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  • The Thirty Nine Steps [1959]The Thirty Nine Steps | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (100.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

    While it's true that this 1959 screen adaptation of The 39 Steps pales in comparison to Alfred Hitchcock's seminal 1935 version, it's still a thoroughly enjoyable romp that compensates for a lack of any tension whatsoever with a generous dose of genial good humour. Affable Kenneth More's Richard Hannay more closely resembles the kind of roles Cary Grant was playing for Hitch in the late 1950s; Finnish blonde Taina Elg, in the somewhat unlikely role of a prim Scottish schoolmistress, is his love interest. Although handcuffed together, More and Elg fail to radiate any sexual chemistry, even when scandalously forced to share a room and a bed. Much better are the delightful cameos: Sid James as a roguish lorry driver; Brenda De Banzie as voluptuous psychic Nellie; and Joan Hickson as a simpering teacher. As a thriller it's hardly in the same league as North by Northwest, but as a window on life in England and Scotland in the 1950s, this 39 Steps has much to recommend it. --Mark Walker

  • Greyfriars Bobby [1960]Greyfriars Bobby | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

    Overflowing with warmth and charm Greyfriars Bobby celebrates the powerful bond between man and a kind and loving animal. Based on Eleanor Atkinson's immortal children's book - Walt Disney presents the remarkable true story of one of Scotland's most beloved and celebrated heroes - a terrier named Bobby. The enduring friendship forged between a tenderhearted shepherd known simply as Old Jock and his devoted dog cannot be broken - even by the kindly old man's death. Set in bustling Victorian Edinburgh and the breathtaking Scottish countryside Greyfriars Bobby is a sensitive tale of uncommon loyalty and affection that is certain to delight and inspire one and all!

  • Dinnerladies [1998]Dinnerladies | DVD | (15/11/2004) from £6.22   |  Saving you £13.77 (221.38%)   |  RRP £19.99

    The complete first series - on DVD for the first time! Victoria Wood Julie Walters and a superb ensemble cast serve up the laughs in this critically acclaimed comedy set in a factory canteen. Episodes Comprise: 1. Monday 2. Royals 3. Scandals 4. Moods 5. Party 6. Nightshift

  • Dinnerladies - The Complete Second Series [1998]Dinnerladies - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £9.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

    Created by written by and starring the one and only Victoria Wood 'Dinnerladies' chronicles the antics of a group of workers in a manky old canteen up in the north of England... Episodes comprise: 1. Catering 2. Trouble 3. Holidays 4. Fog 5. Gamble 6. Christmas 7. Minnellium 8. Christine 9. Gravy 10. Toast

  • The Honourable Woman [DVD]The Honourable Woman | DVD | (01/09/2014) from £13.05   |  Saving you £11.94 (91.49%)   |  RRP £24.99

    Written and directed by Bafta winner Hugo Blick and starring Maggie Gyllenhaal The Honourable Woman is a fast-paced thriller set against an international backdrop. As a young girl Nessa Stein witnessed the assassination of her father by the armed wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. Now in her late thirties Nessa is at the forefront of the Middle East peace process. Ennobled for her campaigning work the newly made Baroness must fight forces that are conspiring against her as she awards a highly lucrative contract to a Palestinian businessman. When he is subsequently killed Nessa and her brother come under the close scrutiny of Whitehall and the Secret Intelligence Service. Set against the gripping backdrop of government paranoia and espionage The Honourable Woman tells the story of one woman's personal journey to right the wrongs conducted in a past life.

  • KidnappedKidnapped | DVD | (28/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

    Cheated out of his rightful inheritance after being kidnapped young David Balfour joins forces with daring adventurer Alan Breck Stewart and together they flee across the Highlands to evade the King's redcoat forces...

  • Dinnerladies: The Complete Collection - Series 1 & 2 [1998]Dinnerladies: The Complete Collection - Series 1 & 2 | DVD | (15/11/2004) from £29.55   |  Saving you £0.44 (1.49%)   |  RRP £29.99

  • The Flaxton Boys: The Complete Fourth Series [DVD]The Flaxton Boys: The Complete Fourth Series | DVD | (06/11/2017) from £10.93   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    The Flaxton Boys' story concludes with the fourth series in the epic children's drama charting the adventures of four generations of a family at their imposing manor house in a fictional Yorkshire village. Seventeen years have passed the since the previous series. It is now August 1945, and Jonathan's son Matthew and Terry Nichols are the new Flaxton Boys. As World War Two comes to an end, the soldiers who were billeted at Flaxton Hall are preparing to leave. The evacuees, too, are on the move all, that is, except Terry, a boy who has no home to return to. He and Matthew are not immediately the best of friends, but with Benjamin's return from the Navy, a shared adventure is to bring them together.

  • Slap Shot [1977]Slap Shot | DVD | (03/10/2002) from £16.16   |  Saving you £-6.17 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Paul Newman and his Butch Cassidy director, George Roy Hill, made a very original comedy in this 1977 story of an over-the-hill player/coach (Newman) for a lousy hockey team who gets results when he teaches his players to get dirty. One of the most hilariously profane movies ever to come out of Hollywood, this is the kind of film that makes its own rules as it goes along. Newman is very good, and while Hill goes for the gusto in terms of capturing the violence of this world, his instinct for comedy has never been sharper. Great support from Strother Martin, Paul Dooley, and the rest. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

  • Quatermass And The Pit [1967]Quatermass And The Pit | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £10.35   |  Saving you £2.64 (25.51%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Workmen unearth prehistoric skulls while carrying out excavations on the London Underground. Very soon a strange and malevolent force is unleashed.

  • The Honourable Woman [Blu-ray]The Honourable Woman | Blu Ray | (20/07/2015) from £8.40   |  Saving you £16.59 (197.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

    As a young girl Nessa Stein witnessed the assassination of her father by the armed wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. Now in her late thirties Nessa is at the forefront of the Middle East peace process. Ennobled for her campaigning work the newly made Baroness must fight forces that are conspiring against her as she awards a highly lucrative contract to a Palestinian businessman. When he is subsequently killed Nessa and her brother come under the close scrutiny of Whitehall and the Secret Intelligence Service. Set against the gripping backdrop of government paranoia and espionage The Honourable Woman tells the story of one woman's personal journey to right the wrongs conducted in a past life. Special Features: An Introduction to The Honourable Woman Behind the Scenes

  • The Sinking of Laconia [DVD]The Sinking of Laconia | DVD | (14/03/2011) from £15.63   |  Saving you £5.35 (42.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

    On the 12th September 1942 the Laconia - a cruise ship turned troop ship - was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-156 commanded by Werner Hartenstein. She carried a motley crew of women children wounded soldiers and Italian Prisoners of War. Having sunk the ship Hartenstein should have left them to their uncertain fate in the water but instead he made the incredible decision to save as many lives as he could. A true story of unexpected gallantry and humanity in the fog of war.

  • Quatermass And The Pit [Blu-ray]Quatermass And The Pit | Blu Ray | (09/05/2016) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    Brand new and sealed Steelbook Edition of the Hammer Horror film based on the original BBC TV series by Nigel Kneale starring Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, James Donald, Duncan Lamont and Julian Glover

  • Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: IgnitionHot Wheels AcceleRacers: Ignition | DVD | (30/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

    Drive To survive! This fast-paced animated adventure follows the fortunes of two race teams as they eschew their usual competitive instincts and work together. The Teku and the Metal Mechanics are the teams in question united in order to save the AcceleChargers who are in danger of succumbing to the evil Racing Drones. Some breathtaking action ensues with the drivers pulling out all the stops to make their mission a resounding success.

  • Quatermass And The Pit [1967]Quatermass And The Pit | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-22.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

    We have met the enemy, and it is us: when a Martian spacecraft with a terrifying link to the origins of humanity is unearthed beneath a London tube station, only the esteemed Professor Bernard Quatermass can save London's suddenly murderous population from itself. One of the most intelligently paranoid science fiction films ever produced, this pessimistic masterpiece functions as a dark flip-side to the relatively optimistic alien-induced evolution theory presented in the later 2001: A Space Odyssey. Nigel Kneale's brilliant script (which posits a surprisingly plausible, otherworldly rationale for the existence of the supernatural) was later appropriated by acknowledged fan John Carpenter for his underrated Prince of Darkness. A must-see for horror and science fiction aficionados. This film is also known as Five Million Years to Earth. --Andrew Wright

  • The Hornblower Collection (6 discs) [2002]The Hornblower Collection (6 discs) | DVD | (10/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

    Based freely on the classic novels by CS Forester, Hornblower is a series of TV films following the progress of a young officer through the ranks of the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The series' greatest asset is the handsome and charismatic Ioan Gruffudd in the lead role, surely a major star in the making. For television films the production values are very good, though as Titanic, Waterworld and The Perfect Storm demonstrated, filming an aquatic adventure is a very expensive business, and it is clear that the Hornblower dramas simply make the best of comparatively small budgets. No more faithful to Forester's books than the 1951 Gregory Peck classic Captain Horatio Hornblower, the real inspiration seems to have come from the success of Sharpe, starring Sean Bean, which likewise featured a British hero in the Napoleonic Wars. Nevertheless, while rather more easygoing than the real British navy of the time, the Hornblower saga delivers an entertaining adventure, greatly enhanced by the presence of such guest stars as Denis Lawson, Cheri Lunghi, Ronald Pickup and Anthony Sher. --Gary S Dalkin

  • Jealous GodJealous God | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £18.98   |  Saving you £-7.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

    In an industrial town in Lancashire during the mid-1960s Vincent Dungarven's mother wants him to be a Roman Catholic priest and he half thinks that he has the vocation. He is a reserved young man a schoolmaster and at thirty has never been in love. One day he visits the local library and encounters Laura a new librarian. Fascinated by her beauty and charm he overcomes his shyness and asks her out. She accepts and soon he falls passionately in love with her for although she is a

  • Devil Ship Pirates [1964]Devil Ship Pirates | DVD | (17/01/2005) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    In 1588 a Spanish ship from the defeated Armada puts into a British port for repairs. The dastardly Captain Robeles (Lee) instructs his men to persuade the villagers that the invaders were successful and that the British should bend to the Spanish will. When this fails and an organised resistance is formed Robeles resorts to ever more terrifying means to quell the insurrection while his ship is being repaired...

  • The Cry Of JazzThe Cry Of Jazz | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-3.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

    Filmed in Chicago & finished in 1959 The Cry Of Jazz is film maker composer and arranger Edward O Blands polemical essay on the politics of music and race - a forecast of what he called 'the death of jazz'. A landmark moment in film forseeing the civil unrest of subsequent decades it also features the only known footage of visionary pianist Sun Ra from his beloved Chicago period. Featured are ample images of tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and the rest of Ra's Arkestra in windy city night clubs all shot in glorious black and white.

  • Greyfriar's Bobby / Darby O'GillGreyfriar's Bobby / Darby O'Gill | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Greyfriar's Bobby (Dir. Don Chaffey 1961): The true story of a Skye terrier who after a vigil at his master's grave for fourteen years became well-known throughout Scotland and eventually received a gold licence from the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Darby O'Gill (Dir. Robert Stevenson 1959): Take a wee bit of ancient folklore mix in some spectacular special effects and a magical cast (including Sean Connery) - and you've got one of the most enchanting fantasies of all time! A frisky old storyteller named Darby O'Gill is desperately seeking the proverbial pot of gold. There's just one tiny thing standing in his way: a 21-inch leprechaun named King Brian. In order to get the gold Darby must match his wits against the shrewd little trickster - which proves no small task indeed!

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