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OUR 'PLANET EARTH' for your understanding and excitement!

Advantages: educational, interesting & cheap to buy
Disadvantages: feature length

PLANET EARTH 'Planet Earth' is a longitudinal study of our world with everything involved from climate right through to animals and wonders of the world. This documentary is full of detail and exciting facts that will intrigue everyone who watches it. A camera crew go all around the world to give us at home the best understanding of everything and anything. If you have an interest in geography this is the perfect thing to watch. It is the best documentary ...
...look at the making of PLANET EARTH. I would recommend anyone who doesnt have this to buy it, it is a must have for all DVD collectors, animal lovers and geography students of all ages. Also would make a perfect gift. Series has been previously broadcasted on TV. Paul Mc Alister ...

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Wildlife on Mull

Advantages: Fascinating insight into one of the wildest parts of the British Isles
Disadvantages: Too short

My family have always had an interest in the Western Isles of Scotland; as a child, I spent all of my holidays on islands such as the Uists, Eigg, Coll, Tiree, Islay and Jura. I never got the chance to go to Mull - at the time, it was not particularly popular as a tourist destination and the birds that attracted my dad to the islands could be found elsewhere. Over 20 years later, Mull has a thriving tourist industry, both because of its wildlife ...
...coloured houses actually exist in Mull's main town, Tobermory. I still haven't had the chance to go myself, although I hope to later this year and when my dad was given this DVD for Christmas, I knew I'd enjoy it. Colin Buchanan, who presents this DVD, was raised on the Isle of Mull until the age of 17, when he left the island to take on a career as a wildlife photographer, a job that led him all over the world. After 15 years, he returns to the ...

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Review of Eagle Island - A Year On The Isle Of Mull (DVD)

"Beautiful Girl"

Advantages: An exquisite documentary in every respect. Quality, ...
Disadvantages: ...not quantity. Special features would be welcomed. Specialist Audience.

...fan of Attenborough and his wildlife collaborations with the BBC, this is a miniature masterpiece. DETAILS Genre.. ..Natural History documentary Production.. ..1999 Length.. ..50 minutes Rating.. ..E Format.. ..Widescreen SYNOPSIS This wildlife special from the BBC finds its home in the idyllic setting of the Karha National Park in India, where the film focusses on the trials of a 12 year old tigress named Lakshmi. The cameras record the tribulations ...
...as is possible in this wildlife special. From the burnt yellows, oranges and blacks of an indian sunrise through the full gamit of greens and browns of the lush tropical forest, Houseman's camera work reveals the full palette of a paradise where the tiger's own magnificence is perfectly in key. There is barely a single shot in this documentary that is not exquisitely framed, yet this is not artistic license as each individual visual is part of a ...

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Review of Wildlife Special - Tiger (DVD)

A Private Enterprise

Advantages: Accurate Facts
Disadvantages: not much use to people not into Warbirds

This DVD is all about the Bristol Blenheim, a Fighter/Bomber that is still very welcome on the Airshow Curcuit today. When Lord Rothermere (Owner of the Daily Mail) Said to Aircraft Manufacturers in 1935 that he wanted them to build a Twin Engine Monoplane that was equal to Aircraft being built overseas he felt it would be the best in the world. Little did he know that Trouble was brewing in Mainland Europe and his Creation would go on to serve ...
...II. Yet, as the Title of the DVD States, the Blenheim is the "Forgotten Bomber" as virtually no-one remembers the Aircrafts contribution to the Defense of This Country. On the Blenheims First test flight it proved itself so fast at over 300mph it left the R.A.F.s Front line fighters standing as it outran them by 50mph. Lord Rothermere had named the Aircraft "Britain First" , A truly patriotic name for a home designed & built aircraft. In July ...

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Review of The Forgotten Bomber The Story Of The Blenheim Bomber (DVD)

In Sickness and in Health

Advantages: Interesting and entertaining, Great interview with Tony Benn
Disadvantages: Some subjects are arguably exploited, Does not consider disadvantages of socialised healthcare

"Sicko" (2007) - FILM ONLY REVIEW Writer: Michael Moore Director: Michael Moore Running Time: 123 minutes Certificate: 12A (UK) / PG (Ireland) / PG13 (USA) It has become something of a cliché to describe Michael Moore as a controversial, polarising character. To some, he is the White Knight of the left whose regular-guy approach to discussing uncomfortable subjects should be applauded, while to others he is a man who has exploited vulnerable interview ...
...picture he wants to make his attention-grabbing documentaries a success. An entire industry has grown up attempting to discredit Moore's work and has given his reputation something of a battering over recent years, but while some of the criticism he has received has I think been justified, this has not prevented him producing his highly entertaining 2007 documentary "Sicko" about the American medical industry. In many ways, this has proved to be ...

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