Clayhanger: The Complete Series (8 Discs)
A series of six individual plays, each linked by the scorpion-like twist in its denouement, Scorpion Tales features some of Britain's most talented and renowned actors - including Trevor Howard, Geoffrey Palmer, Jack Shepherd, Don Henderson and Patrick Barr.The impressive diversity of the plays reflects the free hand given to a team of distinguished writers that includes Ian Kennedy-Martin (The Sweeney), Jeremy Burnham (The Avengers), Bob Baker and Dave Martin (Doctor Who); the screenplays range from an engagingly devious account of a man's attempt to outwit a computer, to a tough drama about a jaded policeman who becomes the object of a homosexual vendetta, a chilling tale about a secret training course, and a supernatural story of a boy's attempt to gain his father's attention by invoking evil powers. The series is produced by David Reid (The Power Game), and directors include Shaun O'Riordan (Sapphire and Steel) and BAFTA winner Don Leaver (Prime Suspect, A Touch of Frost).First screened in 1978, the complete series is released here for the first time on DVD.
A lavish costume drama from the early 1970s, The Strauss Family dramatises the story of the remarkable musical dynasty. Spanning 75 years and encompassing both intimate human drama and political turmoil, it charts the rise of the elder Johann Strauss from humble beginnings to glittering success, through tragedy, intrigue, marriages and scandalous love affairs and intense rivalry between father and son. Conceived by world-famous tenor Murray Dickie and earning a BAFTA nomination for Anne Stallybrass, it features some of the composers' best-loved music as well as several rediscovered pieces, while authentic choreography and sumptuous reconstructions evoke the splendour of 19th-century Vienna. Recorded as eight episodes, on its original transmission in 1972 the opening two episodes were combined, losing half an hour in the process; this set presents the series as intended, with all eight episodes complete and uncut.
A lavish eight part drama series about Vienna's Strauss family in the 19th Century. A saga spanning 85 years focusing on the waltz kings of the day Johann Strauss the father and Johann Strauss the son.
'That ain't no kindergarten. That's a jungle. The swamps of Borneo with their lurking crocodiles and head-hunters have got nothing on that lot...' A 1960s forerunner to EastEnders, this highly engaging series captures all of the camaraderie and humour, rivalry and chicanery, graft and greed of a bustling Soho market where stalls may be inherited, bought, or 'acquired'. This set contains the complete first series from 1967 - all that remains of this well-remembered and high popular str...
The entire Catweazle collection on this fantastic four disc box set. The unmistakable Geoffrey Bayldon stars as the eleventh century wizard Catweazle who escaped from soldiers through time to find himself nine centuries into the future. His magic is most unpredictable and it is compounded by his inability to deal with the everyday trappings of modern-day life such as electricity (""electrickery"") and the telephone (""telling bone""). But he is befriended by a farmer'
The definitive 1974 tv adaptation of the critically renowned stage play 'Florence Nightingale' is an inventive character study of the founder of modern nursing, featuring a highly acclaimed lead performance from Janet Suzman, and a supporting cast that includes Robert Flemyng, Joss Ackland, Charles Kay, Geoffrey Bayldon and Nigel Hawthorne. The name Florence Nightingale calls to mind 'The Lady with the Lamp', the saintly, dedicated spinster who devoted her life to selflessly nursing the sick.
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