Adapted from Colin Dexter's best-selling novels Inspector Morse took to our screens in 1987 with John Thaw in the lead role as the talented but cynical and lonely Inspector and Kevin Whately as his partner Detective Robert Lewis. Throughout its thirteen year run Morse repeatedly solved difficult murder cases with his old-fashioned methods and Lewis's help. A touching and emotional drama that touched the hearts of its audience.
David Jason stars with Peter Armitage in this LWT sitcom centred around the tangled romantic lives of two brothers living at home with their mum in south-east London. Often regarded as a precursor to Only Fools and Horses Lucky Feller was a relatively early showcase for Jason's comic talents penned by Terence Frisby – the award-winning author of stage hit There's a Girl in My Soup – and produced by comedy veteran Humphrey Barclay. This set presents the complete series originally transmitted in 1976 and an unscreened pilot episode with different cast members. In a role which would be reversed to phenomenal success less than a decade later Jason plays nerdy girl-shy Shorty Mepstead with Armitage as his sharper more worldly brother Randy; together the siblings run a small plumbing and repair business. Unfortunately Randy is also a consummate chat-up artist with no shortage of female admirers – and they include Shorty's girlfriend Kath... Special Features: Unscreened Pilot Image Gallery
It's more of the same for Larry David's sitcom from HBO, and for fans, that's a good thing. The show--largely extemporized--follows suit of David's former series, Seinfeld: it's a show about nothing, just the everyday life of the star going about his pseudo-real world. But David's show has far more edge (thanks, in part, to airing on cable TV) with all the bad luck, embarrassing situations, and dreadful behavior as its premiere season. The closest thing to an arc is David's season-long pitch to the networks for a new show starring former Seinfeld stars Jason Alexander and Julia-Louis Dreyfus. Each network is lampooned, especially HBO, which David has a bad history with in this alternate world. Sure to repel those with soft funny bones, Curb's acerbic comedy allows jokes where David is accidentally framed--if ever so briefly--as a child molester, wife abuser, or murderer. But for those who do love his shtick, there are big laughs, especially when we bump into characters as unbridled as David, like a fellow writer who is quite protective of his dad's invention, the Cobb salad. Many comic actors pop up, some as "themselves" (Richard Lewis, Rob Reiner) and others as characters (Rita Wilson, Ed Asner) along with the delights of co-stars Cheryl Hines as David's wife and his affable manger, Jeff Garlin. There are several touchstone bits: what a thong brief can do to a relationship, a run-in with pro wrestler, Larry's first baptism, and one very collectible doll. To pick one episode to capture this second season--and its grandstanding nature--it would be "Shaq," in which the NBA star is accidentally tripped, changing David's usual bad luck with gut-busting results. --Doug Thomas
The Doctor Who adventure "Carnival of Monsters" finds Jon Pertwee's third Doctor and Jo Grant (Katy Manning) materialising on the SS Bernice in the Indian Ocean in 1926, on the very day the ship is about to give rise to a famous sea mystery. Passengers and crew, including Ian Marter (who would return as companion Harry Sullivan two years later), are reliving the same few moments over and over again, and there is a plesiosaur in the ocean. Meanwhile two travelling show people, Vorg (Leslie Dwyer), and Shirna (Cheryl Hall), have arrived on the bureaucracy laden planet Inter Minor with an illegal Miniscope peepshow. In a variation on the miniaturisation plot of Fantastic Voyage (1966), and harking back to Doctor Who's own "Planet of the Giants" story from 1964, the Doctor and Jo have materialised within the Miniscope's compression field and are trapped inside. For company they have the ferocious alien Drashigs while outside the machine a potentially devastating conspiracy is afoot. As the second story in the 10th season of Doctor Who, this fast-moving, witty and surreal adventure slots into series continuity between "The Three Doctors" and "Frontier in Space". A long-time fan favourite, the four-part thriller remains one of the most enjoyable of the Jon Pertwee era stories. On the DVD: Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters on DVD has an excellent 4:3 image and mono sound far better than was ever heard on the original broadcasts. Heading a massive range of extras is a commentary with Katy Manning being wonderfully enthusiastic and producer-director Barry Letts getting a little more technical. There are English subtitles not only for the episodes but also for the commentary, as well as a separate on-screen information text option. Also included are two extended and one deleted scene, Barry Lett's more tightly edited preferred ending, a trailer for a 1981 season of Doctor Who repeats and a never used arrangement of the title music. Additionally there is a compilation of visual effects test film, some studio shooting footage, a short computer animation of the TARDIS, a photo gallery and a demonstration of the CSO special effects technique. Anything more comprehensive would be hard to imagine. --Gary S Dalkin
Episodes: Crocodile Tears Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Abide with Me The Weekend The Hostage The Path of True Love But Is It Art? A Christmas Story Speed's Return Rebel Without a Pause The Tooting Connection Working Class Hero Spanish Fly Right to Work Rock Bottom.
Long ago Lionel a dashing young British Army officer met Jean a lovely student nurse and fell deeply in love. When Lionel was shipped off to fight in the Korean war the two lost touch. Now they meet again and slowly begin to rekindle their romance. Episodes Comprise: Series 1: 1. You Must Remember This 2. Getting To Know You - Again 3. The Copper Kettle 4. Surprise Surprise 5. Relationships 6. The Picnic Series2: 1. White Hunter 2. A Weekend Away 3. Visiting Rocky 4. Why? 5. Misunderstandings 6. The Cruise 7. The Book Signing Series 3: 1. We'll Always Have Paris 2. Rocky's Wedding Day 3. Living Together But Where? 4. Covering Up 5. Moving In 6. Branching Out 7. The Mini Series 8. A Trip to Los Angeles 9. Dealing with Sally 10. Problems Problems Series 4: 1. A House Full of Women 2. Rewrites 3. Getting Rid of Gwen 4. The Affair 5. Welcome News 6. The Anniversary Party 7. Wedding Preparations 8. Wedding Day Nerves 9. Judith's New Romance 10. Improvements?
All four series of the classic BBC comedy starring Robert Lindsay as revolutionary leader Wolfie Smith of the Tooting Popular Front. Hoping to emulate his icons, Wolfie forms the TPF with a small group of his friends. However, he soon finds himself struggling to get his ambitious plans off the ground due to his laid back attitude and lack of organisation. Series 1 episodes are: 'Pilot', 'Crocodile Tears', 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner', 'Abide With Me', 'The Weekend', 'The Hostage', 'The Path of True Love', 'But Is It Art?' and 'A Story for Christmas'. Series 2 episodes are: 'Speed's Return', 'Rebel Without a Pause', 'The Tooting Connection', 'Working Class Hero' and 'Rock Bottom'. Series 3 episodes are: 'Spanish Fly', 'Don't Look Down', 'Only Fool and Horses...', 'The Big Job', 'Tofkin's Revenge', 'We Shall Not Be Moved', 'The Party's Over' and 'The Glorious Day'. Series 4 episodes are: 'Bigger Than Guy Fawkes', 'Changes', 'The Final Try', 'The Letter of the Law', 'Prisoners', 'Casablanca Was Never Like This', 'Sweet Sorrow' and 'Buon Natale'.
Sentenced to 23 years: he won't accept a day of it! This is the incredible true story of John McVicar - a man who took on the entire prison system and refused to surrender. Roger Daltrey gives a powerful performance as McVicar in a film that is shocking brutal and full of gritty violent realism. The film strongly depicts the brutal aspects of British prison life and follows McVicar into his eventual rehabilitation.
This mammoth box set features eight works of Dennis Potter spread over eleven discs. The Singing Detective:Slowly recovering from a terrible skin disease in a busy National Health hospital cynical thriller writer Phillip Marlow continues to unravel the traumas of his wartime boyhood while working through the plot of his greatest detective story - with himself as a crooning '40s detective on the trail of murderous Nazi plotters. But what is real and what is imagined? As childh
Long ago Lionel a dashing young British Army officer met Jean a lovely student nurse and fell deeply in love. When Lionel was shipped off to fight in the Korean war the two lost touch. Now they meet again and slowly begin to rekindle their romance. Episode titles: Series 1: 1. You Must Remember This 2. Getting To Know You - Again 3. The Copper Kettle 4. Surprise Surprise 5. Relationships 6. The Picnic Series 2: 1. White Hunter 2. A Weekend Away 3. Visiting Rocky 4. Why? 5. Misunderstandings 6. The Cruise 7. The Book Signing
Dear Mother Love Albert (3 Discs)
Titles Comprise: Her Desperate Choice: When the courts fail to protect her daughter from her suspected paedophile husband a mother is forced to join an underground network that protects mothers and abused children in this alarming drama starring Faith Ford and Kyle Secor. Jody Murdock is convinced that her ex-husband has been molesting their daughter Samantha - but is unable to prove it. Now Jody feels she has no choice: she takes Samantha and heads 'underground' into a secret and well-run network that provides them with new identities and a safe place to live. But Jody's ex refuses to accept the loss of his daughter and sets off in relentless pursuit of the fugitives. Even if Jody now has a new love in her life will she and Samantha ever gain the peace and security they so desperately need? Two Small Voices: Sybil Goldrich and Kathleen Anneken could not be more different. Sybil is a wealthy Californian and Kathleen an ordinary housewife. But both have fallen gravely ill after undergoing silicone implant surgery and are ignored and mistreated when they try to sue. Sybil and Kathleen are 'two small voices' who refused to be silenced. They join forces to take their case to the FDA - but as the medical and big business communities close ranks against them Sybil and Kathleen realise they have an epic battle on their hands. Face Value: Marla Hanson's dreams of becoming a top New York model were shattered when she was attacked and slashed across the face sustaining wounds requiring nearly 150 stitches. Marla's modelling career was finished but her ordeal had only just begun. When her case came to court the defence attorney tore into her accusing her of being a prostitute and using sex to further her career. But Marla fought back against these accusations and her exceptional courage made her not only America's most famous victim but a champion for others who had suffered in the same way. Race Against The Harvest: This dramatic story tells of the fierce conflict that arises between a wheat farmer and a harvester when the harvester refuses to wait for the farmer's wheat to dry after rain. To complicate matters the two men were once in partnership and they still are brothers-in-law. Crossing The Line: Laura a former basketball star is forced to coach her local team when their coach suffers a heart attack. The team continue to lose under Laura's direction and the fans begin to become violently involved with the games. As the arguments and violence start to get out of hand the girls find themselves teaching everyone a lesson in sportsmanship... No One Could Protect Her: Just days after her papergirl is found murdered Jessica Rayner is raped and assaulted in her home by a crazed intruder who is forced to flee before he kill her. This is not the end of her ordeal. The clever killer repeatedly taunts and terrifies Jessica - though failing each time to kill off this vital witness to his crimes. But Jessica is determined to fight back and begins to piece together clues to work out when the killer might strike again. And this time she'll be ready for him...
Sentenced to 23 years: he won't accept a day of it! This is the incredible true story of John McVicar - a man who took on the entire prison system and refused to surrender. Roger Daltrey gives a powerful performance as McVicar in a film that is shocking brutal and full of gritty violent realism. The film strongly depicts the brutal aspects of British prison life and follows McVicar into his eventual rehabilitation.
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