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In the final moments of world war Two, the Allies were determined to inflict total defeat on their enemies, at any cost. But following Victory the big three, Britain, America and Russia, fought each other for supremacy.

This definitive 5-part series covers the conflicts in the final days of the war on both the European and Pacific fronts. The shape of the world we live in today is the legacy of events that took place in 1945.

Episode 1 - The Beginning of the End
Examines the controversial military decisions and the behind the scenes scheming that characterise the first two months of 1945. In January, the western Allies suffer a major military set-back. On the Eastern Front the Red Army launches one of the biggest military offensives in history. During February German cities are being pulverised by British bombers.

Episode 2 - The End of the Dictators
In march the Allied forces face fanatical Nazi resistance and the western Allies discover the horrors or the Nazi regime. In April the Americans finally land on Japanese soil but at great cost to life on both sides. The Americans allow Stalin to take Berlin as his prize and Britain starts to realise they’re out in the cold.

Episode 3 - The Victors Carve up Europe
Veiled threats and broken promises in the summer of 1945 determine the political future of millions of people, for the next 50 years. In may the Allies finally force Germany to its knees and Europe celebrates. In June the Soviet union, land grab is swiftly followed by political purges. By July a new world order beings to emerge dominated by two, not three superpowers.

Episode 4 - War in the Pacific
In August the ultimate weapon of mass destruction is used for the first time against the Japanese. In September European powers reclaim their colonies but face an increased clamour from independence movements throughout South-East Asia. As American gives birth to the nuclear age, it watches old empires die, as its own expands.

Episode 5 - The Future Takes Shape
As 1945 drew to an end, the world was to change shape forever. millions of people are forced to move as borders were redrawn and new occupying governments installed. By November The Nuremberg trials have started and the victors have set about ensuring there will be no third world war. By December 1945 America and Russia are on the brink of a new, cold war.

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The TV special dedicated to the legendary Falcon GT... for 30 years, the greatest car around. Road racing, track racing, showing off on the road and at the drive-in movies. This landmark documentary is a tribute to the car that carved out its very own legend... the Falcon GT.

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Does life end in death? Or does the soul wander from body to body? Are there such things as demons, ghosts or the devil? Following circumstantial research and in cooperation with top-calibre scholars, this series sheds light upon, unmasks and takes the magic from centuries-old superstition and also reports on breathtaking, super sensory experiences. It also shows if, and where, things that cannot be explained really do exist? The journey in search of the Supernatural leads to all six continents, to such fascinating spots as the holy Tibetan city, Lhasa and to the great universities of the world; to the secret archives of the CIA and the KGB, the Vatican, and to the most modern centres of nuclear research in the world. The result is a thrilling combination of contemporary history, scientific background reporting, and a touch of the pleasant shiver within the dark side of parapsychology.

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On the morning of September 11, 2001, brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet were working on a documentary about a rookie New York city Firefighter. Hearing a roar in the sky, Jules turned his camera upward - just in time to film the only existing image of the first plane crashing into the World Trade Centre.

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This multi-award-winning documentary sheds new light on the most notorious act of terrorism in modern times, and presents evidence that turns the accepted theories of what happened on that day upside down. One of the most outstanding, powerful and controversial documentaries ever to be made about this important episode of the world's history.

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Millions of people know the stories of A.A. Milne but few people are aware that they were inspired by a real bear. Milne and his son Christopher met the real Winnie at the London zoo in 1926. A Bear Named Winnie is based on the story of that amazing bear and how she became a symbol of friendship and hope.

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2-Disc Set.
Melvyn Bragg travels through Britain to tell the story of how an insignificant German dialect, which only arrived in the country in the fifth century, evolved into a language which is now spoken and understood by more people than any other around the world.
We trace English from its humble roots to its flowering in the writing of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

English is a global language. Every day, in cities all around the world, English is used in encounters between people of different countries. It is estimated that well over a thousand million people around the world speak, or have a working understanding of, English.

This is its story. It's a story that really reads like an adventure of extraordinary survival, invasion, near extinction on more than one occasion, and astonishing flexibility.

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One of the greatest mystery puzzles... revealed.

Agatha Christie's novels have been translated into 44 languages and sold in a 103 countries. After Shakespeare, she is the world's best selling author in any genre with over 2 billion books sold. On the 75th anniversary of the creation of one of her most famous characters, the immortal spinster sleuth Miss Marple, comes this documentary. In a game of sleuth and deduction it sets out to solve one of the greatest puzzles; just what makes Agatha Christie such a successful writer

The documentary introduces viewers to new fields of scientific enquiry using sophisticated computer analysis of Christie's every written word, her sentence structure, story arcs, poisons used, red herrings, clues and so on. Produced with the full co-operation of Chorion, the company that owns the Agatha Christie estate, this documentary, just like one of her own famous stories, combines all the thrills of a real detective investigation with the exciting race for a new scientific discovery.

Narrated by Joanna Lumley, and including comments from the definitive Poirot, actor David Suchet, this fascinating deconstruction of the famous author's works will appeal to readers, writers and lovers of mystery.

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Australia's aviation history is a saga of daring feats, can-do attitude, pig-headed visionaries, iron-fisted politicians and warring pilots; of humble beginnings and mega deals. The story begins in World War One with the bold young airmen who would later establish Australia's first airlines, in difficult conditions, marred by accidents and fatalities, but highlighted by ground-breaking flights. Behind the scenes, however, battles were fought in boardrooms and with backers and bureaucrats to keep the airlines aloft. Then businessmen replaced aviators at the helm of the companies, and take-overs rather than take-offs became front-page news.

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Six-foot tall worms, blind white crabs, a biomass of white shrimp. Take a once-in-a-lifetime journey with Academy Award®-winning director James Cameron in ALIENS OF THE DEEP (Best Director, Titanic, 1997) and make contact with another world. This incredible underwater adventure gives you extraordinary glimpses of unbelievable creatures that live in an alien world without sunlight, where the water temperature could be near freezing or near boiling. Could these alien life forms be clues to life in outer space? It’s an exciting exploration you’ll not soon forget.

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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony is a soul-stirring film that uses exclusive interviews and rare, never-before-seen film footage to document the vital role that music played in the nearly half-century struggle against apartheid in South Africa. This inspirational documentary, which took nine years to make, is a testimony to the power of song, and its ability to fuel the struggle for freedom.
Amandla! weaves together many previously unrecorded songs of liberation - sung anew by men and women who participated in the campaign - into a fabric that also includes newsreel footage of historic speeches and organized rallies. Interpersed with the music are interviews with black and white South African dissidents, and numerous renowned musicians, including former exiles Miriam Makeba, Huga Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim.
In the wake of the bloody confrontations and imprisonment that followed that decree, most notably the 1976 Soweto riots and massacres, the strength of apartheid's grip could be measured in the urgency of the music. Amandla! which means power in the Xhosa language is filled with songs that were so dynamic, persuasive and inspirational that they became anthems for the movement, and as a result, were banned by the government, along with many other popular artists.
Although apartheid ended more than a decade ago, memories of brutality and tragedy are never far from the minds of the people interviewed in Amandla! With Mandela's release from captivity and election to the nation's presidency, South African musicians regained their voice. Amandla! shows how modern-day artists have drawn from their troubled history to create new music of freedom and equality. During production, director Lee Hirsch and producer Sherry Simpson compiled hundres of hours of these songs.
"No one else has told this part of the story. The government took everything away from people but it couldn't stop them from singing," says Hirsch. Adds Simpson, "Music has been such a powerful force in creating historical social change and South Africa offers the quintessential example of this." Amandla!

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In the tradition of CKY, American Misfits is a mischievous journey from the diabolical minds of Wee man and Laban Phiedas that includes skits, suprise, scandal and skateboarding. Tag along and watch the exploits of Wee Man and Laban unfold as they bounce across the country hitting skate spots, parties and radio stations while destroying reputations.
Skateboarding and stupidity never looked so good.

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Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet's climate system into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced - a catastrophe of our own making.If that sounds like a recipe for serious gloom and doom - think again. From director Davis Guggenheim comes the Sundance Film Festival hit, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, which offers a passionate and inspirational look at one man's commitment to expose the myths and misconceptions that surround global warming and inspire actions to prevent it. That man is former Vice President Al Gore, who, in the wake of defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the course of his life to focus on an all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change. In this eye-opening and poignant portrait of Gore and his "traveling global warming show," Gore is funny, engaging, open and downright on fire about getting the surprisingly stirring truth about what he calls our "planetary emergency" out to ordinary citizens before it's too late. With 2005, the worst storm season ever experienced in America just behind us, it seems we may be reaching a tipping point - and Gore pulls no punches in explaining the dire situation. Interspersed with the bracing facts and future predictions is the story of Gore's personal journey: from an idealistic college student who first saw a massive environmental crisis looming; to a young Senator facing a harrowing family tragedy that altered his perspective; to the man who almost became President but instead returned to the most impassioned cause of his life - convinced that there is still time to make a difference.

Special Features
An Update with Former Vice President Al Gore. The Making of An Inconvenient Truth. "I Need to Wake Up" Music Video by Melissa Etheridge. Commentary with Director Davis Guggenheim. Commentary with Producers Laurie David, Laurence Bender, Scott Z Burns, Lesley Chilcott.

PLEASE NOTE THIS DVD COMES IN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRENDLY PACKAGING MAKING IT A GREAT GIFT.

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Historys Secrets Unveiled

Timeless Wonders. Haunting Stories. Eternal Questions. This series is narrated by Mark Hamill. Renowned experts and breakthrough techniques reveal historys most sought after secrets in the echo of ANCIENT VOICES. Lost worlds are brought to life again through state of the art virtual reality reconstructions, stunning location filming, and evocative re enactments.

Get closer than ever before to the extraordinary human minds behind the myths, mysteries, and monuments.

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Commissioned as part of a series of documentaries celebrating the centenary of the Statue of Liberty, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS begins with Malle reflecting on his own status as a new American (he had been living in the U.S. for almost ten years and had an American wife and daughter). That reflection leads him to seek out other new immigrants to America. Malle soon realizes how much the face of U.S. immigration has changed: the new arrivals are more likely to come from Asia, Africa or Latin America than from Europe, the traditional source of immigrants. Traveling from Vietnamese communities in California to Indian-run motels in the Deep South, conversing with immigrants ranging from West Indian poet (and future Nobel prize winner) Derek Walcott to a Hispanic astronaut who became a citizen in 1977, Malle sketches the new meanings that the American dream has taken on for these newest Americans.

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Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years and is, literally, our most influential woman photographer. She has shot the rich and famous, the profound and powerful, the exceptional and notorious. Her camera has documented the horrors of war most recently in Sarajevo and Rwanda. Masterful at exposing her photographic subjects, Annie's own life has been private and protected. In this film, she made the decision to bare her artistic process, her personal journey and her delicate balancing of fame and family to the camera a camera that is being vigilantly pointed by a film maker who is her younger sister. From her hectic studio to her idyllic farm, we will experience Annie's current work and the creation of her latest retrospective book; we will face her losses as well as her grand successes.

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Very few airlines throughout the world continued to carry the name of their founder over the decades. Ansett Australia was one of them.
This documentary is the story of Reginald Myles Ansett - one
of Australia’s great aviation pioneers - and the airline which bore his name.
It includes archive footage of some of Ansett’s earliest aircraft including the second hand single-engined Fokker Universal with which he started the airline, through the DC-3, Viscount, DC-6, Sandringham fl ying boat, F.27 Friendship, Boeing 727, 767, Airbus A320, Boeing 747 and others.
There are are rare fi lmed comments from ‘RM’ himself
plus interviews with long-serving Ansett employees, friends,
associates and rivals and with his widow, Lady Ansett.

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A Real Adventure in the Coolest Place on Earth

Follows Seela and Nanu, two very different Arctic creatures on their journey from birth to adolescence to maturity and parenthood. Armed only with their natural instincts and mothers guidance, they face countless challenges in a beautiful ice bound world that is rapidly melt beneath them.

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