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• Innocence of Memories | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £14.69   |  Saving you £3.30 (22.46%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Writing, memory and architecture flow together in this sensual nocturnal wandering through the streets of Istanbul, which becomes a vibrant archive of life lived. Orhan Pamuk Turkey's Nobel laureate for Literature opens a museum in Istanbul. A museum that's a fiction: its objects trace a tale of doomed love in 1970's Istanbul, brought to life in his international best-selling novel The Museum of Innocence. In Innocence of Memories acclaimed documentary filmmaker Grant Gee (Meeting People is Easy, Patience: After Sebald) takes a tour of the museum as the starting point for a trip through love stories, landscapes and the chemistry of the city.

• Inspector Morse - Disc 7 And 8 - Last Bus To Woodstock / The Ghost In The Machine | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £5.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (150.67%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and story lines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep-down sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

• The Doctors - Thirty Years of Time Travel and Beyond | DVD | (16/04/2012) from £8.15   |  Saving you £-0.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The Doctors: 30 Years Of Time Travel And Beyond is a hallmark documentary about the world famous BBC TV series 'Doctor Who', packed with personal insights and views from the very people who made the programme.Arranged in order of the various actors to have played the Doctor, this documentary features a host of specially recorded interviews with the programmes cast and crew. Doctors, companions and production personnel all share their unique experiences on the programme and their opinions as to what makes 'Doctor Who' so special to so many.The programme also features rare, behind the scenes home movie footage of The Smugglers, The Abominable Snowmen, The Daemons and the unfinished Tom Baker story Shada, as well as a unique collection of unpublished photographs spanning all the Doctors from the TV series.In addition to the main feature, this special DVD release comes packed with previously unseen material that could not be included in the original VHS release. Based on the bestselling book by Adrian Rigelsford, this documentary offers a comprehensive, candid and at times controversial look at a series that continues to grow in popularity.

• Speed Is My Need | DVD | (07/10/2019) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Inside the mind of a superbike racer, what makes these young men risk their lives for the thrill of speed? Spectacular footage, unbelievable crashes, racing psychology and modern surgery, an intimate look inside the world of racing superbikes. The last of the gladiators, racing can mean life or death with a twist of the throttle. Directed by Mark Sloper and featuring interviews with USA racing legends Fast Freddie Spencer & Colin Texas Tornado Edwards, Rick Broadbent of the Times, Rocket Ron Haslam and his son British Champion Leon Haslam, all time fastest TT winner Peter Hicky Hickman, and ex british champs James Whitham and Shakey Byrne.

• Riverdance - Live From New York City | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £20.98   |  Saving you £-5.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Irish hard-shoe sensation Riverdance underwent its second incarnation with Live from New York City, a 1996 performance filmed at Radio City Music Hall. The dazzling choreography and energetic score remain, but Michael Flatley was replaced by less-flamboyant Colin Dunne, a superb technician who works well with Flatley's former colead, Jean Butler. About half an hour longer than the 1995 original, Live from New York City expands upon the second act's theme of the Irish leaving their homeland for other parts of the world. In the most engaging new number, "Trading Taps", a trio of Irish dancers faces off against two urban American tappers. While much of this show will be familiar, it's different enough to be enjoyed on its own terms. It's also more stylishly shot, but that's also its biggest drawback--frenetic editing that allows only brief glimpses of the dancers and leaves the viewer dizzy. --David Horiuchi

• He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe - Vol. 2 | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (11.34%)   |  RRP £5.99

  ""By the power of Greyskull! I have the power!!!"" Episodes comprise: The Curse Of The Spellstone The Time Corridor The Dragon Invasion A Friend In Need Masks Of Power and Evil-Lyn's Plot.

• A Family At War - Series 3 | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  A Family At War is the classic ITV series chronicling the fortunes of the Ashton family living in Liverpool during the Second World War. This eight disc box set features the entire third series.

• The Art Of Piano - Great Pianists Of The 20th Century | DVD | (01/08/2000) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This is a feature-length, 106-minute documentary which presents in refreshingly straightforward fashion a portrait of 20th-century piano playing. The format is simple: short chapters on virtually all of the great pianists who have ever been captured on film, augmented by extracts from interviews, sometimes with the pianists themselves, or with later conductors and musicians of international stature, including specially filmed contributions from Daniel Barenboim, Sir Colin Davis, Egveny Kissin, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Tamás Vásáry. The narration by John Tusa offers an overview of piano music through the century, though the heart of the film is the great quantity of rare archive historic footage, with extracts from performances by Gould, Horowitz, Paderwski, Rachmaninov, Richter, Rubinstein and many others. The interviews are short, but offer considerable insight, while the film of so many revered pianists brought together is a literal eye-opener, especially for those who have previously only known these masters from LP and CD. This is, like the companion programme The Art of Singing, as close to definitive as can a single film can get, even going so far as to include footage from the "silent" era with sound from corresponding recordings.On the DVD: There are no special features, though the booklet provides a useful, very detailed chapter breakdown, an overview of the film, photographs and short biographies of many of the pianists. Because all the archive footage was shot that way, the film is presented in 4:3 television ratio. The archive material varies considerably in picture and sound quality, ranging as it does from early black and white to colour television video footage, all in mono. The new interviews are letterboxed within the 4:3 frame and are in colour and stereo. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Rudolph And The Island of The Misfit Toys | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £15.43   |  Saving you £-1.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A sharp-looking computer-animated feature, Rudolph and the Island of the Misfit Toys, sees the return of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 37 years after his television debut. Using excellent voice casting with actors that sound like the originals, this new Rudolph looks and sounds grand. There's a mysterious Toy Taker gobbling up toys around the world. Rudolph and his team (including deer-friend Clarice, elf-turned-dentist Hermey and the abominable snowman) try to track the toys down and save Christmas again. While the setup and songs hold no candle to the original and the lessons learned are borrowed from Toy Story 2, the final third succeeds--it's always good to have a flying reindeer when you are chasing a blimp. Children aged three to nine who have seen the original will certainly want to see the sequel--however, their parents might be less enthusiastic. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com

• Merlin: Complete Series 2 | DVD | (21/10/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

• Dinotopia | DVD | (13/10/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kids will love this sweeping story of two brothers whose plane crashes on a mysterious island called Dinotopia, where human beings live in harmony with dinosaurs--the herbivores, anyway. The carnivores present a problem, as the humans' defences against them--a mystical power source called sunstones--are losing strength. As they try to save the island, Carl and David (Tyron Leitso and Wentworth Miller) struggle not only with tyrannosaurs and prehistoric crocodiles, but also with repressive Dinotopian traditions and a scheming malcontent (David Thewlis) who stirs up all kinds of trouble. Meanwhile, they also wrestle with each other over the lovely daughter of the mayor of Waterfall City (Katie Carr). The pacifist ideals of Dinotopia are refreshing, but it's the special effects that will hook viewers: riding on the backs of brachiosaurs, flying atop pteranadons, arguing in court with triceratops and ankylosaurs. Anyone fascinated with dinosaurs (and who isn't?) will enjoy this whimsical fantasy. A host of British character actors also helps keep the human side of this four-hour mini-series lively; Alice Krige (also known as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact) gets a much more benevolent role here. --Bret Fetzer

• Inspector Morse - Disc 29 And 30 - The Way Through The Woods / The Daughters Of Cain | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £7.02   |  Saving you £7.97 (113.53%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whately's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter said he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

• Merlin - Series 4 - Complete BBC | Blu Ray | (23/01/2012) from £17.01   |  Saving you £22.98 (135.10%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Merlin is back for a fourth series of the hit BBC adventure as Camelot stands on the brink of a golden age. But its birth will not be an easy one. For the forces of evil are gathering and the darkest hour is just before the dawn… This series sees the arrival of the fearless Knights of Camelot and a fantastic guest cast featuring Gemma Jones (Bridget Jones’ Diary, Harry Potter), Phil Davis (Doctor Who, Brighton Rock) and Nathaniel Parker (Stardust, The Chronicles of Narnia) as well as the return of Santiago Cabrera (Heroes, Che) as the dashing Lancelot. With its thrilling mix of action, adventure and pure magic, the fourth series of Merlin will captivate the imagination as never before…The complete box set contains all 13 episodes of series four plus exclusive extras and free gifts.

• The Recruit (Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (21/01/2008) from £12.94   |  Saving you £14.04 (141.11%)   |  RRP £23.99

  A brilliant young CIA trainee (Colin Farrell) is asked by his mentor (Al Pacino) to help find a mole in the Agency.

• Taggart Disc Set E | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The city of Glasgow backdrop it's characteristic dry wit and the menacing nature of the cases make Taggart unique in style and it's now the longest running detective drama on UK television. Episodes Comprise: 1. Dead Man Walking 2. Users & Losers 3. Thirteenth Step 4. Tenement 5. Pinnacle

• Horrible Bosses - Triple Play (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy | Blu Ray | (21/11/2011) from £8.06   |  Saving you £18.93 (234.86%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Three friends (Bateman, Day, Sudeikis) conspire to murder their awful bosses (Spacey, Aniston, Farrell) when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness.

• Alien Vs Predator - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (22/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  Alien Vs. Predator - Steelbook Edition Special Finishes Include: Matt Finish Emboss on one Side. The deadliest creatures from the scariest sci-fi movies ever made face off in Alien vs. Predator now available as a Blu-ray Steelbook. The adventure begins when scientists investigate an ancient pyramid buried in Antarctica. But they soon make an even more terrifying discovery: two alien races engaged in an all-out war. And whoever wins... we lose.

• Kiss Me Kate | DVD | (24/10/2003) from £19.89   |  Saving you £0.10 (0.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A performance of the Cole Porter's musical 'Kiss Me Kate' filmed live at the Victoria Palace Theatre in August 2002. Choreography by Kathleen Marshall.

• Seefood | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £2.89   |  Saving you £10.10 (77.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Come and join sharks - Pup and Julius - on a fun-filled adventure to a place filled with colourful characters and marvellous mystery! When poachers steal dozens of egg sacks from Pup's reef, he makes it his duty to rescue his brothers and sisters. His mission becomes more difficult when he realises that he must venture above water and tackle a landscape filled with both beauty and danger. Afraid for Pup's safety, his best friend Julius follows him, attempting to bring him home. Wearing an amazing fish-suit which allows him to walk on land, Julius will also discover that sharks may not be the most frightening creatures in the world.

• Woolly & Tig - Halloween Special | DVD | (29/09/2014) from £2.96   |  Saving you £8.29 (487.65%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Brand NEW to DVD Join Woolly & Tig as they celebrate Halloween with a party, pumpkin lanterns and fancy costumes. For Tig Woolly is the perfect trusted friend. As a comforter, a playmate and a guide Woolly is at hand to help Tig overcome her worries with simple and engaging solutions. Join Tig as Woolly helps her overcome her fear of fireworks & thunder, shows her how to have fun with shadows, helps her with the waiting game and even makes her aware that quiet is more interesting than she.