"Actor: Lally Bowers"

• The Slipper And The Rose (Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £17.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  You know the story: Cinderella rides in a magical pumpkin to the ball, enchants the prince and flees at midnight. He finds her slipper and tracks her down, and they live happily ever after. But wait! In The Slipper and the Rose, it turns out there's more to the life of a prince than being charming. The king prefers to choose the prince's wife, one of proper social station who would provide a strong political alliance to ward off the kingdom's enemies. That's one of the twists in this 1976 British take on the classic fairy tale, one of a long line of musical versions. The disgruntled prince, who's as much of a focal point here as the lady with the footwear, is played by Richard Chamberlain, during the years when he was taking on the classics and had not yet been crowned king of the TV mini-series. He displays a pleasant voice opposite Gemma Craven as Cinderella, and veteran character actor Michael Hordern as the king leads the supporting ensemble. Add lavish sets and lush scenery (partially filmed in Austria), humour, fun choreography, and an Oscar-nominated score full of charming songs by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman (veterans of such Disney movies as Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book, and who also co-wrote the script with director Bryan Forbes), and you have a grand, engaging family musical. The 143-minute running time and dreamy, deliberate pace might test the patience of antsy viewers, but The Slipper and the Rose's legion of fans wouldn't have it any other way. --David Horiuchi, Amazon.com

• You're Only Young Twice: The Complete Series | DVD | (05/02/2018) from £38.92   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This highly popular Yorkshire Television sitcom stars much-loved TV battleaxe Peggy Mount on robust form as Flora Petty, the scourge of Paradise Lodge a superior residence for retired gentlefolk. Pat Coombs co-stars as Flora's dim-witted sidekick, Cissie, while veteran stage actress Lally Bowers and sitcom regular Diana King are fellow residents Dolly and Mildred, always ready to lend their weight to Flora's campaign of insubordination against proprietress Miss Milton and her staff. Woe betide anyone who tries to take on the fearless Flora: she's old enough to know better... but wise enough not to care! Mining a richly comic terrain that would be revisited a decade later in Waiting for God, You're Only Young Twice ran for four series between 1977 and 1981 and they are all collected here for the first time.

• You're Only Young Twice - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Welcome to Paradise Lodge - a 'superior residence for retired gentlefolk'. Within these walls you'll find four of the strangest and funniest OAPs you're ever likely to meet! Flora Petty (Peggy Mount) is a domineering battleaxe waging her own one-woman war against the system - and everything else in her way! Her sidekick is Cissie (Pat Coombs) a mousy little woman with a nervous disposition and not a lot going on in the brain department. Mad motorbike fanatic Mildred (Diana King) and faded actress Dolly (Lally Bowers) complete the gang. Together they're determined to make life as difficult as possible for the proprietress of Paradise Lodge Miss Milton (Charmian May) and to beat the system every time! This DVD collection includes all eight episodes from the second series of You're Only Young Twice first screened on ITV in 1978.

• Up Pompeii / Up The Chastity Belt | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Up Pompeii: A funny thing happens to Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar. Up The Chastity Belt: A funny thing happened to Lurkalot serf to Sir Coward de Custard on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour...

• Mr. Axelford's Angel | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £11.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Boris J. Axelford is more machine than man in the way he runs his successful electronics business. That is, until the arrival of Angel Roper as his temporary secretary. Creating chaos and mayhem with her every move, Angel turns Mr. Axelford's ordered life upside down in a matter of minutes! Mr. Axelford's Angel is an enchanting, life-affirming story with Julia Foster (Alfie) starring as the delightfully irrepressible Angel, and the multi-award winning Michael Bryant (Gandhi, Hamlet), as the stolid Boris Axelford. It won an International Emmy Award for the Best Fiction Programme in New York in 1974, and a BAFTA nomination for Michael Bryant.

• Our Miss Fred | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £8.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (62.38%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Danny La Rue stars as Fred Wimbush a Shakespearean actor who has been drafted into World War II and as such is appearing in a camp show in France when the Nazis advance. In order to escape without being shot as a spy he must continue his guise as a woman!

• You're Only Young Twice: The Complete First Series | DVD | (30/08/2010) from £13.05   |  Saving you £-0.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  You're Only Young Twice: Series 1

• A Fine Romance - The Complete Third Series | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £8.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (30.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From the vaults of British television comes a comedy gem starring two consummate actors who were also a couple in real life: Dame Judi Dench and her husband Michael Williams. They play a pair of middle-aged dating-game dropouts as wary of romance as they are perfect for each other. Laura a brainy translator and Mike a shy landscape gardener are introduced by Laura's glamorous younger sister who is intent on finding a mate for her spinsterish sibling. Awkward and rumpled Mike drives an old wreck and fails to impress the prickly Laura. Still Mike senses an opportunity if only he can find the courage to pursue it. From this unpromising beginning the pair lurch and swerve their way to companionship friendship and finally love. Featuring all the episodes from series 3. Episodes Comprise: 1. Missing 2. The Hotel 3. The Dinner Party 4. Business Problems 5. Parenthood 6. Extreme Measures

• Romany Jones - The Complete First Series | DVD | (06/06/2011) from £24.93   |  Saving you £-11.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On the Buses creators Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe chart the hilarious misadventures of two couples living side by side under strained circumstances. Dad's Army star James Beck Jo Rowbottom Queenie Watts and Arthur Mullard take the lead roles in this comedy of bad manners and one-upmanship amidst the mud pennilessness and outrageous fashion sense of a run-down 1970s caravan site. The characters of Wally and Lily Briggs were so successful that they were subsequently spun off into their own series: Yus My Dear. Bert Jones is skint recently married and reduced to living with his new wife in a pokey caravan until their circumstances improve. Unfortunately his general laziness and workshy philosophy ensure that day will be a long time coming earning him grief from Betty on an ongoing basis. Things go from bad to worse when her houseproud mother decides to pay a visit...

• You're Only Young Twice - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £20.12   |  Saving you £-5.13 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Pat Coombs and Peggy Mount star in this hilarious 1970s ITV comedy classic! Welcome to Paradise Lodge a superior residence for retired gentlefolk. Within these walls youll find four of the strangest and funniest OAPs youre ever likely to meet! Flora Petty (Peggy Mount) is a domineering battleaxe waging her own one-woman war against the system and everything else in her way! Her sidekick is Cissie (Pat Coombs), a mousy little woman with a nervous disposition and not a lot going on in the brain department. Mad motorbike fanatic Mildred (Diana King) and faded actress Dolly (Lally Bowers) complete the gang. Together, theyre determined to make life as difficult as possible for the proprietress of Paradise Lodge, Miss Milton (Charmian May) and to beat the system every time! This DVD collection includes all eight episodes from the First Series of Youre Only Young Twice, first screened on ITV from 6th September to the 18th October 1977.

• You're Only Young Twice - Series 4 - Complete | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  THE COMPLETE FOURTH SERIES Pat Coombs and Peggy Mount star in this hilarious ITV comedy classic! Welcome to Paradise Lodge a superior residence for retired gentlefolk. Within these walls youll find four of the strangest and funniest OAPs youre ever likely to meet! Flora Petty (Peggy Mount) is a domineering battleaxe waging her own one-woman war against the system and everything else in her way! Her sidekick is Cissie (Pat Coombs), a mousy little woman with a nervous disposition and not a lot going on in the brain department. Mad motorbike fanatic Mildred (Diana King) and faded actress Dolly (Lally Bowers) complete the gang. Together, theyre determined to make life as difficult as possible for the proprietress of Paradise Lodge, Miss Milton (Charmian May) and to beat the system every time! This DVD collection includes all seven episodes from the Fourth and final series of Youre Only Young Twice, first screened on ITV from 23rd June to the 11th August 1981.

• You're Only Young Twice - Series 3 - Complete | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  THE COMPLETE THIRD SERIES Pat Coombs and Peggy Mount star in this hilarious 1970s ITV comedy classic! Welcome to Paradise Lodge a superior residence for retired gentlefolk. Within these walls youll find four of the strangest and funniest OAPs youre ever likely to meet! Flora Petty (Peggy Mount) is a domineering battleaxe waging her own one-woman war against the system and everything else in her way! Her sidekick is Cissie (Pat Coombs), a mousy little woman with a nervous disposition and not a lot going on in the brain department. Mad motorbike fanatic Mildred (Diana King) and faded actress Dolly (Lally Bowers) complete the gang. Together, theyre determined to make life as difficult as possible for the proprietress of Paradise Lodge, Miss Milton (Charmian May) and to beat the system every time! This DVD collection includes all seven episodes from the Third Series of Youre Only Young Twice, first screened on ITV from 31st May to the 12th July 1979 plus the extra-length 1979. CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Christmas At Paradise Lodge'

• You're Only Young Twice - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  THE COMPLETE SECOND SERIES Pat Coombs and Peggy Mount star in this hilarious 1970s ITV comedy classic! Welcome to Paradise Lodge a superior residence for retired gentlefolk. Within these walls youll find four of the strangest and funniest OAPs youre ever likely to meet! Flora Petty (Peggy Mount) is a domineering battleaxe waging her own one-woman war against the system and everything else in her way! Her sidekick is Cissie (Pat Coombs), a mousy little woman with a nervous disposition and not a lot going on in the brain department. Mad motorbike fanatic Mildred (Diana King) and faded actress Dolly (Lally Bowers) complete the gang. Together, theyre determined to make life as difficult as possible for the proprietress of Paradise Lodge, Miss Milton (Charmian May) and to beat the system every time! This DVD collection includes all seven episodes from the Second Series of Youre Only Young Twice, first screened on ITV from 5th June to the 24th July 1978.