Documentary

• Britains Railways Then & Now - LMS | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £12.17   |  Saving you £3.81 (41.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Britain's Railways: Then And Now - LMS

• Maria Callas - the Eternal Maria Callas | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Maria Callas died on 16 September 1977 aged 53.To commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of her death EMI Classics presents a newly compiled collection of her greatest moments on film, on stage and in celebrated interviews. In addition, there are contributions from some of her closest musical collaborators through whose eyes her character and the story of her life unfolds.

• Ross Kemp On Gangs Box Set | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £5.55   |  Saving you £24.44 (440.36%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This series chronicles Ross Kemp's exploration into the fascinating and sordid activities of some of the world's most notorious gangs. Throughout his travels Ross infiltrates criminal underworlds investigates football hooligans and infiltrates himself with dangerous felons. He journeys all around the world from Jamaica to Moscow and from Cape Town to Columbia to track down the criminals that lay down their law finds out what makes them tick and what is being done to control them.

• Peter Greenaway's A TV Dante: The Inferno Cantos I-VIII | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Greenaway collaborated with English painter/polymath Tom Phillips to create this visually impressive attempt to bring Dante's Inferno to the television screen. Bob Peck plays Dante, as narrator; his guide, the Roman poet Virgil, by Sir John Gielgud, and Dante's muse, Beatrice, is portrayed by Joanne Whalley. The Divine Comedy was originally written at the beginning of the fourteenth century, when its author was 35, or 'halfway through the journey of this life'. The political and national turmoil of Italy at the time forced Dante Alighieri, ambassador, diplomat and governor, to re-assess his life and embark on a spiritual journey. The three stages of this journey are the three books of the Comedy (the prefix Divine was added later): Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. There is little doubt that the Inferno is the most widely known of these three; Dante's vision of a multi-layered hell, with its graphic depiction of the various grotesque punishments meted out to its inhabitants, is horrific yet compelling on both the page and the screen. Although the allegorical value of Dante's original vision may be less immediately relevant to this late twentieth century society there is a universality to the sins and the sinners that we encounter on his journey.The eight Cantos of the film are not conventionally dramatised, rather they are illuminated with layered and juxtaposed imagery and a soundtrack which comments, counterpoints and clarifies. There are visual footnotes delivered by relevant expert authorities, and these often perform the function of narration as well as illustration. The result is a dazzling video journey through Dante's underworld.

• Don't Take Me Home Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (03/07/2017) from £15.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Don't Take Me Home, an inspiring documentary from Welsh filmmaker Jonny Owen (I Believe in Miracles) following Wales remarkable journey to the final stages of the 2016 European Championships. For the last 60 years Wales have tried and failed to qualify for a major football tournament. Having gone through the grief of previous manager Gary Speed s tragic death, heavy defeats, and positioned as a tiny country team with no pedigree, all bets were off for how the underdogs would perform. Led by star player Gareth Bale, the team quickly became the outside favourites, dazzling millions of viewers. There's an ancient Welsh saying, Yma o Hyd which translates as we're still here - a defiantly apt statement from the smallest country in the history of the game getting to a major tournaments semi-finals. Don't Take Me Home tells the story of that journey, how Wales shook the footballing world to its very foundations, beating tournament favourites Belgium to reach the semi-finals focusing on the players, managers and supporters.

• Biggie And Tupac | DVD | (26/08/2002) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nick Broomfield's Biggie And Tupac is a no-holds barred investigation into the unsolved murders of two of the biggest superstars rap has ever produced: Christoper Wallace aka Biggie Smalls (the notorious B.I.G.) and Tupac Shakur. Answering the crusading calls for justice from Biggie's mother Voletta acclaimed director Broomfield (Kurt & Courtney) hits the streets from East Coast to West Coast putting his own life at risk as he uncovers sensational new evidence that points directly

• Festival Express | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-4.29 (-21.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A rousing record of a whistle-stop music tour through Canada made by Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead and other legendary bands in 1970.

• Aristocrats | DVD | (20/01/2009) from £16.24   |  Saving you £6.74 (50.87%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on Stella Tillyard's bestseller that made history sexy again (London Sunday Times) this encore presentation of Aristocrats tells the true story of the bewitching Lennox sisters: Caroline Emily Louisa and Sarah. Great-granddaughters of King Charles II and his French mistress they live up to their mixed heritage by tempting scandal with their unconventional ideas and daring affairs. A sweeping saga of a noble family's disgrace and fall spanning two generations Aristocrats is a dazzling adaptation an acclaimed family chronicle set against the spectacular backdrop of palaces country estates and ballrooms of eighteenth-century England and Ireland. What producer David Snodin (Great Expectations) finds most striking is that the story is absolutely true. As far as characters and plot Aristocrats could be a classic novel. But it isn't. It actually happened.

• Brand: A Second Coming | DVD | (09/11/2015) from £4.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (301.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  BRAND: A Second Coming follows comedian/author Russell Brand s evolution from addict & Hollywood star to unexpected political disruptor & newfound hero to the underserved. Brand is criticized for egomaniacal self-interest as he calls for revolution but stays the course with an irreverent courage that inspires a new generation of activists.

• Britain's Greatest Machines With Chris Barry - Series 1 And 2 - Complete | DVD | (05/07/2010) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Britain's Greatest Machines With Chris Barrie: Series 1 & 2 (4 Discs)

• Revelation Of The Pyramids | DVD | (22/08/2011) from £6.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (61.10%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From China to Peru from Egypt to Mexico throughout the Middle East through the world's oldest most enigmatic and often most beautiful sites - the director has spent six years of investigation guided by his anonymous informant verifying his discoveries one by one and meeting the planet's most eminent scientific and technical specialists. The result will shake the history of mankind as it is taught to its very core and revolutionize Egyptology entirely.

• The Nick Broomfield Documentary Collection | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Ground-breaking, uncompromising and armed with his sound boom and his trusty Nagra tape recorder, Nick Broomfield has been making documentary films for over 30 years - all with a common purpose; the relentless pursuit of truth. This DVD boxset pulls together 16 of his most famous and renowned films, from his early short film Proud to Be British (1973), through his early years and his first big breakthrough with the self-reflective Driving Me Crazy in 1988. The explosion of popular culture in the mid-late 90s led to his most popular films, with expose looks at the likes of LA-based Madam Heidi Fleiss (1995), two of the decade's most enduring music icons in Kurt and Courtney (1998) and an investigation into the still unsolved murders of two of the biggest superstars of rap in Biggie and Tupac (2002). Along the way, Nick Broomfield chases after former British Prime Minister Mrs Thatcher in Tracking Down Maggie (1994), visits a famous S&M parlour in New York in Fetishes (1996), trains with young female US Army recruits in Soldier Girls (1981) interviews America's female serial killer Aileen Wuornos (twice!), and finally embarks on a quest to find the real person behind the persona in his latest film, Sarah Palin: You Betcha (2011). Multi-award winning, and a true forerunner to the likes of Michael Moore, Louis Theroux and Werner Herzog, Nick Broomfield remains a genuine British filmmaking legend.

• Four Horsemen (Not for Rental) | DVD | (02/04/2012) from £7.96   |  Saving you £-1.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As the global economy continues to veer from crisis to catastrophe many more people are looking for wise counsel on how to reshape the Western Economy. Over the last three years 23 global thinkers many of whom have been marginalized -have come together to break their silence and explain how the world really works.Their views transcend mainstream media and short-term political explanations to describe in simple terms what needs to be addressed in our universities, governments and corporate structures. We will not be returning to ‘business as usual’. Four Horsemen doesn’t get involved in banker bashing, criticising politicians or conspiracy theories. The film looks at the systems that we have chosen to live under and suggests ways we could change them. With events veering out of the control of democratic governments and the global economy on life support for the foreseeable future Four Horsemen is a catalyst to begin a debate around the solutions we urgently need.

• Robocop - Crash & Burn | DVD | (25/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  With Delta City on the verge of a Dark Age Robocop and Cable are trapped inside the towers of Control Headquarters. To save the city the entrapped defenders must shut down the all powerful computer and in doing so the ultimate sacrifice must be made.

• Our Queen | DVD | (08/04/2013) from £4.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (165.64%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In this fascinating Film we enjoy unrivalled access to one of the most famous women on earth, Queen Elizabeth II, during one of the most momentous periods in modern royal history. Not only are we treated to a fascinating inside view of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee - and her sensational debut as a Bond girl – but we go inside Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Balmoral to see how she runs the modern monarchy today. Whether she is discussing economic meltdown with her Prime Minister or Halloween pumpkins with her florist, Our Queen shows us the private as well as the public side of a Sovereign whose 60th anniversary on the throne was celebrated by millions around the world. Hear members of the Royal Family paying tribute to 'Mummy' and to 'Granny' See her closest staff in action as she invites world leaders to stay or throws a party for Britain's Olympic heroes - not to mention an extraordinary lunch for all the world's monarchies.

• In Search Of Myths And Heroes | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £21.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (-22.20%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Michael Wood explores four of the most famous myths in the world: Shangri-la the Golden Fleece the Queen of Sheba and the Holy Grail. His journeys take him to some of the most remote and exciting places on earth - from the fantastic landscapes of Western Tibet to the mountains of Georgia and the Caucasus; and from the plains of Southern Iraq to the coasts of Ethiopia Yemen and the Horn of Africa. The stories he reveals will also take in Greece and Turkey India and Nepal Egypt

• Paradise Postponed - The Complete Series | DVD | (14/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Why as a lifelong socialist did the Reverend Simeon Simcox Rector of Rapstone Fanner bequeath his fortune to a Conservative Minister the odious Leslie Titmuss? Henry Simcox his eldest son decides to find out. The award-winning series written by John Mortimer (Rumpole Of The Bailey) is a chronicle of English political and social life examining the warm and sweeping family saga spanning four decades. Episodes comprise: 1. Death Of A Saint 2. The Temptation Of Henry Simcox 3. Chez Titmuss 4. Living In The Past 5. The Wrongs Of Man 6. The Lost Leader 7. And A Happy New Year To You Too! 8. Enigma Variations 9. The God's Of The Copy Book Hearings 10. Faith Unfaithful 11. The Simcox Inheritance

• The Blitz Years - 1939 To 1941 | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £8.31   |  Saving you £9.67 (181.77%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Hitler envisaged a very quick war. The type of drawn-out stalemate struggles in which he himself fought during the First World War were to be replaced with a new far more devastating tactic. 'Blitzkrieg' (meaning 'Lightning War') was his operation to force a British surrender by the carpet bombing of London and Birmingham by bomber and later with the V2. Using Pathe Newsreel and memories of the British that survived the carnage this documentary examines Britain through the 'Blitz'

• Charles Dickens's England - extended version | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £6.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (12.50%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Charles Dickens is the UK's most prominent writer since Shakespeare and the literary voice of Victorian England. His characters are universally well known while his style of writing came to define the episodic cliff-hanger. Over 250 different film and television adaptations have been made of these stories - 34 in the last 10 years. In Charles Dickens' England Derek Jacobi takes the viewer around the most important places towns and cities that were the inspiration to some of the most famous settings in literature. The film features Cooling Church in Kent used by the author in the opening chapter of Great Expectations; Miss Havisham's house in Rochester; the almost forgotten London Roman Baths used by David Copperfield; Joe Gargey's cottage in Chalk the notorious Bowes Academy the harshest of the Yorkshire schools and now known to the world as Dotheboys Hall. From Portsmouth to Isle of Wight to numerous London locations to Bury St Edmonds from Rochester and Chatham to Broadstairs to Folkestone to Barnard Castle to St George's Hall in Liverpool well over 100 locations are featured. Many of the locations such as 58 Lincoln's Inn Fields where Dickens first read in public the All The Year Round offices in Covent Garden where he lived and worked and Gad''s Hill in Kent the last in a very long list of his homes are not open to the public and their interiors have rarely been filmed.

• Eames: The Architect and The Painter | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £12.75   |  Saving you £5.24 (41.10%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America's most important designers, best remembered for their furniture, the Eames Office also created a mindbending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life - from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age - has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.