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• Randall And Hopkirk Deceased - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (29/10/2001) from £19.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This is the entire first series of Reeves and Mortimer's long-awaited take on the cult classic Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and it's surely the most re-watchable of television series, not least because of its improbable plots. The anticipation which preceded the show was a drama in itself. How will it compare with the original? Would Reeves and Mortimer be able to cut it in acting roles? Will the cast be upstaged by her wardrobe? The answers were, of course, "perfectly", "no problem" and "probably not, but the BBC wardrobe department certainly excelled themselves for this series". In fact, the premise of this humorous supernatural detective fantasy (a genre which probably contains nothing other than this series and the original)--a dead private detective comes back as a ghost to assist his partner, who is the only mortal who can see him--could easily have occurred as one of those surreal narratives from the duo's comedy shows. A must-see. On the DVD: the DVD includes a lively behind-the-scenes documentary (broadcast at the beginning of the series), an unfunny collection of outtakes and a rather better music video which comes on like Blue Velvet "re-imagined" by Cubby Broccoli.--Roger Thomas

• Shameless 1-3 Box Set | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Featuring series 1 to 3 of blisteringly funny offbeat drama from writer Paul Abbott (Clocking Off) Shameless follows the rollercoaster lives and loves of the anarchic Gallagher family from Manchester. Meet the Gallaghers. Mum went AWOL years ago Dad stayed at home with the six children only to hit the bottle. And sometimes the kids. The real head of the family is big sister Fiona (20) who looks after Carl (11) Debbie (9) and baby Liam (3). She is occasionally helped more often hindered by reluctant virgin 'Lip' (16) and the actively gay but very private Ian (15). Welcome to a hectic world of sexual adventures triumphs love scams and a fair bit of crime on a rough Manchester housing estate where wheel-less cars are the norm and the moving ones are stolen. This box set features all the episodes from series 1 and 2.

• Entourage - Season 3 - Part 1 | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £7.09   |  Saving you £17.90 (71.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In this sitcom the suddenly risen film star Vince Chase learns the ropes of the business and the high-profile world of the wealthy happy few in and around Hollywood but not alone: he brings from his native New York his Entourage not glitterati or professionals but a close circle of friends he has had since childhood and his professional agent finds they often make his job harder as the Queens boys not only sponge on the star but also have his ear.

• Randall And Hopkirk | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.28

  'Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)' stars Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer as the dead detective and his hapless but very much alive partner. Mad ghosts mummified bodies experiments that mysteriously change a person's gender; nothing it seems is beyond the perlexing world inhabited by super-sleuth characters Jeff Randle and Marty Hopkirk aided and abetted by ghost-busting glamour girl Jeannie (Emilia Fox) and Hopkirk's mentor Wyvern (Tom Baker). Features every episode from series 1 & 2. Series 1 1. Drop Dead 2. Mental Apparition Disorder 3. The Best Years Of Your Death 4. Paranoia 5. A Blast From The Past 6. A Man Of Substance Series 2 1. Whatever Possessed You 2. Revenge Of The Bog People 3. O Happy Isle 4. Painkillers 5. Marshall & Snellgrove 6. The Glorious Butranekh 7. Two Can Play That Game For episode synopses please refer to the individual box sets.

• The Fast Show - Series 2 | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £3.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (300.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The second series of The Fast Show races on from where the first series left off, taking the now-familiar characters and projecting them into new and unusual situations. The "Suits You" men are let loose as waiters in a restaurant, Indecisive Dave finally makes his mind up, Unlucky Alf tries his hand at courting, Bob Fleming splutters his way through a midnight Badger Watch and Channel 9 branches out into light-entertainment with predictably incomprehensible results. The seven episodes also add further depth to many of the catchphrase-reliant characters. Rowley Birkin QC finds a touching reason to wish he hadn't been "very, very drunk", Ted and Ralph's romance stutters on, Brilliant! gets depressed and things turn sour for Which Was Nice. All our favourites are present and correct, but the freshest laughs come from the new characters and less-established sketches, such as an inept croupier blundering through his first day on the job, Brilliant!'s dad ("Rubbish!"), haughty, mistake-prone history presenter Gideon Soames, and the world-weary Carl Hooper's unspectacular show "That's Amazing!". On the DVD: The Fast Show, Series 2 comes to DVD with no extras, aside from some nicely animated menus, episode and scene selection. --Paul Philpott

• Shooting Stars | DVD | (23/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• Shameless Series 1 | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £11.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Blisteringly funny offbeat drama following the rollercoaster lives and loves of an anarchic family from Manchester. Meet the Gallaghers. Mum went AWOL years ago Dad stayed at home with the six children only to hit the bottle. And sometimes the kids... The real head of the family is big sister Fiona (20) who looks after Carl (11) Debbie (9) and baby Liam (3). She is occasionally helped more often hindered by reluctant virgin 'Lip' (16) and the actively gay but very private Ian

• What's Your Number? (DVD + Digital Copy) | DVD | (30/01/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (62.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Few actresses can play frothy and ditzy as well as Anna Faris, star of the fizzy What's Your Number?. Faris's easy ability to fly along on the wispiest of plot threads, staying likable all the way, is harder than it looks, and Faris's talent makes What's Your Number? a fun, saucy date-night trifle. Faris plays Ally Darling, a woman who's had 20 boyfriends, and makes the mistake of reading a women's magazine article that says that a woman who has had more than 20 lovers has a harder time ultimately marrying. Ally then wonders if one of her "magic 20" might have been The One, and sets about to track them all down. What's Your Number? has a talented cast surrounding Faris, including Blythe Danner as her wedding-obsessed mum, Joel McHale as a former boss (and possible new "number"), and the gorgeous Chris Evans as Colin, Ally's neighbour. Ally and Colin strike up a friendship while she tries to track down her exes, and of course the viewer can see they are perfect for each other long before the script allows them to. Faris and Evans are winning and cunning, and manage to rise above the script that emulates the raunch of Bridesmaids but mostly sidesteps that film's giant heart. But it's not for lack of Faris's trying--she's irresistible, hilarious, and touchingly vulnerable. Her performance in What's Your Number? is a perfect 10. --A.T. Hurley

• What's Your Number? | Blu Ray | (30/01/2012) from £12.13   |  Saving you £7.86 (64.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Few actresses can play frothy and ditzy as well as Anna Faris, star of the fizzy What's Your Number?. Faris's easy ability to fly along on the wispiest of plot threads, staying likable all the way, is harder than it looks, and Faris's talent makes What's Your Number? a fun, saucy date-night trifle. Faris plays Ally Darling, a woman who's had 20 boyfriends, and makes the mistake of reading a women's magazine article that says that a woman who has had more than 20 lovers has a harder time ultimately marrying. Ally then wonders if one of her "magic 20" might have been The One, and sets about to track them all down. What's Your Number? has a talented cast surrounding Faris, including Blythe Danner as her wedding-obsessed mum, Joel McHale as a former boss (and possible new "number"), and the gorgeous Chris Evans as Colin, Ally's neighbour. Ally and Colin strike up a friendship while she tries to track down her exes, and of course the viewer can see they are perfect for each other long before the script allows them to. Faris and Evans are winning and cunning, and manage to rise above the script that emulates the raunch of Bridesmaids but mostly sidesteps that film's giant heart. But it's not for lack of Faris's trying--she's irresistible, hilarious, and touchingly vulnerable. Her performance in What's Your Number? is a perfect 10. --A.T. Hurley

• The Very Best Of The Royle Family | DVD | (25/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Spanning the three series of this superb sitcom, The Very Best of The Royle Family is a prime taster for those not familiar with the series. Co-created by Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, who star as Denise and Dave respectively, The Royle Family deserves its own comedic category. They had a hard fight persuading the BBC to leave a laughter track off the show, which would have disrupted its unique ambience and chemistry. Never departing from the house of lazy, good-for-nothing but defiantly sardonic Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson) and wife Barbara (Sue Johnston), The Royle Family chronicles the everyday chat and banal comings and goings of this Northern household, which barely qualifies as "working" class, since mostly they are slumped on the sofa in front of the telly in a cathode-induced stupor. Confused viewers waiting for something to "happen" in the conventional sitcom manner will be disappointed. What they'll get instead is an irresistible stream of dialogue that captures unerringly the humdrum cadences of "ordinary" people. These episodes capture the Royles in customary, festive mood--Denise's marriage, Christmas, baby David's birthday party and so forth--which is good, as we get to see more of Liz Smith's magnificent Nana. As each seemingly inconsequential scene vividly illustrates, this is hardly a romanticised family. Denise is an appallingly negligent mother, there's probably never been a green vegetable in the house, most of their friends, including Darren, are well dodgy, and mum Barbara is unfairly put-upon ("Eh, I've been so busy this morning I haven't had time to smoke", she laments at one point). Yet undoubtedly, unlike their regal counterparts, this Royle Family are close-knit, somehow getting by. The family that watches telly together stays together. On the DVD: The Very Best of the Royle Family, disappointingly, has no extra features. --David Stubbs

• The Big White | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £7.44   |  Saving you £10.55 (58.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.

• Randall And Hopkirk Deceased - The Complete First Series | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer this re-make of the cult `60s detective show is terrific entertainment. Features the complete first series: Drop Dead: In the week before private detective Marty Hopkirk's wedding to waitress Jeannie Hurst he and his partner Jeff Randall get a job from famous artist Gordon Stylus to watch over his wife as he fears for her safety. In the course of the assignment Marty is killed and the grieving Jeff and Jeannie must investigate how he died which then endangers their lives. Fortunately Jeff begins to get help from Marty's ghost cursed to walk the earth for the duration of Jeff's life which only he can see... Mental Apparition Disorder: Jeannie joins the private detective agency and investigates the repeated disappearance of money from the till of a local casino. Meanwhile Jeff goes to a private psychiatric clinic run by Dr Lawyer to try to get over Marty's death and rid himself of the ghostly apparitions. The Best Years Of Your Death: When Jeannie senses that her nephew Daniel is unhappy at his boarding school she quizzes him about it and he lets on that he thinks a teacher was murdered. Jeff and Jeannie go undercover to get jobs there as teacher and nurse respectively to investigate and find that the headteacher is exerting a sinister influence on the boys... Paranoia: Douglas Milton is writing a book revealing matters relating to security and terrorism that many authorities and organisations would rather be kept secret. Jeff and Jeannie get an assignment to protect him from harm until he makes the revelations public at a prestigious international conference.. A Blast From The Past: Harry Wallis was once the partner in the police force of Marty's father Larry Hopkirk until Maurice Crabbe killed Larry and disabled Wallis in revenge for their killing of his brother the hardened criminal Sidney Crabbe. Now that Wallis is approaching the end of his life to salve his remorse he hires Jeff and Jeannie to locate Maurice Crabbe so that he can give him some of his savings to pay for his care. A Man of Substance: The enigmatically beautiful Lauren Dee hires Jeff to investigate the disappearance of her husband somewhere in rural England but it proves to be just a ploy to entice Jeff and Marty into the grip of a village that time has bypassed since the Middle Ages...

• The Fast Show - Series 3 | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £6.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (157.74%)   |  RRP £17.99

  These eight episodes from the Fast Show's third series brought us sparking new characters like the 13th Duke of Wybourne No Offence Taff Lad and the Hearty Hikers and treats in the shape of Swiss Toni Dave Angel Eco-Warrior and the Posh Cockneys to join old favourites like Suits You Chanel 9 Colin Hunt Ted and Ralph and the ever-increasing parade of catchphrase heroes.

• Cold Feet - The Complete Series | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This fantastic box set features all the episodes from ITV's hit series Cold Feet the bitter sweet comedy of the lives of three young couples living in Manchester. Relive the ups and downs of relationships friendships births marriages divorce affairs and heartache over the years.

• Cold Feet Complete Collection | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  This fantastic box set features all the episodes from ITV's hit series Cold Feet the bitter sweet comedy of the lives of three young couples living in Manchester. Relive the ups and downs of relationships friendships births marriages divorce affairs and heartache over the years.

• The Royle Family - The Complete First Series | DVD | (06/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On paper, The Royle Family doesn't sound that promising: a working-class family from Manchester sit in their cluttered living room, watch the telly and argue over domestic details (the arrival of a telephone bill, for instance, provides the big dramatic event of the first episode, which aired in September 1998). But from such small everyday incidents, Royle Family creators Caroline Aherne and Dave Best (who play young couple Denise and Dave) have crafted one of the most successful shows on British television: a comedy about the joys and frustrations of family life that's warm, honest and very, very funny--Britain's answer to The Simpsons, whose success the show rivalled when it started broadcasting on BBC2 (the programme jumped channels to BBC1 for its second series).The Royle Family marked an on-screen reunion for Brookside-actors Ricky Tomlinson (who plays bearded, big-hearted, banjo-playing Jim Royle) and Sue Johnston as his wife Barbara, the driving force behind the Royle household. It is smart casting because The Royle Family is as much a soap opera as a situation comedy. Now in its third series, The Royle Family has seen its characters develop like real folk. Denise and Dave got married and now have a little sprog; Barbara starts menopause (how many sitcoms are brave enough to use that for laughs?) and Denise's kid brother Anthony shakes off his surly adolescence when he turned 18 in series two. Unlike Oasis, who provide the shows theme song "Halfway Round the World", this programme just keeps getting better.But no soap--not even Brookside in its dafter moments--has one-liners as brilliantly crafted as The Royle Family. (The scripts from the series are available to buy.) Slouched in his armchair, Jim's dour running commentary on the TV shows that are on at the time are particularly priceless: Changing Rooms, for instance, boils down to "a Cockney knocking nails into plywood... Is this what its come to?" Not quite: because as long as the Royle Family are around, there is something worthwhile to watch. --Edward Lawrenson

• The Fast Show - The Last Fast Show Ever - Part 1 | DVD | (04/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The success of The Fast Show has always relied on the number of sketches devoted to your favourite characters. While this, the last ever series, suffers a little for the loss of Caroline Aherne (presumably busy with The Royle Family?), and from the fact that those sketches based on a single catch-phrase or joke--Jessie's Diets, "Which was nice", and even the cough-prone Bob Fleming--seem to be running out of steam, the show's more rounded creations are all back and still going strong. Swiss Tony has emerged from therapy a new man, Colin Hunt gets the sack from his beloved office job and Ralph struggles on with his unrequited love for handyman Ted. There are new characters: a ragged, Charlton Heston-like astronaut who runs into different situations screaming, "What year is this? Who is the President?!", and a cynical, middle-aged woman who meets every note of human kindness she encounters with a sarcastic "Hah!", are particular standouts. However, as always, the series works best when the regular characters collide with contemporary phenomena, so here we have Indecisive Dave being phoned by a friend who's appearing on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?; the "Suits You!" tailors harassing an incognito Johnny Depp; the cheeky criminal stealing a child's Pokémon cards; John Actor playing hard-nosed interior designer Laurence Lewellyn Monkfish in Changing Monkfish; the send-up of recent gangster Brit flicks A Right Royal Barrel of Cockney Monkeys (populated entirely by pseudo-cockney public schoolboys); and a sketch in which Channel 9's gardening presenter is assisted by a topless woman. Nice Dimmocks! --Paul Philpott

• This Means War/Date Night/What's Your Number? | DVD | (02/09/2013) from £8.50   |  Saving you £7.49 (88.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This Means War: Chris Pine (Star Trek) and Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) co-star with Oscar-Winner Reese Witherspoon in this fast-paced mix of explosive action and laugh-out-loud comedy. FDR (Pine) and Tuck (Hardy) both fall for the charming and lovely Lauren (Witherspoon). As Lauren struggles to choose between them - with help from her sassy friend, Trish (Chelsea Handler) - FDR and Tuck wage an epic battle for Lauren's affection. Using their surveillance skills and an a...

• Bruno/Ali G In Da House/Talladega Nights | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Bruno:Sacha Baron Cohen and Borat director Larry Charles reunite to bring the brilliantly tasteless exploits of Bruno to the big screen! When Europe turns its back on Bruno he crosses the ocean to find fame in the US but how will the American public take to the outrageous Austrian? Very badly! When clueless homosexual fashionista Bruno the presenter of Funkyzeit (the most popular fashion programme in every German-speaking country apart from Germany) is effectively banned from Europe following a disastrous incident at a show he sets his sights on America. With his former assistant's assistant Lutz as his only ally the fashionmonger tries to conquer the US as only he knows how - as tastelessly as possible! Will Bruno achieve the fame he so desperately craves? Ali G In Da House: Ali G gets all political in his big-screen debut finding himself in the bizarre position of having to resolve one of the biggest national and political scandals in the country's history. Abetted by his loyal crew the West Staines Massive and long suffering girlfriend 'Me Julie' he emerges as perhaps the unlikeliest of heroes... Talladega Nights: From the people who bought you Anchorman and The 40 Year Old Virgin comes this hilarious fast-paced comedy starring Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby - one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. Ricky has everything a racing sensation and national hero could wish for: a luxurious mansion a smokin' hot wife (Leslie Bibb) and a loyal racing partner childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr. (John C. Reilly). But flamboyant French Formula One driver Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen) is about to wreck Ricky's world and challenge for the supremacy of NASCAR. Now Ricky must face his demons and kick some serious asphalt if he's to get his career back on the track beat Girard and reclaim his fame and fortune. 'Cause as Ricky Bobby always says If You Ain't First Your Last!

• The Royle Family - Series 1 | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £4.40   |  Saving you £15.59 (354.32%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Royle Family is a real-life comedy set in a Manchester council house. Imagine a secret camera placed in the living room of an average working class family. The intense drama and emotions of everyday life such as whose turn it is to go to the off-licence is set against the continuous hum of the television. The rosy hue of their life is yellowed only by a nicotine haze. Episodes Comprise: 1. Bills Bills Bills 2. Making Ends meet! 3. Sunday Afternoon 4. Jim