Bob Carruthers

This rocks! Eight great rock guitarists gathered together on one stage in a celebration of inspired guitar driven rock music. This is a feast of guitar magic as eight, very different guitarists compete, collaborate and celebrate their craft. World famous names like Robin Trower, Jan Akkerman and Ronnie Montrose are joined by Laurie Wisefield (Wishbone Ash), Rick Derringer and Ian Crichton (SAGA). The older heads provide the inspiration and impetus for two new and emerging talents Dave Sharman and Danny Darekovic. The result is a powerful portrait of how to combine virtuosity, great music and fun in one exciting package. FEATURING • Ronnie Montrose • Jan Akkerman • Robin Trower • Rick Derringer • Laurie Wisefield • Ian Crichton • Dave Sharman • Danny Darekovic

Robert the Bruce unites the Scots in a rebellion against the hated English, led by Edward I. He is supported by various loyal followers, notably the bishop who agrees to recognize his claim and crown him as King of the Scots.

It is now over 25 years since the release of The Wall. Conceived by Roger Waters as an ambitious double album, a spectacular live show and a ground breaking feature film. The Wall has gone on to achieve iconic status in the history of popular music. This program draws on live performance footage of Pink Floyd and highlights from the film. Also includes extracts from archive interviews with Gerald Scarfe and Alan Parker, the director of The Wall, along with the views of a team of leading musicians and musicologists. This is the independent critical review of a milestone in popular culture, which strips away the prejudice to produce the ultimate retrospective on one of the most important and iconoclastic popular works of the twentieth century. Featuring Highlights From: • Another Brick in The Wall Part 2 • Comfortably Numb • One Of My Turns • Plus Many More!

A look back at the origins of the ground breaking BBC comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus.

The reign of Richard the Lionheart was one of the most eventful and colourful in England's long history. The third son of Henry II, Richard I devoted his life to defending both his faith and his lands in France - only five months of his ten year rule were spent in England. An outstanding and courageous solider Richard I lead his army on a holy quest, a savage and bloody page in the annals of time known to history as the Crusades. Featuring extensive authentic reconstructions and dramatised "eye-witness" reports, this is the story of a born solider and a mighty king of England.

This is the tragic story of the last bridge in the ill-fated WWII Operation Market-Garden, and features rare newsreel footage of the Allied operation that was supposed to end World War Two in 1944. Featuring extensive footage from the training films and newsreel cameras of both sides, plus a return to the battlefield under the direction of Robert Kershaw, author of It Never Snows In September.

Through the recollections and insights of those who knew The Beatles best, this documentary examines the creative processes and personal chemistry that contributed to some of the greatest music ever made.

This revealing program shows that the search for the Celtic Gods of Britain is an extremely difficult task. Their origins are shrouded in mystery, but they are kept alive in a series of enduring stories. This program presents many of these stories, which have been passed down from generation to generation.

With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide, Genesis are one of the highest selling recording groups of all time. From being one of the most revered bands of the 1970s led by Peter Gabriel, they went on to achieve massive commercial success in the Phil Collins era and have made a lasting impression on musical history. Combining extensive archive footage of performances with penetrating interviews with the band and the critics, this film offers a comprehensive review of the changing face of Genesis, and provides key insights to the music which shaped their career.

Few kings in English history deserve the epithet 'great' more than Alfred, King of Wessex. In an age and country blighted by Viking invasions, Alfred inflicted repeated defeats upon the Norsemen and set about administrating the Danelaw to secure the unity of England. The great king also organised his forces into a standing army and built a recognised navy. Alfred was not only a fine warrior but was also a deeply religious man, a scholar and lawmaker. Featuring extensive dramatised reconstructions and surviving period imagery, this programme provides a unique account of the life of one of England's truly great monarchs.

Romanticised by Hollywood and embellished by centuries of creative writing, Camelot is the epitome of a fantasy castle. Brave knights such as Sir Lancelot and Sir Galahad walk its stony corridors preparing for their next quest, while its loyal citizens go about their daily lives protected by its vast walls and sat in resplendent glory at the head of the Round Table is Arthur, King of Britain. But is there any factual basis for this most famous of fortresses or is it pure legend, a castle built on the idea of chivalry and nothing more? With the help of experts, archive material and new footage, we examine the very latest theories, findings and evidence surrounding Camelot including its possible location, occupants and links to King Arthur. Was Camelot the grand castle of legend, a nomadic court travelling the land to dispense local justice or simply an idealistic code of morals from a forgotten age?

Featuring rare archive performances by the Beatles performing live in the USA; this is the powerful review of the album which launched the Beatles in America. Meet the Beatles as carefully selected to introduce the band to a whole new continent and remains today a powerful record of the band emerging as world-class songwriters.

This is the revised and improved critical guide to the work of Pink Floyd, in concert, on record and on film. Here is everything you ever needed to know about Pink Floyd in an informative two disc set. Using the actual words of the band and critics, Inside Pink Floyd is the definitive critical journey through of the music of Pink Floyd from the Syd Barret era to Pulse. FEATURES: Rare unreleased film of concert performances from sound and television archives around the world featuring a rare performance of Atom Heart Mother performed by the band alone without the orchestra. Also reviewed is the famous performance broadcast across Europe from a floating stage on the lagoon at Venice.

Steve Hackett's reputation was founded on his outstanding guitar playing with Genesis covering much of the 1970s and encompassing Nursery Cryme through to Seconds Out. Having left the band in 1977, Steve built on the success of his earlier solo outing Voyage Of The Acolyte with a series of critically acclaimed albums that spawned a large worldwide following. Here we present Steve live in concert in Nottingham filmed in 1990 performing a selection of his best known solo work. FEATURING • Camino Royale • Please Don't Touch • Everyday • In That Quiet Earth • Depth Charge •In The Heart Of The City • Horizons • Theatre Of Sleep • Jazz Jam • Clocks

Few historical characters have courted controversy as much as Oliver Cromwell: murderer of a monarch or revolutionary hero? From humble beginnings he rose to lead an army that would overthrow the British monarchy and gain himself the title of 'Lord Protector'. With comment from Tony Benn MP, this DVD examines the religious and political turmoil that would propel Cromwell to the pinnacle of his power, throw England into two civil wars and see Charles I sent to the block!

In eleventh century Scotland, three witches foretell that Macbeth will become King, while Banquo will beget Kings. Macbeth accordingly has King Duncan slain, and is duly crowned in his place. But that's where his problems really begin...

This is the definitive proof of Elvis as a live phenomenon. Featured tracks 'Too Much', 'When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again', 'Peace In the Valley', 'Money Honey', 'Shake Rattle and Roll', 'Tutti Frutti', 'Steamroller Blues', 'See See Rider', 'Hound Dog', 'Burning Love', 'Blue Suede Shoes', 'A Big Hunk of Love', 'Suspicious Minds', 'Can't Help Falling In Love' and many more.

Rock Milestones: Led Zeppelin's IV zeroes in on Zeppelin's fourth LP, an untitled effort that shot to the top of the charts upon release circa November 8, 1971, and single-handedly shaped the landscape of hard rock over the ensuing decade. Rock Milestones: Led Zeppelin's IV goes behind the scenes to investigate why -- and how -- this album became a decades-long phenomenon and the inestimable impact it made on American music and pop culture in particular.

Robert Powell narrates this engrossing exploration of one of France and Britain's most thrilling and decisive conflicts: the Battle of Trafalgar. The event unraveled on Oct. 21, 1805, when British admiral Lord Nelson and his 27 ships defeated an assault by French emperor Napoleon's 33 ships, cementing Nelson's legacy in naval victories. Dramatized accounts and 3D graphics, along with expert commentary, help recount the unlikely triumph.

Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars was the album that did it. This is the definitive independent review of an all time classic album featuring rare interviews with Bowie and the people around him along with classic performances of material from the album. Also featured are in-depth interviews with Trevor Bolder and Woody Woodmansey. We hear from the musicians and insiders who took part in the making of the album and their uncensored interviews produce a candid, honest and frank retrospective on a modern masterpiece.

AC/DC has long reigned as a titanic force in the world of hard rock, and never more so than when they were anchored by their original singer and resident wildman, Bon Scott. AC/DC - The Bon Scott Years movie This program offers a critical review of the band's Bon Scott years--from his first appearance in the early 1970s to his death in 1980--through rare archival material, interviews with rock critics and musicologists, and previously unreleased live performances of classics like "Whole Lotta Rosie" and "Let There Be Rock."

This is the story of a Waffen-Ss unit attacking an American held town in the Ardennes in 1945.

In this revised second edition of the ultimate critical guide to the work of Pink Floyd, you'll be privy to an embarrassment of riches from the band in concert, on record and on film, from "Wish You Were Here" to "Pulse." The program features the "last word" regarding reviews of both live and studio performances of songs from every Floyd album from the 21-year period, including "The Wall," "The Final Cut," "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" and more.

It was a time of great bitterness and hatred in Britain - a war that set father against son and brother against brother. The breakdown in relations between a Parliament with a strong purpose and a King who believed in his divine right to rule, set the scene for a series of brutal battles that were truly a struggle for the soul of a nation. The outcome of the English Civil War shaped the course of the nation's history, and laid the foundations of the country as it is today.

Seapower is the fascinating saga of the development of battleships from the days of Ancient Greece to the twenty first century.

Film footage and interviews of German soldiers in various theaters of war.

Nazi war criminals are hunted down and put on trail for atrocities committed during WWII. Contains Film of the concentration camps with survivors interviewed. These films follow the rise and fall of Nazism from the Munich beer halls to the Nuremberg War Trials. Includes flashbacks of a variety of Nazi war crimes against humanity.

What would it be like to experience the Second World War from the German point of view? Now, through this rare collection, you'll witness WWII through the perspective of the Third Reich, from front line soldiers to Hitler's high command.