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• Lauda: 33 Days | DVD | (06/07/2015) from £9.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1976 Niki Lauda survived one of the most famous crashes in Formula One history. Using previously unseen footage, LAUDA: THE UNTOLD STORY explains what happened on that fateful, and near fatal day at the Nurburgring, then follows Lauda s courageous journey to recovery culminating in a miraculous comeback in Monza just weeks later. The film also investigates the impact that his crash had, not just on his own life, but on the sport as a whole, looking at the safety developments from the 1900s to the present day. Featuring exclusive access to Mercedes HQ and interviews with Lauda, his family, and motorsports legends past and present including Sir Jackie Stewart, David Coulthard, Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Hans-Joachim Stuck and Jochen Mass. LAUDA: THE UNTOLD STORY is a must-see for all motorsport fans.

• Harry Potter: A History of Magic | DVD | (27/11/2017) from £3.07   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book, the British Library is hosting an exhibition of the real-life magical history behind JK Rowling's beloved classics. With exclusive access to a priceless collection of artefacts, take a tour around this mesmerising show. Rowling herself examines the most exciting items on display, and opens her private archive to reveal drawings and drafts that have been hidden away for years. And, as opening night arrives, famous fans marvel at this fascinating trove of delights, like Harry Potter seeing Diagon Alley for the first time. A behind the scenes look into the exhibition with JK Rowling Narrated by Imelda Staunton Readings from Harry Potter film actors: David Thewlis, Evanna Lynch, Warwick Davies, Miriam Margoyles & Mark Williams Rowling's imaginary world illuminated by her illustrator Jim Kay

• The Raven | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £15.66   |  Saving you £-2.67 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of the most sublimely silly products to emanate from Roger Corman's studio, The Raven has the very loosest of connections with the Edgar Allen Poe poem that gives it its title and which Vincent Price intones sepulchrally at the beginning. A retiring magician, Craven (Price) has opted out of the power struggles of peers such as Dr Scarabus (Boris Karloff) to brood on his dead wife and bring up his daughter. The arrival of Bledlo (Peter Lorre), an incompetent drunk whom Scarabus has turned into the raven of the title, involves him in everything he had renounced--life is complicated further by the arrival of Bledlo's son Rexford, played by a staggeringly young Jack Nicholson. The special effects are almost perfunctory, yet the culminating magical duel between Price and Karloff is inventive and charming; this is one of those films that looks as if the actors enjoyed making it; while the script by Richard Matheson has a blithe awareness of its own shortcomings that makes it hard to dislike. On the DVD: The Raven comes to DVD with very boxy remastered mono sound, but is presented in its original widescreen 2.35:1 ratio, formatted for 16:9 TVs. The only extra is the original theatrical trailer. --Roz Kaveney

• Lark Rise to Candleford: Series 2 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £9.20   |  Saving you £27.05 (340.68%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The residents of Lark Rise and Candleford return to the screen in this warm-hearted adaptation of Flora Thompson's novel. It's Christmas and the residents of both Lark Rise and Candleford come together to celebrate this special time of year...but the arrival of a dashing stranger is set to cause a stir. Who is he and what is his business in Candleford? Furthermore will his head be turned by any of the ladies?

• Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 3 | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  As the residents of Lark Rise and Candleford return in this warm-hearted series could the fortunes of the Timmins family be about to change? A journalist named Daniel arrives to deliver the news that Emma has been left some money. There's a substantial sum to be claimed if Emma can prove her right to the money and there's a rags to riches story in it for Daniel's newspaper. As Robert and Emma contemplate their change in fortunes Laura who is fascinated to meet a real writer shows Daniel around Lark Rise. Elsewhere the Pratt sisters are keeping secrets from one another; Margaret confides in Dorcas that she and Thomas are trying for a baby and Minnie - in her attempt to live by Dorcas's advice of always telling the truth - ends up offending almost everyone who comes to the post office. Set at the end of the 19th century this gentle tender and visually stunning drama series has already sold to more than 15 territories and remains a critics' favourite.

• The League of Gentlemen -- Christmas Special | DVD | (25/11/2002) from £5.21   |  Saving you £14.78 (283.69%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Gothic-comedy masterpiece, The League of Gentlemen Christmas Special is a horrific anthology of three related stories, all set in Royston Vasey, which takes its inspiration as much from the writings of MR James and Edgar Allan Poe as the low-budget Hammer and Amicus shockers that the team parody so affectionately. The stories are all linked by the Dickensian device of Reverend Bernice receiving unexpected guests on Christmas Eve: the first concerns troubled married couple Charlie and Stella becoming unwittingly involved in voodoo and witchcraft; the second features the horrendous Herr Lipp in a Nosferatu skit that reveals the terrible truth about what really goes on in Duisburg; while the third, and best, tells of the horrible hereditary curse that afflicted Dr Chinnery's great-grandfather. This one-off special distils all the League's penchant for disturbing, twisted characterisation and macabre humour into a single hour; the result is one of the most daring "comedies" ever seen on British TV. On the DVD: The League of Gentlemen Christmas Special on disc contains the hour-long main feature accompanied by a diverse and entertaining array of extras. There's another illuminating group commentary; a 20-minute documentary "Tales from Behind the Crypt", in which we get to see excerpts from the team's first ensemble effort, "Highgate House of Horror"; a chat with composer Jody Talbot; and the League themselves "In Conversation" with Paul Jackson in the complete Radio 4 broadcast. A selection of out-takes, extended scenes, character biographies and a photo gallery are all worthwhile, but best of all is a Jackanory special with Mark Gatiss as the Victorian Dr Chinnery telling the Gothic tale of "The Curse of the Karrit Poor", a spot-on Arthur Conan Doyle spoof. --Mark Walker

• Planet Of The Apes | Blu Ray | (14/05/2007) from £23.50   |  Saving you £-3.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Tim Burton's eagerly awaited new take on the story of an astronaut (Mark Wahlberg) who crashlands on a strange planet, only to find a civilisation where Apes are the dominant species!

• Animal House (Includes Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (17/05/2021) from £16.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starring comedy legend John Belushi, National Lampoon's ® Animal House is the ultimate college movie filled with food fights, fraternities and toga parties! Follow the uproarious escapades of the Delta House fraternity as they take on Dean Wormer (John Vernon), the sanctimonious Omegas, and the entire female student body. Directed by John Landis (The Blues Brothers), the most popular college comedy of all-time also stars Tim Matheson, Donald Sutherland, Karen Allen, Kevin Bacon, Tom Hulce and Stephen Furst along with Otis Day and the Knights performing their show-stopping rendition of ˜Shout.' Special Features THE YEARBOOK: AN ANIMAL HOUSE REUNION WHERE ARE THEY NOW? A DELTA ALUMNI UPDATE SCENE IT? ANIMAL HOUSE GAMES and more!

• The Fast Show - Series One | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £8.24   |  Saving you £7.75 (94.05%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Fast Show, like Viz comic and Private Eye magazine, is one of those comedic institutions whose principal appeal is its utter predictability. The jokes in every episode are exactly the same, every sketch an only slightly different path to one of a few familiar punchlines ("I'll get me coat", "Where's me washboard?", "Scorchio!", "Suits you, Sir," and so on): once the viewer or reader is in with the jokes, they feel part of the club. This sort of reductive comedy is extremely easy to do badly: it is testament to the writing and acting of Paul Whitehouse and his team that not only are most of the set-pieces funny every time they reappear (the overly prurient tailors, the pub know-all, the Trevor Brooking-esque football pundit Ron Manager), but that each individual sketch is funny more than once. This first series of The Fast Show does not include a couple of characters who became well-loved mainstays; neither the licentious car salesman Swiss Tony, for whom everything was "like making love to a beautiful woman", or the incomprehensible raconteur Rowley Birkin QC, had been developed at this stage. However, aficionados will regard this collection as indispensable for the beginning of the saga of awkward young aristocrat Ralph and his unrequited passion for his gardener, Ted: a funny yet oddly affecting rendering of love thwarted by circumstance. On the DVD: The Fast Show--Series 1 on disc includes interviews with the cast, and English subtitles. There is an episode selector and an individual scene selector, though the latter is confusingly laid out. --Andrew Mueller

• An Angel At My Table | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Originally produced as a three-part miniseries for New Zealand television, this extraordinary film is based on the life of Janet Frame, an introverted, sensitive girl who was later misdiagnosed as schizophrenic and spent eight years in a psychiatric hospital. She would later become one of New Zealand's most celebrated poets and novelists, publishing her first books while she was still confined to a mental ward. She had endured over 200 electroshock treatments and had almost been lobotomized by careless physicians who took no time to understand that she was merely awkward and shy and suffered from little more than routine depression. From a solid screenplayby Laura Jones, director Jane Campion (The Piano) tells this story without soapy melodrama but rather as anexploration of a challenged creative spirit--a journey into a writer's mind, exploring the power of imagination as a mechanism of survival and self-defense. Three talented actors play Janet Frame at different ages throughout the film, with Kerry Fox giving a powerful performance as the young-adult Janet, whose own skill and creative tenacity would prove to be her salvation. Frightening, harrowing and ultimately a source of humanistic enlightenment, An Angel at My Table (titled after Frame's autobiography) is a film you won't soon forget.--Jeff Shannon

• Dire Straits - On The Night | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £19.79   |  Saving you £0.20 (1.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Music from Dire Straits. Tracks include: 'Calling Elvis' 'Walk Of Life' 'Heavy Fuel' 'Romeo And Juliet' 'Private Investigations' 'Your Latest Trick' 'On Every Street' 'You And Your Friend' 'Money For Nothing' 'The Bug' 'Solid Rock' Local Hero' 'Wild Theme' and 'Brothers In Arms'.

• Thomas & Friends: The Christmas Engines | DVD | (26/10/2015) from £4.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (160.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Thomas and his friends are in holly, jolly Christmas spirits, ready to be Santa's engine helpers! Percy brings holiday fun to Reg at the scrapyard, while Duncan tries to overcome his bah humbug attitude. Thomas clears the snowy tracks so Connor can race passengers home in time for Christmas. James causes confusion and delay helping Duck get unstuck, as an old friend returns to Sodor bringing Percy the perfect gift. Join Thomas & Friends™ as they deliver Christmas cheer!

• Rise Of The Krays | DVD | (31/08/2015) from £4.98   |  Saving you £16.00 (804.02%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The early years of the most notorious criminals Britain has ever produced are portrayed in visceral brutality in THE RISE OF THE KRAYS. London, 1961: Ronnie and Reggie Kray begin a reign of terror that would endure and define London s East End for years to come. From protection rackets to members clubs, from brutal street brawls, arson via blackmail extending all the way up to the Cabinet Office, the Krays rained red on anyone who crossed them.

• Doctor Who - Series 7 Part 1 | DVD | (29/10/2012) from £9.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Doctor, Amy and Rory are back for the first five blockbuster episodes of series seven.The trio encounter the Daleks, Weeping Angels and even Dinosaurs on a Spaceship as the series builds to the departure of The Ponds in one of the most heartbreaking episodes in the history of Doctor Who.

• Sons of Anarchy - Season 6 | Blu Ray | (01/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Having framed Clay for the murder of Damon Pope Season Six begins with Jax's leadership uncontested but his family life is suffering from his single-minded pursuit of John Teller's vision. Jax must find a way to keep Tara from going to prison for conspiracy to commit murder while rebuilding his club and breaking from the cycle of violence and greed that ultimately led to his best friend's death. Episodes Comprise: Straw One One Six Poenitentia Wolfsangel The Mad King Salvage Sweet and Vaded Los Fantasmas John 8:32 Huang Wu Aon Rud Pearsanta You Are My Sunshine A Mother's Work

• War Requiem | DVD | (10/01/2012) from £23.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Sam - Series 3 - Part 3 | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An investigation is called for when a mysterious visitor is crushed to death at Plummer And Sons.

• Tom Sawyer | DVD | (14/03/2005) from £5.58   |  Saving you £7.41 (132.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tom Sawyer and his best buddy Huck Finn love going fishing daydreaming about pirates and stolen gold and thinking about Becky Thatcher - the pretty new girl at school. But when these pals set out on a quest for buried treasure they end up face to face with the town's most ""grizzly"" bear Injurin' Joe. Giving Joe the slip they find themselves in the middle of a fantastic adventure that takes them from the mighty Mississippi to the mysterious caverns of a secret hideout where they di

• Confined | DVD | (25/01/2016) from £2.72   |  Saving you £13.27 (487.87%)   |  RRP £15.99

  THE CONFINED is an intense and claustrophobic thriller that follows troubled Streak (Louisa Krause Ava's Possessions) who, in a last-ditch effort at getting her life together, takes a job working nights as a security guard at an abandoned luxury apartment building. Stuck with Cooper (Jason Patrick The Lost Boys), a perverse rent-a-cop as her partner, she tries to focus on the job at hand and not let the dark hallways play havoc on her delicate mental state. But as the night wears on and the shadows begin to move in the empty halls she realizes the darkness inside her own mind might be the least of her worries.

• Institute Benjamenta | Blu Ray | (24/05/2010) from £15.97   |  Saving you £9.02 (56.48%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Inspired by the writings of the Swiss novelist Robert Walser Institute Benjamenta is the first live-action feature from the acclaimed surrealist animators the Quay Brothers. Jakob (Mark Rylance) enrols into the Benjamenta Institute a dilapidated boarding school for the training of servants. He then tries to unravel the hidden mysteries of the school his fellow pupils and Frau and Herr Benjamenta the siblings who run it. A fascinating symphony of light and shade constructed on the prevailing Quay themes of death decay and nothingness.