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• The Beiderbecke Trilogy | DVD | (27/11/2007) from £44.99   |  Saving you £-15.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Beiderbecke Collection is a charming mix of comedy and drama that has all the hallmarks of a classic detective thriller. Follow the exploits of jazz fan Trevor and his long-suffering girlfriend Jill as they find themselves embroiled in various mysteries which follow them to Amsterdam and Edinburgh and include dodgy businessmen black economies refugees and much much more.... 'The Beiderbecke Affair' (1984) - Follow the exploits of Jazz nut Trevor Chaplin (James Bolam) and his long-suffering girlfriend Jill Swinburne (Barbara Flynn). Whilst trying to track down a set of missing records they encounter a mystery platinum blonde who weaves a complex web of intrigue that soon escalates to dealing with dodgy businessmen 'black economies' and council corruption. 'The Beiderbecke Tapes' (1987) - Feature length mystery with Trevor and Jill as they continue to embroil themselves in all sorts of clandestine meetings and intrigue. Nuclear waste in the Yorkshire Dales sinister conversations and a missing barman take Trevor and Jill on a whirlwind mystery from the Dales to Amsterdam and Edinburgh. 'The Beiderbecke Connection' (1988) - Trevor and Jill are now parents to a baby boy however their old pals Big Al and Little Norm prevail upon them to give sanctuary to a homeless refugee. It is not long however before they are again caught up in a complex deception of a musical kind featuring the music of jazz supremo Frank Ricotti.

• Homicide - Series 1 | DVD | (26/02/2007) from £16.98   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  One of the most critically acclaimed shows in TV history Homicide: Life On The Street re-invigorated a tired genre by focusing on the grueling work of solving murders instead of an endless succession of bloody crimes and car chases. Inspired by David Simon's Edgar Award-winning account of Baltimore homicide detectives and brought to television by director Barry Levinson (Rain Man Oz) and writer Paul Attanasio (Gideon's Crossing) Homicide boasted a powerhouse cast featuring Ned Beatty (Deliverance) Yaphet Kotto (Alien) Richard Belzer (Law & Order: SVU) and breakout star Andre Braugher (Frequency). The critical response was overwhelming: Homicide won multiple Emmy and Writer's Guild of America Awards and is one of just two shows in history to claim three Peabody Awards. Now Homicide debuts on DVD with this collector's set featuring all 13 episodes from the first two seasons. Episodes Comprise: 1. Gone For Goode 2. A Ghost Of a Chance 3. Son Of A Gun 4. A Shot In The Dark 5. Three Men And Adena 6. Dog And Pony Show 7. And The Rockets' Dead Glare 8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 9. The NIght Of The Living Dead

• 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.

• The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Special Edition | DVD | (01/10/2018) from £7.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  For the first time, discover the meaning of life with newly re-mastered episodes in 5.1 surround sound. Unbeknownst to its inhabitants, Earth is to be demolished to make way for an intergalactic highway. Arthur Dent (Simon Jones), an unassuming Englishman, is whisked off the planet to safety by his alien friend Ford Prefect (David Dixon), and launched on a dizzying journey through space and time (with only a towel, and a fish to help them) to discover the meaning of life itself. Includes over 5 ½ hours of extras.

• Children's Ward - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the major success stories of ITV children's programming, this BAFTA Award-winning show ran for over a decade and detailed the trials and tribulations of staff and patients at a children's ward in a busy hospital. Co-written by award-winning writers Paul Abbott (Shameless) and Kay Mellor (The Chase), the series pulled no punches and was loved by adults and children alike for its realistic portrayal of mature themes in a sensitive manner.This complete second series sees the return of former anorexia sufferer Keely - this time, not as a patient. The arrival of a young stabbing victim, Matthew, also brings gang rivalries onto the children's ward, and newcomer Nurse Mitchell proves a formidable presence for the established staff and patients of South Park General.

• 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...

• Terrahawks | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  From the creator of Thunderbirds Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons comes Terrahawks the puppet science fiction series first broadcast in 1983 which re-launched Gerry Anderson's career for a new decade and a new legion of fans! This DVD box set includes 9 discs packed with all 39 episodes plus an extra disc chocked with exclusive bonus features unavailable anywhere else! 1. Expect The Unexpected (Part 1) 2. Expect The Unexpected (Part 2) 3. Thunder Roar 4. Close Call

• Last Of The Summer Wine - Series 1 And 2 | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £19.02   |  Saving you £-10.70 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.32

  First transmitted in 1973 this release features every episode from Series One and Two of 'Last Of The Summer Wine'. Episode titles: Short Back And Palais Glide Inventor Of The 40-Foot Ferret Pate And Chips Spring Fever The New Mobile Trio Hail Smiling Morn Or Thereabouts Forked Lightning Who's That Dancing With Nora Batty Then? The Changing Face Of Rural Blamire Some Enchanted Evening A Quiet Drink Ballad For Wind Instruments And Canoe Northern Flying Circus.

• 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

• Ripping Yarns | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Michael Palin stars in this wickedly funny collection of spoof adventures which hysterically portray gloriously English eccentricity. These are the complete classics from the pens of Michael Palin and Terry Jones. Episode titles: Tomkinson's Schooldays The Testing of Eric Olthwaite Escape From Stalag Luft 112 B Murder at Moorstones Manor Across the Andes by Frog The Curse of the Claw Whinfrey's Last Case Golden Gordon Roger of the Raj.

• Last of The Summer Wine - The Christmas Specials Vol. 1 | DVD | (03/11/2014) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-14.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.00

  Christmas in Holmfi rth is always full of festive fun as these cracking Christmas Specials spectacularly show. Here we see Compo feeling a little frosty having trouble scraping enough together to buy his beloved Nora the perfect present – could Auntie Wainwright have the answer? Howard has a problem too: he’s got a present to give to Pearl and keep from Marina all at the same time. But the lack of wise men is more than made up for with a surplus of Santas. There’s one on the rooftops four on the doorstep and one very sozzled one enjoying a silent night locked in a pub. That’s what you call a very merry Holmfi rth Christmas.

• Homicide - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £22.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (73.95%)   |  RRP £39.99

  One of the most critically acclaimed shows in TV history Homicide: Life On The Street re-invigorated a tired genre by focusing on the grueling work of solving murders instead of an endless succession of bloody crimes and car chases.

• Ripping Yarns - The Complete Series | DVD | (05/03/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Following the phenomenal success of Monty Python s Flying Circus Michael Palin and Terry Jones created this unforgettable BAFTA-winning series of comic plays for the BBC. Gleefully parodying the conventions of Boy s Own-style adventure Ripping Yarns sees Palin taking the protagonist s role in nine rip-roaring stories from stirring tales of sporting endeavour intrepid exploration and wartime heroism to skulduggery supernatural mystery and murder... and of course the notorious exploits of Eric Olthwaite - Yorkshire s most interesting outlaw. An illustrious supporting cast includes John Le Mesurier Iain Cuthbertson Denholm Elliott Joan Sanderson and Don Henderson with Terry Jones starring in one episode and fellow former Python John Cleese also making a cameo appearance; the series was produced and directed by the multi award-winning team of Terry Hughes (The Two Ronnies) Jim Franklin (The Goodies) and Alan J.W. Bell (The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy). Both series originally aired between 1976 and 1979 are released in this special-edition set with special features including deleted scenes a 1983 documentary Comic Roots in which Palin revisits his native Sheffield and Secrets the only surviving recording of Palin and Jones 1973 screenplay for the BBC s darkly comic (now sadly wiped) Black and Blue anthology series.

• Last of the Summer Wine - Series 27 & 28 | DVD | (05/10/2015) from £26.25   |  Saving you £-18.15 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.10

  We return to the beautiful Yorkshire village of Holmfi rth where our famous trio of troublemakers has officially become a quartet. Spreading their usual chaos and mayhem wherever they go, Clegg, Truly, Alvin, and Billy are back for more mischief. Follow the boys as they meet a stranger planning to float to Ilkley on an inflatable swan, encounter a womanising flower arranger, and come up with a devilish plan to get rid of Clegg's unwelcome cousin, Aubrey. Clegg gets stuck in a tree while trying to prove a point, and Alvin trains to become an astronaut. All this and Nora Batty goes blonde.

• The Best Of Spike Milligan | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Some remember him from the Goons some through his army autobiographies or his poems but it is his work on television that has stamped Spike Milligan's surreal chaotic and devastatingly funny humour on the nations imagination. This compilation features classic moments such as The Lost Forever in the Bermuda Triangle Holiday the Eurovision Joke Contest Michael Parkinson at the Soldierama Massage Parlour Spike as the singing Viking Maiden and loads more assorted lunacy from the

• Children's Ward - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (23/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the major success stories of ITV children's programming, this BAFTA Award-winning show ran for over a decade and detailed the trials and tribulations of staff and patients at a children's ward in a busy Manchester hospital. Co-written by award-winning writers Paul Abbott (Shameless) and Kay Mellor (The Chase), the series pulled no punches and was loved by adults and children alike for its realistic portrayal of mature themes in a sensitive manner. Among the new arrivals on South Park's children s ward are football hopeful Lee Jones, a dialysis patient who struggles to accept the fact that he will never play football again, and ex-visitor and Trivial Pursuits champion Cal, who is diagnosed with epilepsy. Keely gives birth to a baby girl, and a quip by Mags prompts the formation of the ward's very own team of ghost-busters...

• The Beiderbecke Collection | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Beiderbecke Collection' is a charming mix of comedy and drama that has all the hallmarks of a classic detective thriller. Follow the exploits of jazz fan Trevor and his long-suffering girlfriend Jill as they find themselves embroiled in various mysteries which follow them to Amsterdam and Edinburgh and include dodgy businessmen black economies refugees and much much more.... This box set contains the following titles: 'The Beiderbecke Affair' 'The Beiderbecke Tapes' and 'The Beiderbecke Connection'.

• Terrahawks: Volume 3 | DVD | (08/05/2017) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gerry Anderson, the hugely influential creator of Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet, made a spectacular return to puppet animation in the early 1980s with an exciting new series co-created with Christopher Burr. Thrilling yet another generation of children (and adults!), Terrahawks introduced a new elite force to defend 21st century Earth against a host of alien invaders. Led by the heroic Tiger Ninestein, the Terrahawks crew consists of Captain Mary Falconer, his second-in-command; fighter-pilot and pop star Kate Kestrel; the poetically inclined Lieutenant Hiro; and Lt. Hawkeye the gunner with computer-enhanced vision. Assisted by a legion of charismatic spherical robots known as the Zeroids, they battle a cabal of evil adversaries none more terrifying than android crone Zelda, the would-be conqueror of all Earth-Scum ! The final thirteen episodes of Terrahawks are presented here for the first time in High Definition from the best available materials, in their original as-transmitted aspect ratio. SPECIAL FEATURES TBC

• Terrahawks: Volume 3 | Blu Ray | (08/05/2017) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gerry Anderson, the hugely influential creator of Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet, made a spectacular return to puppet animation in the early 1980s with an exciting new series co-created with Christopher Burr. Thrilling yet another generation of children (and adults!), Terrahawks introduced a new elite force to defend 21st century Earth against a host of alien invaders. Led by the heroic Tiger Ninestein, the Terrahawks crew consists of Captain Mary Falconer, his second-in-command; fighter-pilot and pop star Kate Kestrel; the poetically inclined Lieutenant Hiro; and Lt. Hawkeye the gunner with computer-enhanced vision. Assisted by a legion of charismatic spherical robots known as the Zeroids, they battle a cabal of evil adversaries none more terrifying than android crone Zelda, the would-be conqueror of all Earth-Scum ! The final thirteen episodes of Terrahawks are presented here for the first time in High Definition from the best available materials, in their original as-transmitted aspect ratio. SPECIAL FEATURES TBC