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• The Second Star To The Left | DVD | (21/10/2013) from £2.97   |  Saving you £12.02 (404.71%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Second Star To the Left is the kind of festive fare that the BBC excels at. The voice actors Hugh Lawrie, Mark Williams and Barbara Windsor are perfectly cast; the characters are appealing; and the whole tale glows with gentle humour and unashamed sentimentality. It's Christmas Eve and Archie the rabbit, voiced with many a "lumme" and "cripes" by the inimitable Hugh Lawrie, is bored--so bored that he's counting stars. When a present falls from Santa's sleigh as it passes overhead, Archie sees that this is his big chance for adventure: there will be a very disappointed child somewhere if the gift isn't delivered by Christmas morning. So Archie and his friends, Duke the guinea pig (Williams) and Babs the hamster (Windsor), set out to deliver the present to its rightful owner--"three houses past the duckpond, take the second star to the left". Second Star to the Left is an amiable tale about having the courage to try and being able to make a difference--the perfect way to get into the festive mood. After all, if you can't wallow in a bit of unabashed sentimentality at Christmas, when can you? --Helen Baker The main feature is followed by a 10-minute extra consisting of interviews with Barbara Windsor and Graham Ralph, the story's creator. Total running time: 36 minutes approximately.

• Goodness Gracious Me - Complete Series 2 | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The complete second series of the superb sketch show! Sending up British culture Asian culture and everything in between is the team of Meera Syal Sanjeev Bhaskar Nina Wadia and Kulvinder Ghir bringing together a series of unforgettable characters in an irreverent look at our multi-cultural society.