The real-life sagas of four African animal families, all vying for dominance in a remote and fertile river valley in Zambia.
BBC’s Kingdom is an enthralling nature series that follows four animal families in a Zambian river valley as they fight to survive and assert dominance. Narrated by David Attenborough, the show was filmed over five years, capturing lions, leopards, wild dogs and hyenas with cinematic detail that makes every hunt, confrontation and moment of care feel immediate and intense. The series blends breathtaking natural beauty with gripping, almost theatrical storytelling, turning the struggles of these animals into a dramatic saga that is both visually stunning and emotionally compelling.
Every year we like to run an extra little Chrismas Competition and this year is no different, we have carefully chosen these two Detective based series to give away, as they were some of our favourite releases of the year.
One lucky winner will received The Chelsea Detective: Series 1 to 3 and the new highly rated series Art Detectives both on DVD'
London’s Chelsea neighbourhood is a beautiful borough for beautiful people, but it has a dark underside of deception, violence, greed and murder. Bodies have a way of showing up, and things are rarely what they seem. DI Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough) lives on a shabby houseboat on the Thames, just yards from some of the most valuable real estate in Europe. He’s an unprepossessing figure with one of the shrewdest minds in the Metropolitan Police. His partner, Priya Shamsie (Sonita Henry), is a no-nonsense detective sergeant newly returned from maternity leave. Together, they must root out the truth behind heinous crimes and bring those responsible to justice, no matter their wealth or status.
Art-loving DI Mick Palmer (Stephen Moyer) singlehandedly runs the Heritage Crime Unit, investigating murders and thefts in the shadowy world of art, antiquities and priceless artifacts.
When straight-talking young DC Shazia Malik (Nina Singh) helps him solve the brutal killing of an art historian, he offers her a job. Together, the new partners investigate a Viking hoard smuggled from a prehistoric grave, dark family secrets at a Cornish recording studio, a sabotaged wine tasting and the death of a millionaire obsessed with the sinking of the Titanic.
While Shazia adapts to life away from her overprotective family, Mick navigates a budding romance with museum curator Rosa (Sarah Alexander) and the shocking reappearance of his long-gone father, a notorious art forger (Larry Lamb).
Enter now for a chance to win.
Which actors play the two lead characters from both of these series, DI Max Arnold, Priya Shamsie, DI Mick Palmer and DC Shazia Malik?
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Acorn Media International has announced Art Detectives is set for its DVD and digital release on 8 December 2025.
And to celebrate we have a copy on DVD to give away!
Crafting wonderfully creative storylines, mesmerising artwork and the edge-of-your-seat twists, Art Detectives unveils a new gripping, character-driven crime drama where every work of art hides a motive.
Synopsis:
The thrilling six-part series sees Moyer return to the small screen as art-loving detective Mike Palmer, who’s drawn into the world of heists, forgeries and murder, alongside his straight-talking partner DC Shazia Malik, played by Nina Singh (The Lazarus Project). The pair must navigate the rich and colourful world of cultural crime, filled with greed, obsession, lust and revenge. The stellar cast includes Sarah Alexander (Stardust, Green Wing) as museum curator Rosa Conaghan and national treasure Larry Lamb (Gavin and Stacey, Eastenders) as Mike’s fraudulent father, Ron Palmer.
DI Mick Palmer (Moyer) leads the Heritage Crime Unit, investigating murders and thefts in the shadowy world of priceless art and antiquities. When the sharp young DC Shazia Malik (Singh) helps him solve the brutal killing of an art historian, the two partner up, diving headlong into a raft of high-stakes cases.
Together, the artfully astute detectives investigate everything from a Viking hoard smuggled from a prehistoric grave to dark family secrets at a Cornish recording studio, there’s sabotage at a wine tasting and the death of a millionaire obsessed the Titanic, brings on a sinking feeling to the proceedings.
While Shazia adapts to life away from her overprotective family, Mick explores a budding romance with museum curator Rosa (Alexander), while navigating the shocking return of his absent father Ron, who just happens to be one of Britain’s most notorious art forgers.
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1. Closing date 15-12-25
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Acorn Media International is releasing The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3 and Seasons 1 – 3 Box Set on Blu-ray and DVD from 8 December 2025.
And to celebrate we have a copy on blu-ray to give away!
Synopsis:
We join Daryl and Carol amidst the devastating ruins of London, where they encounter Julian (Merchant), a reclusive survivor who believes he’s the last living man in England. When a desperate escape across the Channel ends in disaster, the pair end up shipwrecked on the Spanish coast and thrust into a volatile new world of survivors, zealots and hidden agendas.
As they navigate the sun-scorched landscapes and broken strongholds of post-apocalyptic Spain, they become entangled with a struggling community led by the principled Antonio (Eduardo Noriega – Open Your Eyes, The Last Stand) and fiercely independent Paz (Alexandra Masangkay – The Platform, Code Name: Emperor). Bound by loyalty, yet divided by conscience, Daryl and Carol must confront their own haunted pasts and decide whether to keep moving towards home or stay – in the hope that their displacement may finally have a purpose.
Season three sees some newcomers join the cast including Óscar Jaenada (The Losers, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Hugo Arbues (Past Lies) and Candela Saitta (Maxima) alongside British comedy favourite Stephen Merchant (The Office, Extras) in a show-stopping guest appearance.
Balancing gore-filled action and gripping twists with dynamite chemistry and a striking European backdrop, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3 proves once again that there’s still plenty more life in The Walking Dead.
What is the name of the character played by Eduardo Noriega in TWD:DD?
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An elderly beekeeper in Citrus County has been left fighting to rebuild his life after twenty active hives vanished from a plot he owns. Eighty four year old Richard Marquette has worked with bees since childhood and relies on honey sales to get by, especially after being placed on medical leave from his job. He discovered the hives had gone in late July when he found a contractor clearing trees around fifty feet inside his property line. When he asked about the bees, he was told the landowner had ordered them moved, yet Richard is the landowner and had authorised no such thing. A deputy later determined that the neighbour, Joseph Denicke, had admitted asking a friend to remove the hives and had even advertised them on Facebook for anyone willing to collect them. More than ninety days later the hives have not been returned, the case has been closed by the sheriff’s department and Richard says he has been left with nothing.
The missing colonies represent up to two million bees along with boxes marked with his state issued registration number. Each hive can produce between twenty and forty quarts of honey and, in Florida, some can deliver three crops in a year, so Richard estimates that thousands of dollars in income have been wiped out. His lawyer, Andy Lyons, has sent a formal demand giving Denicke a short window to make things right. Lyons says the loss has destroyed a full year of earning potential and damaged the wider ecosystem that depends on those bees. Richard still has a few jars of Palmetto honey left, which he proudly describes as close to perfect, and he hopes to recover his bees and equipment in time for next season. If that does not happen, he plans to sue. Authorities have urged anyone who knows the whereabouts of the hives to contact the state’s bee inspection programme.
Swedish treasure hunter Dennis Asberg believes he has uncovered something extraordinary on the Baltic seafloor. He and his Ocean X team have spent fifteen years studying a circular structure roughly sixty metres wide that sits ninety metres down. Their instruments have picked up GPS dropouts, strange electromagnetic effects and sharply defined right angles. A fresh 2025 sub-bottom scan hints that the object might not even be fixed to the seabed, which makes the whole thing feel even stranger. The team has also collected biological traces, scorched fragments and pieces of basalt from an area where that type of rock should not appear. They even logged temperatures close to zero right above the structure.
Asberg is no stranger to unusual finds. His career includes Tsarist era submarines, seventeenth century cognac and a long list of major wrecks. Even with that background, he says nothing he has encountered comes close to the oddity resting out in the Baltic.
