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• Diana | DVD | (07/09/2015) from £20.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (42.88%)   |  RRP £29.99

  All's fair in love and war Childhood friends Jan and Diana couldn't be more different. Beautiful, fierce and unfathomably wealthy, Diana is the only daughter of a formidable businessman. Country boy Jan is a penniless orphan. The unlikely friends spend a charmed and unconventional childhood together, but Diana's highborn destiny soon pulls her away from her life in the West Country, and all that makes her happy. The underlying moral has a fairy tale simplicity: People can become anything they want if they try hard enough. The New York Times Blossoming in the 1920s and ending after WWII, the fierce friendship between children from opposite sides of the tracks softens to love until life interrupts, forcing them into conflict and a betrayal that will haunt both their futures. Will the unfathomable force of war finally offer them redemption? Based on two novels by R F Delderfield, the BBC series star Jenny Seagrove (Judge John Deed) and Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Caribbean, Downton Abbey) play the star crossed lovers, with an appearance from a then unknown Patsy Kensit as the young Diana. Written by prolific screenwriter Andrew Davies (Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones' Diary, Mr Selfridge) with a sweeping soundtrack from Stanley Meyers (The Deer Hunter).

• The Mirror Crack'd | Blu Ray | (23/10/2017) from £14.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Angela Lansbury stars as supersleuth Miss Marple who sets about solving a mysterious death in the archetypal English village of St. Mary Mead. It features an all star cast including Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor. EXTRAS: Interview with writer Barry Sandler Interview with Dame Angela Lansbury Interview with producer Richard Goodwin Behind the scenes stills gallery Storyboard gallery

• Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

• Micawber - Complete Series 1 | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £13.94   |  Saving you £-0.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The life and times of one of Dickens' most loveable characters before his encounter with David Copperfield. David Jason stars as Mr. Micawber in this gentle comedy set in Victorian England. The extravagant but genteel Mr Micawber is fond of large words and long letters and never uses one word when several will do. Appearing to be a man of wealth and success in reality he hasn't a penny to his name but firmly believes in keeping up appearances at all costs - convinced that something will come along.

• Lady Chatterley's Lover | DVD | (19/12/2002) from £20.13   |  Saving you £-7.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A rich lady who becomes bored by her sexless marriage and seeks satisfaction with her husband's gamekeeper oblivious of the social scandal she is creating... D.H. Lawrence's controversial novel transformed into a sensual masterpiece from the makers of 'Emmanuelle'.

• Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The scene is set in the Coronation year of 1953 and the archetypal English village of St. Mary Mead. All is as it should be until Hollywood arrives in the form of an internationally famous film cast leading to much local excitement and an epidemic of sudden death to which local sleuth Miss Marple sets her mind...

• Dame Elizabeth Taylor - A Musical Celebration | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £17.25   |  Saving you £-4.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Like all the best celebrity tributes, Dame Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration (2001) combines the essence of its subject--in this case, charity work for HIV and AIDS research and a legendary career in movies, both meriting every ounce of recognition--with the fascination of a spectacular car smash. The highlights are the screenings of trailers for some of her best films, including Giant and Butterfield 8 (she won an Oscar but derided the picture) and an archive interview in which she memorably describes a tiresome gossip columnist as "a frustrated old biddy". The live entertainment is far shakier than the event's inspiration, though. Presented by David Frost and Stephen Fry--an uneasy, fawning partnership-- there is some real quality: Andrea Bocelli (sending the guest of honour into transports of delight), John Barry conducting a couple of his most symphonic Bond themes and Reba McEntire, the powerhouse country and western diva-turned-Broadway actress. On the down side, Marti Pellow's self-congratulatory posing would make Robbie Williams seem a model of modesty, Jay Kay's attempts to jazz up a standard are woeful and Ute Lemper is at her most pretentious for a cacophonic "Mack the Knife". Michael Jackson's mute presence at Taylor's side emphasises the hypnotic strangeness of the whole affair, though the Dame herself takes the entire marvellously lurid spectacle in her stride. On the DVD: Dame Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration comes to DVD with no extra features. A Taylor filmography would have been useful. Otherwise, the 4:3 video aspect ratio reproduces the television gala feel and for sound quality, you can choose between LPCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.2 and DTS surround sound (best for that authentic, muddy Royal Albert Hall acoustic).--Piers Ford

• The Sandbaggers - Series 1 | DVD | (15/04/2013) from £9.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Both a critical and ratings success on its original ITV transmission The Sandbaggers was lauded in 2003 by the New York Times as being ""The best spy series in TV history"". 'The Sandbaggers' is a nickname for the Special Section of the British Secret Service - a team of special agents who were deployed during the Cold War. Run by the dour single-minded Neil Burnside (Roy Marsden) the 'Sandbaggers' are headed by the brash but conscientious Willie Caine (Ray Lonnen). In

• Powerpuff Girls - The Movie | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The Powerpuff Girls, Cartoon Network's animated trio of butt-kicking superheroines, make their big-screen debut in a film that will please fans of the TV series and animation fans young and old. The plot begins with the girls' creation at the hands of the kindly but naive Professor Utonium, who combined "sugar, spice and all things nice" to create three perfect little girls--practical Blossom, feisty Buttercup, and wussy Bubbles. Unfortunately, his ape assistant, Jojo, broke a bottle of the mysterious Chemical X in the lab and the girls' superpowers--as well as Jojo's--were born. After wrecking Townsville during a somewhat boisterous game of Tag, the girls are treated as outcasts by their fellow citizens and determine never to use their powers in public again--until they're confronted by Jojo and the girls find themselves called upon to foil his evil schemes and "save the world before bedtime". Though it takes a while to get going, The Powerpuff Girls is exciting enough to keep younger viewers engrossed while throwing in a few--though not really enough--monkey-related in-jokes to get the adults chortling once in a while. The heavily stylised pastel colouring and frenetic pace of the animation, while distinctive, may be off-putting to people used to the more polished style of Disney, and some of the later scenes, full of screeching, sharp-toothed apes, may be upsetting to very young viewers. The film's ostensible message--"don't treat people badly just because they're different" seems to take a bit of a back seat too. Nevertheless, The Powerpuff Girls provides a solid 80 minutes of fun, despite lacking the mainstream appeal of the likes of Shrek or the Disney/Pixar movies. --Rikki Price

• Seven Mortal Sins Collection BLU-RAY | Blu Ray | (08/04/2019) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Seven Mortal Sins CollectionCast out of heaven after angering God, Lucifer descends to hell. As she makes her plunge, she comes upon a beautiful young woman at just the right moment. Young, naïve, and perfectly pure, Maria seeks to help the fallen angel but winds up taking in more than she bargained for. Now, with her heart plucked from her chest and her body filled up with Lucifer's angelic blood, she's become the perfect tool in the fallen angel's mission to take over hell.With hands and mouth all over the whimpering maiden, and the eager-to-please sin of Envy at her beck and call, Lucifer will take the crown of hell-and whatever else she desires. But is her drive and fury enough to face the Mortal Sins that rule the underworld, or will she fall prey to their demonic yearnings?

• The Lakes | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Lakes brought writer Jimmy McGovern and actor John Simm a great deal of critical praise in 1997. Following a particularly dry period for British TV drama, the show's realistic characterisations and their painfully honest decisions hit audiences hard. Simm is a twentysomething trapped in a life of compulsive gambling, theft and being on the dole in Liverpool. On a whim he heads north to the Lake District. He expects to find the countryside quietude where his hidden poetical leanings might find a home, but instead gets caught up in a community like any other. Lies, temptation and tragedy beset every household just as much as the big city. The focus of Series 1 is Danny's relationship with Emma (Emma Cunniffe) and the consequences of having a child. As time races by, his link to the Lakes becomes an exercise in torment when the eyes of blame fall easily upon him after the accidental deaths of four schoolgirls. Stoking the flames of a series of secondary explosions in waiting are a pair of affairs, one adulterous, the other complicated by religion. On the DVD: The Lakes Series 1 comes with two separate commentary tracks for the very first episode. In interviews, John Simm fondly recalls how cold the lake water was and director David Blair recalls putting him in it. It's a shame the two weren't recorded together. It's also a shame that's all there is in this package. Even a few cast biographies would have been welcome. Picture is 4:3 and stereo sound is as you'd expect from 1990s UK TV. --Paul Tonks

• Giulio Cesare - Handel | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  A performance of Handel's Guilio Cesare. Richard Hickox conducts the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House in June 1994.

• The Mirror Crack'd | DVD | (23/10/2017) from £8.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Angela Lansbury stars as supersleuth Miss Marple who sets about solving a mysterious death in the archetypal English village of St. Mary Mead. It features an all star cast including Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor. EXTRAS: Interview with writer Barry Sandler Interview with Dame Angela Lansbury Interview with producer Richard Goodwin Behind the scenes stills gallery Storyboard gallery

• Chef - Season 1 | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £8.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (43.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  ""I am Gareth Blackstock. I am seriously unpleasant. My bark is worse than my bite and my bark is atrocious!"" Introducing Gareth ""I don't do reasonable"" Blackstock (Lenny Henry) the 2 Michellin starred chef/slavedriver of 'Le Chateau Anglais'. Woe betide anyone who gets in the way of his pursuit of gastronomic perfection... This release contains all the deliciously funny episodes from the first series of the smash hit TV sitcom! Episodes comprise: 1. Personnel 2. Bey

• Micawber | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Micawber was ITV's big weapon in the Christmas 2001 television ratings war. With its gritty recreation of Dickensian London and David Jason--a name guaranteed to attract viewers regardless of the programme--in the title role it certainly had all the hallmarks of blockbusting television drama. Jason is certainly a fine Micawber, wringing every ounce of pathos and relentless optimism from one of Dickens' most well loved characters. And he is ably abetted by Annabelle Apsion as his put-upon wife who stands by him through thick and thin and who "never will desert him". The trouble is that if you're going to lift a familiar fictional character out of his original context and give him a whole new life and set of adventures, they really have to match or improve on the original. And Micawber has already been through so much during the course of David Copperfield that stretching him across four episodes and a plot which can only really offer a series of variations on the original theme doesn't give much room for development or dramatic impact. In the writer's corner, Jason's long-term collaborator John Sullivan (creator of Only Fools and Horses) makes a valiant attempt to generate some authentic Dickensian atmosphere. Touches of authentic Victoriana abound in the backstage theatre scenes, a dancing bear, the pawn shop and the highly imaginative flashbacks to the source of Micawber's straightened state. The script tends to combine gritty costume drama with modern comedy in an occasionally uneasy mixture; sometimes we see the ghosts of Del Boy or Pa Larkin rather than Dickens' hapless, pathetic but great-hearted victim of circumstance. But fans of Jason won't complain and there's enough soul in the story to make it compelling. --Piers Ford

• Father Of The Bride / Boy's Town / The Old Man And The Sea | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Three classic Spency Tracy films are featured on this fabulous box set. Father Of The Bride: The comic trials and tribulations that beset a family mostly the father prior to their daughter's wedding day. Taylor and Tracy give wonderful performances and it's easy to understand why this was remade in 1991. The colorized version doesn't add much. Academy Award Nominations: 3 including Best Picture Best Actor-Spencer Tracy Best Screenplay. Boy's Town: ""Boys Town"" is a

• Home to Roost-Series 1 | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Henry Willows (John Thaw) is a middle-aged man in middle-management divorced from his wife for seven years and perfectly happy with the arrangement. Apart from his prudish and pernickety daily cleaner Enid (Elizabeth Bennett) he's alone and revelling in his solitude... However Henry's serenity is shattered when out of the blue his eldest child Matthew (Reece Dinsdale) arrives on his doorstep. It seems that Matthew is disenchanted with life at home because of his mum's new boy

• Leading Ladies - Vol. 1 | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A box set of films featuring some of Hollywood's leading ladies. Films Comprise: 1. Father's Little Dividend (Dir. Vincente Minnelli 1951) 2. Nothing Sacred (Dir. William A. Wellman 1937) 3. Ghosts On The Loose (Dir. William Beaudine 1943) 4. Of Human Bondage (Dir. John Cromwell 1934) 5. Behave Yourself (Dir. George Beck 1951) 6. Home Town Story (Dir. Arthur Pierson 1951) 7. Hell's House (Dir. Howard Higgin 1932) 8. The Bigamist (Dir. Ida Lupino 1953) 9. High Voltage

• Father's Little Dividend | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £8.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Elizabeth Taylor in Fathers Little Dividend Comedy Romantic DVD NEW