Episodes on this disc are: Colonial Day; President Roslin has reconstructed the legislative branch of the government, but terrorist leader/political dissident Tom Zarek is elected as a member and immediately motions that the Quorum vote to appoint a new Vice President. Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 1; Galactica stumbles upon Kobol, the long-lost home that the 13 Tribes came from, which legend says holds clues to the location of Earth. Roslin convinces Starbuck to steal the captured Cylon raider and find out more...

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 four-part series attempts to dramatise the real-life events of four Cambridge students, recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in 1934. The four (Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, Kim Philby and Donald Maclean) became career spies, sacrificing any possibility of living a normal life, and in the process disclosing some of the most highly guarded information possessed by British intelligence, including test results from the Atom bomb and the Enigma codes. Impressively played and an intriguing story, find out more...

A warrior and not a politician, Coriolanus found the citizens of Rome turning against him. As he sought to wreak his anger on the city, it was left to his mother to prevent a bloody battle. A compelling study of family, loyalty, war and politics, and an acclaimed production well-served by an experienced cast. Being from the BBC stable it can be relied on as a top notch and faithful version of the play. find out more...

The somewhat sensationalist title belies what is at heart an earnest attempt to realistically portray the descent of Hitler into madness, paranoia and megalomania. While the recently made ‘Max' focused on the young Hitler from a ‘What Could've Been' angle, ‘Hitler: The Rise of Evil' tries admirably to stick to the facts as it traces his career in politics (as a rising star, darling of both the poor and the powered gentry), to his self-destructive end. While the film portrays a truncated view of find out more...

One of the more controversial episodes of the series, Joe (Gremlins) Dante takes a swipe at the Iraq War in this tale of spin gone horribly wrong. Just a few weeks before a presidential election the incumbant Republican administration gives the media a sound-bite to die for, countering the growing opposition to the war POTUS (looking and sounding absolutely nothing like Bush Jr - I don't think!) tells his subjects that his greatest wish would be that all the fallen heroes would come home again a find out more...

Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody is now a U.S. congressman, and former CIA agent Carrie Mathison has returned to civilian life. But when a new and potentially devastating terrorist threat emerges, Brody and Carrie's lives become intertwined once again and they resume their delicate dance of suspicion, deceit and desire.
Well-received drama, and extremely popular. For me it lacked the subtlety of recent drama/thrillers like The Killing, The Wire and Spiral. It has more in common with 24. S find out more...

'Year Zero - The Silent Death of Cambodia', 'Nicaragua - A Nation's Right to Survive', 'Burp! Pepsi v Coke in the Ice Cold War', 'Flying the Flag - Arming the World'. find out more...

'Vietnam - The Quiet Mutiny' (1971), 'Death of a Nation - The Timor Conspiracy' (1994), 'Inside Burma - Land of Fear', 'Welcome to Australia'. find out more...

'Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq' (2000), 'Palestine is still the Issue' (2002), 'Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror' (2003) find out more...