true story behind the early years of England's greatest ever and longest ruling Monarch, from her birth to her eventual crowning as Queen. Episode 1 Who is Elizabeth Windsor? And how did she become the woman who would be Queen of England at the start of a new millennium? In this episode we look at the effect her uncle s abdication had on her family and on her future and how this experience would teach her the importance of duty and sacrifice. Elizabeth Windsor is unique, like no other woman of her nation. We are all a product of our upbringing and Elizabeth is no different but her upbringing was like that of no other child. In Part two we examine the importance of family and history in shaping this future Queen. This DVD Includes rare archive black & white and colour footage including the Queen's Coronation, Elizabeth's days of carefree childhood, as well as extraordinary footage from the life of the Queen.Elizabeth II - Duty & SacrificeThis DVD looks at the true story behind the reign of one of England's greatest ever and longest ruling Monarchs in the nation’s history. The Queens life has spanned eight decades of a constantly evolving country and enormous change. Episode One In the first of this two part series we aim to re-examine the Queen's early years and look at how duty and sacrifice have shaped the Monarch we see today. The 1960's brought anti-establishment ideas and a new Labour government committed to reform. From then to the present day Elizabeth has faced challenges to her reign from all sides. The once deferential press declared open season on the House Of Windsor and suddenly a very private family was thrust into the often brutal media spotlight. The quest to become a Monarch has been Elizabeth's biggest challenge to date. This DVD features rare archive footage including the Queen's coronation, the Silver Jubilee, Princess Anne and Princess Margaret's weddings, the wedding of Prince Charles to Diana, as well as extraordinary footage from the life of the Queen.

• The World At War - Vol. 2 | DVD | (28/08/2000) from £12.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (92.38%)   |  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

• The Stratocaster Legend | DVD | (01/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A fascinating documentary profiling the famous electric guitar and its creator Leo Fender, going back to humble origins in California. Features Hank Marvin and Dick Dale amongst other Stratocaster players.

• European Railway Journeys - Belgian Byways | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £15.19   |  Saving you £-2.20 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  European Railway Journeys: Belgian Byways

• Some Like It Sexy | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £11.25   |  Saving you £3.74 (33.24%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Join uber- Mod sex god Peter (Christopher Matthews- Scream And Scream Again Brides Of Dracula) as he cavorts across a not just swinging but fully bouncing and pulsating London at the turn of the two greatest decades it ever saw: the 60s and 70s. Flitting from one boho pad to another in his fully functional babe wagon - a white Triumph - he leaves his mark (sometimes literally) on a variety of beautiful women of all ages nationalities colours and shapes. The lucky ladies include later Gothic Goddesses Madeleine and Mary Collinson (Twins Of Evil) Annabel Leventon (Rocky Horror Strike It Rich Penmarric Armchair Theatre) and a young Nicola Pagett (Privates On Parade A Bit Of A Do Avengers Whodunnit Viking Queen Frankenstein The True Story) There's also a fully clothed (what do you mean damn?) appearance from Hammer scream queen Madeleine Smith (The Vampire Lovers Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell Tam Lin Theatre Of Blood) as the delectable daughter of one of Peter's classy conquests. With a superb pop-psych-bubblegum-library freakout soundtrack and some choice locations this is the film for anyone who wants to indulge in unadulterated enjoyment albeit with a twist. As director Donovan Winter put it it's like Alfie with more sex and here more is definitely what you get. Anyone seeking intellectual stimulation or 'pure cinema' can retire to the corner on the other side of the room where they can eulogise about Citizen Kane to their heart's content but in the meantime we're going to have some fun...and like Peter himself we'll come back many many times... Also included is Winter's early 40-minute featurette A Penny For Your Thoughts (1966) which again set to some of the grooviest tunes of the era tells us exactly what women talk about when the chaps aren't there...or do they? Starring Monty Python starlet Carol Cleveland Britsploitation heroine Sheila White (Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush Confessions On The Buses) and character actress Yvonne Antrobus (Dr Who Wessex Tales Target) among the fillies in frillies.

• IMAX Deep Sea (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (15/08/2011) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The beauty and mystery of life beneath the surface of the ocean is brought to the screen in this documentary, shot in 3-D and exhibited in the high-definition IMAX film format. Shot in the ocean depths off the coasts of Baja, the Caribbean, and North Carolina, Deep Sea depicts the complexity of the underwater ecosystem, as some sea creatures live in cooperation while others feed upon weaker species to survive. Filmmaker Howard Hall also focuses on the splendor of this world rarely seen by human eyes, photographing a number of rare species of fish, squids, manta rays, jellyfish, and other aquatic creatures, as well as offering a perspective on the environmental dangers that threaten the underwater community. Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet provide narration for the film.

• Maneater | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £5.38   |  Saving you £4.61 (46.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A former FBI profiler now a sheriff of a small town and a single parent of a high school aged daughter begins to profile a series of unexplained murders seemingly derived from a Native American legend.

• Sea Rex 3D: Journey To A Prehistoric World (Blu-ray 3D) | Blu Ray | (24/10/2011) from £8.99   |  Saving you £16.00 (177.98%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Join Julie an imaginative young woman as she travels from a modern-day aquarium to the Triassic Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Explore an amazing underwater universe inhabited by larger-than-life creatures including the powerful Liopleurodon long-necked Elasmosaurus and gigantic Shonisaurus which were ruling the seas before dinosaurs conquered the earth. Thanks to state-of-the-art ultra-photorealistic imagery see science come alive in a unique and entertaining manner. Immerse yourself in a lost age 200 million years back in time and get ready for a face-to-face encounter with the T-Rex of the seas!

• American - The Bill Hicks Story | Blu Ray | (27/09/2010) from £10.46   |  Saving you £14.53 (138.91%)   |  RRP £24.99

  At last, the true life story of the outlaw comic who tried to save the world...and still might!

• Royal Navy at War - A Sailor's View: British Pacific & East | DVD | (16/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This totally unique three hour DVD offers the ultimate film record of these fleets, their fighting ships and men. It features only original archive film from start to finish.

• Royal Navy at War - A Sailor's View: Operations Torch & Neptune | DVD | (16/05/2011) from £5.78   |  Saving you £4.21 (72.84%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Operations Torch and Neptune were two of the largest, most spectacular and successful operations conducted by the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Using only rare and previously unseen archive material from diverse sources, Royal Navy historian Roland R Smith has compiled unique and extensive film records of these truly colossal naval operations. They stand alone as the best available - by far - film accounts of the operations and the ships that took part in them. THE GREAT ARMADA - 'OPERATION TORCH' Operation Torch was the codename given to the Allied landings in North Africa in November 1942. This film collects together much of the best surviving footage of the Royal Navy's participation, from the sailing of the core Battleships of Force H - the Nelson, Duke of York and Renown - from the Clyde to their rendezvous with the carriers Formidable and Victorious and their journey into the Mediterranean. The film also follows an assault convoy and takes the story through to the shielding role adopted by Force H after the landings. Highlights include Fleet Air Arm Seafires, Martlets, Fulmars and Albacores in American markings, scenes of Force H under air attack, the battleship Rodney in action against coastal batteries and a royal visit to the Battleship Howe at Algiers. D-DAY - REFLECTIONS OF 'OPERATION NEPTUNE' Operation Neptune was the codename given to the naval operations within the overall plan for the Allied invasion of Normandy. In all, some 6,833 vessels participated in the operation and the sheer size of events is captured in some breathtaking footage featured here. Among the hundreds of warships and support ships featured are the cruisers Sirius, Dispatch, Diadem and Belfast, the destroyers Furious, Scorpion, Onslaught, Virgo, Cotswold, Glasgow and Enterprise and the battleships Rodney and Warspite.

• Chop Shop: London Garage | DVD | (10/03/2008) from £47.23   |  Saving you £-12.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Join Bernie and Leepu in the new series of Chop Shop: London Garage located slap bang in the middle of Brick Lane. It's the ideal place for Leepu's design visions to mix with Bernie's East End mechanical skills. Bernie deals with the practicalities of transforming bangers into blingers whilst Leepu spearheads the creativity behind the cars. However Leepu's ambitious design visions threaten Bernie's sanity and also the future of the garage.

• Tom Of Finland - Daddy And The Muscle Academy | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This film shows how Tom of Finland's work passed from being the private fantasies of one man to underground images that shaped a generation's ideas of how a gay man could look and act.

• The Christianity Collection | DVD | (10/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A new look at an ancient religion.Discover some of the most fascinating and little-known facts and mysteries from thousands of years of Christian history in this amazing value 16-disc set. From stories of the Old Testament such as the Ark of the Covenant and the testing of Job, to New Testament tales of Jesus, Mary of Nazareth and John the Baptist, this revealing collection offers a new perspective on many aspects of the Bible and Christianity that may seem familiar, yet yield fresh historical puzzles.What really happened at Jesus' trial? What was Jerusalem like two thousand years ago? Do relics exist of the spear that pierced Christ on the cross, and what is the science behind crucifixion? These questions and more come in for serious analysis in this landmark box set.

• Black Five | DVD | (21/07/2008) from £8.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the end of steam haulage on Britain's mailine railways. The last days of steam operation on British Rail filmed mainly around Carnforth (the location of Brief Encounter).

• Battlefield - Monte Cassino | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  For more than ten years 'Battlefield' has led the way in World War Two documentaries. Available now for the first time on DVD this series features fascinating archive footage from all over the world programmes include a review of the political and military situation before the battle portraits of leaders and commanders an explaination of weapons and tactics and the story of the battle itself. Vivid graphics place the battle into context of the war as a whole.

• The Dark Ages:The Viking Invasion of Wessex 878AD | DVD | (17/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the year 878 AD Alfred, King of Wessex, faced the fourth and most serious attempt by the devious Viking chieftain Guthram to seize the last remaining Saxon kingdom. Thwarted in their conventional attempts in 871, 876 and 878 AD, the Vikings 'stole away' from their base in Gloucester and descended on Alfred's court while they were celebrating Twelfth Night on the borders of wintery Wessex at Chippenham. Alfred escaped but was driven into hiding in the Somerset Marshes, while the Vikings fanned across Wessex. All seemed to be over for Alfred and the Saxons!