Welcome to Holmfirth, a breathtakingly beautiful village in the heart of the Holme Valley, home to our favourite idiosyncratic retired gentlemen. As they amble about the countryside, these unlikely lads are now enjoying a mischievous second childhood, devising and executing a multitude of (grey) hare-brained schemes. Which is just what you'd expect from Britain's oldest, if not wisest adolescents, and their equally eccentric fellow townspeople. Helped by a supporting band of formidable wives, hen-pecked husbands, sexually-charged mistresses, inventors, pigeon fanciers and balding lotharios, our three heroes are never far from one adventure or another. It'll end in trouble especially when the formidable Nora Batty finds out. Collecting the first ten series of one of the BBC's most popular and enduring comedies, the Early Years box set features 75 episodes, including memorable classics such as Forked Lightning where Clegg (Peter Sallis) has several extremely embarrassing accidents on his bicycle and And Who's That Dancing With Nora Batty Then? Where Compo (Bill Owen) finally gets to dance with Nora Batty, which ends after he steps on her foot.
In the savage and deadly world of the gangland king the man at the top is ruler only for as long as he controls everything in his territory. For that man the rewards can be infinite but so are the dangers. Harold Shand is enjoying the height of his powers and he is on the verge of something that would make his current 'arrangements' small fry. But stronger forces than even he can control have moved in and taken over. Climaxing in one long and bloody day of terror an Easter Good Friday he is to see his empire begin to crack and crumble.
Series 3 and 4 featuring the trio of lovable rogues. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Man From Oswestry 2. Mending Stuart's Leg 3. The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper 4. Cheering Up Gordon 5. The Kink In Foggy's Niblick 6. Going To Gordon's Wedding 7. Isometrics And After 9. Ferret Come Home 10. Getting On Sydney's Wire 11. Jubilee 12. Flower Power Cut 13. Who's Made A Bit Of A Splash In Wales Then? 14. Greenfingers 15. A Merry Heatwave 16. The Bandit From Stoke-On-Trent
The trio find themselves in more scrapes and adventures in this the seventh and eighth series of the long running sit-com Last Of The Summer Wine.
All 28 episodes from the first four series of Roy Clarke's long-running BBC sitcom set in the Yorkshire Dales. Series 1 episodes are: 'Short Back and Palais Glide', 'Inventor of the 40-Foot Ferret', 'Paté and Chips', 'Spring Fever', 'The New Mobile Trio' and 'Hail Smiling Morn Or Thereabouts'. Series 2 episodes are: 'Forked Lightning', 'Who's That Dancing With Nora Batty Then?', 'The Changing Face of Rural Blamire', 'Some Enchanted Evening', 'A Quiet Drink', 'Ballad for Wind Instruments and Canoe' and 'Northern Flying Circus'. Series 3 episodes are: 'The Man from Oswestry', 'Mending Stuart's Leg', 'The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper', 'Cheering Up Gordon', 'The Kink in Foggy's Niblick', 'Going to Gordon's Wedding' and 'Isometrics and After'. Series 4 episodes are: 'Ferret Come Home', 'Getting On With Sidney's Wire', 'Jubilee', 'Flower Power Cut', 'Who Made a Bit of a Splash in Wales Then?', 'Greenfingers', 'A Merry Heatwave' and 'The Bandit from Stoke-On-Trent'.
A likeable drifter whose talents lie just outside the law heads to Hawaii for a change of scenery but soon discovers that whether he is looking for a new con or a little romance, temptation is everywhere.
After its 1989 release and subsequent screening on public television, Tongues Untied polarised critics with its unapologetic portrayal of black gay experience in America. Part documentary, part performance, it was described as the film we have been waiting for by critic Cary Alan Johnson and vilified as a misuse of public funds by right-wing presidential hopeful Pat Buchanan. Such divided opinions were testament to the films lasting impact as a powerful depiction of the ongoing black liberation movement, twinned with devastation of the AIDS crisis. 30 years on, the poetry of Marlon Riggs himself, as well as performances from Essex Hemphill and Brian Freeman, comprise a unique record of a critical historical moment with fierce intelligence, virtuosic rhythm and courageous hope that still stuns today. Special Features: Presentation in High Definition and Standard definition Anthem (1991, 9 mins): an experimental music video portraying a vibrant, exciting and defiant community of black gay men Affirmations (1990, 10 mins): featuring the poetry of Essex Hemphill, this is a beautiful short film exploring the dreams, desires and fantasies of black gay men Non, Je ne regrette rien (1992, 38 mins): a timely and illuminating documentary examining the impact of HIV and AIDS. There's fierce and fascinating insight at every turn, and a classic example of Rigg's formally distinctive style **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on Tongues Untied and the accompanying short films and full film credits Other extras TBC
When a life is lost a community is divided... When a black Army lieutenant slain in Vietnam is denied burial in his Georgia hometown's all-white cemetery an Army major (John Lithgow) gets involved. Discovering that the Lieutenant's unit had recommended him for a Silver Star the major seeks information to get the community to accept the man as a hero. What he discovers is that the Lieutenant's own men may have killed him...
""Funny adventurous wonderful!"" -New York Times Cheryl a young black woman working in a video store is making a documentary about an obscure black actress from the 1930's. When she discovers that the actress (known as ""the Watermelon Woman"") had a white lesbian lover Cheryl just happens to fall in love with a very cute white woman herself! Attacked by conservative Congressmen winner of multiple audience awards in major film festivals and lavishly praised by audiences for being
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