"Director: Julian Simpson"

• Spooks: Season 2 | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £13.24   |  Saving you £26.75 (202.04%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Revelling in its reputation for pulling no punches, the second series of the BBC's slick spy drama Spooks maintains the quality of its award-winning first year, serving up enough nail-biting moments of genuine tension to outweigh any concern that occasionally it courts controversy for no better reason than to cock a snook at the notoriously timid Auntie Beeb. The Islamic terrorist episode unsurprisingly received a great deal of negative publicity, but a show that prides itself on its contemporary edge could hardly ignore such an issue. Other episodes tackle computer hackers, Eastern European terrorists, Columbian drug cartels, inter-service territorial disputes with the CIA and even a mutiny in the army. One of the strongest episodes, set entirely within the sealed-off MI5 Section B department, tracks the team's individual reactions to what might be a drill, or a real and devastating VX gas attack. Throughout, this year focuses a great deal on the team's personal problems, notably Tom Quinn's chaotic love life, which ultimately brings his loyalty to the service into question. Cast changes introduce some new faces, while some old ones pop up in unwelcome places (Jenny Agutter relishing her new role as a villain). Pacy direction and snappy editing, generous use of slo-mo, split-screen and dramatic music all add to the tension inherent in scripts that bring a modern, youthful edge to the creaky old spy genre. Only the final episode resorts to some hackneyed plot contrivances in a rather strained bid to produce the now-obligatory cliffhanger. --Mark Walker

• Spooks - Complete Series 5 | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £10.34   |  Saving you £29.65 (286.75%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Featuring all 10 episodes from series 5 of the hit BBC drama.

• New Tricks Series 3-8 Boxed Set | DVD | (18/06/2012) from £137.68   |  Saving you £12.31 (8.94%)   |  RRP £149.99

• Spooks - Series 5 - Complete | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £15.93   |  Saving you £24.06 (151.04%)   |  RRP £39.99

  MI5 supremo Harry Pearce and team leader Adam Carter soon begin to suspect that rogue members of the British 'Establishment' may themselves be sabotaging the very system they sought to uphold in order to bring about a radical change of government... The growing crisis necessitates that the team work closely with head-strong high-flying MI6 agent Ros Myers who soon makes her presence felt on The Grid and instantly generates an undeniable spark with Adam. Featuring all 10 episodes from series 5 of the hit BBC drama.

• Hotel Babylon Series 3 | DVD | (13/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The third series of the successful BBC Drama Hotel Babylon. Meet Charlie the Deputy Manager at the luxury five-star Hotel Babylon. Ambitious charming and handsome Charlie is our guide to this world of fantasy and indulgence a world where you can be who you want to be - as long as you have the money to pay for it... and know who to ask!

• The Criminal | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £5.54   |  Saving you £17.44 (683.92%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Despite being overshadowed by the welter of inferior, identikit cockney gangster movies, The Criminal is an invigorating and sophisticated crime thriller; deftly handling its theme of conspiracy, tinged with subtle comic moments, yet rife with tension and paranoia. In an assured performance of complexity, Steven Mackintosh plays J, a musician whose chance meeting with a beautiful blonde (Natasha Little in perfect femme-fatale form) brings some adventure in to his uneventful life. When she is brutally murdered, the unsuspecting and confused J is thrust in to a nightmare of corruption and conspiracy, doggedly pursued by two police officers (the superbly foul-mouthed Bernard Hill and Holly Aird) as well as a shadowy criminal elite (watch for a wonderful cameo from comedian Eddie Izzard as a shady informant). A thoroughly impressive debut from director Julian Simpson, the film maintains an uneasy, claustrophobic atmosphere, bolstered by Simpson's ear for decent dialogue (particularly the innovative opening), storytelling prowess and visual flair. Fresh, imaginative and enthralling, The Criminal is a gem waiting to be discovered and a perfect antidote to lazy gangster cash-ins. On The DVD: director Simpson offers an informative and chatty commentary that provides excellent insight into how such a visually stylish film was made so economically. The cast and crew also offer interview soundbites, as well as biographies and a trailer. --Danny Graydon

• Superstorm | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £3.50   |  Saving you £16.49 (82.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It's one of man's greatest endeavours: to control the weather. But what if fantasy became reality? What would it mean for the human race? Who would have control of this immense power? In this science-based thriller - from the team behind Supervolcano - a group of scientists are asked to do just that. What happens if they succeed? Where do you divert hurricanes to? Who decides who lives and who dies? For the scientists it becomes apparent that what was once a research project is turning into something entirely different when they are asked to put their ideas into practice and divert a hurricane from the prosperous state of Florida. Events take a sinister twist when an unidentified US agency hacks into the team's computer and creates a disaster of unprecedented scale - a superstorm heading for New York. Can the team do anything to stop the monster they've unwittingly helped to create?