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• Pink Floyd - The Wall | DVD | (22/04/2005) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  By any rational measure, Alan Parker's cinematic interpretation of Pink Floyd's The Wall is a glorious failure. Glorious because its imagery is hypnotically striking, frequently resonant and superbly photographed by the gifted cinematographer Peter Biziou. And a failure because the entire exercise is hopelessly dour, loyal to the bleak themes and psychological torment of Roger Waters' great musical opus, and yet utterly devoid of the humour that Waters certainly found in his own material. Any attempt to visualise The Wall would be fraught with artistic danger, and Parker succumbs to his own self-importance, creating a film that's as fascinating as it is flawed. The film is, for better and worse, the fruit of three artists in conflict--Parker indulging himself, and Waters in league with designer Gerald Scarfe, whose brilliant animated sequences suggest that he should have directed and animated this film in its entirety. Fortunately, this clash of talent and ego does not prevent The Wall from being a mesmerising film. Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof (in his screen debut) is a fine choice to play Waters's alter ego--an alienated, "comfortably numb" rock star whose psychosis manifests itself as an emotional (and symbolically physical) wall between himself and the cold, cruel world. Weaving Waters's autobiographical details into his own jumbled vision, Parker ultimately fails to combine a narrative thread with experimental structure. It's a rich, bizarre, and often astonishing film that will continue to draw a following, but the real source of genius remains the music of Roger Waters. --Jeff Shannon

• London's Burning - The Complete series 8 to 14 | DVD | (04/04/2011) from £79.82   |  Saving you £50.17 (62.85%)   |  RRP £129.99

  London's Burning was one of LWT's most popular and enduring series. Featuring the firefighters of Blackwall Station's Blue Watch the dramatic and sometimes tragic situations encountered by the team were often based on real-life events and always counterpointed by the more private stories of the firefighters. It is this combination of famously realistic action scenes and personal issues that made London's Burning a huge ratings hit with its quirky and very human characters finding great affection among viewers throughout its 16-year span. For the first time this set collects every episode of Series Eight to Fourteen of the award-winning and memorable drama originally screened between 1995 and 2001.

• Pink Floyd - The Wall | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  By any rational measure, Alan Parker's cinematic interpretation of Pink Floyd's The Wall is a glorious failure. Glorious because its imagery is hypnotically striking, frequently resonant and superbly photographed by the gifted cinematographer Peter Biziou. And a failure because the entire exercise is hopelessly dour, loyal to the bleak themes and psychological torment of Roger Waters' great musical opus, and yet utterly devoid of the humour that Waters certainly found in his own material. Any attempt to visualise The Wall would be fraught with artistic danger, and Parker succumbs to his own self-importance, creating a film that's as fascinating as it is flawed. The film is, for better and worse, the fruit of three artists in conflict--Parker indulging himself, and Waters in league with designer Gerald Scarfe, whose brilliant animated sequences suggest that he should have directed and animated this film in its entirety. Fortunately, this clash of talent and ego does not prevent The Wall from being a mesmerising film. Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof (in his screen debut) is a fine choice to play Waters's alter ego--an alienated, "comfortably numb" rock star whose psychosis manifests itself as an emotional (and symbolically physical) wall between himself and the cold, cruel world. Weaving Waters's autobiographical details into his own jumbled vision, Parker ultimately fails to combine a narrative thread with experimental structure. It's a rich, bizarre, and often astonishing film that will continue to draw a following, but the real source of genius remains the music of Roger Waters. --Jeff Shannon

• Fat Friends - Series 2 | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £19.87   |  Saving you £5.12 (25.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Kay Mellor's comedy drama series following a collection of characters whose personal life struggles are relayed to each other during their weekly slimming class... Episodes comprise: 1. Full Belly 2. Peaches And Dreams 3. Forty And In-Fat-uated 4. Sweet And Sour 5. In Full Bloom 6. Hunger Pangs

• London's Burning | DVD | (12/06/2008) from £8.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Join bayleaf, sicknote, charisma and the rest of team as blue watch take to the streets in this pilot movie of the hit ITV Drama London's Burning

• Chocky | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  First transmitted in 1984, Chocky is a six-part TV adaptation of John Wyndham's clever novel. Matthew, an apparently normal 12-year-old boy, starts talking to an invisible presence called Chocky, who quizzes him on a wide variety of subjects as if unfamiliar with life on Earth. Over the course of the serial it is suggested that Chocky is an alternate personality or, after Matthew has been helped by Chocky to rescue his sister from drowning, a guardian angel. But we realise early on that this non-imaginary friend is in fact an alien who has made exploratory contact with the boy. Though Chocky manifests as a swirl of blue light, this is a rare piece of TV science fiction that sticks to the domestic arena, exploring ideas rather than playing with special effects. Wyndham's very 1950s-styled novel is updated by making the kids less well-spoken, and throwing in Rubik's cubes and space invaders video games, but adaptor Anthony Read's script preserves the virtues of the novel. Young Andrew Ellams is fine in a demanding role, and there's good-quality puzzled concern from dad James Hazeldine and 80s TV's resident sexy mum Carol Drinkwater. Apart from a few eye-abusing 1984 fashions--Jeremy Bulloch's huge glasses and blinding white jeans in a cameo as a psychiatrist--and the general leisurely pace, which is no bad thing in such a careful piece of drama, this has dated little. Those who remember its first broadcast will find it lives up to the memory, and those who weren't born then should still find it an entertaining watch. On the DVD: Chocky on disc can be accessed as a marathon two-and-a-half-hour watch or as six individual episodes (the latter is recommended). Print quality is fine given the techniques of its production. A nice extra is a 20-minute, in-depth chat with writer Anthony Read. --Kim Newman

• One Summer | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £14.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sharply observed and written with both sympathy and a sense of humour this critical and commercial success was created and written by the reknowned Liverpudlian playwright Willy Russell. This is the first time that this long-anticipated series has been release on DVD. This is the story of two Liverpool youths who go to the valleys of Wales to enjoy a peaceful life. They come from the Liverpool of 1983; a tough gritty uncompromising city a long way from the magical days of the Beatl

• The Omega Factor - The Complete BBC Series | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  James Hazeldine, Louise Jameson and John Carlisle star as three parapsychologists working for a top secret British government department in this top-rated BBC science fiction series with definite touches of The X-Files. The set includes all ten episodes as well as a host of special features and a 24-page behind-the-scenes booklet.

• Cilla's World of Comedy - The Complete Series | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £8.38   |  Saving you £4.61 (55.01%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Marking her phenomenally successful fifty years in showbiz, this DVD set celebrates the talents of Cilla Black, one of Britain's most charismatic and best-loved celebrities. In 1976, eighteen months after the legendary Liverpudlian's forst foray into comedy drama with the highly successful Cilla's Comedy Six, ATV engaged Cilla Black for another season of individual sitcoms. Showcasing her versatility and trademark mischievous humour, Cilla's World of Comedy presented a further ...

• London's Burning - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £19.89   |  Saving you £0.10 (0.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The complete second series of ITV's London's Burning which followed the lives and tribulations of Blackwall Fire Station's Blue Watch. Viewers loved the quirky but human characters that put their lives on the line with every episode and this set features some of the most fondly remembered including female fire-fighter Josie Ingham 'Bayleaf' 'Sicknote' and 'Charisma'. This set features all eight episodes of the second series originally transmitted in 1989.

• Midsomer Murders - Talent For Life | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £5.00   |  Saving you £11.99 (239.80%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In Malham Bridge former socialite and feisty pensioner Isobel Hewitt is accused of assault by fellow fly fisher Margaret Seagrove. When Barnaby and Troy investigate the allegations they discover that all is not well on the Midsomer riverbanks. The investigation takes a more serious turn when two bodies are discovered in the river. Are they the victims of an uncalculated attack by poachers or was there a more sinister motive?

• The Omega Factor - The Complete Series | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  One of the BBC's most powerful and controversial science fiction series of the 1970's is brought to DVD for the first time! There is a highly-secret government organisation called Department 7. Its existence is known only to the Prime Minister and some members of the Cabinet. Its brief is to investigate the Supernatural - to discover the Omega Factor. Journalist Tom Crane has been given the same brief by a Sunday newspaper and suddenly finds himself confronting inexplicable and even

• Sherlock Holmes - The Musgrave Ritual / The Abbey Grange | DVD | (09/06/2003) from £9.97   |  Saving you £0.02 (0.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Two more mysteries for the detective Sherlock Holmes to solve! The Musgrave Ritual: Holmes and Watson are staying with Reginald Musgrave at Hurlstone Manor. During their stay the butler disappears after he has been dismissed for prying into family documents examining details of the Musgrave ritual. Then when Rachel the housemaid vansihes Holmes begins to employ his deductive powers. The Abbey Grange: When Sir Eustace Brackenstall is bludgeoned to death in his dinning room Holmes is called in. After interviewing Lady Mary Sir Eustace's wife who herself was assaulted in the attack Holmes concludes that it is the work of the notorious Lewisham gang and hands the matter over to the local constabulary. But on the way back to London something is nagging in Holmes mind...

• London's Burning - The Complete Third Series | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £16.18   |  Saving you £3.81 (23.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jack Rosenthal's prime-time firefighting drama series returns to DVD.

• Emma | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An adaptation of Jane Austen's story of marriage and manners set in a picturesque 19th Century village which revolves around a spoilt young woman Emma Woodhouse who delights in influencing the love-lives of her friends with disastrous results.

• Macbeth | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £11.00   |  Saving you £1.99 (18.09%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic which depicts the crumbling of an obsessed man's sanity and the chronicling of his moral disintegration.

• London's Burning - The Complete Fourth Series | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The complete fourth series of ITV's London's Burning which followed the lives and tribulations of Blackwall Fire Station's Blue Watch. Viewers loved the quirky but human characters that put their lives on the line with every episode and this set features some of the most fondly remembered including female fire-fighter Josie Ingham 'Bayleaf' and 'Sicknote'.

• Sam - Series 1 - Part 3 | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It is 1934 and Sam Wilson is ten years old when his mother Dora leaves her husband and brings Sam to Skellerton the Yorkshire mining village where she grew up. Her father jack has been unemployed for more than eight years and her family has little enough money to support themselves. Will they manage with another two mouths to feed and how will Sam's boyhood change? Episodes Featured Where The Heart Is Home From Home No Going Back Breadwinners

• The Chocky Trilogy | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Forks: Bitten By Twilight

• Chocky | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £25.90   |  Saving you £-5.91 (-29.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The strange friendship among a young boy of the Earth and a extra-terrestrial from the outer space. Based on the novel by John Wyndham.