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A recommendation and a warning.

Oldie magazine asked me to review two DVDs marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. For my full report see the September issue, out now at all good outlets. However, while Voice From The Battle Of Britain (lst Take £14.95) satisfactorily tells the tale, The Battle Of Britain: 70th Anniversary (Go Entertain £12.99) does not, despite offering three discs to lst Take’s one.

I won’t labour the point here but Go Entertain’s claim that their product is ‘a blow-by-blow account of the close-run conflict’ is precious thin, as are further claims that it is ‘expertly edited’ and ‘the story as never told before.’ Although perhaps the last is nearer the truth. As I concluded my review, between these two offerings there is, as in 1940, a clear winner.