Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Michael Portillo embarks on six memorable railway journeys across Europe armed only with his 1913 Bradshaw&s Guide & sporting his trademark colourful jackets! On his travels Michael visits towns & villages along the way exploring the sights & sampling local traditions while telling the story of what happened in continental Europe in 1913 when everything changed just before the world went to war TRANSYLVANIA TO THE BLACK SEAMichael travels to Romania where he encounters bloodsucking vampires & wild brown bears before visiting a fairytale castle with mod cons & calling in at the world&s first oil refinery ZERMATT TO GENEVAMichael is caught up in a war zone with the Red Cross & rescued from an avalanche by a St Bernard puppy; he also takes to the skies & tries his hand at watchmaking TANGIER TO MARRAKECHMichael leaves Europe behind to take in the sights smells & tastes of north Africa ending his journey with a traditional Berber breakfast in the foothills of the Atlas mountains GENOA TO THE BRENNER PASSMichael discovers how an Edwardian Briton brought &the beautiful game& to Genoa then whips up a pesto Genovese before making his way to the spectacular Brenner Pass RIGA TO TAMPEREMichael journeys from the icy Baltic Sea to the tranquillity of a Finnish lake En route he encounters medieval knights & enjoys a soak in a hot tub by the light of the midnight sun ROTTERDAM TO UTRECHTMichael roots around the world&s largest flower auction operates a crane in Europe&s largest container port & investigates Europe&s most famous red-light district! ...

Tracklist Want You Around (Chunky)I Went Swimming North Street From The Creators Of Love Actually Complicated Everyone's A Little Bit Weird Lost In You Kind Of Like Tread Lightly I Know Nothing By The Sea ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In 1943 the Germans opened Stalag Luft III a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists In doing so however the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history
- brilliantly portrayed here by Steve Mc Queen James Garner Charles Bronson & James Coburn
- who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted One of the most ingenious & suspenseful adventure films of all time The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) screenwriters James Clavell (Shogun) & WR Burnett (Little Caesar) & composer Elmer Bernstein Actors Steve Mc Queen James Garner Richard Attenborough James Donald James Coburn Donald Pleasence Charles Bronson Hannes Messemer Gordon Jackson David Mc Callum Angus Lennie Nigel Stock Robert Graf Tom Adams & William Russell Director John Sturges Certificate PGYear 1963 Languages English

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Great Escape tell of an escape by Allied prisoners of war from a German POW camp during World War II starring Steve Mc Queen James Garner & Richard Attenborough The film is based on the book of the same name by Paul Brickhill a non-fiction account of the mass escape from Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now &379;aga&324; Poland) in the province of Lower Silesia Nazi Germany ...

1969 was a pivotal year in space exploration US astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon There are some moments in history that are so dramatic or important that people remember them forever In words & pictures Gillian Clements tells the stories of these Great Events through simple narrative text & lively informative line illustrations These books are perfect for the emerging independent reader at upper Key Stage 1 ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics & Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence There&s no better rule& Living with his sister & her husband Pip is an orphan without any expectations It is only when he begins to visit a rich old woman Miss Havisham & her adopted niece that he begins to hope for something better When it is revealed that Pip has inherited a large sum of money from a mysterious benefactor on the condition that he moves to London to become a gentleman Pip&s adventure really begins Epic illuminating & memorable Dickens mysterious tale of Pip&s quest to find the truth about himself is one of his most enduring & popular novels to date ...

As a small boy at Joe Gargery&s forge Pip meets two people who will affect his whole life
- an escaped convict he is forced to
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& Hold your noise! Keep still you little devil or I&ll cut your throat!& Little orphan Pip scarcely imagines how a terrifying encounter with a convict on the lonely marshes will later transform his life Pip is more troubled by his visits to strange old Miss Havisham
- her decaying wedding dress & the house full of memories
- & the beautiful girl Estella who makes him ashamed of his country manners & coarse hands A blacksmith&s apprentice could never hope to win Estella but then young Pip&s future might not turn out quite as expected

Includes:: exclusive material In ‘ The Backstory’ you can learn about Victorian convicts & the alternative ending to Great Expectations! Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds & the adults in their lives Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book & Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas & The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time



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I have been bent & broken but
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- into a better shape' Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional

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Pip&s life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his humble origins & up the social ladder His efforts to become a London gentleman bring him into contact not just with the upper classes but also with dangerous criminals Pip&s desire to improve himself is matched only by his longing for the icy-hearted Estella but secrets from the past impede his progress & he has many hard lessons to learn ...