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Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain

Advantages: Fantastic programming
Disadvantages: only 177 minutes long!

Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain should be made required viewing for all students of history, archaeology, building conservation and architecture. Fred is able to make everything come to life. The late Fred Dibnah was a modern renaissance man. For not only did Fred say how something was built in times gone by, he would show the viewer, using exquisite drawings that he had executed himself, models or full-scale replicas, how the techniques had actually ...
...three DVD boxed set of Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain is a fantastic introduction to Fred Dibnah's world. He is able to explain and to really demonstrate how things were done in what some people describe as "the olden days." DVD 1 shows The Art of Castle Building and Might Cathedrals. He explains how the castles were designed, how they were constructed, how they were managed and also, using a technique that Fred still used, how they could be ...

Martinscholes 02.07.2006 · Read full review
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East End Through The Ages

Advantages: Interesting
Disadvantages: Not enough of the "old" history of the East end

East End Through The Ages is a Green Umbrella release. The video is a production by the famous and somewhat controversial actor, playwright, film star and director, Steven Berkoff. Why? Because Steven Berkoff is an east Ender and he returns to the place of his birth to tell its fascinating and exciting story. He describes the East End as the stomach of London, with the limbs of London, as it were, taking the "food" that is brought in from the stomach. ...
...his attempt to explain that the East end has become tired of being the stomach and wants to grow into a head, is an analogy too far. As with many places, I would contend that the East End is changing not because it particularly wants to, but because other people are making it changer. And there is, I think, a big difference. Berkoff starts his story with the Battle of Cable Street, which took place in 1936. Sadly, Berkoff proves that there is no ...

Martinscholes 21.12.2005 · Read full review
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nottingham through the ages

Advantages: good documentry on notingham
Disadvantages: A bit slow at times

nottingham through the ages takes us through the long history of nottingham. the city named queen of the midlands has a vast history that could intrest anyone from the younger generation to the older generation. from the faumous colleges that are set in stone to the downtown district that entertains the vast this dvd gives a insight on a fantastic and beautiful fantasic city. from the legends of sherwood forest to the history of the foundation of ...

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* Get Fit With Claire *

Advantages: Fun
Disadvantages: Not many!

I used to be a HUGE Steps fan in my younger days! I was mad about them! I had all their CDs , Videos , Books , T Shirts , Scarfs , Posters , Mugs .... if it had a Steps logo on it , I had it. So as you can image I was pretty gutted when they split up. Fast forward seven years and Claire Richards , ex member of Steps , is back on the scene with a fitness DVD which helped her drop five dress sizes! I remember, it was Christmas last year, when the DVD ...
...it was too expensive. I can't remember exactly how much it was at the time , although I think it might have been aroung £17 which I thought was far too much to pay for a fitness DVD. So I decided I would wait. I waited so long that I forgot about the DVD , until recently. I was browsing through the DVD pages on Amazon when I came across the DVD selling for £12.98 ; still quite expensive considering that the DVD is now a year old. However I still ...

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Does Jeremy Kyle really access all areas of quality?

Advantages: Gives an insider view of the popular TV show.
Disadvantages: Bit expensive for what it is. Not a lot more than you would get in a standard episode.

The Jeremy Kyle has established itself as one of the staples of daytime TV today. Since 2005 it has covered interesting and often controversial issues such as paternity disputes (most common), infidelity, feuding neighbours and drug and alcohol addicts. However there are some uplifting issues that they deal with, such as family reunions and rejuvenating torn-down estates where crime and depravity are rife. The most well-konwn feature of the show ...
...at the studio and film Jeremy himself being pampered ready for the recording. The bulk of the 83 minutes of the DVD however I regret to say is not much more than an ordinary episode (though it was made especially for the DVD and has such never been broadcast on TV). There are 2 DNA tests and one lie detector test (I shan't give away the results). When watching this I did feel that the DVD wasn't perhaps worth the £12.71 I paid for it (which to be ...

Sbriers1 19.12.2009 · Read full review
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