VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The King of Instruments (the BBC series) Gillian Weir (six European organs) [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] This new DVD (with a free bonus CD containing specially recorded performances of some of the works) is a release by Priory of the BBC programmes that were recorded on six famous European Organs by Dame Gillian Weir in the late 1980s |
TRADITIONAL
Carols from King's The Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ BBC DVD / DVD - released 14/Nov/2014 ] 'Carols from King's' is a cornerstone of the BBC's Christmas programming output, traditionally shown on both Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Along with the live radio broadcast of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, this pre-recorded special... |
ALLEGRI / BYRD / TALLIS / PALESTRINA / etc
Sacred Music - An Easter Celebration The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ BBC / Coro DVD / DVD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Simon Russell Beale presents a special concert for Easter from LSO St Luke's in London, performed by the award-winning choir The Sixteen, conducted by founder Harry Christophers. The music takes us on a journey of over six hundred years, from... |
Clarkson - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
[ BBC / DVD - released 9/Aug/2007 ] "For my all new DVD I've come to the U.S. of America-land to find out if the country that gave us Fast Food and the Fast Buck make a decent Fast Car? In fact, can they make any decent cars at all? In my quest, I pitch the best of the West against... |
With David Dimbleby
How We Built Britain - The Dramatic and Heroic Story of Britain's Architecture [ Madman Entertainment / BBC DVD / 2 DVD - released 11/Feb/2010 ] David Dimbleby tells the dramatic and heroic story of Britain's architecture - the extraordinary buildings which grew out of the experiences and beliefs of the British people and define the nation. |
Call The Midwife: Series Ten & Christmas Special
[ BBC DVD / 3 DVD - released 11/Apr/2024 ] It's 1966, and it's a testing time for the midwives. But there's excitement, too, as the women's rights movement intensifies. With Trixie's help, Sister Julienne is determined to steer Nonnatus House out of its financial quandary. Dr Turner deals... |
Call The Midwife: Series Eleven & Christmas Special
[ BBC DVD / 3 DVD - released 11/Apr/2024 ] The return of the multi-award-winning drama, which regularly draws in audiences of over 10 million.Following an eventful Christmas special, the series continues with an episode set in Easter 1967. Celebrations are underway for a colourful Easter... |
Call The Midwife: Series Nine & Christmas Special
[ BBC DVD / 3 DVD - released 11/Apr/2024 ] The nurses and nuns of Nonnatus House welcome you back for more heartwarming adventures in London's Poplar district, where slum clearances transform lives in 1965. Approaching each new birth with tenderness, optimism and skill, the midwives deal... |
Death In Paradise: Series Ten
[ BBC DVD / 3 DVD - released 11/Apr/2024 ] The smash-hit whodunit returns, as D.I. Neville Parker attempts to solve a slew of mysterious murders in the sun-soaked Caribbean. The hugely popular comedy-drama is back for its tenth anniversary series with its usual combination of baffling... |
Death In Paradise: Series 11
[ BBC DVD / 3 DVD - released 11/Apr/2024 ] The sun-soaked, smash-hit whodunnit returns for more murder mysteries with a light touch and a warm heart. DI Neville Parker has more crimes to solve on the blissful island of Saint Marie, while also dealing with the emotional complications of... |
Doctor Who: Daleks In Colour (2 Disc Set)
[ BBC DVD / DVD - released 3/Oct/2024 ] "Meet the Daleks…in colour!" The story follows the very first crew of the TARDIS as they land in a petrified forest on an alien planet. Determined to explore, the Doctor (William Hartnell) leads his companions into the metal city, where they... |
Father Brown: Series 9
[ BBC DVD / 3 DVD - released 11/Apr/2024 ] The beautiful English countryside is the setting for more charming mysteries featuring the charismatic clergyman sleuth. The year is 1953, and the sleepy Cotswold village of Kembleford is stirred by such dastardly deeds as murder at the local... |
Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection - Remastered (3 Disc Set)
[ BBC DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 16/Jan/2024 ] Inept and manic English hotel owner and manager, Basil Fawlty, isn't cut out for his job. He's intolerant, rude and paranoid. All hell frequently breaks loose as Basil tries to run the hotel, constantly under verbal (and sometime physical) attack... |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) (Special Edition)
[ BBC / Madman Entertainment DVD / 3 DVD Box Set ] Unbeknownst to it's inhabitants, Earth is to be demolished to make way for an intergalactic highway. Arthur Dent (Simon Jones) an unassuming Englishman, is whisked off the planet to safety by his alien friend, Ford Prefect (David Dixon), and launched... |
I, Claudius: The Complete Series
[ BBC DVD / 5 DVD - released 22/Aug/2024 ] I, Claudius based on the novels by Robert Graves. Written by Jack Pulman. Starring Brian Blessed as Augustus, John Hurt as Caligula, Derek Jacobi as Claudius, Siân Phillips as Livia, David Robb as Germanicus, Patrick Stewart as Sejanus and Fiona... |
LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
The Last Night of the Proms [recorded 1994] (DVD plus free CD) Bryn Terfel (baritone) Evelyn Glennie (percussion) / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Andrew Davis [ Kultur / BBC DVD / DVD/CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] The Last Night of the Proms, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, is one of the world's most popular classical music concerts, watched and listened to by an audience of many millions around the globe. |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
BBC Sessions (Deluxe CD/DVD) [ Experience Hendrix / Sony Music / 2 CD/DVD - released 16/Nov/2010 ] This package includes a CD with 21 highlights from Hendrix's BBC studio appearances recorded in 1967 and 1969 and a DVD including an exclusive mini-documentary. |
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Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 2003) Glyndebourne Opera / Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Ragnar Ulfung, Hakan Hagegard / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte / Kultur DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "Malena Ernman is a stunning Orlofsky (at the end, Lawless reveals that the prince was really a princess after all), and Håkan Hagegård and Pamela Armstrong are very satisfying as Dr. Falke and Rosalinde, respectively." ClassicalNet |
Adam Adamant Lives! - The Complete Collection
[ BBC DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2009 ] Adam Adamant Lives! Complete Collection DVD Boxed Set (5 discs). The cult BBC '60s detective drama lives again! Adam Adamant is a dandy Edwardian adventurer who wakes up in the swinging Sixties, having been frozen in a block of ice by his nemesis,... |
Bergerac - The Complete Seventh Series
[ BBC DVD / 3 DVD - released 11/Jul/2013 ] M - Violence, sexual references & offensive language: Handsome, blue-eyed and brooding, maverick cop Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac of Jersey's Bureau des Étrangers is one of television's most popular detectives. |