Factual DVD Reviews

• The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off

  Ever since the Mitchell And Webb boys did that spoof documentary talking about so-called ‘body horror’ docs, the name of this, one of the first, seems ever more brash and headline grabbing.

   
• Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins

  A prequel to the television series of the same name, Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins is something of an oddity - a fictionalised nature documentary, weaving astonishing footage around an almost soap-opera-like story.

   
• Whale Wars

  Whilst hiding under the auspices of just another nature documentary series, Whale Wars is an incredibly hard-hitting piece of reportage journalism that should be rightfully feted as an important document to the hands-on eco-terrorists who can only be saluted for their unfailing passion for the rights of animals.

   
• James May's Big Ideas

  The renaissance of Top Gear has been a huge success story for the BBC.

   
• Billy Connolly: Journey To The Edge Of The World

  The Big Yin's latest adventure is a travel blog much in the same style as one of Michael Palin's many globe-trotting expeditions safely ensconced within the purse strings of the BBC, with a cameraman and crew charting the course and enabling the presenter to concentrate on looking suitably wind-swept and daring.

   
• Oz & James Drink To Britain

  Marrying the elements of lads mag reportage through the unlikely pairing of Oz Clarke (self-styled king of grapes or "international wine ponce", as his partner in crime terms him) and James May (a young pretender to Clarkson's crown from Top Gear), Oz & James Drink To Britain wastes the licence payers money with an 8-episode jaunt around the sceptered isle in an attempt to find the drinks that define Modern Blighty.

   
• Born Survivor: Bear Grylls

  The survival expert Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls, star of Born Survivor, has had a rough ride while attempting to enter the television arena of explorer exploitation.

   
• Ray Winstone's Football Blinders And Blunders

  Here I was naively thinking that all of the footballing DVD stocking fillers that ever needed to be released onto the overpopulated market already existed.

   
• Andy Mcnab's Tour Of Duty

  SAS veteran and war boff Andy McNab continues to inform and entertain Nuts readers everywhere with tales of 'what it's really like' to be on the front line.

   
• Phil Daniels' Football Match Day Madness

  There certainly couldn't be a more targeted Stocking Filler DVD this year than this collection of footballing "moments", all presented by everyone's favourite cockney geezer. Yet there won't be a bigger contender for January's most popular DVD on eBay as the rewatch value of this rushed released is precisely nil.

   

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