Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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This is a talking heads style documentary, consisting of interviews with a range of his portrait subjects. Their anecdotes and insights into his character gather to create an (albeit vague) portrait of the artist. Friends, relatives and lovers talk at length about the effect he had on their lives, and their feelings regarding his portrayals of them. While there's little in the way of biographical information, it remains the only documentary available on Lucian Freud and it's worth watching to gl find out more...

Focusing on eight iconic works of art this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. Using a combination of dramatic reconstruction, spectacular photography and Simon Schama's enthusiastic and idiosyncratic narration the viewer is led from the murderous world of baroque Rome to paranoid, revolutionary Paris and the carnage of civil war Spain to the paradox of a 1950s New York caught between Cold War jitters and Manhattan glitter. Excellent! This disc looks at Caravaggio' find out more...

Focusing on eight iconic works of art this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. Using a combination of dramatic reconstruction, spectacular photography and Simon Schama's enthusiastic and idiosyncratic narration the viewer is led from the murderous world of baroque Rome to paranoid, revolutionary Paris and the carnage of civil war Spain to the paradox of a 1950s New York caught between Cold War jitters and Manhattan glitter. Excellent! This disc looks at David's Dea find out more...

Focusing on eight iconic works of art this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. Using a combination of dramatic reconstruction, spectacular photography and Simon Schama's enthusiastic and idiosyncratic narration the viewer is led from the murderous world of baroque Rome to paranoid, revolutionary Paris and the carnage of civil war Spain to the paradox of a 1950s New York caught between Cold War jitters and Manhattan glitter. Excellent! This disc looks at Picasso's G find out more...