Television

• The One Game - The Complete Series | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The 1988 Carlton mini-movie The One Game is the perfect definition of cult TV. Originally shown as four Saturday night instalments, it was a success with audiences and critics alike at the time and remains an extremely original piece of television. On the surface, the story is as simple: an ex-business partner exacts a very personal revenge. The game being played by Magnus (an almost unrecognisable Patrick Malahide) upon the arrogant Nick (Stephen Dillon) makes the tale far more interesting, however. If the premise sounds a little familiar, that's because the 1997 Michael Douglas movie The Game has striking similarities. The show captured society's interest in games at exactly the right time. First there's the Arthurian context, which visually struck a chord with a decade of Dungeons and Dragons fans. Then there's the constant reference to the new dawn of computer games, which everyone was excited about going into the 90s. But Nick is embroiled in a theory of Reality Gaming that turns everything on its head. He doesn't know who of his friends or colleagues may be in on the game, and since it begins with the sting of a £2 million theft, he's prepared to make sacrifices along the way. Changes in fashion and technology can't detract from what remains a cracking good yarn, well told and well played. On the DVD: The One Game arrives on disc superbly packaged. The attractive box contains an informative booklet relating the show's place in TV history. Unfortunately there's nothing at all in the way of extras on the disc itself--a disappointment, which, like the 4:3 ratio and stereo sound, is only to be expected for an all-but forgotten gem. --Paul Tonks

• The A Team - Series 1 | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem if no one else can help and if you can find them maybe you can hire the A-Team! Episodes comprise: 1. Mexican Slayride (Part 1) 2. Mexican Slayride (Part 2) 3. Children Of Jamestown 4. Pros And Cons 5. A Small And Deadly War 6. Black Day At Bad Rock 7. The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas 8. The Out-Of-Towners 9. Holiday In The Hills

• Knots Landing: The Complete First Season | DVD | (24/07/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Gangs Of Britain With Gary And Martin Kemp - 6 Dvd Set | DVD | (16/12/2013) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  In Gangs Of Britain Gary and Martin Kemp take the viewer on an immersive journey across the UK in which they reveal who ran and who now runs gangland Britain. By connecting the fascinating historical stories of the country's first criminal fraternities (from Manchester's Scutllers, and Birmingham's Brummagems to The Liverpool Cornermen) with the multi faceted gangs of today, they build up a criminal Who Do You Think You Are, full of amazing stories, characters and facts of British gangs. In each episode Gary and Martin visit a different city where they tell the connected stories of one modern day and one historical gang, through interview, archive and re-construction. Dimension : 19 x 13.5 x 9

• Rings On Their Fingers - Series One | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Take a step back in time to 1970s England. The full force of Women's Lib hadn't quite filtered through to suburbia; Margaret Thatcher had yet to take over Number 10; and while living together wasn't the sin it once was - and women were free to both work and run the home - a girl still wanted a ring on her finger. At least this girl did.Sandy has started dropping hints to Oliver that she would rather be married than go on living together, and thus begins a hit comedy series that would run for three hilarious series.With Oliver convinced that he must marry Sandy or lose her, the couple soon find themselves embroiled in a world of wedding plans, wedding gifts, honeymoons and coming home to realise that... they're married! Nothing is as simple as it should be when a couple happily living together suddenly find themselves with Rings on their Fingers.This release features the complete first series and the 1978 Christmas Special.

• Lovetrue | DVD | (10/04/2017) from £6.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  LOVETRUE offers a unique exploration of the challenges that love can present and how our past and present experiences shape the decisions we make when the fantasy of True Love dissipates. Using cinematic expressions of past memories and possible futures, the film also examines non-fiction performance as a documentation of truth and a purveyor of memory. Following three surprising love stories in starkly different American landscapes, we dive into the mysterious, the familiar, the dysfunctional, and the imaginary aspects of their relationships. LOVETRUE is a poetic roller-coaster down the inevitable nature of our shifting perspective on love.

• Disasters 3 DVD Box Set including 2012 The Final Prophecy, Life After People & The Lost Book of Nostradamus | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £21.29   |  Saving you £-1.30 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise: 2012: The Final Prophecy: They foresaw the coming of Christianity predicted the rise of Hitler and told of the 2006 tsunami that devastated South East Asia. In just a few short years on December 12 2012 the Mayans predict that a natural disaster of untold proportions will destroy the earth and wipe out all mankind. As 2012 approaches the Mayan prophecies are getting world wide attention including Hollywood's take on the disaster. But is there any scientific validity to these prophesies or is the Maya code nothing more than a great idea for a movie? 2012: The Final Prophecy takes a look at this ancient prophecy. Stunning CGI and re-enactments provide a dramatic scientific explanation for what may or may not happen in the year 2012. Lost Book of Nostradamus: In 1994 Italian journalist Enza Massa was at the Italian National Library in Rome conducting research on old texts when she stumbled upon an unusual find in its stacks; a mysterious manuscript dating to 1629. On the inside of the book was the name of the author in indelible ink - Michel de Notredame - the prophet Nostradamus. This find was particularly remarkable the manuscript included over eighty watercolour illustrations that were painted by the master prophet himself. Contained in the pages of the book are cryptic bizarre images that some say are prophecies of our future. Letters symbolic objects banners candles crosses and even a burning tower are all included in the manuscript. Are these images visual manifestations of his quatrains which extend to the 21st century? How did this book come to be in the library? Why was this book hidden for over 400 years? And are these images so frightening that Nostradamus deliberately hid them? Life After People: This programme relies on experts' knowledge and understanding of history in order to predict the future helping to paint a picture of what Earth will look like in the days weeks months years and millennia after humans are gone. Looking farther into the future and using analyses based on the past we see how nature will reclaim the world we live in. Eventually glass buildings topple stone buildings crumble successive freezing and thawing turn streets to rubble water rises subways flood and sewers crack. What animals will survive? What kind of plant species will survive? Will the seas be filled with fish? Will humans ever return? Will man begin the cycle again excavating our ruins and trying to imagine what life was like before? This programme uses feature film quality visual effects from ILM and top experts in the fields of engineering botany ecology biology geology climatology and archaeology to answer these questions. Humans won't be around forever and now we can see in detail for the very first time the world that will be left behind in... Life After People.

• River Cottage Hedgrow | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Who hasn’t set off on a late summer walk only to find themselves returning home with a foraged bounty of blackberries in their hat?It’s one of the easiest and most pleasurable ways to enjoy a bit of hedgerow grazing. But your edible enjoyment of the wilds of nature doesn’t have to be restricted to stripping brambles.In spring and summer there’s wild garlic, watercress, elderflower, strawberries and nettles, and autumn offers the delights of wild plums, sloes, rosehips, crab apples and hazelnuts.Now, thanks to the tireless efforts and unbounded enthusiasm of River Cottage foraging expert John Wright, compiled here is everything you need to know to pick and cook the best of the nations edible hedgerow.This DVD features over an hour of brand new material and more than ten deliciously simple recipe.So sit back, enjoy, learn and become lip-lickingly inspired.

• The Destruction of Troy and the Adventures of Odysseus | DVD | (01/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Homer's epic poem of the warrior king Odysseus, his siege of Troy and is drama filled return to Ithaca, endures as the greatest tale of adventure and heroism. It is a story that will thrill the young and the old at heart.

• 638 Ways To Kill Castro (Exclusive To Amazon.co.uk) | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £29.14   |  Saving you £-11.15 (-62.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  For the best part of fifty years the CIA and Cuban exiles have been trying to find ways to assassinate the Cuban leader Fidel Castro. In channel 4's entertaining documentary we look at some of the 638 ways in which attempts have tried - but ultimately failed - in bringing this Dictator down. From poison pills to exploding cigars werewolfs to scuba diving we'll explore the spectacular and the absurd as they try to kill the dictator's answer to Captain Scarlett!

• Peach Girls - Nothin' Sweeter - Vol. 1 | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £16.16   |  Saving you £-3.17 (-24.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Complete Season 8 Box Set | DVD | (16/02/2009) from £37.29   |  Saving you £22.70 (60.87%)   |  RRP £59.99

  The CSI team begin to start to come to terms with Sarah's departure with Grissom particularly feeling the pain of her loss. Sara is not the only CSI who's future is in doubt as Warwick accused of murdering a famous Vegas gangster must prove his innicence to stay on the team.

• Derek Acorah's Quest For Guy Fawkes | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Celebrity psychic medium Derek Acorah takes a journey to track down the spirit of Guy Fawkes the head of the Gunpowder Plot group of disaffected Catholics executed for treason.

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Complete Seasons 1-3 (Amazon.co.uk Exclusive) | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £159.99

  Murder, and its tale-telling aftermath, is the compelling subject of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Since its inauguration in late 2000 CSI has been a ratings triumph, spawned two spinoffs (CSI: Miami and CSI: New York and positioning itself for long-term success. Creator Anthony Zuiker's foolproof formula was established early on, bolstered by a fine ensemble cast and requiring minimal tweaking as the seasons progressed; its Las Vegas-based "criminalists" eventually became "CSIs" steeped in the scientific minutiae of forensic investigation, but the series arrived essentially intact, with an irresistible (and seemingly inexhaustible) supply of corpses and the mysteries that surround them. Influenced by the graphic precedent of movies like Seven and Kiss the Girls, CSI matches morbidity with dispassionate methodology; viewers are so fascinated by the investigative process that they're unfazed by intimate autopsies and internal (i.e., digitally animated) views of traumatized flesh, bone, and sinew. While keeping abreast of cutting-edge technologies, CSI combines the ingenuity (and fallibility) of villains with the appealing humanity of its heroes. CSI director and entomologist Gil Grissom (played by series co-producer William Petersen) is introverted but ethically intense; he's both mentor and moral compass for his night-shift team, including a former stripper-turned-CSI (Marg Helgenberger); a recovering gambler (Gary Dourdan); an eager ace (George Eads) with room for improvement; a workaholic (Jorja Fox) who can't always remain emotionally detached from her cases; and a chief detective (Paul Guilfoyle) who's a necessary link to police procedure. Like The X-Files, CSI supports its characters with feature-film production values, employing a Rashomon structure that turns murder into a progressively accurate study of cause and effect. Script quality is consistently high ("Blood Drops" and "Unfriendly Skies" are exceptional), direction is slick and sophisticated, and the mysteries are complex enough to invite multiple viewings. Despite a regrettable shortage of DVD features, CSI remains addictively worthy of its lofty reputation. --Jeff Shannon

• An Airfield In England | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add but when there is nothing left to take away' Antoine de Saint- Exupery. A unique new film outlining the history of the Lasham Airfield from its construction in 1942 throughout the war years to 2006. Situated in the tranquil Hampshire countryside the airfield took 8 months to complete and stretches over 3 miles in length. Using archive footage dramatic reconstruction and interviews with war veterans writer and director Oliver Tobias takes us back to the airfields creation throughout the drama of the war years and ultimately to Lasham in the 21st Century as a Boeing 757 arrives at ATC Lasham's maintenance base for its 18 month service. A skilled team of engineers and crew work around the clock over a 15 day period totalling a number of 1 330 man hours. The aircraft successfully passes its rigorous service having gone through numerous inspection processes; it is now free to fly.

• The Chillout Session - Ibiza Sunsets | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  For the first time ever in DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete Sound comes the ultimate audio visual chillout experience set to an exclusive Ministry of Sound mix of the coolest chilled tracks. Select from three different beaches on the white isle each known for its distinctive vibe and location. Filmed in real-time with the music perfectly orchestrating the sun's trajectory it's the closest you will ever get to being there.This is the perfect accompaniment when taking time-out from life's stresses and strains entertaining friends to reminisce on your Ibiza experiences or that late night/early morning wind-down zone.Filled to capacity this DVD also has two bonus sections showing you the real Ibiza in all its beauty and as far from the stereotype imaginable. So if you come back from Ibiza with hazy memories of a glorious time then this will help bring it all back.

• Mobsters: The Complete Season 2 | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Here's an offer you won't want to refuse... Meet the men who make a living while making a killing: some of the most ruthless and notorious figures in the history of organised crime. It's a cut-throat business filled with crooks and criminals, and where danger constantly lurks in the form of police, rivals and even sometimes your closest allies. In this dog-eat-dog world, only those with something special rise to become the leader of the pack. These are their stories. Go back to the days of ...

• Dragon Ball Z: Season 1 - Part 4 | DVD | (17/02/2014) from £4.59   |  Saving you £0.40 (8.00%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Saiyans have arrived! Goku. Krillin Piccolo and Gohan united to defend the Earth from this invasion. Tien Shinhan and Yamcha arrive just in time to join the fight and are tasked with defeating the strange alien creatures that join the Saiyans in battle. The fight will be tough and not all of Goku's companions will make it out alive. The Saiyans seem invincible. Vegeta and Nappa the most powerful Saiyan warriors decide to give the Earth 3 more hours before destroying it. They want to face Goku in one epic showdown. Will Goku arrive in time to save the Earth? Collected here for the first time the next seven epic episodes of Dragon Ball Z.

• Town | DVD | (20/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Between the sprawling city and the isolated village, lie our future homes. Nicholas Crane explores four iconic British towns: Scarborough, a survivor perched on the edge of Yorkshire; Ludlow, on the Welsh border, the quintessential English country town; Perth, the Scottish town that wants to be a city; and Totnes in Devon, birthplace of a new environmental vision for the future.

• Friends - Series 8 - Episodes 9-12 | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (40.08%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Just in case anyone was starting to think Series 8 of Friends was about nothing but Rachel, "The One with the Rumour" reveals the "We Hate Rachel" club that's been around some time: Ross started it in High School with a certain Mr Jennifer Aniston (an uncredited Brad Pitt). In a welcome change of focus, "The One with Monica's Boots" has Monica and Chandler arguing over finances while Phoebe and Ross argue over the attentions of Sting's wife Trudie Styler (cameoing as herself). Next in "The One with Ross' Step Forward" his girlfriend from Monica and Chandler's wedding turns out to want more from him than he'd planned. And getting back to Rachel, her hormones find her bouncing all over looking for a partner. "The One Where Joey Dates Rachel" is her surprise resolution. This is another exceptional turn behind the camera for Schwimmer, who relegates his on-screen time to teaching a respectable class, finally. Other highlights of this volume include Joey swearing he can eat a whole turkey, another screw-up boss at Chandler's office and everyone's addiction to the Ms Pacman arcade game. --Paul Tonks