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• Pennies From Heaven | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £19.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (50.33%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Dennis Potter's astonishing six-part miniseries Pennies from Heaven remains one of the edgiest, most audacious things ever conceived for television. The story tells of one Arthur Parker (Bob Hoskins), a sheet-music salesman in 1930s England. Beaten down by economic hard times and the sexual indifference of his proper wife (Gemma Craven), Arthur cannot understand why his life can't be like the beautiful songs he loves. On a sales trip through the Forest of Dean, he meets a virginal rural woman (Cheryl Campbell) he suspects may be his ideal. Ruination follows. Punctuating virtually every scene is a vintage pop song--lip-synched and sometimes danced out by the characters. This startling innovation makes the contrast between Arthur's brutish life and his bourgeois dreams even more dramatic. Potter's dark vision digs into British stoicism, sexual repression, the class system and even the coming of fascism in Europe. But it is especially poignant on the subject of the divide between art and reality. Piers Haggard directs the long piece with deft transitions between songs and story. (It was shot partly on multi-camera video, partly on film.) The cast is fine, especially the extraordinary Cheryl Campbell, who imbues her character with keen intelligence and no small measure of perversity. Bob Hoskins triumphs in his star-making part, bringing a demonic energy to his small-time Cockney, nearly bursting his button-down vests with frustration and appetite. Pennies from Heaven was remade in 1981 for the big screen (with Steve Martin), in an interesting, Potter-scripted adaptation; it's one of the reasons the original has been unavailable on home video for so long. --Robert Horton

• Jason Bourne (Steelbook) | Blu Ray | (28/11/2016) from £18.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Matt Damon returns to his most iconic role in Jason Bourne. Paul Greengrass, the director of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, once again joins Damon for the next chapter of Universal Pictures' Bourne franchise, which finds the CIA's most lethal former operative drawn out of the shadows. Jason Bourne, now remembering who he truly is, tries to uncover hidden truths about his past. Click Images to Enlarge

• Bo Selecta - Series 3 / Christmas Special | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £5.98   |  Saving you £19.01 (317.89%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Aided by 'The Bear' and various rubber-masked celebrities obsessive fan Avid Merrion hosts the third series of Bo' Selecta! as well as the Christmas Special episode!

• Bernstein, Leonard - Candide (Bernstein, Lso, Hadley, Gedda) | DVD | (11/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The historic concert that preceded Bernstein's only recording of Candide. Videotaped at the Barbican Centre, London, 13 December 1989.

• Monty Python's Flying Circus - Complete - Limited Deluxe Edition Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (10/11/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Years in the making, Network is proud to present the entire original television series of Monty Python's Flying Circus, fully rejuvenated for the first time. Sketches, some edited for timing, taste and copyright reasons, have been carefully restored to their intended length and the majority of Terry Gilliam's animations have been newly scanned in High Definition and restored to a specification way beyond their original format. Hitherto unseen outtakes, film inserts and studio recordings have been retrieved, adding yet another dimension to this exclusive release. This is the ultimate television restoration and a must for every generation of Python fan. Features: 7 discs featuring all 45 episodes presented series-by-series, for the first time totally uncut and beautifully restored from original film and videotape elements. Limited exploding box Norwegian Blu-ray edition Each of the four series comes individually packaged with a book by Andrew Pixley (four books in total) detailing an exhaustive episode-by-episode production history. Previously unseen outtakes Extended scenes and sketches Restored-to-full-length sketches including Ursula Hitler, Cartoon Religions, A Book At Bedtime and more. Rare promo films And more to be announced THE RESTORATION

• The Great McGonagall | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £4.96   |  Saving you £8.03 (161.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  William Topaz McGonagall (Milligan) is an unemployed Scottish weaver who decides to devote his life to poetry. Falling in love with Queen Victoria (here played by Peter Sellers) he donates his major poetic works to her and despite many rejections dreams of one day becoming Poet Laureate...

• Dukes Of Hazzard - Vol. 2 | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £11.65   |  Saving you £2.34 (16.70%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Based around a battle between good old-fashioned family values and comically corrupt authority and always finding time for an action-packed car chase or two, The Dukes of Hazzard was perfect fun-filled family entertainment for its teatime viewing audience. Light on plotting, each episode featured the ongoing feud between the Duke family--lovable rogues Bo and Luke, their sexy cousin Daisy and Uncle Jesse--and the weasly duo of Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco P Coltrane. But the plot was arbitrary really; what audiences really waited for were the scenes involving General Lee--a souped-up Dodge Charger--racing, jumping, skidding and even flying around in hot pursuit of the baddies. That and Daisy Duke's fetching collection of hot pants. The Dukes' theme tune, performed by country music star Waylon Jennings, became another series hallmark. Jennings also provided the cheesy voice-over narration. Taking the same premise for most episodes, this wasn't groundbreaking television but comfortable viewing that gratified its viewers with harmless action, humour and an idyllic view of life in the southern US of A. --Laura Bushell

• Ravenous | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £10.29   |  Saving you £2.70 (26.24%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In 1847, the United States was a land of pioneers, of gold-starved Americans making their way west.

• Hunderby - Series 2 | DVD | (21/12/2015) from £10.18   |  Saving you £4.81 (47.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The BAFTA® and British Comedy Award winning Hunderby returns with a two part special brimming with the dark and absurd humour that has become Julia Davis' trademark. Dorothy, the twisted housekeeper of Hunderby, has her sights firmly set on becoming wife to its master and Lady of the Manor. But Brother Edmund's appetites lay elsewhere, and when he is further encouraged to stray, by the return of the toffee brown Brother Joseph fresh from his tropical travels, Dorothy must invent myriad ways to snare her man. Having been told they are brother and sister, Crippled Hesther and the dashing Doctor Foggerty lead separate but entwined lives: Hesther languishing in a grim hovel within the Hunderby grounds, whilst the Doctor abides in the grand house close to his beloved Helene. When puritanical Pastor John arrives to tend Edmund's wayward flock, he means to punish each and every sinner - but not before he has secured a wife.

• School For Scoundrels / The Green Man | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In School for Scoundrels wimpy Ian Carmichael wants to impress girls and get one over on all-round show-off and cad Terry Thomas (playing gloriously to type). Discovering Alastair Simms' unorthodox school Carmichael happily enrols and learns the quaint tricks of the day for securing the admiration of a fair lady. Ultimately as a star pupil he teaches the Master a thing or two about true love when everything turns out just fine in the end. Appealing to all male sensibilities is the idea of a magical set of simple rules for winning someone's affections. Set in the tweed-rich environment of an English boarding school makes this an even quainter notion. To watch this classic comedy is to cock one's snoot at womanisers everywhere while unavoidably making a mental list of anything that might actually work! The three central performances are brilliantly realised, particularly the role reversal between Carmichael and Thomas. Try playing a tennis match after a viewing without calling "hard cheese". -Paul Tonks

• Monty Python - 40th Anniversary Box Set | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £28.24   |  Saving you £-3.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Monty Python: 40th Anniversary Box Set

• Stag | DVD | (21/03/2016) from £4.65   |  Saving you £15.34 (329.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A thrilling dark comedy in three parts. Timid schoolteacher Ian Telford (Jim Howick) faces the Stag Weekend from Hell, as he joins his future brother-in-law Johnners (Stephen Campbell Moore) and several obnoxious mates on a poorly planned deer-stalking expedition in the Scottish highlands, under the watchful eye of a menacing gamekeeper (James Cosmo). But it quickly gets messier than anyone expected, when the hunters become the hunted. And as they are brutally eliminated, one by one, their true personalities emerge, sordid secrets are unearthed and old friendships are tested to the limit in a ruthless battle for survival. Bonus Features: Bloopers, Interview, Behind the Scenes. Stag (DVD). Stag dvd, dark comedy, stag bbc, bbc dvd, bbc comedy, comedy dvd, black comedy, dark comedy dvd, stag series one, bbc two, drama dvd, crime drama

• Year One | Blu Ray | (02/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Jack Black and Michael Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world in Sony Pictures' comedy "Year One".

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Blu Ray | (26/03/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hailed by Time Magazine as “a movie” and the Chicago Reader as “full of stuff”, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL follows King Arthur and his band of less-than-merry men across the English countryside as they search for the elusive Grail. See flying cows, killer rabbits, vestal virgins and various forms of shrubbery as the Knights of the Round Table run away from peril at every possible moment. See the movie which critics universally agree is about 92 minutes long!

• The Darling Buds Of May - Complete | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £39.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.10%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Wallow in the nostalgia of the 1950s as Britain's best loved family are back in this celebration of love family life and romance in the idyllic British countryside. Loveable rogue Pop Larkin (David Jason) Ma (Pam Ferris) and their six children including the stunning Mariette (Catherine Zeta Jones) radiate happiness with hardly a care in the world! Whilst Pop's unconventional money making schemes bubble along Ma nurturers and the family from the warmth of her busy kitchen and life c

• Doctor Strangelove | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £21.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Arguably the greatest black comedy ever made, Stanley Kubrick's cold war classic is the ultimate satire of the nuclear age. Dr. Strangelove is a perfect spoof of political and military insanity, beginning when General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden), a maniacal warrior obsessed with "the purity of precious bodily fluids," mounts his singular campaign against Communism by ordering a squadron of B-52 bombers to attack the Soviet Union. The Soviets counter the threat with a so-called "Doomsday Device," and the world hangs in the balance while the US president (Peter Sellers) engages in hilarious hot-line negotiations with his Soviet counterpart. Sellers also plays a British military attaché and the mad bomb-maker Dr. Strangelove; George C. Scott is outrageously frantic as General Buck Turgidson, whose presidential advice consists mainly of panic and statistics about "acceptable losses." With dialogue ("You can't fight here! This is the war room!") and images (Slim Pickens' character riding the bomb to oblivion) that have become a part of our cultural vocabulary, Kubrick's film regularly appears on critics' lists of the all-time best. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com --This text refers to another version of this video.

• Love is a Many-Splendored Thing | DVD | (12/03/2012) from £14.01   |  Saving you £-4.02 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.

• By Dawn's Early Light | DVD | (01/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Four People. Three Minutes. Two Choices. One Chance For Survival. Nuclear war: a nightmare that may become grim reality for the world in this riveting HBO thriller. When a fanatical group opposed to friendly US/Soviet relations explodes a nuclear missile over a Russian city it begins a chain reaction of accusations and actions that initiate the groundwork for WWIII. As the clock ticks toward nuclear annihilation the Presidents of USA and Russia race toward a solution figh

• Rio Grande (John Wayne) | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £7.47   |  Saving you £2.52 (33.73%)   |  RRP £9.99

  John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara are embroiled in an epic battle with the Apaches and each other in this John Ford classic. Lt Col. Yorke (Wayne) heads to the Rio Grande to fight a warring tribe. But Yorke faces his toughest battle when his unorthodox plan to outwit the elusive Apaches leads to possible court-martial. Locked in a bloody war he must fight to redeem his honour and save his family.

• Story Of The 1999 Rugby World Cup | DVD | (01/08/2002) from £13.18   |  Saving you £6.81 (51.67%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1999 Rugby World Cup had it all. More tries more points and more action-packed matches than ever before. So now here's your chance to relive the glory of the World Cup presented by former World Cup winning captain Nick Farr-Jones and former England outside half Stuart Barnes. The tournament was the last great sporting event of the Millennium and it didn't disappoint the fans. This film follows the path of each team from the Uruguayans making their World Cup debut with a win over Spain to the eventual champions Australia. Every crucial move and every decisive try is captured but the film also gives you a unique insight into the way the players approached the tournament. How did they fill their time in between matches? For Samoa it was a trip to the set of Coronation Street for Wales' Ben Evans it was an early morning fishing expedition and for the South Africans a visit to a curling rink. Wherever the teams went during the World Cup this fly-on-the-wall camera crew was with them. Relive it again -the 1999 Rugby World Cup.