Documentary

• Tanks! - On Campaign | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £10.95   |  Saving you £-0.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This is a powerful and penetrating insight into the lives of the tank crews who fought the Panzer Divisions during World War II. Vivid and action packed On Campaign paints a comprehensive picture of how the tanks fought how the crews functioned and the measures the infantry took to combat the armoured juggernauts. With rare archieve footage stunning new animation and the views of leading authorities on armoured warfare including Dr Simon rew of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst and Dr William Atwater of the US Army Ordnance Museum in Washington.

• The English Civil War - A People Divided | DVD | (13/07/2009) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It was a time of great bitterness and hatred in Britain - a war that set father against son and brother against brother. The breakdown in relations between a Parliament with a strong purpose and a King who believed in his divine right to rule set the scene for a series of brutal battles that were truly a struggle for the soul of a nation. The outcome of the English Civil War shaped the course of the nation's history and laid the foundations of the country as it is today. The first episode of The English Civil War takes an in-depth look at the years between King Charles' accession to the throne and the opening conflict of the war in 1642 - the Battle of Edgehill. The programme delves into the complex web of political social religious and military issues that were the root causes of the war.

• Tim Marlow at the Courtauld | DVD | (05/07/2010) from £21.57   |  Saving you £-9.58 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  In this three-part series Tim Marlow presents a unique insight into The Courtauld Institute one of the finest small museums in the world. Its collection stretches from the early Renaissance into the 20th century and is particularly famous for its magnificent Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. In his engaging and informative style Tim Marlow presents his pick of the art on display in the Gallery each episode focusing on a number of key works from The Courtauld's remarkable collection. He also takes an exclusive look at The Courtauld's ongoing restoration work and explores the evolution of the collection itself.

• John Cooper Clarke - South of the Border: Live from London's South Bank | DVD | (01/04/2013) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-9.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  'John Cooper Clark is unique; a performance poet whose elongated pipe-cleaner physique is as distinctive as his machine gun-patter delivery, he straddles music, stand-up and literature like no one else.' - Daily Mail Live from London's South Bank the legend that is John Cooper Clarke brings to you a blistering performance of his own unique mix of hilarious comedy and insightful poetry. In a dynamite sell-out turn filmed at the Queen Elizabeth II Hall at London's South Bank, JCC performs a stack of poems old and new including, Beasley Street, Hire Car, Attack Of The 50ft Woman, Things Are Gonna Get Worse and many more. Along with his own brand of comedy John delivers a hilarious night to remember.

• Girl Model | DVD | (20/02/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (60.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Girl Model follows a complex supply chain between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S. within the modelling industry. The story is told through the eyes of a scout and a 13 year-old model.Despite a lack of obvious similarities between Siberia and Tokyo, a thriving model industry connects these distant regions. GIRL MODEL follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of her discoveries, Nadya, a thirteen year-old plucked from the Siberian countryside and dropped into the centre of Tokyo with promises of a profitable career. After Ashley’s initial discovery of Nadya, the two rarely meet again, but their stories are inextricably bound. As Nadya’s optimism about rescuing her family from their financial difficulties grows, her dreams contrast against Ashley’s more jaded outlook about the industry’s corrosive influence.

• Most Haunted Live Vol.2 | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £9.31   |  Saving you £10.68 (114.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Most Haunted Live: Vol 2

• Open Score by Robert Rauschenberg | DVD | (29/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

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• New Zealand Gold Rush | DVD | (01/01/2004) from £29.68   |  Saving you £-6.69 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  This Rough Science DVD includes 6 programmes from Series 3 of the popular TV programme.Gold Rush, Shakers, Quakers, Ice, Treasure Hunt and The Big Smelt

• Elvis - The Complete Story | DVD | (01/05/2000) from £5.45   |  Saving you £0.54 (9.91%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Through photos, stock footage and film trailer clips, Elvis: The Complete Story offers a chronological survey of the life and movie career of "The King". This is a pretty well-travelled road--so well travelled this disc would be more aptly titled Elvis for Beginners. There are all the usual landmarks, especially his relationship with his mother, the oppressive influence of his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, the drug use, the Memphis Mafia. One major highlight is Elvis's appearance on The Frank Sinatra Show, in which the two perform a duet. The disc gets additional credibility from interviews with some of Elvis's co-stars, including Mary Ann Mobley, Francine York, Sue Ann Langdon, Gary Lockwood and Julie Parrish. About half of the narration is presented in "the words of Elvis Presley", though the source of these words is never identified. Still, the actor impersonating the voice of Elvis does a good job with what could have easily turned into silliness. After all, the film would not be "complete" without at least one Elvis impersonator (and this one has two). If this whets your appetite for more Elvis, you will want to turn to the real thing--Elvis: That's the Way It Is. --Jim Gay, Amazon.com

• Starting From Scratch | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £8.43   |  Saving you £1.56 (15.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Expert advice on how to approach a bare-earth plot or renovate a derelict patch or area. Key steps regarding the planting maintaining and tending of a new garden with accessible instruction throughout as well as tips for all experience levels from the complete beginner to the advanced gardener.

• Mayor Of Sunset Strip | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  One unlikely man made America listen. 'The Mayor Of Sunset Strip' is a wildly entertaining ride through rock-and-roll history as seen through the eyes of one supremely distinct figure Rodney Bingenheimer. Directed by acclaimed documentarian George Hickenlooper ('Hearts Of Darkness') the film examines the life of Los Angeles' ""Mayor of Sunset Strip."" Coming of age in LA in the 1960s just as rock-and-roll was bursting onto the scene Bingenheimer was obsessed with all thing

• Killer Tanks - The T34 Tank | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The T34 was probably the most important tank to see action during WWII - its existence remained a well kept secret from the Germans who were shocked by its appearance on the battlefield. Easy to produce and maintain with innovative and formidable heavy armament more than 40 000 of this superb medium tank were manufactured.

• Stockport Past in Pictures | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  it back and let Steve Cliffe take you back into the streets of Stockport which have been brought back to life using the latest digital video technology. Steve has compiled from the vast picture archive of Jim Clare, Grace Collier and Stockport Heritage Centre, a journey back in time which any local will find amazing as well as very educational.

• The Crimean War - A Clash Of Empires | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £8.05   |  Saving you £9.94 (123.48%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This superb documentary marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the Crimean War. Acclaimed historian Thomas Vaughn expertly tells this compelling story and reports on lessons to be learned. The Crimean War: A Clash of Empires has been seamlessly woven into a timeless episodic reconstruction of dramatic recounting for our own era.

• Anvil - The Story Of Anvil - CD and DVD Double | DVD | (15/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Nearly three decades on, is Anvil! The Story Of Anvil finally the film that finally gives This Is Spinal Tap a run for its money? Quite possibly so. The recipient of far-reaching acclaim, and with a real run for being named film of the year, this is a superb documentary, that is all the more staggering for being true. Anvil! The Story Of Anvil follows the band of its title, a heavy metal group who enjoyed moderate success in the late 70s and early 80s, but kept going even when the light of fame and success shone elsewhere. Thus, we meet the band’s members--Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow and Robb Reiner--as they hold down day jobs, record an album and head off on a European tour that could have been taken straight out of the Spinal Tap playbook. As Anvil! The Story Of Anvil develops, though, there’s a drama at the heart of it that mixes in with the many frequent laughs. And, as it turns out, it’s a film that out of nowhere manages to move you, pretty much the last thing you expect of it. This is, and there’s no two ways about it, a quite brilliant film, and one of the very best documentaries in some time. It’s outrageously entertaining, very funny and yet human to the core. Anvil! The Story Of Anvil is going to take some beating, and don’t be surprised if it’s another three decades before anything else comes close to it and This Is Spinal Tap… --Jon Foster

• British Airshows - Royal Air History On Display | DVD | (28/07/2008) from £6.25   |  Saving you £8.74 (58.30%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This brand new DVD celebrates 90 years of spectacular RAF flying displays in front of the British public from the very earliest air pageants to the latest Airshows. It features breathtaking RAF solo performances and formation team aerobatics captured by ground cameras air-to-air filming and even special in-cockpit cameras to put you in the pilot's seat. Aircraft featured include the Vulcan Lightning Phantom Harrier Tornado Jaguar Hawk Nimrod C-130 Typhoon Tucano C17 Chinook Merlin Canberra Shackleton Victor and Hunter.

• Cirque Due Soleil : La Cirque Reinvente | DVD | (11/06/2004) from £4.70   |  Saving you £8.29 (176.38%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The allure of the circus has always been magical. But Cirque du Soleil has redefined the meaning of the word and has taken it to the next level performance art without boundaries ballet without gravity. Their intoxicating mixture of costume music stage design and showmanship has dazzled millions. Emmy award winning Cirque Reinvente captures the extraordinary tour performed by Cirque du Soleil to sold out audiences in 1987. Included are breathtaking feats of handbalancing tightrope acrobatic cycling chair balancing contortion clowns and aerial acrobatics.

• The Great Ships | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £13.48   |  Saving you £4.51 (25.10%)   |  RRP £17.99

  An Incredible Collection Of The Greatest Ships To Have Patrolled The Seas.From ancient Viking ships to modern aircraft carriers, The Great Ships lets you step on board and explore the design, construction, technology and armaments of history's great vessels of war and peace.Join HISTORY as we roam majestically over the oceans of the world with everything from the modern Aircraft Carrier - the largest warship ever to sail the seas acting as the centerpiece of a mighty taskforce - to the Battleships that were designed to be the ultimate expression of naval power.Then there are the nimble Cruisers, which have played a crucial role in the world's navies for the past two centuries thanks to an amazing versatility, as well as the Destroyers - some of the fastest and most deadly warships ever built.Finally, we conclude with the Dreadnoughts - the battleships that evoke the most awe as both a technical marvel and a potent symbol of national might - and the Frigates, vessels that provided both intimidation and protection for the merchant ships that were the lifeblood of maritime trade.

• The British Guide to Showing Off | DVD | (23/01/2012) from £7.39   |  Saving you £8.60 (116.37%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Andrew Logan. British Artist. Living legend. And creator of the anarchic and utterly outrageous Alternative Miss World Show, a spectacular costume pageant and fancy dress party for grown ups. In The British Guide to Showing Off we are taken under Logan's glittering wing and given a joyous look at this most quirky and exotic subculture event. Loved the world over by celebrities and misfits alike, Logan has hosted the Alternative Miss World Show since 1972. Over its history, the show has both reflected and informed British arts and culture, pulling off the amazing feat of being beautiful, glamorous and kitsch all at the same time. Memorable highlights include artist David Hockney judging the first one, musician David Bowie not being able to get into the second and film director Derek Jarman winning the third.Featuring contributions from Brian Eno, Ruby Wax, fashionista Zandra Rhodes (who designed all of Andrew's hostess costumes), Richard O'Brien, Nick Rhodes and Grayson Perry, The British Guide to Showing Off is raucous, liberating and sexually charged and speaks to the outsider in all of us. For anyone who has ever wanted to break out.

• Khodorkovsky | DVD | (05/03/2012) from £15.85   |  Saving you £2.14 (13.50%)   |  RRP £17.99

  When Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest oligarch, begins to support the political opposition and challenges Russia's all powerful president Vladimir Putin, he sets in motion a series of events that are still being felt today and most likely for years to come. Enraged, Putin instructs his secret service police to arrest Khodorkovsky in a dramatic raid on his private jet in October 2003 and then banishes him on trumped up charges of tax evasion to a Siberian gulag. Featuring an exclusive interview with Khodorkovsky behind bars (the only one of its kind), and with contributions from major political insiders and journalists, Khodorkovsky traces the metamorphosis of Russia's richest man into its most famous political prisoner. Unveiling the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics and business in post Soviet Russia, director Cyril Tuschi asks the million Ruble question - why did Khodorkovsky leave friends and family behind for life in a Siberian gulag?