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• Scum | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £8.48   |  Saving you £4.77 (66.07%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Raw, violent and shocking, Scum is a compelling story set in a contemporary Borstal.

• Brideshead Revisited | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Fill a bowl with alpine strawberries, break out the Château Lafite (1899, of course) and bask in Brideshead Revisited, the 1981 miniseries based on Evelyn Waugh's classic novel, adapted for the screen by John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey). In his breakthrough role, Jeremy Irons stars as Charles Ryder, a disillusioned Army captain who is moved to reflect on his "languid days" in the "enchanted castle" that was Brideshead, home of the aristocratic Marchmain family, whose acquaintance Charles made in the company of an Oxford classmate, the charming wild-child Sebastian. Anthony Andrews costars as the doomed Sebastian, whose beauty is "arresting" and "whose eccentricities and behaviour seemed to know no bounds". The "entitled and enchanted" Sebastian takes Charles under his wing ("Charles, what a lot you have to learn"), but vows early on that he is "not going to let [Charles] get mixed up with [his] family." But mixed up Charles gets. He becomes a friend and confidante, not to mention a lover, to Sebastian's sister Julia (Diana Quick). Meanwhile, the self-destructive Sebastian's life spirals out of control. Brideshead Revisited boasts a distinguished ensemble cast, including Laurence Olivier in his Emmy Award-winning role as the exiled Lord Marchmain, Claire Bloom as Lady Marchmain, and the magnificent John Gielgud as Charles's estranged father. Grand locations and a haunting musical score make this a memorable revisit of an irretrievable bygone era. --Donald Liebenson

• Brideshead Revisited | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £18.98   |  Saving you £21.01 (110.70%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited is a moving tragic story which chronicles the tempestuous journey of Charles Ryder through the tangled and stormy world of the aristocratic Marchmain family. It is an epic tale of his love - for his closest friend Sebastian Flyte for Sebastian's sister Julia Flyte and for an entire way of life. This classic visually stunning TV drama directed by Charles Sturridge and Michale Lindsay-Hogg was adapted for the screen by John Mortime

• Shackleton | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Shackleton is not a biopic of the great Anglo-Irish explorer but a dramatisation of the failed trans-Antarctic expedition of 1914-16. As written and directed by Charles (Longtitude) Sturridge the production, filmed on real ice floes in Greenland, stays remarkably close to the facts, capturing the look of the surviving expedition photos of Frank Hurley (collected in the book South With Endurance) with great fidelity. Kenneth Branagh makes no attempt at an authentic accent but otherwise gives a powerful impression of a most commanding personality. When the expedition ship Endurance became locked in the Antarctic ice Shackleton vowed to bring every man home alive, and against virtually impossible odds, including a 700-mile journey in an open boat through some of the worst seas in the world, he did just that. This superlative mini-series realises the story with production values and cinematography which would not disgrace a big-budget feature (Hurley's own 1919 documentary film can be seen on video in South). Intense physical drama, strong performances and Adrian Johnston's fine score combine here to deeply moving effect, marred only a little by a rushed conclusion. With Roland Huntford, author of the definitive Shackleton biography, as production advisor, this easily stands as the benchmark for all future comparable films. --Gary S Dalkin

• Three Up, Two Down | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A pair of widowed grandparents are forced to cohabit in their children's basement. Daphne (Angela Thorne) is a snobby Cheltenham-bred lady while Sam (Michael Elphick) is the cockney wide boy who has designs on Daphne. First broadcast in 1985 this release includes all the episodes from Series One and Two of Three Up Two Down. Episode titles: Your Place Or Mine? Widower's Mite Ill Wind From Cheltenham Epping's Not Far Just Desserts Two Down One To Go Major Inconvenience Sweet

• Blame It On The Bellboy | DVD | (22/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In the wildly entertaining spirit of A Fish Called Wanda BLAME IT ON THE BELLBOY delivers the year's craziest laughs! Featuring an all-star cast the hilarity kicks off when a daffy bellboy (Bronson Pinchot) accidentally switches the itinerary envelopes for three guests (Dudley Moore Bryan Brown and Richard Griffiths). His actions cause a hilarious case of mistaken identities sending the trio down a road of comic non-stop adventures! Check in today for a zany time where mix-ups

• Max | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £7.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (164.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  John Cusack stars as Max Rothman, a German veteran of World War One who opens an art gallery in Munich and takes a lonely unknown artist under his wing: Adolf Hitler.

• Cracker - the Mad Woman in the Attic | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £5.37   |  Saving you £7.62 (141.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Fitz's two worlds collide when one of his students is brutally murdered on a moving train and the girl's grieving parents enlist him to help crack the case. The frenzied nature of the attack convinces the police that this is the work of the notorious 'Sweeney'. When an unconscious blood-soaked man is discovered close to the scene he becomes the prime suspect. Kelly (Adrian Dunbar) claims to be suffering from amnesia and Fitz is given the task of unlocking the dark recesses of his soul in a bid to find the truth.

• TV Drama: Sword Of Honour, Shackleton, Longitude | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Sword Of HonourAward-winning novelist and screenwriter William Boyd brings Evelyn Waugh's classic trilogy of the Second World War vividly to life in this epic two-part drama starring Daniel Craig Megan Dodds Leslie Phillips Julian Rhind-Tutt Robert Pugh and Katrina Cartlidge. ShackletonDirected by Charles Sturridge (Brideshead Revisited Gulliver's Travels Longitude) this biopic of explorer Ernest Shackleton (Kenneth Branagh) is at once a fascinating character study of a driven man and a thrilling true life adventure. Concentrating on Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole it details the incredible struggle he undertook to lead his 28 man crew to safety after his ship was trapped and then crushed in the pack ice. LongitudeLongitude is the fascinating story of John Harrison (Gambon) who in the 18th century believed he could make a clock that would work on board a ship - and so solve the problem of finding longitude at sea. Harrison has to struggle against a bigoted establishment in order to win recognition for his achievements. This story is intertwined with that of Rupert Gold (Irons) the former naval officer who in the 1920s discovered Harrison's clocks and - at the cost of his health his reputation and his marriage began the mammoth task of restoring them.