Documentary

• We Are The Lambeth Boys DVD | DVD | (13/04/2009) from £7.29   |  Saving you £8.70 (119.34%)   |  RRP £15.99

  We are the Lambeth Boys is a fascinating glimpse into the everyday lives of working class young people in the Britain of the 1950s. This pioneering documentary - part of the Free Cinema movement - was one of the first films to give this section of the community a voice and remains an important and ground-breaking work. Made for the Ford Motor Company''s 'Look at Britain'' series We are the Lambeth Boys was directed by Karel Reisz who would go on to direct critically-acclaimed feature films such as Saturday Night Sunday Morning and the award-winning The French Lieutenant's Woman. His 'fly-on-the-wall' style allowed his subjects to speak for themselves revealing their hopes and fears their loves and hates as a revolution in youth culture offered new opportunities and new challenges. We are the Lambeth Boys was among the innovative films which paved the way for the modern observational style of documentary. Reisz's subjects are the boys and girls who attend the Alford House Youth Club in London's Kennington. We see them at work at school and most importantly at the youth club. It was here the young people could meet up to chat to debate to play cricket to gossip and to dance. Five decades on this archive film offers a snapshot of the period when Britain's social values were on the verge of being transformed forever and lets those who would lead the transformation speak for themselves. The soundtrack comes from jazz great Johnny Dankworth while respected British television actor Jon Rollason narrates. The brilliance of We are the Lambeth Boys was recognised in its own time - it represented Britain at the Venice Film Festival and won the Grand Prix at the short film festival in Tours France - and it remains an important piece of social history as well as a ground-breaking piece of film making.

• Out Of Nothing | DVD | (26/10/2015) from £11.93   |  Saving you £8.06 (67.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the Pacific Northwest to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah this is the inspiring true story of four tenacious men who risk everything to conquer the world records of motorcycle land speed racing. Their extraordinary journey demonstrates how perseverance against all odds can send the most unlikely men roaring into glory.

• Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Series Two | DVD | (13/06/2011) from £49.93   |  Saving you £-9.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The SSRN Seaview the world's most technologically advanced submarine is back and more powerful than ever - now housing the spectacular Flying Sub! Climb aboard with Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart) Captain Crane (David Hedison) and their crew as they brave hostile waters and explore uncharted depths protecting the world from sinister foreign agents deadly sea creatures and evil scientists bent on world domination! The second series of Irwin Allen's sci-fi TV classic comes to you in glorious colour for the first time. Filled with espionage action sci-fi and suspense Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea is a true TV classic... Prepare to dive!

• The Peter Green Story - Man of the World | DVD | (23/10/2017) from £17.46   |  Saving you £1.52 (10.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  After replacing the legendary Eric Clapton in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers Peter went on to form Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac one of the most successful bands to come out of Britain in the 60's. Peter's genius on the guitar was matched by the songs he wrote including Black Magic Woman later a huge debut hit for Santana and the supernatural and sublime instrumental Albatross as well as the classic Oh Well. The film traces that early success explores Peter's drug use and his eternal spiral into schizophrenia. The film also examines how the treatment he received (electroconvulsive therapy) prolonged his illness and extended absence from the music scene. The story continues with Peter's fragile mental and artistic recovery his return to the recording studio and live music scene in the mid 1990's that saw his most positive creative output for many years. It portrays an artist who has now come to express his feelings not just through the guitar music he still loves but also his art and photography. The film contains extensive and rare archive footage of live and studio performances stills and original in-depth interviews with Peter Green Mick Fleetwood John McVie Mike Vernon (legendary producer of the original Fleetwood Mac Blue Horizons albums) Noel Gallagher John Mayall Dennis Keane (road manager) Martin Celmins (Peter's official biographer) Carlos Santana Jeremy Spencer (the original Fleetwood Mac guitarist) and many others who were fortunate to work with or know this extraordinary Man of the World.

• An Inconvenient Truth | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £5.36   |  Saving you £14.63 (272.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

• Vietnam: The Killing Zone (6-Disc Box Set) | DVD | (20/11/2017) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  A compelling look at America's longest war 1959-1975

• By The People - The Election Of Barack Obama | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £9.74   |  Saving you £1.51 (17.81%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Millions saw history made as Barack Obama took the podium on election night. But few witnessed his unguarded moments in the hours and days before he greeted the nation... until now. Meet the man who would be president and the dedicated campaign workers who helped get him there in this unprecedented documentary trailing their history-making odyssey to the White House. Witness never before seen footage of Obama behind the scenes as well as interviews and candid moments with family senior campaign staff volunteers reporters supporters and even opponents.

• South Korea with Alexander Armstrong | DVD | (04/09/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Planet Dinosaur | Blu Ray | (24/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Transporting you to locations across the globe and back in time through tens of millions of years, Planet Dinosaur uses unique hi-tech graphics to bring to life the most awesome and amazing creatures that ever lived. Almost all the dinosaurs featured were discovered in the last 10 years or so and forced a rewriting of the prehistory books. Palaeontologists now know that dinosaurs spread to every part of the globe, and evolved in ways so monstrous, horrific and bizarre they make T Rex look very tame indeed. Planet Dinosaur is a completely immersive visual experience studded with curious facts and jaw-dropping action as well as charismatic monsters. Presenting a brand-new global perspective on the prehistoric era, the series re-creates the creatures, their habitats and how they lived, from analysing their bones to watching them fight to the death.

• Derren Brown - Trick Of The Mind - Series 1 | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £11.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'Trick of the Mind' reveals the truly staggering craft of one of the world's leading entertainers. Derren Brown demonstrates his unique powers of showmanship psychological illusion and misdirection to astound and amaze everyone he meets from people wandering the UK's streets to celebrity fans including Martin Kemp and an astonished Stephen Fry. The eagerly awaited follow-up to 'Inside Your Mind' 'Trick of the Mind' sees Derren return on a grander and more adventurous scale! The

• British Gangsters: Faces Of The Underground - Series Two | DVD | (27/07/2015) from £5.00   |  Saving you £16.25 (434.49%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Villains, gangsters or Faces as they prefer to be called, are the men, gang and family members who have made headlines over the past 50 years for all the wrong reasons. Some are household names: the Krays, the Richardsons, Paul Ferris, Frankie Fraser, Arthur Thompson and Vic Dark. Many you will not recognise, but the mere mention of these people has struck fear into individuals and entire communities. Despite their notoriety, the faces of Britain's most feared criminals remain largely unknown. That is until now. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld gives a unique insider's insight into these men. Presented by Bernard O'Mahoney, best-selling true crime author and former member of the Essex Boys Firm, Britain's most infamous and influential ˜faces' are interviewed for the first time, many of whom have never appeared on camera before.

• Simon Schamas - America - A Future | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £7.49   |  Saving you £17.50 (233.65%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Historian Simon Schama offers his insights into the 2008 US Presidential election.

• Christmas Triple | DVD | (14/10/2010) from £5.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This Triple play Christmas DVD comes with the following titles - A Christmas Carol - Miracle on 34th Street - Miracle on 34th Street - Featuring Maureen O Hara

• Bomber Boys - The Fighting Lancaster | DVD | (02/08/2010) from £4.90   |  Saving you £8.09 (165.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Joe English learned to fly a Lancaster bomber before he could drive a car. During World War Two RAF Bomber Command called upon young men barely out of their teens to fly some of the most dangerous missions of the entire war. In 1943 the life expectancy of an air gunner was just three minutes in combat. For every 100 Bomber Command aircrew only 24 would survive their tour... Now Joe English is reunited with the five other surviving aircrew from RAF 625 Squadron Lancaster 'The Lucky H' to tell their stories for the very first time. Joined by other surviving Bomber Command veterans they provide a powerful and moving insight into life - and death - as one of the 'Bomber Boys'. At the same time seven grandsons of bomber veterans experience life first hand in a recreation of a wartime British Commonwealth Air Training Plant providing them with a new understanding of what their grandfathers endured - and the sacrifices they made. The veterans and their grandchildren are then reunited for an unforgettable flight in one of only two surviving airworthy Lancasters before setting out together to visit the graves of wartime comrades in Europe. Making full use of rare and personal archive materials Bomber Boys is one of the finest tributes to the men of wartime RAF Bomber Command ever produced for television. All four full-length episodes are included.

• Behemoth | DVD | (24/10/2016) from £8.15   |  Saving you £7.84 (96.20%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Political documentarian Zhao Liang draws inspiration from The Divine Comedy for this intoxicating and terrifying glimpse at the ravages wrought upon Inner Mongolia by its coal and iron industries. Beautiful grasslands are being overrun by mountains destroyed by coal mining, blackening the surrounding landscape and poisoning its people. Behemoth tours exploding hillsides, dank mine shafts, cacophonous factories, and vacant cities, building upon Zhao's previous exposés (2009's Petition, 2007's Crime and Punishment) by combining his investigative streak with a painterly vision of a social and ecological nightmare unfolding out of sight. Mesmerizing and dreamlike in its stark birds' eye observations of the industrial processes at work, this is a nearly silent trip into Dante's circle of hell from one of China's most talented filmmakers.

• The Living Planet (Repackaged) | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £17.79   |  Saving you £17.20 (96.68%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Filmed on five continents 'The Living Planet' examines one by one each of the earth's environments, seeing how living organisms survive and thrive in conditions which range from the Arctic to the tropical. Also revealed is how creatures in similar habitats thousands of miles apart have adopted intriguingly similar solutions to their common problems. The series begins at the beginning, how huge forces formed the earth, how continents move and how the planet has become so varied. The next 10 ...

• Adulthood | DVD | (22/01/2009) from £7.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (164.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Sequel to the hard-hitting drama Kidulthood Adulthood stars Noel Clarke Danny Dyer and Adam Deacon. Six years after Sam Peel is released from jail for killing Trife he soon realises that life is no easier on the outside than it was on the inside and he's forced to confront the people he hurt the most. Some have moved on others are stuck with the repercussions of his actions that night but one thing's for certain - everyone has been forced to grow up. Through his journey Sam struggles to deal with his sorrow and guilt and something else he didn't expect - those seeking revenge. As he's pursued by a new generation of bad boys Sam sets about trying to get the message across to his pursuers that they should stop the violence much like Trife tried to tell him all those years ago. Can Sam stop the cycle of violence and make something positive from the destruction he caused or will his journey into Adulthood end here?

• Shark | Blu Ray | (25/05/2015) from £5.99   |  Saving you £19.00 (317.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

  They are the most successful group of predators in the earth’s history. They have outlived the dinosaurs survived two mass extinctions and today they are every shape every size and hunt in every ocean. From the Greenland shark that lives under the arctic ice to the Epaulette shark that can walk on land over thirty species are highlighted in this definitive global series. It also reveals the hidden side to sharks with complex courtship rituals intricate social lives and surprising ways of bringing up their young. Discover the beauty in the beast. Special Features: Shark: Beneath the Surface – the science behind sharks (60 minutes) Shark: Beyond the Bite – how the series was made (50 minutes)

• The Capital Cities Of The World - Amsterdam A Tourists' Guide | DVD | (16/08/2008) from £10.48   |  Saving you £-0.49 (-4.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Think of Amsterdam and for most people the images of tulips windmills canals and bicycles will immediately spring to mind. This would be selling the city short as there is a great deal more to see and do than you would first expect. Like so many European cities Amsterdam suffered terribly during World War Two and discovering how the city and its occupants survived is as much a part of the visitor's itinerary today as the more traditional Dutch delights. From the city's darkest days to its finest hour there are permanent memorials and other surprises tucked around each corner. With beautiful architecture magnificent waterways museums vibrant markets and nightlife the city offers a plethora of options to entertain even the most difficult of visitors.

• British Steam - The Severn Valley Railway | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £16.16   |  Saving you £-6.17 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £9.99

  For 16 miles the Severn Valley Railway follows Britain's longest river linking gentle countryside and historic towns which are steeped in the relics of our industrial past. From the new Victorian style station at Kidderminster the programme journeys North using the line's steam locomotives including the Great Marquess a K4 class loco. Along the way the visitor can see traditional crafts such as carpet rope and clay pipe making. There are also superb stations and viaducts as well as the ferry at Hampton Loade a waterwheel at Daniel's Mill and the picturesque River Seven itself. At journey's end in Bridgnorth there is a tour of the ancient town and a chance to see the Midland Motor Museum before going on to the world famous heritage site at Ironbridge.