This prestigious ensemble brings the world of Downton to life with splendour and passion. Set in England in the years leading up to the First World War Downton Abbey tells the story of a complicated community. The house has been home to the Crawley family for many generations but it is also where their servants live and plan and dream and they are as fiercely jealous of their rank as anyone. Some of them are loyal to the family and committed to Downton as a way of life others are moving through on the look out for betterment or love or just adventure. The difference is that they know so many of the secrets of the family while the family know so few of theirs. But for all the passions that rage beneath the surface this is a secure world serene and ordered and at first glance it seems it will last forever. Little do they know family or staff that the clouds of the conflict that will change everything are already gathering over their heads.
The thrillers of Edgar Wallace one of the twentieth century’s most successful crime novelists have been widely adapted for film and television – the most memorable of which being the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series made at Merton Park Studios during the first half of the 1960s. A noir-esque series it updates some of the author’s stories to more contemporary settings blending classic B-movie elements with a distinctly British feel. Unseen for decades these dramas have been freshly transferred from the original film elements specifically for this release.
Season 26 features four epic adventures traversing a future Britain invaded by inter-dimensional knights, a strange Victorian house haunted by ghosts from Ace's past, an alien world populated by Cheetah People and a 1940s army camp under siege from monstrous vampires. With guest stars including Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart), Anthony Ainley (The Master), Jean Marsh, Nicholas Parsons, Anne Reid, Ian Hogg, Sylvia Syms and comedy duo Hale & Pace, this fondly-remembered set of stories saw the end of an era for Doctor Who, and set the stage for its hugely successful revival. Doctor Who: The Collection Season 26 contains several special features, including: Rare Restored Extended Cuts The Curse Of Fenric VHS Extended Version The Curse Of Fenric DVD Special Edition Battlefield VHS Extended Version Battlefield DVD Special Edition 5.1 surround sound & isolated scores On all 14 broadcast episodes, plus 5.1 sound on all extended versions of The Curse Of Fenric and Battlefield. Behind the Sofa New episodes with Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, plus companions Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Anneke Wills and Jodie-Whittaker-era writers Pete McTighe & Joy Wilkinson. Showman - the Life of John Nathan-Turner A feature-length look at the life and career of Doctor Who's longest-serving producer, who fought to keep the programme on-air during the 1980s. Contributors include Peter Davison and Colin Baker. Making The Curse of Fenric' A brand new documentary featuring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Tomek Bork, Nicholas Parsons, Cory Pulman, Marek Anton, Ian Briggs, Andrew Cartmel, Mark Ayres and Ian Collins featuring unseen behind-the-scenes footage and photographs. In Conversation Matthew Sweet chats to companion Sophie Aldred. The Writers' Room Ben Aaronovitch, Marc Platt, Ian Briggs, Rona Munro and Andrew Cartmel discuss their work on Season 26. Becoming The Destroyer Actor Marek Anton and prosthetics designer Stephen Mansfield recall the creation of one of Doctor Who's best ever monsters. Blu-Ray trailer Sophie Aldred back in character as Ace. Brand new Ghost Light extended workprint Unseen studio footage Rare archive treats Convention footage HD photo galleries Scripts, costume designs, rare BBC production files and other gems from our PDF archive And lots more!
Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists - geniuses in the laboratory but socially challenged everywhere else. Enter their beautiful street-smart neighbor Penny who aims to teach them a thing or two about life. Despite their on-again off-again relationship in the past Leonard believes he's found true love with Penny and they have finally gotten engaged. Even Sheldon has found a female companion entering into a Relationship Agreement with neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler. In their free time Leonard and Sheldon continue to enjoy frequent trips to the comic book store and fantasy role-playing games with their ever-expanding universe of friends including fellow scientists Koothrappali Wolowitz and Wolowitz's adorable microbiologist wife Bernadette.
ER follows the lives of the emergency room staff and doctors of Chicago's County General Hospital a Level One Trauma Center where the difference between life and death rests on split-second decisions -- and the pressure joy and guilt are often overwhelming. These medical professionals are determined to save lives in a place where nothing is taken for granted and nothing is certain... nothing except that another desperate person will be rushed through the emergency room doors in the next moment in need of their help. Some will live and some will die but the dedication and passion of these healers will endure.
Smart and brooding, Swedish detective thriller, Modus, follows psychologist and ex- FBI profiler Inger Johanne Vik as she finds herself and her autistic daughter drawn into an investigation surrounding a series of disturbing and brutal deaths in Stockholm. The case leads her to team up with local detective Ingvar Nymann and together they set about uncovering the clues to these shocking crimes. As the number of mysterious murders starts to increase, Inger Johanne is driven by her need to protect her daughter and starts noticing a pattern. But her discovery of the killer s weakness and the connection to a ruthless international network unintentionally turns the entire threat towards herself and her family. Based on the best-selling novels of Anne Holt, Modus is a thrilling, atmospheric crime series that raises questions about faith, intolerance, and the very nature of love itself.
Atlantic City 1922: The Roaring '20s are about to begin in earnest and despite a booming economy alcohol is scarce and gangster violence is heating up. Amidst this backdrop Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) whose marriage to Margaret has become a sham after she signed away his highway windfall to the church faces the challenge of mending old relationships. Nucky also encounters new competition from a hair-trigger gangster who builds a strategic bulkhead between New York and Atlantic City in an effort to siphon off Nucky's alcohol business. The conflict brings out the best and worst in Nucky as new and familiar faces undergo compelling metamorphoses within the third season of this Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning series.
Alicia Florrick ( Julianna Margulies) stood by her husband (Chris Noth) on his tumultuous path to the governor’s office but now she’s entering the world of politics on her own terms by running for state’s attorney. As Election Day approaches Alicia must balance the demands of her firm and campaign as she supports her partner Cary (Matt Czuchry) during shocking developments that could end his career… and life as he knows it. Julianna Margulies returns in the role that earned her two Primetime Emmy™ Awards* and stars with Archie Panjabi Christine Baranski Alan Cumming and a roster of stellar guests in Season Six of the gripping series that is critically lauded as “...TV’s best drama” (Slate).
All four episodes from the first series of the New Zealand crime drama. The show follows Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd (Neill Rea) as he leaves Auckland to investigate a murder in the fictional, rural town of Brokenwood. There, he is assisted by Detective Constable Kristin Sims (Fern Sutherland), who he regularly clashes with over his unconventional crime-solving techniques. In this series, the pair investigate the deaths of a farmer, a wine show judge and the owner of the local golf club. The episodes are: 'Blood and Water', 'Sour Grapes', 'Playing the Lie' and 'Hunting the Stag'.
The next 13 episodes of the American animated series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. A sequel to their previous series 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' (2005), the show follows Avatar Korra (voice of Janet Varney) as she learns how to 'bend' the elements of water, earth, fire and air. With this new ability she is tasked with defending her home, the Republic City, from the Equalist uprising led by Amon (Steve Blum), who has the ability to subvert the powers of benders like Korra. The episodes are: 'After All These Years', 'Korra Alone', 'The Coronation', 'The Calling', 'Enemy at the Gates', 'Battle of Zaofu', 'Reunion', 'Rememberances', 'Beyond the Wilds', 'Operation Beifong', 'Kuvira's Gambit', 'Day of the Colossus' and 'The Last Stand'.
It's magic mirth and music - just like that! Tragic magic rules in this six-part series from 1978 which saw Tommy Cooper at the height of his fame. Assisted by Andrew Sachs and diminutive comedian Sheila Bernette (not to mention flunkeys Ken Wilson and Eddie Davies) it can be easily seen why Eric Sykes believes that Tommy Cooper is the funniest man in the world. After all who else could reduce an audience to fits of laughter whilst trying to catch a bullet between his teeth demonstrate the Indian Basket Illusion or emulate the Great Houdini with a death-defying escape from an air-tight steel trunk!
Rob Brydon is back in the host's chair for the fifth series of the hit comedy panel show Would I Lie to You? And as ever, David Mitchell and Lee Mack are the lightening-quick team captains. Over the course of each show, a stellar cast of celebrity guests reveal themselves, some of which are true, and some of which are not. The aim of the game is to fool the opposition into mistaking fact for fiction and fiction for fact. Special Features: Bonus Compilation Episode
It's panto time at Wentworth which can only mean one thing. A daring escape through the underground drainage tunnel. Things don't go to plan though when someone covers up a manhole. Judy mounts a public campaign about prison conditions but ends up working in a massage parlour while inside suspicions arise that an undercover journalist has infiltrated the cells. As the inmates start getting ill both prisoners and officers are put under quarantine but Evelyn's home remedies seem to be doing more harm than good. Meg goes into a coma and new girl Georgie arrives and goes straight into solitary. With fights parole issues and a controversial new pottery class welcome to another unforgettable volume of 32 episodes from the much loved Prisoner Cell Block H.
ITV2's sexually-charged drama Secret Diary Of A Call Girl follows the double life of a beautiful young prostitute working the streets of London. By day Hannah (Billie Piper Dr. Who) is a respectable legal secretary who works long hours to make ends meet. By night she's Belle a ruthless money-hungry hooker who will do anything to satisfy her clients' basest fantasies. A professional in every sense of the word Belle slips with seeming ease from the role of girl-next-door to high-heeled dominatrix taking care never to become emotionally involved with her clients. But the constant pressures of keeping her two lives separate begins to take its toll and in an unguarded moment with a handsome stranger Belle lets slip her true identity. From then on he only wants to be with Hannah...
Great Artists One With Tim Marlow This major fourteen-part series takes a fresh look at the most important artworks of some of the greatest artists in history. Shot on location in over fifty museums churches and palaces throughout Europe and the United States this series is a comprehensive survey of the history of Western art. Both intelligent and informative it's the perfect introduction to the art of the Old Masters; including the likes of Giotto Michelangelo Leonardo Raphael Velzquez and Rembrandt among others. This DVD contains all fourteen episodes of the Great Artists series: Giotto Leonardo Drer Michelangelo Raphael Titian Bruegel Rubens Rembrandt Vermeer El Greco Velzquez Turner and Van Gogh.
SGU follows a band of soldiers, scientists and civilians, who must fend for themselves as they are forced through a Stargate when their hidden base comes under attack. The desperate survivors emerge aboard an ancient ship, which is locked on an unknown course and unable to return to Earth. In Season 2, the Destiny continues its journey through the Universe, while its crew suffers from a lack of supplies and no knowledge of its final destination. Struggling to control the ships systems, tempers and personalities of the crew clash. Facing uncharted space and enemies who would take the ship by force, the Destiny crew persevere in their struggle to stay alive and find a way home.
Circus is a super-powered security force of entertainers who keep villains off the streets by serving up justice with a side of razzle-dazzle. Despite their best efforts a sinister organization named Kafka is gaining power throughout the world using grotesque monsters to carry out their plots. When Circus saves a mysterious boy from Kafka's grasp the kid gets swept up in the crime-fighting spectacle - but why was Kafka after him in the first place?
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