When five children are forced to stay in the dilapidated mansion of their very odd uncle, they discover an 8,000-year-old sand fairy who can grant a wish per day and experience the summer of their lives.
The complete first series - on DVD for the first time! Victoria Wood Julie Walters and a superb ensemble cast serve up the laughs in this critically acclaimed comedy set in a factory canteen. Episodes Comprise: 1. Monday 2. Royals 3. Scandals 4. Moods 5. Party 6. Nightshift
Created by written by and starring the one and only Victoria Wood 'Dinnerladies' chronicles the antics of a group of workers in a manky old canteen up in the north of England... Episodes comprise: 1. Catering 2. Trouble 3. Holidays 4. Fog 5. Gamble 6. Christmas 7. Minnellium 8. Christine 9. Gravy 10. Toast
Comedy sketch show from the 80's written and starring Victoria Wood alongside Julie Walters.
Acorn Antiques: The Musical! is the all-singing all-dancing fully overalled stage version of the beloved TV spoof. This triumphant West End production brought together Julie Walters (Mrs Overall) Celia Imrie (Miss Babs) and Duncan Preston (Mr Clifford) - the original cast of the series. Directed by Sir Trevor Nunn (Les Miserables Woman in White Starlight Express) the show was written by Julie Walters' understudy the award-winning Victoria Wood! This DVD filmed during th
As one of Britain's best-loved and most talented writer/performers, Victoria Wood's career spanned forty years and numerous awards including five BAFTAs. This Lancashire-born singer-songwriter, screenwriter, actor and director blazed a trail and inspired an entire generation of female comedy performers; her body of work will influence comedy for years to come. Wood's astute observational humour was embodied in an engagingly flawed and uniquely British cast of characters; her warmth and universal appeal saw her embraced by all sections of the viewing public in a way that few performers have been or are ever likely to be. This set celebrates Victoria Wood's unforgettable legacy with the following shows: SCREENPLAYS Three bittersweet plays including the highly acclaimed Talent. WOOD AND WALTERS The complete series BAFTA-nominated comedy, including the pilot show. AN AUDIENCE WITH VICTORIA WOOD BAFTA-winning stand-up from 1988. HOUSEWIFE, 49 BAFTA-winning drama in this moving portrait of an ordinary woman during wartime. SPECIAL FEATURES: Julie Walters and Friends: an award-winning one-off special featuring sketches written by and co-starring Victoria Wood Archive interviews
Sheila Sabatini is the senior surgeon at the Gillies Hospital. With a sharp tongue and considerable wit her collegaues hide behind their surgical masks in fear of volatile outburst. Follow all the trials and tribulations down at the Gillies Hospital in series one of Surgical Spirit.
Victoria Wood: Three Plays (2 Discs)
Sheila Sabatini is the senior surgeon at the Gillies Hospital. With a sharp tongue and considerable wit her collegaues hide behind their surgical masks in fear of volatile outburst. Follow all the trials and tribulations down at the Gillies Hospital in series one of Surgical Spirit. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Lecture 2. The Locum 3. Joyce's Ulcer 4. The Country Right Or Wrong 5. Fame 6. Sammy Eldridge
Victoria Wood: Live In Your Home
The fifth series of Jimmy McGovern's critically acclaimed series of standalone contemporary dramas exploring bold and moving topics, from selective mutism to family secrets. The all-star cast includes Natalie Gumede (Coronation Street), Anthony Flanagan (Shameless), Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), Anita Dobson and Jo Joyner (EastEnders). In Fledgling, Gumede is a policeman's wife who decides to spice up her life with a bit of shoplifting. The House sees a postman's parents sign over their house to him and his young family only for it to lead to a surprise revelation from his resentful sister.Value sees an inexperienced teacher feign cancer after stress causes her hair to fall out. In Hush Little Baby, directed by Robert Glenister, a family is thrown into disarray when their daughter suddenly stops talking and find themselves filling the silence with their own fears and confessions. In Back By Six, Craig Kelly's recently divorced cab driver makes a desperate decision after struggling with being apart from his two young children.
The second chapter to the terrific remake of the cult classic 'Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)' stars Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer as the dead detective and his hapless but very much alive partner. Mad ghosts mummified bodies experiments that mysteriously change a person's gender; nothing it seems is beyond the perlexing world inhabited by super-sleuth characters Jeff Randle and Marty Hopkirk aided and abetted by ghost-busting glamour girl Jeannie (Emilia Fox) and Hopkirk's mentor Wyvern (Tom Baker). This release features the complete second series of 'Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)'. Episodes comprise: Whatever Possessed You?: Jeff and Jeannie are hired to investigate goings on at a hotel that is supposed to be haunted. Jeff has a disbelief in ghosts until Marty re-appears and gives Jeff back his memories of Marty being a ghost. Revenge Of The Bog People: Jeff's ex-fianc''e Freya Cargill asks him to re-open investigations into the death of her Egyptologist father. Jeff and Jeannie head for the museum where he worked and meet some of the strange staff who work there. O Happy Isle: Jeff and Jeannie are hired to investigate the apparent suicide of a young gay man on the remote island of Strait Isle in Scotland the inhabitants of which are starting to show some bizarre character traits. Painkillers: At the request of Bulstrode and Lacey Jeff and Jeannie pose as doctors to investigate activities at a secret underground pain-research laboratory. Marshall & Snellgrove: Jeff and Jeannie are hired to investigate what is happening at the home of an eccentric family. But so are their arch-rivals Marshall & Snellgrove another firm of private detectives... The Glorious Butranekh: When the baby of their secretary Felia is kidnapped by the sinister Butranekh Cult Jeff and Jeannie investigate some unpleasant goings on in Latvia. Two Can Play That Game: Jeff and Jeannie investigate an empty department store where a crook's love of playing games has reached lethal extremes. But Jeff and Marty's relationship has reached such a nadir that Marty is cast adrift in Rhadamanthus-On-Sea.
Devised by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis, Hunters Walk shared several similarities with the classic 1950s police drama - in particular a small-town setting, and storylines encompassing the more human aspects of police work. This release contains all the existing episodes of Hunters Walk that remain in the archive.
Surgical Spirit: Series 5
Consultant surgeon Sheila Sabatini rules her operating theatre with a sharp tongue and a withering sense of humour. Her dedication and determination to succeed in a male-dominated world make her a force to be reckoned with and her colleagues at the Gillies Hospital have learned the hard way not to mess with her! Sheila's intimidating manner may hide a soft centre but only those who dare to get close enough discover that; they include administrator and best friend Joyce and anaesthetist Dr. Haslam a man brave enough to pursue a romantic relationship with the spiky Mrs Sabatini... Nicola McAuliffe gives a memorable performance as Sheila Sabatini with Duncan Preston starring alongside her as Jonathan Haslam. Surgical Spirit was a huge success with the viewing public running for seven series between 1989 and 1995. This complete second series was originally screened in 1990. Episodes Comprise: 1. Cold Cuts 2. The Copeland Affair 3. Educating Daniel 4. Doubting Thomas 5. The Phone Call 6. The Garden Party 7. Something In The Air
Sheila Sabatini is a brilliant surgeon but her sharp tongue gets her into trouble with fellow consultant surgeons George Hope-Wynne and Neil Copeland...
Surgical Spirit: The Complete Third Series
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