Intrepid presenter Nicholas Crane investigates eight epic journeys following in the footsteps of our greatest indigenous explorers Nick presents eight of the most interesting traveller-chroniclers to have explored & reported on the state of the nation From Gerald of Wales who embarked on a seven week journey around the wild perimeter of Wales in March 1188 to HV Morton the journalist & travel writer who crossed the length & breadth of England by car in the 1920s Others include Celia Fiennes who started her many journeys around Britain on horseback in the late 1600s at the age of 20 Tudor antiquarian John Leland Daniel Defoe William Cobbett Thomas Pennant & William Gilpin who travelled through the north of England by boat in 1770 ...

The wonderful diversity of animals that live in British seas are colourful beautiful & have an amazing range of intriguing lifestyles Even those we think of as familiar show surprising ways of getting food defending themselves reproducing & interacting with one another Sea anemones seize their prey with superbly armed tentacles crabs hide away to shed their armour & grow starfish pull open mussels & some fish change sex when the situation demands Great British Marine Animals uses high quality underwater photographs to both aid identification of a wide range of common animals & to give an insight into their lives It is written for anyone who loves the sea wildlife or exploring our coast Over 240 of the 600 photographs in this third edition of Great British Marine Animals are new They show further aspects of the fascinating behaviour of common animals & illustrate 30 additional species including several more found in rock pools The expanded introduction shows a selection of habitats & some of the typical animals that live in them ...

Who are the greatest British men & women ever to have graced our lands? From Florence Nighingale & JK Rowling to Alfred the Great & Sir David Attenborough this book is packed full of leaders scientists explorers pioneers & much more They are sure to inspire & fascinate readers 48 pages 12 Illustrations unspecified Throp Claire ...

A collection of some of the greatest British FILM NOIR films of all time
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& Sheer magnificent pointlessness& Marcus Berkmann Spectator gift guide Reader reviews & The perfect stocking filler for fans of our four-legged friends & great British pubs alike&
- Richard Attwood& Bought one copy for myself & now I have come back another three times to buy it as presents for other people&
- Chris Moon&A perfect Christmas present!&& Glorious photos & some very funny commentary&& What an awesome collection of pub dogs&& Beautiful pictures of a range of public house pooches the length & breadth of Britain&
- Carl Morris&A beautifully crafted book giving a perfect insight into British culture&
- Jill Monum& Great book well thought out & beautifully produced& This beautifully photographed collection tells the stories of the much-loved dogs of all kinds that live in pubs all over Great Britain not least the Pub Dog Capital of Britain Whitstable Locals love their pub dogs & landlords often say that people come in as much for the dog as for anything else Dogs make a pub feel like home for regulars Fleckney & Lucas chronicle the incredible variety of dogs that actually live in rather than simply visit Britain&s pubs They showcase the dogs with their beautiful photographic portraits & tell their stories too In feel this is very much a &family album& of British pub dogs



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play SOUTHERN RAILWAY This programme compares how things have changed on Southern Rail from the early days It offers much rare footage beginning at one of the most important places on the system the Ashford works which were an oasis of steam with three of Harry Wainwright’s C class locomotives employed there as shunters As we travel on to the Channel ports we can see how these towns have changed with little sign of their previous existence as important destinations for boat trains GWR A nostalgic look at the GWR ‘ God’s Wonderful Railway’ as it was in the 1950s & 1960s & more recently Archive scenes capture the true essence of the GWR with its Brunellian stations & station platforms engines lines freight yards & engine sheds We can enjoy magnificent engines including some of the Castle & King Class that were turned out at Swindon These include the 4079 Pendennis castle 5029 Nunney Castle 7020 Gloucester Castle 6000 King George V 6024 King Edward I & others LMS This fascinating programme visits the LMS the largest railway company in the British Isles that served the heartlands of industry of the Midlands the shipping of the Manchester Ship Canal & the River Mersey the holiday resorts of the North West coast as well as North Wales & Scotland We see the significant changes within this operator between the age of steam & the modern railway We start our journey at the now closed Atherton Bag Lane aboard a Stanier 8F one of the workhorses of the LMS We then move on to the most charming of railways the Cromford & High Peak with its many sidings just as it is about to be axed LNER We start our nostalgic review at the best known of all LNER stations Kings Cross & on the lines going out of here we see a variety of Pacifics These include 60047 Donovan 60059 Tracery 60064 Tagalie & 60110 Robert the Devil all named after famous race horses As well as these wonderful steam locos we also see rushing through more modern units including Class 313s 317s & HSTs From here we go just a short distance to Liverpool Street Station & the Jazz Services steaming in & out including 70001 Lord Hurcomb 70030 William Wordsworth & 70007 Coeur de Lion BRITISH RAILWAYS Featuring rarely seen archive footage this programme offers a glimpse into Britains Railways as it recalls how things have changed from t he 1950s & the glory days of steam to recent times We see the dramatic changes that have happened with the elimination of steam pre & post-Beeching closures the loss of freight traffic to road haulage & long distance passenger traffic to planes & cars ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Features the sights & sounds of one of history&s greatest inventions the steam train This release in the GREAT BRITISH STEAM series focuses on British Railways (BR) ...

There's nothing much left to feel good about these days if you're British but one of the few things where we all agree that we're still a world leader is our defining sense of humour Thematically covering every subject imaginable from God to dogs this collection is the seminal gathering of our national wit & a picture of who we are as a nation
- a monument to our monumental silliness ' An Englishman even if he is alone forms an orderly queue of one' George Mikes Jane Austen Jo Brand Craig Brown Winston Churchill Alan Clark Jeremy Clarkson Billy Connolly Peter Cook Tommy Cooper Stephen Fry AA Gill Boris Johnson Samuel Johnson Maureen Lipman Spike Milligan Eric Morecambe William Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw Frank Skinner Sue Townsend Peter Ustinov Queen Victoria Oscar Wilde PG Wodehouse Victoria Wood & many more
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Visit 50 of the world&s most fascinating buildings from the Houses of Parliament to the Sydney Opera House on this stunning ...

A stunning debut picture book about a bunnies' baking competition-and the wolf who enters! 32 pages Snowdon Ellie ...