First transmitted in 1972, 'Alistair Cooke's America' is a series of thirteen films documenting his personal views of the history of the USA from the early settlers, to the present day.
A classic from what now seems like the Golden Age of TV documentaries,Alistair Cookes ... more
Americawas first broadcast in 1972-3 and it remains, along with the contemporaryThe World at War, an example of how documentaries should be made: theres none of the f...
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A classic from what now seems like the Golden Age of TV documentaries,Alistair Cookes ... more
Americawas first broadcast in 1972-3 and it remains, along with the contemporaryThe World at War, an example of how documentaries should be made: theres none of the f...
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A personal view of the history of the USA from Britain's best-loved American ... more
Correspondent.Through his BBC radio series, Letter From America, Alistair Cooke reported on every aspect of life in the United States for over 50 years. In 1973 he wrote and p...
The late British-born American journalist Alistair Cooke traces the history of America - ... more
from the eve of discovery to the modern day. Through his BBC Radio series 'Letters From America' Alistair Cooke reported on every aspect of life in the Unite...
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Guides us through centuries of changing life in the US. From the Mayflower to the gold ... more
rush, the jazz age to Pearl Harbour, with portraits of figures as varied as Buffalo Bill, John D Rockefeller and Martin Luther King, this book presents the American story in all its triumphs and failures, grandeurs and tragedies.
A collection of 8 seasonal letters from America spaning from 1951 to 2003 including: ... more
Letter 1 - Introducing the Messiah; Letter 2 - Birth of a Christmas Fairy tale; Letter 3 - Groucho and Bing; Letter 4 - Silence in Vermont; Letter 5 - The Early days of Television; Letter 6 - The Noxious Weed; and, Letter 7 - Broadcast Jan 2000: on Y2K ALERT.
Advantages: Fun for Children Disadvantages: The Songs Annoy Me
What a lovely start to the week I had when my eldest?s school phoned and told me they were closed due to a burst pipe. Therefore my boys decided that they would spend the morning watching some of their DVD?s, this one being the first. Big Cook Little Cook is a show which is on the Cbeebies channel. It features Big Cook Ben and Little Cook Small who run a café and each day they have one customer and spend the show making a special meal for the customer.
During the beginning of the show when the customer arrives we get a story from little cook Small?s story book which involves him helping the customer and then we go to Big Cook Ben?s cook book for a recipe. After the ingredients are sorted out there is usually one missing or the cooks want to find out more about on of the items they will be using so Little Cook Small flies off on his ...
Advantages: Fabulous acting and beautiful cinematography Disadvantages: possibly length
. Joe's mother also focuses prominently in the second part of the programme.
Whilst Angels in America is compelling in dealing with the relationships of the main characters and the subtlities involved in human interaction, it also has a whole other level when Prior possibly sinks into insanity and believes he is visited by the 'Angel of America' and is given a mission to halt human progress which has driven God away from earth leaving only the angels. It is left to the viewer to decide whether the fantastical element is real or imagined but regardless each time the angel appears it adds to the understanding of the characters and raises important questions about the difficulties they are experiencing.
Angels in America won four Golden Globes for its acting and this is a case where they were certainly all well deserved. Meryl Streep manages ...
Advantages: Top notch cast Disadvantages: Very weak script and plot
America's Sweethearts is a 'satire' on the overhyped 'Hollywood machine' and the emptiness, egotism and selfishness of its stars. The cast is led by Catherine Zeta Jones, John Cusack, Julia Roberts and Billy Crystal.
It's a brilliant premise with a top-notch cast, but sadly it's a great disappointment.
The plot:
Zeta Jones and Cusack are a separated couple who have made a string of highly successful films together. Since their split at the end of making the movie, Cusack has been in a Buddhist/Yogic/New Age clinic trying to come to terms with losing her, while she's been shacked up with a muscled but empty-headed Spanish wannabe.
Crystal is the studio publicist who has to get them both together at a media junket to resurrect their careers and get the film from the director (Christopher Walken) who's been holding it back ...
First transmitted in 1972, 'Alistair Cooke's America' is a series of thirteen films documenting his personal views of the history of the USA from the early settlers, to the present day.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO; SONY DADC
Release date
18/10/2004
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
BBCDVD 1582
Barcode
5014503158224
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
First transmitted in 1972, 'Alistair Cooke's America' is a series of thirteen films documenting his personal views of the history of the USA from the early settlers, to the present day.
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