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  1. Grayson Perry: All in the Best Possible Taste (2012)

    Director
    Neil Crombie
    Subject
    Art; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 140 minutes), £10.99

    Documentary following Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry as he sets out to explore the links between fashion tastes and social class. The series, which was initially screened on Channel Four and won...

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  2. Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman (2012)

    Director
    Neil Crombie
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £12.50

    Artist Grayson Perry has been working behind the scenes at the British Museum to stage his most ambitious show yet: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman. Given free rein to choose whatever he wants from the...

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  3. Wars of the Roses, The: A Bloody Crown (2011)

    Director
    James Fowler
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 157 minutes), £9.99

    This documentary tells the story of the struggle between the Houses of Lancaster and York using full scale reconstructions and recreations. Graphic animation clearly explains the movements and tactical...

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  4. Four with Betjeman: Victorian Architects and Architecture (2011)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £6.99

    Four part series narrated by the poet John Betjeman which looks at the work of influential Gothic architects in 1850s England. The buildings considered by Betjeman include the Houses of Parliament, the...

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  5. John Betjeman: Thank God It’s Sunday (2011)

    Subject
    Literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £6.99

    Double bill of BBC films featuring narration from the poet John Betjeman. THANK GOD IT’S SUNDAY (1972) takes a look at how Londoners spend their Sundays. SUMMONED BY BELLS (1976), based on Betjeman’s...

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  6. They Filmed the War in Colour (2010)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £16.99

    This DVD features two feature-length documentary films, using only rare colour footage shot during the Second World War which offers a new and vivid perspective on the conflict. Using footage from public...

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  7. Britain at War (2009)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 840 minutes), £26.99

    This collection of ten documentaries features testimonies of remaining veterans from the army, navy and airforce and civilian organisations who lived through WW2. The programmes contain rare archive film and...

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  8. Space Conquest: The First Twenty Five Years (2009)

    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 97 minutes), £12.99

    This film about the historic Apollo 11 space mission and the history of NASA features archive footage of the take-off from the Kennedy Space Centre, the moon landing and the astronauts’ return home as well...

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  9. Mud, Sweat and Tractors (2009)

    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £15.99

    This four part series charts the revolution that food production in Britain underwent in the 20th century, and examines the impact this had on the lives of farmers and consumers alike. With episodes focusing...

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  10. Alan Bennett at the BBC (2009)

    Director
    Richard Eyre; John Schlesinger; Stephen Frears; Stuart Burge; Udayan Prasad
    Subject
    Drama; Television studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £30.63

    This collection brings together many of Alan Bennett’s previously unreleased BBC productions dating from 1972 through to 1994. It includes his first television play, ‘A Day Out’; autobiographical...

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