"Actor: Brenda"

• TALES FROM THE CRYPT PRESENTS: DEMON KNIGHT | Blu Ray | (20/10/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Vera Series 1-9 | DVD | (25/02/2019) from £70.27   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All the episodes from the first nine series of the ITV crime thriller based on the novels by Ann Cleeves. Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) along with Detective Sergeant Joe Ashworth (David Leon) and their team, carry out various murder investigations. Series 1 episodes are: 'Hidden Depths', 'Telling Tales', 'The Crow Trap' and 'Little Lazarus'. Series 2 episodes are: 'The Ghost Position', 'Silent Voices', 'A Certain Samaritan' and 'Sandancers'. Series 3 episodes are: 'Castles in the Air', 'Poster Child', 'Young Gods' and 'Prodigal Son'. Series 4 episodes are: 'On Harbour Street', 'Protected', 'The Deer Hunters' and 'Death of a Family Man'. Series 5 episodes are: 'Changing Tides', 'Old Wound', 'Muddy Waters' and 'Shadows in the Sky'. Series 6 episodes are: 'Dark Road', 'Tuesday's Child', 'The Moth Catcher' and 'The Sea Glass'. Series 7 episodes are: 'Natural Selection', 'Dark Angel', 'Broken Promise' and 'The Blanket Mire'. Series 8 episodes are: 'Blood and Bone', 'Black Ice', 'Home' and 'Darkwater'. Series 9 episodes are: 'Blind Spot', 'Cuckoo', 'Cold River' and 'The Seagull'.

• Vera Complete Series 1-5 | DVD | (05/10/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Academy Award-Nominee and BAFTA Award-Winning Actress Brenda Blethyn OBE stars in Vera, a murder-mystery drama based on the novels by Award-Winning crime writer Ann Cleeves. Brenda Blethyn plays the title role of DCI Vera Stanhope, a sharp but shambolic detective driven by her own personal demons. With her caustic wit and singular charm, Vera and her trusted team face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape. EPISODES: Series 1: Hidden Depths | Telling Tales | The Crow Trap | Little Lazarus Series 2: The Ghost Position | Silent Voices | Sandancers | A Certain Samaritan Series 3: Castles In The Air | Poster Child | Young Gods | Prodigal Son Series 4: On Harbour Street | Protected | The Deer Hunters | Death Of A Family Man Series 5: Changing Tides | Old Wounds | Muddy Waters | Shadows in the Sky

• Watermelon | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £13.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After being dumped by her boyfriend soon after she moved to London Claire begins a relationship with a man who helped her get a job. However she discovers she's pregnant.

• The Deep End Of The Ocean | DVD | (28/02/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Beth Cappadora (Michelle Pfeiffer) is at her high school reunion when her three-year-old son disappears from his brother's care. The little boy never turns up, and the family has to deal with the devastating guilt and grief that goes along with it. Nine years later, the family has relocated to Chicago. By a sheer fluke, the kid turns up, living no more than two blocks away. The authorities swoop down and return the kid to his biological parents, but things are far from being that simple. The boy grew up around what he has called his father, while his new family are strangers to him; the older son, now a teenager, has brushes with the law and behavioural problems. His adjustment to his lost brother is complicated by normal teenage churlishness, and the dad (Treat Williams) seems to expect everything to fall into place as though the family had been intact all along. It's a tightrope routine for actors in a story like this, being careful not to chew the scenery while at the same time not being too flaccid or understated. For the most part, the members of the cast deal well with the emotional complexity of their roles. Though the story stretches credulity, weirder things do happen in the real world. The family's pain for the first half of the film is certainly credible, though the second half almost seems like a different movie. Whoopi Goldberg plays the detective assigned to the case; casting her is a bit of a stretch, but she makes it work. All in all, a decent three-hanky movie in the vein of Ordinary People. --Jerry Renshaw, Amazon.com

• Public Eye | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  Alfred Burke stars as down-at-heel Inquiry Agent Frank Marker in this critically acclaimed, long-running drama series. Always working the lower end of the spectrum - divorces, missing persons, bankruptcies - the public found a great affinity with Marker and the series was a huge success over its ten-year life span.

• That'll Be The Day / Stardust | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  That'll Be The Day: Abandoned by his father at an early age Jim MacLaine seems to have inherited the old man's restlessness. Despite his apparent intelligence Jim decides not to take the exams that would pave his way to university; he begins to think that the life of a pop musician might be the thing for him... Stardust: Jim is now enjoying the nomadic gigs and groupies' life of The Stray Cats. When he achieves all his wildest dreams of international stardom the sweet taste of success begins to turn sour...

• Buddha of Suburbia | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £9.92   |  Saving you £10.07 (101.51%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Karim's mother is English and his father is Indian. Therefore Karim has some problems with life in British society which is becoming more and more racist and intolerant; he experiences this especially when he wants to find himself a way of becoming an actor.

• Vera: Series 11 (Eps 5 & 6) | DVD | (27/02/2023) from £18.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Final two episodes from the eleventh series of the ITV crime thriller based on the novels by Ann Cleeves, starring Brenda Blethyn as Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. Along with trusted partner Detective Sergeant Aiden Healy (Kenny Doughty), Vera and her team carry out various murder investigations in Northumberland. In these episodes, Vera investigates the murder of a popular GP and a body found on the banks of the River Tyne. The episodes are: 'Vital Signs' and 'The Way the Wind Blows'.

• Vera - Series 1 | DVD | (23/05/2011) from £8.49   |  Saving you £16.50 (194.35%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Introducing this major new detective franchise Vera starring Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winner Brenda Blethyn as Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. Middle-aged Vera is an experienced not to mention brilliant murder detective. Kind-hearted but a loner she freely admits she can become obsessed with her job.

• Tarka The Otter | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £12.98   |  Saving you £2.00 (18.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on the classic Henry Williamson book and set in the beautiful English countryside Tarka The Otter is the captivating story following the life of an otter. From Tarka's birth to his climactic confrontation with Deadlock the otterhound. Tarka's life is an unforgettable experience. Set in the 1920s when otter hunting was still legal in England Tarka must use his cunning and natural instincts to outwit not only man but man's best friend... Two years in the making Tarka The Otter is one of the best loved of all animal films. A delight for all ages.

• Come September | DVD | (04/04/2005) from £12.23   |  Saving you £3.76 (30.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Wealthy industrialist Robert Talbot arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious Italian villa to find three problems lying in wait for him. Firstly his long-time girlfriend Lisa Fellini has given up waiting for him to pop the question and has decided to marry another man. Secondly the major domo of his villa Maurice Clavell has turned the estate into a posh hotel to make some easy money while the boss isn't around. And finally the current guests of the ""hotel"" are a g

• Hot Shots Part Deux | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £3.59   |  Saving you £9.40 (261.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The mother of all sequels! In this hilarious Hot Shots! sequel former renegade pilot Topper Harley (Charie Sheen) is once again recruited for a secret mission. This time the country's incompetent president (Lloyd Bridges) sends him to the Middle East to rescue U.S. hostages and the countless men who have already been sent in to rescue them. Pining for his former lover (Valeria Golino) in a Buddhist temple Topper manages to pull himself together and sets out on his laugh-f

• Desperate Housewives - Series 1-6 - Complete | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £49.93   |  Saving you £112.06 (224.43%)   |  RRP £161.99

  Experience the television phenomenon that has fans cheering and critics raving! From the beginning to the finale of Season 6 catch up with the antics of the Wisteria Lane ladies!

• Secrets & Lies (1996) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (26/04/2021) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Writer-director MIKE LEIGH (Naked) reached new levels of expressive power and intricacy in his ongoing contemplation of unembellished humanity with this resonant exploration of the deceptions, small and large, that shape our relationships to those we love. When Hortense (RoboCop's MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE), a Black optometrist who was adopted as a child, begins the search for her birth mother, she doesn't expect that it will lead her to Cynthia (Pride & Prejudice's BRENDA BLETHYN, winner of the Cannes Film Festival's best actress award), a desperately lonely white factory worker whose tentative embrace of her long-lost daughter sends shock waves through the rest of her already fragile family. Born from a painstaking process of rehearsal and improvisation with a powerhouse ensemble cast, Secrets & Lies is a Palme d'Orwinning tour de force of sustained tension and catharsis that lays bare the emotional fault lines running beneath the surface of everyday lives. Special Features: New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Mike Leigh and director of photography Dick Pope, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New conversation with Leigh and composer Gary Yershon New interview with actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste Audio interview with Leigh from 1996 conducted by film critic Michel Ciment Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Vera - Series 3 | DVD | (16/09/2013) from £8.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (135.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  ITV's critically acclaimed crime drama returns starring multi-award winning actress Brenda Blethyn as DCI Vera Stanhope. Based on the bestselling Inspector Stanhope books by renowned writer Ann Cleeves Vera and her team are faced with a series of daunting challenges.

• Vera: Series 1-13 | DVD | (26/02/2024) from £150.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• So I Married An Axe Murderer | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £7.03   |  Saving you £-1.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Enjoyable on many levels ... OK, it's enjoyable on only one level--if you're a big fan of Mike Myers's screwball idea of funny. That this script had been through a lot of hands in Hollywood before Myers agreed to star in it (using his Wayne's World clout) seems amazing as most of the truly funny bits here seem to be straight from Myers. Most memorable is his role as his own irascible Scottish father, screaming at his youngest son and talking about the Bay City Rollers. But Myers also plays Charlie, a bookshop owner/poet who falls in love with a "hardhearted harbinger of haggis", the local butcher (Nancy Travis), who may also be a serial killer. Mostly enjoyable, but there's also some weird stuff here. Try as you might, you may never rid yourself of the image of Brenda Fricker and Anthony LaPaglia making out. Also features a great soundtrack with Soul Asylum and Toad the Wet Sprocket. --Keith Simanton

• Trauma | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £7.96   |  Saving you £9.02 (181.49%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Chilling thriller starring Colin Firth as a bereaved widower haunted by visions of his dead wife.

• Danielle Steel's Secrets | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-0.55 (-9.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  While the couple keep the affair under wraps other stars struggle to conceal their own ghosts. Former Queen of Soap Jane Adams is the victim of a violent and jealous husband but can she resist throwing herself into the arms of her co-star Zack Taylor? Sex-symbol Bill Warwick lands his first major role but then his success is marred by a police investigation into the suspicious death of his wife? Amidst all the scandal and the cover up the show must go on.... but can it?