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• An Avonlea Christmas | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set during the First World War the King family settles down to Christmas lunch. The celebrations are marred by the fact that Felix the youngest member of the family is missing in action...

• Timothy Goes To School | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Everyone has to start school so join in the adventures and dilemmas of Timothy an enthusiastic five-year old raccoon who is starting at Hilltop Playschool. Meet his classmates including Yoko the kitten the Franks Fritz Nora and others who learn a lot not only from their teacher Mrs. Jenkins but from each other as well. Episodes comprise: 1. Timothy Goes To School 2. Yoko 3. On The Fritz 4. The Great Obstacle Race 5. Small Change 6. Shy Charles 7. Don't Lose It Lilly 8.

• Road To Avonlea - Proof Of The Pudding | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £5.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (200.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

  When her widowed father encounters financial trouble young Sara Stanley is sent to live with relatives on rustic Prince Edward Island. At first she is unhappy as she adjusts to rural life and the antics of her jealous cousins. Sara proves to be feisty and resilient and is soon the centre of mischief and adventure in Avonlea. Based on the stories of L.M. Montgomery starring Sarah Polley and Jackie Burroughs and directed by Bruce Pittman Harvey Frost and Dick Benner. Old Lady Lloyd: Sara Felicity and Cecily go snooping on the land of eccentric old Miss Lloyd. They get caught trespassing and discover the sad truth about the old lady. Proof of the Pudding: Uncle Alec Aunt Janet and Aunt Hetty are called out of town leaving Felicity in charge. However her know it all attitude provokes instant mayhem. Aunt Abilgail's Beau: Aunt Abigail is visited by her former suitor Malcolm McPherson. Now a wealthy man he sets about wooing prim Aunt Abilgail all over again.

• Road To Avonlea - The Journey Begins | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £13.68   |  Saving you £4.31 (31.51%)   |  RRP £17.99

  After her father is accused of embezzlement wealthy Sara Stanley is sent to live with relatives in Prince Edward Island. While there she must cope with her infamous aunts Hetty and Olivia and with the mischievous antics of her jealous cousins. Soon Sara must make a heartwrenching decision: whether to stay in Avonlea or return to her father. Based on the children's classic 'Anne' by Lucy Maud Montgomery about the adventures of Sara Stanley and her cousins. Features three episodes plus a bonus 'The Materialising Of Duncan McTavish'.

• Looking For Miracles | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in 1935 this is the story of sixteen year old Ryan Delaney who takes a job as a camp counsellor. He is surprised to learn that he will be responsible for his younger brother Sullivan who has spent most of his life living away with relatives. Together the brothers discover the meaning of 'family'.

• Seance On A Wet Afternoon | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An intensely claustrophobic nail-biter to rival prime Hitchcock, 1964's Séance on a Wet Afternoon is a classic British thriller written and directed by Bryan Forbes. Set largely in an imposing Gothic house in north London, the film stars Richard Attenborough as Bill Savage, a man struggling to maintain his marriage to his increasingly unbalanced wife, Myra, played in an Oscar-nominated performance by the little-known but brilliant Broadway actress Kim Stanley. Myra, who believes she is a medium, plans a scheme that will make her famous, involving kidnapping then "psychically" locating a little girl. Attenborough (who won a BAFTA) and Stanley are both superb in what is part riveting battle of wills, part nerve-wracking kidnap thriller with, just possibly, a touch of the supernatural. Gerry Turpin's precise b/w cinematography and John Barry's chilling score add significantly to the atmosphere of dread, and if the plot has one or two gaping holes, Forbes's direction covers them deftly. Forbes explored female delusion again in The Whispers (1967) and The Mad Woman of Chaillot (1969); the film also marked a major entry in his long-term collaboration with John Barry and with his wife, the actress Nanette Newman. Séance clearly had an influence on Attenborough's own directorial contribution to the genre, the highly unsettling Anthony Hopkins vehicle, Magic (1978). On the DVD: Séance on a Wet Afternoon is presented in an excellent 16:9 transfer, anamorphically enhanced for widescreen televisions, that effectively captures the brooding look of Gerry Tupin's BAFTA-nominated cinematography. Unfortunately the print used, though generally very good, does show some damage, including some instances that appear to run through the best part of a reel. Though noticeable and sometimes distracting, they barely mar this gripping film. The mono soundtrack is fine, though there is the very occasional touch of distortion. The disc comes with optional English subtitles, the excellent original trailer and a new and first-rate 33-minute interview with Bryan Forbes in which he engagingly explains every aspect of the making of the film. --Gary S Dalkin