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• Bleak House (Special Edition) | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £9.25   |  Saving you £-2.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.00

  Acclaimed writer Andrew Davies turns his talents to one of Charles Dickens' most brilliant novels - arguably the greatest ever depiction of Victorian London. Fresh and imaginative yet faithful to the original this thrilling fast-paced adaptation is shot with a contemporary edge. At its heart is the story of the icily beautiful Lady Dedlock who nurses a dark secret and the merciless lawyer Tulkinghorn who seeks to uncover it. The generous John Jarndyce struggling with his own past and his two young wards Richard and Ada are all caught up like Lady Dedlock in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.

• Cambridge Spies | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Cambridge Spies, the BBC's moody 2003 dramatisation of the most notorious debacle in the history of the British Secret Service, raises the spectre of the treachery of Philby, Burgess, MacLean and Blunt for a generation of viewers who can only imagine the shockwaves generated by their duplicity. Inevitably the story suffers from the basically repellent quality of its raw material. Determinedly non-judgemental, it frequently stumbles along a precarious path between romantic eulogy and fact-based fable of the perils of idealism. For all the handsome casting, the characters have little charm to compensate for their deeds. Their motivations are sketched only vaguely. Even in moments of personal vulnerability, however poignant the performances, sympathy is at a premium. But it has its high points as an atmospheric soap opera: the recreation of a period that stretches from the radical aspects of 1930s university life at Cambridge to Cold War London, dipping into the Spanish Civil War and the Washington diplomatic circle en route, is vivid. The acting, too, is fine. Tom Hollander's rampantly dissolute Burgess verges constantly on parody. But Toby Stephens (Philby), Samuel West (a frosty Blunt) and Rupert Penry-Jones (an emotionally wrung-out MacLean) work wonders with Peter Moffat's insubstantial script. On the DVD: Cambridge Spies is a handsome production with a cinematic quality enhanced by an appropriately edgy soundtrack and widescreen presentation. The main extra is the commentary shared by director Tim Fywell, producer Mark Shivas and writer Peter Moffat. It's a rather self-congratulatory affair, but includes some interesting insights: attempts to film some events in their real location met with refusal, suggesting that in some quarters, the outrage and embarrassment that Burgess, Philby and MacLean left in their wake is still very close to the surface. --Piers Ford

• The Battle of the Somme | DVD | (28/12/2020) from £6.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The 39 Steps | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £7.09   |  Saving you £8.90 (125.53%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Fast-paced adventure movie event based on the world famous novel by John Buchan and starring Rupert Penry-Jones (Spooks; Casanova) as sophisticated and dashing hero Richard Hannay a man with an inquisitive mind and a miraculous habit of getting himself out of sticky situations. Set on the eve of World War One Hannay has returned to London from South Africa to begin a new life when he becomes embroiled in an undercover German plot to steal British plans for the outbreak of war. As the clock starts ticking can Hannay outrun the police and German spies to protect Britain? Featuring an all-star cast including Lydia Leonard (Rome; Jericho) Eddie Marsden (Happy Go Lucky; Hancock) Alex Jennings (The Queen) David Haig (My Boy Jack; Four Weddings And A Funeral) and Patrick Malahide (Brideshead Revisited; Billy Elliot).

• Shenandoah | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £17.97   |  Saving you £-4.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  James Stewart stars as a Virginia farmer during the Civil War. He refuses to support the Confederacy because he is opposed to slavery yet he will not support the Union because he is deeply opposedito war. When his son is taken prisoner Stewart goes to search for the boy. Seeing first-hand the horrors of war he is at last forced to take his stand...

• Dallas - Season 13 | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £14.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (40.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  For J.R. Ewing Season 13 is as unlucky as a steer at a Texas barbecue. He starts by lying and cheating Ewing Oil to the brink of destruction and ends by kicking and screaming in a psychiatric hospital. In between he tires of his pretty young wife seethes while Cliff Barnes's political star rises and bumps into a past he didn't know he had. Meanwhile Clayton and Miss Ellie investigate a multiple-murder mystery folks from seasons past unexpectedly return to stir up trouble and Bobby stays busy removing J.R.'s knives from his back chasing after a Pam look-alike and bringing a new Mrs. Ewing to Southfork. Y'all come 'round and meet the happy couple!

• House Of Pain | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Eric Carson is searching for his brother an athlete who came to the secret hospital of the legendary Dr Moreau to help him with a rare blood disease. The boy was subjected to Moreau's radical transplant techniques an operation that turned him into half man/ half panther. Eric finds his brother more animal than man when he is captured and subjected to a similar operation. Before his animal side can take over completely Eric rallies the other manimal experiments to revolt against Mo

• War Horse DVD Play.com artcards | DVD | (07/05/2012) from £15.93   |  Saving you £2.06 (12.93%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From director Steven Spielberg comes War Horse, an epic adventure for audiences of all ages. Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meet...

• Grim | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The time is now; the place is Woodland Hills Virginia... and Death has come to town. A series of unexplained disappearances from this quiet suburban neighbourhood drive Penny Drake to call upon the specialist skills of her estranged boyfriend Rob Colder. For in the abandoned mines an ancient adversary has awakened - an evil from times long past. Fighting the natural dangers of a maze of underground caverns Penny Rob and a group of friends discover their own strengths and limits as they tackle an enemy more powerful than they could have imagined in their worst nightmares. As they explore deeper underground the peril becomes more acute; and when they decide to turn back they discover that the only way out...is onward. Stalked by terror driven by the dark... who will survive?

• War Horse BD Play.com artcards | Blu Ray | (07/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  From director Steven Spielberg comes War Horse, an epic adventure for audiences of all ages. Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meet...

• Nine Lives | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99