Going deep into a submariner's world. This fascinating collection of programmes explores the world of the submariner during the fiercest and most destructive conflict of all time: the Second World War. Discover the stories of Germany's deadly U-boats and the crews that sailed them earning their nickname of 'wolf packs' by attacking in coordinated groups. Examine the tactics and strategies employed by American submarines in their deadly battles against the Japanese in the Pacific and how a submarine force comprising just 2 per cent of the U.S. Navy's wartime commitment managed to strangle Japan's shipping supply lines. Learn how the great U.S. submarine captains of WWII such as Dudley Morton Richard O'Kane and Sam Dealey used their initiative in developing new ideas in submarine warfare helping to bring victory to the Allied cause. And explore the complex systems used to control America's 'boomers' - submarines carrying nuclear missiles that can hit targets over 4 000 miles away. Take a journey beneath the waves and discover the incredible story behind the submarines of World War II: the Silent service.
Seamlessly documented on land and sea by frontline British News footage the Argentinean junta invaded the UK-controlled islands. Thousands of Argentine troops descended on the Island and easily overtook the small detachment of British Troops who were stationed there. The UN Security Council called for the withdrawal of the Argentinean troops as British troops advanced by sea en masse. Argentina surrendered the land after nearly 1000 casualties and a bloody battle over the remote island.
5 years after he defeated Piccolo Goku has a family and now lives with Chichi andtheir son Gohan on Earth. A mysterious warrior from space arrives and threatens their peaceful life. Radditz the Saiyan warrior reveals to Goku the secret of his past and he is ready to do anything in order to force Goku to join him. Goku is forced to fight Radditz to rescue his son and is joined by an unexpected ally: the terrible Piccolo! But their opponent is more cunning than they expected! The end of the battle against Radditz is near but victory comes at a great cost for Goku and his friends. Collected here for the first time the first seven epic episodes of Dragon Ball Z.
A journey through the turbulent 16th century borderlands of England and Scotland in search of the Border Reivers in the company of George MacDonald Fraser and Eric Robson. The Border Reivers were medieval protection racketeers who for 400 years terrorized the Anglo Scottish frontier.
An amazing gift set that combines two of the best selling TV box sets ever! From executive producers Tom Hanks Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman the two critically acclaimed 10-part HBO Miniseries Band of Brothers and The Pacific come to us in stunning DVD and Blu-ray gift sets. Includes a never seen before bonus disc. Titles Comprise: Band of Brothers: Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose the epic 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company as well as soldiers' journals and letters Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. They were an elite rifle company parachuting into France early on D-Day morning fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were also a unit that suffered 150 percent casualties and whose lives became legend. The Pacific: From the team behind the Emmy and Golden Globe winning HBO miniseries Band of Brothers comes The Pacific: an epic ten-part miniseries that tracks the intertwined odysseys of three U.S. Marines - Robert Leckie Eugene Sledge and John Basilone - across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. These men along with other Marines are tracked from their first battle on Guadalcanal in 1942 through the rain forests of Cape Gloucester and strongholds of Peleliu across the bloody sands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and finally to their triumphant but uneasy return home after V-J Day in 1945.
In this gripping series of films, Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Werner Herzog (Into the Abyss, Grizzly Man) delves deeper into the abyss of the human soul. Through interviews with five inmates awaiting their appointment with a lethal injection in the Texas and Florida prison systems, Herzog conducts a uniquely thought-provoking analysis of why people, and the state, kill. Each of the four episodes features an intense interview with a death row inmate in which we hear their own account of life in captivity and the crime that condemned them. Herzog explores the emotions that these men and women go through as they possess the haunting knowledge of exactly when - and how - they are going to die. Utterly gripping, Death Row packs a strong emotional punch and is a truly unmissable experience.
BAFTA winner Wendy Craig (Butterflies), stars with Richard Coleman, Robin Davies (Catweazle) and Oscar winner David Parfitt (Shakespeare in Love) in this highly popular sequel to Thames' hit sitcom And Mother Makes Three. Scripted by Wendy Craig and produced and directed by sitcom veteran Peter Frazer-Jones, the series charts the ongoing tribulations of Sally Harrison - the well-meaning, deeply loving but scatterbrained mother of two rambunctious teenaged sons, now sharing her life with second husband, antiquarian bookseller David Redway, and stepdaughter Jane. When the Redway family faces a spell of austerity, Sally rallies to the call with a vengeance. Yet, no matter how hard she works, it seems her efforts are always taken for granted. After taking some tips on the art of playing hard to get, she finds her bewildered brood finally start to sit up and take notice... but can calamity-prone Sally keep up the act?
Starring James Bolam (The Likely Lads) and Lynda Bellingham (At Home with the Braithwaites), Second Thoughts explores love and marriage the second time around, and reveals that falling passionately in love in middle age is not the easiest of experiences when interfering teenagers, ex-wives and mortgage payments have a way of killing romance!Winning a Silver Medal at New York's International Film and TV Festival and running for five highly successful series, this bittersweet sitcom (based on scripts for the original BBC Radio 4 series) was inspired by the marriage of writers Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. Series Four sees Bill and Faith's on-off relationship enduring, despite unwanted advice from Faith's teenage children - football-mad Joe and demanding daughter Hannah - not to mention their builder. But will it withstand the continuing intervention of Bill's scheming ex-wife, Liza?
Rough, tough and politically incorrect in the way that only the best '70s drama series can be, The Sweeney is one of the major television successes of the last fifty years. Featuring John Thaw as the irascible Detective Inspector Regan and Dennis Waterman as his loyal 'oppo', Detective Sergeant Carter, this benchmark television series is now available on Blu-ray in a stunning level of quality not previously seen. The Sweeney has never looked this good.
The Cylons began as humanity's robot servants. They rebelled and evolved and now they look like us. Their plan is simple: destroy the race that enslaved them. But when their devastating attack leaves human survivors the Cylons have to improvise. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan tells the story of two powerful Cylon leaders working separately and their determination to finish the task.
The Flying Doctors
Britain's best-loved detective series starring Neil Dudgeon as DCI John Barnaby who continues to fight crime in the beautiful but deadly villages of Midsomer. Wyvern House restaurant in Midsomer Wyvern is more than just a restaurant. It is the love and passion of celebrity chef Ruth Cameron's life. When the landlord of Wyvern House Martin Strickland meets a brutal and untimely death in his own woods many aspersions are cast. As Barnaby and Nelson decipher the intricacies of the relationships within the village will they find the murderer before they strike again? Special Features: Interview with Gwilym Lee Cast Filmographies Picture Gallery Biography of the Writer Broadcast Dates Subtitles
Despite its manipulative grandiosity, this film is completely irresistible, for several reasons: it recounts the greatest air battle in history, creating the greatest aerial battle scenes in film history; it has a terrific cast (Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Curt Jurgens, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Patrick, Christopher Plummer, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Robert Shaw, Patrick Wymark and Edward Fox); and it's technically very well made, thanks to the Bond team of producer Harry Saltzman and director Guy Hamilton and the great cinematographer Freddie Young. --Bill Desowitz
Documentary focusing on the audio diaries of British writer and theologian John Hull in which he recorded his experience with blindness. Having gone blind in the middle of his career and just before the birth of his first son, John Hull decided to keep audio records of his experiences as a way to come to terms with his condition and to record important family events. Having studied theology at Cambridge and obtained a PhD from the University of Birmingham, John combined his academic work on theology and education with his new experiences of disability and blindness. This included producing articles and books on the topic in which he sought to examine his condition in a Christian context as well as producing real-world solutions to aid the disabled. The film combines John's reflections with reconstructions featuring actors Dan Renton Skinner as John and Simone Kirby as his wife Marilyn to tell the story of how his eyes and eventually his visual memory failed him. Extras Notes on Notes on Blindness Directing as a Team Lip Synching John and Marily Special Features: Audio Introduction Enhanced Soundtrack Audio Description by Stephan Mangan Audio Description by Louise Fryer Integrated Hard of Hearing Subtitles
Their deadliest threat comes from one of their own Kagura and Yomi may look like ordinary school girls as they walk the streets of Tokyo clad in short skirts and knee-high socks, but they're the heroes you scream for when monsters creep out of the darkness. These sword-toting sisters are part of an elite counterattack unit that specializes in suppressing outbreaks of supernatural activity. They train together, live together, eat together, and spend their nights disemboweling demons with sacred blades together. Tragedy strikes when Yomi is possessed by a dark spirit and Kagura must choose between raising her weapon against the eerily familiar face of ultimate evil or watching her flesh and blood slaughter innocent citizens. In a life-or-death battle that pits sister against sister, survival may be the greatest agony of all. Special Features: Location Specials Promo Videos Textless Opening Song Textless Closing Song
Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Crackers (2012): Feast yourself on this triple helping of Mrs. Brown’s Boys with the outrageous Christmas Specials. As always Agnes is only trying to make Christmas perfect for her family but things don't always turn out as planned. We see Agnes competing for the love of Dermot and Maria by trying to provide a more lavish Christmas than Maria's posh Mum Hillary. Trouble brews as Cathy takes exception to her mother opening her mail and instigates a clever plan for revenge. And Agnes fights to stage her very own Nativity play and she is determined to put on the greatest show on earth. Join Agnes and the Brown family for an extra-ordinary Christmas you won’t ever forget. Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Specials 2013 Buckin' Mammy: Christmas is just round the corner and no-one knows what Bono wants for a present. He's already posted his letter off to Santa so how can Mrs Brown find out in time? Meanwhile at her family games night Agnes struggles to control her temper when none of the guests will play by her rules. But at least there shouldn't be any problems with the Christmas tree - she's having a very special one delivered... Who's A Pretty Mammy? Agnes is a Mammy on a mission - trying to make sure grandson Bono isn't sent to the infamous local primary school (despite what his parents want). And as if her house isn't normally noisy enough she finds herself lumbered with a brand new houseguest in the form of a homeless parrot. At least she's got her New Year's Eve party to look forward to - until her guests start dropping like flies. Suddenly it looks like she might be seeing in the New Year without her family around her... Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Specials 2014: Mammy's Tickled Pink: Christmas is just around the corner and Agnes already has her tinsel in a twist. Rory is getting plastic surgery Cathy is hiding something and the family are insisting upon a cost-cutting secret Santa! To make matters worse Winnie drops a Christmas bombshell. Maybe her unusual new Christmas tree will bring Agnes some festive cheer? Mammy's Gamble: After a spate of burglaries in Finglas Agnes asks Buster Brady to fit a new alarm system. Unfortunately there are a few teething problems with Buster's state-of-the-art technology. Determined to help son Dermot set up a new business Agnes must face old rival Hillary Nicholson in the poker final. Meanwhile Agnes's new chair turns out to be comfier than she could ever have imagined...
From executive producer Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) comes the darkly poetic, moving and terrifying hit US series Hemlock Grove. Set deep in the heart of Pennsylvania, secrets and families clash and collide as a gruesome murder tests allegiances and reignites old rivalries in the Complete First and Second Seasons. Starring Famke Janssen, (X-Men), Dougray Scott, Bill Skarsgård and Landon Liboiron, leap into the unspeakable truths of the mysterious and dangerous town, complete with exciting bonus features, in the Emmy-nominated series. There are ancient pacts and dark forces at work, and the battleground is Hemlock Grove.
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