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  • Actors: Rupert Soskin
  • Directors: Michael Bott
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Illuminated Word
  • DVD Release Date: 27 Oct 2008
  • Run Time: 136 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0012BU0D8
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,895 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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There are about 1,000 stone circles in the British Isles. If you include other megalithic monuments such as stone rows, long barrows, cairns, cists, standing stones and others, the number runs to tens of thousands. Yet most people can only name one. This DVD is an exploration beyond Stonehenge, a discovery of the wealth that is Megalithic Britain. More than two years in the making, this broadcast-standard film, written and presented by explorer and naturalist Rupert Soskin, takes you from the tip of Cornwall to the Scottish Isles on an unforgettable journey through the landscape of our ancient past. ON THE DVD: MAIN TITLE, CHAPTERS, 224 MINUTES OF EXTRAS: FULL LENGTH WRITER/DIRECTOR COMMENTARY - FILMED INTERVIEW WITH RUPERT SOSKIN AND MICHAEL BOTT - OUTTAKES - EXTRA FOOTAGE - ORIGINAL PILOT FILM - TRAILER - 'MAKING OF' SLIDE SHOW.


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Naturalist Rupert Soskin explores prehistoric sites and megalithic monuments across the breadth of the British Isles and Ireland. These great relics of the past may be lesser known than Wiltshire's world-famous Stonehenge, but Soskin proves that their histories are just as fascinating and mysterious.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended, 23 Jan 2008
This is a great deal more than just a stunning travelogue (it's a feast for the eyes - makes me want to put on my walking boots and go exploring). What I didn't expect was the sense of 'people' - this little gem of a movie brings history to life and somehow creates an emotional connection between you the viewer and the long dead men and women who created and built these stones and rows. Rupert Soskin is totally engaging (think a younger David Attenborough crossed with Richard Hammond). He asks loads of fascinating questions and poses some interesting theories,and his own sense of wonder and passion, combined with obvious deep knowledge and study, is totally infectious. If you've ever wondered why (and how) these stones came to be there, you'll be both moved and enthralled.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Informative, Visually stunning, 23 Oct 2008
By I. S. Pegler "ianto29" (Wales) - See all my reviews
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This is a superbly crafted DVD film which takes you on a tour of the megalithic sites and monuments of Ancient Britain. The cinematography and editing are excellent and so is the evocative sound-track. The menus allow you to choose the area you wish to look at, e.g. Wales, the South West etc. and within each of these "chapters" there are sub-menus which allow you to choose a particular stone-circle, dolmen or whatever you happen to be interested in. This is just as well because there is just so much information to take in that you probably will not want to view it all in one session.

The presenter is Rupert Soskin and he does a great job of guiding us around the sites, relating the folk-lore and history etc. Some of his ideas are speculative but always fairly mainstream; there are no "New Age" theories. Neither does he mention the scientific work done at ancient sites such as the Dragon Project, which is a shame. Although he does an excellent job, I felt it could have done with an additional presenter, perhaps someone with markedly different ideas to Rupert's own to facilitate dialog and spark a debate. His pronunciation of Welsh place-names is dreadful, alas, but that's a fairly minor point.

As the content is fairly mainstream I imagine that it will appeal to a broad range of people - academics, historians, archaeologists or anyone with a general interest in the ancient stones of Britain. New-Agers and dowsers will like it too but they might also like "The Spirit of the Serpent" in which Rupert Soskin also appears.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Standing with Stones DVD, 25 Aug 2009
By Mr. J. Rayner (UK) - See all my reviews
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I received this DVD as a birthday present and thoroughly enjoyed it. Basically, the two film makers have gone it alone and 'done it themselves' after being rejected by various TV / film companies as their idea to tour the British Isles would have been too expensive to produce. By going it alone they have retained editorial control and been able to produce the film they wanted. The authors seem to have used Julian Cope's 'Modern Antiquarian' as kind of starting point and then set out on an epic journey of their own. The aim of the film is to bring the megalithic monuments of Britain and Ireland to a wider audience and I did learn a lot of new things. It is an excellent gazetteer but, like one of the previous reviewers I found some of the appoach a bit mainstream and the lack of any reference to ley lines (such as the Micheal/Mary line running from Lands End to Hopton in East Anglia) would have been useful. Overall however, this is very enjoyable and well crafted film and all credit to the film makers. Highly recommended.
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