Iconic, multi-award winning comedy from Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, The Royle Family is an unusual sitcom in that the action - or lack of it - mostly takes place in the living room of the Royle's house. Together they slump into comfortable yet tatty chairs, sip from endless cups of tea and are entertained by the drone of the always-on TV set in the corner. However, it's the show's subtle humour and surprisingly poignant moments that have seen it become a modern comedy classic. This collection includes all 20 episodes from the hit BBC series, plus the specials 'The Queen of Sheba', 'The New Sofa', 'The Golden Egg Cup', 'Joe's Crackers' and 'Barbara's Old Ring' The Queen of ShebaTension mounts in the Royle household as the family contemplates the prospect of becoming fully laminated throughout. Dr Mahmood prescribes new medication for Nana in the form of yellow tablets. These turn out to be the same colour as the tablets that Joe was prescribed for the swelling when he got his mickey stuck in his zip. Meanwhile, a mysterious ginger visitor reminds Nana of her favourite musical. Unmissable! The New SofaIt's a right Royle Christmas as Jim and Barbara go round to Denise and Dave's for Christmas Dinner. Dave's parents are also invited for what's supposed to be a Nigella-inspired Denise at her culinary best... so who knows what to expect! The Golden Egg CupThere's a real buzz in the Royle Family household as it's a special time for Jim and Barbara and a celebration (including hula-hoops, twiglets and scotch eggs) is planned. Poor Mary from next door can't be present though as, sadly; she has lost all bladder control and leaked in both the pound shop and John Lewis... Joe's Cracker'sIt's Christmas day at the Royle's and Barbara is up to her eyes in it as Jim is out of action due to an unfortunate incident in the supermarket. Dave and Denise are obviously feeling the coalition the most and worry that Anthony's lavish gifts will eclipse their gift of a fridge magnet. Joe reminisces about a tipsy evening of naked wrestling in front of the fire with Bobby Carter. Barbara's Old RingIt's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at The Royle's and Barbara's gone overboard with the presents. 'If you can't spoil your family at Christmas when can you?' she asks, having spent a whole two hours in Poundland. A new neighbour moves on to the street with an impressive cleavage but will she be welcome on the sofa? In a flash of seasonal entrepreneurial spirit Dave reveals the idea he intends to pitch to Dragon's Den. Will it take off and make them rich? Or is Jim's scratch card more likely to bring in the Christmas cheer? Joe, next door, is looking for love and places an advert in the Lonely Hearts column, 'Vacant Lady Wanted'. Who could resist? Special Features: The Royle Family Children In Need Special Deleted Scenes Outtakes Cast Interviews
Based on Cecily Von Ziegesar's teen novels Gossip Girl follows the lives of the teenagers who attend an elite private school in New York City. The privileged prep school teens discover the latest on friendships relationships and jealousy in their complex world of Manhattan's Upper East Side from the blog of the all-knowing yet utterly secretive Gossip Girl.
An intense and powerful psychological thriller about a teenage boy trying to hide his psychopathic desires while falling in love for the first time. This edgy, cinematic drama is a haunting exploration of the mind of a 15-year-old boy on the brink of adulthood and of the fears of his single mother who's keeping a traumatic secret from him. Sam is embarking on his first romance with fellow teenager Chrissy, who's moved to the area after family turmoil of her own. But things are about to take a much darker turn. Beneath the surface of his charismatic persona, Sam is experiencing more than the usual teenage angst a psychopathic urge to kill. His family and friends have no idea what he is capable of. Only his victims know the chilling truth. And they're not talking any more.
Lighthearted detective series set in the West Country, about Eddie Shoestring, a radio-phone-in detective
Season 1Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists the kind of beautiful minds that understand how the universe works. But none of that genius helps them interact with people especially women. All this begins to change when a free-spirited beauty named Penny moves in next door. Sheldon Leonard's roommate is quite content spending his nights playing Klingon Boggle with their socially dysfunctional friends fellow Caltech scientists Wolowitz and Koothrappali. However Leonard sees in Penny a whole new universe of possibilities... including love. Season 2The science of funny is back! At work physicists Leonard and Sheldon and their geek pals conquer the cosmos. At home real life from dating to driving conquers them. This season Leonard gets a girl. So does Sheldon. (Sheldon?!) Howard drives the Mars Rover into a ditch. Raj woos a terminator. Gorgeous girl-next-door Penny falls under the spell of Age of Conan. And super-smart überconfident Leslie Winkle reduces mere men to spineless jellyfish. Twenty-three laugh-filled episodes from series creators Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men) and Bill Prady (Dharma and Greg) and a talented cast with astronomical comedy I.Q.s show why Big Bang is such a big hit. Season 3Worlds collide in Season 3! A love affair with Penny has opened a big wide wonderful world of romance for Leonard. But Sheldon likes the world just the way it was thank you. All of which makes for a zany comic triangle with brainy clueless Sheldon and practical grounded Penny hilariously vying for the role of hypotenuse. This complete 3-Disc 23-Episode Season 3 Set also features Raj Howard tattoos football awkward dates jail time Stan Lee a The Lord of the Rings ring and all the fun of a series that only gets better. The Big Bang Theory has transformed from a cute comedy about eggheads and their hottie neighbor into an addictive ensemble piece that could be this decade's answer to Friends (Lynette Rice Entertainment Weekly). Season 4This season the Big Bang gang's romantic universe expands. On the rebound from Penny Leonard falls into the arms of Raj's sister Priya. Sheldon gets a girlfriend or rather a friend who is a girl: Amy a dour neurobiologist who declares herself besties with Penny. Howard and Bernadette heat up. And so do Raj and Bernadette (at least in Raj's Bollywood daydream). All in the furtherance of award-winning genius comedy. Season 5Regarding the opposite sex they're on a steep learning curve. In every other sense they're geniuses. Join physicists Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) as they ponder black holes chemical deviations girls and other mysteries of the universe in all 24 phenomenally funny episodes of Season Five. With Penny (Kaley Cuoco) and Leonard's relationship in uncharted terrain Sheldon Howard (Simon Helberg) and Raj (Kunal Nayyar) discover that the feminine mystique is something that cannot be easily graphed or calculated. As they muddle through relationship bugs and romance re-launches they also discover it's nothing a good roll of the D and D dice or a paintball tournament can't solve. Season 6Whether on or above Earth hilarity is outrageously universal in TV's most popular comedy featuring four forward-thinking but socially backward geniuses. Fun discoveries multiply: Leonard learns jealousy is bad for a relationship (with Penny) but science is good for seduction (of Penny). Howard finds life in the International Space Station life is no escape from terrestrial turmoil between his mom and his new wife Bernadette. Raj meets someone special who may be a good match if he can keep her from fleeing mid-date. And then there's Sheldon. He learns what not to say after facing harassment charges or competing for tenure at work and how Dungeons and Dragons can be the icebreaker his relationship with Amy needs. For those who need laughter with scientific regularity this 24-episode Season Six set of The Big Bang Theory will rock your cosmos. Season 7Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists - wizards in the laboratory but socially challenged outside of it. Enter beautiful street-smart neighbour 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. 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 Raj and Howard and Howard's adorable microbiologist wife Bernadette.
From the producers of Lost and Friday Night Lights comes a modern day prequel to the iconic horror film Psycho. After finding his father dead teenager Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) purchase a motel and move to White Pine Bay in search of a new life but they soon discover this idyllic seaside town hides some deadly secrets. Unable to trust anyone but each other the two indulge in a deeply twisted relationship that raises the question: does mother really know best? Special Features: Deleted Scenes Paley Center Panel Discussion with Cast and Crew
New York. Stockholm. Over the course of the last 12 months, young, blonde and blue-eyed women have been turning up dead in a field of asphodel flowers. Through a special dispensation from the NYPD, Detective Tommy Conley (Dominic Monaghan Lost, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) is given permission to observe and advise the Stockholm PD. Upon his arrival in Sweden, he is paired with Mikael Eklund (Michael Nyqvist Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol), a by-the-book, Swedish cop with an aversion to American grab-and-go culture. Both hate each other but as the killings continue, they are forced to straighten out their differences. A complex network of ruthless murderers is revealed as the investigation unfolds, and Conley and Eklund come closer to discovering who is pulling the strings behind the killings. Created by Academy Award winner Bobby Moresco (producer of Crash, Million Dollar Baby).
From executive producers Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights), Bates Motel delves into the twisted relationship between serial killer-to-be, Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore), and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga). A prelude to the classic horror film, Psycho, the series takes a contemporary glimpse into Norman's formative years and reveals how he became one of the most infamous murderers of all time. BONUS FEATURES: Deleted Scenes; Gag Reel; Paley Center Panel Discussion with the Cast and Creative Team Origins of a Psycho: Inside Bates Motel A Broken Psyche: Creating Norma-n Bates Motel: Closed for Business And More!
The Look Of Silence Through Joshua Oppenheimer's work filming perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered and the identity of the men who killed him. The youngest brother is determined to break the spell of silence and fear under which the survivors live, and so confronts the men responsible for his brother's murder something unimaginable in a country where killers remain in power.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play. In 1906, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, having lost his first wife, was overcome with grief; even Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson refused his call. It was only when his secretary, Woodie, presented him with an apparent real-life miscarriage of justice, that he could be roused to action. The case in question was that of George Edalji, a Parsee solicitor, who was imprisoned for writing obscene letters and killing livestock in Great Wyrley, Staffordshire. George needed Arthurs help to clear his name. However, as the twists and turns of the case unfold, Arthur himself questions Georges innocence. It is only by finding the true culprit, that Arthur can finally put the case, and his grief, to rest; whilst simultaneously becoming influential in a major reform to the English judicial system.
Marking her phenomenally successful fifty years in showbiz, this DVD set celebrates the talents of Cilla Black, one of Britain's most charismatic and best-loved celebrities. In 1976, eighteen months after the legendary Liverpudlian's forst foray into comedy drama with the highly successful Cilla's Comedy Six, ATV engaged Cilla Black for another season of individual sitcoms. Showcasing her versatility and trademark mischievous humour, Cilla's World of Comedy presented a further ...
A milestone in television comedy Spitting Image lifted satire to a new level for over a decade through the 1980s and 90s. No target was safe from the series' gunsights: politicians of all persuasions Ronald Reagan the Pope and even the Royal Family could find themselves up for a ribbing on any given programme. Exceptionally topical the series was worked around that current weeks news stories to retain its biting edge and many famous impressionists honed their craft portraying the voices behind the wickedly accurate rubber puppets: Chris Barrie Rory Bremner Phil Cornwell Steve Coogan John Culshaw Harry Enfield and Kate Robbins (among many others).
Sitcom following the trials and tribulations of self-appointed Muslim community leader Mr Khan and his long-suffering family in Sparkhill, Birmingham the capital of British Pakistan. Sparkhill's favourite family is back, and whether it's getting Alia into a Catholic school, taking Amjad for a fertility check, introducing Muslim Bingo or having a close shave at a male grooming salon, Mr Khan deals with it all in his own inimitable style.
An action-packed adrenaline-fuelled survival odyssey. If you were ever stranded in the wilderness there are few people who'd be handier to have with you than Bear Grylls. As a former SAS man and survival expert Bear's adventures have seen him travel all over the world to prove himself as the 'ultimate survivor'. You name it he's tackled it taking on extreme survival dares in some of the world's most hostile environments. In Series 3 and 4 of Born Survivor Bear travels to the four corners of the Earth revealing what it takes to stay alive when faced with the toughest of conditions. Along the way he takes on the deserts of Southwestern Texas runs thousands of feet through lava ash and cinders swims to a deserted Island eats a tarantula for breakfast and ventures deep into the heart of the Vietnamese jungle revealing the skills and survival tips you need to stay alive in some of the most extreme locations on the planet.
Pauline's Quirkes, a light-hearted, provocative magazine-style show for teenagers, provided an early showcase for the talents of one of Britain's best-loved stars. After playing a leading role in Thames' You Must Be Joking!, the 16-year-old Pauline took centre-stage in this teatime spin-off series, presenting a lively mix of comedy sketches, music and features. Teen pop idols Flintlock provided the songs while unleashing outbreaks of hysteria among the studio audience, and Pauline's co-presenters included future Birds of a Feather co-star Linda Robson.Irreverent, often risqu humour (usually at the expense of the Flintlock boys) and discussion of the pressing issues of the day (should boys be allowed to wear skirts to school?) raised eyebrows and blazed a trail for a new kind of show aimed at teenage audiences. This set contains the complete series, also featuring DJs Mike Read and Steve Wright, and master magician Ali Bongo.
Dara and Ed’s Great Big Adventure sees friends and fellow comedians Dara O’Briain and Ed Byrne embarking on an epic journey on what has been described as one of the greatest roads in the world the Pan-American Highway. Dara and Ed have a shared love of America from their time spent doing the comedy circuit there and inspired by the archive footage filmed by Sullivan Richardson have embarked on their own mammoth trip that will take them from the USA to Panama. Armed with a slightly more modern version of the Plymouth saloon car used by the original expedition Dara and Ed will take on the challenge set by the 1940s adventurers and blaze a new trail through some of the most dynamic countries of Central America capturing all the danger and excitement the route has in store. All 3 episodes are contained on this one disc DVD.
Bolton Steeplejack Fred Dibnah has scaled great heights in his career. And in this fascinating documentary you'll get to see him climb a 100-foot chimney that he's preparing for steam-powered demolition. further steamy exploits see Fred behind the wheel of a road roller and fixing a steam engine: part of the average day of an extraordinary man.
In this prison death is the main attraction Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. He's framed for the carnage sentenced to die and locked away in the most twisted prison ever built: Deadman Wonderland. Then it gets worse. At Deadman Wonderland convicts are forced into brutal death matches for the amusement of the masses the cheers of the crowd drowning out the screams of the dismembered. Even when Ganta befriends Shiro an unusual female inmate his dark fate crushes all hope - until he discovers a strange ability to wield his spilled blood as a weapon. Ganta learns his new skill might be related to the murderous man in red and uncovers disturbing secrets that could expose those who stole his freedom. He's determined to see justice served - but first he'll have to fight for his life in a prison that holds a million ways to die.
From creator Jimmy McGovern (Common, Cracker, Accused, & The Street) and the producers of Reg and Common comes five more self-contained and deeply affecting stories, each driven by the pivotal character's desire or inability to move on'. With themes ranging from addiction to lost love, from hurtful lies and painful truths, the series casts an unflinching eye on the every-day drama of modern life. Johnny Vegas and Robert Glenister make their directorial debuts as a stellar cast yet again delivers on its promise of bold, contemporary stories, well-told. Starring Rob James-Collier (Downton Abbey), Olivier award winner Matthew Kelly (Stars in Your Eyes), comedian Jason Manford (Ordinary Lies), Gillian Kearney (Casualty), and Paul McGann (Withnail & I, Luther, Doctor Who).
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