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• Privates On Parade | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  1947: the members of SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets...

• Right Here, Right Now | Blu Ray | (30/10/2023) from £19.50   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Jean-Claude Van Damme Collection - In Hell/The Order/Wake Of Death | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Wake of Death: Action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme is back and at his hard-hitting best as Ben Archer an ex-mob enforcer seeking revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends an all-out war is waged against the Chinese Triads... Hong Kong favourite Simon Yam faces off against the Muscles From Brussels in this pulse-pounding action thriller! In Hell:Kyle Lord (Van Damme) is arrested and convicted for the vigilante killing of his wife's murderer. Kyle must survive life in a maximum-security prison where inmates are made to battle to their death in a brutal no holds barred fight called ""The Shu"" for the warden's entertainment and profit. Kyle fights his oppressors and is quickly sent to ""The Shu"" where his unbridled rage catapults him to the victor's circle. Kyle has become one of the monsters he despises and must now battle within himself to survive... The Order:Action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme (Nowhere To Run Universal Soldier) is back in The Order a fast-paced high-octane thriller set in the Middle East. From the director of Double Impact and featuring screen legend Charlton Heston (Planet Of The Apes Any Given Sunday) Ben Cross (First Knight Chariots Of Fire) and sexy newcomer Sofia Milos The Order is an exciting adventure packed with extreme fight choreography exotic locations and non-stop action. Journey to a turbulent world under siege as reformed artifact smuggler Rudy (Van Damme) travels to Jerusalem to rescue his museum-curator father who's been kidnapped by ruthless fanatics and recover a sacred scroll believed to hold dangerous secrets of an underground sect. Framed for murder by a scheming police chief (Cross) Rudy enlists the aid of a mysterious beauty (Milos) to clear his name and wages a one-man battle to recapture the prized manuscript before the ultimate Holy War breaks out and all hell breaks loose!

• Look-Back on 70s Telly - Issue 4 | DVD | (01/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Back in the day when childrens' programmes were, by turns, fun, challenging, dramatic, spooky, hilarious and fantastic, tea-time programming was a staple part of the lives of millions of kids. Diverse and highly popular, it fired imaginations and was invariably an integral part of any worthwhile playground antics the next day.

• Double X - The Name Of The Game | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Arthur Clutten (Norman Wisdom) is an expert safecracker who masterminds every heist for the crime syndicate he belongs to. But when he witnesses the brutal methods of persuasion being meted out the gang's leader Ignatius Smith (Bernard Hill) Clutten decides to quit the gang. However he soon realises that the gang would rather see him dead than leave them and so he decides to steal some documents that would incriminate the criminal mastermind Edward Ross (Simon Ward) and expose his honest facade.

• Tweenies - Animal Friends / Party Games, Laughs And Giggles | DVD | (13/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Get ready to play with the Tweenies in two fantastic DVDs featuring your favourite friends - Bella Milo Fizz and Jake. Animal Friends - Join the Tweenies and all their animal friends as they dress up sing songs and listen to wonderful stories. Party Games Laughs and Giggles - It's time to come to the best party ever! Join Bella Milo Fizz and Jake for oodles of party fun songs and games.

• Bingo | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £7.32   |  Saving you £-1.33 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A shaggy-dog spoof about a boy and his dog separated by a continent! Bingo the lovable pooch becomes involved in a variety of adventures and misdemeanours and even ends up in jail (with his own green uniform yet) followed by a court appearance. That doesn't stop the boy's faithful best friend from trying to make his way home...

• Fairport Convention - Beyond The Ledge | DVD | (03/08/2015) from £18.07   |  Saving you £-2.08 (-13.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Fairport Convention's annual festival in the otherwise sleepy Oxfordshire village of Cropredy has become a much-loved institution for their many fans, ever since the band first played there for a reunion gig after splitting up at the end of the 1970s. By 1998 when this concert was filmed they were enjoying new-found success, thanks to the continuing faith of the fans who just refused to let the band fade away--fashion and musical trends notwithstanding--and Cropredy had become a byword for the best in British folk-rock. Beyond the Ledge is a straightforward account of their Cropredy concert, interspersed with a few brief comments from crowd members.As ever, the yearly Cropredy gig amounts to a "greatest hits" show. Newcomer Chris Leslie was just finding his feet with the band in 1998 and had yet to make his mark as a songwriter (he achieved that on their album The Wood and the Wire), so here much is made of their impressive back catalogue, including Sandy Denny's "Who Knows Where the Time Goes", their increasingly baroque arrangement of the traditional ballad "Matty Groves" (now a climactic showpiece medley) and of course Richard Thompson's evergreen anthem, "Meet on the Ledge". But the highlights are the instrumental numbers where the band get to show off their virtuosity: fiddlers Leslie and Ric Sanders play jigs and reels with improvised abandon, locking together or trading riffs with one another while Dave Pegg's marvellously fluid bass holds everything together. As with any concert video, it's always going to be more fun for those who were there, but most Fairporters will have made the pilgrimage to Cropredy at least once, so they'll understand what it's all about. Non-initiates may be forgiven for being puzzled by the sight of these middle-aged folk-rockers inhaling helium from balloons before breaking into a traditional jig. --Mark Walker

• Black Arrow - The Complete Series | DVD | (17/08/2009) from £20.29   |  Saving you £-0.30 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Black Arrow: The Complete Series (3 Discs)

• Paul Simon - Live From Philadelphia | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £14.57   |  Saving you £-8.58 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Simon And Garfunkel are the most successful duo in recording history and following their split in 1971 both Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have carried on to have hugely successful solo careers and enjoyed occasional reunions. This concert was filmed at Philadelphia's Tower Theater in 1980 and captures Paul Simon in fine form with a superb backing band featuring most of Stuff. The setlist ranges across his career up to that point and includes both Simon and Garfunkel and solo hits. Line-up:Paul Simon - lead vocals & guitar; Steve Gadd - drums; Eric Gale - lead guitar; Tony Levin - bass guitar; Richard Tee - vocals & electric piano. Tracklist: 1. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard 2. Still Crazy After All These Years 3. Ace In The Hole 4. Something So Right 5. One-Trick Pony 6. Jonah 7. 50 Years To Leave Your Lover 8. Late In The Evening 9. American Tune 10. The Boxer 11. The Sound Of Silence

• The Sherlock Holmes Collection (23 Disc Box Set) | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £159.99

  The Sherlock Holmes Collection is a comprehensive box set containing all 36 hour-long episodes plus the five feature-length specials of Granada TV's classic series starring Jeremy Brett. Originally screened in 1984, the series ran intermittently until the mid-1990s, when the leading actor's chronically failing health forced a final end (he died in 1995). Still hailed by many as the definitive Holmes, Brett presented the great detective as a solitary, nervous and depressive personality whose brilliant flashes of inspiration were interrupted by long bouts of introspection and drug-induced lethargy. In the later feature-length episodes, the actor's own ill-health added a poignant extra dimension that both deepened and darkened his portrayal of Holmes. In a welcome departure from earlier adaptations, Dr Watson (originally played by David Burke, then by Edward Hardwicke) is a thoroughly sensible, pragmatic--if rather unimaginative--companion, not at all the bumbling sidekick made famous by Nigel Bruce in the Basil Rathbone era. Aside from impeccable central casting--bolstered by a host of distinguished thespian guest stars--and scripts that remain remarkably faithful to Conan Doyle's original stories, the series also boasts lavish period production design and a haunting music score from Patrick Gowers. Although latterly they both err too far on the side of melodrama, overall both the series and Jeremy Brett's tour de force performances are likely to remain unsurpassed. On the DVD: The Sherlock Holmes Collection DVD box set might be complete, but the individual discs themselves are disappointingly spartan, with no additional features of any kind nor any attempt to clean up the rather scratchy 4:3 picture quality or the dull mono sound. --Mark Walker

• Rough Crossings | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It's the Revolutionary War in 1776. You are an enslaved African in America. The British ask you to fight your American slave masters and gain your freedom. What do you do? This is one of the questions that intrigued historian Simon Schama about this incredible adventure story set against the backdrop of a pivotal moment in Anglo American history. Combining Schama's trademark compelling storytelling with reconstruction and dramatisation Rough Crossings challenges many of the preconceived notions of this period as it tells the story of the thousands of African-American slaves who decided their future freedom did not lie with the claims of liberty made by the American patriots but with the British and their King. Rough Crossings is the true drama of escape from cruel slave plantations through the fires of the war to the dream of freedom in bone-chilling Nova Scotia and sweltering Sierra Leone. It is the story of a turbulent historical moment with a cast of memorable characters such as Englishman John Clarkson a passionate advocate of the great moral crusade of his age - the abolition of slavery - and two remarkable African men Thomas Peters and David George who escaped slavery and hardship to join Clarkson on an epic journey in search of their freedom.

• The Fast Show Live | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £6.23   |  Saving you £9.76 (156.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Recorded live at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 1998, The Fast Show Live features all of the original cast of the highly successful sketch series (Caroline Aherne excepted) including Paul Whitehouse, Simon Day, Charlie Higson and Arabella Weir and practically all of their myriad characters and catchphrases. This live show effectively marks a last hurrah for The Fast Show team, with routines like the Coughing Bob Fleming singalong reworked from the series. However, as a feat of inventive stage management and quick costume changing, they do manage to maintain the Fastness of the TV series live. It was the catchphrases which earned the series its immense popularity and they raise large, predictable cheers of recognition when wheeled out at the Apollo, from Unlucky Alf's opening "Oh, bugger!" to the "Suits you, sir!" of the intrusively camp boys in the menswear department. The show's reliance on these might have been annoying if it weren't for the fact that they were built on such esoteric, peripheral and complex sketch and character material. Who but the Fast Show team would have thought of taking the mickey out of bad European TV, even inventing their own mock-Esperanto to do so? Or similarly, lampooned all those old 1930s music hall comedians whose risque jokes are incomprehensible to modern audiences? These, mixed in with modern archetypes like Ron Manager or the endlessly poignant Ted and Ralph made The Fast Show at once comfortingly familiar yet endlessly surprising viewing. They were influential also: Colin Hunt is surely a crude prototype for The Office's David Brent. On the DVD The Fast Show Live has no special features on this edition, disappointingly. --David Stubbs

• Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best - Series One | DVD | (14/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  The Hairy Bikers are on a mission to save Britain's best family recipes from being lost for all time. They're travelling up and down the country in search of mums with recipe books handed down from generation to generation discovering their stories and creating their lip-smacking family favourites including Cheese Pie Clootie Dumplings Home-Made Crumpets Barrovian Love Sponge Pan Haggerty Great Grannie's Pudding Bacalao al bras Roast Saddle of Venison Baked Alaska Roast Ham and more. In each episode the mums join the Bikers at a Food Fair to share their best recipes while members of the public bring theirs; and favoured cooking implements from across the ages are tested to see whether new ways or old ways are best - from potato mashers to whisks from cheese graters to can openers - in an hilarious no-holds-barred race against the clock. It's cooking fun like never before as the Hairy Bikers set out to prove once and for all that Mums Know Best!

• Murder Rooms - The Photographer's Chair | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £11.34   |  Saving you £3.65 (32.19%)   |  RRP £14.99

  1882: London is in the grip of spirtualists and seances. Arthur Conan Doyle joins Dr Joseph Bell in a labyrinthine task of investigating a number of corpses found mutilated floating in the River Thames. Their quest to uncover the architect behind the gruesome murders leads them through London's underground world of soothsayers and mediums. As the two sleuths probe deeper they find themselves dangerously caught up in a 'spiritualism' darker and more terrifying than either man coul

• Spaced: Complete Series 1 and 2 (Box Set) | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Spaced is a sitcom like no other. The premise is simple enough: Daisy (Jessica Stevenson) and Tim (Simon Pegg) are out of luck and love, so pretend to be a couple in order to rent a flat together. Downstairs neighbour and eccentric painter Brian suspects someone's fibbing, and almost blows their cover with their lecherous lush of a landlady, Marsha. Fortunately he soon falls for Daisy's health-freak friend Twist, while Daisy herself goes ga-ga for pet dog Colin. Tim remains happily platonic with lifemate Mike; a sweet-at-heart guns 'n' ammo obsessive. The series is chock-full of pop culture references. In fact, each episode is themed after at least one movie, with nods to The Shining and Close Encounters of the Third Kind proving especially hilarious. Hardly five minutes goes by without a Star Wars reference, and every second of screen time from Bill Bailey as owner of the comic shop where Tim works is comedic gold. The look of the series is its other outstanding element, with slam-zooms, dizzying montages, and inspired lighting effects (often paying homage to the Evil Dead movies). It's an affectionate fantasy on the life of the twenty-something that's uncomfortably close to the truth. The second series finds the gang at 23 Meteor Street a little older, but definitely none the wiser. Tim's career is hampered by severe hang-ups over The Phantom Menace. Daisy's career is just plain non-existent. There is still a spark of sexual tension between them, but it's overshadowed by Brian and Twist getting it on. Propelling the seven-episode series arc is the threat of Marsha discovering that none of the relationships are what they seem, Mike's increasing jealousy and a new love interest for Tim. That's the basis for a never-ending stream of in-jokes and references that easily match the quality of the first series. Tim has a Return of the Jedi flashback, then déjà vu in reliving the end of The Empire Strikes Back. There are spoofs of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Robocop, The Sixth Sense and comedy rival The Royle Family. There are guest spots from Bill Bailey, Peter (voice of Darth Maul) Serafinowicz and The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith. Every episode is packed with highlights, but this series' guaranteed geek pant-wetting moments have to be the mock gun battles, slagging off Babylon 5 and learning that "The second rule of Robot Club is: no smoking." Jessica Stevenson won a British Comedy Award for this year. It deserved a whole lot more. --Paul Tonks On the DVD: Series 1 includes trailers, out-takes, deleted scenes with commentary, cast, crew, and character biographies and a full audio commentary by the director and cast. Series 2 features a chaotic but highly enthusiastic commentary from the director and cast, including of course Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, who also talk about some deleted scenes and why they were removed. There's an outtakes blooper reel, as well as a selection of raw location footage and a self-explanatory clip, "Daisy Does Elvis". The most useful feature, though, is the subtitle "Homage-o-Meter" facility, which displays all the movie references throughout the series. --Paul Tonks/Mark Walker

• Hunter Prey | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £5.38   |  Saving you £7.61 (58.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hunter Prey

• PTU - Police Tactical Unit | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Into the perilous night... Set against a TsimShaTsui that never sleeps a stolen police gun triggers a suspenseful chain of events. Tracking down the missing gun before dawn cop LO first gets his car vandalized then his butt kicked. Suddenly he is wedged between two gangs on the brink of bloodbath while staving off investigations by both the Anti-vice Squad and Homicidal Unit who are embroiled in their own turf war. His only lifeline is a maverick team of Police Tactical Un

• Star Trek XI (2 Disc Edition | DVD | (16/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crewmembers.

• Journey to Le Mans | Blu Ray | (24/11/2014) from £12.80   |  Saving you £7.19 (56.17%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Le Mans the biggest motorsport event in the world, is truly a spectacle like no other. The twenty-four hour race is considered the most physically and mentally demanding race on earth. Man and machine push themselves to the limits of endurance, many never make it past the finish line, and some never make it home. Yet it still impassions men from all over the world to come and take it on. Jota Sport, a small British privateer team know all too well the cruelty of the race, having unsuccessfull.