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• Top Gear - Challenges | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.96   |  Saving you £20.03 (403.83%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Top Gear: The Challenges - 1 & 2 Collection

• The Sherlock Holmes Catalogue - The Last Vampyre | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Last Vampyre is an overblown two-hour adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire", and was perhaps the most ill-advised of Granada Television's Sherlock Holmes series. Entirely contrary to the tone and spirit of Doyle's tale--which finds Holmes victoriously pitting his well-grounded deductive powers against irrational fears of a rise in blood sucking--The Last Vampyre is something of an embarrassment to the largely wonderful legacy of Granada's earlier efforts. (For the record, most of the creative executives who, along with star Jeremy Brett, had made the beloved series what it was in the 1980s were replaced by 1992, the year of this film.) In this version, Holmes does battle with a Dracula-like fellow who may or may not be the real McCoy. There is a great deal of padding to fill out the story to feature length, and it is mostly silly. So, you ask, is there anything to recommend this? Well, there is the ailing Brett's ever-fascinating performance, which deviates from Doyle's vision of the detective hero toward something darker and more personal. Edward Hardwicke does his usual warm and capable work as Dr Watson. --Tom Keogh

• Nick Drake - Under Review | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £11.89   |  Saving you £1.10 (9.25%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Nick Drake - Under Review attempts to unravel the mystery of this enigmatic singer-songwriter who passed away at the age of just 26. With the aid of those who were close to Nick those around at the time and those who have studied and written about Nick Drake in depth this program discusses dissects and appraises Nick's life music and astonishing albeit short career. The programme includes contributions from Nick's close friend Jeremy Mason; the man who 'discovered' Nick and founded Fairport Convention Ashley Hutchings; Fairport drummer who also drummed on Bryter Later Dave Mattacks; fellow Withchseason artist and founder of the Incredible String Band Robin Williamson; folk-blues guitarist and major influence on Nick John Renbourn; singer/guitarist and contemporary of Nick's Ralph McTell; the only journalist to have interviewed Nick Jerry Gilbert; both Nick Drake biographers Patrick Humphries and Trevor Dann singer-songwriter and Mercury Music Prize nominee Kathryn Willliams and many others.

• Midsomer Murders - Murder On St Malley's Day | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £9.95   |  Saving you £10.03 (144.11%)   |  RRP £16.99

  There is trouble at Devington School in the village of Midsomer Parva. During the annual St. Malley's Day race Daniel Talbot is stabbed. Daniel is a member of The Pudding Club a secret society which comprises of elite students from the school. Who committed the attack? If Barnaby and Troy are to unravel the mystery they must first break the silence that shrouds the club.