"Actor: Jimmy Johnston"

• Jimmy Johnstone - Lord Of The Wing | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £20.69   |  Saving you £-4.70 (-29.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  'Wee Jinky' Johnstone became a Celtic idol through his fiery performances and his matching flaming red hair. Born in Viewpark Lanarkshire in 1944 Johnstone's talent was evident from an early age. When he was 13 he was approached by Manchester United while playing for the Boys' Guild in Viewpark but Celtic Park's chief scout John Higgins stepped in and offered Johnstone a ballboy job at Parkhead. He signed for Celtic soon after and was farmed out to Blantyre Celtic for a couple of years where his skills made an instant impression. This documentary charts the football career of Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone a Celtic and Scotland hero of the '60s and '70s. In what he describes as 'an immense honour' Billy Connolly narrates the true-life story of one of the sporting world's greatest icons: a man known as 'the flea' in the East and 'Jinky' in the West this is a tale of exhilaration and desperation of joy and immense sadness; of a man who had the world literally at his feet until that world turned upside down.

• Oklahoma! | DVD | (13/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When Mary Rodgers, daughter of the composer Richard Rodgers, was reported as saying she never wanted to see another Oklahoma!, it was her way of paying the highest tribute to Trevor Nunn's production at the Royal National Theatre which was subsequently taken into the studio and filmed. The camera follows the playgoers into the auditorium of the Olivier where in their company we watch the show and applaud the numbers as the real thing. Nunn treats Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration with the utmost seriousness restoring the full text, running to three-and-a-half hours, so that it comes across as a drama indebted to Eugene O'Neill. The documentary, viewed preferably as a preview, with Tim Piggott Smith the penny-plain narrator, allows one to relish in the smallest detail Nunn's scrupulous touch, which according to Maureen Lipman (Aunt Eller) included addressing the cast for two days at rehearsal, an approach that by her account paid off handsomely for the company. Although Oklahoma! unfolds at a leisurely pace, it is extraordinary how one is drawn into the drama under Nunn's direction. There's seldom a wish for true locations as the pace picks up and we move into the claustrophobic company of Judd Fry in his riveting encounter with the cowboy Curly. The close up camera work affords an experience the theatre can't bring and pays handsome dividends too in appreciating Susan Stroman's intricate and lively choreography that was dissipated somewhat on the big apron stage of the Olivier. Her dancers are a fine team, notably Jimmy Johnston who is outstanding as Will Parker leading the Kansas City ensemble. Hugh Jackman as Curly matches him in vocal prowess and looks, and Shuler Hensley sings the tricky role of Judd Fry very well. It's harder to place Peter Polycarpou's Pedlar, a considerably larger role than in the film version, whose accent strays from East End wideboy to the plains of Europe. Maureen Lipman, rightly deemed the lynchpin of the musical by Nunn, is a joy to watch. Laurey and Ado Annie are good but not special. Aside from an abrupt start to Act Two and the occasional voice off microphone, the production sounds good with a larger orchestra present than in the theatre. An Oklahoma! on an epic scale. --Adrian Edwards

• Celtic - Jinky - The Jimmy Johnstone Story | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mention the name Jimmy Johnstone to football fans from the 60's and 70's and an immediate image forms in their minds; a small red haired figure darting here and there leaving a trail of bewildered defenders in his wake! One of the supreme entertainers in the Scottish game Jimmy was also a brave and strong winger who became the ultimate star in the team of stars - The Lisbon Lions: The first British team ever to win the European cup. In this programme he tells the story of his ca

• Medics - Second Series - Complete | DVD | (21/06/2010) from £12.48   |  Saving you £9.50 (90.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Medics: The Complete Second Series (2 Discs)

• Celtic FC - Great Celtic Action From The 60s | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Packed with rare 1960s archive action this DVD is a must for Celtic supporters of all ages. Those glories of the early years of the Jock Stein era and the breathtaking skills of the Lisbon Lions including Jimmy Johnstone Bobby Murdoch and Bertie Auld are recaptured in this unique programme. A lasting tribute to Jock Stein and possibly the most successful group of players in the history of Scottish football.