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East Anglian photographer, James Fletcher, provides a practical guide to getting the best from your compact digital camera.

The easy-to-follow advice, starting with straightforward explanations about choosing a camera and pixel size, concludes with a simple step-by-step guide to downloading your pictures to a PC and printing them out. Along the way, you'll learn about composition, clarity, foreground, middle distance and background, and using natural light.

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Das Boot is a graphic and gripping tale that follows the daring patrol of U-96, one of the famed German U-Boats known as ‘The Grey Wolves’. Prowling the North Atlantic, they challenged the British Navy at every turn.

The crew abroad the U-96 is portrayed in a desperate life-and-death struggle, coping with life beneath the waves quickly gives way to terror when confronting the enemy...

Legendary social club owner Brian Potter and his hapless band of staff and regulars are determined to make the Phoenix Club a success no matter what. Not even a racist folk band, an unforeseeable psychic or a drunken horse will get in the way of their dream that 'Clubland will never die'.

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It is 1944 and World War II is reaching its climax. The Allies are poised to invade France and finally defeat the German army. But in Walmington-on-Sea morale amongst the Home Guard is low.

Their new mission then - to patrol the Dover army base - is a great chance to revive spirits and reputation, that is until glamorous journalist Rose Winters arrives to write about their exploits, setting the pulses racing and putting the local women on red alert. MI5 then discover a radio signal sent direct to Berlin from Walmington-on-Sea. There's a spy on the loose! The outcome of the war is suddenly at stake, and it falls to our unlikely heroes to stand up and be counted.

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In this ITV series Robson Green travels the length and breadth of his home county of Northumberland to reveal why it still remains for him a magical and mysterious ancient kingdom.

Robson immerses himself in the unique experiences it has to offer, from spending twenty-four hours living with the wildlife rangers of the Fame Islands, to stargazing into the darkest skies in England and exploring the rich and deep history of a county which played a pivotal role in shaping the Britain we know today. His journey takes him to many of Northumberland's most famous locations, including Holy Island, Bamburgh Castle and Hadrian's Wall as he meets the people who are keeping the region's history alive

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This official film provides a definitive history of the only Victorian Railway system in the world which is still in full working order.

The Isle of Man Steam and Electric Railways are featured here in graphic detail, utilising exclusive archive film showing the early workings of the long forgotten Prospect Hill Cable Cars and the Douglas Head Tram Cars, as well as the early days of the Steam and Snaefell Mountain Railways. In addition to the extensive archive footage the programme takes us on board the restored electric railway from Douglas to Ramsey via Laxey and the dramatic ascent to Snaefell with its spectacular views over the Island. We also travel on the Steam Railway through the picturesque countryside to Port Erin visiting the Railway Museum with its extensive range of memorabilia and artefacts. Railways of the Isle of Man provides a fascinating insight and a lasting memento of one of the worlds truly unique transport systems.

- The Douglas Cable Cars
- The Douglas Horse Trams
- The Falcon Cliff Cable Car Lift
- The Electric Railway: Douglas to Snaefell via Laxey
- The Electric Railway: Laxey to Ramsey
- The Laxey Water Wheel
- The Steam Railway - Douglas to Port Erin

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"Vera", a new murder mystery drama based on the novels by the award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves. Brenda Blethyn plays the title role of Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope, a sharp but shambolic detective driven by her own personal demons.

With her caustic wit and singular charm, Vera and her trusted right hand man DS Joe Ashworth (David Leon) face four captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.

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A helicopter journey over the 'relatively secret splendours' of two stunning walks, with tales of William the Lion of Scotland, Richard the Lionheart, Eric Bloodaxe and others as we sweep over dramatic castles and ancient fortifications.

The Northumberland Coast

Walk stretches from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The film also features Lindisfarne, Bamburgh Castle, Fame blanch, Dunstanburgh Castle, Warkworth, Druridge Bay, Whitley Bay and Tynemouth.

The Cleveland Way
Walk begins in Helmsley and runs through the magnificent North York Moors, meeting the coast at Saltburn-by-the-Sea then extending south.

The film also features Rievaulx Abbey, Sutton Hank, Mount Grace Priory, Roseberry Topping, Whitby, Robin Hood's Bay and Scarborough.