"Director: Brian Percival"

• North And South | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £5.45   |  Saving you £14.54 (266.79%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A powerful adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's feisty and passionate love story set across the social divides in the changing world of Victorian industrial society. Margaret Hale is one of literature's most original heroines: a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and wilfulness. W

• Downton Abbey - Series 3 | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £6.21   |  Saving you £-0.27 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.94

  This third instalment of the Golden Globe and six time Emmy award-winning series sees the return of all the much-loved characters in the sumptuous setting of Downton Abbey. As they face new challenges in the 1920s, the Crawley family and servants who work for them, remain inseparably interlinked - their lives rendered even more complicated by a turbulent wartime. Now the storms of war have finally cleared, will the way of life known by all the inhabitants of the great house have changed forever?

• The Book Thief | DVD | (07/07/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the beloved international bestselling book, The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel, an extraordinary and courageous young girl sent to live with a foster family in World War II Germany.

• The Book Thief | Blu Ray | (07/07/2014) from £7.27   |  Saving you £17.72 (243.74%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on the beloved international bestselling book, The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel, an extraordinary and courageous young girl sent to live with a foster family in World War II Germany. She learns to read with encouragement from her new family and Max, a Jewish refugee who they are hiding under the stairs. For Liesel and Max, the power of words and imagination become the only escape from the tumultuous events happening around them. The Book Thief is a life-affirming story of surviv.

• The Old Curiosity Shop | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £7.19   |  Saving you £2.80 (38.94%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts he and his granddaughter flee.

• Elizabeth Gaskell Collection | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £21.35   |  Saving you £38.64 (180.98%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Set Comprises: Cranford: This BBC dramatisation of three of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels captures the small absurdities and tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford a small rural Cheshire town inhabited largely by women. This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector: Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matty. But domestic peace is constantly threatened in the form of financial disaster imagined burglaries tragic accidents and the reapparance of long-lost relatives. North And South: A powerful adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's feisty and passionate love story set across the social divides in the changing world of Victorian industrial society. Margaret Hale is one of literature's most original heroines: a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and wilfulness. When the workers of Milton call a strike Margaret takes their side and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control Margaret - to her surprise - begins to fall in love with Thornton... Wives And Daughters: After years spent as a widower village doctor Mr Gibson has decided to remarry; something for which his rather naive daughter Molly is wholly unprepared. Molly's world is soon overturned by the arrival of an unwanted stepmother and a bewitching beautiful stepsister Cynthia. In spite of the circumstances of their acquiantance and of being so entirely different from one another the two girls instantly form a close relationship. But it is a friendship that is put to the test when they look set to become rivals in love. Matters are further complicated when a dangerous secret emerges from Cynthia's past in which she entangles Molly with serious consequences for them both...

• Sally Lockhart Mysteries | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  She can run a business ride like a Cossack and shoot straight with a pistol. Sally Lockhart is the bold fresh heroine of this thrilling and terrifying tale from Philip Pullman award-winning writer of the acclaimed His Dark Materials trilogy also adapted for the big screen. Sally recently orphaned is alone and being hunted by an assassin. With her new friends - young photographer Frederick and quick-witted street child Jim - she must discover her father's killer. Facing them is an unseen murderous opponent and at the heart of it all the deadly blood-drenched secret of the ruby in the smoke. Set Comprises: The Ruby In The Smoke The Shadow In The North

• Clocking Off - Series 1 | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This double-disc includes all 6 episodes of the first series. Set in the Mackintosh Textiles factory each episode of Clocking Off focuses on different members of the workforce from Mack (Philip Glenister) the charismatic owner and his indispensable secretary Trudy (Lesley Sharp) to KT (Andrew Sheridan) the lowliest worker on the shop floor and Mack's stunning young wife Katherine (Christine Tremarco) who holds the key to both his happiness and his downfall. Full of the la

• Cinema 16 - British Short Films | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Featuring 16 short films by British Directors; About A Girl Boy And Bicycle Dear Phone Doddlebug Eight Gasman Girl Chewing Gum Home Joyride Inside Out Je T'aime John Wayne The Sheep Thief The Short And Curlies Telling Lies UK Images and Who's My Favourite Girl? Plus filmmaker commentaries.

• The Book Thief / Life Of Pi / Never Let Me Go - 3 Film Collection | DVD | (17/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  The Book Thief Based on the best-selling book comes the story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II Germany. Liesel (Sophie Nélisse) is adopted by a German couple (OSCAR® Winner Geoffrey Rush and OSCAR® Nominee Emily Watson). Although she arrives illiterate Liesel is encouraged to learn to read by her adoptive father. When the couple take in Max (Ben Schnetzer) a Jew hiding from Hitler’s army Liesel befriends him. Words and imagination provide the friends with an escape from the events unfolding around them in this acclaimed film directed by Brian Percival (Downton Abbey). Never Let Me Go Academy Award® Nominees Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley co-star with Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) in this poignant and powerful film. Kathy (Mulligan) Ruth (Knightley) and Tommy (Garfield) are best friends who grow up together at an English boarding school with a chilling secret. When they learn the shocking truth – that they are genetically engineered clones raised to be organ donors – they embrace their fleeting chance to live and love. Based on the acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day ) Never Let Me Go is an intriguing exploration of hope and humanity. Life of Pi Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this visual masterpiece from Oscar® Winner Ang Lee based on the best-selling novel. After a cataclysmic shipwreck an Indian boy named Pi finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with a ferocious Bengal tiger. Together they face nature’s majestic grandeur and fury on an epic journey of discovery.

• A Boy Called Dad | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Fourteen-year-old Robbie lives in New Brighton across the River Mersey from Liverpool with his mum Lynda and 'pain-in-the-arse' nine-year-old sister Katie. Ever since his dad Joe walked out when Robbie was just four-years-old Robbie is a boy defined by the absence of a father. Ten years on Robbie still feels hurt angry and lost. Despite Lynda's failed relationship with Katie's dad Katie at least gets to see her dad every weekend - a part-time relationship which Robbie covets. All Robbie has ever wanted in life is a dad. Instead he gets something very different...a son.

• Gracie | DVD | (30/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Gracie Fields was Britain's darling - the funny working-class film star whose boundless energy roguish cheerfulness and ironic songs symbolised the spirit of 1930s England. This film begins at the height of Gracie's fame. In 1939 having suffered a serious illness Gracie decides to take a break. But then war breaks out and exhausted but as enthusiastic as ever Gracie volunteers to do her duty to her fans and country by touring France singing to the troops and raising money for Spitfires. Then after years of friendships she marries the Italian Hollywood director Monty Banks. When Italy enters the war Gracie is forced to choose between loyalty to her husband and loyalty to her country. Starring the internationally renowned Jane Horrocks as the singing laughing heart-breaking Gracie Fields this is a romantic comedy steeped in warm wit dramatic dilemma-filled emotion and vivacious irrepressible energy.