"Actor: Thora Hird"

• Talking Heads - The Complete Talking Heads | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £10.59   |  Saving you £0.41 (3.87%)   |  RRP £11.00

  Alan Bennett's Talking Heads was a major artistic breakthrough in the field of drama when the first series of monologues aired in 1987. Each tale gives us privileged access to the innermost thoughts of an individual who although we only hear his/her side of the story frequently reveals more about him/herself than intended. Often poignant sometimes sad and occasionally uplifting Bennett's gift for writing comedy is always apparent - and always inspired.

• Lost For Words | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £2.92   |  Saving you £10.07 (344.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A heart-warming but bittersweet story about the relationship between a unique mother and her son. Based on Deric Longden's autobiographical account of his mother's battle with the onset of old age. Pete Postlethwaite stars as Deric alongside Dame Thora Hird as his indomitable mother Annie. Gregarious free spirited and unabashedly quirky Annie could put anyone under the spell of her unique charisma. However when it becomes apparent that she is too old to live alone anymore Deric must choose a nursing home for her a task that proves to be difficult though Annie handles it in her characteristically bold and no nonsense manner. However when a series of strokes robs her of her speech her most treasured faculty she and Deric must come to terms with her declining health. This award winning drama is a heart warming tale of a son s relationship with his eccentric mother whose health is in decline. Stars Pete Postlethwaite Penny Dowie and the wonderful Thoria Hird Thora Hird won a BAFTA and a Royal Television Society award for best actress for her performance and Pete Postlewaite was nominated for a BAFTA award for best actor.

• A Kind Of Loving | DVD | (01/08/2016) from £8.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (100.11%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Pity poor Vic (Alan Bates): when he begins a relationship with Ingrid (June Ritchie), a typist at the Lancashire factory where he works as a draughtsman; his life comes apart at the seams. Ingrid's gossiping, malicious friends are bad enough, but her mother Mrs Rothwell (the terrifying Thora Hird) is something else. Vic has to marry Ingrid-she's pregnant--and the only place for them to stay is chez Rothwell. There's a tenderness about A Kind of Loving which you don't find in the more abrasive "kitchen sink" films of the 60s. Vic is not a rebel like Arthur Seton in Saturday Night, Sunday Morning or a macho lunk like Richard Harris' rugby-league player in This Sporting Life. He's a likable, easygoing youngster who soon discovers that real-life love affairs are infinitely messier than he and his mates could ever have imagined. The acute, witty screenplay, adapted by Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse from Stan Barstow's novel, shows how limited Vic and Ingrid's choices really are. They have no privacy or independence. Bounced into a marriage that neither necessarily wants, their romance quickly sours. Mrs Rothwell is truly the mother-in-law from Hell--a busybody and a tyrant. Look out for the Queen Victoria-like expression on her face when a drunken Vic throws up in her front room. Debut-feature director John Schlesinger captures the humour and the pathos in the young lovers' plight without ever making fun of them. --Geoffrey Macnab

• A Kind Of Loving | Blu Ray | (01/08/2016) from £11.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (91.74%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Pity poor Vic (Alan Bates): when he begins a relationship with Ingrid (June Ritchie), a typist at the Lancashire factory where he works as a draughtsman; his life comes apart at the seams. Ingrid's gossiping, malicious friends are bad enough, but her mother Mrs Rothwell (the terrifying Thora Hird) is something else. Vic has to marry Ingrid-she's pregnant--and the only place for them to stay is chez Rothwell. There's a tenderness about A Kind of Loving which you don't find in the more abrasive "kitchen sink" films of the 60s. Vic is not a rebel like Arthur Seton in Saturday Night, Sunday Morning or a macho lunk like Richard Harris' rugby-league player in This Sporting Life. He's a likable, easygoing youngster who soon discovers that real-life love affairs are infinitely messier than he and his mates could ever have imagined. The acute, witty screenplay, adapted by Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse from Stan Barstow's novel, shows how limited Vic and Ingrid's choices really are. They have no privacy or independence. Bounced into a marriage that neither necessarily wants, their romance quickly sours. Mrs Rothwell is truly the mother-in-law from Hell--a busybody and a tyrant. Look out for the Queen Victoria-like expression on her face when a drunken Vic throws up in her front room. Debut-feature director John Schlesinger captures the humour and the pathos in the young lovers' plight without ever making fun of them. --Geoffrey Macnab

• Last of the Summer Wine - Series 25-26 | DVD | (29/09/2014) from £16.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (47.09%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Welcome back to sleepy Holmfirth in the lovely quiet Yorkshire Dales - the ideal place to spend a lovely quiet birthday. So how will Clegg feel when the entire village dresses up to help him celebrate his? Indeed dressing up seems to be all the rage hereabouts. There's Nora for one gone all Victorian. There's Marina the blushing bride. There's Howard in uniform. And Barry the cowboy kid. Then there's Smiler who looking for love has only gone and found himself a gold-digger called Bessie. Who could possibly dig him out of this little hole? Step forward Clegg Holmfirth's financial adviser extraordinaire...

• Last Of The Summer Wine: Series 19 & 20 | DVD | (07/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.28

  Episodes Comprise: Season 19 1. There Goes the Groom 2. Beware of the Oglethorpe 3. Tarzan of the Towpath 4. Truly and the Hole Truth 5. Oh Howard We Should Get One of Those 6. The Suit That Attracts Blondes 7. The Only Diesel Saxophone in Captivity 8. Perfection-Thy Name Is Ridley 9. Nowhere Particular 10. From Audrey Nash to the Widow Dilhooley 11. Support Your Local Skydiver Season 20 1. The Pony Set 2. How Errol Flynn Discovered the Secret Scar of Nora Batty 3. Who's Thrown Away Her Tom Cruise Photographs? 4. What Happened to Barry's Nose? 5. Optimism in the Housing Market 6. Will Barry Go Septic Despite Listening to Classical Music? 7. Beware the Vanilla Slice 8. Howard Throws a Wobbler 9. The Phantom Number 14 Bus 10. Ironing Day

• Last Of The Summer Wine: Series 21 & 22 | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.74

  There are lots of things to prepare for in our latest outing to Holmfirth, on the edge of the Pennines. There's a charity sponsored kiss for one thing, and a good old fashioned thumpydub contest for another. There's a nostalgic trip to France, and the arrival of the mysterious Phantom Number 14 bus too. But even Lester Coalville's machine that detects earthquakes couldn't help prepare for the devastating shock to come; when Compo catches an unexpected glimpse of Nora in an alluring costume, complete with fishnet stockings...

• Last Of The Summer Wine - Series 15-16 - Complete | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £21.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (13.64%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Episodes Comprise: Series 15: 1. How to Clear Your Pipes 2. Where There's Smoke There's Barbecue 3. The Black Widow 4. Have You Got a Light Mate? 5. Concerto for Solo Bicycle 6. Stop That Bath 7. Springing Smiler 8. There Are Gypsies at the Bottom of Our Garden 9. Aladdin Gets on Your Wick 10. Welcome to Earth Season 16: 1. The Man Who Nearly Knew Pavarotti 2. The Glory Hole 3. Adopted by a Stray 4. The Defeat of the Stoneworm 5. Once in a Moonlit Junkyard 6. The Space Ace 7. The Most Powerful Eyeballs in West Yorkshire 8. The Dewhursts of Ogleby Hall 9. The Sweet Smell of Excess

• Norman Wisdom - One Good Turn | DVD | (21/10/2009) from £5.30   |  Saving you £-0.31 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A film starring Norman Wisdom, Joan Rice, Shirley Abicair, Director John Paddy Carstairs, Writers Jon Paddy Carstairs, Maurice Cowan, Ted Willis and Dorothy Whipple. producer Maurice Cowan. Rereleased by Granada Ventures Limited

• In Loving Memory - Series 3 - Complete | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In Loving Memory: Series 3

• Six Plays By Alan Bennett: The Complete Series | DVD | (20/02/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Stephen Frears produces six plays by Oscar-nominated playwright Alan Bennett. Showcasing the talents of Julie Walters, Prunella Scales, Patricia Routledge, Dave Allen and Alun Armstrong, Six Plays by Alan Bennett includes the BAFTA-nominated Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Frears himself directs four of the six plays, with the remaining two directed by BAFTA-winning Giles Foster and Palm d'Or winner Lindsay Anderson. Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf Trevor Hopkins is painfully shy, but a chance encounter makes him think that his life is about to turn a corner. Starring Neville Smith, Thora Hird and Julie Walters Doris and Doreen Doris and Doreen are happy working in an obscure provincial office, until the spectre of redundancy rears its head. Starring Prunella Scales, Patricia Routledge and Pete Postlethwaite The Old Crowd George and Betty are throwing a housewarming party, but circumstances conspire against them... Starring John Moffatt, Isobel Dean, Peter Jeffrey and Rachel Roberts Afternoon Off A hotel waiter spends an afternoon off in search of sexual fulfilment, but instead finds a town full of eccentrics bearing petty prejudices. Starring Henry Man, Benjamin Whitrow and Philip Jackson One Fine Day An estate agent suffering a mid-life crisis takes up residence in an office block that he's supposed to be renting to his firm's clients. Starring Dave Allen, Robert Stephens and Benjamin Whitrow All Day on the Sands The Coopers decide to holiday in Morecambe as a change from Menorca. They stay in the Miramar Hotel, but Mr Cooper has a guilty secret... Starring Alun Armstrong, Marjorie Yates and Ken Jones

• Last Of The Summer Wine: Series 17 & 18 | DVD | (27/12/2010) from £20.99   |  Saving you £-12.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.13

  Episodes Comprise: Season 17 1. Leaving Home Forever or Till Teatime 2. Bicycle Bonanza 3. The Glamour of the Uniform 4. The First Human Being to Ride a Hill 5. Captain Clutterbuck's Treasure 6. Desperate for a Duffield 7. The Suit That Turned Left 8. Beware of the Elbow 9. The Thing in Wesley's Shed 10. Brushes at Dawn 11. A Leg Up for Christmas 12. Extra! Extra! Season 18 1. The Love Mobile 2. A Clean Sweep 3. The Mysterious C.W. Northrop 4. A Double for Howard 5. How to Create a Monster 6. Deviations with Davenport 7. According to the Prophet Bickerdyke 8. Next Kiss Please 9. Destiny and Six Bananas 10. A Sidecar Named Desire

• Once A Jolly Swagman | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  British drama about a speedway racer starring Dirk Bogarde. Bill Fox (Bogarde) is a factory worker in 1930s England who quits his job to become a motorbike rider. Success goes to his head and he leaves his wife (Sandra Dorne) for socialite Pat (Renee Asherson) but when tragedy strikes on the track he returns to his wife and joins a union to fight for riders' rights.

• Hallelujah - The Complete Series | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £14.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hallelujah: The Complete Collection (2 Discs)

• Comedy Classics - Time Gentlemen Please | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Long Lost Comedy Classics is a collection of films from a golden age of British Cinema remembered for timeless stars and some unique movies that have stood the test of time. So why not take a trip down memory lane and see how cinema used to be? The Prime Minister is planning a celebratory visit to the model village of Little Hayhoe where a new factory has created the utopian state of total employment. Everyone is content it seems and looking forward to the occasion. That is almost everyone. Local lay-about Dan Dance still refuses to work sleeps under the stars and is a potential cause of huge embarrassment to the local dignitaries. So without further delay Dan's shipped off to the local almshouse where he awaits an uncertain yet very funny future.

• Thomas And Sarah - The Complete Series | DVD | (16/04/2007) from £9.79   |  Saving you £20.20 (206.33%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This spin off to Upstairs Downstairs follows the trials and tribulations of Sarah - a parlour made - and Thomas - the chauffer - some time after leaving service with the Bellamys. Episodes Comprise: 1. Birds Of A Feather 2. The Silver Ghost 3. The Biters Bit 4. The Vanishing Lads 5. Made In Heaven 6. Alma Mater 7. A Day At The Metropole 8. The Poor Younf Widow Of Peckham 9. There Is A Happy Land 10. Return To Gethyn 11. Putting On The Ritz 12. The New Rich 13. Love Into Three Won't Go

• The Definitive Ealing Studios Collection | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £109.99   |  Saving you £-69.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.00

  A box set featuring 16 of the finest efforts from the house of Ealing. 1. Champagne Charlie (Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1944) 2. Dead of Night (Dirs. Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton 1945) 3. Hue & Cry (Dir. Charles Crichton 1947) 4. It Always Rains on Sunday (Dir. Robert Hamer 1947) 5. Kind Hearts and Coronets (Dir. Robert Hamer 1949) 6. The Ladykillers (Dir. Alexander Mackendrick 1955) 7. The Lavender Hill Mob (Dir. Charles Crichton 1951) 8. The Maggie (Dir. Alexander Mackendrick 1954) 9. The Magnet (Dir. Charles Frend 1950) 10. The Man in The White Suit (Dir. Alexander Mackendrick 1951) 11. Nicholas Nickelby (Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1947) 12. Passport To Pimlico (Dir. Henry Cornelius 1949) 13. Scott of The Antarctic (Dir. Charles Frend 1948) 14. The Titfield Thunderbolt (Dir. Charles Crichton 1953) 15. Went The Day Well? (Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1942) 16. Whisky Galore (Dir. Alexander Mackendrick 1949)

• Boys in Brown | DVD | (04/02/2013) from £6.09   |  Saving you £6.90 (113.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A slice of life in a British Borstal reform institution for young criminals.

• In Loving Memory - The Complete Series | DVD | (18/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Thora Hird (Last of the Summer Wine) brings her inimitable humour to the role of Ivy Unsworth in this much-loved comedy series set in a fictional Lancashire mill town. As the widow of funeral director Jeremiah (who dies in the first episode) Ivy is left to run Unsworth and Co. along with her equally accident-prone nephew Billy (Christopher Beeny - Upstairs Downstairs). In Loving Memory was a huge success for Yorkshire Television and ran for fi ve series between 1979 and 1986; this complete first series which also features appearances by Richard Wilson Liz Smith and Joan Sims was originally screened in 1979.

• The Nightcomers | DVD | (02/03/2015) from £5.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Marlon Brando's intense performance dominates this atmospheric sexually charged feature from a golden age of British horror directed by Michael Winner and also starring Stephanie Beacham in her first major film role. Visually stunning in a High Definition transfer from the original film elements The Nightcomers sketches a prequel to Henry James' classic Gothic novella The Turn of the Screw with Brando in typically compelling form as the servant whose disturbing magnetic presence exerts a corrupting hold over the occupants of a country estate. Following the death of their parents Flora and Miles are left in the care of repressed governess Miss Jessel and housekeeper Mrs Grose. But it is Peter Quint the malevolent Irish servant who truly rules the household; Miss Jessel equally repulsed and fascinated by Quint is drawn into a secret sado-masochistic affair with him while Flora and Miles are increasingly in his thrall... Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer Original Teaser Trailer Image Gallery Promotional Material PDF