Hunt vs Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals

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Coming to DVD in 2014 at Deltamusic.co.uk and AmazonUK

This is the story of two great drivers and the managers who almost killed them.

The victory duel for the 1976 Formula 1 Championship has become the stuff of legend. The spectacular battle for supremacy that raged all season between Austrian Niki Lauda and ‘True Brit’ James Hunt has never been equalled. Could swashbuckling Hunt catch the scientific Lauda? Could Niki overcome an appalling crash to come back from the dead and fight James all the way to the last race of the season? This powerful story captures the heart of the 1970s - told through unseen footage and exclusive interviews with the people who were really there: the team managers, families, journalists and friends who were in the front row of the season that changed Formula 1 forever.

Hunt and Lauda were at the mercy of their ferociously ambitious team managers every time they raced. In the mind of Ferrari’s Daniele Audetto, and McLaren’s Alastair Caldwell, 1976 was to be a death struggle between Ferrari and McLaren. Both teams craved victory - whatever the cost….

In 1976 motor racing was a ferocious spectacle without a safety net - and danger was king... A high stakes game where bad blood and cheating threatened to tear the sport to pieces at any moment.

Like gladiators, Hunt and Lauda would be tested to the limit in a season that took on almost Shakespearean proportions as they fought for the chequered flag and control of their lives - circuit after circuit.

‘I did not want to start the race at the Nurburgring…
I did so out of loyalty towards my firm and my friends.
It was not a good compromise for me.’ NikiLauda

James Hunt: ‘Niki was the only bloke who could get half
his face burnt off and come out better looking!’

The Water Boatman

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THE WATER BOATMAN 

In this new series, canal enthusiast ALAN HERD travels a popular inland waterways route – The Stourport Ring in central England. It will take him through the cities of Birmingham, Worcester and Wolverhampton and on six waterways, including a stretch of the River Severn.

Along the way, Alan will be catching lifts on a variety of boats and visiting boat yards and industrial heritage sites.

 Episode 1: Alan begins his journey in the heart of Birmingham, known during the Industrial Revolution as the workshop of the world.

Episode 2: Alan travels on an innovative hydrogen boat from the University of Birmingham, down the Worcester and Birmingham canal into Bournville and stops off to find out more about the home of Cadbury chocolate.

Episode 3: Alan catches a ride to Alvechurch Marina where he looks around a busy working boatyard.

Episode 4: Alan arrives at Tardebigge, an area full of boating heritage and a boaters’ rite of passage because it has thirty locks to negotiate.

Episode 5: Alan catches a boat from Stoke Wharf in the direction of Hanbury and finds out why this area is famous for salt water even though it’s so far from the sea.

Episode 6: Alan is travelling from Dunhampstead to Oddingly on the Worcester and Birmingham canal. He helps with some boat painting at a boat yard and meets an artist who is fulfilling a long-held dream of working in decorative canal crafts.

Episode 7: Alan arrives in the city of Worcester and finds out more about how the arrival of the canal impacted on the porcelain industry that flourished here. 

Episode 8: Alan stops off to try his luck with some river angling before journeying to a busy working boatyard. 

Episode 9: Alan arrives at the very place that The Stourport Ring is named after – Stourport on Severn. This Georgian town was a major port, with both the River Severn and the canal providing the transportation of goods to and from the sea. 

Episode 10: Alan’s journey brings him to Kidderminster. In the 17th century the town was making woollen cloth and with the arrival of the canals in the 18th century, its role in the carpet industry began to flourish. Alan discovers how the industry began.

Episode 11: Alan catches a narrowboat lift along the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal through the picturesque village of Cookley to Kinver.

Episode 12: Alan takes a detour up the Stourbridge canal. He discovers the area’s historical connection with glass-making and tries his hand at glass-blowing.

Episode 13: Alan arrives at the heart of the Black Country, rich in industrial heritage. He journeys along the Dudley canal, discovers more of the area’s history at Cobb’s Engine House and meets local history expert Professor Carl Chinn.

Episode 14: Alan catches a lift on a lock keeper’s narrowboat, visits a historic marina and meets a group of young working boats enthusiasts along his journey.

Episode 15: Alan catches a lift on Glyn and Rosemary Phillips’ old working boat through Wombourne and stops off to visit the amazing old Bratch Pumping station – a fine example of great British Victorian engineering.

Episode 16: Alan has reached the 21 lock flight of Wolverhampton. He journeys through the locks on Duncan Pottinger’s old working boat and stops off to try his hand at an old canal trade - traditional sign writing.

Episode 17: Alan visits a historic working boat gathering at the Black Country Living Museum beside the Dudley canal in Tipton. He finds out about historic boats “President” and “Sharpness” and journeys on a tug up to Tividale.

Episode 18: Alan has reached Oldbury in the West Midlands on his journey round the Stourport Ring in central England. As he motors along the Old line canal, he discovers remnants of its industrial heritage and joins volunteers who are cleaning the Titford Canal.

Episode 19: Alan explores the New Line in Oldbury as he catches lifts on two different narrowboats and travels under one of the busiest spots in England where two canals and a railway line meet a motorway.

Episode 20: Alan is on the last leg of his journey exploring the Stourport Ring. He catches a lift on Martin Jennens’ old working boat through Smethwick and past the Smethwick pumping station. Arriving at Hockley Port Junction, Alan walks off the towpath into Birmingham Jewellery Quarter before taking his final lift on a dining boat into the centre of the city.

Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers Series Two

The observational documentary series about the iconic haulage firm, Eddie Stobart, returns with bigger and better trucks and more time-laden jeopardy. Their 2000 drivers cover the distance to the moon and back every day, making deliveries every 4 seconds.

Eddie Stobart’s trucks are a familiar sight on the motorways of Europe and they play a massive role in keeping freight moving across the UK & the continent.

Now the Stobart trucks, with their female names and distinctive livery, are featured in this new DVD release of the second series of the Channel Five series, Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers. But this four DVD box set is not just about trucks – it’s also about the men and women that keep the Stobart trucks rolling 24 hours a day.

For the truckers, planners, and bosses of Eddie Stobart, time is money, and jams, breakdowns and empty trailers are cash down the drain.

Stobart make a delivery every 4.6 seconds, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It's a company of five thousand people, driving two thousand trucks, packing three thousand trailers, running two ports, two airports and endless freight trains.

In each episode we tell stories which will have characters facing high stakes. We'll get to know the bosses who watch every penny from the control room and negotiate multi-million pound contracts. We'll see the men and women who move millions of pounds of stock in and out of the huge warehouses and container ports filled with everything that keeps Britain going. But we'll also find out about the quirky traditions and routines that have made Stobarts a national treasure - and even meet the "Eddie spotters" who spend their free time in search of Stobart lorries...

All the time the clock will be ticking. Will they get the fridge trucks to the supermarket before the fresh food goes bad? Can they shave vital minutes - and thousands of pounds - off the time taken to unload and turn around a container ship? Can our tramper get home in time for his son's school play?

This is the story of the people who race against time, all night and day, in the wind, the rain and the snow, to get everything you eat and buy delivered to you.

How the West was Lost, It is the story of how two great civilizations, each occupying vastly different viewpoints, that inevitably came into conflict.

How the West Was Lost is about the westward expansion of the nation across the North American continent during the last half of the 19th century, with special attention on the Native American experience and point of view. It is the story of how two great civilizations, each occupying vastly different viewpoints, each regarding the other over an uncrossable chasm of misunderstanding and incomprehension, met and inevitably came into conflict. Each episode looks at a specific tribe or battle and features interviews with descendants of Indian legends. 13 Episodes spread over 4 DVD's.

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Central Steam, fascinating access behind the scenes at preserved steam heritage railway, the Great Central Railway.

The series follows a year in the life of the railway, as we meet some of the seven hundred staff and volunteers who share their passion for the golden age of steam. Over the series we meet engine drivers and firemen, chefs, engineers, and visiting celebrities including artist David Shepherd and pop mogul Pete Waterman. And not to mention visiting engines including ‘Tornado’, ‘Oliver Cromwell’, and the vintage ‘Sir Berkeley’ that helped build the Great Central 110 years ago.

Across the series we discover the history of the railway, including the story of the TPO – the ‘Travelling Post Office’ where the post was sorted on mail trains as they sped through the night, and the ‘Windcutters’ – freight trains that carried coal from the Nottinghamshire coalfields to London and the South of England.

Special Gala events include visits by engines such as TORNADO, the first Peppercorn class A1 steam locomotive to be built in Britain since the 1960s and there are plenty of vintage visitors too including a replica of Stephenson’s ROCKET and SIR BERKELEY – an engine that helped build the railway 110 years ago! Other steam engines making regular appearances on the series include the BR standard class 7 OLIVER CROMWELL and the FAIRBURN tank engine.

As well as covering events happening along the line, the series delves into the fascinating world of the engine and wagon sheds where old locomotives, carriages and wagons are restored back to working life by the skill and passion of the engineers. One engine, the JINTY tank engine that was rescued from a scrapyard has been rebuilt over a fifteen year period by her owner and a small band of volunteers and makes her restoration debut at the Great Central. 

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The Battle of Britain, Special Offfer!

This September sees our Battle of Britain collection on special offer! This offer is running along side Britain at War Magazine (Sept Issue) which you can buy online. The DVD's and CD offers can also be found on the Delta site.just visit our site and click on special offers.

"The resilience of the British throughout the years of World War II was legendary and to this day this is still regarded as the nation's finest hour. Follow the progress of the war as the triumphs and disasters unfolded and discover what life in Britain, keeping the home fires burning, was really like. From Dunkirk to D-Day, Pearl Harbour to Nagasaki, plot the major events that shaped a new order and peace in our time."

Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Series One Trailer

Eddie Stobart - Trucks and Trailers Series One DVD

Eddie Stobart – Trucks and Trailers – The complete Series One

The distinctive Eddie Stobart brand makes the company one of the most recognizable haulage firms in the world. Every single day, Eddie Stobart truck drivers cover the equivalent of the distance to the moon and back three times over. The firm employs more than 5,000 people, who work around the clock to make a delivery every 4.6 seconds, as well as running two ports, two airports and several freight trains.

This DVD collection features the complete Channel 5 series of Eddie Stobart – Trucks and Trailers in which the international transport company provided exclusive access to its trucks and the people that keep them trucking.

Orders Available on Amazon, Play , HMV and all good DVD retailers. Dont forget to catch Series two now airing on Channel5

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Destiny An unauthorised tribute to Prince William goes beyond Kate & William’s royal love affair and explores destiny in relation to the royal family.

Prince William is fully aware of the role he is to play in the future as the King of England and demonstrates a strong sense of duty and loyalty to the responsibilities which he bears.

Since birth, his upbringing has been carefully managed, and his destiny thoughtfully mapped out, by the monarchy. It was whilst excelling at sports and university studies that his much-publicised romance with Kate Middelton began.

After eight years of courting, Kate would have to wait no more, they became engaged, destined to have the wedding of their generation.

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The trailer can be seen here.