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• Our Friends In The North | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £11.98   |  Saving you £18.01 (150.33%)   |  RRP £29.99

  An epic saga stretching from 1964 to 1995, Our Friends in the North follows the lives of four young people in North-East England. Nicky Hutchinson (Christopher Eccleston) is initially courting Mary Soulsby (Gina McKee) but the relationship cools when it takes second place to his campaigning for Harold Wilson's Labour Party. She weds Tory Tosker Cox instead, but their marriage is a miserable one, living in a rot-infested high rise block built following a dubious new housing scheme. Meanwhile, "Geordie" Peacock, finally tiring of his drunken, abusive father, headbutts him and hitches down to London, where he ends up working for a surrogate "family" led by Malcolm McDowell's flash Soho sex club baron. Over the years, the paths of these characters intertwine, diverge then cross again, albeit occasionally stretching the bounds of plausible coincidence. The drama takes place against the backdrop of local authority and police corruption in the 60s, the radical far-left militancy of the early 70s, Thatcher's election, the 1984 miner's strike and the subsequent "murder" of Northern communities. What's brilliant about Our Friends is its melding of the personal and the political, with the soap opera of family estrangement played out against a backdrop of social decline. Peter Vaughn, playing Nicky's Dad as a former Jarrow marcher stricken by Alzheimer's, is especially poignant. If you didn't see this the first time, do so now. On the DVD: Our Friends in the North has a bonus disc featuring a discussion with writer Peter Flannery and the producers and directors in which the making of the programme is revealed to have been as epic and protracted a saga as the drama itself. There are interviews also with stars Christopher Eccleston and Gina McKee. --David Stubbs

• Flash Gordon | Blu Ray | (27/09/2010) from £14.52   |  Saving you £10.47 (72.11%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Flash - a-ah - he'll save every one of us! Ming the Merciless is out to destroy the Earth and only one person can stop him! Flash Gordon (Sam J. Jones) is zapped from Earth into a sci-fi adventure on planet Mongo with his beautiful companion Dale (Melody Anderson). In an attempt to put an end to Ming the Merciless' plans to destroy the Earth Flash battles Ming's goons and declines the advances of the luscious Space Princess Aura (Ornella Muti). With the help of Prince Barin (Timothy Dalton) and Prince Vultan (Brian Blessed) Flash Gordon takes the Ming empire by storm...

• Jonathan Creek Complete Series 1 - 4 Box Set | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £15.95   |  Saving you £59.04 (370.16%)   |  RRP £74.99

  This box set contains all four series of Jonathan Creek to date. Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin star in this highly successful murder mystery drama series. Jonathan magic expert and amateur sleuth extraordinaire turns out to be less successful in his relationship with investigative crimewriter Maddy Magellen.... All the episodes from Series 1 and 2: 'The Wrestler's Tomb' 'Jack In The Box' 'The Reconstituted Corpse' 'No Trace of Tracey' and 'The House Of Monkeys' and from Series 2 are: 'Danse Macabre' 'Time Waits For Norman' 'The Scented Room' 'The Problems At Gallows Gate' and 'Mother Redcap'. All the episodes from Series 3 and 4: 'The Curious Tale of Mr Spearfish' 'The Eyes of Tiresias' 'The Omega Man' 'Ghost's Forge' 'Miracle in Crooked Lane' 'The Three Gamblers' 'The Coonskin Cap' 'Angel Hair' 'The Tailor's Dummy' 'The Seer of the Sands' 'The Chequered Box' 'Gorgons Wood' 'Black Canary' 'Satan's Chimney'.

• The IT Crowd - Complete Series 1-4 Box Set | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £49.97   |  Saving you £-9.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Written by Graham Linehan (Father Ted Black Books) and produced by Ash Atalla (The Office) The IT Crowd centres on the worlds of Roy Moss and Jen who make up the IT department of Reynholm Industries. While their social betters work upstairs in fantastic surroundings the IT dept. work in a horrible dark basement underneath it all...

• Bad Lieutenant - Port Of Call New Orleans | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The only criminal he can't catch is himself Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans features a crooked drug-addicted cop (Nicolas Cage) who takes sexual favours for bribes.

• She's Out Of My League | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £6.90   |  Saving you £13.09 (189.71%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An average Joe, can't believe his luck. Though he's stuck in a seemingly dead-end job as an airport security agent, against all odds, Molly, a successful and outrageously gorgeous babe, falls for him.

• Fringe - Season 2 | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  From the creator of Lost and Alias J.J Adrams comes this second season of the thrilling Fringe.

• Cougar Town | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Meet Jules Cobb. She's a successful 40-year-old real-estate agent with a nice house, good friends and a relatively well-adjusted teenage son.

• Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Volume 1 | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £9.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ben And Holly's Little Kingdom: Volume 1

• Heartbeat: the Complete First | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £20.89   |  Saving you £4.10 (19.63%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Heartbeat: Series 1 (3 Discs)

• Fireman Sam - A Spot Of Bother | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £12.95   |  Saving you £-2.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Fireman Sam: A Spot Of Bother

• Dennis & Gnasher Haunted House | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £6.15   |  Saving you £-2.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Episodes Comprise: Dennis Sitting: The colonel gets his toughest posting ever - Babysitting Dennis while mum and dad attend parents' evening at school. Throw in the world's largest custard pie and an attack on the school by a top secret naval weapon and you certainly won't fall asleep watching this! Haunted House: The aunties from hell arrive to stay at Dennis's house and set about teaching our hero an etiquette lesson - SHUDDER! Will Dennis get rid of the dreadful duo? (Super)naturally! Oil Strike: Why has a ruthless tycoon swindled the Menace family out of their home? 'Cos there's an oil well under the foundations that's why! Getting the house back could be difficult but with Dennis involved it's bound to be very funny! Mauled: A strange new shopping centre springs up in Beanotown. The piped music in the mall makes every human go shopping-crazy! Only one 'Person' can save the day. Over to you Gnasher!

• The Killer Inside Me | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £6.33   |  Saving you £11.66 (184.20%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Based on the novel by legendary pulp writer Jim Thompson, Michael Winterbottom's THE KILLER INSIDE ME tells the story of handsome, charming, unassuming small town sheriff's deputy Lou Ford.

• Upper Hand, the: Complete Four | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Upper Hand: Series 4 (2 Discs)

• Death At A Funeral | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £4.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (261.24%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A funeral ceremony turns into a debacle of exposed family secrets and misplaced bodies.

• School for Scandal | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Stage on Screen presents a Greenwich Theatre production of The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Using the full text, this effervescent, hilarious, and beautifully staged production moves at high speed, challenging the audience to keep up with the intricately wrought and brilliant comedy of Sheridan's masterpiece. "You know this is going to be fun... it is a delight... a production to relish" The British Theatre Guide

• Blood on the Moon | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Blood On The Moon

• Dr Finlay the Complete Collect | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £46.99   |  Saving you £23.00 (48.95%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Based on the characters created by Scots author A.J. Cronin Doctor Finlay updates the popular series of the 1960s - Doctor Finlay's Casebook. Set in the 1940s the series chronicles life in the town of Tannochbrae as people come to terms with post-war problems and Doctor Finlay prepares to cope with upheaval in his personal and professional life. Episodes Comprise: Series 1: 1. The Return 2. Working Together 3. Winning the Peace 4. A Bitter Pill 5. Forbidden Fruit 6. The Good Doctor Series 2: 1. A Delicate Balance 2. Childsplay 3. Stolen Lives 4. Burning Bridges 5. Secrecy 6. In Arcadia Series 3: 1. Old Flames 2. Time Will Tell 3. Private Lives 4. The Earth's Sweet Being 5. A Natural Mistake 6. The Greatness and the Power 7. No Time For Heroes Series 4 1. Home Truths 2. All Jock Tamson's Bairns 3. Days of Grace 4. A Simple Operation 5. Mercury 6. The Life of Men 7. Still Waters 8. Snowblind

• Blue Thunder: The Complete Series | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £13.92   |  Saving you £16.07 (115.45%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Episodes Comprise: 1. Second Thunder 2. A Clear and Present Danger 3. Arms Race 4. Revenge in the Sky 5. Trojan Horse 6. Skydiver 7. Clipped Wings 8. Payload 9. The Long Flight 10. The Godchild 11. The Island

• Bionic Showdown | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £6.08   |  Saving you £6.91 (113.65%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Bionic Showdown