Documentary

• Jojo Siwa: My World | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £3.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jojo recounts all of the events in her life that brought her to a huge performance at the Mall America and becoming a Nickelodeon star.

• Theatreland | DVD | (02/11/2009) from £7.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (100.38%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Theatreland is the first ever observational documentary to look behind the scenes at one of London's premiere West End theatres. This programme follows the Theatre Royal Haymarket's busy daily life from the front of house team dealing with the public to the production teams backstage working to get a new production up and running along with all the dramas disasters and tantrums that can erupt behind the velvet curtain. Filming coincides with the arrival of new artistic director Sean Mathias and will include his first production Waiting for Godot - one of the most eagerly-awaited theatrical events of 2009 featuring three legends of stage and screen - Sir Ian McKellen Simon Callow and Patrick Stewart. Alongside this tale we will also be with Sean every step of the way as he begins to get to grips with his next exciting new production for TRH - the first-ever theatric adaptation of Truman Capote''s iconic tale of a girl in New York City - Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Anna Friel.

• The Sepecat Jaguar | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Two full decades after its first flight in 1968, the Anglo-French Jaguar enjoyed it's finest hour when the allies went to war in the Gulf. This onetime supersonic trainer proved its worth time and time again as one of the world's most potent strike aircraft, recording more than 1,000 sorties , many at terrain-hugging height, over Kuwait and Iraq as the conflict unfolded.This documentary tells the story of the Jaguar's history, from its genesis, to the conflicts in Bosnia, including interviews with the men that flew them... the Jaguar Pilots.

• Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese (2019) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (25/01/2021) from £14.57   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1975, in an America defined by both the self-mythologizing pomp of the upcoming bicentennial and ongoing socio-political turmoil, BOB DYLAN and a band of troubadoursincluding luminaries such as JOAN BAEZ, ALLEN GINSBERG, and JONI MITCHELLembarked on a now-legendary tour known as The Rolling Thunder Revue, a freewheeling variety show that was part traveling counterculture carnival, part spiritual pilgrimage. Director MARTIN SCORSESE (The Irishman) blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief, with a magician's sleight of hand, into a zeitgeist-defining cultural record that is as much a concert documentary as it is a slippery, chimerical investigation into memory, time, truth, and illusion. At the centre of it all is the magnetic Dylan, a sphinx-like philosopher-poet singing, with electrifying conviction, to the soul of an anxious nation. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital transfer, approved by director Martin Scorsese, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New interviews with Scorsese, editor David Tedeschi, and writer Larry Ratso Sloman Restored footage of never-before-seen Rolling Thunder Revue performances of Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You and Romance in Durango, and of a never-before-seen cut of Tangled Up in Blue Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by novelist Dana Spiotta and writing from the Rolling Thunder Revue tour by author Sam Shepard and poets Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman

• Please Turn Over | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A titillating British farce partly inspired by Peyton Place Please Turn Over was based on the long-running West End play Book of the Month by Basil Thomas. The orderly suburban life of a 1950s English town is turned on its head when the teenage daughter (Julia Lockwood Heidi) of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously based on the local population. They begin to see themselves and their neighbours in a surprising new light. As the girl's fame escalates her friends and family enter the realm of notoriety which turns out not to be so bad after all. From the Carry-On writer-director team of Norman Hudis and Gerald Thomas Leslie Phillips stands out amongst an estimable British cast including Joan Sims Charles Hawtrey and Lionel Jeffries as the wonderfully named Dr. Henry Manners.

• Anselm | DVD | (12/02/2024) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• How the Earth Was Made Season 1 (3-Disc Box Set) | DVD | (17/01/2011) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-4.99 (-38.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Spectacular on-location footage, evidence from geologists in the field and dramatic graphics combine in this stunning 10-part series from HISTORY to show how immensely powerful forces of geology have formed our planet. From the Great Lakes to Loch Ness, the San Andreas Fault to Krakatoa, HOW THE EARTH WAS MADE travels the globe to reveal the physical processes that have shaped some of the most well-known locations and geological phenomena in the world. With rocks as their clues and volcanoes, ice sheets and colliding continents as their suspects, scientists launch a forensic investigation that will help viewers visualise how the earth has evolved and formed over billions of years.

• Union with David Olusoga | DVD | (18/12/2023) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Renowned historian David Olusoga reveals the human stories behind one of the world's most influential but fragile unions: the United Kingdom. At a time when the UK faces existential threats to its survival, David Olusoga explores the forgotten histories of contemporary divisions and explains how the origins of these splits can be traced back centuries. Delve into the emotional stories of ordinary people whose lives were caught up in turmoil as the United Kingdom was created and a British identity forged. Who are the people most affected by disunity today - and can the UK survive another period of disruption and unrest?

• Francesco's Shakespeare | DVD | (04/06/2012) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Nowhere fired Shakespeare's Imagination quite like Italy. But as Francesco Da Mosto argues in this new two part series, Italian cities meant far more to our greatest author than just a sunlit setting.Francesco takes us on a journey from North to South, visiting the spectacular locations that shaped the Bard's genius. This series celebrates Shakespeare as a popular entertainer. The emphasis will be on accessibility and our greatest playwright under the blue skies of Italy, with a feel of Shakespeare meets holiday adventure as Francesco travels between Venice, Verona, Padua, Milan, Mantua, Florence, Rome, Napoli, Sicily and Capri.

• V-Force | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £12.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Available for the first time on DVD, A fascinating insight into the V-Force development, includes Interviews with test and RAF pilots. Rare and exclusive film of test flights, operational scrambles, nuclear testing and in-flight refuelling, film of airshow appearances and an exclusive interview with John Reeve who flew the famous Black Buck mission to bomb Port Stanley in the Falklands conflict which saw the resurrection of the Vulcan Bomber

• Mapping Murder Box Set | DVD | (04/12/2010) from £9.43   |  Saving you £10.56 (52.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This fascinating documentary series shows how criminals reveal who they are and where they live by the locations they choose for their crimes. It is presented by Liverpool University's Professor David Canter who invented this technique of 'geographical profiling' in 1986. He explores the parallels between a criminal's psychological journey and the actual paths they follow. Are they travelling far in a quest to rid themselves of their inner demons? Are they creating a protective web in which to trap their victims? Or do they set out on marauding trips in an attempt to achieve a quick gain?

• Shine A Light | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.98   |  Saving you £14.01 (234.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A career-spanning documentary on the Rolling Stones, with concert footage from their "A Bigger Bang" tour.

• 50 Years Of BBC News | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £5.11   |  Saving you £4.88 (95.50%)   |  RRP £9.99

  To commemorate the 50th anniversary of BBC News on television this is a fascinating series of programmes that look back on the past five decades. Each programme is a 30-minute segment covering a decade beginning with the 1950s. Providing insight into how BBC News is reported each segment is narrated by one of the following key news figures: Charles Wheeler Michael Buerk Kate Adie John Simpson and Jeremy Bowen. Also includes three extra programmes from 1953 1963 and 2004 about h

• Zoo Quest in Colour: Starring David Attenborough | DVD | (23/05/2016) from £14.55   |  Saving you £0.44 (3.02%)   |  RRP £14.99

  First broadcast in December 1954, Zoo Quest was one of the most popular television series of its time and launched the career of the young David Attenborough as a wildlife presenter. Zoo Quest completely changed how viewers saw the world revealing wildlife and tribal communities that had never been filmed or even seen before. Broadcast ten years before colour television was seen in the UK, Zoo Quest was thought to have been filmed in black and white. Until now! Thanks to a recent remarkable discovery in the BBC's film vaults, the best of David Attenborough's early Zoo Quest adventures can now be seen as never before in stunning HD colour and with it the fascinating behind the scenes stories from David Attenborough and cameraman Charles Lagus of how this pioneering television series was made.

• The Village Detective: A Song Cycle | Blu Ray | (26/02/2024) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• James May's Man Lab Series Two | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  James May is back with James May’s Man Lab – a further exploration of manly things that men should be doing – and aren’t. Things like… map reading if you’re ever on the run from Dartmoor Prison; how to remember the names of everyone you meet at a party; how to make your own toilet paper; how not to be scared of ghosts; a method for blasting your pet’s ashes into space; creating a Swiss Army Bicycle; how to take – or not to take – a penalty kick that could make or break history; and so much more. And not forgetting The Man Lab Christmas Special! Cutting your Christmas Tree with explosives; making the perfect Man Lab Christmas Lunch with Man Lab Christmas Crackers, real snow and more surprises for your guests.James May’s Man Lab Series Two. Because you can’t have just One Special Features: Christmas Special Bonus Footage Not Seen on TV James May Biography Subtitles Picture Gallery

• David Attenborough: Life Story | Blu Ray | (01/12/2014) from £4.09   |  Saving you £23.90 (584.35%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Narrated by David Attenborough Life Story takes us on the greatest of all adventures – the journey through life. For animals there is just one goal in life – to continue their bloodline in the form of offspring. They are an animal’s legacy for the future. The story of their journey is about hope facing danger actions of breath-taking boldness extraordinary behaviours and ultimately success against the odds. This spectacular series follows that journey through its six crucial stages: taking their first steps in the world growing up finding a home gaining power winning a mate and succeeding as a parent. Life Story brings a new level of story-telling to the landmark genre creating an experience that is both intimate and intense. We follow the struggles and triumphs of individual animals drawing the viewer into their worlds to sense the danger the challenges and the decisions they must face. Special Features: Interview with Sir David Attenborough Making of Life Story Featurettes

• Iceland | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Monty Halls Great Escapes Box Set | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £19.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (70.04%)   |  RRP £33.99

  This box set includes all three of Monty's BBC series, together with a booklet of favourite images. "Monty Halls' Great Escape" gave us all a chance to slip away from the rat race, and to immerse ourselves in some of the most dramatic landscapes on earth. Accompanied by his gigantic and deranged hound Reuben, Monty Halls explored three remote and beautiful environments over three years, creating in the process programmes that are a gentle and affectionate essay to some of our most remarkable coastlines and cultures.

• Miriam & Alan Lost in Scotland Series 1&2 | DVD | (26/06/2023) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Miriam Margolyes and Alan Cumming roll back the decades and return to their Scottish roots; part rediscovery and part revelation, they take to the road and motor home their way through Scotland's Highlands and into its wildest places.