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• Please Sir! - The Best Of Please Sir! | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £21.28   |  Saving you £8.71 (29.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Featuring the best episodes from series 2 and 3. British comedy at its best 'Please Sir' is fondly remembered by an entire generation of TV viewers. Starring John Alderton as the idealistic teacher Bernard Hedges who is put in charge of the worst class ever come back to school and relive the hilarity with 'Please Sir!'. They're Off: Bernard's class is taking his teaching methods a little too seriously when they place a bet based on what he told them in class. Appalled Bernard has to cancel the bet or the school will cancel him! Common Law: Bernard plays detective after Sharon is molested in the park on the way home from school. Prepared to be surprised because you'll be shocked at the identity of the culprit! Panalal Passes: By The first Parent Teacher Association meeting is a failure when only the parents of the new boy Panalal turn up. But when Bernard organises a second PTA meeting it's not the parents who are too lazy to turn up it's the teachers! The Sporting Life: The sports master has resigned and guess who they get to replace him! Unfortunately Bernard's swimming classes descend into chaos as Duffy's terrified of water and Dunstable just can't seem to keep those unusual swimming trunks on. Norman's Conquest: 5c decide to adopt an animal after watching a wildlife preservation programme. The adopted pet is named after Norman but what exactly is it and will it survive 5c? X Certificate: Determined that 5c will not just be the tea boys this Open Day Bernard and the class make a film about the school. It impresses no-one until a second interpretation catches the attention of a passing journalist... The Decent Thing: When Bernard spends a night with Sharon's mother he doesn't bargain on the consequences such as Sharon telling people that her mother is in the club again. Is Bernard about to have his first nervous breakdown? The Generation Gap: Class 5c becomes socially aware and take to promoting care in the community amongst the older residents. Unfortunately it's not necessarily the students who have to be co-operative as Potter finds out with Mr. De'Ath. The School Captain: The newly founded House system at Fenn Street runs into a few teething problems with election rigging and uncooperative students all whilst Bernard is trying to maintain his own reputation as Housemaster. Out Of The Frying Pan: Mrs. Savage has a rather unorthodox attitude towards lunchtime as she forces all of the school to eat in the local pub then resigns much to the confusion of Cromwell - but then he's never tried her cooking! Mixed Doubles: Abbott narrowly avoids a fight with a local yob but still manages to land a brick through a shop window. Maureen confesses her role to Bernard but will he do the right thing and tell the shopkeepers?

• Born to Run | DVD | (07/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Byron Flitch (Keith Allen, Trainspotting, The Others) is not enjoying his anniversary party. Instead of making him a partner in their classic car business, his father Burke (Terence Rigby) has demanded that he work harder. His mistress Judith could arrive to gate crash the celebrations at any moment and to top things off midway through the line I'm gonna live forever from his Karaoke Fame rendition, his father keels over with a heart attack. Amidst the chaos, Burke's wife Lili sees a chance to make her escape and ducks out of the party to leave for an impromptu holiday in Tenerife. When she returns, she is a changed woman and intent on taking up marathon running A script as bold, emotionally powerful and downright wacky as this needs a director with a very wide range. The smart move the BBC made was to hire Jean Stewart. Independent Meanwhile, with Burke critically ill and Lili off guard, the rest of the family squabble for control of the business. This six part black comedy, part family drama, part dark farce is Chariots of Fire meets Shirley Valentine (Independent) with a hilarious twisting script and incredible performances across the cast. Keith Allen turned in a performance so sensitive, so honest, so funny and so new that I was mesmerised by it. Allen is a star. Independent

• Dillinger And Capone | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  When the FBI unwittingly kill the wrong brother 'Scarface' Al Capone (Abraham) tracks down the real John Dillinger (Sheen) in hiding and forces him to plan one final bank heist. With his wife and son held by the Mob John must make a success of his biggest bank job to date...

• Three Businessmen | DVD | (26/02/2001) from £18.21   |  Saving you £-12.22 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Alex Cox's Three Businessman is an existentialist fable for the independent businessman. Two travelling art dealers staying in a labyrinthine Liverpool hotel, Frank King (Alex Cox) and Bennie Reyes (Miguel Sandoval of Clear and Present Danger), sit down for dinner only to find that the hotel staff have deserted them. They begin to walk the Mersey streets in search of sustenance, talking about dogs, dinner, the "Plutonium" credit card and the state of the world. But lost without a map, they inadvertently wander half way across the world on public transport in search of their hotel, touching down in Rotterdam, Hong Kong, Japan and Spain. In a desert, they come across a third businessman, Leroy Jasper (Robert Wisdom), clutching a replica of the Mir space station. Soon after, they stumble across a food stand outside a small abode that holds within it the true object of their quest. It is a destination that they have found without looking for. This small, mannered movie grows in stature as it progresses. Sandoval and Cox are amiably crotchety travelling companions. Aided and abetted by jump cuts, the surrealist conceit that allows the businessman to roam across the world without ever realising they have left Liverpool is distinctly Bunuelian (cf. the name of Cox's production company Exterminating Angel Films). On the DVD: An amusing commentary by Alex Cox and writing partner and producer Tod Davies has the added bonus of Cox acting out deleted scenes. The feature appears in widescreen format with an excellent sound and picture transfer, enhanced by Pray for Rain's melancholic soundtrack. But the Debbie Harry and Iggy Pop promo video promised on the sleeve and liner notes does not appear anywhere on the disc. --Chris Campion

• Tales Of The Unexpected - Vol. 3 | DVD | (01/01/2006) from £5.95   |  Saving you £14.04 (235.97%)   |  RRP £19.99

• The Love Of Three Oranges | DVD | (05/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.25

  This Glyndebourne production of Prokofiev's comic fairy tale opera The Love of Three Oranges recorded in 1982 is nothing short of a sizzling visual extravaganza. The combination of Frank Corsaro's innovative direction and the brilliant creative designs of American book writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak have created an opera which mixes fantasy nightmare romance and satire. The whole production is alive with acrobats jugglers body-builders monsters outrageous inflatable figures colossal puppets and special animated sequences - creating a farcical carnival atmosphere. Willard White powerfully portrays the King whose son a doleful hypochondriac can only be cured through laughter. The antics of the court jester Truffaldino fail to raise even a giggle and it is only when the wicked witch Fata Morgana (Nelly Morpurgo) accidently loses her skirt that the Prince (Ryland Davies) breaks into hysterics. In revenge Morgana condemns the Prince to fall in love with three oranges which he pursues for three thousand miles. The exciting rhythms and brilliant orchestration of Prokofiev's score are conducted by Bernard Haitink. The cast also includes Nucci Condo (Clarissa) John Pringle (Leandro) Ugo Benelli (Truffaldino) Peter-Christoph Runge (Pantaloon) Richard Van Allan (Tchelio) Yvonne Lea (Princess Linetta) Susan Moore (Princess Nicoletta) Fiona Kimm (Smeraldina) Colette Alliot-Lugaz (Princess Ninetta) Roger Bryson (Herald/Cook) Hugh Hetherington (Master of Ceremonies) and Derek Hammond-Stroud (Farfarello).

• Carry On England | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £8.74   |  Saving you £1.25 (14.30%)   |  RRP £9.99

  By way of an experiment, a mixed-sex anti-aircraft battery is set up during World War II. The result is Carry On England, and the sex is indeed pretty mixed, although the drafting in of Patrick Mower and Judy Geeson rather demonstrates the need for at least some of the cast to be attractive in order to make this premise feasible. For the most part, of course, it's tits-out sex-comedy slapstick all the way, but there's a nicely ambivalent performance from Kenneth Connor, who portrays the wartime British officer class as being pretty much bonkers, a telling interpretation which Stephen Fry was to perfect years later in Blackadder Goes Forth. The location is of course typically Carry On cheap-and-cheerful, but its inevitable drabness, together with the indistinguishable khaki uniforms, tends to put a bit of a damper on the adult-panto atmosphere which the best Carry Ons deliver. The cast commendably manage to transcend this, though, so there's still plenty of fun to be had. On the DVD: The feature is presented in 1.77:1 aspect ratio, but the disc has no added features. --Roger Thomas

• Escape | DVD | (19/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Husband and wife doctors Paul and Kim Jordan need a drastic change. Distraught by the inexplicable death of their baby, Paul (C. Thomas Howell) convinces Kim to abandon their American lives and join a medical mission in Thailand. It seems to be just the distraction they need, until the day Paul is kidnapped by human traffickers who need a surgeon to operate on their wounded leader. Kim is left alone in a strange country, trying desperately to find her husband with no proof of what happened. While captive on the gang's secluded island, Paul is caged with Malcolm Andrews (John Rhys-Davies), an Englishman being held for ransom. With nothing to do but talk, the two men quickly clash over philosophy, as Malcolm relies on a bold faith in God and Paul believes no god would allow these evils to happen in the world. Paul takes another hit when he finds his patient's condition much worse than he can handle on his own in such primitive conditions...

• The Sporting Century | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A compilation of the 20th century's greatest sporting moments including Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Roger Bannister in his bid to break the four minute mile and Jack Nicklaus winning the Masters in 1970.

• Oliver Twist | DVD | (11/10/1999) from £3.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  There have been many film and TV adaptations of Oliver Twist but this 1948 production from director David Lean remains the definitive screen interpretation of the Charles Dickens classic. From the ominous symbolism of its opening storm sequence (in which Oliver's pregnant, ill-fated mother struggles to reach shelter before childbirth) to the mob-scene climax that provokes Bill Sikes's dreadful comeuppance, this breathtaking black-and-white film remains loyal to Dickens while distilling the story into its purest cinematic essence.Every detail is perfect--Lean even includes a coffin-shaped snuffbox for the cruel Mr. Sowerberry--and as young Oliver, eight-year-old John Howard Davies (who would later produce Monty Python's Flying Circus for the BBC) perfectly expresses the orphan's boyish wonderment, stern determination and waifish vulnerability. Best of all is Alec Guinness as Fagin, so devious and yet so delightfully appealing under his beak-nosed (and, at the time, highly controversial) make-up. (Many complained that Fagin's huge nose and greedy demeanour presented an anti-Semitic stereotype, even though Lean never identifies Fagin as Jewish; for this reason, the film wasn't shown in the US until three years after its British release.) Likewise, young Anthony Newley is artfully dodgy as Fagin's loyal accomplice, the Artful Dodger. Guinness's performance would later provide strong inspiration for Ron Moody's equally splendid portrayal of Fagin in the Oscar-winning Oliver! and while that 1968 musical remains wonderfully entertaining, it is Lean's film that hews closest to Dickens' vision. The authentic recreation of 19th-century London is marvellous to behold; Guy Green's cinematography is so shadowy and stylised that it almost qualifies as Dickensian film noir. Lean is surprisingly blunt in conveying Dickens's theme of cruelty but his film never loses sight of the warmth and humanity that Oliver embodies. --Jeff Shannon

• Detention | DVD | (06/12/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Substitute teacher Mr Walmsley (John S. Davies) has just started his first day at a new school and it's been a baptism of fire. His class of unruly rude arrogant and spoilt students have turned the school into a place of fear and intimidation. But Mr Walmsley has a few unusual teaching techniques and his pupils are about to learn the hard way that not listening to teacher has very serious consequences.

• Curse Of The Crimson Altar | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Come face to face with naked fear on the altar of evil! Antique dealer Bob Manning heads to Craxton Lodge in Graymarsh the last known location of his missing brother Peter. J.D. Morley. The owner of Craxton Lodge claims to have never heard of Peter but invites Manning to stay. However Manning soon begins to discover evidence that Peter was there and that he may have met his fate under unpleasant circumstances. Meanwhile he is plagued by dreams of occultic rituals concerning the

• Spaceship | DVD | (10/07/2017) from £4.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Alien Abduction, Unicorns, Teenage BDSM role play and Nordic Metal. Acclaimed British director Alex Taylor unleashes his debut feature, a visually daring, thought-provoking exploration of British teenage life. Rising star Alexa Davies (Harlots, Raised By Wolves) shines as the ethereal Lucidia, who spends her days with her misfit community of cyber goths. After her sudden and mysterious disappearance, her friends journey deep into the unknown to find her. Special Features: ˜Kids Might Fly' ˜Spaceship' ˜Tank Dance' Cast & Director Commentary Audio Descriptions Official UK Trailer

• Aladdin and the King of Thieves | DVD | (05/02/2001) from £5.40   |  Saving you £14.59 (270.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Robin Williams returns as the voice of the hyperactive genie in this, the second direct-to-video sequel to Disney's hit animated feature. Aladdin, the street beggar turned Prince, risks all to find his father among the cut-throat 40 thieves and joins his quest to find a Midas-like stone that turns everything it touches into gold. A significant cut above most made-for-video animation, this energetic adventure largely leaves Princess Jasmine and the genie behind for a father-and-son quest. Guest voice Jerry Orbach suggests Sean Connery with his thick-as-molasses delivery as the master thief Sa'luk and, despite his limited screen time, Williams once again delights with his wild flights of fantasy as the big blue Genie. A rousing tale full of last-minute escapes and spectacular, kid-sized thrills that even parents will find entertaining. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Princess Diaries 2: Movie Collection | Blu Ray | (15/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Shogun Warrior | DVD | (28/02/2000) from £9.98   |  Saving you £14.01 (140.38%)   |  RRP £23.99

  In 17th Century Japan the county is divided into two warring clans. The Eastern Army led by the Warlord Tokugawa and the Western Army which fights for the Toyotomis clan. After victory at their last battle things are still not going the Eastern army's way and Toyotomi believes the only way to turn the tide of the war is to obtain firearm's. To this end he sends his most trusted Samurai Mayeda and his son Yourimune to Spain with a small party of soldiers and a Franeisean mo

• And Mother Makes Five - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  BAFTA winner Wendy Craig stars with Richard Coleman, Robin Davies and Oscar winner David Parfitt in this highly popular sequel to Thames' hit sitcom And Mother Makes Three. Co-written by Wendy Craig and produced by sitcom veteran Peter Frazer-Jones, the series charts the ongoing tribulations of Sally Harrison - a well-meaning, deeply loving but scatterbrained mother of two rambunctious young sons, now sharing her life with second husband David Redway, an antiquarian bookseller, and stepdaugh...

• Mary Higgins Clark - For Better....For Worse | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In germany a psycho kidnaps his former US army base teacher with whom he is infatuated while a cop pursues an escaped convict.

• Kim | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale. Kim (Ravi Sheth) is a happy-go-lucky but street-wise fifteen year-old urchin in India in the 1890s. He lives by his wits but his kind heart has earned him the nickname of 'Friend of All The World'. There are two main influences on Kim's life: Mahbub Ali (Bryan Brown) the tough wily Afghan owner of a horse-train and a saintly old train-loving Buddhist Lama (Peter O'Toole) whom he meets in Lahore. Following a chance meeting with the British Maverick Regiment and its chaplain Kim learns that he is the son of a deserter...

• A Room To Die For | DVD | (16/01/2017) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Marcus Crowe is a failed writer who struggles with reality. His girlfriend, Jill, is desperate for Marcus to pursue a proper career. Broke, the couple find a perfect room to rent owned by an old couple, Henry and Josephine Baker, who take a keen interest in the young couple's lives. They are shocked when told the old couple have a new born baby. Stuck in the house 24-7 Marcus spirals into paranoia and believes the old couple is spying on them. When he finds the horrifying truth behind the baby, the old couple's real reason for renting the room is revealed.