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• Brassed Off | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Take The Full Monty, add a sharper emotional edge and replace the strutting strippers with a dignified British band. That's the essence of Brassed Off, a bittersweet gem released in 1996, a year before its more popular (and Oscar-nominated) counterpart. In the Yorkshire town of Grimley, there has always been a coal mine, just as for the last 111 years there has been a brass band and it seems that Danny (the wondrous Pete Postlethwaite) has been the director for every one of those years. Tory economic policies, however, are closing coal mines around the country in favour of nuclear power and Grimley appears to be next on the list. Danny is unfazed by the threat, claiming, "It's music that matters." But some of the men are about to quit the band until the appearance of Gloria (Tara Fitzgerald at her most radiant), who dazzles the all-male group (including old flame Andy, played by Ewan McGregor) first with her beauty, then with her flügelhorn playing. The new member gives the band a boost as they continue to perform and compete but closure remains very real, as director Mark Herman (Little Voice) accompanies the band's performances (played with gusto by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band) with scenes of angry labour-management confrontations and family strife. In this context, some of the characters claim that the music is an irresponsible form of escapism. It becomes clear, however, from a touching performance of "Danny Boy" to the stirring conclusion at Royal Albert Hall, that music is an expression of the human spirit, a bit of beauty and sanity in a harsh world. With defiance, the band can play "Land of Hope and Glory" even when the land offers them neither. --David Horiuchi

• Best Of British: East Is East, Brassed Off, Purely Belter | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  East Is EastFor the seven kids of George Khan life is one long compromise. Tomboy Meenah prefers playing footie to wearing a sari hippie Saleem pretends to be studying engineering when he's really at art school heart throb Tariq has got a reputation as a local Casanova and Sajid hasn't even been circumcised yet! Brassed OffIt's 1992 and the miners of Grimley Colliery are facing uncertainty. Not only is their pit under threat but the Grimley Colliery Band is on the verge of breaking up - that is until Gloria (Tara Fitzgerald) arrives. As the only female member of the band she somehow manages to rekindle their enthusiam for the forthcoming National Championships as well as rekindling a childhood romance with Andy (Ewan McGregor). Purely BelterAt the centre of this heart warming comedy are two young boys who won't give up on the pursuit of their dreams. Gerry and Sewell are broke. Owning season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets cost ''1000: they''re ''1000 short...

• The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 1 - Part 2 | DVD | (05/05/2003) from £10.86   |  Saving you £9.13 (84.07%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gemma Jones stars as Louisa Trotter a cook for the upperclass at a fancy hotel. Very similar in style to 'Upstairs Downstairs' this classic British TV series first aired in 1976.

• All in the Game - The Complete Series | DVD | (31/12/2014) from £13.73   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A young English football player is transferred to a top Spanish team and finds that life there is not as easy as he expected.

• The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 2 - Part 2 | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £17.90   |  Saving you £0.09 (0.50%)   |  RRP £17.99

  First broadcast in 1976 this release features the second half of series 2. It's 1918 the guns are finally silent and the Great War in Europe is over. But at the Bentinck Hotel in London's St James the devastating effects of four years conflict are still plain to see. Home from the front at last Charlie Haslemere is on his last legs and when the inevitable happens Louisa decides on drastic action much to the displeasure of the hotel's staff. Louisa's life must go on and there a

• The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 2 - Part 1 | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £30.90   |  Saving you £-5.91 (-23.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Gemma Jones stars as Louisa Trotter a cook for the upperclass at a fancy hotel.

• Mulberry - Complete Series 2 | DVD | (18/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Mulberry's at it again in Series Two of the hilarious tale of Death's reluctant apprentice son and the po-faced recluse Miss Farnaby. Karl Howman and Geraldine McEwan resume their roles as one of TV's most unlikely but endearing duos. Originally sent to collect Miss Farnaby's soul Mulberry has instead found himself as her elixir of life and the unofficial head of the household much to Bert and Alice's continued disgruntlement. The second series featuring seven episodes sees a change in atmosphere at Farnaby Manor as there is romance in the air for both the lady of the house and Mulberry but as everyone knows the course of true love never did run smooth... especially if Bert and Alice have anything to do with it! Episodes Comprise: 1. Springtime 2. The Accident 3. The Matchmaker 4. The Art Class 5. A Mysterious Guest 6. A Musical Evening 7. An Unexpected Visit

• Cousin Bette | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on Honore de Balzac's best selling novel this 1971 BBC adaptation of Cousin Bette stars Margaret Tyzack (Victoria & Albert) and Helen Mirren (Calendar Girls) alongside a stellar cast. Cousin Bette is set against a back drop of decadent Parisian society. The poor cousin of Baroness Adeline Hulot Lisbeth Fischer (Cousin Bette) nurses deep-seated jealousy and resentment against the Hulot family. She eventually takes her revenge on the ones that betrayed her and she will not re