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• Boohbah - Squeaky Socks | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £4.74   |  Saving you £8.25 (174.05%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Boohbah is an exciting new children's programme with a format that fosters both creative thinking and creative movement. It is a new televisual experience for children. Boohbah is entirely designed to encourage physical action on the part of its young viewers. Squeaky Socks: Jump side to side with the Boohbah's and lift your feet to the funny Boohbah beat. In Storyworld Brother and Sister find some big squeaky socks but will this discovery put a spring in their step?

• The Avengers : The Definitive Dossier 1963/1964 (Box Set) | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The complete initial adventures of the upper crust crimefighter John Steed...

• Playing God | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £6.82   |  Saving you £-0.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted interpersonal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists--The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a ballsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; the Maquis was Starfleet vs Cardassians; section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; the True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. --Paul Tonks

• Ace Lightning - Episodes 1 To 7 | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £9.87   |  Saving you £3.12 (31.61%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ace Lightning follows the adventures of thirteen-year-old Mark Hollander and his superhero friend Ace Lightning! Newly arrived in North America from England Mark is playing his favourite 'Ace Lightning' video game when he discovers a level that shouldn't exist. While exploring the secret level lightning strikes Mark's house and electricity courses through the console bringing the game's characters to life. Believing the real world is another level of the video game the game's hero

• The Stranger | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The Stranger, according to Orson Welles, "is the worst of my films. There is nothing of me in that picture. I did it to prove that I could put out a movie as well as anyone else." True, set beside Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, or even The Trial, The Stranger is as close to production-line stuff as the great Orson ever came. But even on autopilot Welles still leaves most filmmakers standing. The shadow of the Second World War hangs heavy over the plot. A war crimes investigator, played by Edward G Robinson, tracks down a senior Nazi, Franz Kindler, to a sleepy New England town where he's living in concealment as a respected college professor. The script, credited to Anthony Veiller but with uncredited input from Welles and John Huston, is riddled with implausibilities: we're asked to believe, for a start, that there'd be no extant photos of a top Nazi leader. The casting's badly skewed, too. Welles wanted Agnes Moorehead as the investigator and Robinson as Kindler, but his producer, Sam Spiegel, wouldn't wear it. So Welles himself plays the supposedly cautious and self-effacing fugitive--and if there was one thing Welles could never play, it was unobtrusive. What's more, Spiegel chopped out most of the two opening reels set in South America, in Welles' view, "the best stuff in the picture". Still, the film's far from a write-off. Welles' eye for stunning visuals rarely deserted him and, aided by Russell Metty's skewed, shadowy photography, The Stranger builds to a doomy grand guignol climax in a clock tower that Hitchcock must surely have recalled when he made Vertigo. And Robinson, dogged in pursuit, is as quietly excellent as ever. On the DVD: not much in the way of extras, except a waffly full-length commentary from Russell Cawthorne that tells us about the history of clock-making and where Edward G was buried, but precious little about the making of the film. Print and sound are acceptable, but though remastering is claimed, there's little evidence of it. --Philip Kemp

• A Mind to Kill: The Complete Third Series | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £6.27   |  Saving you £29.98 (598.40%)   |  RRP £34.99

  In this gritty darkly authentic detective thriller set in South Wales Philip Madoc (The Life and Times of David Lloyd George) is the memorably charismatic Detective Chief Inspector Noel Bain - a man with a passion for defending the innocent and an infallible instinct which even the sharpest criminal minds cannot match. Along with handling the often disturbing cases that come his way widower Bain is also coming to terms with his new role in a modern accountant-driven police force and the presence of a new constable at the station: his daughter Hannah. This release comprises the third series originally screened between 1998 and 2004 and is made available on DVD for the first time. Episodes Comprises: Shadow Falls A man's body is found below Shadow Falls. It looks like suicide; it was intended to. Box A sexually disturbed killer is holding his victims captive before murdering them. The Inner Life of Strangers A famous singer returns to her home town - and an obsessive fan seeks revenge. Colour Blind The racially motivated murder of a young Asian man leads to vigilantism. Sound Bites The son of a local media hero seeks revenge on his seemingly callous father. Engineer The parents of a girl left in a coma after routine surgery desperately seek an apology. Blood and Water A disturbed young man kills his foster sister when he learns of her pregnancy. The Little House in the Forest A teenager is found dead and Bain unearths uncomfortable truths among her family

• Zodiac | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £6.00   |  Saving you £12.98 (431.23%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A serial killer terrorises California's Bay Area...

• VICIOUS: THE FINALE | DVD | (05/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Les Girls (1957) | Blu Ray | (17/04/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Hercule Poirot's Christmas | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-4.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A wealthy old man invites Poirot to his house as he fears for the safety of his family...

• The Pallisers - Vol. 4 - Episodes 21 To 26 | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in the palatial country houses and grand Mayfair salons of mid-Victorian England The Pallisers is a wonderful saga of wealth passion power intrigue and scandal. Lady Glencora has caused political trouble for Plantagenet but he refuses to blame her. Once again he places his loyalty to her above his political ambition Gerald is sent down from school and Silverbridge reveals shocking news about his political views. Glencora tries valiantly to keep her promise to her daughter Mar

• Dirty Dancing / Love Actually / My Best Friend's Wedding | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dirty Dancing (Dir. Emile Ardolino 1987): Summer 1963: during her family's annual summer vacation in the Catskills teenage girl Baby (Jennifer Grey) meets dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) who sweeps her off her feet. Baby becomes Johnny's dance partner despite her parents' disapproval and now she must decide whether to obey them - or her own heart... Love Actually (Dir. Richard Curtis 2003): From the new bachelor Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) instantly falling in love with a refreshingly real member of the staff (Martine McCutcheon) moments after entering 10 Downing Street... To a writer (Colin Firth) escaping to the south of France to nurse his re-broken heart who finds love in a lake... From a comfortably married woman (Emma Thompson) suspecting that her husband (Alan Rickman) is slipping away... To a new bride (Keira Knightly) mistaking the distance of her husband's best friend for something it's not... From a schoolboy seeking to win the attention of the most unattainable girl in school... To a widowed stepfather (Liam Nesson) trying to connect with a son he suddenly barely knows... From a lovelorn junior manager (Laura Linney) seizing a chance with her long-tended unspoken office crush... To an ageing seen it all remember very little of it rock star (Bill Nighy) jonesing for an end-of-career comeback in his own uncompromising way... Love the equal-opportunity mischief-maker is causing chaos for all. These London lives and loves collide mingle and climax on Christmas Eve-again and again and again-with romantic hilarious and bittersweet consequences for anyone lucky (or unlucky) enough to be under love's spell. My Best Friend's Wedding (Dir. P.J. Hogan 1997): Julia Roberts Cameron Diaz Rupert Everett and Dermot Mulroney star in My Best Friend's Wedding a high-spirited romantic comedy that serves up something wild something new sometimes touching and sometimes truly hilarious! Roberts's dazzles as commitment-shy Julianne Potter who suddenly realises she is in love with her best friend Michael (Mulroney). There's just one catch... he's about to marry someone else. Now she has to win him back and with just four days the help of her resourceful boss (Everett) and the benefits of an extremely devious mind Jules will do anything to steal him back - except tell him the honest truth!

• Inside His Dark Materials | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £7.90   |  Saving you £5.09 (64.43%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A look at the creation of Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' novels a trilogy of books that has racked up 8 million sales and positioned the author as the most important young person's novelist living today.

• Two Thousand Acres Of Sky - The Complete Series One | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Abby Wallace (Collins) her two children and her best friend Kenny (Kaye) move to a secluded island where they try to fit in with an initially suspicious local population. What complicates matters further is that Kenny loves the children and Abby but oblivious she explores other amorous options on the island...

• Midsomer Murders - Death And Dreams | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £14.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (13.42%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Nothing is as it seems behind the well-trimmed hedges of the picturesque cottages in the idyllic English county of Midsomer. Beneath the tranquil surface of sleepy village life exist dark secrets scandals and downright evil. John Nettles stars as the humorous thoughtful and methodical Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. The quiet of Midsomer Worthy is shattered by the suicide of Martin Wroath. A gambler drinker and depressive the complex nature of his death attracts Barnaby's atten

• Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Complete Collection | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £124.99

  Based on Agatha Christie's novels David Suchet stars as the enigmatic eccentric and extremely intelligent super-sleuth Hercule Poirot.

• Almost Married | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Almost Married is a hilarious comedy following the hapless Kyle (Philip McGinley - Game of Thrones, Prometheus) as he struggles to keep a potentially life shattering secret from his fianc�e Lydia (Emily Atack - The Inbetweeners, Get Lucky, Outside Bet). Shortly before the wedding, Kyle returns from his stag do with an 'issue' that leaves him unable to fulfil his bedroom obligations until after the wedding takes place. Kyle's about to learn the hard wa...

• Borrowed Time | DVD | (23/09/2013) from £6.22   |  Saving you £9.77 (157.07%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Borrowed Time tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a hapless young burglar Kevin (Theo Barklem-Biggs - The Inbetweeners Movie BBC's Silk series 2) and his eccentric victim pensioner Philip (Phil Davis - Quadrophenia Vera Drake Brighton Rock). Desperate for cash and short on options to pay back local tyrant 'Ninja' Nigel Kevin breaks into Philip's house only to be held hostage by the old man at gunpoint. What follows is a bittersweet comedy about growing up and rediscovering youth in parallel as the burglar and victim form a bond that will help them both find a way out of their respective troubles.

• Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito -- Glyndebourne | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £11.74   |  Saving you £14.51 (138.45%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Mozart's Clemenza di Tito ("The Clemency of Titus") makes for riveting viewing in this Glyndebourne performance directed by Nicholas Hytner and conducted by Andrew Davis staged in the composer's bicentenary in 1991. Mozart's last opera, Clemenza was for some time considered below par by his own exalted standards. He composed it in a rush, the recitatives are by a pupil and it had to be on an appropriate theme to please the new Hapsburg monarch, for whose enthronement it was designed. There's little character development and the musical style harks back to operatic conventions Mozart had done so much to overthrow. Watching this production one would scarcely credit that such reservations once held sway. Hytner and his team have put a contemporary angle on a story set in Rome AD 78 in which sets, props and the stage itself are constructed to different dimensions offering alternate perspectives on a static tale. A slanting pillar and a sloping corridor allude to the unhinged mind of the scheming Vitellia, the central character, who puts her confidant Sesto on an emotional roller coaster ride as she ensnares him to plot the downfall of Titus. The principals use their eyes to communicate to one another as well as the audience and in the imaginatively staged entrances and exits of the ensembles one senses Hytner's choreographic instincts coming to the fore. The superb cast sing magnificently and look stunning. Philip Langridge is an eloquent Titus, Diana Monatgue a sincere Sesto and Ashley Putnam brings a touch of Alexis Colby to her portrayal of Vitellia. The London Philharmonic are all fired up under conductor Andrew Davis' fervent direction. The performance (the "Overture" accompanied by a visual montage of artefacts of Ancient Rome) is played on modern instruments yet articulated and reproduced with the clarity and definition associated with period ones. On the DVD: La Clemenza di Tito has no special features save for the obligatory subtitles. The picture quality is outstanding with the imaginative and colourful production design caught, like the music, with exceptional fidelity. The high drama at the conclusion of Act 1 justifies running on without a break into Act 2. This is a must for all lovers of opera. --Adrian Edwards

• Miami Vice - Series 5 - Complete | DVD | (26/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Miami Vice the most innovative and powerful TV series of its time returns with the final season Season Five on DVD! Featuring unforgettable songs from musical legends in 5.1 Surround Sound and amazing guest stars these DVD releases are destined to be a must-own for any Miami Vice fan. Join Crockett and Tubbs as they reunite in the world of Miami Vice in the groundbreaking series that defined a decade and became a cultural icon. Episodes Comprise: 1. Hostile Takeover (3) 2. Redemption in Blood (4) 3. Heart of Night 4. Bad Timing 5. Borrasca 6 .Line of Fire 7. Asian Cut 8. Hard Knocks 9. Fruit of the Poison Tree 10. To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance) 11. Miami Squeeze 12. Jack of All Trades 13. The Cell Within 14. The Lost Madonna 15. Over the Line 16. Victim of Circumstance 17. Freefall (1 & 2) 18. World of Trouble 19. Miracle Man 20. Leap of Faith 21. Too Much Too Late