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• Chiller - The Complete Series | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With John Simm, Martin Clunes, Phyllis Logan, Sophie Ward, Nigel Havers and Kevin McNally featuring among its combined casts, and novelists and screenwriters Anthony Horowitz (Foyle's War) and Stephen Gallagher (Bugs, Murder Rooms) among the writers, this acclaimed five-part contemporary horror/fantasy anthology could not be anything other than compelling viewing. Chiller also features the direction and production talents of Lawrence Gordon Clark - best known for his direction of the BBC's classic Ghost Story for Christmas thread during the early 1970s. This set contains the complete series, originally screened in 1995. Prophecy A woman takes part in a séance with some friends. Five years later, disaster begins to overtake them. Can she discover the source of the destructive power? Toby A pregnant woman loses her unborn child in a car crash. On becoming pregnant again, she is convinced that she is haunted by his malignant spirit. Mirror Man A young homeless man is compelled by a mysterious friend to murder the elderly social worker who is trying to help him. The Man Who Didn't Believe In Ghosts A writer who regards the supernatural with cynicism moves into a supposedly haunted house. He sets out to prove ghosts do not exist. Number Six In Helsby, a small Yorkshire town, police are desperately searching for the child killer who strikes at full moon.

• The Governor - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (04/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Oscar nominee Janet McTeer (Tumbleweeds) stars as Helen Hewitt, the youngest woman ever to be placed in charge of an all-male maximum-security prison, in this hard-hitting drama series written and produced by the multi-award-winning Lynda La Plante (Prime Suspect, Widows). Series two continues to trace Helen s progress following her high-profile and controversial appointment as governor of Barfield Prison a troubled institution which has been partially rebuilt following recent rioting. The situation within the prison remains highly volatile; this series sees Helen negotiating in a traumatic hostage crisis, while among Barfield's 700 inmates is new arrival Tarzan one of Britain's most dangerous men. And Helen is to face her toughest challenge when the staging of the prisoners musical provides the perfect cover for a prison breakout by some of Barfield's most violent top-security inmates...

• The Governor - The Complete First Series | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Oscar nominee Janet McTeer (Tumbleweeds) stars as Helen Hewitt the youngest woman ever to be placed in charge of an all-male maximum security prison in this hard-hitting drama series written and produced by the multi-award-winning Lynda La Plante (Prime Suspect Widows). The series traces Hewitt's progress following her high-profile appointment as governor of the troubled Barfield Prison which has been partially destroyed by recent rioting. As Barfield is rebuilt Hewitt must fight for the respect of suspicious antagonistic officers counter the threat of renewed violence from a volatile and ever-growing prison population and finally demand the right to implement a more effective new regime. Helen Hewitt has a formidable task and few allies...

• The Governor - Series 1 | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Governor was written by Lynda La Plante and tells the story of a female governor who is put in charge of a high-security male prison. Facing various problems including hostage situations and escape attempts the new Governor is challenged not only to overcome the difficulties with in the prison but also the attitude of her fellow male prison guards. Is she up to the task? Features all 6 episodes of Series 1.