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  • Fair Stood The Wind For France ... A Love Story [1980]Fair Stood The Wind For France ... A Love Story | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    David Beames and John Flanagan star in this 1981 BBC adaptation of H.E. Bates' war time drama Fair Stood The Wind For France. When John Franklin crash lands his Wellington bomber in occupied France at the height of the Second World War he is concerned for the safety of his crew and worried about his own badly injured arm. His crew escapes but the family of a mill owner risk their lives to Franklin in their home until he regains his health. during the following balmy summer months the pilot's situation is further complicated by his feelings for Francoise the daughter of the house. As German patrols move in his only chance of survival is to flee from France.

  • Sharpe's Waterloo [1997]Sharpe's Waterloo | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £2.89   |  Saving you £5.10 (63.80%)   |  RRP £7.99

    Sean bean returns in this award-winning drama as swashbuckling British officer Richard Sharpe for the battle of his life in Sharpe's Waterloo. Sharpe seemed to have settled down for life on a tranquil French farm with his new partner Lucille when the sudden news of Napolean's return from exile compels him to go back to the army to fight in the great Battle of Waterloo. He joins the staff of Wellington's ally the Prince of Orange. Once again reunited with the Chosen Men among them his good friend Harper (Daragh O'Malley) Sharpe abandons his inept commander to organise the defence of the British key positions on the farm of La Haie Sainte and plays a courageous and important role in securing one of Britain's most famous victories.

  • Sharpe's Revenge [1997]Sharpe's Revenge | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £4.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (60.44%)   |  RRP £7.99

    Sean Bean is swashbuckling British officer Richard Sharpe in the visually stunning film Sharpe's Revenge.After the last battle has been fought the Peninsula war is finally over for Britain and its allies but the action does not end here for Sharpe. He is set up once again by his long-time enemy the French spy Ducos and finds himself accused of stealing Napoleon's treasures.Having been abandoned by his beautiful wife Jane who returns to England and persecuted by both the British and French Sharpe boldly goes in search of both truth and revenge embarking on a perilous journey across post-war France with the help of his loyal friends Frederickson and Harper.

  • Sharpe's Rifles [1993]Sharpe's Rifles | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £5.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (33.61%)   |  RRP £7.99

    After saving the life of Sir Arthur Wellesley Sgt Richard Sharpe is rewarded with the field commission of Lieutenant. His first mission is to go behind enemy lines to Casa Antiga to locate a missing agent James Rothschild who carries a banker's draft for badly needed funds for the British army. Sharpe is given command of the 95th Rifles under Capt Murray but soon finds that they are an undisciplined bunch and neither Murray nor the men of the Rifles are prepared to accept Sharpe's command as 'proper' officers are not raised from the ranks. After Captain Murray is killed in a surprise French attack Sharpe is left in sole command. Two Spanish allies Major Blas Vivar and Comandante Teresa offer to lead Sharpe to Casa Antiga and he reluctantly agrees. At Casa Antiga there is no sign of Rothschild and Sharpe becomes increasingly suspicious of his Spanish companions...only to discover that the real mission is to transport a holy relic of Spain to Torrecastro to inspire an uprising against the French.

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