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• The Fast Show Live | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £5.00   |  Saving you £10.99 (219.80%)   |  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 £20.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (N/A%)   |  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

• Die Musketiere - Einer für Alle - Alle für einen! (2 4K Ultra HDs) ( + 2 Blu-rays) | Blu Ray | (27/04/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• 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 £2.72   |  Saving you £12.27 (451.10%)   |  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.

• The Disappearance Of Flight 412 | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Whitney Airforce Base 10.30 hours: Shadow Delta One prepares for take off on a routine mission. 11.56 hours: Blanco Vista Marine Airbase picks up three blips pacing Shadow Delta One. A squadron of Marine Jets is scrambled to investigate but both they and the UFO's disappear when they are about to make contact. What follows is a tense drama to discover the truth...

• Tweenies - It's Messy Time | DVD | (26/12/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-15.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Join in with Milo Fizz Bella and Jake as they play with Izzles and get up to all sorts of fun.

• Hot Fuzz / Shaun of the Dead | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £14.29   |  Saving you £15.70 (109.87%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Double Feature. Hot Fuzz: Top London cop Police Constable Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) finds himself reassigned to the sleepy West Country village of Sandford. With garden fetes and neighbourhood watch meetings replacing the action of the city Angel struggles to adapt to his situation and finds himself partnered with Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) an oafish but well meaning young Constable. Just as all seems lost a series of grisly accidents motivates Angel into action. Convinced of foul play Angel realises that Sandford may not be as idyllic as it seems.... Shaun Of The Dead: Shaun (Simon Pegg) is not quite your average twentysomething. Lacking any real ambition and drifting along in a job that he hates he drives his long-suffering girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) up the wall. Despite being a very decent chap Shaun suddenly gets a very rude wake up call when the undead begin roaming the earth (or London's Crouch End at least) and with the help of his slacker chum Ed (Nick Frost) he must save Liz and his dear mum from becoming zombies! Well that's if he can get out of the local pub...

• Scott Walker 30 Century Man | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £14.25   |  Saving you £5.74 (40.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Scott Walker: 30 Century Man explores Scott Walker's music and career from his early days as a jobbing bass player on the Sunset Strip to mega-stardom in Britain's swinging 60's pop scene and finally to his transformation into a composer of true genius; an uncompromising and serious musician working at the peak of his powers. Featuring interviews with friends collaborators and fans including among others: David Bowie Radiohead Jarvis Cocker Brian Eno Damon Albarn Ne

• Whale Wars - Series 2 | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £27.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (7.15%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Highlighting both the controversial whaling trade and the tactics that Sea Shepherd and its staff and volunteers use to attempt to cripple it Whale Wars documents the group's three-month sojourn across the icy Antarctic waters at the far end of the globe. In each episode viewers will see how Sea Shepherd take action against alleged illegal whaling operations. The Society's fight to eradicate Japanese whaling on the high seas - where international laws are interpreted by different countries and organizations in different ways - utilizes some aggressive techniques including ramming and disabling whaling ships; disrupting whale carcass processing; engaging in physical entanglement; and boarding and dispersing fleets of whaling vessels.

• Full Time Killer | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Two hit men in Hong Kong battle it out for the title of King Killer as an Interpol agent closes in.

• Ted And Ralph | DVD | (01/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This hilarious spin-off from BBC's award-winning sketch-based comedy The Fast Show concludes Ted and Ralph's painfully repressed relationship as wealthy landowner Ralph continues his uncomfortable attempts at forging an intimate union with working class Irish estate manager Ted. However Ralph has to save his estate as he slips into bankruptcy and believes that a wife would help him out of the mire... Enter Wendy a lady who might not be all she appears. As Ralph's f

• Naked Killer 2 | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £14.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A suave and seductive serial rapist (Mark Cheng) is on the prowl terrorising an apartment block. Fearing her life to be in danger Chu (Jacqueline Ng) enlists the help of her old friend Yau (Chingamy Yau) as an avenging angel who will seduce the rapist and wreak revenge on behalf of the victims of his terrible crimes. Soon the two are embroiled in an erotic and deadly game of cat and mouse...

• The Uninvited | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A photo-journalist witnesses a car accident where he sees the driver die but the next day he finds him alive and well?! The police find this fits a pattern of recent deaths followed by resurrection that could be linked to the drowned village of Sweethope...

• Blackrock | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.

• Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £13.97   |  Saving you £8.01 (72.95%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Track Listing: 1.Introduction 2.Homeward Bound 3.Mrs. Robinson 4.Sounds Of Silence 5.Here Comes The Sun - feat. George Harrison 6.America 7.Cecilia 8.Scarborough Fair 9.One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor 10.Crying In The Rain 11.Still Crazy After All These Years 12.You're The One 13.El Condor Pasa 14.Slip Slidin' Away 15.50 Ways To Leave Your Lover 16.April Come She Will 17.Bridge Over Troubles Water 18.A Soft Melody