Documentary

• Aerial Britain - Manchester | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £21.02   |  Saving you £-8.03 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A view of Manchester from the air.

• Digging for Truth | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £10.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (26.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  History Channel series which combines forensic science with archaeology to try and shed new light on various historical figures and events. Each of the nine episodes examines a different topic and era. Episodes are: 'Timbuktu', 'Angkor Wat - Eighth Wonder', 'Lost Treasures of Petra', 'Giants of Easter Island', 'Kings of the Stone Age', 'Lost Empire of Genghis Khan', 'The Aztecs - of Blood and Sacrifice', 'Lost Cities of the Amazon' and 'The Iceman Cometh'.

• The A To Z Of British Military Aviation - Vol. 1 | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £25.90   |  Saving you £-5.91 (-29.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  During the early 1900s the Royal Aircraft Establishment was created at Farnborough and soon became one of the most successful aeronautical research organisations in the world. Some of the greatest advances in aviation technology emanated from its laboratories and workshops and working alongside the scientists were expert photographers who filmed many of their extraordinary experiments.

• Cinema Verite - Defining The Moment | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-0.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Peter Wintonick whose Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media is one of the bestselling documentaries of all time has directed this unique 'documentary of documentaries' shot with lightweight equipment in vrit style in widescreen digital video. Rich in footage from classics such as Primary (J F Kennedy) Lonely Boy (Paul Anka) Jane (Jane Fonda) Don't Look Back (Bob Dylan) Nanook of the North and the Blair Witch Project

• Word Wars | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tiles and tribulations... There is a dedicated community of people for whom Scrabble is more than a domestic nicety - it is an obsession. They devote years of their lives to mental and physical preparation and travel the country - some full-time - competing in cutthroat tournaments. The dictionary is studied with religious devotion each obscure word another weapon for the ultimate battle. For some the game keeps them teetering on the safe side of sanity. For others it has pushed them just over. Some scrape by on the meager winnings alone. In another corner of the Scrabble universe - New York City's Washington Square Park - you'll find a ragtag bunch oblivious to anything besides the games at hand - restaurateurs grizzled veterans the seemingly homeless - all obsessing about words with a Q but no U: QAT QAID QINTAR... This is Not your grandmother's Scrabble. Word Wars delves into both of these worlds focusing on four of the game's highest-ranked players as they advance from heated competition in neighborhood parks and clubs to highly organized regional and national tournaments culminating in the 2002 National Championship in San Diego where the top prize is $25 000 and an appearance on the Today Show. Word Wars is a thoroughly entertaining and hilarious look at the competitive world of Scrabble!

• Touching The Void | HD DVD | (31/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

• Ghost Stories - Ghost Dance Of The American Indians | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Reach beyond the darkness.... Beyond the grave.... to an unexplored dimension as we travel to the mysterious realm of ghosts. The most widely known ghost of Latin America is the Weeping Woman. Spurned by her lover she drowned her children and is forever condemned to search by riversides hoping to find them. From Japan we hear of a blind man who helps the ghost of a vengeful wife to commit murder. Whole tribes of American Indians performed the Ghost Dance to bring back the world

• Sicily | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Sicily features an interesting mixture of visitor attractions from marvellous beaches and remote nature reserves to astonishing ancient cultural landmarks. Our trip through Sicily begins in Messina and leads southwards to Taormina the gorge of Alcantara and further on to Syracusa then on to the Cape of Passero. Traveling back up from the south our journey takes us northwards to Modica Agrigent and Selinunte. Finally the trip leads into the inner parts of Sicily to Enna Villa Casale Piazza Armerina and a short trip to the Madonie nature reserve ending at the famous volcano of Mt. Etna.

• World War 2 Series-10 DVD Set | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.99

  This awesome box set brings together the complete World War II series in a fantastically packed boxed set. Featuring: 1. Prelude To War 2. Battle Of Russia 3. Know Your Enemy - Japan 4. Tunisian Victory 5. War Comes To America 6. The Battle Of Britain 7. Battle Of China 8. Divide And Conquer 9. Nazi Strike 10. D-Day For individual synopses please refer to the individual titles.

• The Ghost Tour Of Great Britain - Richard Felix Collection Vol.2 | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Episodes: 1. Cheshire 2. Chester 3. Edinburgh 4. Lancashire 5. Merseyside 6. North Wales 7. Scotland 8. North East 9. Northern Ireland 10. Yorkshire

• MegaCities | DVD | (30/05/2011) from £11.47   |  Saving you £3.52 (23.50%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Chris Barrie's Massive Machines | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Chris Barrie best known for his starring roles in comedies Red Dwarf and The Brittas Empire and as Lara Croft's loyal butler in the Tomb Raider movies returns for more mechanical mayhem on land sea and air. In Massive Machines Chris introduces us to the most epic engineering accomplishments in history. Examining the origins of each invention the unique problems faced by their creators and through practical hands-on demonstrations we are guided through the revolution of these wonderful machines - military and civilian large and even larger!! In his own inimitably energetic and quick-witted way Chris shows us the breathtakingly beautiful complex and ingenious machines that made our history and continue to shape our world. This double disc set features all ten episodes from the series: 1. Amphibians 2. Bombers 3. Helicopters 4. Submarines 5. Cargo Planes 6. Electric Trains 7. Tanks 8. Cranes 9. Farm Machines 10. Boats

• Road To Victory - Berlin And Stalingrad | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £8.10   |  Saving you £4.89 (37.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The complete story of two of the most decisive battles fought during world War II. In The Road to Stalingrad in August 1942 Hitler's huge Sixth Army reached the City that bore Stalin's name. In the five month siege that followed the Russians fought to hold Stalingrad at any cost. Then in an astonishing reversal the Russian army encircled and trapped their Nazi enemy. In The Road to Berlin the Germans had repulsed every Russian attempt to drive across the Oder river to Berlin. However during early April Stalin concentrated a tremendous force between Stettin and Breslau in preparation for a final blow against Germany. This is the fascinating story of the night the Russian army finally struck on April 16th. No one in Berlin had any hope of stopping the massive Russian offensive.

• Fugitive Chronicles - True Stories of Life on the Run | DVD | (10/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The chase is on.Fugitive Chronicles is an original docu-drama series that cinematically brings to life the most compelling fugitive captures in recent history. Each one-hour episode dramatically brings each infamous manhunt to the screen through gritty reconstructions, fugitive narratives recreated from real testimony and exclusive taped interviews with law enforcement officials.Told from the perspective of the hunter and the hunted, these dramatic true-life stories are framed from the minds of the law enforcement officials closest to the case and the fugitive's own story based on real interrogation tapes, court transcripts and news footage.

• Classic Vintage Tractors | DVD | (03/03/2003) from £7.16   |  Saving you £2.83 (28.30%)   |  RRP £9.99

  If you drive around the countryside you might be lucky enough to see some of the hundreds of vintage tractors that are still widely spread across our land. A good place to see an extensive range of some of the best examples of these aging beasts is at one of the many annual shows. We visited the county Show in Essex and found tractors made by Case McCormick Deering Oliver Allis and many more. So sit back watch and listen to these leviathans of the past.

• Egypt Underworld - Pathways To Eternity | DVD | (24/05/2010) from £8.07   |  Saving you £-0.08 (-1.00%)   |  RRP £7.99

  National Geographic: Egypt Underworld: Pathways To Eternity

• The MiG Story | DVD | (19/08/2013) from £7.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (38.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Definitive documentary detailing the history and achievements of the MiG fighter plane - the most famous name in military aircraft in the world. The story of the famous Mikoyan Design Bureau and the outstanding fighter/interceptor planes it produced. From the experimental MiG-9, the first jet powered fighter it produced, to the extraordinary capabilities of the fly-by-wire MiG-29, the story features design, development, test flying and performance, including: - the shock to the USA of the c...

• Extreme Trains | DVD | (05/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Featuring: High Speed Train Amtrak's Acela is the fastest train in America with speeds reaching 150mph. Stretching from Washington DC to Boston this passenger train is a high-tech wonder that runs lines from the Great Depression. The train is powered by high voltage overhead electrical wires so Matt meets the workers who every day are just inches from being electrocuted. Steam Train Union Pacific's 844 steam locomotive is the longest running steam train in America. Built in 1944 it has never been retired and still runs on UP's mainlines today. Matt Brown rides the 844 on its annual outing taking 750 rail fans on the ride of their lives picking them up in Denver and taking them to Cheyenne Wyoming to see the biggest Rodeo in the world. Transcontinental Matt Brown rides the busiest freight line in the world Union Pacific's Omaha to Sacramento. The route crosses the world's longest rail causeway through the world's largest rail yard and over the fearsome Donner Pass where Matt and the train crews must free the tracks from huge blocks of ice.

• Wild Wild West | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Wild Wild West (Documentary) (8 Discs)

• No More Knickers.No More Bush | DVD | (16/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Workplace dramas seem to have become a French speciality, and Jacques Audiard's Read My Lips ("Sur mes levres") proves a worthy follow-up to such notable predecessors in the genre as Human Resources and Time Out ("L'Emploi du temps"). The film also nods towards Neil LaBute's In the Company of Men and Hitchcock's Rear Window, but it's none the worse for that. Carla, our anti-heroine (Emmanuelle Devos), is an ugly duckling working as a secretary for a construction company in suburban Paris. Dowdy and all-but deaf, she's exploited and put upon by her male coworkers. When her boss lets her hire an assistant she bizarrely chooses Paul (Vincent Cassel), a scruffy and none-too-bright ex-con. But an odd symbiosis grows up between this pair of losers; the combination of his petty-criminal skills and her lip-reading abilities has certain potentials. As A Self-Made Hero, his previous movie, showed, Audiard doesn't go in for lovable characters. Carla is no long-suffering saint and Paul is frankly sleazy, but this just makes their interaction all the more intriguing. Devos, glowering malevolently beneath her dark brows, and Cassel with his greasy hair and ratty moustache, turn in relishably truculent and un-starry performances, and Audiard deftly manages the transition from office comedy to gangland heist thriller with no grinding of gears. By the end the plot starts to strain belief, but it scarcely matters. The noir-ish lighting and potent use of hand-held close-ups enhance the film's sense of nervous unease, and there's ingenious use of sound to convey Carla's hearing-impaired world. Downbeat and unblinkingly amoral, Read My Lips offers pleasures that a glossier treatment would have missed entirely. On the DVD: Read My Lips has no extras on the disc beyond the trailer. But the transfer is clean and crisp, offering the full-width original ratio, and the Dolby sound captures the all-important subtleties of the soundtrack flawlessly. --Philip Kemp