"Actor: John Simm"

• Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Movie | DVD | (15/11/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Competing with the time-tested, 1964 original Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, with the abominable snowman, the misfit toys, the lovably clunky motion, and Burl Ives as narrator, is no easy task. So this feature-length, animated musical skirts a straight squaring-off of versions. The storyline is a bit more complex, with the abominable snowman's antagonist role played by the Whoopi Goldberg-voiced Ice Queen, Stormella, and Rudolph's running buddies depicted as a polar bear (excellently voiced by Bob Newhart) and, not surprisingly, a cutesy doe, Zoey. The animation is first-rate and completely convincing, making this new Rudolph ideal for the discriminating 3- to 7-year-old viewer. Stormella looks for all the world like a hybrid of King Triton and Ursula, the Sea Witch from Disney's The Little Mermaid. As for the story, none of it is either heavyhanded on the good vs. evil front for the younger set, or so sappy that it's intolerable for adults. As with so many animated features this decade, the presence of seasoned actors with experience in comedy makes for dialogue that's entertainingly nuanced. Since there are moments of tension and conflict, the comic relief is important and unmistakable, even for younger viewers. The themes are the same as the original, and the ultimate embrace by Santa (done well by John Goodman) of Rudolph's difference still packs a good lesson. --Andrew Bartlett

• Doctor Who - The Complete Specials | DVD | (11/01/2010) from £25.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Doctor Who: The Complete Specials Box Set (Dr Who)

• The Lakes 2 | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The original series of the The Lakes brought writer Jimmy McGovern and actor John Simm a great deal of critical praise in 1997. Following a particularly dry period for British TV drama, the show's realistic characterisations and their painfully honest decisions hit audiences hard. Simm is a twentysomething trapped in a life of compulsive gambling, theft and being on the dole in Liverpool. On a whim he heads north to the Lake District. He expects to find the countryside quietude where his hidden poetical leanings might find a home, but instead gets caught up in a community like any other. Lies, temptation and tragedy beset every household just as much as the big city. In the second series, far longer than the first, an exploration of Danny's tortured soul might have been the obvious continuation to the story; instead an almost Hitchcockian murder scenario occupies far more screen time. But by stretching things out, this second series does not have the same self-contained impact of the original. Additional writers only served to drag out Danny's boy-to-man journey. Ultimately, lessons are learned, including the realistic conclusion that life is without a poetical status quo. Despite the tail-off in overall quality, you'd be hard pressed to identify a better British drama in the years since. --Paul Tonks

• For Love Of The Game | DVD | (15/01/2001) from £10.89   |  Saving you £2.09 (26.46%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) is forced to re-examine his priorities in life when he is confronted with unexpected circumstances

• Exile | DVD | (13/06/2011) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-0.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  John Simm and Jim Broadbent give compelling performances in this Paul Abbott-created Danny Brocklehurst-written claustrophobic drama about father-son relationships and many other things. The marvellous Olivia Colman provides fine support proving she does drama as brilliantly as comedy.

• Teletubbies - Meet The Teletubbies | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Share the unique Teletubbies experience with this wonderful selection of Teletubbies footage designed to be you and your child's first steps into Teletubbyland. Discover more about Tinky Winky Dipsy Laa Laa and Po and why millions of children continue to love around the world. Also enclosed is a special guide for parents and carers created to provide a wide range of information about the rich content of Teletubbies and why it generates such a positive reaction from very young children.

• The Devil's Whore | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £11.52   |  Saving you £13.47 (116.93%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Devil's Whore (2 Discs)

• Kolobos | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £16.87   |  Saving you £-7.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sometimes nightmares do come true.... Night time and rain falls over the city. A young couple are out for a drive and take a shortcut through a deserted alley..... they make a gruesome discovery: A girl who has been savagely battered and slashed lies in a pool of her own blood. As the girl loses conciousness she utters one word - Kolobos.

• Venture Bros.: Radiant Is The Blood Of The Baboon Heart | Blu Ray | (25/07/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Village - Series 2 | DVD | (09/03/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  1923. The Great War is over but what kind of England has won? Now in a world of boom and bust motor cars and the Charleston the twenties bring a blast of energy and freedom to the village; as the outside world continues to break down barriers bringing with it big dramas and change.

• Trauma | DVD | (19/02/2018) from £6.15   |  Saving you £1.84 (29.92%)   |  RRP £7.99

  John Simm and Adrian Lester star in this tense ITV medical thriller. A man's life is destroyed after his 15-year-old son Alex is stabbed and dies as a result of his injuries.

• Doctor Who - The Complete Series 3 Box Set | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £16.90   |  Saving you £53.09 (314.14%)   |  RRP £69.99

  There were a few moments in the third season of the revived Doctor Who when you begin to wonder if the bubble has burst. A couple of tepid Dalek episodes, and a handful of forgettable stories, make you begin--perhaps for the first time since the show's revival--whether it's already hits its peak. But never underestimate the new Doctor Who. For the back run of series three is as good as anything that's gone before it, with ingenious plotting, the clever layering of elements it casually--nah, crucially--refers to later on, and some quite superb individual episodes. It not only restores any hint of lost faith, it sets the bar even higher. Examples? The stunning single story Blink is extremely clever, genuinely scary and has immense rewatch value. While the equally strong double-header of Human Nature and The Family Of Blood is a two-parter in the traditional Doctor Who way, building up its story in a measured and really effectively creepy way. Then there's the finale. Presenting the Doctor with one of his finest, most ingenious villains makes for quite brilliant television (albeit with a slightly underwhelming concluding episode), as exciting to long-time fans of Doctor Who as it is for the newcomers. And that, ultimately, is the brilliance of Doctor Who. It staggers so many levels of viewer enthusiasm, appeals to an extremely broad age demographic, and woos over fans new and old in a manner that no show currently on television can manage. And while the cliché of hiding behind the sofa may not be as accurate as it once was, Doctor Who season three will undoubtedly leave you gripped to the TV. --Simon Brew

• A Quiet Place (4KUHD + Blu-ray) | 4K UHD | (13/08/2018) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the modern horror thriller A Quiet Place, a family of four must navigate their lives in silence after mysterious creatures that hunt by sound threatens their survival. If they hear you, they hunt you.

• Code of a Killer | DVD | (20/04/2015) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  John Simm and David Threlfall star in this two-part ITV crime drama. Set in Leicester, DCS David Baker (Threlfall) investigates the brutal murders of two local schoolgirls during the 1980s. But when his investigation falters, the detective approaches geneticist Alec Jeffreys (Simm) to help him solve the case using pioneering methods of DNA fingerprinting. Convinced the killer is local and having ruled out one of their chief suspects, the pair conduct the first ever search using DNA testing while the community becomes increasingly worried that a killer is still amongst them.

• Sharknado | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £6.19   |  Saving you £9.80 (158.32%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When a freak tornado swamps Los Angeles, thousands of man-eating sharks are sucked into the swirling vortex, terrorizing the waterlogged populace and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater.

• Boston Kickout | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In the 1980s Phil moved with his parents from an inner-city slum to start a new life in Stevenage. However on leaving school he finds himself in a world of violence unemployment alcoholism and drug abuse.

• Mad Dogs - Series 1 and 2 | DVD | (12/03/2012) from £20.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (33.35%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Series One Four friends, Woody (Max Beesley), Quinn (Philip Glenister), Baxter (John Simm), and Rick (Marc Warren) arrive in Majorca to visit their old mate Alvo, who is now a wealthy property tycoon enjoying the trappings of an ex-pat lifestyle. One by one Alvo asks his friends what they've done with their lives, whether they're truly happy, wouldn't they rather live like him? The hedonistic mood of the friends soon turns sour when they realise Alvo isn't quite the man they thought he was. The luxury yacht they have borrowed turns out to be stolen; Alvo has dragged them into something dangerous. When murder is committed they realise their nightmare has only just begun. Series Two In an attempt to rescue their friend, the boys enter into a Faustian pact involving drugs, money, witchcraft and goats. How far would you go for your friends, not least when you can't remember why you liked them in the first place? Mad Dogs madness prevails in what is becoming the worst holiday of anyone's lifetime.

• Mad Dogs - Series 3 | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Be careful what you wish for... Mad Dogs III picks up where series II ends with the boys desperate attempts to escape the island resulting in them being even further away from home and safety than they were before. Worse, they seem to have infiltrated a drug cartel and are now under the watchful eye of shady government ops. It seems the only possible chance for salvation is a witness protection programme, a new identity and the promise that the friends sever ties with each other. But how long is it before one of them buckles making contact and the past starts catching up with them; all over again? The boys might be out of the Beleriac light, but they're heading straight into the heart of darkness... Will the Mad Dogs ever get home?

• Exile: The Complete Series | DVD | (03/10/2016) from £10.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Tom Ronstadt (JOHN SIMM) is a successful London journalist who, with his career and life falling apart, returns to his hometown in Lancashire for the first time in 18 years. He finds his father Sam (JIM BROADBENT), whom Tom idolised as a child, in the grip of Alzheimer's a once formidable man now being cared for by his sister Nancy (OLIVIA COLMAN). Over the three episodes Tom unravels the mystery linked to his childhood that drove him away all those years ago. As his frustrations grow with his father's failure to remember the past, he persists unaware that he is unearthing a devastating crime that will reveal secrets he could never have imagined.

• Life On Mars - Series 1 And 2 - Complete | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £35.34   |  Saving you £19.65 (55.60%)   |  RRP £54.99

  John Simm stars as Sam Tyler a driven and ambitious young detective determined to keep the streets of 21st Century Manchester safe. But after a near fatal car accident he wakes up dazed and confused in 1973. Has he gone back in time? Is he in a coma? Or has he simply gone insane? What follows is Sam's 21st century account of 1970s life where he feels like a fish out of water. He must come to terms with an unfamiliar environment and an archaic CID unit. There using his modern know-how he becomes integral to the unit. But he must adapt to their old-fashioned technologies and etiquettes. Sam works on some of the hardest cases he's ever been involved with. It's a world where witnesses are regularly intimidated it takes two weeks to process forensics and his colleagues will nail their suspect whether they have the evidence or not... Features the complete first and second series.