Documentary

• Line Of Fire - Stalingrad | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The bitter bloody and inhuman struggle for Stalingrad was the turning point of the war on the eastern front and a pivotal moment of World War Two. Germany's defeat there signalled to the Allies at large that Hitler and the Reich could be beaten. Features recreations and expert comment and analysis.

• Great Adventurers - Sir Walter Raleigh | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £4.75   |  Saving you £5.24 (110.32%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This documentary delves into the life and times of Sir Walter Raleigh.

• British Airshows - A Film History - Farnborough 1990-2008 | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £6.25   |  Saving you £3.74 (37.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Strike From The Sea takes you on board the Supercarrier the USS Theodore Roosevelt. An extraordinary look behind the scenes from the flight deck to the galleys from the bridge to the cockpit of her squadrons. A detailed look at the aircraft types stationed on carriers- particularly the F/A-18 Hornet F-14 Tomcat and the A6 Intruder revealing how this potent combination can respond effectively to combat situations. The DVD also looks at the threat posed by submarines and the historic and contemporary measures taken to deter them. Also featured on this DVD is a look at how the world's navies retrieve their downed pilots often in dangerous combat situations.

• Tales From The Palaces | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £5.49   |  Saving you £15.76 (372.58%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This access all areas documentary was filmed over the course of a year with the conservation teams inside Britain's historic royal palaces featuring Hampton Court The Tower Of London Kew Palace Banqueting House and Kensington Palace. Narrated by Robert Lindsay this 10-part series offers a unique behind-the-scene glimpse at the work that goes into maintaining our nation's history.

• Tony Palmer's Films for The South Bank Show | DVD | (16/11/2009) from £94.39   |  Saving you £13.60 (14.41%)   |  RRP £107.99

  Melvyn Bragg has run The South Bank Show for over 30 years, producing in all over 250 films. Sadly, ITV has now decided to axe the show, so to celebrate the final season of The South Bank Show, a brilliant collection of Tony Palmer's films made for The South Bank Show is being released in a special commemorative boxset. The eleven films include the Italia Prize-winning definitive portraits of Benjamin Britten, William Walton and Maria Callas; the New York Film & TV Festival Gold medal winne...

• The Waterloo Collection DVD Part 2 | DVD | (15/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Hougoumont & D'Erlon's Attack is the second part in the explosive four part series, The Waterloo Collection, which covers the entire Waterloo Campaign from Napoleon's return to France and ensuing battles to his final pursuit and eventual surrender to the British. Following on from Ligny and Quatre Bras, Part II starts by focusing on the concentration of the Allies on the ridge of Mont St Jean and the plans of the opposing armies. While the guns of the Grand Battery thundered in the centre, French columns bore down on the Hougoumont chateau and farm complex, which protected Wellington's flank held by the Guards and their German allies. Thus began an epic 'battle within a battle' that sucked away valuable troops from Napoleon's main attack, causing Wellington to declare that 'the battle turned on the closing of the gates at Hougoumont'.

• Crawshaw Paint Oils | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £18.89   |  Saving you £0.10 (0.53%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Cranshaw Paints Oils

• The Kings & Queens of England | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Normans & Angevins Our journey begins at one of the most important and probably best known events in English history; the Norman invasion of Britain and the Battle of Hastings in 1066 it takes us through the reigning monarchs of the next 150 years to 1216 and to the death of King John; the last of the Angevins. Along the way we are introduced to the four Norman kings; William I William II Henry I and finally Stephen the Angevins follow in 1154 with Henry II Richard I and the aforementioned King John. Learn about their lives deaths and the circumstances in which they inherited the throne. The Middle Ages We begin the Middle Ages programme with a monarch much ignored by history; King Louis. Short-lived though his reign may be Louis ruled England in the months between the death of King John and the coronation of Henry III in 1216. The next 183 years were to become known as the Plantagenet period. In 1399 Henry IV came to the throne he was the first of the Lancastrians; the remaining two being Henry V and Henry VI who between them ruled until 1461. Although historically the Yorkists ruled from 1461 to 1485 Henry VI was temporarily restored to the throne in 1470 only to be deposed again in 1471. The Tudors Although the Tudors reigned from 1485 - 1603 our story begins much earlier in the year of 1461 with a character called Owen Tudor. Owen was the source from which the Tudor dynasty would eventually spring. 1461 - 1485 saw the Yorkists Edward IV Edward V and Richard III on the throne until in 1485 the Tudor reign began with Henry VII. Henry VII was followed in the year 1509 by Henry VIII who with his six wives takes a very colourful place in history. Then came Edward VI Mary I and Elizabeth I along with Lady Jane Grey (the nine day queen) who historically gets very little mention. The Stuarts With the death of Elizabeth I 1603 heralded the beginning of the Stuarts; a royal house that was to last for over one hundred years. Here was a period that would see amongst other events; civil war a great plague the fire of London the abolition and re-introduction of the monarchy and the gunpowder plot. James I and Charles I ruled until 1649 when Parliament took over during an eleven year period which came to be known as the Commonwealth and Protectorate. The monarchy was finally restored in 1660 with the crowning of Charles II. The Hanoverians From George I to the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837; the Hanoverians span a period of 123 years. A fairly stable period with five kings one of whom (George III) was to be the longest reigning king in British history. We start our visit in 1714 with a German who is 52nd in line to the throne and who became monarch without being able to speak a single word of English! 1727 sees George II come to the thrown; his reign was to last until 1760 when George III's 60 year rule began. George IV was crowned in 1820 followed ten years later by the last of the Hanoverians William IV. Modern Monarchy From her accession to the throne in 1837 to her death in 1901 Queen Victoria was to reign for 64 years. In contrast Edward VII her successor was to be king for only 10 years. The first of the Windsor's; George V despite being a German prince was to be monarch throughout the First World War and up to his eventual death in 1936 at the age of 70. 1936 was to see his son and successor Edward VIII abdicated as a result of his love for divorcee Wallace Simpson in his place his brother Albert was crowned George VI. Albert was the first royal to marry a commoner since Henry VIII.

• Learn To Paint - Watercolours In The Home And Garden | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  To begin painting in watercolour all you need is a few tubes or pans of paint a brush and a sheet of paper. Compared to many other media the process is relatively simple ie: 'just add water'. This simplicity can lead you to believe that painting in watercolour should be relatively easy but many people find it a difficult medium to get to grips with. Rather than being a relaxing creative pastime the learning process can be full of frustration. This journey of discovery and creation however can be a real pleasure if carried out in a structured and fun way gradually building up the skills and confidence necessary to create those magical atmospheric effects for which watercolour has no rival. The 'Learn To Paint' series will show you how to get there and at the same time enjoy your journey of discovery and creation.

• Bill Pertwee's The Warden Says | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £4.50   |  Saving you £5.49 (122.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Bill Pertwee found fame as the bad tempered ARP warden in the sitcom 'Dad's Army'. In this role he presents and narrates an astonishing array of public service films from WWII. Features 'Make Do And Mend' 'Careless Talk Costs Lives' and many others....

• Harley Magic | DVD | (29/11/2004) from £11.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (36.10%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Bike. The Legend. The Lifestyle. Millions of words have been written and miles of film made about the Harley Davidson motorcycle but this is the first serious attempt to try and define that Harley Magic. We go on the road with Harley riders inthe USA cruisin' the back roads of Califronia and the surfline of Daytona Beach Florida. There's awesome 170 mph action on the dragstrips the Daytona Speedbowl and close-quarter bullrings of oval track racing where Harleys have been a mainstay of the sport for over 70 years. We also take a look at some of the Harley classics all using the famous twin engine that has always been the heartbeat of the Harley Magic and meet top custom men Arlen Ness Rick Doss and John Reed and see their outrageous customised machines. And in an exclusive interview with Willie G. Davidson grandson of one of the company founders and chief stylist we find out how Harley survived some lean years to become the motorcycling phenomenon of the 90s.

• Full Metal Jousting | DVD | (11/03/2013) from £7.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (60.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Medieval goes modern when a maverick group compete for top honours in the most dangerous sport in history: jousting. It's as it was 500 years ago with a 21st century twist in which old armour is replaced by high-tech, Iron Man-like suits. In Full Metal Jousting, veteran jousters train a group of amateurs; each episode features preparations, culminating in a series ofjousts. When two men and two horses charge and collide at 30 miles per hour, competitors are knocked from horses, oftenbreaking bones. Every tournament is a test of skill and strength that requires nerves of steel. May the best man win.

• Legend of Sleepy Hollow | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £5.37   |  Saving you £-2.38 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  There's a new school teacher at Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane. His manners and education appeal to the wives and daughters in the hamlet but his strange looks make the men suspicious. Ichabod has such a high opinion of himself that he tries to woo Katrina Van Tassel the beautiful young daughter of the wealthiest farmer in the district who everyone in the community thinks should marry the handsome blacksmith Brom Bones. The villagers tell Ichabod tales about the headless horseman who it is believed rides out every night to look for his lost head but he pretends that he is not scared of ghosts and sets off for the Van Tassels believing he will marry Katrina. Brom sees a way to terrify Ichabod by posing as the headless horseman but then another headless horseman appears...

• Ghost Detectives with Tom Baker | DVD | (02/12/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Join Tom Baker (Little Britain, Doctor Who) and a squad of intrepid investigators, each with a nose for the unnatural, who set up camp at the country's most haunted locations, in order to discover once and for all if ghosts really do exist! Using a combination of clairvoyants, dowsers and other paranormal techniques alongside more traditional historical research, they try to separate the facts from fictions about the alleged hauntings.

• The Spying Game - MI5 | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £8.35   |  Saving you £4.64 (35.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

  MI5's counter intelligence war was launched nearly a hundred years ago in an era when the messages sent by enemy spies were written in secret ink. Forty years later MI5 achieved one of the great intelligence successes of World War 2 when its Double Cross system comprehensively bamboozled Nazi Germany. Over 50 years were to pass before MI5 officially admitted its own existence as the UK's primary agency against threats to national security. In the post cold war era it has had to adapt

• Tell Them Who You Are | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £9.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (44.50%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Mark Wexler's cinematic blend of biography and autobiography centers on his relationship with his father legendary Oscar-winning cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler whose long and illustrious career is a virtual catalogue of 20th-century classics. Haskell's collaborations with such world-class filmmakers as Elia Kazan Milos Forman George Lucas Francis Ford Coppola and Mike Nichols include such works as Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf American Graffiti Coming Home and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. The film features interviews with many of these artists along with such luminaries as Jane Fonda Michael Douglas and Sidney Poitier. But the true ""star"" of Tell Them Who You Are is Haskell himself a controversial larger-than-life character who challenges his son's filmmaking skills while announcing with complete conviction that he could have done a better job directing most of the movies he's shot. As these two men swap positions on camera and behind it - sometimes shooting one another simultaneously - the film looks with honesty and compassion at their attempts to reconcile before it's too late.

• D-Day 60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £8.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A fascinating look at the great day of June 6 1944 which heralded the greatest seaborne invasion in history with the Allies attempting to turn the tide of World War 2...

• Cradle Of Filth - From The Cradle To The Grave | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £3.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (74.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A biography of the shock rock band featuring previously unseen group footage.

• How to D.I.Y. - The Complete Series | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £18.88   |  Saving you £1.11 (5.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  How To DIY: The Complete Series

• Toilet Trash | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99