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• Death Comes to Pemberley & Pride and Prejudice Box Set | DVD | (10/02/2014) from £12.15   |  Saving you £12.84 (105.68%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This special double DVD gift set includes the timeless remastered Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Death Comes to Pemberley the stirring follow up from P.D. James. Death Comes to PemberleyIt is the eve of the Darcys annual Lady Anne ball at their magnificent Pemberley home and Elizabeth's fifth ball as lady of the house. Darcy and Elizabeth are relaxing with their guests after supper when the festivities are brought to an abrupt halt. A scream calls them to the window and a hysterical Lydia Bennet tumbles out of a carriage screaming murder. What follows is the sombre discovery of a dead man in Pemberley woods a brother accused of murder and the beginning of a nightmare which will threaten to engulf Pemberley and all the Darcy's hold dear. BBC's new drama based on P.D. James' follow-up to 'Pride and Prejudice' Pride and PrejudiceWith its outstanding performances and stunning visuals Pride and Prejudice plunges the viewer in to a 19th century world of grand country estates eligible bachelors and exquisite soirees. Elizabeth Bennett a spirited and independent young woman is the subject of her mother's obsessive goal to marry off her daughters to the wealthiest gentlemen available. But Mrs Bennett's plan is compromised with the arrival of the proud and enigmatic Mr Darcy as he and Lizzie embark on one of the most famous and compelling romances in history. Special Features: From Page to Screen: The Making of Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice: A Turning Point for Period Drama Restoration Featurette

• Company Business | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £7.61 (141.45%)   |  RRP £12.99

  CIA agent Boyd is ordered to escort former U.S. State Department mole Grusenko and two million dollars to Berlin for a secret spy swap. On the way the two men realise that the CIA and KGB have secretly joined forces and plan to sacrifice them to cover up both agencies' transgressions...

• Hornblower - Duty - Episode 8 | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £7.56   |  Saving you £2.43 (32.14%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Heroic sailor Horatio Hornblower has just enough time for his nuptial ceremony before dashing off into Europe to settle a few personal scores...

• The Professionals Mk I | DVD | (22/10/2018) from £12.88   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before. Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction, but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley, head of CI5, couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit: anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men experts from the army, the police, from every service. These are The Professionals . Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) and the much-missed Lewis Collins, the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes and made an immediate impact on British and then international audiences which has sustained 40 years. But the series has never looked this good. Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives the series could have been made yesterday. No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time. FEATURES ON THIS NEW EDITION: Brand-new restorations of the first 13 episodes from the camera-original negatives Brand-new 5.1 tracks from original sound elements Remastered original as-broadcast mono tracks Remastered music-only tracks featuring Laurie Johnson's original scores Photo galleries featuring hundreds of rare and previously unseen images Reinstated original main and end titles Without Walls documentary from 1996 featuring interviews with the creative driving force behind the series PDF material featuring scripts and memorabilia Archive footage featuring additional material, advert break bumpers, US sales trailer and more English HOH subtitles

• Absolutely Fabulous - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Absolutely Fabulous was first broadcast in 1992 and became an instant hit. Originally a sketch on the French and Saunders Show, Jennifer Saunders saw its potential and created one of the most ground-breaking and debauched comedies on British TV. Centred around the hip London fashion scene the series follows Edina (Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley), two women who refuse to grow up and are constantly on a mission to lose weight, gorging themselves with cocaine and/or champagne, endlessly throwing parties (or throwing up at parties), and sporting outrageous outfits which were the height of fashion at the time--honestly sweetie! The superb comic performances offered star status to Julia Sawalha as Edina's straight-laced daughter and Jane Horrocks as the sublimely dippy Bubble, and re-invented the careers of Joanna Lumley and June Whitfield. Saunders meanwhile secured her status as one of the top female comedians Britain has ever produced. Although its consciously chic clothing looks a little dated now, its mad characterisations endure and the jokes remain as hilariously slick and apt as ever. Ab Fab remains a landmark in TV since it was the first time that female comedians and writers had had the freedom and exposure to satirise problems close to their own heart, from their own perspective. With Feminist writers claiming that the ideals of feminism were dead in the 1990s and that female concerns were moving in the wrong direction--towards the "Laddette Culture"--and reports claiming that careers were taking a central role, forcing motherhood onto the back-burner, the series sought to embody and satirise these new supposedly "female" characteristics. As the show continued to grow in popularity both in Britain and the States, plans were made to transfer the formula to America. However, as with many other great British series, the content was considered too risky for American audiences due to the amount of sex and drug references. Thus domestic audiences breathed a sigh of release that their beloved Ab Fab would forever stay British to the core. --Nikki Disney

• Sorry - I'm a Stranger Here Myself | DVD | (11/03/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Starring Robin Bailey (comedy legend 'Uncle Mort') and co-written by Shelley/It Takes a Worried Man creator Peter Tilbury, this set contains both series (all thirteen episodes) of the hit comedy series. Henry Nunn is an unassuming librarian resigned to a life of henpecked mundanity in Datchet with his TV-addict wife, Sybil. But Fate gives him a tardy smile when, on his 60th birthday, he inherits a small fortune and the house of his birth. Henry quits his job and leaves Datchet and Sybil behi...

• Al Murray - Time Gentlemen Please | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £10.46   |  Saving you £10.79 (117.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The multi-award winning and critically acclaimed comedian Al Murray mightily presides over the pumps as the inimitable Pub Landlord in this brilliantly observed and hilarious pub based sitcom. Episode 1 - A Woman's Place: The Landlord loves his gaff. It might not have a carvery but it's a pub a real pub where a man is a man and a woman is in the way. He's The Guv'nor and 'Rules is Rules'. But things are set to change with the arrival of Janet a feisty Aussie with a filthy m

• Second Thoughts - The Complete Third Series | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £8.28   |  Saving you £11.71 (141.43%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Faith (Lynda Bellingham - At Home with the Braithwaites) and Bill (James Bolam - The Likely Lads) are middle-aged divorcees attempting to maintain a relationship despite the forces that threaten to pull it apart. These include constant interference from Bill s scheming ex-wife and work colleague, Liza (Belinda Lang - 2point4 Children), and the activities of Faith s teenage children - the football-obsessed Joe, and demanding daughter Hannah (Julia Sawalha - Absolutely Fabulous). Nobody said it would be easy... Running for five highly successful series, this LWT comedy series - based on scripts for the original BBC Radio 4 series - was inspired by the real-life relationship of husband-and-wife writing team Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. With bittersweet storylines and memorable performances from a star cast, Second Thoughts was one of the most popular sitcoms of the 90s.

• Dangerfield - Series 2 | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Recently widowed and bringing up two teenage children local general practitioner and forensic surgeon Dr. Paul Dangerfield is a morose and brooding man dedicated to his profession sometimes at the cost of his personal relationships. Episodes Comprise: 1.Down By The Riverside 2.Death In Custody 3.Dem Bones 4.Dr. Stevens' Stalker 5.The Dead Businessman 6.The Call Girl 7.The Body In The Quarry 8.SAS Death 9.The Unfaithful Husband 10.The Norfolk Holiday: Part 1 11.The Norfolk H

• The Professionals - Series 1 To 4 | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

  Every episode of this much loved classic crime TV show featuring that unforgettable theme tune! A brilliant fast-paced violent and hard-hitting action series The Professionals chronicles the lives and exploits of the men of covert British security unit CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5) in particular the unit's top operative partnership of ex-cop Ray Doyle (Martin Shaw) and former mercenary and ex-SAS paratrooper William Bodie (Lewis Collins) and their superior officer the gruff but

• Second Thoughts - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £5.54   |  Saving you £10.71 (250.23%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This is the complete first series of the ITV comedy about two young-middle-aged divorcees with very different backgrounds trying to build - and cling to - a relationship despite the pressures pulling it apart. Starring the ever-excellent James Bolam cast as Bill Macgregor the art editor of a style magazine and Lynda Bellingham hitherto best known as Mum in the Oxo TV commercials cast as freelance illustrator Faith Grayshot. Episodes comprise: 1. Found and Lost 2. Match

• Press Gang - Complete Series 4 | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £13.48   |  Saving you £1.51 (11.20%)   |  RRP £14.99

  BAFTA award-winning children's series Press Gang is back in a new DVD release of the complete fourth series originally shown on ITV in 1992. Episodes comprise: 1. Bad News 2. UnXpected 3. She's Got It Taped 4. Love and War 5. In the Picture 6. Day Dreams

• Hornblower - Loyalty - Episode 7 | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £6.25   |  Saving you £5.00 (100.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Further action-packed adventures on the high seas for Horatio Hornblower.

• Absolutely Fabulous - Series 1 To 4 Box Set | DVD | (25/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £54.99

  Absolutely Fabulous was first broadcast in 1992 and became an instant hit. Originally a sketch on the French and Saunders Show, Jennifer Saunders saw its potential and created one of the most ground-breaking and debauched comedies on British TV. Centred around the hip London fashion scene the series follows Edina (Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley), two women who refuse to grow up and are constantly on a mission to lose weight, gorging themselves with cocaine and/or champagne, endlessly throwing parties (or throwing up at parties), and sporting outrageous outfits, which were the height of fashion at the time--honestly sweetie! The superb comic performances reinvented the careers of Joanna Lumley and June Whitfield. Saunders meanwhile secured her status as one of Britain's top female comedians. Although its consciously chic clothing looks a little dated now, its mad characterisations endure and the jokes remain as hilariously slick and apt as ever. On the DVD: Absolutely Fabulous DVD box set comes beautifully packaged in mock velvet, with each series individually packaged inside. The original sketch from the French and Saunders Show and the pilot episode, "Mirrorball", offers all you need to understand the show's origins The commentary with Jennifer Saunders and John Ploughman on Series 4 is refreshing, owning up to the mistakes they made and the jokes that didn't work. The outtakes are funnier than the usual Hollywood blips. The 4:3 transfer is standard for a television comedy. --Nikki Disney

• Press Gang | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Press Gang is the BAFTA award-winning children's series from the 1990's which follows a group of teenagers who run the 'Junior Gazette' a newspaper for the kids by the kids. Written by Steven Moffat (Coupling and the new Doctor Who) it is widely regarded as one of the best series ever written for televison and it also launched the careers of Dexter Fletcher and Julia Sawalha. This fantastic box set contains the complete series spread over seven discs plus a host of coo

• Second Thoughts - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (11/07/2011) from £7.91   |  Saving you £12.08 (152.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Starring sitcom favourites James Bolam Lynda Bellingham Julia Sawalha and Belinda Lang this hit comedy series was inspired by the real-life relationship of the writers husband-and-wife team Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. With bittersweet storylines and memorable performances from a star cast Second Thoughts was one of the most popular sitcoms of the 90s. Faith and Bill are two middle-aged divorcees who are attempting to maintain a relationship despite the forces that threaten to pull it apart. These include constant interference from Bill's scheming ex-wife and work colleague Liza and the activities of Faith's teenage children - the football-obsessed Joe and demanding daughter Hannah. Nobody said it would be easy...

• The Omid Djalili Show - Series 1 | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £7.30   |  Saving you £12.69 (173.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hilarious sketches and stand up in Omid Djalili's long awaited BBC series. One of Britain's best loved comedians the multi award-winning British-Iranian Omid Djalili takes on the world - jumping from multi-culturalism to multi-tasking mums and from Godzilla impressions to the execution of Saddam Hussein. Wonderfully varied - one minute he's performing a hilarious belly dance the next he's an over zealous football referee - the series also features some great running sketches including Kebab Shop the Musical; the ingratiating wannabe actor; instructional videos from bouncer Steve 'the Dragon' Thompson and the adventures of a 1970s American-Iranian detective Donny Chicago.

• Second Thoughts - The Complete Series 5 | DVD | (05/03/2012) from £8.50   |  Saving you £4.49 (52.82%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Starring James Bolam (The Likely Lads) and Lynda Bellingham (At Home with the Braithwaites), Second Thoughts explores love and marriage the second time around, and reveals that falling passionately in love in middle age is not the easiest of experiences when interfering teenagers, ex-wives and mortgage payments have a way of killing romance!Winning a Silver Medal at New York's International Film and TV Festival and running for five highly successful series, this bittersweet sitcom (based on scripts for the original BBC Radio 4 series) was inspired by the marriage of the series' writers, Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.In Series Five, Bill almost becomes Editor of the style magazine at which he works, while news of ex-wife Liza's pregnancy has everyone playing the guessing game; there's heartache for Faith's son Joe, and when Faith and Liza finally get to meet one another, Bill realises that his life will never be quite the same again.

• Second Thoughts - The Complete Fourth Series | DVD | (16/01/2012) from £8.55   |  Saving you £4.44 (51.93%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Starring James Bolam (The Likely Lads) and Lynda Bellingham (At Home with the Braithwaites), Second Thoughts explores love and marriage the second time around, and reveals that falling passionately in love in middle age is not the easiest of experiences when interfering teenagers, ex-wives and mortgage payments have a way of killing romance!Winning a Silver Medal at New York's International Film and TV Festival and running for five highly successful series, this bittersweet sitcom (based on scripts for the original BBC Radio 4 series) was inspired by the marriage of writers Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. Series Four sees Bill and Faith's on-off relationship enduring, despite unwanted advice from Faith's teenage children - football-mad Joe and demanding daughter Hannah - not to mention their builder. But will it withstand the continuing intervention of Bill's scheming ex-wife, Liza?

• The Professionals | DVD | (30/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

  Perhaps the most easily parodied action series of its era, The Professionals was the one about the gruff but fatherly counter-terrorist top cop Cowley (Gordon Jackson) and his favourite surrogate sons, the curly haired ex-copper Ray Doyle (Martin Shaw) and taciturn-but-pouting ex-mercenary William Bodie (Lewis Collins). As set out by series creator Brian Clemens (veteran of the more fantastical Avengers), their job was to stop threats to the government, visiting dignitaries or the general public "by any means necessary". What this boiled down to was dashing about, leaping out of cars, getting into thump-happy fistfights, leering at every "bird" who passed by as if they were trying to prove something, wearing eye-abusing late-70s leisure wear well beyond the sell-by date, potting baddies with guns hauled out of their smart shoulder holsters, and occasionally choking back manly tears when another of the trio was wounded. All three leads were professionals of another stripe--the sort of actors who could soar with a good script and do their best to sell a weak one--and they were generally set against a parade of top-flight British character acting talent along with sundry sit-com/pin-up refugee disposable girlfriends and suspects. One strange, if understandable, element of the premise is that CI5 tackle all manner of Greek, Middle Eastern, Soviet and radical nutcase groups--with the odd racist Klansman, corrupt civil servant and dubious big business tycoon thrown in to prove they're not fascists--but almost never have anything to do with the Irish terrorist groups who were the main focus of the organisation's real-life counterparts from 1977 to 1983. --Kim Newman