"Actor: Dawson"

• Sez Les - Volume 4 | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Sez Les was the show that firmly established Les Dawson's reputation, running for over seven years and bringing his dour, miserablist humour to a wider viewing public. Now you can rejoin the gloomy king of comedy and an array of favourite comic characters in this fourth volume, comprising series nine to eleven, along with a best of compilation show first screened in 1974. Featuring a running guest spot for comedy legend John Cleese alongside stalwart sideman Roy Barraclough, these shows offer more world-weary humour and hilarious sketches, with death-defying stunts and sleight of hand by the likes of The Great Roberto, Superflop, The Great Magico and Man of Steel. Cosmo Smallpiece is on typically lecherous form, gossiping Lancashire housewives Cissie and Ada find plenty to natter about, and we meet the dismal Desponts TV's dullest family. Les s many guests include Dana, Henry Cooper, Clodagh Rogers, Freddie Trueman, Lynsey de Paul and Cyril Smith, MP.

• Ealing Comedy DVD Collection - Hue and Cry/Passport to Pimlico/The Titfield Thunderbolt | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £21.36   |  Saving you £13.63 (63.81%)   |  RRP £34.99

  This second collection of Ealing Comedy, while not quite as important a reissue as the first box, is nonetheless essential viewing for all aficionados of classic English film. In Passport to Pimlico a group of Londoners demonstrate, paradoxically, their Englishness by eccentrically choosing the Burgundian citizenship granted them by a rediscovered medieval charter. Similarly, in The Titfield Thunderbolt neighbours outraged by the closing of their local branch line steal an antique locomotive from the museum and run their own railway. A similar sense of taking charge of your own life fills Hue and Cry as a group of boys, infuriated that crooks have been using their favourite comic to send messages, summon scores of others by radio to help them track down and capture the gang. There are shared themes here, a shared sense of the importance of eccentricity and imagination to a healthy society as well as excellent ensemble acting from casts that include Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford and Sid James. The box is filled out with a television documentary about the history of Ealing Studios. It covers its early silent days, the golden age that produced the classic comedies and such important films as The Cruel Sea, its time as a BBC studio and its possible renaissance under new management. On the DVD: Ealing Comedy presents the three films and the documentary in 1.33:1 (i.e., 4:3), and has excellent mono sound that does full justice to both dialogue and scores. The extra features include introductions to the four films in the first box set by such luminaries as Terry Gilliam and Martin Scorsese as well as DVD-ROM files of the original brochures for all seven films. --Roz Kaveney

• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Volume 1 includes: 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny' 'The Tale of Flopsy Bunnies & Mrs. Tittlemouse' and 'The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddleduck'.

• Les Dawson On ITV - The Specials | DVD | (23/11/2009) from £14.02   |  Saving you £10.97 (78.25%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Les Dawson At ITV: The Specials (3 Discs)

• Rugby World Cup 2003 - 10th Anniversary Special Commemorative Edition | DVD | (11/11/2013) from £9.93   |  Saving you £10.06 (101.31%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 2003 Rugby World Cup Final in full. The tension the pain and the absolute glory...World Cup success finally. From the first whistle to the nail-biting moments of extra time... and then that drop goal. This is the whole extraordinary spellbinding final as Sir Clive Woodward’s heroes wrestled the Webb Ellis Cup from Australia’s grasp. A massive final with two world class teams going hammer and tongs at each other. Martin Johnson leading ‘Dad’s Army’ (according to the Australian media) from the front alongside him an unstoppable English team battling for World Cup glory. Extra time ticking down moments remaining another pick up and drive deep in Australian territory and then as if in slow motion Matt Dawson delivered the perfect pass to the waiting Johnny Wilkinson. “We knew we had to hang in there. I didn’t want the game to go to a drop goal competition. I just wanted to win so much for the other guys.” - Johnny Wilkinson (England Fly-half). The 2003 Rugby World Cup Final 10th Anniversary Edition - all the drama and the glory (featuring ITV commentary). Contents: The Match in full ITV commentary (first time on DVD) Original Australian commentary Disc 2: England’s Story Documentary

• Wonder Women | DVD | (29/06/2009) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On the mystical island of Themyscira a proud warrior race of Amazons thrives shielded from the corrupt world of men. But a betrayal leads to an escape of Ares the God of War and Amazon Princess Diana must capture him before he unleashes global chaos and destruction. With the aid of cocky fighter pilot Steve Trevor Diana tracks Ares to the United States for a battle unlike any humankind has ever faced in this epic tale of the princess who becomes the world's greatest super heroine.

• Lost In Space - Season 1 | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Lost in Space began life in 1965 as a science-fiction take on The Swiss Family Robinson. Produced by Irwin Allen, then in the midst of his run of spectacular-but-childish TV SF (before he became the master of big-screen disaster movies), the show featured a family of all-American space colonists cast away on a mysterious planet. Gradually the whole thing devolved into a silly (but sometimes fun) exercise in childish camp. This box set includes all 29 black and white episodes from the first season (with a burst of colour at the end of the last show--a foretaste of the garish look of the remaining two seasons) along with "No Place to Hide", the expensive pilot show that sold the series but which prompted Allen to revamp the whole premise in comic mode when network execs responded best to its unintended humour. "No Place to Hide" has action scenes that cropped up in the first six regular episodes but is missing several of the show's trademark aspects, most notably that infectious theme from Johnny Williams (later, John Williams of Star Wars fame) and the scheming presence of Dr Smith (Jonathan Harris) and his alternately menacing and comical robot ("It does not compute"). As the series progresses (or degenerates, depending on your taste), Harris's Smith changes from pantomime villain, a saboteur who is trying to kill the family, into pantomime dame, a panicky old idiot whose foolishness, cowardice and avarice are an endless source of plots. It mostly makes do with the regular cast plus an array of shaggy-suited, snarling aliens, but you do get sterling ham from visiting astronauts such as Warren Oates ("Welcome Stranger"), Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet ("War of the Robots") and a very young Kurt Russell ("The Challenge"). Stories about surviving on an alien world give way to lifts from fairy tale, myth and old movies as Smith gets hold of a wishing cap, becomes a giant, is chosen as a sacrificial king, turns the children over to an alien zoo, squeaks in fright as a werewolf approaches or is cursed with a platinum Midas touch. --Kim Newman

• Last Kingdom Season 1-3 (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (28/01/2019) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  At the end of the 9th century, many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen in bloody conflict to invading Danes. Against this turbulent backdrop lives our hero, Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon, American Horror Story). Born the son of a Saxon nobleman, he is captured by the Danes and raised as one of their own. When fate binds him to Alfred (David Dawson, Peaky Blinders), Saxon King of Wessex, Uhtred must fight for Alfred's dream of uniting the kingdoms. Suffering great personal tragedy, Uhtred is torn between the country of his birth and the people of his upbringing and confronts a difficult choice if he deserts Alfred's cause, the future of the English people will be changed forever. Also starring Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), Matthew Macfadyen (Anna Karenina), Jason Flemyng (X-Men: First Class), Tobias Santelmann (Point Break), Emily Cox (Futuro Beach) and Ian Hart (Boardwalk Empire). Enjoy seasons one, two and three of The Last Kingdom back to back and uninterrupted! Special Features: Creating the World of The Last Kingdom The Making of The Last Kingdom The Stunts of The Last Kingdom Return to The Last Kingdom: The Making of Season Two The Battles of The Last Kingdom Season Three

• This Town | Blu Ray | (13/05/2024) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From Steven Knight, the creator of PEAKY BLINDERS and SAS ROGUE HEROES, comes an electrifying new series that tells a story of family ties, teenage kicks, and redemption. Opening in 1981, at a moment of huge social unrest, it tells the story of a group of young people fighting to choose their own paths, each in need of the second chance that music offers. Shot through with energy, vital performances from an exciting young cast, and joyful, life-affirming music, the show captures how sometimes creative genius can only emerge from a time of madness. Directed by Paul Whittington & Starring Michelle Dockery, Stefan Asante-Boateng, George Somner, Geraldine James, David Dawson, Jordan Bolger, Nicholas Pinnock, Levi Brown

• Eagle Eye | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £9.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A young man and a single mom get tangled up in a terrorist cell plotting a political assassination.

• Unforgettable | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A woman sets out to make life hell for her ex-husband's new wife.

• Unstoppable/Man On Fire/The Siege | Blu Ray | (02/09/2013) from £32.38   |  Saving you £-9.39 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Unstoppable: Inspired by actual events, Unstoppable is an adrenaline rush fuelled by director Tony Scott's signature mark of propulsive action rooted in the reality of ordinary people placed in extraordinary circumstances. A veteran train engineer (Denzel Washington) and a young conductor (Chris Pine) race the clock to stop an unmanned runaway train - effectively a missile the size of a skyscraper -- and prevent disaster in a heavily populated area. Man On Fi...

• Running Man - 3-Disc Limited Collector's Edition im Mediabook (4K Ultra HD) (+ Blu-ray 2D) (+ Bonus-Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (10/12/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Fire With Fire | DVD | (16/09/2013) from £2.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (434.78%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Firefighter Jeremy Colton (Josh Duhamel) witnesses a murder committed by a Long Beach gang leader (Vincent D'Onofrio) and goes into a protection program so he can testify against the man who's been a longtime target of police officer Mike Cella (Bruce Willis). When the life of Jeremy's girlfriend (Rosario Dawson) is threatened he enlists the help of a rival gang leader (Curtis Jackson) and takes the law into his own hands. Fire With Fire costars: Julian McMahon Quinton Rampage Jackson Richard Schiff Vinnie Jones Eric Winter James Lesure Nnamdi Asomugah and Kevin Dunn. Special Features: Behind the Scenes

• Wonder Woman: Bloodlines | Blu Ray | (21/10/2019) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Amazon princess Diana of Themyscira chooses to save fighter pilot Steve Trevor, it's a choice that will change her world and ours. Fulfilling the role of both ambassador as well as protector, Diana earns the name Wonder Woman from the gracious people of Earth. But her heart is as strong as her will as she is determined to help a troubled and embittered young girl whom has fallen in with a deadly organization known only as Villainy, Inc! Get ready for an exciting adventure packed with brutal battles, myth and wonder!

• The Devil's Brigade | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  During WWII a collection of Canadian soldiers and American misfits are brought together and promised that upon successful completion of a special mission their sentences will be struck off military records. The mission: a semi-suicidal charge to scale a well-fortified enemy emplacement on a steep hill...

• Death Proof | DVD | (06/03/2008) from £9.17   |  Saving you £6.82 (74.37%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A scarred stuntman uses his "death proof" car to execute his murderous plans in this latest outing from Quentin Tarantino.

• Building Jerusalem | Blu Ray | (14/09/2015) from £3.65   |  Saving you £21.34 (584.66%)   |  RRP £24.99

  After six weeks of gruelling competition, England battle reigning champions Australia. The two teams are inseparable after eighty minutes. Deep into extra time, there are just two minutes left on the clock. England rumble to within 40 yards of the posts. The ball is sent spiralling back to Jonny Wilkinson, the golden boy of English rugby, in a split second he drop kicks for goal and a chance for sporting immortality.

• Jokers Wild - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (13/08/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  "I was working in a pub when this hippy came in, jingling his bells. I said 'are you one of the flower children?'. He said 'no - I've got leprosy.'" Running for nine highly successful series, Jokers Wild was a lively, rapidly paced panel game in which two teams of top comics competed for laughs from the studio audience. While team members delved into their repertoires for winning jokes based on topics drawn randomly from an oversized pack of cards, bonus points could be scored by opposing team members if they interrupted mid-gag to complete a punchline. Hosted by comedy legend Barry Cryer, the show's line-up often read like a Who's Who? of British comedy talent - John Cleese, Bob Monkhouse, Arthur Askey, Eric Sykes and Sid James being just a few of the famous players over the course of its six-year run. This first series, featuring Les Dawson, Ted Ray, Charlie Chester, Jimmy Edwards, Alfred Marks and Roy Hudd, was originally screened in 1969. Contains all 19 episodes from series one. Also includes unscreened pilot episode, recorded in April 1969

• Dawson's Weekly - The Complete Series | DVD | (19/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Dawson's Weekly: The Complete Series