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• Wire In The Blood 5 | DVD | (07/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Robson Green and Simone Lahbib return as dysfunctional psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and ambitious D. I. Alex Fielding for four more gripping episodes of ITVs dark thrilling series Wire in the Blood. Still as chaotically unorganised as ever in his cluttered personal life Dr. Tony Hills insight into the fractured mind is still crucial to Alex as they race against time in their hunt for the killers and rapists stalking the streets of Bradfield. In The Colour of Amber time is now of the essence after an 11 year-old girl is abducted from the Bridgefield Estate in broad daylight. Statistics say that the first three hours are the most important so the clock is ticking. Will a nationwide Amber Alert work in time? In case number two the team delve into the dark arts of witchcraft to solve a series of sinister and brutal killings including those of children. But are they really ritualistic? How powerful is Nocebo and the power of suggestion? Can Alex mend her strained relationship with her young son or is it now too late? In The Names of Angels beautiful and successful young women are being raped and murdered their bodies left discarded on industrial sites all over Bradfield. But what is the connection to a series of murders carried out in Europe five years ago and can Tony and Alex find the identity of this faceless killer in time to rescue the latest young victim? A terrified girl is chained up in a ransacked room in Anything You Can Do as 2 killers seem to be in competition with each other the stakes rising after every slaying. And the return of an old mentor leads to trouble for Tony and Alex. Can their relationship survive the recriminations? This DVD Box Set also contains exclusive interviews with the shows stars Robson Green Simone Lahbib Emma Handy and Mark Letheren among others as well as delving into the mind of award-winning author Val McDermid and exploring the background of her complicated creation Dr. Tony Hill. Where does she get her ideas from and what is the truth behind these increasingly disturbing cases? Episodes Comprise: 1. The Colour Of Amber 2. Nocebo 3. The Names Of Angels 4. Anything You Can Do

• Vera - Series 2 | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £12.89   |  Saving you £12.10 (93.87%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The first series of Vera may have left the show a little bit of work to do, but this follow-up run of stories improves things with considerable skill. The basic premise remains similar. Vera follows the work of Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope, a woman driven to solve crime, whilst battling a catalogue of problems of her own. So far, so conventional. Television is hardly short of detectives, after all. But Vera has a trump card, and her name is Brenda Blethyn. The Oscar-nominated actress gives a considered performance in the title role, and the lends the show the gravitas it needs to keep us hooked. Blethyn is front and centre for much of the four episodes collected together here, and it's a complex collection of cases she's presented with. For instance, she has to face the mysterious suicide of a former colleague, and the odd murder of a social worker, each of which comes with a labyrinthine backstory that Vera needs to get to grips with. There are still problems with Vera that this second series doesn't completely solve. Based once more on Ann Cleeves' novels, the wonderful Blethyn has proven to be a divisive choice amongst hardened fans of the books, and whilst her character is deepened here, more work on the writing and less reliance on the leading actress would serve the show well. That said, her adventures here are fleshed out, interesting, and intriguing to watch. And Vera continues, as it did in the second half of its maiden series, to improve. Well worth a look. --Jon Foster

• Mistresses - Series 1-3 Box Set | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £20.19   |  Saving you £14.80 (73.30%)   |  RRP £34.99

  This provocative and thrilling drama finds four friends caught in a storm of excitement and self-discovery secrecy and betrayal as they are drawn into the world of illicit and complex relationships. 30-something friends Katie Trudi Siobhan and Jessica met at university but their lives have taken very different turns. Katie a doctor has been having a relationship with one of her patients; her best mate Trudi is grieving a husband lost in 9/11; bubbly bed-hopper Jessica remains ecstatically single while lawyer Siobhan seems happily married.

• Mistresses | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  You don't wake up wanting to be someone's mistress - somehow it just happens. Set in a world where friends have become the new family Mistresses follows the lives and loves of a group of 30-something girlfriends who met at university. But their lives have taken very different turns. Katie a doctor and the 'grown-up' has been having an affair with one of her patients. Whilst her best mate Trudi is grieving the loss of her husband killed in 9/11. And there's Jessica - her anarchic lifestyle supplies lots of gossip and humour - but is there more going on than even her closest friends now about? And then there's happily married Siobhan - or is she? Part drama part thriller this is a bold take on modern love.

• Mistresses: Series 1 & 2 Box Set | DVD | (30/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Mistresses 1 & 2 Box Set (4 Discs)

• Wire In The Blood VI - The Complete Sixth Series | DVD | (02/03/2009) from £12.21   |  Saving you £10.77 (116.81%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sixth series of the forensic crime drama Wire In The Blood written by Val McDermid

• Breaking The Mould - The Story of Penicillin | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Breaking The Mould: The Story of Penicillin