Subgenre Sampler
Sales > Television > Documentary: 21 films to Buy
- Ken Burns' Country Music (2020)
- Formidable 8–part, 16 hour PBS series by the legendary documentarian Ken Burns, exploring the history of country music and it's cultural impact…
- DVD $84.95
- Why Am I?: The Science of Us (2016)
- An internationally lauded four part series that details the findings of a 40–year study by the Otago School of Medicine that follows every baby…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Grand Designs New Zealand (TV Series) (2015-2017)
- New Zealand iteration of the immensely popular British design show has Wellington architect Chris Moller taking us behind the scenes of some…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
- Topp Country (TV Series) (2014)
- Lynda and Jools Topp hit the road for this food flavoured tiki tour of New Zealand.
- DVD $39.95
- History of Christianity, A (TV Mini-Series) (2010)
- In this fascinating six–part series Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, one of the world's leading historians and Professor of History of the Church…
- DVD
$20 $15
- Landscape Man (TV Series) (2010)
- An offshoot of GRAND DESIGNS, taking the concept of visionary and unconventional house builds to the garden, where couples are followed through the…
- DVD $39.95
- Royal Upstairs Downstairs (TV Series) (2010)
- The secret lives of British servants and aristocrats are speculated on this prim history series which takes viewers on a tour of the houses and…
- DVD $24.95, $24.95
- Antiques Roadshow (TV Series) (2009)
- Current Roadshow host Fiona Bruce presents 30 years of gems, appraisals, and priceless discoveries from the iconic antiques junket, in which everyday…
- DVD $34.95, $34.95, $34.95, $34.95
- James May's Toy Stories (TV Series) (2009)
- A trip down memory lane with a modern twist: James May, disarming as ever, rediscovers the seminal toys of his childhood, then proceeds to…
- DVD
$20 $15
- South (TV Series) (2009)
- Another "love story" from intrepid broadcaster Marcus Lush, who this time explores the South Island of New Zealand, an area he fell in love with…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Stephen Fry In America (TV Series) (2008)
- Over ambitious – yet highly amusing – doco series sees beloved Brit comic Fry travel around all 50 states of the USA in a black cab, in…
- DVD $79.95
- Andrew Marr's The History of Modern Britain (TV Series) (2007)
- Political commentator Andrew Marr turns his astute focus on the key events that have shaped British society since the end of WWII, including the…
- DVD
$20 $15
- Here to Stay (TV Series) (2007)
- An enlightening, culturally pertinent reference point for the current make up of New Zealand society, this six part series revisits a number of key…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95, $19.95 $14.95
- How We Built Britain (TV Series) (2007)
- Long–standing BBC presenter David Dimbleby presents this engaging doco series focusing on Britain's architectural heritage in both a historical…
- DVD
$20 $15
- Victoria's Empire (TV Series) (2007)
- Brit comedienne Victoria Wood tours the Commenwealth on behalf of her royal namesake, taking in such old Empire territories as Hong Kong, Borneo,…
- DVD $29.95
- John Safran vs God (TV Series) (2004)
- Ozzie media–satirist John Safran explores religion in the modern world with high irreverance, low humour and agnostic scepticism.
Among the…
- DVD $29.95
- Billy Connolly - World Tour of... (TV Series) (2001)
- TV series following comedian Billy Connolly on tour throughout the world.
"World Tour of England, Scotland and Wales" (available to rent):…
- DVD
$59.95 $44.95
- Hip-Hop Nation: Notes from the Underground (TV Series) (2001)
- A comprehensive, but suitably casual tour of the contemporary hip–hop movement and all its various facets: the history, the luminaries, the…
- DVD $39.95
- Two Fat Ladies (TV Series) (1999)
- The commanding humour, presence and culinary skills of Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Wright are served up in this cuddly cooking series.
- DVD
$20 $15
- Planet Ustinov - Following the Equator with Peter Ustinov (1998)
- Mark Twain's 1898 account of his epic journey around the globe is traced by Peter Ustinov in this part travelogue, part history lesson, which takes…
- DVD $29.95
- Joanna Lumley: Girl Friday (1994)
- Considered one of the first programmes to experiment with the celebrity travelogue concept, this vintage BBC series features Joanna Lumley as a 'fish…
- DVD $29.95