"Director: Richard Jones"

• Puccini: Il Trittico | Blu Ray | (28/05/2012) from £25.09   |  Saving you £4.90 (19.53%)   |  RRP £29.99

  OA 7102D; OPUS ARTE - BBC - Inghilterra; Classica Lirica

• Cracker | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £49.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (40.01%)   |  RRP £69.99

  First screened in 1993, Jimmy McGovern's Cracker was at once a variation on a familiar theme and a daring new departure from the run-of-the-mill cop show. Robbie Coltrane's Fitz is an independent criminal psychologist called in by the police to help them crack intractable cases, usually involving grisly serial murders. But like its Granada TV stablemate Prime Suspect, Cracker also delves deep into the main characters' personal lives, revealing a chaos of emotional entanglements that become increasingly inseparable from their professional duties. Robbie Coltrane's charismatic presence dominates: the contrast between Fitz's professionalism and his complete inability to diagnose his own psychological failings provides much of the show's dramatic impetus. His frequent interrogations of murder suspects are tour de force demonstrations of coolly analytical method shot through with biting humour. But his drunken, intemperate behaviour towards his wife and everyone else is a telling contrast of extremes, and one that creates dangerous resentment among his colleagues. Coltrane is supported by a strong cast that includes Barbara Flynn, Geraldine Somerville, Lorcan Cranitch (as the terrifyingly unstable DS Jimmy Beck), Christopher Eccleston, and a pre-Royle Family Ricky Tomlinson. McGovern's screenplays balance gritty, Manchester-based realism with splendidly mordant wit, making Cracker simply riveting viewing. On the DVD: This complete Cracker 10-disc box set contains all three series that ran from 1993-95. The feature-length episodes are: "The Mad Woman in the Attic", "Say I Love You", "One Day a Lemming Will Fly" (Series 1); "Be a Somebody", "The Big Crunch", "Men Should Weep" (Series 2); "Brotherly Love", "Best Boys", "True Romance" (Series 3); "White Ghost" (1996 special). --Mark Walker

• Humperkinck: Hansel and Gretel | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-1.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Christine Sch''fer Alice Coote and Vladimir Jurowski triumph in Humperdinck's first and most successful opera - filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in Hi-Definition. This irresistibly delicious new English-language production of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel is the first 'Metropolitan Opera : Live in High-Definition series' release following EMI Classic's recent collaboration with the Met. The Brothers Grimm fairy tale a timeless children's favourite features a sophisticated score and this intriguing new staging will appeal to audiences of all ages. Alice Coote and Christine Sch''fer are charming as Hansel and Gretel. The role of the Witch written for a mezzo-soprano is sometimes sung by a tenor - as is the case in this production - with Philip Langridge in the role. Vladimir Jurowski one of the world's most sought-after conductors leads Germany's dearest opera with a sensitive account of Humperdinck's enchanting score. Hansel and Gretel is considered by many as the salvation of German opera bringing relief from the murky Wagnerian depths of Teutonic myth and initiating a return to the shimmering world of the fairy tale. In 1923 Hansel and Gretel became the first complete opera to be broadcast on radio from Covent Garden ; Eight years later it was the first to be broadcast from the New York Met. It is significant therefore that this is one of the eight operas chosen to be in this season's Met HD transmissions. Beautifully staged by Richard Jones and moodily designed by John Macfarlane this dark and eccentric production is tough and dark sparse and savage an exploration of deprivation cruelty and gluttony in a contemporary always-always-land. (Financial Times)

• Halcyon River Diaries - Series 1 | DVD | (17/01/2011) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Halcyon River Diaries is like no other series on the television on the face of it a charming portrait of life by a typical English river told by award-winning wildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton James and his wife TV presenter and conservationist Philippa Forrester. But in reality thanks to the challenges of filming with their three young sons is an hilarious mix of wildlife and family life. With much of the humour coming from the unpredictable and chaotic nature of family life each episode is appropriately narrated by comedian and 'Outnumbered' actor Hugh Dennis. From beautifully shot sequences of kingfishers battling in the mating season to tracking otters at night with five year old Gus Halcyon River Diaries is everything you have come to expect from BBC Natural History with so much more. Filmed over 12 months the series features other challenges that many of us can relate to like trying to encourage children away from the TV and computer games and the trials and tribulations of family outings as Charlie and Philippa try to discover with their robust and noisy three boys the shy and secretive wildlife that surrounds them! The result is an hilarious wildlife documentary series made by a family and loved by other families.

• The Keystone Comedies | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  One of the early classic movie studios Keystone Pictures Studios was founded in 1912 by Mack Sennett and would find lasting fame with their brand of slapstick comedy especially the Keystone Cops. These four films which include The Bangville Police the first popular Keystone Cops film showcase their brand of slapstick to perfection. The Bangville Police: A young farmer's daughter spots some strangers hanging around in the barn and rushes off to call the police. But the police have a haphazard rush across country to get there in time. Her Painted Hero: An heiress decides to use her new found wealth financing her favourite star's new vaudeville show but on the understanding that a part is found for her. Love Speed And Thrills: An injured Walrus who has been shot is carried home by Ambrose but Walrus recovers enough to start flirting with Ambrose' wife! Wife And Auto Trouble: Bossed about at home by his wife and his mother-inlaw a meek husband finds comfort in the arms of his secretary. In gratitude he has bought her a car but unfortunately the wife spots it first.

• Verdi: Falstaff (Recorded Live At Glyndebourne June 2009) | Blu Ray | (01/02/2010) from £25.65   |  Saving you £4.34 (16.92%)   |  RRP £29.99

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• Medics - Second Series - Complete | DVD | (21/06/2010) from £12.48   |  Saving you £9.50 (90.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Medics: The Complete Second Series (2 Discs)

• Turnage: Anna Nicole | Blu Ray | (01/08/2011) from £27.29   |  Saving you £2.70 (9.89%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, 23 and 26 February 2011

• Puccini - La Boheme (Schirmer, Vienna So, Villazon) | DVD | (08/08/2006) from £23.24   |  Saving you £2.75 (10.60%)   |  RRP £25.99

• Cracker - The Mad Woman In The Attic | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £11.84   |  Saving you £1.14 (12.88%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Fitz's two worlds collide when one of his students is brutally murdered on a moving train and the girl's grieving parents enlist him to help crack the case. The frenzied nature of the attack convinces the police that this is the work of the notorious 'Sweeney'. When an unconscious blood-soaked man is discovered close to the scene he becomes the prime suspect. Kelly (Adrian Dunbar) claims to be suffering from amnesia and Fitz is given the task of unlocking the dark recesses of his soul in a bid to find the truth.

• Cracker - To Say I Love You | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £10.95   |  Saving you £2.03 (25.50%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When a young man with a chronic speech impediment is caught by the police for joyriding Fitz is brought onto the case and recommends a psychological evaluation. However D.S. Beck releases the young man contrary to Fitz's advice and the violent murder of a loan shark in a dark alley marks the beginning of what Fitz considers to be a Bonnie & Clyde style killing spree. A volatile male personality with enough strength to murder a man with his bare hands and a female with the sexual chemistry to lure potential victims to their death. Fitz's success on the professional front contrasts with his own personal failings as the drink and gambling take their toll.