Out Of Town - The Lost Episodes - Vol. 3 - Heavy Horses

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OUT OF TOWN: THE LOST EPISODES will now be available to buy as single discs (previously only available as part of a 10 DVD box set)

Episode Nine:

Heavy horses: Jack is in Burton Bradstock, West Dorset, to see the mane of a heavy horse dressed.

Fly fishing in June: Jack is out, at the beginning of June, to see the mayfly rising.

Episode Ten:

Gypsy caravans: The work of a showman painter is explored as Jack visits the off-season home of a winter circus.

Fishing for pollock: Jack is with the anglers of Poole when they bring back 60 pollock from a fishing trip.

Episode Eleven:

21st anniversary programme: Jack reflects on the longevity of the series. He enjoys film clips of skate fishing with The “Ton Up” Club and watches steam traction engines, hunting with spaniels, and more.

Episode Twelve:

Sheep farming: Jack joins a mobile sheep dipping and shearing unit as they carry out their expert work.

Bite indicators: Jack takes his cameras to the River Stour to fish using some ingenious bite indicators.

The Route Masters: Running London's Roads

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BAFTA nominated BBC TV series now on DVD at Delta. This 2 DVD documentary shows the inner workings of Britain’s transport systems.

With access to 20,000 transport workers - bus drivers, cabbies, road menders and special police units - we see how London really works.

London life consists of 23 million journeys a day. This warm, character-driven series introduces us to those whose job it is to keep the city moving. We cut between the all-seeing eye of the control room and seemingly incompatible transport sub-cultures - from cabbies who resent the ever-increasing number of cyclists, to hard-working surface repair teams who face nightly abuse from drivers stuck in rush-hour gridlock. Seeing the city through the eyes of those responsible for vital maintenance and traffic regulation is a revelation. That this overcrowded city’s roads work as well as they do is more than impressive, it’s an everyday miracle!

Mr. Men The Complete Original T.V. Series 2

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This DVD features 15 original episodes of Mr. Men, narrated by Arthur Lowe and broadcast by the BBC as the first of two television series.

The stories feature the following Mr. Men characters, created by Roger Hargreaves. 

Mr. Strong, Mr. Daydream, Mr. Fussy, Mr. Worry, Mr. Uppity, Mr. Dizzy, Mr. Topsy Turvy, Mr. Muddle, Mr. Mean, Mr. Nosey, Mr. Chatterbox, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Impossible, Mr. Lazy and Mr. Grumpy.

The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track

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BBC TV series now on DVD at Delta. This 2 DVD documentary shows the inner workings of Britain’s transport systems.

Britain has the oldest and one of the busiest railways in the world, with journeys per year totalling 1.3bn and rising. Whether it’s delays, overcrowding or fare rises, we all love to complain about the trains; used to being the butt of complaints, the rail industry has always kept itself behind closed doors. Until now…

With unprecedented access to Network Rail, train companies including Virgin, East Coast, First Great Western and Northern, and the British Transport Police, this six-part observational documentary series goes behind the scenes of one of Britain’s biggest institutions. 

Filmed over a year and across the country, this candid series gets to know the track-workers, train guards and management who are battling to keep Britain moving - where anything from suicidal people or an unlucky pheasant, to faulty signalling, cable thieves and mother nature can all bring the railway to a grinding halt. These are the people on the frontline who have the unenviable task of managing a congested, complex and often outdated system.

Told with humour, warmth and honesty, The Railway: Keeping Britain On Track reveals what’s really going on when we’re left fuming on the platform.

Out Of Town - The Lost Episodes - Vol. 2 - Gean Tree Furniture

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OUT OF TOWN: THE LOST EPISODES will now be available to buy as single discs (previously only available as part of a 10 DVD box set)

Episode Five:

Gean tree furniture: Jack takes his cameras to study crab apple, blackthorn, wayfarer, sycamore and gean (black cherry) trees.

Southern Television Sea Angling Championships: Actor Michael Hordern joins Jack on a trip to Islay, in Scotland, for the final of the Southern Television Sea Angling Championships.

Episode Six:

Garden competition: Jack is on the road to view the entrants in a garden competition.

Dry fly fishing: Jack discusses animal husbandry before presenting a film on dry fly fishing on chalk and limestone rivers.

Episode Seven:

Model making: Jack takes a look at a collection of model horse-drawn vehicles.

Teaching fly fishing techniques: Jack makes a comparison between the techniques involved in fly fishing and golf.

Episode Eight:

The theft of the countryside: Jack reflects on changes in the countryside and walks the path of an old sheep track.

Fell ponies: Jack heads north to take a close look at fell ponies.

The Underground

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BBC TV series now on DVD at Delta. This 2 DVD documentary shows the inner workings of Britain’s transport systems.

The Underground goes behind the scenes of the world’s oldest, biggest and busiest underground train network, during the biggest overhaul in its history.

Made with unique access to London Underground, this series takes us to places we've always wanted to see - behind hoardings to reveal massive new engineering works, inside the command centre to find out what running the world’s most complex train set is really like, and into the hidden world of the Tube at night.

The series follows key members of the Tube’s 19,000 staff - from chief operating officer Howard Collins down to the litter pickers who walk miles of track every night collecting rubbish. Drivers, station staff and emergency response workers all reveal their unique perspective on us - the passengers. From tourists to suburban commuters to drunks getting the last train home, we capture the life of the Tube in all its guises.

And with ten billion pounds currently being spent on the biggest upgrade of any rail network ever, we show how the process of dragging a Victorian infrastructure kicking and screaming into the 21st century doesn't always run on rails.

Out Of Town - The Lost Episodes - Vol. 1 - Coarse Fishing

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OUT OF TOWN: THE LOST EPISODES will now be available to buy as single discs (previously only available as part of a 10 DVD box set)

Episode One:

Coarse fishing: It’s the last day of the coarse fishing season and Jack is on a mission to land a big roach.

Yerro’s operation: Jack hires a veterinary team to deal with his noisy mule, Yerro. After a tricky operation, expertly carried out by Salisbury vet Mr Burgess, Yerro is back on his feet and Jack is happy with his mule.

Episode Two:

A river for all seasons: It’s April 19th, when the cuckoo arrives in the south of England and Jack watches as grubs turn into flies. Meanwhile, salmon fisherman Tom Williams lands a beauty.

Bass fishing: A young starling visits Jack in the middle of the ocean when he goes on a bass fishing trip with the boys from Herne Bay.

Episode Three:

Pebbles: Jack reflects on the age of a worn pebble rock found at the top of Southampton Water.

Tidal mill: Jack goes inside Eling tidal mill, near Southampton, to see the miller in action and is then back in the studio to put together his grandfather’s 18th century gun.

Episode Four:

Chalk hills and chalk springs: Chalk water provides the perfect environment for one of Jack’s fishing trips.

Stagecoach: A cowboy comes to the New Forest and teams local pinto horses with an imported western stagecoach.

I Just Love Soul Music

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DISC ONE - 1. Night Train - James Brown  2. Twist And Shout - The Isley Brothers   3. Soul Twist - King Curtis   4. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow - Marvin Gaye   5. Try A Little Tenderness - Aretha Franklin  6. You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles  7. Fingertips - Stevie Wonder  8. Bring It On Home To Me - Sam Cooke  9. Money (That’s What I Want) - Barrett Strong  10. Baby, It’s You - The Shirelles  11. Something’s Got A Hold On Me - Etta James  12. Beechwood 4-5789 - The Marvelettes  13. If You Need Me - Wilson Pickett  14. I’m The One Who Loves You - The Impressions  15. Ain’t That Loving You - Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland  16. Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones  17. The Town I Live In - McKinley Mitchell  18. You’re Nobody Til Somebody Loves You - Dinah Washington  19. Walk Right In - The Moments  20. Cuttin’ In - Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson  21. Smoky Places - The Corsairs  22. Annie Get Your Yo-Yo - Junior Parker  23. Funny - Maxine Brown  24. Jamie - Eddie Holland  25. Walk On The Wild Side (Part 1) - Jimmy Smith

DISC TWO - 1. Wherever I Lay My Hat - Marvin Gaye  2. Who’s Lovin’ You - The Miracles  3. Wonderful World – Sam Cooke  4. A Fool In Love – Ike And Tina Turner  5. You Better Move On - Arthur Alexander  6. Lover Please - Clyde McPhatter   7. Up On The Roof – The Drifters   8. Letter Full Of Tears - Gladys Knight And The Pips   9. Cry To Me - Solomon Burke   10. Soldier Boy – The Shirelles   11. Spanish Harlem - Ben E King  12. I’ve Got A Woman - Jimmy McGriff   13. Release Me - Esther Phillips   14. Snap Your Fingers - Joe Henderson   15. I Need Your Loving - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford   16. You Beat Me To The Punch - Mary Wells   17. Any Day Now - Chuck Jackson   18. Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler   19. Let Me In – The Sensations   20. Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey   21. Don’t Play That Song - Ben E. King   22. Gee Whiz - Carla Thomas   23. Playboy - The Marvelettes  24. I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself - Tommy Hunt  25. Green Onions - Booker T. & The M.G’s

DISC THREE -  1. Shop Around - The Miracles  2. Last Night – The Mar-Keys   3. You Don’t Miss Your Water - William Bell   4. Walking In The Footsteps Of A Fool – Ben E. King  5. I’m Blue - The Ikettes   6. See See Rider - LaVern Baker  7. I Found A Love - The Falcons  8. Twistin’ The Night Away - Sam Cooke   9. You’ll Lose A Good Thing - Barbara Lynn   10. Mashed Potato Time - Dee Dee Sharp   11. I Know (You Don’t Love Me No More) - Barbara George   12. Unchain My Heart - Ray Charles   13. Please Mr. Postman – The Marvelettes   14. Do You Love Me? – The Contours   15. Two Lovers - Mary Wells   16. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby - Little Eva  17. Some Other Guy - Richie Barrett   18. I’m The One - Jimmy McCracklin   19. Let Me Go The Right Way – The Supremes   20. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker   21. Save Your Love For Me - Nancy Wilson   22. Don’t You Worry - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford   23. Shout And Shimmy - James Brown   24. I’m Hanging Up My Heart For You - Solomon Burke   25. Make It Easy On Yourself - Jerry Butler

Doting Donkeys

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DELTA is proud to present this exclusive range of RSPCA-branded jigsaw puzzles, designed in the UK in association with the RSPCA, generating income for the charity with every puzzle sold.  With some 1500 employees, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is one of the UK’s largest charities and is the oldest and largest animal welfare organisation in the world. The RSPCA rescues, re-homes and rehabilitates hundreds of thousands of animals each year in England and Wales, while offering advice on caring for all animals and campaigning to change laws that will protect them.

Kitten Cuddles

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DELTA is proud to present this exclusive range of RSPCA-branded jigsaw puzzles, designed in the UK in association with the RSPCA, generating income for the charity with every puzzle sold.  With some 1500 employees, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is one of the UK’s largest charities and is the oldest and largest animal welfare organisation in the world. The RSPCA rescues, re-homes and rehabilitates hundreds of thousands of animals each year in England and Wales, while offering advice on caring for all animals and campaigning to change laws that will protect them.