DVDs
DVDS available for hire
We stock all available kinds of DVD and have over 8,000 titles available and up to 100 new titles every month!
We receive new titles every week, some of them are classics, most are enjoyable, and many will be new, but if you like film then we can supply a lifetime of entertainment.
We stock films of any and every type; for every taste and occasion,for adults and for children. As well as all the blockbusters we look out for less mainstream films from the USA and the UK, often not released at British cinemas. We also pride ourselves on obtaining films from around the world and buy most non-English language films and have films in languages from Aramaic to Zulu by way of Mongolian, Hebrew, and Norwegian!
Our stock goes beyond films and we have a large range of instructional DVDs from keep-fit to painting as well as a wide range of DVDs showing opera, ballet, theatre and fine arts Its not just the “classic” arts either, you will also find music DVDs or documentaries on contemporary artists.
We try to support education with DVDs to back up virtually any study with dramatisations of set books, courses of study, language tuition and even driving skills.
A wide range of television series and programmes are stocked from Jane Austen to Doctor Who and Peppa Pig to Blue Planet.
Hiring DVDs
- DVDs can be hired for a week!
- Information DVDs and videos can be hired for 4 weeks
- Fines and charges apply
- Reserve items at your local library or via the Library Catalogue
- A collection of audio-described videos is available to visually-impaired people
- Our loyalty card system means for every nine items you hire the tenth will be free.
- It is against the law to copy or broadcast items from the collection, to lend them to another person or to charge for showing them.
We are always happy to receive recommendations or requests for specific films that we may have missed.
July Film Choice
Young Victoria. Cert. PG
The young Victoria is a lavish costume drama that focuses on the early life of Queen Victoria, one of the most venerated monarchs in British history. Born into nobility, her ascent to the throne was assured. Politically however, Victoria's inexperience meant that she relied heavily upon advisers to guide her. None more so than her cousin Prince Albert, who, at the tender age of 21 she married and went on to have nine children with.
Watchmen. Cert.18
A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society1 When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes.
Duplicity. Cert.12
In Duplicity, Julia Roberts and Clive Owen play secret lovers who have given up their lives as spies to work for major corporations. Both want to get an innovative formula for their respective (and rival) companies that will earn the winner's employer millions.
The Admiral. Cert.12 [Russian film]
Admiral Kolchak is a true war hero and beloved husband and father. One day he meets Anna, the love of his life and wife of his best friend. The revolution in his heart faces the revolution in his own country... His destiny is to became the supreme Ruler of Russia. The Admiral has The largest production budget in the history of Russian Cinema epic.
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