"Actor: Patsy Byrne"

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  • Blackadder: Complete Series 2 (Blackadder II)Blackadder: Complete Series 2 (Blackadder II) | DVD | (13/11/2000) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Although now regarded as the opening salvo of a classic series, the original Blackadder series was not considered a great success, either among critics or many viewers, so a major rethink took place when it was recommissioned. On the writing front, future-Four Weddings And A Funeral scribe Richard Curtis was joined by Ben Elton, while the expensive War of the Roses-era sets were replaced by cosier Elizabethan ones. The most important change, however, was with Rowan Atkinson's eponymous character who, in the first series, had been a fairly weak-willed idiot but now emerged as the familiar Machiavellian fiend which would cement Atkinson's place in the pantheon of great British sitcom actors. Moreover, even if so many of the script's lines have been subsequently ripped off by lesser hands that it can't help but occasionally sound dated, the central performances of Atkinson, Tony Robinson (Baldrick), Tim McInnery (Lord Percy), Stephen Fry (Lord Melchett) and, of course, Miranda Richardson as the childishly psychotic Queen Elizabeth ("I love it when you get cross. Sometimes I think about having you executed just to see the expression on your face") remain note perfect. Yet the real pleasure for viewers may be in rediscovering the raft of excellent guest star performances--not least Tom "Doctor Who" Baker's berserk turn as a literally legless old sea dog given to guzzling his own urine long before the drinking water has run out. --Clark Collis

  • David Copperfield [1999]David Copperfield | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Like a fine gourmet meal, the BBC's 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield has something to suit every taste: a well-paced screenplay that keeps the tale bowling along without losing the delights of some of Dickens' most sparkling dialogue; a rich gallery of characters; and a cast which features many of Britain's favourite actors. There is, of course, plenty of high comedy but some very tight direction checks any tendencies to over-ripe performance. The whole production is tightly integrated: from David's idyllic if cloistered childhood with his beloved mother and their devoted servant Peggotty, through the shattering arrival of a sadistic stepfather, rescue by his eccentric Aunt Betsey Trotwood and a journey into maturity where his very innocence makes him the unwitting agent of tragedy before all is resolved. Ciaran McMenamin is the mature David, his youthful face increasingly clouded by the gathering of experience. Trevor Eve oozes evil as his stepfather Mr Murdstone, ultimately neutralised by Maggie Smith's Aunt Betsey, a comic performance of true genius that gives frequent flashes of the vulnerable human being beneath. In other inspired pieces of casting, Nicholas Lyndhurst's incubus-like Uriah Heep haunts every scene he's in, and Pauline Quirke's Peggotty exudes the motherly warmth that sustains David during his darkest moments. Three hours of classic drama heaven. --Piers Ford

  • Watching - Series 7 - Complete [DVD] [1993]Watching - Series 7 - Complete | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Watching: Series 7

  • Inspector Morse - Series 3Inspector Morse - Series 3 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

    This box set features the entire third series of the classic British Television drama Inspector Morse. Episodes comprise: 1. The Ghost In The Machine: Valuable erotic paintings are stolen from the stately home of Lord Hanbury and his disappearance is soon investigated by Morse... 2. The Last Enemy: A body is found in the canal and the only clue to its identity points to a connection with one of the Oxford colleges. When Morse discovers that intense riva

  • Watching - Series 2 - CompleteWatching - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Paul Brown and Emma Wray star as Malcolm and Brenda a mismatched couple in the sitcom Watching. The title refers to a game that Brenda and Malcolm play in the pub. They watch other customers and try to guess their occupations their lifestyles and other pertinent facts about them. Episodes Comprise: 1. Falling 2. Dancing 3. Visiting 4. Visiting II 5. Missing 6. Dining 7. Moving

  • Watching - Series 4 - Complete [DVD] [1989]Watching - Series 4 - Complete | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    This wonderfully offbeat comedy follows the on-again off-again romance of a mismatched Merseyside couple: fun-loving extrovert Brenda Wilson (Emma Wray) and shy retiring birdwatcher Malcolm Stoneway (Paul Bown). The path of true love is far from smooth and there are tears and break-ups rows and reconciliation galore but there is also an inexplicable attraction which brings the pair back together after every stormy parting. A top-rated comedy that also starred Liza Tarbuck and Patsy Byrne Watching ran for seven series and four specials between 1987 and 1993; this complete fourth series was originally screened in 1989 and 1990. Episodes Comprise: 1. Joking 2. Pairing 3. Faltering 4. Exploding 5. Repairing 6. Petting 7. Floating 8. Proposing 9. Flitting

  • Lord Peter Wimsey - Strong Poison [1987]Lord Peter Wimsey - Strong Poison | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Edward Petherbridge stars as the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey in this who-dun-nit from the pen of Dorothy L. Sayers. Mystery writer Harriet Vane is on trial for the murder of her lover. The evidence seems pretty conclusive. Not an hour after leaving her flat Philip Boyles was found dead in the back of a taxi cab - from arsenic posioning. Wimsey attends the trial and becomes beguiled by the writer. He also becomes convinced of her innocence of the crime. When the jury

  • Romeo And Juliet [1988]Romeo And Juliet | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £4.27   |  Saving you £8.72 (204.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's tragic story of young impetuous love thwarted by a bitter Veronese family feud. Romeo heir of the Montague family attends a masquerade dance at the home of the Capulets where he meets Juliet the Capulets' daughter. It is love at first sight. Their love is torn asunder by the feud between their families. It is only after the double suicide of the young lovers that their long divided kinsmen are reconciled in sorrow.

  • Watching - Series 1Watching - Series 1 | DVD | (15/04/2013) from £6.66   |  Saving you £3.33 (50.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

    This offbeat comedy series follows the on-again off-again romance of a totally mismatched pair Brenda Wilson and Malcolm Stoneway. The path of true love is far from smooth and there are tears and break-ups rows and reconciliations galore but there is also an inexplicable attraction which brings them back together after every stormy parting. Episodes Comprise: 1.Meeting 2.Wrestling 3.Outing 4.Confusing 5.Leaving 6.Repenting 7.Hiding 8.Seasoning (Christmas Special)

  • Kevin And Perry Go Large (2000)Kevin And Perry Go Large (2000) | DVD | (13/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

    Kevin & Perry go Large follows our two hormonally challenged lads on their quest to lose their virginity and become the worlds top DJ mixmasters.

  • Watching - Series 3 - CompleteWatching - Series 3 - Complete | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    This wonderfully offbeat comedy follows the on-again off-again romance of a mismatched Merseyside couple: fun-loving extrovert Brenda Wilson (Emma Wray) and shy retiring birdwatcher Malcolm Stoneway (Paul Bown). The path of true love is far from smooth and there are tears and break-ups rows and reconciliations galore but there is also an inexplicable attraction which brings the pair back together after every stormy parting. A top-rated comedy that also starred Liza Tarbuck and Patsy Byrne Watching ran for seven series and four specials between 1987 and 1993; this complete third series features all six episodes originally screened in 1989 along with the 1988 Christmas Special

  • Watching - Series 5 [DVD] [1991]Watching - Series 5 | DVD | (13/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Watching: Series 5 (2 Disc)

  • Watching: Series 1 - Episodes Meeting, Outing, HidingWatching: Series 1 - Episodes Meeting, Outing, Hiding | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

    Selected episodes from the hit ITV comedy. Episodes included are: Meeting Outing Hiding

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