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• Tea With Mussolini | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £4.79   |  Saving you £8.20 (171.19%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Florence 1934. A diverse group of cultured ladies meet for tea each afternoon: Lady Hester Random widow of the British Ambassador to Italy Arabella an artist and singer Georgie the exuberant American archaeologist and the brash and uninhibited Elsa. One of their fold Mary becomes surrogate mother to a young boy Luca and he is soon virtually adopted and brought up by the group of ladies. But the shifting political climate begins to have serious consequences for this unconventional community and the maturing Luca must face up to a personal challenge of independence.

• Augustus - the First Emperor | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  As the empire kneeled in defeat one man stood in triumph. In 42 BC Rome is in the middle of a civil war. Together with his friend Agrippa the young Augustus goes to Spain in order to help Julius Caesar in his struggle against the troops of Pompey. Caesar honours his adopted son Augustus with a triumphal entry into Rome and then sends him to Greece together with his friends Agrippa and Maecenas. There Augustus hears the news of Caesar's assassination and he returns to Rome with his friends. Back in Rome he is able to gain both the support of the people and political power. In his struggle with the conspirators against Caesar he finds an ally in Marc Antony. Augustus and Marc Antony are able to defeat the forces of Brutus and Cassius at the battle of Phillipi. But now Augustus has to share his empire with Marc Antony who in the meantime has become the lover of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Augustus declares war on both of them and after a successful military campaign he becomes the sole ruler of the Roman Empire. During his rule Rome not only experiences a period of peace and prosperity it is also an age in which both art and culture flourish. His new wife Livia Drusilla becomes his most important political advisor. It is she who discovers that Iullus (the son of Marc Antony and lover of Augustus' daughter Julia) is plotting to murder the emperor...

• Tea With Mussolini | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In this gently comic coming of age story, set in Florence over the course of the 1930s and 1940s, the illegitimate son of an Italian merchant is raised by a group of prim English ladies whose passion for Italian culture have made them permanent residents. With the rise of Mussolini and the outbreak of war, the ladies are interned as prisoners, and the boy risks his life to help them. It's a lushly photographed ensemble piece that instills in the viewer Zeffirelli's contagious passion for Italian art and affection for these brave ladies.

• The Bible | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £55.33   |  Saving you £-15.34 (-38.40%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Mary Magdalene: Describe by many as a seductress or witch this magnificent film from 'The Bible' series tells how Mary Magdalene was also a mystic healer and politician. Her life story is graphically depicted as she confronts Herod Herodius the powerful Roman occupiers and eventually a man who is to change her life forever... Mary must choose where her life journey will go as she searches to give love and receive love she finds Jesus. Joseph of Nazareth: The story of Joseph husband of Mary and Jesus's guardian. As news spreads of the coming of a new messiah King Herod protects his interests by having all of Bethlehem's first-born murdered. However Jospeh and Mary plan to escape with their new-born baby: Jesus the son of God... Judas: This film tells the story of Judas Iscariot a lowly Jewish wine-seller furious at his people's treatment at the hands of the Roman oppressors. Hearing tales of a messiah in their midst Judas sets out to find this man Jesus Christ. Welcomed to the fold Judas finds himself in awe of Jesus but their philosophies differ greatly; whilst Jesus draws upon spiritual power and rejects physical confrontations Judas sees no alternative but violence. As Judas begins to finds himself at odds with the group his jealousy of Jesus growing he commits the most famous act of betrayal in history as he seals Jesus's fate with a kiss... Thomas: Although he has gone down in history as 'Doubting Thomas' this innovative new film from the producers of Time Life's The Bible series gives a new dimension to the man who was also known as 'The Twin' and was a great believer and disciple of Jesus. This fascinating version of Thomas' life sees the impact of Jesus Christ through a fresh pair of eyes and particularly the dramatic events that unfold before and after the death of Jesus. A highly-charged dramatic film it brings to life the fear of the Apostles their conflicts and struggles under the yoke of Roman occupation and life after the passing of their Messiah.