New Documentary DVDs

All four episodes of the ITV travel series following comedian Billy Connolly as he completes a lifelong dream by travelling the world's most famous highway. Mounting his trusty trike, Billy puts a modern spin on 'Easy Rider' as he journeys along the 2488 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica. To the ac...

"Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? is a wildly entertaining, star-studded documentary that tells the story of one of the most talented and versatile singer-songwriters in pop music history and the man The Beatles dubbed their favorite American musician. The Grammy Award-...

Riveting Moments Of The Struggle For Survival! Mega Hunters looks at the most riveting moments of animal predation, breaking down the struggle for survival and supremacy into five action-packed episodes. Pack Hunters focuses on the most feared animals in their class: animals at the top of their ...

A world very few people know – but one many would like to know more about. They have been stolen and resurrected as copies. They have been given as dowries and used as a cure for bad consciences in broken engagements. They have been hidden beneath women's skirts and smuggled out of chaotic countr...

Experience the fascinating story of how spices shaped our modern world! The Spice Trail is a story of epic voyages, bloody wars, the birth of multinational companies and contemporary cultures around the globe. In Medieval times spices were thought to have medicinal properties that could cure ...

The untold story of how the Vietnamese community overcame the odds and found their place in multicultural Australia! Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta’ is the untold story of how the Vietnamese community overcame the odds and found their place in multicultural Australia. The story begins with th...

THE OLYMPIC SERIES GOLDEN MOMENTS is a collection of 2.5 minute vignettes of the greatest and most awe-inspiring moments that capture the true spirit of the Olympic Games. The programs feature stories of courage, skill and dramatic upsets in sports to present how the Olympic Games have evolved over ...

The Official Olympic Series is a captivating six chapter treasure trove of the most enduring, dramatic and historical memories in Olympic sporting history. The series entrenches into documentaries and vignettes grouped by theme and sport, from the most successful athletes to the unlikely of heroes. ...

With shells crashing around his bunker and planes droning overhead, Adolf Hitler faced the reality of defeat and took his life. But then his body disappeared mysteriously and decades later we learn that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin concealed his body. NGT uses forensic science and insight from interv...

Unearthing our earliest ancestors! This three-part, three-hour special investigates explosive new discoveries that are transforming the picture of how we became human. The first program explores fresh clues about our earliest ancestors in Africa, including the stunningly complete fossil nickn...

Could you handle enormous movie productions, megastar egos, and box office expectations with millions of dollars at stake? Top movie makers tell how they’ve done it on Hollywood’s Best Film Directors. Spend time behind the movie curtain learning how directors like George Lucas and Francis Ford Co...

Could you handle enormous movie productions, megastar egos, and box office expectations with millions of dollars at stake? Top movie makers tell how they’ve done it on Hollywood’s Best Film Directors. Hollywood’s Best Film Directors tells us the stories of the top contemporary directors... their ...

A mysterious code underpins the world from the numbers and shapes we see all around us to the rules that govern our own lives The Code is a three part presented by mathematics expert Professor Marcus du Sautoy as he goes in search of a mysterious code: the numbers, shapes and patterns that govern...

This programme follows the dazzling story of the little magician Diego Armando Maradona, from his early days with Boca Juniors, through the controversy of his stay at Spanish giants Barcelona, to his glory in Naples. From the dusty streets of Argentina to his almost single-handed taking of the Wo...

This is the only available documentary about Mariss Jansons from his early career until present day. Jansons himself relates the story of his youth and education, historical footage shows the young maestro with his mentor Herbert von Karajan and taking his first steps towards an international career...

Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin. We see never-seen-before vintage filmed performance clips and home movies of Jascha Heifetz and learn that he was the first truly modern violin virtuoso, the man about whom Itzhak Perlman said, “When I spoke with him, I thought, ‘I can...