An absolute must for fans of Georges Simenon's beloved sleuth, Inspector Jules Maigret, this four-volume Maigret Collection is the finest detective series from Granada Television since the late Jeremy Brett gave us his definitive portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the 1980s. The masterful Michael Gambon is the latest in a long tradition of familiar leading men (from Jean Gabin to Richard Harris) who have played Simenon's blunt but humane, occasionally whimsical, and magnificently insightful investigator. Yet Gambon is perhaps uniquely suited to the part: a popular star with none of the baggage of a brand-name icon or the self-effacing obligations of a character actor. He captures perfectly Maigret's measured but hardly inscrutable presence in the eruptive underworld of Paris crime. Among the 12 episodes here is "Maigret and the Burglar's Wife", which does honour to Simenon's compassionate tale of a retiring thief whose accidental encounter with a corpse sets in motion one of Maigret's most intense psychological duels. The equally compelling "Maigret's Boyhood Friend" finds the detective on a case drawing suspicion to an old school chum, while "Maigret Sets a Trap" is a wonderful production of Simenon's puzzler about a serial killer whose patterns of motivation and action must be deciphered before he can be caught. --Tom Keogh
This DVD set features all 13 episodes of the animated television series The Silver Surfer. Based on the comics written by Stan Lee The Silver Surfer follows the trials and tribulations of Norrin Radd. The Silver Surfer entered the world of comics in March 1966 in Fantastic Four #48 as an unplanned addition to a story about Galactus and the Fantastic Four. Both Stan Lee and Jack Kirby enjoyed the character so much that he featured him in a solo title The Silver Surfer in 1968 with him going on to become one of the most well-loved of all the Marvel characters. In 1998 the Surfer starred in a solo animated series - which is available now for the first time ever on DVD! In his animated series the Silver Surfer's origins were laid out alongside encounters with many characters from Marvel's cosmic stable including The Fantastic Four Thanos The Watcher Ego the Living Planet Mentor Drax the Destroyer Pip the Troll Nebula as well as the Kree and Skrull empires. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Origin of the Silver Surfer (Parts 1) 2. The Origin of the Silver Surfer (Parts 2) 3. The Origin of the Silver Surfer (Parts 3) 4. The Planet of Dr. Moreau 5. Learning Curve (Parts 1) 6. Learning Curve (Parts 2) 7. Innervisions 8. Antibody 9. Second Foundation 10. Radical Justice 11. The Forever War 12. Return to Zenn-La 13. The End of Eternity
A triple bill of Doris Day movies including Lover Come Back Send Me No Flowers and Pillow Talk. Lover Come Back: Jerry Webster (Hudson) and Carol Templeton (Day) are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other's methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret VIP campaign in order to persuade the mystery product's scientist to switch to her firm. Trouble is the product is phony and the scientist is Jerry who uses all his intelligence and charm to steal her heart! Send Me No Flowers: When he overhears a doctor discussing the imminent death of a patient hypochondriac George (Hudson) believes the doc is referring to him. Convinced he's living on borrowed time George enlists the aid of his best friend Arnold (Randall) to find a new husband for his soon-to-be-widowed wife Judy (Day). Already alarmed by her husband's increasingly strange behavior Judy is even more bewildered when an old flame shows up George bends over backwards to encourage his advances! Pillow Talk: Day is an uptight interior decorator forced to share a party line with an amorous playboy who ties up the line with his exploits while she is trying to conduct business. When the two accidentally meet he's taken with her beauty and pretending to be a wealthy Texan begins to court her mercilessly. Though flattered by this stranger's attention it's not long before she discovers his true identity. Now it's her turn to have a little fun...at his expense!
Set in the lively and sophisticated London fashion world in the 1920s House Of Elliot chronicles the adventures of Evie and Beatrice Elliot (Louise Lombard and Stella Gonet) two sisters whose large family wealth was squandered by their irresponsible father and who are now determined to make it big in the glamorous but cut-throat fashion industry. This Box Set contains the entire third season
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The House of Eliott runs into trouble retaining its clients when Evie's affair becomes public. Beatrice and Evie's private lives are both going through traumatic changes the workroom staff is unhappy because of a cut in their wages and there is a general strike raging. Episode 9: Beatrice moves in with Evie and following Ralph's disappearence with their savings they forced to cut staff wages. The sisters are struggling to find inspiration. Episode 10: Beatrice and Evi
Gretel and her boyfriend Ashton are a couple of potheads who have just got their hands on some ‘Black Forest’ a potent new weed that has just hit the streets in their neighbourhood. While Gretel bakes some gingerbread men to ward off an attack of the munchies Ashton heads out to score another load from Agnes a little old lady who sells the most amazing weed out of her basement. What nobody seems to realise until it’s too late is that Agnes is a youth stealing soul-eating witch that loves the taste of young people. When Ashton fails to return Gretel grows concerned and starts trying to track him down calling on her brother Hansel and some friends to help. They must save Ashton from a gruesome death — or face the last high of their lives.
Hodge Eric Spock (now played by Alistair McGowan) and the gang return to DVD in the follow-up series to All Quiet on the Preston Front. Written by Tim Firth (Calendar Girls Kinky Boots). Episodes Comprise: 1. Dawn's Ball 2. Laura's Mousse 3. Spock's Leg 4. Polson's Lilo 5. Diesel's Out Of Body Experience 6. Lloydy's Ark
Beyond the Great Valley lies an island of beauty and mystery. In this wondrous place Littlefoot Cera Spike Ducky and Petrie will discover old and new friends face exciting challenges and share the adventure of a lifetime! It's a brand-new song-filled animated classic as the ongoing story of The Land Before Time continues. One day a cloud of 'Swarming Leaf Gobblers' descends upon the Great Valley and devours every plant in sight. Now the once-lush landscape is barren and empty
This fantastic box set features six of Errol Flynn's finest performances plus an insightful documentary into the life and man behind the screen. Features: 1. Captain Blood - 1935 2. Dodge City - 1939 3. The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex - 1939 4. The Sea Hawk - 1940 5. They Dies With Their Boots On - 1941 6. Dive Bomber - 1941 7. The Adventures Of Errol Flynn
Before nerds geeks and cyberpunks there was regular-guy Medfield College student Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell) who accidentally turns into a human computer through a shocking lab mishap. As the hype over his instant genius threatens to swell his head he becomes the centre of a winner-take-all tug-of-war between greedy college deans and dangerous gamblers which lands him in big trouble! The ""genius"" Dexter then learns a valuable lesson when the same friends he had earlier turned his
You are invited to a night of mirth and mayhem with some of the weirdest characters to ever attend a class reunion - brought to you by the same lunatics who gave you 'National Lampoon's Animal House'. Ten years after an incident at the Lizzie Borden High School's Graduation Party turned him into a raving psychopath; Walter Baylor receives an invite to the class reunion. Finally a chance to revenge himself on the entire graduating class! With class president Bob Spinnaker a man desperately in love with himself and stunning Meredith Modess star of pantyhose commericals all the old crowd are back - the oddest collection of human beings ever to gather in a decrepit gymnasium! Be prepared for non-stop laughs as the team from National Lampoon destroy any ideas you may have about getting together for a class reunion!
Littlefoot Cera Spike Ducky and Petrie are back in an enchanting new feature-length adventure from the beloved The Land Before Time series! Littlefoot has witnessed an amazing sight: a 'stone of cold fire' that fell through the night sky and landed somewhere in the Smoking Mountains. But Littlefoot is the only one in the Great Valley who saw the stone and he can't find anyone who believes him. Petrie's long-lost uncle Pterano has his own reasons for wanting to find the
Three different absorbing dramas starring Robson Green. 'Ain't Misbehavin': a wartime drama set in 1940's London; 'The Last Musketeer': in which life catches up with professional fencer Steve McTear and 'Take Me': a murder mystery in an idyllic village.
Martha Plimpton stars as an Oklahoma diner waitress who weds the born-again prison inmate (Kevin Anderson) with whom she's been corresponding but she soon finds that his ostensible piety masks a cruel domineering nature that leads inevitably to horrific violence.
BBC One's The Impressions Show starring the hugely talented comedy combo of Culshaw and Stephenson returns for its second series mercilessly unleashing its particular brand of observational humour on our most popular celebrities. Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson present a host of new characters and returning favourites like Davina McCall, Jimmy Carr, Harry Hill, Piers Morgan, Katherine Jenkins, Jordan and Alex Reid, Tess and Bruce, Ross Kemp, Joanna Lumley and Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond from Top Gear. Follow a host of celebrities in ridiculously ludicrous, comical situations. Find out to what extent Philip Schofield misses Fern Britton sitting beside him on the This Morning sofa, the reason why Chris Evans should never be given coffee. Ant calls the police when Dec goes missing for five minutes, Boris Johnson apologises a lot, and Bill Gates meets Ricky Gervais in The Microsoft Office. Culshaw and Stephenson bring you more celebrities, more jokes and more laughter making this fabulously funny series a must have for all comedy fans!!!
Fitz has to increase his lectures at several universities as he is broke. The attentions of one of his pupils leave him unaffected until he realises that she may be involved in murder and harming his family.
When a cookie company is the subject of a takeover bid high echelon employees begin scrambling to save their jobs. Executive Peter Derns (Hutton) is not helped in his quest by the rapid departure of his regular assistant. However her replacement Kris Bolin (Boyle) seems too good to be true particularly when the obstacles in his way up the corporate ladder are being ruthlessly eliminated...
Beware the beast within... Returning to his parents' ancestral home Colum Kennedy (Allen Scotti) discovers an Irish village populated by animalistic shapeshifters. When a hauntingly beautiful woman (Julie Cialini) stirs ancient passions with him he must choose between his family and unleashing his own true nature.
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