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• Blackpool | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £13.38   |  Saving you £6.61 (49.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Written by accomplished writer Peter Bowker Blackpool is a drama a thriller and a musical all in one. This story of the bright lights and faded grandeur of Britain's famous seaside resort is at once an entertaining musical and a thrilling murder mystery. A darkly comic look at greed love and family the story follows the rise and fall of local arcade owner Ripley Holden a charismatic family man with a dark past who is now poised to make top dollar - if the city can successfully reinvent itself as the Las Vegas of the Lancashire coast. As Ripley struggles to keep his chaotic family in check he hangs on to one hope: that the good life is just around the corner. But he soon finds himself under suspicion and out of control when the a young man is found dead in his showpiece arcade. Investigating officer Carlisle is determined to get to the truth no matter what it takes...