"Actor: Ron Moody"

• The Avengers : The Definitive Dossier 1966 (Box Set 2) | DVD | (30/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Seven further swingingly stylish adventures with super spies John Steed and Mrs Peel! Flashback to the Sixties with the coolest duo in crimefighting! Room Without A View Steed becomes a Gourmet and Emma awakens in Manchuria. Small Game For Big Hunters In which Steed joins the natives and Emma gets the evil eye. A Touch Of Brimstone Steed joins the Hellfire Club and Emma becomes the Queen of Sin. What The Butler Saw Steed becomes a Gentleman's Gentleman and Emma faces a fate worse than death. A Sense Of History Steed dons a gown and Emma becomes a Don. How To Succeed...At Murder Steed becomes a perfect boss and Emma goes seeking charm. Honey For The Prince Steed becomes a Genie and Emma joins a harem.

• Petula Clark - Portrait of Petula Clark | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The hits sounds of 60's singing sensation Petula Clark are featured in this nostalgic program a colorful look back at the pop music world of 1969. In addition to performing her worldwide smash records 'I know A Place' and 'My Love ' Petula offers enchanting renditions of 'This Girl's In Love With You' 'My Funny Valentine' 'When I Was A Child' 'Mademoiselle De Paris' and the beautiful ballad 'You And I' from the motion picture Goodbye Mr.Chips. Crooner Andy Williams duets with Petula on the lovely 'Visions Of Sugarplums' and the playful 'You Can't Rollerskate In A Buffalo Herd'. Andy also sings 'Happy Heart' a hit for both himself and Petula. French vocalist Sacha Distel performs 'Love Is Blue' and joins Petula and Andy for 'The Poor People Of Paris.' British actor Ron Moody appears as his character Fagin from the film Oliver presenting 'All The World Loves A Villain' before teaming up with Petula for a song and dance. Tracklisting: 1. My Love Is Here 2. The Girl's In Love With You 3. My Funny Valentine 4. Happy Heart (Andy Williams) 5. You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd ( Petula Clark & Andy Williams) 6. Visions Of Sugar Plums (Petula Clark & Andy Williams) 7. Mademoiselle De Paris 8. Love Is Blue (Sacha Distel) 9. The Poor People Of Paris (Petula Clark & Sacha Distel) 10. When I Was A Child 11. All The World Loves A Villain (From Oliver by Ron Moody) 12. Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner (Petula Clark & Ron Moody) 13. I Know A Place 14. You And I (from Goodbye Mr.Chips) 15. My Love 16. Downtown (Bonus Track 17. Without A Song (Bonus Track)

• Othello | DVD | (08/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• Hook/Oliver/Annie | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £10.91   |  Saving you £9.08 (83.23%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hook: Peter Pan - the hero who never grows old - has grown up! And he's even forgotten how to fly! Enter the magical mystical world of a hundred fun summers as the ageless avenger and faithful fairy Tinkerbell return to Never Never Land in search of Peter's forgotten childhood his lost children and a fearless confrontation with his evil pirate enemy - Captain Hook. Dustin Hoffman Robin Williams Juila Roberts and Bob Hoskins hook up for the fantasy flight for a lifetime as dream-maker Steven Spielberg brings this amazing tale of adventure to the screen. All children grow up...except one! (Dir. Steven Spielberg 1991) Oliver!: Young Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th-Century London. He's immediately taken in by a band of street urchins headed by the lovable villain Fagin (Ron Moody) his fiendish henchman Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) and his loyal apprentice The Artful Dodger (Jack Wild). Through his education in the fine points of pick-pocketing Oliver makes away with an unexpected treasure... a home and a family of his own. (Dir. Carol Reed 1968) Annie: A plucky red-haired girl dreams of a life away outside her orphanage and its gin-soaked tyrant Miss Hannigan (played to perfection by Carol Burnett). One day Annie meets the famous billionaire ""Daddy"" Warbucks and the pair share spectacular times in 1930's New York City. But Miss Hannigan and her zany villainous colleagues are determined to spoil the fun for America's favourite orphan... (Dir. John Huston 1982)

• The People's Passion | DVD | (01/04/2000) from £13.92   |  Saving you £4.07 (22.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The People's Passion is a BBC/NVC Arts co-production, originally shown on BBC in short instalments, but presented here as a single 50-minute programme. This is a musical version of the story of Holy Week, the narrator sung by the leading American opera star Jessye Norman, commenting on the action played-out by a very familiar British television cast. The use of modern dress and readily identifiable faces such as Robert Hardy (Pilate), Patricia Hodge (Procula), Ron Moody (The Donkey Minder) and Kevin Whatley (Judas) is an excellent device to stress the contemporary relevance of the story. Though if this is the aim, it is a brave move to refuse to "dumb down" musically, Donald Fraser's score being more in the English classical tradition of Vaughan-Williams' Pilgrim's Progress, than a populist Jesus Christ, Superstar musical. Rather old-fashioned, too, is the portrayal of Jesus, who does not speak but is danced in Spirit by Jonathan Cope, and given voice by the boys of St Paul's Cathedral Choir. With Thomas Allen also appearing as The Centurion--in rather more dignified style than John Wayne in The Greatest Story Ever Told--this is a direct, uncluttered and highly effective version of The Passion.On the DVD: The picture is presented at approximately 1.7:1 ratio, but lacking anamorphic enhancement for widescreen televisions. The sound, disappointingly for a 1999 production, is PCM stereo. The booklet offers biographies of only Jessye Norman and Jonathan Cope, but does not include the libretto, which can be printed out via a DVD-ROM. The programme can be viewed with or without English subtitles. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Annie / Oliver | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Annie: A plucky red-haired girl dreams of a life away outside her orphanage and its gin-soaked tyrant Miss Hannigan (played to perfection by Carol Burnett). One day Annie meets the famous billionaire ""Daddy"" Warbucks and the pair share spectacular times in 1930's New York City. But Miss Hannigan and her zany villainous colleagues are determined to spoil the fun for America's favourite orphan... Oliver!: Young Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) is an orphan who escapes th

• Annie/Annie2/Oliver | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Annie: A plucky red-haired girl dreams of a life away outside her orphanage and its gin-soaked tyrant Miss Hannigan (played to perfection by Carol Burnett). One day Annie meets the famous billionaire ""Daddy"" Warbucks and the pair share spectacular times in 1930's New York City. But Miss Hannigan and her zany villainous colleagues are determined to spoil the fun for America's favourite orphan... Oliver!: Young Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th-Century London. Hes immediately taken in by a band of street urchins headed by the lovable villain Fagin (Ron Moody) his fiendish henchman Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) and his loyal apprentice The Artful Dodger (Jack Wild). Through his education in the fine points of pick-pocketing Oliver makes away with an unexpected treasure... a home and a family of his own.

• Follow A Star | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In The Square Peg Norman Wisdom plays one of a pair of council workmen who, while repairing the road outside an army base, come to illustrate the oxymoronic nature of the phrase "military intelligence". Finding themselves drafted, the workmen are sent to repair the roads ahead of the Allied advance through war-torn Europe by the sergeant they previously embarrassed. Norman finds himself behind the German lines, joins up with French Resistance, gets captured then sets out to rescue British prisoners from a German military HQ by impersonating General Schreiber. Of course Wisdom plays Schreiber too. The Square Peg is the film that introduced Norman Wisdom's famous catch-phrase, "Mr. Grimsdale!". Also here Hattie Jacques gets to sing a remarkable duet with Wisdom, and a pre-Goldfinger Honor Blackman provides the love interest. Following his rising star was just what Norman Wisdom's audience had been doing all through the 1950s and, by 1959, and after six films with director John Paddy Carstairs, it was time for a change. Hence Robert Asher made his directorial debut with Follow a Star. The plot is a comedy version of A Star is Born (1954), with Norman yet again playing a dreaming shop worker, this time aspiring to singing stardom. Vernon Carew (played by Wisdom regular Jerry Desmonde) is the fading singer who schemes to use Wisdom's talent to sustain his own rapidly failing career, while the girl is overlooked starlette June Laverick. Norman is surrounded by a particularly strong supporting cast, with Hattie Jacques returning from The Square Peg (1958), Richard Wattis, John Le Mesurier, Fenella Fielding, Ron Moody and, uncredited, future Bond villain Charles Grey. --Gary S Dalkin

• A Ghost In Monte Carlo | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Based on a novel by Barbara Cartland, A Ghost in Monte Carlo is an undemanding period romp packed full of twists and turns. The perfect cinematic equivalent of Cartland's literary style, the film is a glossy, star-filled but ultimately shallow exercise. Lysette Anthony is the wide-eyed innocent Mistral, released from her convent upbringing into the care of her Aunt Emilie (Sarah Miles). On arriving in glamorous Monte Carlo, she immediately strikes up a relationship with a dashing young lord and sets out to experience her newfound freedom. Matters take an unexpected, darker turn as Mistral finds herself caught up in the plotting of her aunt and in increasing danger. The performances range from Anthony's passable purity to a ludicrously over-the-top turn from Miles. The much-vaunted all-star casting amounts to a series of brief cameos from the likes of Oliver Reed, Joanna Lumley, Lewis Collins and Gareth Hunt--presumably at the request of executive producer Lord Lew Grade. It's fun for what it is but only as long as you leave any critical sensibilities on hold. On the DVD:A Ghost in Monte Carlo is essentially a video release transferred directly to DVD. The sound is digitally remastered and there is a very poor interactive menu to guide you through the various chapters but no extras. --Phil Udell

• Lost Dogs | DVD | (26/02/2007) from £12.97   |  Saving you £0.02 (0.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Some Bark. Others They Bite... Maurice Todd; antique dealer and bus-pass holder - not that Maurice often travels by bus being a resident of Bristol's fashionable Clifton and loving husband to fiery fifty-something Maria-Carmen a lady who prefers to travel in style. Stuart Whitlock aka spook; twenty-four counter-cultural drifter - and broke. Spook concocts a scheme to claim a reward for 'finding' Maria-Carmen's beloved bulldogs to make a quick five hundred quid. But the plan is hi-jacked by fellow crusty and hardcore anarchist Dennis Balch and transformed into a full-on kidnap. Maurice turns to his son Raymond a frazzled Police Detective-Sergeant. Incensed at the theft of his mother's dogs Raymond takes the law to his own hands. The world of crusties and Bristol bourgeoisie collide as the tension ratchets up lives are turned upside-down- not least that of Spook's spaced-out girlfriend Nora who finds herself on the run with Dennis and two pissed-off dogs. What about the dogs?

• To The Few - A Battle Of Britain Musical Celebration | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £15.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-23.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Central Band of the Royal Airforce present ""To the Few"" a musical celebration of the Battle of Britain. Featuring the Philharmonia Chorus. With guest conductor Laurie Johnson.

• Cliff Richard's Film Collection - The Young Ones / Summer Holiday / Wonderful Life / Take Me High | DVD | (16/07/2021) from £27.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A