Non-Fiction DVDs

A World Beyond Imagination. Narrated by David Attenborough Embark on the trip of a lifetime to the frozen wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctic in the landmark six-part series, Frozen Planet from BBC's renowned Natural History Unit. Ambitious and epic in scale, it is the ultimate close encoun...

A World Beyond Imagination. Embark on the trip of a lifetime to the frozen wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctic in the landmark six-part series, Frozen Planet from BBC's renowned Natural History Unit. Ambitious and epic in scale, it is the ultimate close encounter with the polar regions, cap...

Just when you could be forgiven for thinking that the beige brigade have won, just when many of us were on the verge of giving up and abandoning the field to the kind of people who really do think it isn't safe for kids to climb trees and poke each other in the eyes with sticks, and just when you th...

Get ready for more thrills, spills and mayhem as the world’s biggest car show returns for its 15th series with its three kids-at-heart, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May - plus the Stig - at the helm. There’s a look at three-wheeled cars, James drives a Toyota pickup up a...

A third instalment of the hugely successful Politically Incorrect Guide series, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Grown Ups, presented by psychologist Nigel Latta, takes us on an investigation of adult life. Nigel explores the complexities of being a grown up - from the biggies - relationships, car...

**The India Special** - In their most politically perilous overseas adventure to date, the boys defy the Prime Minister by embarking on a trade mission to India armed only with three old British cars, a trouser press and a badly behaved lawnmower. Along the way they attempt a disastrous train-based ...

From the award‐winning producers of Hunger for the Wild comes this fascinating new 7 x half hour series. COASTERS follows keen fisher, seafood chef and presenter, Al Brown, as he travels the coastline of New Zealand exploring the connection Kiwis have with their coast. There is something very sp...

With the irrepressible Gordon Ramsay at the helm, The F Word delivers a bold new approach to food on TV, a fresh way of dealing with an area at the heart of all our lives. A topical nine-part weekly show hosted by Gordon Ramsay, aided and abetted by restaurant critic Giles Coren, The F Word aims to ...

In Kiwi Kitchen Series One, Richard Till tours the country seeking out iconic New Zealand food. He discovers local characters who cook dishes we fondly remember, he takes a look at the origins of the food and explores why they have become a part of our cultural identity. In the third part of the sho...

Most Kiwis can probably hum the tune to Country Calendar, or at least roll it over in their heads while tapping it out on the steering wheel. The show, which tells the stories of hardworking folk from the heartland, is now in its 45th year, making it New Zealand's longest running television show....

Fast-paced, fun-packed series combining entertainment and science in a new ground-breaking format that proves science really can be fun! Brainiac is the show that squares up to science and says, ‘Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough’. It’s a unique beast - part science, part stunts...

Presented by design expert Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs charts the in-depth process of ambitious design projects, from the initial intricacies of blueprints to the long and often arduous task of turning those designs into a practical living space. With budgets usually pushed way beyond their limi...

TVNZ's hugely popular and much loved series is brought to you again in this wonderful highlights package crammed full with our favourite moments from Series 7 to 9. Trent gets up close to cheetah triplets, an otter goes AWOL, kiwi chicks are introduced to the great outdoors, a baby zebra struggl...

Jamie Oliver is back doing what he does best - cooking, at home, with simple, accessible ingredients, including fruit and veg that he recently started to grow in his kitchen garden. Each programme is themed around one primary ingredient, it could be a look at all the different varieites of tomato...

Filmed on location on the mountains of Lillehammer, Norway. The presenters of Top Gear test out the cars in their own interepretation of the Olympic Games. Events include the Biathlon with a Volvo XC90 and an Audi Q7, a mini on the ski jump and slalom speed/dance skating using a Jaguar and a Range R...

From the wilds of the East Coast, the remoteness of the Uruweras, the solitude of a fishing trawler, the sophistication of a Hawkes Bay property, the Country Calendar team has been there. They are just some of the locations visited to bring you the very best stories from one of TVNZ's longest runni...

Country Calendar hopes you enjoy some of our favourite episodes from 2011. Some feature young folks - like a female Hawkes Bay farm manager who loves country life, or a woman who enters the madcap Hunterville Shepherds’ Schemozzle. Others are not-so-young - a Northland grandmother holding tight ...

Donna Hay has redefined food in this country. Her food isn’t just delicious, it’s always visually appealing and to see that come to life in this television series is so exciting Australia’s leading food editor and best-selling cookbook author, Donna’s simple and style-driven approach to food is ...

Mythbusters is a unique series investigating the bizarre claims of urban legends and modern misconceptions. Melding popular culture with scientific fact, this series doesn’t just retell the stories... it puts them to the test! Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Kari Byron, Tory Bellici and Grant Imah...

Following the success of The Politically Incorrect Parenting Show, comes the next series from clinical psychologist Nigel Latta, focusing on the hormone-filled, angst-ridden world of the teenager. The show blends Nigel's irreverent and provocative approach to parenthood, with sound and informed p...

Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are back in the third season of the television phenomenon, Mythbusters. Using science (when necessary) and dynamite (where possible) to test urban myths is the name of the game for these two special effects gurus. So sit back and watch the Mythbusters team blow the lid...

Presented in a metal SteelBook™, the fourteenth series kicks off with a driver's idea of heaven when Richard and James take an Aston DBS Volante, a Ferrari California and a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder to Romania in search of 'the greatest road in the world'. Elsewhere, James makes a rare ap...

First season of Radar's Patch - "I have forsaken the country and moved onto the classic Kiwi quarter-acre paradise, to see how that can sustain me. Less cows, more chickens, and theoretically more time to potter about," says Te Radar.

Series 13 of this BAFTA-winning show skids, roars and explodes its way back onto DVD, with man versus machine experiments, exhaustive road tests of the latest models, a look back at the history of motoring, weekly power tests featuring the worlds most exotic super-cars and a surprise revelation. ...

After going places and experiencing situations that defeat most people, Bear Grylls’ survival mettle is tried and tested in the second collection of Man Vs Wild Season Two. Bear ventures into popular adventure holiday destinations around the world - locations where tourists find themselves in lif...

In this action packed 12th series, the boys travel to the USA to take three new generation "muscle" cars on a road trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats. Along the way, Richard celebrates the 40th birthday of the iconic Ferrari Daytona; Jeremy scampers around the test track in the feisty ...

James May is a man on a mission: he wants to get kids out of their bedrooms and away from their games consoles, he wants to drag parents off their backsides and get them all playing together again. In James May's Toy Stories, he is going to take some of Britain's best-loved toys and put generatio...

Clarkson, Hammond and May travel to Vietnam and travel the entire length of the country in just eight days, achieving what the American military failed to do in ten years! First they must buy suitable transport for the trip. Despite having several million Dong in their pockets, this is less money...

Sister Wendy Beckett, hermit nun with a roguish smile and a most unorthodox passion for art, has been lauded in the press as, "the best talker on art since Lord Clark gave us Civilisation". Her observations are sometimes shocking and candid, sometimes poignant and emotional. She hopes t...

The F Word is a big, bold and fast-paced show, fuelled by the irrepressible energy and passion of Gordon Ramsay. Each episode includes: three Ramsay recipes – every dish something viewers can cook at home; Gordon sets himself the challenge of getting the nation cooking Sunday lunch; a visit to...

With a budget of $1,000 dollars, each of the team has to buy a car for the epic road trip, stopping along the way to compete in a series of challenges which range from driving across Alabama without getting shot to preparing and eating Road Kill whilst camping out for the night.

Go behind the scenes with the master of mind-bending magic! All 15 episodes from the debut season! A cross between Harry Houdini, Cirque Du Soleil and Fear Factor, each mind-boggling episode of CRISS ANGEL: MINDFREAK captures the creative genius at work, preparing and training for his death-d...

Extreme Machines: Jeremy Clarkson takes a look at modified fighter planes and a super-charged V8 jet boat. Motorworld: Jeremy Clarkson finds himself travelling to Iceland, India, Cuba and the USA to sample the different "car cultures" of the world. Speed: Jeremy Clarkson examines ...

Bindi: The Jungle Girl is a Wildlife Warrior on a mission. From her tree-house perched high in the jungle, Bindi takes us to every corner of the globe to meet the wildlife who most need our help. Also with the help of Steve Irwin's video library of the hottest 'Croc Hunter' action, Bindi shows us ma...

Race To Dakar is the story of actor and Long Way Round adventurer Charley Boorman's assault on the most dangerous race on earth - The Dakar Rally. From Portugal to Senegal via 10,000km of some of the harshest and most treacherous riding conditions imaginable Race To Dakar is an extraordinary story o...

It's Country Calendar's fortieth birthday, making it New Zealand's longest running television series by a country mile. What better way to celebrate this event than to release a double DVD of selected stories from this much loved TVNZ programme. Included is an hour-long special feature which...

With the success opening of her new gallery, 'Wonderland', an assiduous book tour and a surprising engagement to her soul mate, Jesse James, Kat strives in pursuing even more; with a look into the development of her own fashion line. Sparks will fly, with the new-found love between her and Jesse, bu...

He electrified a generation of sports entertainment fans with his brash style, superb athleticism, and uproarious interviews. He held the WWE Championship a record seven times, and was known for legendary battles with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Triple H, Mick Foley, Undertaker, and more. And at the ...

Will Hayden, owner of Red Jacket Firearms, has challenges slung at him in rapid-fire fashion. His mission; to create the most efficient weapons for vastly different situations. From filmmakers to SWAT teams, gunslingers consistently seek out the reputed Red Jacket gunsmiths, whose reputations are te...

Cars are the bedrock of some of the most memorable moments in cinema history, be it the action sequences of Bond, Bourne and Bullitt, or the iconic road trips of Thelma & Louise and Smokey & the Bandit. In this Top Gear DVD, Richard Hammond and James May celebrate the phenomenon of The Car in Cin...