Items Matching Tag '4DVD'

Civilisation: Is The West History? (DVD Details)
The West once ruled more than half the world. The religion it exported is still followed by a third of mankind. Above all, the way people live--or aspire to live--is unmistakably an invention of the West. All over the world, more and more human beings eat a Western diet, wear Western clothes and live in Western housing. But are we living through the beginning of the end of the West’s ascendancy?...

The Promise (DVD Details)
Just as 18-year-old Londoner Erin (Foy) sets off to spend summer in Israel with her best friend, Eliza (Weeks), she unearths an old diary belonging to her seriously ill grandfather, Len (Cooke). Intrigued by the life of this old man she barely knows, she takes the diary with her, and is stunned to learn of his part in the post-WWII British peace-keeping force in what was then Palestine. Left to...

Russell Howard's Good News (DVD Details)
On DVD for the first time, Russell Howard’s Good News is one of BBC Three’s most successful shows. This feature length DVD brings together the best bits from series one and sees writer and star of the show, Russell Howard, put his spin on the news stories that have got the media in a frenzy, plus exclusive and unseen bonus material. Russell’s forensic trawl through newspapers, websites and TV...

Frankie Boyle: If I Could Reach Out Through Your TV and Strangle You I Would (DVD Details)
Famous for his straight-talking, no-holds-barred stand-up, critically acclaimed comedian Frankie Boyle brings us his highly anticipated second live DVD. Recorded at London's Hammersmith Apollo, during his sell-out 2010 tour, Frankie comes armed with an impressive arsenal of punchlines and putdowns which are too controversial for TV.

Jimmy Carr: Making People Laugh (DVD Details)
Sharp-suited dead-pan funnyman Jimmy Carr returns with another live stand-up release. The award-winning comic unleashes his rapid-fire wit with over 250 jokes, featuring material too rude for television that will have you gasping and guffawing in equal measure.

James May's Toy Stories (DVD Details)
Never one to turn down a challenge, James takes on some madcap toy adventures in a bid to get children out of their bedrooms and away from their playstations and parents re-embracing the child within. In six toy-tastic episodes that feature extraordinary feats of engineering, James takes time out with some of Britain’s best loved toys - putting generations of families at the heart of some...

Dead Set (DVD Details)
From Nathan Barley co-creator and Guardian writer Charlie Brooker comes the outrageous new thriller Dead Set, E4’s first-ever horror series, released exclusively by 4DVD on 19th October 2009. Starring Jaime Winstone (Donkey Punch, Kidulthood) Dead Set is a chilling new horror series in which the dead are returning to life and attacking the living. Curiously there are a few people left in Britain...

Britain's Got The Pop Factor and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice (DVD Details)
Peter Kay returns with his outrageously funny take on TV talent shows the multi-internationally award-winning, Britain's Got The Pop Factor...and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice. It's the final to end all finals and it's down to the final three - R Wayne, 2 Up 2 Down and the part time dinner lady full time diva Geraldine McQueen but who will be crowned...

Close My Eyes (DVD Details)
A woman, Natalie (Saskia Reeves), becomes re-aquainted with her younger brother, Richard (Clive Owen), from whom she was separated as a child. They meet intermittently for the next few years, until the sister gets married to Sinclair (Alan Rickman), a wealthy businessman. Once married, the siblings become attracted to each other physically and tentatively begin a sexual relationship which blossoms...

The Secret Caribbean with Trevor McDonald (DVD Details)
The newsreader and journalist, Sir Trevor McDonald embarks upon a stunning and epic journey across the Caribbean. From the Bahamas in the North to his birthplace Trinidad in the south, uncovering the sun-kissed islands along the way. In this three part series, Sir Trevor visits The Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad on an unforgettable...

Gangster No. 1 (DVD Details)
It's 1968. Gangster has come to work for Freddie Mays, the Butcher of Mayfair, and he's enjoying his job. He likes the money, the girls, the suits, the power, the violence. And gangster is good at what he does, very good. He frightens people and he's going to frighten Freddie Mays. When rival gang boss Lennie taylor hatches a plot to kill Freddie and take over his territory, Gangster finds out...

Gangster No. 1 (Blu-ray Details)
This classic drama features one of the most chilling and a horrific violent scene as it tells the story of a cold-blooded young gangster living in the 1960s. Directed by Paul McGuigan, his debut movie is influenced by Kubrick and is a British cockney masterpiece following the rise and fall of a prominent and particularly ruthless English gangster. Stylistically daring and often terrifying Gangster...

Bird & Fortune: 2 Johns and a Dinner Party (DVD Details)
John Bird and John Fortune release the best of comedy and satire for the benefit of the British public with Two Johns and a Dinner Party. Celebrating 150 shows with Channel 4, John Bird and John Fortune are releasing twelve of their best interview pieces and twelve of their best dinner parties, bringing back those tears of laughter as they take apart the vices, follies, abuses and shortcomings of...

Thriller in Manila (DVD Details)
This compelling documentary charts the vicious feud, entwined with the racial politics of 1970s America, which formed between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier; culminating in their most-famous fight in 1975 in the Philippines – the third and final confrontation between two friends-turned-bitter rivals. After being stripped of his heavyweight title and license to box for refusing to fight in the...

Frankie Boyle Live (DVD Details)
Critically acclaimed comedian Frankie Boyle presents his hotly-anticipated first live stand-up DVD. Recorded live at London's Hackney Empire, Frankie brings us his unique brand of observational comedy, there are no gimmicks to this set, just the sharp-suited Scotsman firing one-liners into the atmosphere with unparalleled finesse. As the recognisable face of television series Mock The Week,...

Fonejacker: Series 2 (DVD Details)
Taking the art of the prank call to a whole new level, Fonejacker is at the forefront of brash, cutting edge comedy with a cult following to match. Spending his time winding up innocent folk with hoaxes which often border on the surreal and ridiculous, the DVD features a raft of unseen extras such as the Fonejacker Christmas Special, commentaries, unseen footage, out-takes and behind the scenes...