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• A Horseman Riding By (Box Set) | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.06

  A Horseman Riding By is a magnificent saga adapted from the book by R.F. Delderfield of rural Edwardian England from 1900 to the end of the Great War. Nigel Havers stars as Paul Craddock invalided out of the army during the Boer War to become Squire of the long neglected Devonshire Estate of Shallowford. The series charts Craddock's new life in the Valley which is challenging because of the Valley's inhabitants and the harsh consequences of war.

• Lord Peter Wimsey Boxed Set (10 Disc) | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey in this classic BBC adaptation of the novels by Dorothy L. Sayers. These five feature-length adaptations bring all the wit, elegance and style of one of England's classiest detectives to the scene of the crime - five crimes to be exact - each one presenting an interesting challenge for this sharp-witted mastermind. Join Lord Peter Wimsey as he uncovers the mysteries of: Clouds of Witness, The Unpleasantness at The Bello...

• Inspector Morse - Series 2 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £19.96   |  Saving you £5.03 (25.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This box set features the entire second series of the classic British Television drama Inspector Morse. Episodes comprise: 1. The Wolvercote Tongue: Morse is called to investigate the suspicious death of a wealthy American tourist Laura Poindexter. She was on a cultural tour of Britain with her husband and their visit to Oxford had a special significance for them. Laura had inherited a precious jewel known as 'The Wolvercote Tongue' and had announced her intention t

• Are You Being Served? - The Movie | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £8.50   |  Saving you £4.49 (52.82%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hilarious high-jinks from the Grace Bros. team as they troop off to sunny Spain for the staff trip of a lifetime. Cheerfully they disgrace themselves on the Costa Plonka. Mr Humphries is free while Captain Peacock wants everything under the sun from Miss Brahms. Mrs Slocombe only hopes her pussy can survive as the comedy capers carry on abroad in the riotous screen version of the television comedy classic.

• Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the series of novels written by Dorothy L Sayers in the 1920s and 30s, Lord Peter Wimsey was dramatised for TV by the BBC between 1972-5. Ian Carmichael, veteran of British film comedy, played the genial, aristocratic sleuth; Glyn Houston was his manservant Bunter. The pair are similar to PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Bertie Wooster (whom Carmichael played in an earlier TV adaptation) though here the duo are equal in intelligence, breezing about the country together in Wimsey's Bentley and stumbling with morbid regularity upon baffling murder mysteries to test their wits. Those for whom this series forms hazy memories of childhood might be surprised at its somewhat stagy, lingering interior shots, the spartan paucity of music, the miserly attitude towards locations, especially foreign ones, and the rather genteel, leisurely pace of these programmes, besides which Inspector Morse seems like Quentin Tarantino in comparison. It seems that initially the BBC was reluctant to commission the series and ventured on production with a wary eye on the budget. The Britain depicted by Sayers is, by and large, populated by either the upper classes or heavily accented, rum-do-and-no-mistake lower orders, which some might find consoling. However, the acting is generally excellent and the murder mysteries are sophisticated parlour games, the televisual equivalent of a good, absorbing jigsaw puzzle. There were five feature-length adaptations in all. "The Nine Tailors" weaves an especially elaborate tale, involving jewel theft, campanology (the art of bell-ringing) and dual identity. --David Stubbs

• Wind Of Change/The Traitors | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set against the Notting Hill race riots of the late 1950's The Wind Of Change is a gripping kitchen-sink drama focusing on the relationship between a father (Donald Pleasence) a world-weary yet liberal man who spends all his spare time looking after his rabbits and his rebellious unemployed son Frank (Johnny Briggs). Frank is bigoted racist who believes the black immigrants are taking all the British jobs though he doesn't seem too concerned in trying to get one himself. When Frank and his gang of teddy boys beat up a black man who later dies of his injuries he must face the consequence of his actions...

• Lord Peter Wimsey - Five Red Herrings | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey in this classic BBC adaptation of the novel by Dorothy L. Sayers. When Lord Peter goes on holiday to Scotland he is hoping to do nothing more strenuous than catch some trout. Even Wimsey's loyal servant Bunter is looking forward to taking some time off to go painting. However when Bunter notices an easel in the distance but no sign of the artist Lord Peter is called into action. The easel belongs to an unpopular local artist Campbell whose body is discovered lying on the rocks below the popular vantage point. Was it an accidental fall? Wimsey suspects not and with six possible suspects he must use all of his detective skills to determine the five red herrings and expose the murderer.

• Stitch In Time, A / Just My Luck | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £7.26   |  Saving you £6.99 (116.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Norman Wisdom reprises his famous Pitkin character for the third time in A Stitch in Time, and Edward Chapman is also back to provide Norman with the excuse to reprise his immortal catch-phrase "Mr Grimsdale!". Here he succeeds in causing chaos in a St John Ambulance unit, as well as donning drag to play a blonde nurse complete with suspender belt and silk stockings. Each Norman Wisdom movie usually sees him as the accidental Lord of Misrule in one institution or another, and this time it's the NHS: after being banned from his local hospital, Norman resorts to subterfuge to visit a little orphan girl. There's an autobiographical touch here, as Wisdom himself was raised in an orphanage and centred the plot of One Good Turn (1954) around such an establishment. --Gary S Dalkin An important step in the career of Norman Wisdom, Just My Luck is principally notable for the introduction of actor Edward Chapman, whom many would come to know as series regular Mr Grimsdale. Here he's the stuffy foil to Norman's romantic plans regarding his jewel-making job, where he'll do anything to possess some of the wealth about him. The chance comes in the form of an accumulator bet at Goodwood races thanks to a slimy Leslie Phillips. Another star cameo of note was a second appearance by Margaret Rutherford (after Trouble in Store) as an eccentric animal owner. But the real advance with the Wisdom formula was that--after a reasonably serious plot line--Norman finally gets the girl. --Paul Tonks

• Panic | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  After a brutal raid on a Hatton Garden diamond merchant, a man lies dead and the finger of guilt points straight towards Janine Heining (Janine Gray), an employee who’s conveniently gone missing. But Janine is innocent; she’s is suffering from amnesia after being struck during the hold-up. And the cops aren’t the only ones who want to find her: the ruthless villains are hot on her trail. As she stumbles through London trying to remember who she is, the net draws ever tighter... Panic is British crime at its best: lean, tough and thoroughly hard-boiled. Special Features: Booklet Notes Best of British trailers

• Keep It in the Family - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (27/06/2011) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A resounding success over five series between 1980 and 1983 this Thames comedy is set in the delightfully chaotic home of Dudley and Muriel Rush whose daughters Jacqui and Susan satisfy a hankering for freedom by moving into the family's vacant basement flat. Dudley is a gifted cartoonist but an inveterate procrastinator with a fondness for practical jokes who finds it hard to concentrate amid an ever-increasing number of distractions - to the despair of his long-suffering agent Duncan. But at least he can still keep an eye on his wayward daughters and their visitors... Starring Stacy Dorning (Black Beauty) and Pauline Yates (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin) Keep It in the Family was created by sitcom veteran Brian Cooke (Man About the House George and Mildred). This complete second series features guest turns from Barbara Flynn Garfield Morgan Burt Kwouk and Norman Mitchell.

• Keep It in the Family - The Complete Series 4 | DVD | (18/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A resounding success over five series this Thames comedy created by sitcom veteran Brian Cooke (Man About the House) is set in the delightfully chaotic home of Dudley and Muriel Rush whose daughters Jacqui and Susan satisfy a hankering for freedom by moving into the family’s basement fl at. Dudley a gifted cartoonist but inveterate procrastinator finds it hard to concentrate amid the ever-increasing number of distractions – to the despair of his long-suffering boss Duncan. But at least he can still keep an eye on his wayward daughters and their visitors...

• Keep It in the Family - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £10.43   |  Saving you £2.56 (24.54%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A resounding success over five series, this Thames comedy created by sitcom veteran Brian Cooke (Man About the House) is set in the delightfully chaotic home of Dudley and Muriel Rush, whose daughters, Jacqui and Susan, satisfy a hankering for freedom by moving into the family's vacant basement flat. Dudley, a gifted cartoonist but an inveterate procrastinator, finds it hard to concentrate amid the ever-increasing number of distractions to the despair of his long-suffering boss, Duncan. But at least he can still keep an eye on his wayward daughters, and their visitors! Starring Robert Gillespie, Stacy Dorning and Pauline Yates, this third series sees Jacqui contemplating marriage, Susan passing her driving test, and Muriel attempting to play matchmaker for hapless bachelor Duncan...

• Keep It in the Family - The Complete Series 5 | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A resounding success over five series, this Thames comedy - created by sitcom veteran Brian Cooke and starring Robert Gillespie and Black Beauty star Stacy Dorning - is set in the delightfully chaotic home of Dudley and Muriel Rush, whose daughters Jacqui and Susan occupy the family's basement flat. Dudley, a gifted cartoonist and illustrator but an inveterate procrastinator, finds it hard to concentrate amid an ever-increasing number of distractions - to the despair of his long-suffering bos...

• A Stitch In Time | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Norman Wisdom returns as his famous "Pitkin" character, but also for the first time since his appearance in 1958's The Square Peg, Edward Chapman is also back to provide Norman with the excuse to reprise his immortal catch-phrase "Mr Grimsdale". Following on from the previous year's On the Beat, this is actually Wisdom's third adventure as Norman Pitkin, and he certainly has a thing about uniforms. In the previous pictures he was in the army then the police, while here he succeeds in causing chaos in a St. John's Ambulance unit, as well as donning drag to play a blonde nurse complete with suspender belt and silk stockings. Each Norman Wisdom movie usually sees him as the accidental Lord of Misrule in one institution or another, and this time its the NHS: after being banned from his local hospital, Norman resorts to subterfuge to visit a little orphan girl. There's an autobiographical touch here, as Wisdom himself was raised in an orphanage and centred the plot of One Good Turn (1954) around such an establishment. It's all good fun and clearly shows where such later British comedy as Michael Crawford's BBC TV series Some Mothers Do 'Av 'Em (1973-78) found its inspiration. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Are You Being Served? - The Movie | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £14.84   |  Saving you £-0.85 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Writers Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft managed something quite clever with this, the film version of the 1970s sitcom Are You Being Served?. The idea of this cheery collection of comedy stereotypes--the pompous one, the vulgar one, the camp one, the shifty one and so on--being confined within a department store was a master stroke, as it allowed any kind of situation to arise without the plot having to exceed the restrictions imposed by the set. How, then, to keep the same theme for the big screen without just offering the television series writ large? Simple: send the whole cast on holiday together but make sure they can't leave their hotel, a state of affairs contrived easily enough by throwing a guerilla uprising into the plot. So it is, then, that the staff of Grace Bros. descend on the Costa Plonka while the store is closed for refurbishment. There are all the usual jokes involving knickers, boobs, toilets and gay sex (sometimes all at once), adding up to a good slice of nostalgic fun for anyone who was there when lapels really were that wide. Incidentally, this item is worth having just for the wonderful Frank Langford caricatures on the cover. On the DVD: Are You Being Served? comes to the digital format with just one extra item, a trailer.--Roger Thomas

• Lord Peter Wimsey - Collection | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £89.99

  Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey in this classic BBC adaptation of the novels by Dorothy L. Sayers. These five feature-length adaptations bring all the wit elegance and style of one of England's classiest detectives to the scene of the crime - five crimes to be exact - each one presenting an interesting challenge for this sharp-witted mastermind. Join Lord Peter Wimsey as he uncovers the mysteries of: Clouds of Witness; The Unpleasantness at The Bellona Club; Murder Must Advertise; The Nine Tailors; and Five Red Herrings. Set Comprises: Clouds Of Witness: During the Wimsey family retreat in Yorkshire Captain Cathcart the fiancee of Lord Peter's (Ian Carmichael) sister Mary Winsey receives an unwelcomed letter causing him to flee Riddlesdale Lodge in the middle of the night. But he is not the only one with departure plans. One Wimsey plans to escape in the early hours of the morning until she finds a body in the garden. The Unpleasantness At The Bellona Club: The plot of The Unpleasantness At The Bellona Club takes a new turn concentrating not on who did it? but moreover when was it done? A vast inheritance depends on the timing of the deaths of an elderly brother and sister - the sequence of deaths is the Big Question. Once this is established only then can Peter Wimsey's sleuthing turn to who the murderer is... Murder Must Advertise: The aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the death of a young copywriter at a top advertising agency. Can Lord Peter solve the crime before more deaths occur? The Nine Tailors: At the wedding of Sir Charles Thorpe's son an extremely valuable emerald necklace belonging to Lady Wilbraham is stolen. Thanks to Lord Wimsey's quick thinking the culprits are apprehended although the whereabouts of the jewels remain a mystery. Many years later when a mutilated unidentified corpse is found in the grave of the recently deceased Lady Thorpe Wimsey investigates and becomes embroiled in an attempt to recover the necklace that was stolen many years before. Five Red Herrings: When Lord Peter goes on holiday to Scotland he is hoping to do nothing more strenuous than catch some trout. Even Wimsey's loyal servant Bunter is looking forward to taking some time off to go painting. However when Bunter notices an easel in the distance but no sign of the artist Lord Peter is called into action. The easel belongs to an unpopular local artist Campbell whose body is discovered lying on the rocks below the popular vantage point. Was it an accidental fall? Wimsey suspects not and with six possible suspects he must use all of his detective skills to determine the five red herrings and expose the murderer.

• Lord Peter Wimsey - Nine Tailors | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £27.16   |  Saving you £-5.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  At the wedding of Sir Charles Thorpe's son an extremely valuable emerald necklace belonging to Lady Wilbraham is stolen. Thanks to Lord Wimsey's quick thinking the culprits are apprehended although the whereabouts of the jewels remain a mystery. Many years later when a mutilated unidentified corpse is found in the grave of the recently deceased Lady Thorpe Wimsey investigates and becomes embroiled in an attempt to recover the necklace that was stolen many years before.

• A Horseman Riding By - Vol. 1 | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Invalided out of the army during the Boer War Paul Craddock accepts the invitation to become Squire of the long neglected Devonshire Estate of Shallowford. A difficult task he must use all of his charm and guile to convince the local valley inhabitants that he is up to the job. Episodes Featured Valley for Sale The Party An Outbreak of Romance A Birth and a Death The Storm

• Lord Peter Wimsey - Five Red Herrings ) | DVD | (27/12/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the series of novels written by Dorothy L Sayers in the 1920s and 30s, Lord Peter Wimsey was dramatised for TV by the BBC between 1972-5. Ian Carmichael, veteran of British film comedy, played the genial, aristocratic sleuth; Glyn Houston was his manservant Bunter. The pair are similar to PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Bertie Wooster (whom Carmichael played in an earlier TV adaptation) though here the duo are equal in intelligence, breezing about the country together in Wimsey's Bentley and stumbling with morbid regularity upon baffling murder mysteries to test their wits. Those for whom this series forms hazy memories of childhood might be surprised at its somewhat stagy, lingering interior shots, the spartan paucity of music, the miserly attitude towards locations, especially foreign ones, and the rather genteel, leisurely pace of these programmes, besides which Inspector Morse seems like Quentin Tarantino in comparison. It seems that initially the BBC was reluctant to commission the series and ventured on production with a wary eye on the budget. The Britain depicted by Sayers is, by and large, populated by either the upper classes or heavily accented, rum-do-and-no-mistake lower orders, which some might find consoling. However, the acting is generally excellent and the murder mysteries are sophisticated parlour games, the televisual equivalent of a good, absorbing jigsaw puzzle. There were five feature-length adaptations in all. "Five Red Herrings" is the last and perhaps the least of the series, involving a trout fishing holiday interrupted by the death of a local artist. --David Stubbs

• A Horseman Riding By - Part 3 The Profiteers | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The war has cast a dark shadow over the valley with men of its men killed in action and Paul worries because of the opportunism that has erupted. He is adament that his trees should not be cut down for the Army and is appalled by people making a profit from the war. Featuring Episodes The Profiteers The Bad Season The Service The Old And The New