Documentary

• Sacred Music (The BBCs Groundbreaking TV Series) | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £21.35   |  Saving you £3.64 (17.05%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music in this four-part BBC documentary series. Each episode features music performed by 'The Sixteen' choir conducted by Harry Christophers in sumptuous architectural settings. Episodes are: 'The Gothic Revolution', 'Palestrina and the Popes', 'Tallis, Byrd and the Tudors' and 'Bach and the Lutheran Legacy'. The release also includes a 90-minute concert performed by Harry Christophers and 'The Sixteen' at...

• A Bigger Splash (Restored Blu ray) | Blu Ray | (06/03/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Director Jack Hazan and editor David Mingay (Rude Boy) had access to David Hockney and his circle from 1970 to 1973, a critical period for the internationally-acclaimed artist following the break-up of his relationship with Peter Schlesinger. As much an intimate study of love gone wrong as a portrait of an artist at work. A Bigger Splash chronicles the emotional ripples that separation casts on their coterie. With appearances by such art scene icons (and subjects of Hockney's work) as Celia Birtwell, Ossie Clark, Henry Geldzahler and Patrick Proctor, this ground-breaking film is presented here in a newly remastered version. Product Features Bonus Feature: Interview With Director Jack Hazan

• Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection | DVD | (04/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Fred Dibnah first came to our TV screens in 1979 and still proves to be a hugely popular presenter. With brand new programming produced from the footage filmed over the years Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection brings to you previously unseen footage of fascinating railways.

• Blood Out | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £20.88   |  Saving you £-3.63 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When big city detectives refuse to further investigate his kid brother's gang related murder small town Sheriff Michael Spencer drops the badge and goes undercover to find his brother's killer and avenge his death.

• Hitler's Henchmen: Volume 2 | DVD | (21/11/2011) from £18.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hitler's Henchmen Volume 2 is a six-part sequel to Hitler's Henchmen Volume 1. Portraying the men who aided Adolf Hitler in his rise to power and serviced the infernal machinery of the Third Reich. They were the men who consolidated Hitler's reign and turned his plans into action. Hitler's Henchmen wove the complicities and plots without which Hitler could have never perpetrated the crime of the century. They helped to sway the judges and the bureaucrats, the armed forces and the police, the scientists and the industrialists, the students and their teachers to the regime's ways of thinking. What kind of men were they? What inspired them to serve a corrupt administration with such enthusiasm and devotion? How did their careers unfold and their fates end?This fascinating series answers all these and other burning questions by examining six of Hitler's most infamous cohorts. With the use of newly discovered film clips and sound recordings from international archives, the portraits of these aides-de-camp provide viewers with a revealing psychogram of 'Hitler's most willing executors', making it a must-have for anyone interested in military history.

• Marilyn Monroe: The Marilyn Collection - 17 Fabulous Films | DVD | (18/02/2013) from £89.99   |  Saving you £-44.32 (N/A%)   |  RRP £45.67

  Titles Comprise: All About Eve As Young As You Feel Bus Stop Don't Bother to Knock Gentlemen Prefer Blondes How to Marry a Millionaire Let's Make it Legal Let's Make Love Love Nest The Misfits Monkey Business Niagara River of No Return The Seven Year Itch Some Like it Hot There's No Business Like Show Business We're Not Married

• Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (Repackaged) | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £12.84   |  Saving you £7.15 (55.69%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'Nothing in the natural world makes sense - except when seen in the light of evolution.' David Attenborough A personal insight from the world's favourite naturalist into Darwin's theory of evolution. This special documentary was made to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of 'On The Origin Of Species'. Darwin's great insight - that life has evolved over millions of years by natural selection - has been the corne...

• Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience - Series 1-2 | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £5.75   |  Saving you £14.24 (247.65%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The series follows award-winning stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert as he tries out all manner of different day jobs. The series’ sees him try his hand at being a farmer, a fireman, a tattoo artist, and a bin man among others

• Classic Albums - Def Leppard - Hysteria | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £21.24   |  Saving you £-8.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Def Leppard wowed audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and achieved phenomenal album sales. Hysteria was the album that broke the band in the US and is filled with massive rock numbers including 'Women' and `Pour Some Sugar On Me'.

• Baraka (DVD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (14/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A stunning collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life, the majority of which involve humanity's many religions.

• Through the Garden Gate - A Diary of the English Countryside with Wildlife Cameraman Stephen de Vere | DVD | (01/05/2010) from £10.49   |  Saving you £2.50 (23.83%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Wildlife cameraman Stephen de Vere, who worked on the BBC's Life and Frozen Planet series, turns his camera on the natural world discovered in his own backyard - the British countryside. Through the changing seasons of a year Stephen observes and films the animals and birds hidden in hedgerows, woods and fields beyond his garden. Hearing only the sounds of the wild and the cameraman's narration, we re-live his experiences of being there to capture month-by-month highlights such as hares boxin...

• Parky's Picks | DVD | (26/11/2012) from £4.47   |  Saving you £20.52 (459.06%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This collection celebrates the great talkers and demonstrates what the Parkinson show was all about. By concentrating in greater depth on individuals who remain fresh in the memory and high in my esteem you'll be entertained, informed and reminded that the show gave time and space for the guest to talk on whatever subject took their fancy. So sit back and enjoy the likes of Oprah Winfrey on her extraordinary childhood, Michael Caine on learning to drive Hollywood Style, Dr Jacob Bronowski’s thoughts on the morality of science, Jonathan Miller's chicken impressions, Peter Ustinov's ordeal at the hands of Japan's answer to Michael Parkinson, Dame Judi Dench on Shakespeare in the nude, Don McCullin on war photography and Bette Midler on performing in Turkish Baths.

• Tim's Vermeer | DVD | (26/05/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The film follows Tim Jenison a Texas based inventor as he attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all of art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring) manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography?

• Koyaanisqatsi | Blu Ray | (15/02/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  KO YAA NIS QATSI ko?yaa?nis?qatsi (from the Hopi language) n., 1. crazy life 2. life in turmoil 3. life out of balance 4. life disintegrating 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living Told without dialogue, narration, cast or characters, Koyaanisqatsi is a dizzying, hypnotic example of cinema set to an extraordinary score by Philip Glass. It contrasts natural beauty with a population ever more dependent on modern technology. Shot on a low budget in New York City and the American South West, the film found support from Francis Ford Coppola where it found a larger audience and has gone on to become a cult classic. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Restored digital transfer, approved by director Godfrey Reggio, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio Introduction by filmmaker and composer Gary Tarn (Black Sun, The Prophet) Essence of Life Interviews with Reggio and composer Philip Glass Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork

• Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story | DVD | (25/09/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Philip Vincent built the fastest and most glamorous motorcycles in the world - yet he ended his days in poverty. Some 40 years after he died, one of his machines sold for over $1 million. This is his untold story.

• Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese (2019) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | DVD | (25/01/2021) from £14.99   |  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

• Earthflight | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £12.05   |  Saving you £7.94 (65.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the makers of Tiger Spy In The Jungle, comes Earth Flight. Amazing sights from five continents are revealed in a whole new light as this five-part series joins the journeys of snow geese, cranes, falcons, albatross, eagles and other birds. Using cutting edge new filming techniques to show everything in exquisite detail, viewers have a uniquely privileged perspective flying 9,000 metres high over the sands of the Sahara or skimming metres over the Great Wall of China. The birds are shown up-close in flight and interacting with other animals down below, from barnacle geese encountering herds of migrating reindeer, to pelicans plunging into hundreds of nurse sharks. Spycams film right in the heart of the flock with microlights, hang-gliders and wirecams making up the aerial filming arsenal, while slow-motion techniques reveal extraordinary detail

• Byron | DVD | (04/05/2010) from £9.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The young poet Lord Byron had everything. He was beautiful aristocratic talented - and sexually irresistible. By his mid-twenties he was the most famous man in England - the world's first celebrity. Women flung themselves at him. Men wanted to be like him. He lived for sensation and sexual excess indulging his darkest cravings and scandalising the nation until he could only be satiated by a passionate affair with his own half-sister. Too late he discovered that even a celebrity can go too far...

• Best of Enemies | DVD | (09/11/2015) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Best of Enemies is a behind-the-scenes account of the explosive televised debates between the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr, during the 1968 Democratic and Republican national conventions. Live and unscripted, they kept viewers riveted with their rancorous disagreements about politics, God and sex. Ratings for ABC News sky-rocketed; and a new era in public discourse was born.

• Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £10.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (88.99%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Railroad walks With Julia Bradbury