"Actor: Maureen Lipman"

• Victoria Wood: Collection | DVD | (17/10/2016) from £7.37   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Jack Rosenthal at the BBC Collection | DVD | (04/04/2011) from £39.93   |  Saving you £-3.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £35.99

  Jack Rosenthal's name stands high in the list of television's greatest dramatists. With a career that started on early episodes of Coronation Street he was well-advised to launch into writing plays and began by drawing on his own experiences in The Evacuees directed by a young Alan Parker. Jack Rosenthal brought to his writing knowledge of and love for the everyman; the man or woman in the street the worker labourer taxi driver parent and child. Witty insightful rich in irony and human observation even his villains reveal a human side he couldn't resist exploring. These five plays capture a playwright at his zenith in a range of work that speaks both to his experience and his empathy. Featuring Maureen Lipman Maria Charles Adrienne Posta Jonathan Lynn John Duttine Tom Wilkinson Anna Carteret and Laura Howard they are sure to be treasured by anyone who appreciates fine drama - or anyone who simply enjoys life.

• Up The Junction | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £7.05   |  Saving you £2.94 (41.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A girl from a rich family in Chelsea is bored and decides to go slumming in depressed Battersea. She gets a flat and starts working in a factory and makes some friends there. One of her friends is pregnant but abortion is illegal...

• Rogue Male (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (28/01/2019) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In early 1939, with the Second World War looming, aristocrat Sir Robert Hunter (Peter O'Toole) attempts to avert the impending catastrophe by assassinating Adolf Hitler. But his mission fails. Captured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert survives his torture but is hunted by both the British and German authorities on his return to England and must use his wits and guile to survive . Based on Geoffrey Household's cult thriller, Rogue Male is a suspenseful action adventure featuring an exceptional lead performance by O'Toole and a superb supporting cast, including Alastair Sim, Harold Pinter and John Standing. Special Features: Newly remastered in HD from the original 16mm A/B negatives Extras TBC Fully illustrated booklet with new writing by Paul Fairclough and full film credits

• Educating Rita | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Michael Caine and the knockout Julie Walters deliver a pair of wonderful performances in this endearingly bittersweet tale of a boozily burnt-out professor's tutoring of (and subsequent tutoring by) a free-spirited hairdresser determined to improve her lot in life. The basic plot won't exactly surprise anyone who's ever seen a movie before but the ace cast (particularly Caine, who's rarely this subtle) continually finds new directions to spin off from the rather rote path. Although the end result is perhaps just a little too convinced of its own adorability to attain classic status, this remains a rarity in the genre--a feel-good film that earns its emotions honestly. A nice change of pace for director Lewis Gilbert, who is perhaps better known for his contributions to the James Bond series. --Andrew Wright

• The Pianist | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £5.89   |  Saving you £12.10 (205.43%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A talented musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto and the concentration camps of World War II.

• CARRY ON COLUMBUS / CARRY ON C | DVD | (05/01/2010) from £9.21   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Ladies of Letters | DVD | (20/07/2009) from £23.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For Irene (Lipman) and Vera (Reid) a tipsy under-the-table conversation at a wedding sparks a correspondence of exploits and adventures of blissful holidays delicious recipes and grateful grandchildren. As the pensioner pen-pals keep their spirits up with sherry and shared recipes their attempts at long-distance one-upmanship are strained by fractious families misfiring romance and personal misfortune. In reality they are both lonely and taken for granted by their families. Whether they are discussing the annual cricket club dance a protest at a nuclear fuel dump or the prison ship in which they both wind up the well-mannered acrimony-laced missives just keep on coming. But for all the unspoken animosity it is clear that their correspondence is a lifeline for them and for all the unspoken animosity they need each other.

• Agony - The Complete Series | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £23.39   |  Saving you £1.60 (6.84%)   |  RRP £24.99

  BAFTA-nominated actress Maureen Lipman stars as Jane Lucas author of a problem page in a glossy magazine and radio Agony Aunt. A huge hit for ITV in the late 70s and early 80s Agony lasted for three series. Based on the experiences of real-life Agony Aunt Anna Raeburn Agony trod a thin line of black humour - the darkest joke of all being that Jane offers solutions to people on a daily basis but can't solve her own personal problems.

• The Pianist | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A talented musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto and the concentration camps of World War II.

• The Pianist | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £5.05   |  Saving you £4.94 (97.82%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A talented musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto and the concentration camps of World War II.

• Educating Rita | DVD | (21/05/2018) from £6.34   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Oklahoma! | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  For the first time ever on DVD - a visually stunning screen adaptation of the stage production of Oklahoma! which can be enjoyed at home recreating the magic of the live show. this award-winning Royal national theatre production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical classic has been specially filmed following its crowning as the best production of Oklahoma! ever made. The complete Royal National Theatre cast including Hugh Jackman Josefina Gabrielle Oliver Award-winner Shuler Hens

• The Pianist | Blu Ray | (20/07/2009) from £7.49   |  Saving you £8.50 (113.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A talented musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto and the concentration camps of World War II.

• Rosamunde Pilcher's Winter Solstice | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £10.69   |  Saving you £6.30 (58.93%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Winter Solstice is the entrancing story of shattered lives and broken hearts and a Christmas retreat which brings healing and happy endings.When recently bereaved Elfrida Phipps moves into a tiny cottage she soon makes friends with her new neighbours the Blundells.Elfrida's favourite niece Carrie returns from Austria heartbroken and briefly meets businessman Sam on her flight home.A tragic accident befalls the Blundells and with everyone's lives in ruins

• Michael Caine Collection | DVD | (11/08/2008) from £44.50   |  Saving you £-19.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This Box Set includes: Educating Rita (Dir. Lewis Gilbert) (1983): Rita a hairdresser with a sharp wit is married to Danny and at 26 doesn't want a baby. She wants to discover herself - so she joins the Open University. Dr Frank Bryant is a disillusioned university professor of literature. His marriage has failed his girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whiskey. He refers to himself as an appalling teacher of appalling students. What Frank needs is a challenge - and along comes Rita. In this hilarious and often moving drama the story tells how two people find a new lease of life through each other. The Fourth Protocol (Dir. John Mackenzie) (1987): On July 1 1968 America Britain and Russia signed a treaty to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. The powers then added four extra clauses. The most secret of them was and remains the final. One winter the Chairman of the KGB hatches a plan to breach this Fourth Protocol and destroy NATO. He sends an agent Major Petrofsky to assemble the operation. It is now up to MI6 agent John Preston who now must race against an unknown deadline to stop him and his devasting mission. The Eagle Has Landed (Dir. John Sturges) (1977): A Nazi Strike Force plots to assassinate Winston Churchill while he is resting in a desolate Norfolk Village. Colonel Radl masterminds the plot which if successful would change the outcome of the war. He enlists the help of Colonel Steiner and Liam Devlin. Disguised as Polish airmen German paratroopers land in England. Radl's plan appear to be going smoothly until an unforeseeable incident exposed the Germans. But the kidnap continues and Steiner Luger in hand approaches the unmistakable figure of Churchill... The Ipcress File (Dir. Sidney J. Furie) (1965): The tense spy thriller by Len Deighton that turned Michael Caine into a superstar. Cynical and rebellious ex-army sergeant Harry Palmer has been blackmailed into working for Britain's security service. Hot on the trail of a kidnapped scientist Palmer finds himself enmeshed in a sinister conspiracy involving horrifying brainwashing techniques murder and treachery that reaches up to the highest levels of the security service itself... Without A Clue (Dir. Thom Eberhardt) (1988): A madcap comedy which takes a fresh look at the classic Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson escapades. Holmes is actually a figment of Dr. Watson's own success in crime detection a character who Watson uses when he writes in `The Strand' magazine. But when the printing plates for five pound notes are stolen Queen Victoria calls for the country's greatest detective.

• Long Day's Journey Into Night | DVD | (19/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The world's foremost actor Laurence Olivier and one of America's greatest playwrights Eugene O'Neill are brought together in this acclaimed stage production by the National Theatre Company of O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Long Day s Journey into Night gives an autobiographical account of Eugene O'Neill s claustrophobic and explosive home life fused by a drug-addicted mother a father who wallows in drink after realising he is no longer a famous actor and an older brother who is an emotionally unstable misfit. Laurence Olivier won an Emmy Award and a BAFTA nomination for his performance in this production which also marks one of his rare appearances on television.

• Girls of Shame (aka - The Smashing Bird I Used to Know) | DVD | (21/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A star-studded, who's who of British cinema features in this delightful tale of a young street urchin, Tom (Tommy Pender) who unwittingly helps petty crooks (James Mason and Bernard Cribbins) rob a rich country house. As Tom escapes the police by jumping into a lake, he is transported to an underwater cartoon-world where he has to help others fi nd safety in order to redeem himself and return home. Also features Billie Whitelaw, Joan Greenwood, David Tomlinson and the voices of Jon Pertwee, Lance Percival and David Jason.

• The Knowledge | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  There are over 13 000 taxi drivers in London. And in order to become taxi drivers every single one of them (like every one of their predecessors for over 140 years) has to pass an exam called 'The Knowledge Of London'. Writer Jack Rosenthal's The Knowledge is the story of four men and their attempts to become cab drivers. In the process they acquire a different kind of knowledge: knowledge of themselves and of those closest to them of their strengths and weaknesses of what they wa

• Oklahoma! | DVD | (13/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When Mary Rodgers, daughter of the composer Richard Rodgers, was reported as saying she never wanted to see another Oklahoma!, it was her way of paying the highest tribute to Trevor Nunn's production at the Royal National Theatre which was subsequently taken into the studio and filmed. The camera follows the playgoers into the auditorium of the Olivier where in their company we watch the show and applaud the numbers as the real thing. Nunn treats Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration with the utmost seriousness restoring the full text, running to three-and-a-half hours, so that it comes across as a drama indebted to Eugene O'Neill. The documentary, viewed preferably as a preview, with Tim Piggott Smith the penny-plain narrator, allows one to relish in the smallest detail Nunn's scrupulous touch, which according to Maureen Lipman (Aunt Eller) included addressing the cast for two days at rehearsal, an approach that by her account paid off handsomely for the company. Although Oklahoma! unfolds at a leisurely pace, it is extraordinary how one is drawn into the drama under Nunn's direction. There's seldom a wish for true locations as the pace picks up and we move into the claustrophobic company of Judd Fry in his riveting encounter with the cowboy Curly. The close up camera work affords an experience the theatre can't bring and pays handsome dividends too in appreciating Susan Stroman's intricate and lively choreography that was dissipated somewhat on the big apron stage of the Olivier. Her dancers are a fine team, notably Jimmy Johnston who is outstanding as Will Parker leading the Kansas City ensemble. Hugh Jackman as Curly matches him in vocal prowess and looks, and Shuler Hensley sings the tricky role of Judd Fry very well. It's harder to place Peter Polycarpou's Pedlar, a considerably larger role than in the film version, whose accent strays from East End wideboy to the plains of Europe. Maureen Lipman, rightly deemed the lynchpin of the musical by Nunn, is a joy to watch. Laurey and Ado Annie are good but not special. Aside from an abrupt start to Act Two and the occasional voice off microphone, the production sounds good with a larger orchestra present than in the theatre. An Oklahoma! on an epic scale. --Adrian Edwards