In his breakout television role, multiple award winner Clive Owen stars as the talented, devious and utterly charming Derek 'Dex' Love - a City business analyst whose brilliant career, strategised under the pseudonym 'Stephen Crane', is stalked by a shady past. This complete-series release revisits the fast-paced and emotionally compelling scripts that made Chancer such a critical success, brilliantly capturing the heady atmosphere - and the pitfalls - of the late '80s and early '90s' financi...
Filmed amid the breathtaking scenery of the Peak District and focusing on both the professional and personal challenges facing the team of doctors at a busy village surgery, Peak Practice was one of ITV's most popular shows, with regular viewing figures of around 15 million and frequent appearances in ITV's Top Ten. Initially starring Kevin Whately, Amanda Burton and Simon Shepherd - with later series featuring Gary Mavers, Saskia Wickham, Haydn Gwynne and Joseph Millson - this set contains the complete first seven series of this much-loved, award-winning show. Jack Kerruish treats his last patient at the African clinic he has built up from scratch and relocates to The Beeches surgery in the Peak District village of Cardale. It's just what he's been looking for, but the senior partner - Dr. Beth Glover - is less than impressed with him. They are forced to work alongside each other, however, when an emergency situation involving two local youngsters arises
Tony Britton won a BAFTA nomination for his central performance in this finely observed drama about a veteran Labour back-bencher who risks the remains of his career when he re-engages in the grass-roots politics of his northern working-class constituency. Starting life as a single ITV Playhouse drama which won the Broadcasting Press Guild's award for Best Single Play in 1975, The Nearly Man follows the events of seven months in a critical year for Christopher Collinson a public-school MP with the perfect credentials for a candidate in the forthcoming general election. The series charts his uneasy relationship with party activists, the intrigues and aggression of politics and the impact of Collinson's renewed ambition upon his marriage. This set features all seven episodes of the series along with the single play, devised and written by BAFTA winner Arthur Hopcraft.
This is the story of convent-educated Vanessa Ratcliffe the rebellious seventeen-year-old daughter of a wealthy middle-class family and Angus Cotton an ambitious charge-hand at her father's engineering works in Newcastle. A sequence of unexpected and dramatic events draws the unlikely couple close together but not before Vanessa destroys the tranquillity of the Ratcliffe family by becoming pregnant...
A gritty period drama set in industrial Tyneside during World War I. Life for the McQueen family is turned upside down when daughter Bridget comes home with a black husband.
Freddie Musgrave who is taken in by businesswoman Maggie Hewitt. When Maggie's foster daughter Belle comes to live with them a special relationship develops between Freddie and Belle but then she marries someone else...
This 7 disc box set features two television series based on the adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes: In this series Holmes is joined by his indispensable colleague Dr. Watson in addressing a variety of bizzarre crimes. The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes: Holmes returns to solve a series of even more sinister and baffling cases. This series features two appearances from Sherlock's brother Mycroft Holm
This 16 disc box set features all 41 episodes from four television series based on the adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes: Holmes (Jeremy Brett) investigates 13 baffling cases. From a blackmailed king to an abandoned Christmas goose Holmes must use his acute perception and powers of observation to solve the riddles and catch the criminals to ensure the safety of strangers and colleagues alike. The Return Of Sherlock Holmes: Holmes' powers are called upon once more in solving a compendium of crimes more baffling than ever. Dr Watson (Edward Hardwicke) is on hand as his ever-faithful assistant. The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes: In this series Holmes is joined by his indispensable colleague Dr. Watson in addressing a variety of bizzarre crimes. The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes: Holmes returns to solve a series of even more sinister and baffling cases. This series features two appearances from Sherlock's brother Mycroft Holmes (played by the magnificent Charles Gray).
Catherine Cookson was born Catherine McMullen in 1906. Her life began in poverty and she grew up believing her real mother was her sister. In a life that could have been taken from any of her own novels Catherine aspired to achieve more than many of her time. From poverty to wealth she left the sadness behind to start a new life in Hastings where she was to meet her husband Tom Cookson. As a form of therapy Catherine began to write and never stopped and became one of the world's be
In the Depression era passions rise when Bridget McQueen arrives home with a black husband and their mixed race daughter Rose Angela faces many difficulties...
Alan Dobie stars as Detective Sergeant Cribb a member of Scotland Yard's newly formed CID unit in Victorian London. Known for his wry sense of humour Cribb is aided and at times hindered by the ever-faithful Constable Thackeray...
Catherine Cookson was born Catherine McMullen in 1906. Her life began in poverty and she grew up believing her real mother was her sister. In a life that could have been taken from any of her own novels Catherine aspired to achieve more than many of her time. From poverty to wealth she left the sadness behind to start a new life in Hastings where she was to meet her husband Tom Cookson. As a form of therapy Catherine began to write and never stopped and became one of the world's be
Catherine Cookson was born Catherine McMullen in 1906. Her life began in poverty and she grew up believing her real mother was her sister. In a life that could have been taken from any of her own novels Catherine aspired to achieve more than many of her time. From poverty to wealth she left the sadness behind to start a new life in Hastings where she was to meet her husband Tom Cookson. As a form of therapy Catherine began to write and never stopped and became one of the world's be
Stephen Crane is back: newly released from prison he sets about re-establishing his old contacts... All 7 episodes from Season 2: Jo Ashes Secrets Remembrance Blood Fall Sacrifice.
Two more cases for Holmes and Watson to solve. The Crooked Man: A scandal is threatening the honour of the Army and suddenly Colonel James Barclay is found dead. His wife Nancy is immediately suspected of murder but who is the strange crooked man who holds the key to the mystery? The Speckled Band: Julia Stoner's enigmatic dying words have haunted her younger sister for the last two years. In desperation she asks for the help of Holmes and Watson who discover an undetectable murder weapon in Julia's remote country house which has no place in the English countryside.
Sherlock Holmes The Complete Collection - Case Files Contains 16 discs, over 37 hours and all 4 series Starring Jeremy Brett, Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Product Code: 5037115337436 cat.no. 3711533743 "Sherlock Holmes, the creation of novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of the world's greatest and most popular fictional detectives, as famous for his deerstalker and pipe as his legendary powers of observation and deduction. He is an aloof and private man driven by a fierce intellect that gives him astounding brilliance and unfathomable eccentricity in equal measure. The late Jeremy Brett, the definitive Holmes, stars in these beautiful adaptations taken from the classic ITV1 series and as ever Dr Watson is on hand as his indispensable assistant." 16 DISC SET The Adventures, The Return, The Casebook, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Based on the crime novels and short stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this acclaimed series recreates the classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries of murder and theft in Victorian times. Jeremy Brett stars in the lead role of Detective Sherlock Holmes, with David Burke playing the role of his assistant, Doctor John Watson, in Series One. In the second series, Burke is replaced by Edward Hardwicke. ITV
The war is over and Sam is a young man. He is unhappy working in the pit and has no respect for Alan Dakin his mother's ex-lover whose house he lives in. When his Grandfather dies he leaves Sam some property and appoints him trustee for his father. Nobody knows Sam's father Harry's whereabouts or even if he is still alive. Episodes comprise: A New World / Legacy / Shape Yourself Round It / Under A Cloud / Head And Heart
Stay Single And Live Forever.... Series Two of Sam adapted from the book by John Finch. Mark McManus stars as Sam in this fondly remembered TV series.... Episodes comprise: Stay Single And Live Forever / Credit / Sins Of The Father / The World As It Is
The war has cast a dark shadow over the valley with men of its men killed in action and Paul worries because of the opportunism that has erupted. He is adament that his trees should not be cut down for the Army and is appalled by people making a profit from the war. Featuring Episodes The Profiteers The Bad Season The Service The Old And The New
In 'The Final Problem' Holmes investigates the theft of the Mona Lisa painting. On return to London he is threatened by his nemesis Moriarty. In 'The Empty House' Watson finds himself investigating the death of the Honourable Ronald Adair. It's been three years since Holmes died...
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