This was a must buy for me after seeing the series on the Discovery Channel.  The Video and Audio quality are about as expected from watching in on TV, but what stands out most is the new commentary provided as narration.  Sigourney Weaver is easily foreshasowed by the new narrator who is both more direct and more intriguing.  I'd recommend the HD version of the series to any...

My grandfather bought me the Spanish and French, level 1, videos when I was a kid.  And, I wanted to get something at least slightly similar for my children.  The videos are entertainging, and highly educational, coming in a variety of languages and levels for each.  The best place to get the best variety is diirectly from BBC.  But, I was looking for a really great deal on ...

Planet earth is a series of documentaries that BBC television created over the course of five years with over 40 cameramen capturing 200 different locations.  It is a hard a gritty look at the hidden wonders on Earth.Their are five different DVDs each containing two or three episodes.  The first 48 minutes of each episode contains impressive camera work and stop action photography.&nb...

      I first saw this presentation on the A&E television by the BBC. I was so impressed that I had to order my own copy.This epic love story is covered in a two volume DVD set and the cover is beautifully illustrated. It gives the viewer a very good idea of the workings of the British parliament, the politics and monarchy of England. The lead female actress is Vict...

Knowing I would be stuck on a plane for 8 hours I decided to pick some random tv shows from iTunes to keep me occupied. I selected about 6 shows from iTunes, and by far Dr. Who's "Rose" from season 1 was the winner! I remember Dr. Who from when I was really little, K-9, the police box, wild hair and trench coat, and I couldn't imagine how they could bring it back... watching &...

I had been contemplating buying the Blackadder series after enjoying it when it ran on TV, so when I accidentally saw this DVD set at a Barnes & Noble bookstore, on sale, I grabbed it. The set has 5 discs. The first four contain one of the 4 major parts of the show: Blackadder, Blackadder II, Blackadder the Third (my favorite!), and Blackadder Goes Forth. Each part consists of 6 episodes. T...

When my husband first showed up at home with this series, I thought I was going to be bored out of my mind.  I like history, and I like Julius Caesar, but hours of it?  We put disc one in the DVD player and hit play.  From midway through the first episode, I was hooked.  In fact, we watched nearly all 12 episodes in one day.  The acting was superb, the sets were amazing...

Our Mutual Friend, filmed in 1998, is based on a novel by Charles Dickens. This BBC mini-series is excellent. I have always said that the BBC knows best how to film English classics, and this series proves it once again. The story is too complex to re-tell here, besides, re-telling will spoil the fun. I will just say that the plot involves murder, arranged marriage, romance, attempted murder, s...

Martin Chuzzlewit, a wealthy old gentleman, distances himself from his numerous relatives, suspecting them in being only interested in his money. He is quite right in his suspicions. Everyone around him wants to make their way into the old man's will - everyone except his grandson, also called Martin Chuzzlewit. Unfortunately, the old Chuzzlewit quarrels with him as well, and the young man ...

This beautiful rendition of George Eliot's complex novel is a pleasure to watch. Multiple plotlines are handled in a smooth and balanced way, switching from one to another seamlessly. The well-chosen title reflects the essence of the story: "Middlemarch" is a town, and the viewer gets to see the lives of so many of its people that choosing one and naming the story after them would...

I own both the 1985 and 2006 versions of Bleak House, a mini-series based on a Charles Dickens novel. This review pertains to the earlier one, starring Denholm Elliott and Diana Rigg.I had bought this DVD shortly after reading the novel; I just couldn't wait to see it come alive on the screen. I was not disappointed, although certain things were changed and some parts of the plot edited out...

Hyacinth Bucket (which she insists is pronounced as "bouquet") is a middle class British housewife with huge social aspirations. She wants to mingle with aristocracy, millionaires, and movie stars, and preferably to be perceived as such herself. With that being her goal, Hyacinth's life is summed up in the series title: Keeping Up Appearances. It is all about pretending to be...

After enjoying season one of Rome, I called my local Family Video weekly in anticipation of season two of Rome to go on sale.  Once it finally did, I high-tailed it to pick it up before anyone else could.  Most of the characters are back from season one, sans Julius Caesar, for an enjoyable ten episodes.  We left off with Caesar being murdered in Rome, and now there is hell to pa...

This is a book from Graham Hooper, is  about a experiment made where eight households where monitored for two years, advised in ways to increase their income as well as spending less money.It helps the reader to understand what's types of mortgage there is, and explains why we all should pay our  mortgage as soon as possible. Also taught us how to draw a h...

I couldn't avoid writing a review about this amazing 10 disc set. The Planet Earth ; The Blue Planet collectors set is by far the most amazing video and footage i have ever seen. This set was created by The Discovery Channel and BBC Video. The footage in each one of this 10 discs is absolutly incredible. There is every different part of the planet shown through out these 10 discs. All the f...

This DVD set released in 2006 contains 6 disks with 6 plays by George Bernard Shaw. When I bought it, I had mistakenly thought that these were six movies based on the plays. My wife and I have enjoyed many films based on plays, they usually have a lot more depth to them, so we thought this set was going to be a real treat, especially with such fine actors as Maggie Smith and Patrick Stewart. H...

  My husband first heard about this show at his work and we vowed then and there to take our son (hiding of course our secret desire to go too), luckily due to a generous Aunt (Thank you Auntie K.) we were given tickets for Christmas - we were on our way, we couldn't wait for January 1rst to come. It is to put it mildly a spectacular event! For those of you who haven't already...

If your a fan of the British version of The Office then this is a must buy DVD.  Offered through BBC Video, The Office Boxed set includes season one, two and the Christmas special.  There are a total of four disks which include all thirteen episodes plus extras.  Running time is approximately 450 minutes.I love this series and thanks to the DVDs I can watch them over and over aga...

Living in Scotland for many years taught me to appreciate British humor.   While most days I am stuck watching BBC America of PBS to get my fix of that great English humor every once in a while a great British film will make it big state side.  Hot Fuzz tells the story of police constable Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) who is transferred to a small and seemingly peaceful villag...