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• Living And The Dead | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £10.23   |  Saving you £5.76 (56.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A furiously original meld of madness and pathos The Living And The Dead is family dysfunction at its most shocking and grotesque. With bankruptcy looming desperate Donald Brocklebank (Roger Lloyd Pack) must leave his bedridden wife alone with their son James - a schizophrenic man-child. In a horrific fit of dementia James abandons his medication locks the doors and plays nurse. As his ability to distinguish morbid fantasy from reality decays he plunges into a mental labyrinth so violent and deranged none of them may survive it.

• Teenage Kicks | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Milly (18) and her brother Max (20) are both students. They share a flat in Kilburn with engineering student David Chang (21). Vernon (Ade Edmonson) is Max and Milly's dad. After a messy divorce in which his wife takes everything Vernon's left broke and homeless - so he moves in with his kids! It's a three bedroom flat and Vernon has to sleep in the cupboard under the stairs (just big enough for a single mattress). At heart Teenage Kicks is a family sitcom but the normal family structure has been turned upside down: here the young kids can't get rid of their stupidly rebellious father.

• Calzaghe Vs Hopkins - Judgement Day | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £6.39   |  Saving you £13.60 (68.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Calzaghe in his first ever fight at light heavyweight and his first in Las Vegas took on the fearsome ""Executioner"" the powerful fighter and former champion that feared no man. Within seconds of the opening round Hopkins showed his skill and strength when he put Joe down with a devastating short straight right hand. From that moment on Calzaghe showed why he is Britains most successful post war champion with unrelenting speed energy and determination. Hopkins tried every trick in the book from fouling and feigning injury to holding on but it simply wasnt enough. As every stinging round passed Joe took more and more control of this brutal encounter. After 12 punishing rounds the all American Judging panel split in their decision awarded the bout to Calzaghe - an incredible victory. The Super middleweight WBC WBA and WBO Champion is now the worlds No. 1 light heavyweight and this exclusive DVD shows the whole fight and build up as well as many other extras including the full fight of David Hayes emphatic win over Calzaghe's stablemate Enzo Maccarinelli.

• Saawariya | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £38.72   |  Saving you £-18.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A romantic rhapsody about a self styled rock star angel, loved by one and all. The story was inspired by Krishna, the Hindu god of love and is loosely based on Dostoevsky's "White Nights".

• Negima - Vol.1-6 - Complete | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Includes 26 Episodes On 6 Discs. All Six Volume Of Negima In One Box Set! Magic Has Mishaps. Add Girls And It's Mayhem! Vampires robots sorcery...And that's all before gym class! Welcome to Mahora Academy an all-girls school where the impossible and the enchanting are part of the curriculum. It's the start of the new school year and emotions run rampant as the girls of class 2-A meet the newest staff addition - Negi Springfield. A ten-year-old Welsh born prodigy. Negi has more problems than he has students. As a wizard-in-training the academic appointment is the final requirement in his quest to become a Magister Magorum. But if he messes things up and the girls find out existence as an exotic ermine will be his fate! When you're the only boy in an all girl's school magic's the easy part! Episodes Comprise: 1. The Blockhead In The Professor's Chair 2. Every Beginning Is Difficult 3. Lovers Lunatics 4. No Place Like Home 5. Rumour Flies 6. Between A Rock And A Hard Place 7. The Appearance Of Things Are Deceptive 8. One Night Befalls All Of Us 9. I'll Get You Wascally Wabbit! 10. Where There Is Harmony There Is Victory 11. When They Are Silent They Are Shouting 12. Either Learn Or Leave 13. We Live Or Learn 14. I Hope The Memory Of Our Friendship Will Be Eternal 15. A Reliable Friend Is Perceived In An Uncertain Situation 16. Love And A Cough Are Not Kept Secret 17. Nothing Is Difficult For A Lover 18. Love Does Not Recognise Rank 19. Words Fly Away Those Written Remain 20. Unless You Have Believed You Will Not Understand 21. It Must Not All Be Despaired 22. It Is Difficult To Make A Joke With A Sad Mind 23. Remember To Die 24. Both Weapons And Words Wound 25. Death Is Certain The Time Is Uncertain 26. Not For Me Not For You But For Us

• 40 | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £14.28   |  Saving you £5.71 (39.99%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Written by Bryan Elsley (Skins Nature Boy Rose & Maloney) Channel 4's provocative three-part drama 40 focuses on seven former school friends whose lives are undergoing seismic change as they hit that landmark age. Starring Eddie Izzard Joanne Whalley Hugo Speer and Kerry Fox 40 revolves around seven people whose lives are intimately linked by their hidden sexual and emotional secrets. Provocative and explicit 40 deals with the pleasure as well as the pain of giving in to others coming to terms with yourself and the shocking consequences of owning up.

• I Love My JBC - Diggers In Action | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (48.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The second of three official JCB DVDs. Specially created for boys who LOVE machines diggers and construction. This second DVD concentrates on Dancing Diggers and life around the construction site.

• Stephen Sondheim - Company | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A Brilliant Musical By The Creator Of ""Sweeney Todd""! Described by The New York Times as ""Elegant Unexpectedly Stirring "" Company is set in modern upper-crust Manhattan Company is a funny sophisticated exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes of a charming perpetual bachelor questioning his single state and his enthusiastically married slightly envious friends. With a wise and witty Stephen Sondheim score including ""Another Hundred People "" ""Side by Side by Side "" ""The Ladies Who Lunch"" and ""Being Alive "" Company offers musical comedy at its finest. Stephen Sondheim is an American stage musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award multiple Tony Awards (seven more than any other composer) multiple Grammy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. He has been described by Frank Rich in the The New York Times as ""the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater."" His most famous scores include (as composer/lyricist) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Company Follies A Little Night Music Sweeney Todd Sunday in the Park with George Into the Woods and Assassins as well as the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy. Winner of the 2007 Tony Award! Sweeping all the major theatre awards for Best Revival of a Musical a beloved era-defining classic is stunningly reinvented in this powerful Broadway production featuring an explosive starring performance by Raul Esparza.

• Later With Jools Holland - First 15 Years | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Later with Jools Holland .. The First 15 Years is a 60 track double DVD set full of footage across the 15 years that 'Later' has been on air. The unique collaborations and stunning mix of live music from every genre including The Who Coldplay R.E.M. Amy Winehouse Beck Johnny Cash KT Tunstall Norah Jones Mika Blur Arcade Fire Paul Weller and CSS make this set a must have for all music fans Tracklist: 1. Mary J. Blige - Just Fine 2. Feist - 1234 3. The Who - The Seeker 4. Duffy - Mercy 5. Manu Chao - Rainin' In Paradize 6. Battles - Atlas 7. Bjork - Declare Independence 8. LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum 9. CSS - Let's Make Love 10. Tinariwen - Cler Achel 11. Mika - Grace Kelly 12. Yusuf Islam - I Think I See The Light 13. Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own 14. Raul Midn - State Of Mind 15. Hot Chip - Over and Over 16. Morrissey - You Have Killed Me 17. John Fogerty - Fortunate Son 18. Jools Holland & Solomon Burke - Roll This Soul Tonight 19. Vashti Bunyan - Hidden 20. KT Tunstall - Tangled Up In Blue 21. Martha Wainwright - Bloody Mother F*cking Asshole 22. Arcade Fire - Power Out 23. Mariza - Ha Uma Musica Do Povo 24. Love with Arthur Lee - Alone Again Or... 25. Buddy Guy - Look What All You Got 26. Robert Palmer - Am I Wrong? 27. Coldplay - The Scientist 28. Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter 29. Norah Jones - Cold Cold Heart 30. Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel No 2 31. Ryan Adams - New York New York 32. Kelly Joe Phelps - Piece By Piece 33. Abdullah Ibrahim - Cape Town To Congo Square 34. Bert Jansch - River Bank 35. Al Jarreau - Puddit (Put It Where You Want It) 36. Warren Zevon - My Shit's F*cked Up 37. Moloko - The Time Is Now 38. Kirsty MacColl - In These Shoes? 39. The Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize 40. Joshua Redman - How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore 41. R.E.M. - Electrolite 42. Roni Size Reprazent - Brown Paper Bag 43. Massive Attack - Risingson 44. Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench 45. Radiohead - No Surprises 46. Khaled - Didi 47. Beck - Devil's Haircut 48. Blur - The Universal 49. Scott Walker - Rosary 50. Hole - Doll Parts 51. J.J. Cale - Call Me The Breeze 52. Johnny Cash - The Beast In Me 53. Crowded House - Private Universe 54. Bonnie Raitt with Jimmie Vaughan - Three Time Loser 55. The Pretenders - Night In My Veins 56. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand 57. Al Green - Let's Stay Together 58. Paul Weller - Has My Fire Really Gone Out? 59. PJ Harvey - Naked Cousin 60. John Cale - Hallelujah 61. David Gray - Birds Without Wings 62. kd lang - Miss Chatelaine

• Steaming around Britain | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  8 dvd box set.The complete regional guide to steam railways past and present.. The Midlands London & the South East The South West Southern England The North West Scotland Wales The North East

• Letting Off Steam - The Steam Train Collection | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Disc 1. The Final Years of BR Steam 55 minutes The golden age of steam travel came to an end with the running of the 15 guinea special on the 11th of August 1968. This fascinating DVD features British Rail's steam operation during the years leading up to its demise including the celebrated August 11 1968 special. The programme has been produced especially for Steam World by Telerail and includes a selection of material from the final years of BR Steam. Disc 2. Eastern Counties Steam Weekend 45 minutes The Eastern Counties Steam weekend organized by the West Anglian and Great Northern Railway in June 1995 certainly proved to be an event to remember with three mainline steam locomotives in action including two examples of the famous streamlined Gresley A/4 Pacifics. This officially commissioned and superbly made film captures the spirit and excitement of the weekend with plenty of line side action from along the entire route from Bishops Stortford to Ely as well as some exciting and contrasting footplate rides with the crew onboard Union of South Africa and Britannia. Disc 3. International Steam Archive the 1970's 1 hour Today's railfans may have to travel as far as China or Cuba in search of steambut not so long ago things were very different. As far as the majority of rail enthusiasts in the UK were concerned when English steam finished during August 1968 their hobby was effectively dead. Few people in those days had the money time or the knowledge to travel the world in search of steam and of course many British fans were notoriously blinkered claiming to be ""only interested in UK steam anyway"". Disc 4. The Very Best of British Steam of Yesteryear 56 minutes Steam officially retired from daily use in England during August 1968 but thanks to the efforts of a dedicated band of enthsiasts who during the 1950s and 60s set out to record this fascinating part of everyday life its stilll possible to enjoy the sights and sounds of British steam at work. Disc 5. The Very Best of Worl Steam Today 59 minutes Although everyday working steam finished in the UK in 1968 incredibly some pockets of regular working steam have survived elsewhere in the world into the 21st century. This great new programme features the very best action from all around the world where steam can still be seen for the time being at least hard at work. Disc 6. Story of Steam 1 hour 50 minutes Steam engines may not be anywhere as fast as today's modern high speed trains but these powerful machines rekindle memories of a more romantic form of travel. Throughout their colourful history the steam locomotive has always held a very special place in the hearts of millions of people. This information over view of the development of the steam engine introduced and scripted by Nigel Harris brings vividly to life ""The Story of Steam"". From the early days through the exciting development of the steam engine right up to

• My Kid Could Paint That | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £3.80   |  Saving you £16.19 (426.05%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A look at the work and surprising success of a four-year-old girl whose paintings have been compared to the likes of Picasso and has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars.

• Royal Family Collection | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Featuring rare and much previously unseen archive film about the British Royal Family. Set Comprises: Disc 1. King George & Queen Mary (52 minutes) Disc 2. Bertie & Elizabeth (52 minutes) Disc 3. Queen Elizabeth II (52 minutes) Disc 4. The Passion of Prince Charles (52 minutes) Disc 5. Edward VIII (52 minutes) Disc 6. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (52 minutes) Disc 7. Princess Margaret (52 minutes) Disc 8. Diana - The People's Princess (52 minutes)

• The Bat | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £9.91   |  Saving you £-7.92 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder rents a country house that was previously the scene of some murders committed by a violent criminal known as The Bat. The owner of the house hides a million dollars of embezzled funds in the house but is killed before he can retrieve the money. The house thus becomes the focus for mysterious and dangerous activities.

• Genesis - In London | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Professionally shot archive footage from the ABCAB album tour filmed at the Lyceaum Ballroom London May 1980! ""Dinosaurs"" is a term that seems to fit Genesis like no other band. Jointly with ""Yes"" Genesis have been the most influential band for generations of progressive rock bands. 1974 saw the release of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway an epic prog rock monument tuned to perfection. Not all was peaches and cream however when singer Peter Gabriel left the band after the supporting tour. After a long futile search for a new vocalist the remaining band members decided to let drummer Phil Collins take over the microphone - another stroke of genius. Whether it was mainly for Collins or not the band steadily drifted away from theatrical prog rock towards mainstream pop music. Perfect evidence is this 1980 concert at the Lyceum Ballroom in London which coincided with the work on their monster-selling studio album Abacab. Recorded Live At Lyceum Ballroom London May 6th 1980. Tracklist: 1. Deep In The Motherlodge 2. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 3. Carpet Crawl 4. Squonk 5. One For The Vine 6. Behind The Lines 7. Duchess 8. Guide Vocal 9. Turn It On Again 10. Dukes Travels 11. Dukes End 12. Say Its Alright Joe 13. The Lady Lies 14. Ripples (Pt. 2) 15. In The Cage 16. Slippermen 17. Afterglow 18. Follow You Follow Me 19. Dance On A Volcano 20. Los Endos 21. I Know What I Like

• History Of The Royal Navy | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The dramatic rise and decline of English naval power. Set Comprises: Disc 1. The King's Ships 1500 - 1599 (44 minutes) Disc 2. Wooden Walls 1600 - 1805 (44 minutes) Disc 3. Steam Steel and Dreadnoughts 1806 - 1918 (44 minutes) Disc 4. The Sun Never Sets 1919 - Present (44 minutes) Disc 5. HMS Victory (47 minutes) Disc 6. HMS Dasher (45 minutes) Disc 7. History of the Royal Navy 1900 - 1943 (54 minutes) Disc 8. History of the Royal Navy 1943 - 2000 (53 minutes)

• Ancient Egypt | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  8 DVD BOXSET,ANCIENT EGYPT.THE GREATEST CIVILISATION OF ALL TIME. (HISTORY CHANNEL)

• Conquerors | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £16.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (15.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Disc 1 Peter the Great 45 minutes Peter the Great is the fascinating story of the 18th Century Tsar who almost single handedly modernised Russia. Peter standing tall at 6'7"" was a man of the renaissance whose aim was to both modernise and westernise his vast country. Disc 2 Ivan the Terrible 45 minutes For four hundred years the name Ivan the Terrible has conjured up a legend of senseless cruelty. In the west he is the image of the mad tyrant but in the country he ruled he is remembered very differently. For many Russians Ivan is still Ivan the Grozny translated as awesome rather than terrible the Tsar who held his country firmly in his grip dragged his nation out of the dark ages instituted sweeping internal reforms established a foreign office and expanded Russia's borders in a series of campaigns. Disc 3 Hannibal 1 hour 30 minutes This enthralling documentary brings to life the story of the Carthaginian general who took on the world's most powerful empire. Hannibal with his masterful military tactics struck fear into all Roman hearts and brought the mighty Roman Republic to the brink of ruin. Hannibal sees archaeologists historians and military experts pay homage to this legendary conqueror and gives the viewer and insight into his military strategy right up to his tragic end. Disc 4 Genghis Khan 1 hour 30 minutes This superb documentary gives an insight into the life of arguably the world's greatest conqueror Genghis Khan. Khan conquered more of the world than any other man in history. His brilliance as a charismatic leader and military strategist enabled him to unite the Mongol tribes and outmanoeuvre every army that dared to come before him leaving behind him a dynasty that would last for generations. Disc 5 Cortes 45 minutes Brutal and ruthless Hernan Cortes conqueror of Mexico stands as one of the greatest conquistadores of all time. It was Cortes thirst for gold and power that had led his ambitious Spaniard to Mexico in 1519 to begin a conquest unlike any other in history. Disc 6 Boadicea 1 hour 30 minutes This is a story seldom told the amazing story of Boadicea the warrior queen who rose up against the mighty Roman Empire in response to heinous crimes against her family. Boadicea's stroy has been known for some two millennia set down in the pages of ancient Roman history and folded into Celtic myth and legend. Disc 7 Attila The Hun 45 minutes This is the compelling story of the 5th Century conqueror they called Scourge of God. Ruthless powerful and fearsome no ruler in history represents the unbridled rage and brutality of the barbarian as much as Attila the Hun. For most people the very name Attila the Hun conjures up images of bloodthirsty savages rampaging across Europe sacking all that stood before them. Disc 8 Alexander the Great 2 hours 30 minutes In the year 334 BC a 20 year old military commander from Northern Greec

• Half Past Jump Time | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (27.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The first volume of the new 'Swingtime Collection' series featuring classic performances from the stars of The Swing Era. 40 Jump Classics by Louis Jordan Cab Calloway Count Basie Meade 'Lux' Lewis Duke Ellington Lionel Hampton Gene Krupa & others...

• Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | UMD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After years of rumours, it turns out that Tim Burton was the perfect visionary to film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Stephen Sondheim's Broadway masterpiece, and the result is a macabre and moving musical movie as enthralling as anything Burton has ever done. The show's mix of gothic horror, Grand Guignol, very dark humor, and witty and beautiful music never was the stuff of traditional musical comedy, but it's a powerful work, and perhaps the richest of the late 20th century. In the movie, Burton's frequent collaborator, Johnny Depp, plays Todd, a wronged man whose lust for revenge drives him to murder (an 19th-century legend who has been traced to a real-life barber). Helena Bonham Carter, another Burton mainstay, is Mrs. Lovett, the barber's partner-in-unspeakable-crime. It's no surprise that Depp is an excellent choice to convey Todd's brooding intensity and volcanic rage, but he can also sing a score that is so challenging it has often played in opera houses (though not with the same style as the Broadway original, Len Cariou, and he occasionally lapses into pop style). Bonham Carter is small of voice and lacks the humour of the original Broadway Lovett, Angela Lansbury, but she sings on pitch, in rhythm, and in character at the same time, which is no small feat for a Sondheim show. Aficionados will regret the loss of certain musical passages--"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" is just an instrumental overture and the chorus is gone altogether, among others, but the reassuring presence of orchestrator Jonathan Tunick and conductor Paul Gemignani ensures that the music feels right and sounds great. And the film's depiction of a Victorian London hellhole, with cinematography by Dariusz Wolski and costumes by Colleen Atwood, also looks and feels right. The excellent cast is filled out by Alan Rickman as the villainous Judge Turpin, Timothy Spall as his seedy Beadle, Sacha Baron Cohen as a rival barber, Jamie Campbell Bower as the young lover Anthony, Jayne Wisener as his object of affection, and Ed Sanders as the young Toby. For fans of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp who don't think they like musicals, Sweeney Todd should be a revelation (though not for the squeamish, as the gore is intense and completely appropriate). For fans of Broadway and Sondheim, it's hard to imagine getting a better adaptation than this. The fact that there's no newly composed Oscar-bait song sung by a Josh Groban-type over the end credits only makes it better. --David Horiuchi