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• Dracula | DVD | (03/02/2020) from £7.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  New BBC drama from the creators of Sherlock, including over 20 minutes of bonus content. 1897. English lawyer Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet a new client - and a legend is about to get fresh blood... From the snow-capped Carpathians to a death-haunted ship to the beating heart of London, the makers of ˜Sherlock' bring you a brand new take on the most famous vampire of them all: the magnificent, brooding, deliciously deadly Count Dracula. Starring Claes Bang and Dolly Wells. Co-created and written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. Based on the novel by Bram Stoker. Special Features: Who is Dracula? Styling Dracula The Score Building Castle Dracula The Beast Within Arwel's Set Tour Audio Commentary (Episode 3) with Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertur and Arwel Wyn Jones

• Q. - The Almost Complete Q | DVD | (20/11/2017) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Comedic madness in Spike Milligan's ground-breaking, wild, subversive and nonsensical BBC sketch comedy series from 1969 1980. Simply Media are delighted to announce release of Q: The Almost Complete Collection on DVD 20th November 2017, containing all surviving episodes from Qs 5-9 in this 5-disc set, on DVD together for the very first time. Originally shown by the BBC from 1969-1980, this BAFTA-nominated series is considered a landmark in British Comedy. The fast-paced, anarchic sketch comedy will delight fans of the series and Spike Milligan's work. Written by and starring BAFTA-winner Spike Milligan in a variety of silly outfits and outlandish situations involving idiot Boy Scouts, Adolf Hitler, and the Royal Family. The original Q5 of 1969 was heralded as the inspiration behind Monty Python's Flying Circus, which debuted a few months later. It's also one of the best showcases of Spike's surreal and eccentric humour. Sketches come in thick and fast, and jump from one plot point or location to another with no explanation, and sometimes no apparent conclusion. Bizarre, yes. Funny, most definitely! Terry Jones and I adored the Q... shows , recalled Michael Palin for Spike's biography, [Milligan] was the first writer to play with the conventions of television. The BBC initially delayed re-commissioning the ground-breaking Q series until the Monty Python series ended, despite the impact Q had already had on the world of alternative comedy, and at a time when Kenny Everett and Not the Nine O'clock News were further testing the limits of TV Comedy. However, the popular Q returned over 6 years later for four further series. It is clear to see Monty Python in Spike's work, with Life of Brian's Chris Langham on the writing team and Monty Python's Flying Circus director Ian MacNaughton directing some episodes. For Q8 and Q9, direction was taken over by the talented BAFTA-winning Ray Butt (Only Fools and Horses). Spike leads a fantastic cast of co-performers including John Bluthal (The Vicar of Dibley), Bob Todd (Superman III), John D. Collins (˜Allo ˜Allo), Peter Jones (The Rag Trade), and Margaret Nolan (Goldfinger), Alan Clare (Rising Damp) and a self-parodying David Lodge in yet more surreal, outrageous and determinedly under-prepared sketches and musical interludes. Enjoy all the madness and mayhem of Spike Milligan's Q again with this landmark DVD collection.

• Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season One | Blu Ray | (29/11/2021) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Series creator Mike McMahan, writer and executive producer of Rick and Morty, takes you where no Star Trek series has gonebefore to the lower decks! Join rule-breaker Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), aspiring captain Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), rookie D'Vana Tendi (Noël Wells) and part-Cyborg Sam Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) as they attempt to navigate the most mysterious corners of our universe with verylittle experience and even less authority.

• Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season One | DVD | (29/11/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Series creator Mike McMahan, writer and executive producer of Rick and Morty, takes you where no Star Trek series has gone before to the lower decks! Join rule-breaker Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), aspiring captain Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), rookie D'Vana Tendi (Noël Wells) and part-Cyborg Sam Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) as they attempt to navigate the most mysterious corners of our universe with very little experience and even less authority. Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 1 features nearly 2 hours of exclusive special features and includes guest appearances by John De Lancie (Star Trek: TheNext Generation), Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Marina Sirtis (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and more! Extras: 2 Hours of special features Lower Decktionaries Crisis Point: The Rise Of Vindicta Trailer Faces Of The Fleet Hiding In Plain Sight Full Length Animatic Deleted Animatic Scenes

• Dracula | Blu Ray | (03/02/2020) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  New BBC drama from the creators of Sherlock, including over 20 minutes of bonus content. 1897. English lawyer Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet a new client - and a legend is about to get fresh blood... From the snow-capped Carpathians to a death-haunted ship to the beating heart of London, the makers of ˜Sherlock' bring you a brand new take on the most famous vampire of them all: the magnificent, brooding, deliciously deadly Count Dracula. Starring Claes Bang and Dolly Wells. Co-created and written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. Based on the novel by Bram Stoker. Special Features: Who is Dracula? Styling Dracula The Score Building Castle Dracula The Beast Within Arwel's Set Tour Audio Commentary (Episode 3) with Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertur and Arwel Wyn Jones

• Greystoke - The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £8.23   |  Saving you £5.76 (69.99%)   |  RRP £13.99

  An infant child is raised by apes after being shipwrecked off the west coast of Africa. As he grows he learns the laws of the jungle and eventually claims the title Lord of the Apes. Yet years later when he is returned to civilization as the Earl of Greystoke Tarzan (Christopher Lambert in his first English speaking role) remains uncertain as to which laws he should obey; those of man or those of the jungle...

• Jammin' With The Blues Greats | DVD | (22/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Don't let the cheesy title put you off, because Jammin' with the Blues Greats, essentially a roadshow headed up by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, is quality stuff, managing to convey all the virtues of the music without sacrificing one ounce of the atmosphere of what must have been an extraordinary gig. It's pretty much impossible to identify any one contributor as outshining the others, given that there are as many takes on the music here as there are practitioners, but it's worth noting Mayall's ongoing commitment to the form as the Bluesbreakers deliver "An Eye for an Eye", "Room to Move" and several other tunes. Buddy Guy and Junior Wells get a couple of numbers ("Messin' with the Kid" is wonderful), BB King gets three and Etta James just one. However, despite everyone getting the opportunity to cut loose on the finale ("CC Rider Jam"), the whole circus is totally upstaged by the 83-year-old Sippie Wallace, who is gently led onstage, leans on the piano and sings "Shorty George" with the kind of conviction that makes everyone else look like upstarts. On the DVD: Jammin' with the Blues Greats is presented in 4:3 aspect ratio and has only one extra feature, a John Mayall discography. --Roger Thomas

• Tickle On The Tum - The Complete Series One | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £3.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ralph McTell sings songs while the guests read stories about Tickle on the Tum (The village where the show is set). Aimed at pre-school children.

• Peak Practice - The Complete First Series | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £12.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (130.87%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The full first series which centres on the dramas of life in a country practice in the Derbyshire dales... Episodes include: Sharp Practice Outsiders Growing Pains Roses Around The Door Impulsive Behaviour Hope To Die Listening Skills Giddy Heights.

• A Rather English Marriage | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Adapted from Angela Lambert's novel this is the story of two widowers coming to terms with loss and loneliness. An RAF squadron leader (Finney) and a retired milkman (Courtenay) decide move in together after they are both widowed on the very same night. The two quickly bond having shared a past in the service. However the introduction of beautiful lady with some ulterior motives threatens the friendship of the odd couple. Based on the novel by Angela Lambert.

• Anyone for Denis? | DVD | (03/09/2018) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Written by actor, best-selling author and noted satirist John Wells and based on his and Richard Ingrams' hilarious Dear Bill letters for Private Eye Anyone for Denis? was a major West End hit in the early 1980s and remains an unequivocally high watermark of British farce. Starring Wells himself as the much-put-upon Denis and Angela Thorne in an arguably career-best performance as The Iron Lady, a remarkable supporting cast includes Robert Stephens, Joan Sanderson, Alfred Molina, Roy Kinnear, Nicky Henson and John Cater. This television adaptation for Thames Television one of the hits of the ITV network's 1982 Christmas season was directed award-winning writer/director (and comedy legend in his own right) Dick Clement. While Maggie is away at a Euro-Conference, Denis invites two of his drinking chums for a weekend of mischief at Chequers. Things start to go seriously wrong, however, when she returns unexpectedly and mistakes her husband's friends for EEC Commissioners!

• The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) Dual Format (DVD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (24/08/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road three weeks later two more people are killed in a similar way. When Deputy Norman Ramsey fears a pattern is developing he calls upon the help of Texas Ranger J.D. Morales (Academy Award Winner Ben Johnson from The Wild Bunch) to find “The Phantom Killer" before he can kill again. Starring Andrew Prine and Dawn Wells and directed by Charles B. Pierce (The Legend Of Boggy Creek) The Town That Dreaded Sundown has to be seen to believed. Based on one of America's most baffling murder cases The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a shocking suspense-filled ride you'll never forget. Click Images to Enlarge

• Shackleton - The Complete Series (1983) | DVD | (13/03/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by BAFTA-nominee Martyn Friend (New Tricks) and produced by BAFTA-nominee John Harris (The Singing Detective), the series also proved popular in the US, where it was nominated for a CableACE award in 1985 for Best Movie or Mini-series. Shackleton was shot on location in Greenland and features cinematography from BAFTA-winner David Whitson (The Voyage of Charles Darwin), who is no stranger to creating atmospheric journeys of historical figures. The chilling original music score was composed by Francis Shaw. Undeterred by the dangers faced by Roald Amundsen (first to reach the South Pole) and Robert Falcon Scott and his team (who perished on their treacherous journey), Shackleton, in 1914, chooses to lead a team on their famous journey aboard the Endurance. However, when disaster strikes and the ship is trapped and crushed by pack-ice, Shackleton and five of his men must embark on a desperate 800-mile journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia with only the James Caird, a 20-foot lifeboat, to protect them against the furious Southern Ocean. Based on the true stories, recorded in Shackleton's own journals which he kept during his expeditions, this series does not shy away from the harsh realities the men faced in the Antarctic from dwindling supplies to emergency amputations and provides a gripping account of the dangers, frustrations and suffering the determined explorers endured. Unlike recent film and TV adaptations of the story, the BBC's 1983 drama delivers a widely acknowledged true account of the events as they unfolded. It opens with Shackleton planning the expedition and reveals the challenges he faced in finding sponsors. It presents the perilous journey on the James Caird and the South Georgia mountain crossing in keeping with journal records. And, unlike later versions, the BBC's Shackleton delves into his complex relationships with those around him as they all battle to succeed and survive. David Schofield stars as Ernest Shackleton in a remarkable early performance. He would later go on to star in the epic blockbusters: Gladiator, The Walking Dead and Pirates of the Caribbean. David Rodigan (A Woman called Moses) is outstanding as Shackleton's trusted deputy Frank Wild. This critically acclaimed, fact-based drama will definitely appeal to an audience interested in historical biopics and true-life adventures. Generally, fans of brilliantly cast and well-written drama with high production values will be thrilled to hear of Shackleton's long-awaited DVD release.

• Gulliver's Travels | DVD | (15/07/2002) from £15.99   |  Saving you £-6.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ebulliently imaginative and far more cleverly presented than you would expect from a TV miniseries, this adaptation of Gulliver's Travels succeeds by never pandering to the lowest common denominator. Closely based on Jonathan Swift's 1726 classic, it is enhanced by dazzling special effects from Jim Henson Productions and a superb, multi-ethnic cast. The biggest surprise is Ted Danson in the title role--one of his best performances, even if he is the only person in England with an American accent. He conveys amusement, amazement and intelligence as he travels from one strange country into another. Not that anyone back in Blighty believes Mr Gulliver's tales of little people or giants. The story is told in flashback from an insane asylum, where he is forcibly confined. This far outshines several previous adaptations of Swift's satirical novel. --Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com

• Trailer Park Boys - The Complete Collection | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Trailer Park Boys is a popular Canadian mockumentary television series focusing on the misadventures of Julian (John Paul Tremblay) and Ricky (Robb Wells). After 18 months in jail Julian and Ricky head back to Sunnyvale trailer park. They're aiming to get their lives together but wherever they go trouble is not far behind!

• Anyone For Denis? | DVD | (19/04/2010) from £12.10   |  Saving you £3.89 (32.15%)   |  RRP £15.99

  While Maggie is away at a Euro Conference Denis invites two of his drinking friends for a weekend at Chequers. Things start to go badly wrong when Maggie returns home unexpectedly and mistakes Denis' friends for EEC Commissioners. Denis' weekend is ruined by the ensuing confusion. Angela Thorne (To The Manor Born) & John Wells (The Kenny Everett Television Show That Was The Week That Was The Secret Police Mans Other Ball) star as Margaret and Denis Thatcher in Thames Television's special production of the hilarious farce which first enthralled audiences at London's Whitehall Theatre. Directed by Dick Clement whose writing credits include Auf Wiedersehen Pet Porridge and The Likely Lads Anyone For Denis? is based on the regular 'Dear Bill' letters published in satirical magazine Private Eye.

• Jurassic Piranha | DVD | (18/01/2016) from £9.96   |  Saving you £8.02 (115.07%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Leigh Scott co-writes and directs this sci-fi comedy horror. In New York City, great white sharks genetically engineered to be the size of piranhas are sold to the wealthy as novelty pets. But when some of them escape into the water supply, the mutated fish quickly multiply and begin to terrorise the city's helpless population.Technical Specs: Languages(s): EnglishInteractive Menu

• Rossini: Semiramide | DVD | (31/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Bel canto can be translated as "pretty singing", and that definition seems tailor-made for this production, which offers grace, charm, and a fine-tuned sense of style in abundance to compensate for its limited psychological and emotional impact. The four principal singers are all specialists in the bel canto style and this opera has played a key role in building their substantial reputations. For its sweeping musical imagination and technical wizardry, Rossini's epic about royal assassination and misdirected lust in the ancient Babylonian Empire deserves a place in any inclusive opera collection, and we are not likely to have a better video recording of Semiramide in the foreseeable future. June Anderson has an attractive appearance and sounds exactly right in the music's florid melodic lines. But she is not dramatically compelling as the wicked queen who had her husband killed and fell in love with a man who turned out to be her long-lost son, Arsace. Marilyn Horne rose to the highest levels of international fame in the role of that conflicted son, and her presence alone would be enough to give this video classic status. Her voice was a bit past its prime when this performance was recorded in 1991, but still there is no other voice quite like it, no other voice so suited to Rossini's heroic mezzo roles. Samuel Ramey is a close bass counterpart to Anderson: great tone, agile florid singing, and a rather wooden but visually appealing stage presence. Sanford Olsen has a small role and sings it near perfectly. James Conlon gets excellent musical results; John Copley's staging is massive and static. --Joe McLellan, Amazon.com

• Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria - Monteverdi | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £8.92   |  Saving you £6.07 (40.50%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria - Recorded At The Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1973.

• John Mayall&The Bluesbreake/In The Shadow Of Legends | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The story of this vibrant night of Blues, filmed over a decade after the so-called Blues Boom in the UK stimulated a worldwide rediscovery of the roots of Rock 'N' Roll, is the story of John Mayall, the pioneer of British Blues, and roving global ambassador fro the genre. Memphis and Chicago Blues legends joined British Blues icon John Mayall and his Bluesbreakers on stage, one special night in June 1982 at New Jersey's Capitol Theater. The concert turned out to be a summit gathering of some of the greatest names in Blues music, when guitarists Albert King and Buddy Guy, harmonica player Junior Wells and singers Etta James and Sippie Wallace, all showed up to sit in with the band.