In recent years, so called “gang culture” has received more and more press coverage in the UK, and there’s little doubt that the numbers of (predominantly young male) gang members is on the increase. We are, however, streets behind the USA when it comes to the growth of what are inherently massive criminal organisations. We can only hope that the UK gang membership never reaches the levels found in America, and if ever there was a case of learning from other people’s mistakes, this is it. The conditions which have allowed this huge proliferation in violent gangs - poverty, unemployment, racial differences etc – should be seen as a clear warning by the British Government that simply ignoring the issue will not make it go away.

In our day to day lives, we pay scant regard to what's actually under our feet, buried beneath our cities' streets. 'Cities of the Underworld' from the History Channel takes you to the places that the public often aren't permitted access; to see the bunkers, caves and remnants of Ancient civilisations that are buried beneath the modern world. From the dark, dank prison cells of Vlad the Impaler's Rumanian castles, and the immaculately preserved Ancient Neapolitain streets through to the tunnels under Paris created by Ancient limestone mines, now filled with the skeletons of over 6 million Parisians, 'Cities of the Underworld' provides a direct insight into the world of the past that still exists; in many cases propping up our modern day cities. Indeed, the very bunkers we visited in Berlin (see 'Going Underground In Berlin') make an appearance!

In recent years, religious fanaticism and terrorism has rarely been away from the news headlines. But whilst the methods have changed, the underlying reasons remain the same almost 1000 years after the Catholic Church effectively decided that it was absolutely fine to run rampage across the Middle East, slaughtering at will, provided you were doing it God's name. Naturally, the Muslim people inhabiting those lands weren't necessarily appreciative of these religious thugs' behaviour, so they fought back. Which, under the circumstances was a perfectly reasonable reaction!

The full coverage of the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill is, for the first time, now available on DVD. The funeral took place on the 30th January 1965, with Churchill being the first statesman of the 20th Century to be given the honour of a full state funeral.

His coffin was carried through the silent crowd lined streets of London to St Pau'ls cathedral on a horse drawn gun carriage. Churchill had died some six days earlier of a stroke. In the period before the funeral he lay in state for three days and over 300,000 people had filed past his coffin to pay their last respects.

The DVD includes - Bearer-Party Emerges From Westminster Hall, The Procession Leaves Parliament ,Bearer-Party Arrives At St Paul’s Cathedral Ad, dress By The Dean, The Very Revd. Walter Matthews, Cavalry Last Post & Reveille, Procession Leaves St Paul’s Cathedral, London’s Dockers Dip Their Cranes In Respect, Bearer-Party Prepares For River Crossing, Train Leaves Waterloo Station, General Public At Bladen Parish Church.