Documentaries & Biographies > 15 GBP to 20 GBP Documentaries & Biographies

Advantages: Great classic time team with all the Team
Disadvantages: Your favourite dig may not be in there

...Never seen it? Well heres the premise: Tony Robinson presents it, the Team do some research into a site which needs to be archaelogically dug then he acts like the layman and asks lots of questions about what they are digging and what they are finding and tries to get them to uncover the myseries of the site. But the archaelogists really make this programme. Mick is the chief arch and he looks like a mad professor with long wispy hair and never ...
...on his bike looking at the geometry of the area. John is the geophysics guy who picks up all the electro magnetic activity and stuff to guide them to where they dig and lastly theres Phil, this guy has so much energy, hes a west country chap with just so much enthusaism for what he finds it just sucks you in. Anyway, to the DVD! This DVD is a great one for getting into Time Team because it has all the interesting episodes on it! I mean, Time Team ... Read review

Advantages: So educational and interesting. Beautiful footage
Disadvantages: None what so ever!

...for my boyfriend of 'The Life of Mammals'. We went a bit David Attenborough crazy and decided we were going to buy all of 'The Life Collection' series. This was the second box set from David Attenborough that we bought. This series basically tells us about the development of life on our planet over 3.5 billion years! It is an amazing piece of work. The dvd set has four discs with a total of 13 episodes on them. The dvds have a total running time ...
...about the first evidence of life on our planet. Episode 2: Building Bodies - Tells about creatures appearing in the oceans. Episode 3: The First Forests - How some creatures and plants left the oceans to go to land and how the plants developed in to trees. Episode 4: The Swarming Hordes - How some insects colonised in order to protect themselves and dominate areas. Episode 5: The Conquest of the Waters - All about fishes! Episode 6: The Invasion ... Read review

Advantages: Amazing bushcraft survival tips
Disadvantages: Price

...second season of bushcraft survivel Ray Mears go to America, Sweden and explores the beautiful landscapes and animals. He displayes some amazing bushcraft skills on and of water, shows you some things you need to know to survive, e.g. start a fire with sticks. He also journey's into the past of American, learning how the people survived. In Sweden he learns how the local people used to make skis, extracts pine tar from trees and goes out into the ...
...documentaries ever made not only teaching you how to survive but also showing the people who had to endevour these hostile lands. With the DVD comes 60 minutes of extra footage on things like how to light a fire and sharpening an axe. In short this is a must have DVD if you love nature. ... Read review

Advantages: educational, adventerous
Disadvantages: a little violent for small children

...how people portray them. Walking With Dinosaurs shows how dinosaurs really lived back then. It shows how they would act and defend themselves. It is very educational and filled with interesting facts for kids and adults of all ages. It really expands our minds and our knowledge. We can walk with those dinosaurs as they hunt, lay eggs, bring up their young, how they feed, defensive manuevers and strategies, and much more. This is an adventerous series ...
...It just brings the animals to life. It is wonderfully narrated and very accurate. It really portrays the life of the dinosaurs. It shows the dangers, the triumphs, and the defeats. I really appreciated this. The directors portrayed these well and really captured their movements and features. Do you want to find out great facts about the dinosaurs? Do you want to know what kind of dinosaurs there were? Have you ever wondered what it would be like ... Read review

Advantages: Tells you important Dates
Disadvantages: -

...myself," he once said, "but I couldn't speak for the millions they killed." In 1986, he succeeded in having gypsy representatives included on the Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington DC. His biggest disappointments were his failure to secure the capture of Gestapo chief, Heinrich Muller, and Auschwitz doctor, Josef Mengele, who died in Brazil in 1978. Simon Wiesenthal died in the Austrian capital, Vienna, aged 96. Mr Wiesenthal died in his sleep ... Read review