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  1. War, The (2013)

    aka: War, The: A Ken Burns Film

    Director
    Ken Burns
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 900 minutes), £39.99

    Ken Burns’ seven part documentary series film focuses on World War II in a bottom-up fashion, viewing the conflict through the experiences of four quintessentially American towns: Luverne in Minnesota,...

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  2. Galapagos with David Attenborough (2013)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

    More than 150 years after Charles Darwin came up with his theory of evolution, David Attenborough explains how life on the volcanic islands has continued to evolve in isolation.

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  3. David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (2013)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 148 minutes), £17.99

    Using the latest scientific knowledge and research into fossils, David Attenborough investigates how animals have evolved from a small number of ancient life forms and in what ways modern human beings...

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  4. Russian Revolution and Fascism in Colour, The (2013)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 180 minutes), £17.83

    RUSSIAN REVOLUTION IN COLOUR Cold, hungry and disillusioned, the Russian factory workers of Petrograd staged a demonstration about a lack of bread during the winter of 1917. Incredibly, this small show of...

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  5. How the Earth was Made - Series 1 & 2 (2011)

    Subject
    Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1170 minutes), £24.99

    This pack contains all 26 programmes from the two series of History Channel programmes. Spectacular on-location footage, evidence from geologists in the field and clear, dramatic graphics combine to reveal...

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  6. Modern Marvels - Engineering Disasters (2010)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 930 minutes), £24.99

    Throughout history some of mankind’s proudest moments have come at the hands of its engineers. But error is inevitable in all human endeavours and when the undertakings are engineering feats of enormous...

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  7. Engineering an Empire: Collector’s Edition (2010)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 748 minutes), £24.99

    The ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE series takes a closer look at some of the most incredible civilizations the world has known and just how exactly they became so powerful. This collection features: Greece, Greece -...

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  8. Lake Poets, The: William Wordsworth (2004)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99

    The term ‘Lake poets’ was first used in the August 1817 ‘Edinburgh Review’ to describe William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey in a derogatory manner. History now regards the...

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  9. World Without Sun (1964)

    Director
    Jacques-Yves Cousteau
    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region free, 89 minutes), £12.99

    Jacques Cousteau won Best Documentary Feature Academy Award for his 1964 film WORLD WITHOUT SUN, which documents an experiment in which a team of divers, scientists and engineers attempt to live for a month...

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  10. Silent World, The (1956)

    Director
    Louis Malle; Jacques-Yves Cousteau
    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region free, 86 minutes), £11.99

    The Oscar-winning 1956 documentary co-directed by the legendary diver, conservationist and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau and celebrated auteur Louis Malle, The SILENT WORLD made use use of new underwater...

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