DVD London/English Countryside

Extras include include Rudy's Smart Tips, promos and clips from our other destinations, unedited music from the series, helpful maps, and exclusive video previously seen only by viewers of PBS High Definition channel .

The superb visual quality of imagery originally captured in the HDCAM High-Definition format and random access of the DVD format provide a superior means to research your travels!  Watch enhanced for 16x9 widescreen TV or in letterbox .  And because our DVDs are not constrained by region codes, you can also watch on virtually all PAL and NTSC DVD players around  the world.    

Here's what you'll see in the shows:

London
London, a city that has come close to ruling the world. With a legacy that includes Shakespeare and the Beatles, London seems to endlessly reinvent itself. Sip tea and savor traditional sights such as Buckingham Palace and the Changing of the Guard. See where Charles Dickens penned Oliver Twist, and get a birds-eye view of contemporary London from the London Eye observation wheel. Check out the art at the newly opened Tate Modern Art Museum. 

TIPS on using cell phones, cash machines, and taking the "tube".   more

English Countryside
The Countryside outside of London echoes with storybook images. Around every hedgerow are mythic castles, ruined abbeys and prehistoric monuments. Stop at
Hampton Court, where Henry VIII wooed Anne Boleyn. Gaze on Oxfords dreamy spires and browse in the real Alice in Wonderlands candy store. Visit Jane Austens house, puzzle over the mysterious megaliths of Stonehenge, and pursue tales of Camelot in the royal city of Winchester.

TIPS on driving in England and visiting country pubs.