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• Doctor Who - The Five Doctors | DVD | (01/11/1999) from £6.22   |  Saving you £13.77 (221.38%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Yes, The Five Doctors is the one that gathers together Hartnell, Troughton, Pertwee, Baker and Davison, dumps them on some moorland and lets some of the Doctor's greatest enemies take potshots at them. Except, of course, that William Hartnell had sadly passed on by the time this series was made in 1983 (although his replacement Richard Hurndall does an excellent job) and Tom Baker was only featured as a patched-in cameo, apparently prevented from joining in by a temporal thingummy. However, this kind of creakiness comes with the territory and is soon forgotten. The assorted incarnations of the Doctor (together with a scattering of assistants) are drawn together through time and space to battle Daleks, Cybermen, Yeti--those weird androids which keep jumping into the air and disappearing--and many other old foes. They realise that they're on their home planet of Gallifrey and must eventually deal with the legacy of Rassilon, founder of the Time Lords. It's all great fun, of course, and the excellent chapter points on this DVD compensate for the rather self-indulgent lack of editing. --Roger Thomas

• Treasure Island (1977) | DVD | (21/11/2016) from £12.73   |  Saving you £4.76 (37.39%)   |  RRP £17.49

  Treasure Island is a 1977 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous 1883 novel. It was filmed in 1977 on location in Plymouth and Dartford, and in Corsica, and also at BBC Television Centre at Wood Lane, London.Jim Hawkins (Ashley Knight) discovers a treasure map and embarks on a journey to find the treasure, but pirates led by Long John Silver (Alfred Burke) have plans to take the treasure for themselves by way of mutiny. This four-episode adaptation by John Lucarotti, while particularly faithful to the original, adds an expanded narrative concerning the declining Daniel Hawkins, as well as clarifying Squire Trelawney's naiveté in trusting Blandly and Silver.

• Backs to the Land - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (06/02/2012) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This popular Anglia sitcom focuses on the experiences of three very different Women's Land Army volunteers who find themselves in the Norfolk village of Clayfield, sharing a hasty education in agricultural matters, more than a few mishaps, and a little romance along the way. Originally screened in 1977, Backs to the Land features a memorable theme sung by Anne Shelton, one of Britain's most cherished wartime entertainers.In this second series, debutante Daphne bids a fond farewell to Crabtree farm and fellow Land Army girls Jenny and Shirley; her replacement is flirty aspiring actress Bunny Burroughs, whose theatrical airs and graces prompt serious doubts about her aptitude for manual labour. The farm also becomes home to a tearaway evacuee family and an Army captain, while farmer Tom Whitlow finds he has a romantic rival in the form of a dashing Polish airman...

• Omen, The / The Entity / The Blair Witch Project | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Omen He was born at 6am on the 6th day of the 6th month. The coming of Armageddon the site of the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil as foretold in the Book of Revelations will begin with the birth of the son of Satan - in human form. Unable to tell his wife Katherine the tragic news of their still-born son American diplomat Robert Thorn accepts a new-born orphan as his son. Details of the child's birth remain a secret but as the boy Damien grows older it becomes apparent that he is no ordinary child. As mysterious deaths and strange warnings occur Robert Thorn slowly becomes aware of the hideous evil behind the child's innocent face and the significance of the numbers 666 which bring about the most terrifying of revelations. The Entity Something is after Carla Moran. It wants her soul. It wants her body. There's no stopping it. There's nowhere she can run. Yet The Entity won't kill Carla because it has far more terrifying other things in store for her... The Blair Witch Project Now prepare for a motion picture experience unlike anything you've ever seen heard or feared before. The Blair Witch Project follows a trio of filmmakers on what should have been a simple walk in the woods but quickly becomes an excursion into heart-stopping terror. As the three become inexplicably lost morale deteriorates hunger sets in accusations fly. By night unseen evil stirs beyond their campfire's light. By day chilling ritualistic figures are discovered nearby. As the end of their journey approaches they realise that what they are filming now is not a legend but their own descent into unimaginable horror.

• Doctor Who - Tomb Of The Cybermen | DVD | (14/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tomb of the Cybermen brought the Doctor, Patrick Troughton, into conflict with his silver cyborg nemeses for a third time, following The Tenth Planet (1966) and The Moonbase (1967). The Doctor, Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Victoria (Deborah Watling) join an archaeological expedition on the planet Telos, where they encounter deathtraps, betrayal and a waiting army of frozen Cybermen. Scripted by Kit Pedlar and Gerry Davis, who would later write Doomwatch (1970-72), many of the essentials of the plot anticipate James Cameron's blockbusting Aliens (1986): the barren planet with abandoned city, the tense wait for a rescue ship, the human traitors, the implacable, more powerful enemy. Unfortunately for a story so centred on logic the characters display a worrying lack of sense; the supposedly highly logical villains assume the Cybermen will just do what they tell them, and the Doctor locks the chief human traitor in a room without first checking it for ray guns! There's also an astonishingly crass racial stereotype with the one black character, Toberman (Roy Stewart) being a muscle-bound, slave-like henchman. Flaws aside this is a superior Doctor Who adventure and a thoroughly entertaining piece of classic television. On the DVD: as ever the BBC have done a fabulous job bringing Doctor Who to DVD, with fully restored sound and picture making Tomb Of The Cybermen the best it has ever looked. A short feature on the disc notes there have been over 16,000 repairs to the image, and includes comparison footage with the unrestored prints. The black and white 4:3 picture is as good as low-budget 1960's television is ever going to look and the mono sound is excellent. The commentary by Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling is a little stilted and takes time to get going--often they just don't know what to say--but contains some interesting trivia for serious fans. Rather more information comes from the detailed production background subtitles, and from a 28-minute convention style panel filmed in 1992 with Hines, Watling and many of the production crew. Also included is 8 mm footage from the end of the previous story, the long lost Evil of the Daleks (1967), 3 minutes of alternative main title tests, a photo gallery, a short introduction by director Morris Barry and a two-minute clip from Late Night Line-up (1967) with Joan Bakewell profiling the BBC Visual Effects department, including unique footage of the Cybermats in colour.--Gary S Dalkin

• Lord Peter Wimsey - Have His Carcase | DVD | (10/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Edward Petherbridge stars as Lord Peter Wimsey. Harriet Vane decides it is time to take a break and heads to North Devon. On a walking tour the peace is shattered when she finds the body of a man on the beach with his throat slit.

• The Feathered Serpent: The Complete Series | DVD | (29/07/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Nina Forever | Blu Ray | (22/02/2016) from £7.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (125.16%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Following the death of his girlfriend Nina, Rob is grief-stricken. But after a failed suicide attempt he begins to move on from the tragedy and falls for his colleague Holly. When Nina comes back from the grave to haunt them during their most intimate moments Rob and Holly try to figure a way out of their predicament. Special Features: A Look Behind Nina Forever Things That Are Not There Things That Were Not There

• Robin Hood - Series 1 Volume 1 | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £3.21   |  Saving you £16.78 (522.74%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The BBC's Robin Hood is a big budget re-imagining of the classic tale with a unique blend of exhilarating action wit and romance all headed by a bright young cast of actors. Robin Hood delights as he fights the authority of the evil Sheriff of Nottingham with outrageous scams disguises tricks and ingenuity breathtaking archery and incredible swordplay. All the while he romances the heavenly Maid Marian and champions the poor with his band of merry men! Starring Keith

• The Famous Five - Season 2 | DVD | (25/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Famous Five are back and the holidays have just begun - a sure time for new adventures on Kirren Island.Come along once again with Julian (Marcus Harris), Anne (Jennifer Thanisch), George (Michelle Gallagher) and beloved dog Timmy, to save the 5th member of the gang, Dick (Gary Russell) when he is kidnapped.This series, the five find themselves on a caravanning holiday, exploring a welsh mountain, and even locked in a lighthouse! All in the name of solving mysteries. Who is locked in the tower on the mountain? Who broke into Uncle Quentin's Study? And who is the mysterious magician Wu? There is a lot of investigating to do for The Famous Five! Contains all 13 episodes from Season 2.

• Slumber | DVD | (19/02/2018) from £8.10   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A sleep doctor tries to protect a family from a demon that feeds on people in their nightmares.

• The Count Of Monte Cristo - The Complete Series | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Count Of Monte-Cristo: The Complete Series (5 Discs)

• The New Statesman - The Complete First Series | DVD | (23/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The New Statesman is a multi-award winning masterpiece of political satire. Rik Mayall stars as the ruthless Alan B'Stard the egocentric MP who will stop at nothing to further his political career. Episodes comprise: Happiness Is A Warm Gun / Passport To Freedom / Sex Is Wrong / Waste Not Want Not / Friends Of St. James / Three Line Whipping / Baa Baa Black Sheep

• Sharpe's Rifles / Sharpe's Eagle | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £3.96   |  Saving you £11.03 (278.54%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe (1993-7) ran to 14 full-length television films that follow the adventures of the titular soldier through the later years of the Napoleonic Wars. The programmes are an outstanding achievement for the small screen, dominated by Sean Bean's central performance as the heroic, troubled outsider who turns out to be a resourceful and loyal leader. Bolstered by a strong supporting cast, particularly Daragh O'Malley as Harper and (in later episodes) Abigail Cruttenden as Jane, Sharpe is often visually striking, the action tense and gripping. Consistency is maintained by all 14 episodes being directed by Tom Clegg. On the DVD: Sharpe on DVD contains a photo gallery and several screens of background text. The sound is full-bodied stereo while the very "sharp" picture has been transferred slightly letterboxed at 14:9. Though looking much better than the original TV transmissions the occasionally cropped framing makes it apparent the films were shot in 16:9 widescreen, so it is regrettable they have not been transferred to DVD in that format. Otherwise these are first-rate releases. --Gary S Dalkin

• Nina Forever | DVD | (22/02/2016) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Following the death of his girlfriend Nina, Rob is grief-stricken. But after a failed suicide attempt he begins to move on from the tragedy and falls for his colleague Holly. When Nina comes back from the grave to haunt them during their most intimate moments Rob and Holly try to figure a way out of their predicament. Special Features: A Look Behind Nina Forever Things That Are Not There Things That Were Not There

• The Levelling | Blu Ray | (17/07/2017) from £7.01   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Following the sudden death of her brother, Clover (Ellie Kendrick) returns to her family farm in Somerset. Shocked to find it still devastated from the aftermath of the 2014 floods, Clover confronts her ill-tempered father Aubrey (David Troughton) from whom she is as distant as ever. But Clover s absence has paid a price and Aubrey, refusing to accept what has happened to his son and the farm, pushes Clover further away. As Clover retreats into the daily farming routine, the murky cloud of uncertainty hanging over what happened to her brother further fuels her intent on discovering the truth. She embarks on a rocky and emotional journey of discovery and a reckoning with the land, her father and ultimately herself. But will Clovers findings allow her the solace that she longs for and can she and Aubrey rectify their differences and leave the past behind them?

• Madame Bovary | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £7.36   |  Saving you £8.63 (117.26%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Trapped on a small provincial French farm with her widowed father Emma dreams of marrying her way up the social ladder to lead a glittering fairytale life amid the bright lights of the big city. To escape she marries a young doctor Charles Bovary but his dull pedestrian ways and lack of ambition soon leave her disenchanted and dreaming of a grander life elsewhere. Enchanted by stories of the many affairs of Mary Antoinette and the great romances she finds in novels Madame Bova

• Minder - Series 1 - Parts 1 To 4 | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  First appearing on our screens in late 1979, Minder was a vehicle for ex-Sweeney sidekick Denis Waterman, but its lasting contribution to TV culture was rehabilitating George Cole, whose loveable but unscrupulous "entrepreneur" (an older version of the spiv he portrayed in the St Trinians films) mockingly reflected the values of 1980s Thatcherite Britain. Set in the rough demimonde of London, against a backdrop of small-time gangsters, seedy pubs, dubious business dealings and ageing dollybirds, Waterman plays Terry McCann, ex-boxer and ex-con trying to stick to the straight and narrow but persuaded against his better judgement to become involved in murky capers set up by his employer "Arfur" who regularly sublets him to associates of his. Though aspects of these episodes are a little creaky and dated--Terrys flares especially--the interplay between the too soft-hearted hardman Waterman and his dapper but slippery boss is both priceless and timeless. --David Stubbs

• Doctor Who - The Monsters Collection: The Cybermen | DVD | (30/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Take a trip through time and space to meet creatures and enemies that always came back for more... Doctor Who - The Monster Collection: The Cybermen contains two exciting stories! The Cybermen were once human but chose to replace all living tissue with plastic and steel. Seeing emotions as a weakness they removed those too and now Cyber massive armies try to upgrade the universe... The Tomb of The Cybermen is a four-part story from 1967. Starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor it is set in eerie Cybermen tombs on Telos. The Rise of The Cybermen and The Age of Steel were first shown in 2006. The Tenth Doctor played by David Tennant falls into a parallel universe and witnesses the creation of the Cybermen.

• The Main Chance - Complete Series 3 | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  David Main (John Stride - The Wilde Alliance) is a dynamic, highly capable, occasionally impetuous solicitor who, having gained valuable experience in London, has established a practice in his native Leeds. Although he is driven by a thirst for success, Main is a man with a conscience who often represents the most vulnerable and underprivileged - actions which frequently earn the disapproval of his more reserved and cautious partner Henry Castleton. Patrick Troughton, Gerald Flood, Stuart Wilson and Anthony Bate guest-star in this third series of Yorkshire Television's immensely popular drama, which finds Main re-evaluating both life and career as a face from the past brings formidable repercussions, a forceful newcomer joins the practice, and the conflict between Main's private life and his passion for work reaches a crisis.