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• The Brittas Empire - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £12.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Broadcast between 1991 and 1997, The Brittas Empire is a sitcom set in Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. It stars Chris Barrie as Gordon Brittas, the prattish, blazered manager who remains loudly oblivious to the fact that his high-handed efforts at running the place result in utter calamity. As his gin-supping, nervous wreck of a wife observes, he thinks he's the oil that lubricates the machine but in reality he's "a bag of grit". This first series introduces Brittas, whose arrival at the new Centre prompts a rash of resignations as his petty and pedantic managerial methods constantly rebound on him. Mishaps in these episodes include a malfunctioning set of automatic doors, a disastrous wedding in the pool and a lost baby. Somehow, however, Brittas' strange sense of idealism keeps him bobbing up as all others sink into despair. The Brittas Empire could either be seen as a satire on the new tier of superfluous middle-management types who flourished in Tory Britain, or a 90s update of the old stereotype of the bureaucratic buffoon. Compared to, say, Alan Partridge, Brittas seems a bit broad and one-dimensional, a sketch-show character stretched beyond its limits. The rest of the cast don't offer much in the way of resistance or support and Brittas very swiftly becomes very annoying. Despite all problems, however, The Brittas Empire was an immense success, attracting over eight-million viewers at its peak. On the DVD: The Brittas Empire include some perfunctory, text-only items, including a Chris Barrie biography and a Brittas Fitness Quiz, as well as a sketch performed at the Royal Variety Performance of 1996, in which Brittas reveals himself as an enthusiast for conformity with EEC regulations. --David Stubbs

• The Cars That Ate Paris | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £5.79   |  Saving you £1.46 (32.23%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Peter Weir's first film is a surreal and fantastic horror. An outstanding hit at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival and a landmark in Australian film-making it remains a cult classic. On the outskirts of the small town of Paris cars crash with alarming regularity. Arthur (Terry Camilleri) survives one such accident and becomes a prisoner of Paris although he's unaware of his predicament as the town has provided him with something he's never had - a family. But these crashes are far fro

• Attack Force Z | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £12.39   |  Saving you £-2.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Mel Gibson co-stars with Sam Neill in this action-packed World War II adventure story. An elite Australian military team is dispatched to rescue survivors of a shot-down plane stranded on a South Pacific island occupied by the Japanese. One of the castaways may hold the secret to ending the war and must be saved at all costs...

• The Brittas Empire - The Complete Series 7 | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gordon Brittas goes from strength to strength. Despite his failed endeavour and despite the endeavours of both his staff and his wife to depose him Whitbury Leisure Centre continues to thrive. Brittas continues to dream up new schemes to promote and improve the centre including a bungee jump sequential staff reviews and computerisation - all with the usual Brittas diplomacy aplomb and mayhem. Julie heavily pregnant embraces the bungee jump whereas Tim tries everything he ca

• The Brittas Empire Complete Series 5 - Two Disc Digipak with Bonus Christmas Special Stills Gallery | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The fifth season of leisure centre mangament mishaps with the earnestly inept Gordon Brittas. The Old Old Story: ""Songs of Praise"" is to be presented from the newly rebuilt Whitbury Leisure Centre. However a series of accidents leads Brittas to believe that a serial killer may be on the loose in the Centre but he is determined that the recording of ""Songs of Praise"" should not be interrupted. Blind Devotion: Promotion is on the cards for one of the staff at Whitbury Le

• Blackrock | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.

• The Brittas Empire - Series 1 | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £6.95   |  Saving you £1.04 (14.96%)   |  RRP £7.99

  In this television sitcom Gordon Brittas (Chris Barrie) is the manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. He means well wants to do well and wants to be a good manager. Unfortunately his best talent is to continually create recipes for total disaster. Deep down Brittas cares for his staff but all he ever seems to do is make their lives more difficult. Trying to rise above this and to keep the Leisure centre running smoothly is his assistant Laura (Julia St John). Behind every good man so the saying goes is a good woman and behind any maniac is a good woman losing her sanity! Helen Brittas (Philippa Haywood) is no different as she struggles to cope with the mania of her husband.

• Quigley Down Under | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Master rifle sharpshooter Matt Quigley (Selleck) moves from the U.S. to Australia as a hired hand on an Australian ranch. He thinks his job will be to get rid of the dingoes plaguing the ranch but instead the ranch owner Elliot Marston (Rickman) wants him to kill the Aborigines. When Quigley refuses and turns the job down Elliot is incensed and tries to kill him. Quigley however manages to escape into the bush and takes the beautiful Cora (Laura San Giacomo) into the wilderness with him. Helped by the local aborigines Quigley takes it upon himself to wreak revenge on the evil rancher...

• Emerald City | DVD | (09/07/2007) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-2.55 (-63.90%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A tale of two cities four people and life's little pleasures... money lust temptation greed power and ambition. Emerald City comes from the pen one of Australia's best known writers David Williamson.

• Dogs In Space | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The place is Melbourne Australia 1978. The punk phenomenon is sweeping the country and Dogs in Space a punk group led by Sam (Michael Hutchence) are part of it. In a squat in a dodgy suburb live a ragtag collection of outcasts and don't-wanna-bes who survive on a diet of old TV space films drugs and good music. Add to this a homicidal maniac's lust for his chainsaw and a TV station's offer of money in return for a piece of the Skylab satellite that has just crashed to earth and you have 'Dog In Space'. Featuring the music of Iggy Pop Brian Eno and Michael Hutchence.

• Razorback | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When a vicious wild pig begins terrorising the Australian Outback the American husband of one of the victims joins forces with a local hunter and female farmer to track down and kill the seemingly supernatural savage beast...

• The Brittas Empire - Series 2 | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  In this television sitcom Gordon Brittas (Chris Barrie) is the manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. He means well wants to do well and wants to be a good manager. Unfortunately his best talent is to continually create recipes for total disaster. Deep down Brittas cares for his staff but all he ever seems to do is make their lives more difficult. Trying to rise above this and to keep the Leisure centre running smoothly is his assistant Laura (Julia St John). Behind every good man so the saying goes is a good woman and behind any maniac is a good woman losing her sanity! Helen Brittas (Philippa Haywood) is no different as she struggles to cope with the mania of her husband.

• The Brittas Empire - Series 5 | DVD | (28/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

• The Brittas Empire | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The complete sixth series of mirthful mismanagement mishaps from the hapless Gordon Brittas! After being crushed to death at the end of the last series Gordon Brittas spent a short time in Heaven which only served to annoy St Peter so much that he sent him back to earth to finish his mission. Gordon has spent the last six months being rebuilt in a Swiss clinic and returns to Whitbury Leisure Centre fighting fit after training runs in the Alps. Unfortunately in true Brittas fashion he returns a day early - missing the elaborate red carpet welcome the staff have prepared for him. Helen Brittas has spent the intervening time in a psychiatric institution after the shock of a) discovering that Gordon was in fact alive and b) having already spent the ''88 000 insurance money. There is a new adversary for Brittas in the shape of Penny Bidmead who has taken over the running of the Sauna Solarium complex with a view to Privatisation. Carole is back behind the reception desk together with her children after her brief glimpse of security as Nanny with the Austrian Herr Von Trapp. Unfortunately the possibility of her hearing wedding bells was dashed when he ditched her and married one of the nuns. Colin found that his boil mysteriously disappeared after Brittas died but In a fond act of remembrance he kept it preserved in a jar at home. Colin also has on his conscience the bomb he inadvertently placed in Mr. Brittas' croquet set when he was due to move to Brussels. Whatever did happen to that bomb? Episodes comprise: 1. Back With A Bang 2. Body Language 3. At The Double 4. A Walk On The Wild Side 5. We All Fall Down 6. Mr. Brittas Falls In Love 7. Snap Happy

• Malcolm | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Malcolm could easily come across as a lonely and reclusive misfit. People who would choose to judge him could mistake him for some kind of an idiot but let's have it right Malcolm is actually a master of all things technical and quite the professor when it comes to engineering and gadgets. Living alone in inner Melbourne after the death of his mother he loses his dream job after he takes a joy ride in his own mini tram (worthy of anything Q could create for Mr. Bond). To help with the cash situation Malcolm advertises for a lodger. Fresh from a stay at Her Majesty's big house arrives Frank swiftly followed by his girlfriend Judith. When Frank decides it is time to go robbing and stealing he can think of no better designer for a getaway car than Malcolm. The winner of 8 AFI (Australian Film Institute) including Best Film this new release is crammed with a bunch of extras including behind the scenes footage Malcolm is an utter delight that inFilm Australia called an endearing suburban adventure.