Peter Bowles stars in this comic drama series about a retired English army officer who becomes a resident magistrate in turn-of-the-century West Ireland. Living in a ramshackle house surrounded by the community's eccentric inhabitants Major Sinclair Yates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where in the words of a former Lord Chief Justice ""The inevitable never happens but the improbable frequently does"". First shown on Channel 4 this DVD set contains the entire second
The death of his safecracking Grandfather has left Johnny the only one alive who can open a safe for a degenerate crew of violent gangsters. Johnny however is a low-life junkie with nothing more on his mind than getting his next fix. Snatched in the middle of the night Johnny is taken by the gang to a dark farmhouse in order to finish the job his Grandfather started. As withdrawal sets in and tensions rise in this increasingly bloody crime gone awry Johnny’s time is most definitely running out. “In the Blood” is the hard hitting and redemptive story of a young man’s journey from the lowest of the low.
Peter Bowles (To The Manor Born) returns as major Sinclair Yeates in the third series of this comic drama series about a retired English army officer who becomes a Resident Magistrate in turn of the century West Ireland. Episodes Comprise: 1.The Muse in Skebawn 2.Apollo Riggs 3.A Friend of Her Youth 4.In The Curranhilty Country 5.Lisheen Races 6.The Devil You Know
Harry Rule (Robert Vaughn) is an American lone wolf in London. Contessa di Contini (Nyree Dawn Porter) is a beautiful British aristo abroad. Paul Buchet (Tony Anholt) is a suave Parisian specialising in gadgetry. Together they are The Protectors - three intrepid international private detectives. Alongside other super agents from the world's best detective agencies they are organised into a global secret society their mission is to protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Gerry
The complete third series about an eccentric Old Bailey defence lawyer.
Peter Bowles stars as Neville Lytton editor of a Fleet street gossip column in the Daily News. This series navigates the wide variety of fields in which a diarist treads warily - Fleet street takeovers inter newspaper rivalries the aristocracy and crime revealing a world that is by turns funny intriguing and exciting.
The aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the death of a young copywriter at a top advertising agency. Can Lord Peter solve the crime before more deaths occur?
Two special episodes from the much loved legal series including the first ever episode which was originally shown on BBC1 in 1975 as part of the Play For Today series.
Leo McKern stars as the eccentric bibulous Old Bailey defence lawyer Horace Rumpole in the magnificent and hugely popular series written by the barrister/playwright John Mortimer. In this fifth series that first aired in 1988 Rumpole finds himself called in to assist a wide variety of defendants. Episodes comprise: 'Rumpole And The Bubble Reputation' 'Rumpole And The Barrow Boy' 'Rumpole And The Age Of Miracles' 'Rumpole And The Tap End' 'Rumpole And Portia' and 'Rumpole And The Quality Of Life'.
Leo Mc Kern stars as the eccentric bibulous Old Bailey defence lawyer Horace Rumpole in the magnificent and hugely popular series penned by the barrister-playwright John Mortimer. This double DVD includes all the episodes from the seventh and final series of 'Rumpole Of The Bailey'. Episodes Featured Rumpole and the Children of the Devil Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson Rumpole and the Family Pride Rumpole on Trial
A man has been killed on the Dover/Boulogne car ferry. What is the connection between him and the attempts being made to kill Jane Kerrell (Eve Renzi) a young girl in her early twenties? As she speeds through the French countryside to the South of France several attempts are made on her life as she is deliberately forced off the road by another car. But when she reports these attempts the local Cap Ferrat Police Inspector and the sinister psychiatrist Dr. Forla (George Pravda) believe these attempts are in her imagination and Dr Forla concludes that Jane is mentally disturbed. At her wits end Jane finds an ally in the young English painter Paul Hedley (David Buck) who finally believes her life is in danger following an attempt to murder him. When Inspector Malling of Scotland Yard (Peter Vaughan) and Mr. Breese (Francis Matthews) arrive in Cap Ferrat trying to uncover the connection between Jane and the murdered man on the ferry this thrilling puzzle of international intrigue begins to unravel against the backdrop of the French Riviera
Leo Mc Kern stars as the eccentric bibulous Old Bailey defence lawyer Horace Rumpole in the magnificent and hugely popular series penned by the barrister-playwright John Mortimer. This double DVD includes all the episodes from the sixth series of 'Rumpole Of The Bailey'.
Leo McKern stars as the irrepressible Horace Rumpole in this classic series written by the barrister-playwright Sir John Mortimer.
David Suchet stars as Agatha Christie's enigmatic eccentric and extremely intelligent detective Hercule Poirot.
A British lawyer hires a talented computer hacker (who also happens to be a an alluring young American woman), to steal a vast sum of money from a London investment company. Far from the usual straightforward thievery, the money is intended to recompense a third world country that has been ruined and exploited by the investment company. The hacker and her building inspector sidekick form an unlikely team to bring about this daring heist. A combination of humour, comedy, absurdity, action and romance.
Conceived by Terry Nation (the creator of the Daleks and Blake's 7) Survivors is a groundbreaking and startlingly realistic television drama series. First aired in 1975 at the height of the Cold War Survivors post-apocalyptic storylines immediately gripped the imagination of the British public and remain compelling viewing to this day. Series 1 The first series of thirteen episodes charts the onset and aftermath of a virulent plague that wipes out 99.9% of the world's population and the struggles of a lone group of survivors during the privations that follow. The action follows the experiences of three principal survivors: headstrong housewife Abby Grant enigmatic engineer Greg Preston and London secretary Jenny Richards. Series 2 This second series of thirteen episodes is set a year after the global pandemic which claimed the lives of 99.9% of the world's population and charts the continuing struggles of a small band of survivors in the dangerous new world left behind by 'The Death'. Picking up the storyline six months after the events of the first series the action follows Greg Preston as he visits Whitecross to meet up with self-sufficiency expert Charles Vaughan again. Jenny is now heavily pregnant with Greg's baby and is understandably keen to have absent medical student Ruth present at the birth. Greg is determined to locate her but catastrophe strikes while he is away and a terrible fire destroys the Grange. Reunited with Jenny and the other survivors of the blaze Greg decides they have no choice but to join the community at Whitecross. There they meet Charles partner Pet (Lorna Lewis) shepherd Hurbert (John Abineri) and carpenter Jack (Gordon Salkilld). The new year brings new perils for the survivors including: a memorable journey to the heart of rat-infested London; the menace of a deadly sniper in an episode penned by Ian McCulloch (Greg) himself; and the ever present threat of disease. Series 3 This final series of twelve episodes is set two years after the global pandemic which claimed the lives of 99.9% of the world's population and charts the continuing struggles of a small band of survivors in the dangerous new world left behind by 'The Death'.
Jay Mallory (Donald Sutherland - The Italian Job). is a man with no past and dubious future. He is an assassin murdering for money no question asked. But when Mallory accept a 'hit' that proves to be more dangerous than he anticipates. The tables are turned. His wife disappears and as Mallory is drawn in further he realises that there could be more than an ironic link between the new target and the disappearance of his wife. A tense intelligent and disturbingly dark thriller.
Three motorcycle couriers take an impromptu road trip out of the city and in to rural Wales.
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