"Actor: Keith Martin"

• Joe 90 - Complete Series | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £31.97   |  Saving you £38.02 (118.92%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Joe 90 was Gerry Anderson's penultimate puppet show of the 1960s, following Captain Scarlet (1968) and preceding the little-known The Secret Service (1969). In 2112 professor Ian McClaine has invented the BIG RAT (Brain Impulse Galvanoscope, Record And Transfer), a machine for copying knowledge and experiences from person to person. WIN (World Intelligence Organisation) uses this to prime their top undercover agent before sending him into the field on missions which range from foiling international terrorists to recovering a nuclear weapon from beneath the polar ice. So far so good, but in perhaps the most mind-boggling concept ever to reach children's TV, that agent is McClaine's nine-year-old adopted son, Joe. Somehow even as it stays true to the Gerry Anderson techno-fantasy formula of secret organisations, gadgetry, and action-packed adventure full of spectacular explosions and violent death, Joe 90 remains blithely unconscious of its own implications. The missions are as globe-trotting as anything in Anderson's classic Thunderbirds series, and sometimes Joe does save lives, performing a risky brain operation or rescuing trapped astronauts. Yet even then his criminally irresponsible father brainwashes the lad each episode before placing him in a highly dangerous adult situation. Though the production values remain way ahead of anything else being done on British TV at the time, the question remains how did this ever seem like a good idea? On the DVD: Joe 90 comes complete in a five-disc box set of the entire 30-episode series. Each disc contains six 25-minute episodes presented, as usual with Gerry Anderson DVDs, behind a lovingly crafted menu. As expected the 4:3 picture quality is superb and the mono sound is full, detailed and without a trace of distortion. Each disc contains several pages of character biography and background information on the show, a photo gallery and varied extras such as location stills or a gallery of promotional images. --Gary S Dalkin

• Thomas And Friends - It's Great To Be An Engine | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  With a new theme tune and seven brand new episodes from series 8 have more fun with Thomas and his friends with these exclusive adventures! 1. Too Hot For Thomas 2. Emily's Adventure 3. You Can Do It Toby! 4. Gordon Takes Charge 5. Edward The Great 6. James Goes Too Far 7. Percy And The Magic Carpet

• The Hallelujah Trail | DVD | (25/11/2002) from £13.97   |  Saving you £-0.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Director John Sturges turns the west upside down in this rip-roaring Western comedy about the year Denver was nearly devastated by a drought (of whiskey) and had to have forty wagonloads imported through very harsh (and very thirsty) territory!

• The Manor Reborn - The Entire BBC Series (National Trust Avebury Manor) | DVD | (13/02/2012) from £9.09   |  Saving you £0.90 (9.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Manor Reborn is the groundbreaking collaboration between the BBC and the National Trust. For the first time, these national icons have joined together and produced an unmissable programme when they transformed a historic house.Presented by Penelope Keith To the Manor Born and Paul Martin Flog It!/, The Manor Reborn follows the exciting design process behind bringing an historic property back to life. They follow a lively and interesting team of historians, designers and volunteers as they refurbish the 500 year-old Avebury Manor in Wiltshire.Inspired by the real stories and occupants of the Manor - from the age of Queen Elizabeth I to the eve of World War II - the series illustrates the story of British design across five centuries. It draws on a wide range of craft and furniture-making skills and reveals the invention of 'the home'.In addition to restoring nine rooms in the house, the team also recreated and redesigned a kitchen garden. Together they reflect five different periods of history - Tudor, Queen Anne, Georgian, Victorian and early 20th century.Avebury Manor has been restored as an immersive experience and is one of a few National Trust properties where visitors can touch, handle, sit on and enjoy every element of the house.Architectural writer Dan Cruickshank; Anna Whitelock, lecturer in early modern history at the University of London Royal Holloway; leading interior designer Russell Sage; and gardener David Howard have all brought their expertise to the transformation of the Manor. They were joined by volunteers and apprentices - from the National Trust and around the West Country - and some of the most talented craftsmen, designers and specialist companies who preserve the heritage skills needed to restore a historic house.

• The Beiderbecke Tapes | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £19.17   |  Saving you £-9.18 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinborne the reluctant heroes from the TV series 'The Beiderbecke Affair' return in this feature length mystery. Trevor is given some jazz tapes from a fellow Bix Beiderbecke fan the barman at the local pub but he receives far more than music compilations. One of the tapes turns out to be a recording of a sinister conversation about dumping nuclear waste in the Yorkshire Dales. When Trevor and Jill go to the pub to confront the barman they discover he has gone missing and a mystery ensues....

• Firestarter | DVD | (17/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Stephen King wasn't exactly in peak form when he wrote Firestarter, so this 1984 movie adaptation was at a disadvantage even before the cameras rolled. There were so many King movies being made at the time the weaknesses of this one became even more apparent. In her first film role after her memorable appearance in E.T., Drew Barrymore stars as a little girl whose parents acquired strange mental powers after participating in a secret government experiment. From this genetic background she has developed the mysterious ability to set anything on fire at will, especially when she's angry. That makes her very interesting to government officials seeking to exploit her skill as a secret weapon. Her father tries to protect her by using his powers of mind-control, while George C. Scott plays an Indian who believes the girl must be destroyed. There is a routine climax involving a lot of impressive pyrotechnics, but none of this is grounded in a dramatically solid foundation, and none of the characters are developed enough for us to care about them. Director Mark L. Lester, who the following year made Commando with Schwarzenegger, keeps the pace cracking along, but nevertheless the movie gradually turns into a laughable thriller with no suspense whatsoever. It's a movie only a pyromaniac could love. --Jeff ShannonOn the DVD: This is a largely no-frills presentation, albeit with a decent anamorphic print. The only extras are the original theatrical trailer and a nicely presented menu. A fold-out booklet has informative liner notes and a reproduction of the film poster.

• Agent Cody Banks | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  To his family and friends, Cody Banks is a typical teenager - he loves to skateboard, hates maths and feels like a complete idiot around girls. But Cody's got a secret - he's actually part of a secret teen CIA programme.

• Tales Of Beatrix Potter | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Entertaining children's stories danced by the Royal Ballet wearing animal masks. Music by John Lanchbery choreography by Frederick Ashton. The adventures are alive with same energy and passion of the books and feature unheard melodies from British Museum manuscripts recovered and transcribed by composer John Lanchbery. As the characters waltz their way across set to the rhythm of the songs you'll join in with the merriment and hot step with the cast - a must see treat for the entire family.

• Coraline/Monster House/9 | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Coraline: Neil Gaiman adapts his own fantasy novel for this stop-motion animated adventure from the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas. 11-year old Coraline (Dakota Fanning) must escape an alternate reality where her parents dote on her when this seemingly perfect world starts to turn bad. From Henry Selick the visionary director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling book comes this spectacular stop-motion animated adventure! Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning) is bored until she finds a secret door and discovers an alternate better version of her life on the other side. When this seemingly perfect world turns dangerous Coraline must use her resourcefulness determination and bravery to save her family. Monster House: Even for a 12-year old D.J. Walters has a particularly overactive imagination. He is convinced that his haggard and crabby neighbor Horace Nebbercracker who terrorizes all the neighborhood kids is responsible for Mrs. Nebbercracker's mysterious disappearance. Any toy that touches Nebbercracker's property promptly disappears swallowed up by the cavernous house in which Horace lives. D.J. has seen it with his own eyes! But no one believes him not even his best friend Chowder. What everyone does not know is D.J. is not imagining things. Everything he's seen is absolutely true and it's about to get much worse than anything D.J could have imagined.... 9: When 9 (The Lord of the Ring's Elijah Wood) first comes to life he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn the very future of civilization may depend on them.

• Thomas And Friends - Happy Little Helpers | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Thomas and friends are back with 8 exciting new episodes never before seen on DVD. Join Thomas Percy James Edward Toby Donald and Douglas Oliver Emily and The Fat Controller for more action packed helpful adventures on the island of Sodor. Episode titles: Three Cheers For Thomas Percy Gets It Right Edward's Brass Band James And The Queen Of Sodor Toby's Windmill Bad Day At Castle Loch Snow Engine Emily's New Coaches.

• Nevada Smith | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This classic Western adapted from the novel by Harold Robbins and starring STEVE MCQUEEN in the title role is an edgy and gripping story of revenge that interweaves a number of different stories together in one mans quest to track down the killers of his parents. NEVADA SMITH sees a return to form for McQueen in a genre that he excelled in and with a supporting cast including Karl Malden Martin Landau and Arthur Kennedy the film sparkles with great performances and breathtaking s

• Meteor | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  There's No Place On Earth To Hide! As a five-mile-wide asteroid hurtles towards Earth scientist Paul Bradley - inventor of Hercules a revolutionary satellite missile launching system - tries to warn the U.S. government of the impending danger. But because of his fanatical anti-Soviet sentiment General Adlon refuses to heed Bradley's warnings and turn the missiles away from their Soviet targets to aim them towards outer space. Now Bradley and his Soviet counterpart Dubov h

• Thomas And Friends - Carnival Capers | DVD | (20/04/2009) from £3.43   |  Saving you £6.56 (191.25%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The fun fair is coming to Sodor and all of the engines have been asked to help except for Percy! When Percy leaves his boring job of pulling the coal and goes to help at the fun fair all of the other trains grind to a halt because they have no fuel. Percy is horrified and gets to work with the important job of delivering the coal. Will he be able to get all the trains working? Will the fun fair be set up on time? Join Percy in this great adventure.

• Storybook Classics - Peter Pan | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £6.39   |  Saving you £-1.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Just think happy thoughts sprinkle a little fairy dust... and you're off to Neverland on a thrilling daring adventure with the fearless Peter Pan! When Peter visits Wendy and her brothers in their nursery in London he convinces them all to fly back to Neverland with him. There they will battle the villainous Captain Hook encounter indians and crocodiles and ultimately have the adventure of their lives! Join Peter Pan Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys as they take off for an enchanted world of magic in this adaptation of J. M. Barrie's immortal tale of fairies pirates and the loveable little boy who won't grow up.

• Dead Zone / Firestarter | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Dead Zone: Christopher Walken stars as high school teacher Johnny Smith a car crash victim who emerges from a 5 year coma with the ability to see into people's future. Consequently this extra sensory perception enables Johnny to avert several potential disasters and earns him a degree of local celebrity. After his 5 missing years however Johnny has lost both his job and his fiance and he longs for his former existence minus his new 'gift'. That is until he meets with local politicians and would-be Presidential candidate Greg Still son (Martin Sheen) and sees future-events of genuinely cataclysmic proportions. It is only then that Johnny must come to terms with his powers his conscience and his destiny... Firestarter: Firestarter the best-seller by top writer Stephen King came blazing to the screen in a million saga produced by Dino De Laurentiis. Eight year-old Drew Barrymore who won America's heart in E.T.-The Extra-Terrestrial stars as the child who has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. But can this power and the love of her father save her from the sinister government agency.. 'The Shop'? The top-notch story an all-star cast that includes George C. Scott Martin Sheen Louise Fletcher Art Carney David Keith and Heather Locklear plus amazing special effects and stunts from the masters who worked on Star Wars E.T.-The Extra-Terrestrial and Raiders Of The Lost Ark make Firestarter the classic 80s horror movie.

• Joe 90 - Vol. 1 | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Joe 90 was Gerry Anderson's penultimate puppet show of the 1960s, following Captain Scarlet (1968) and preceding the little-known The Secret Service (1969). In 2112 professor Ian McClaine has invented the BIG RAT (Brain Impulse Galvanoscope, Record And Transfer), a machine for copying knowledge and experiences from person to person. WIN (World Intelligence Organisation) uses this to prime their top undercover agent before sending him into the field on missions which range from foiling international terrorists to recovering a nuclear weapon from beneath the polar ice. So far so good, but in perhaps the most mind-boggling concept ever to reach children's TV, that agent is McClaine's nine-year-old adopted son, Joe. Somehow even as it stays true to the Gerry Anderson techno-fantasy formula of secret organisations, gadgetry, and action-packed adventure full of spectacular explosions and violent death, Joe 90 remains blithely unconscious of its own implications. The missions are as globe-trotting as anything in Anderson's classic Thunderbirds series, and sometimes Joe does save lives, performing a risky brain operation or rescuing trapped astronauts. Yet even then his criminally irresponsible father brainwashes the lad each episode before placing him in a highly dangerous adult situation. Though the production values remain way ahead of anything else being done on British TV at the time, the question remains how did this ever seem like a good idea? On the DVD: Joe 90, Volume 1 contains the first six 25-minute episodes presented, as usual with Gerry Anderson DVDs, behind a lovingly crafted menu. As expected the 4:3 picture quality is superb and the mono sound is full, detailed and without a trace of distortion. There are also several pages of character biography and background information on the show, a photo gallery and a variety of other extras. --Gary S Dalkin

• Thomas and Friends - Steam Team | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  All Aboard with The Steam Team introduces fun interactive sections including character profiles and songs. This DVD includes 6 delightful episodes: 1. Thomas To The Rescue 2. Henry And The Wishing Tree 3. Thomas And The Tuba 4. Squeak Rattle And Roll 5. Percy's New Whistle 6. Thomas And The Firework Display

• Deadly Companions | DVD | (12/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  This Was Sam Peckinpah's First Feature As Director, A Cracking Western Taking Place In The Late 1860's. Yellowleg (Brian Keith), A Former Sergeant In The Union Army, Is Obsessed With Tracking Down Turk (Chill Wills), A Rebel Army Deserter Who, During The War Between The States, Tried To Scalp Him As He Lay Wounded On A Battlefield. Yellowleg Finds Turk And His Sidekick Billy (Steve Cochran) In A Bar And Convinces Them To Help Him Rob A Bank. They Travel To Gila City, Where The Bank Is Located, And Find That Another Group Of Bank Robbers Are Also In Gila City To Rob The Same Bank. During A Shoot-Out With The Other Bank Robbers, Yellowleg Accidentally Kills The Nine-Year-Old Son Of Dance-Hall Hostess Kit Tilden (Maureen O'Hara). Remorseful At Having Caused The Death Of Kit's Son, Yellowleg Forces Turk And Billy To Accompany Him Through Apache Territory To Bury Kit's Son At The Grave Of Her Husband In The Ghost Town Of Siringo. As Kit And Yellowleg Finally Reach Siringo, Yellowleg Realizes That He Is In Love With Her. But Then, Billy And Turk Reappear, Having Robbed The Bank In Gila City, Leading To A Final Confrontation Between Yellowleg And Turk.

• Black Books - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £6.54   |  Saving you £13.45 (67.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The third series of cult comedy set in a second hand bookshop. Dylan Moran stars as the bohemian and frequently drunk owner who has one major problem with his line of work: he hates customers! Help is at hand however in the form of mild-mannered Manny (Bill Bailey) who proves to be something of a star at selling books and Fran (Tamsin Greig)their under achieving friend. This dubious trio form a family of sorts to protect each other from the realities of modern London but nothing can protect them from each other! Black books is a haven of books wine and conversation the only threat to the groups peace and prosperity is their own limitless stupidity. Episodes comprise: 1. Manny Come Home 2. Elephants And Hens 3. Moo-ma And Moo-pa 4. A Little Flutter 5. The Travel Writer 6. Party

• Kalifornia / Misery / Shallow Grave | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kalifornia: When urban intellectuals Brian (Duchovny) and Carrie (Forbes) set out a cross-country trip to research a book about serial killers they share the ride with a couple they barely know - Early Grayce (Pitt) and his girlfriend Adele (Lewis). Locked in a car hurtling westword the four travelers struggle to find some common ground. But when they finally do connect Early's violent nature abruptly emerges and the petrified Brian and Carrie realise they don't need to go very far to learn about ruthless killers... because they're already face to face with one! Misery: When author Paul Sheldon suffers a car accident in a blizzard he thanks his lucky stars that nurse Annie Wilkes was on hand. That is until he discovers that she's his number one fan and has no intention of ever letting him go... Shallow Grave: Juliet David and Alex find that their new reclusive roommate has not left the bedroom for days. After kicking in the door they discover this drug overdosed corpse; and a suitcase full of cash! Fatefully choosing to keep the money they know they have to get rid of the body. But the remains won't stay buried and a careless trail from the shallow grave leads the police and two money-hungry thugs back to the trio. As the stakes get higher so does the body count not to mention their paranoia which is quickly putting their friendship in deadly jeopardy!