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• Thin Blue Line, The - The Complete Thin Blue Line | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £17.96   |  Saving you £-7.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set in a fictitious suburb rather like, say, Pinner (only more so), The Thin Blue Line is the wickedly funny story of a rather down-at-heel police station headed by Inspector Raymond Fowler (Rowan Atkinson), a pompous, repressed but well-intentioned anachronism who wants to do the right thing but who is constantly hampered by his own shortcomings, not to mention his blundering CID colleagues. Atkinson expertly balances his character's inflated sense of self-importance with the insight born of old-school police values, for which his galumphing, shiny-suited CID counterpart, DI Grim (David Haig) has no time at all. Strongest among the supporting cast is Sgt Pauline Dawkins (Serena Evans), who also happens to be Fowler's live-in lover--a moral dilemma that his traditional values won't allow him to resolve. He salves his conscience by avoiding sex with her whenever possible, an amusing subplot enhanced by Evans's brilliant performance--she positively vibrates with contained, ladylike lust in a manner only equalled by Penelope Keith in the classic sitcom To the Manor Born. Scripted by Ben Elton, this series manages to satirise provincialism, institutionalised pig-headedness and dated moral values in one fell swoop, while also being chock-full of quick-fire, Blackadder-esque dialogue. --Roger Thomas

• The Children Act | DVD | (21/01/2019) from £6.61   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the much-loved novel by Ian McEwan (Atonement) and brought to the big screen by director Richard Eyre (Notes on a Scandal, Iris), The Children Act is a compelling and powerful drama telling the story of Fiona Maye (Emma Thompson), an eminent high court judge presiding over ethically complex cases. As the demands of her job cause her marriage to Jack (Stanley Tucci) to reach tipping point, Fiona is asked to rule on the case of Adam (Fionn Whitehead), a brilliant young boy who is refusing a life-saving blood transfusion on religious grounds. With her private life in turmoil, Fiona finds herself drawn into the case, taking the unorthodox step of halting proceedings in order to visit Adam in hospital. As the two form a profound connection and powerful emotions come to light, Fiona's judgement is put to the test with momentous consequences as she must ultimately decide whether Adam lives or dies.

• Mr Bean - Live Action | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The legend is back and on DVD for the very first time! Rowan Atkinson returns as the hilarious legendary character Mr. Bean; delighting all ages with his madcap antics fans can relive classic Bean episodes whilst younger family members can be introduced to the crazy world of Mr. Bean! This DVD contains 3 of the original classic episodes: 'Mr. Bean' 'The Return Of Mr. Bean' and 'Hair By Mr. Bean Of London' (previously unseen on TV). Whether he's on the beach trying to change into

• Foyle's War - The German Woman / The White Feather | DVD | (10/02/2003) from £9.49   |  Saving you £15.50 (163.33%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen), the sober yet heartening hero of the exemplary mystery series Foyle's War, isn't so much a reserved Englishman as he is an all-round minimalist. He might not approve of lavish praise for himself or Kitchen's sterling portrayal, but he's a man used to spinning gold from disappointment. Stuck investigating murders while lesser colleagues are given key intelligence posts to fight Hitler in 1940, a restless Foyle is faced with the brutal killing of a German woman in a coastal village. Was it misplaced revenge against all of Germany that did her in, a controversial family trust, or something else--something worse? While Foyle deliberates and stews in career frustration, he has a paradoxical, revivifying effect on several human casualties of war and on justice itself. This is a fine mystery with a welcome detective hero. --Tom Keogh

• Mr Bean Vol 5 | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £10.78   |  Saving you £3.21 (22.90%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Mr Bean - Live 5

• Midsomer Murders - Market For Murder | DVD | (27/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Several of the apparently well-to-do women of Midsomer Market belong to a select Reading Club. The women include the recently widowed Marjorie Empson Ginny Stockton a glamorous divorcee Tamsin Proctor the wife of a monumentally mean stockbroker and Lady Lavinia Chetwood. Instead of reviewing books the women meet to invest in the stock market and thanks to some inside information they were rather successful. When the club organiser is found battered to death Barnaby and Troy inv

• Monk Dawson | DVD | (09/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• My Dad's The Prime Minister | DVD | (11/06/2004) from £5.52   |  Saving you £9.47 (171.56%)   |  RRP £14.99

  You have to feel sorry for Dillon Phillips (Joe Prospero). It's hard enough being twelve years old -but when your dad's the Prime Minister (Robert Bathurst) and has just been voted Naffest Man in Britain by your favourite pop magazine life is just one long embarrassment. You get escorted everywhere by your crazy ex-SAS bodyguard your dad's Spin Doctor interferes with everything and the slightest bit of bad behaviour may trigger an international crisis! This release features all six episode from Series One of Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's My Dad's The Prime Minister. Episode titles: Sport's Day The Party Ghosts The School Play The Project Homework.

• Foyle's War - Fifty Ships / Among the Few | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £11.36   |  Saving you £13.63 (119.98%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Michael Kitchen stars as the thoughtful and enigmatic Chief Superintendent Foyle. England is in the grip of the Second World War and Foyle is anxious to join the war effort. However his applications have been repeatedly turned down and he returns home to the South Coast feeling frustrated and guilty. It soon becomes apparent that his detective skills are vitally needed on the home front. Fifty Ships: September 1940. An American millionaire a German spy an old flame and a bo

• Foyle's War - War Games / The Funk Hole | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £5.44   |  Saving you £19.55 (359.38%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Two more investigations for Foyle set on the southern coast of England during World War II who is assisted by Milner and his driver Sam.

• Foyle's War - A Lesson In Murder / Eagle Day | DVD | (10/02/2003) from £5.95   |  Saving you £22.03 (744.26%)   |  RRP £24.99

  By this third episode of Foyle's War, series creator Anthony Horowitz has his characters' fundamentals and the wartime milieu well in hand; he rewards himself by taking this remarkable programme to a new high. "A Lesson in Murder" concerns a cluster of terrible deaths--a jailhouse suicide provoked by abusive police, the monstrous killing of a child, the murder of a judge--directly or indirectly tied to a military draft board tainted by scandal. As Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) investigates the linkages, his two prized assistants, driver Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks) and Detective Milner (Anthony Howell), become personally involved with a pair of naive wartime casualties. Intensifying gloom over Germany's imminent declaration of war hovers over everything and a home-front crisis makes heroes of some and scoundrels of others. Fortunately, steadfast Foyle is there to separate one from the other. --Tom Keogh