If you're expecting a selection of your favourite episodes from The Vicar of Dibley, then you'll be in for a bit of a surprise. For what we have here instead is Dawn French in conversation with John Plowman, the show's producer. Together, they introduce and analyse the characters and relive key moments from the series, neatly categorised under such headings as "Chocolate", "The Nearly Wedding" and "Celebrity Appearances" (don't forget they enticed both Kylie and Darcey Bussell onto the show, as well as a host of other celebs). So, it's very much a selection for diehard fans who want to be reminded of the highlights (and there are plenty), ranging from Alice's Teletubby bridesmaids to the arrival of Geraldine's mega-freezer, packed to bursting with Haagen-Dazs. To watch this 90-minute film is to be reminded of just how brilliant--and topical--the concept was. The writing is as fresh as ever, as are the priceless group of characters who bring the scripts to life. From the very opening moments, when Geraldine turns up and jokes that they were expecting a man "beard, bible, bad breath; instead you got a babe with a bob cut and a magnificent bosom", you know you're in the presence of an enduring comic creation. On the DVD: The Best of the Vicar of Dibley offers pretty minimal extras--an entertaining feature on real-life women vicars, laconically but pertinently narrated by Jo Brand. --Harriet Smith
The Good Life has proved an enduring jewel in the BBC's mainstream comedy archive. More than 25 years after it first appeared in our living rooms, nostalgia must be a major reason for its appeal. A whole generation of young men--and their fathers--found the weekly sight of Felicity Kendal as Barbara Good, pert in denim dungarees, irresistible. But it's the quality of the playing that has really stood the test of time and triumphs over a premise--self-sufficiency in Surbiton--that now seems naïve. Even in 1975, a Tom Good (a masterpiece of comic eccentricity from Richard Briers) quitting the rat race would probably have sold up his semi and chanced his luck as a small holder somewhere more remote than suburban Surrey. Comic tensions arise not just from the Goods' daily struggle to beat the system on their own terms, but also from the relationship with their incredulous, often horrified, but usually supportive neighbours. Penelope Keith's Margo Leadbetter remains one of the great comic creations in British sitcom history--a simmering volcano of conservatism waging her own battle against creeping mediocrity in all aspects of life, whose human frailty somehow keeps her loveable. Paul Eddington as Jerry, her long-suffering husband, spars splendidly. These are happy memories indeed. --Piers Ford
A collection of four Catherine Cookson classics: The Mallen Streak: The story of Thomas the Squire of High Banks Hall who wasted his fortune and fathered many illegitimate children each marked with a flash of snowy white hair. Part 1 in the series. The Mallen Girls: The Squire of High Banks Hall has to move to a cottage with his two wards Barbara and Constance. The Squire's two bastards become regular visitors there and eventually Constance agrees to marry Donald. Then one night Barbara is savagely raped. Part 2 in the series. The Mallen Secret: Before the late Squire Thomas Mallen killed himself he left a trail of illegitimate children all over the hills of 19th Century Northumberland. One of them Miss Barbara is deaf and has been kept from the truth by her governess. Now a beautiful and wilful young woman she falls in love with her cousin Michael whose mother is also obsessed with keeping him ignorant of his own illegitimacy. Part 3 in the series. The Mallen Curse: Barbara has been rejected by her cousin Michael and enters into a loveless marriage with Dan whose family the Benshams have owned the Hall since her father Squire Mallen went bankrupt. The widowed Mr. Bensham proposes to Anna Brigmore fulfilling her ruthless ambition to be mistress of High Banks. But their happiness is soon shattered when they discover that Barbara and Michael have become lovers again. Part 4 in the series.
This fantastic film features a never before seen documentary capturing the Police from their inception in 1978 through to their peak in 1982 and their split in 1984. All the footage was culled from Stewart Copeland's Super 8 archives and the man himself edited directed and narrated. Features classic performances archive footage and interviews with the key players. Tracklist: 1. The First Two Years 2. I Got This Movie Camera 3. And It May Sound Strange 4. Europe Summer Festivals 5. Next To You 6. First Frenzy 7. Chat to Camera During Show 8. Rock Star Trashes Road Store 9. Blond Life 10. News Reels 11. Zenyatta Bull Rings 12. Arena Band in America 13. Do Do Inna Snow Snow 14. Life Becomes a Duran Duran Video 15. Japanese Valentines 16. Wretched In Montserrat 17. World Conquest 18. This Is What We Came For 19. US festival With Real Cameras 20. End Titles
Experience all the vibrant shades of Grey's and fall in love all over again with the doctors of Seattle Grace Hospital as they save lives and salvage broken hearts in this vital, bold and boundary-pushing series. Journey with Meredith Grey and her colleagues through the high-stakes, high-stress world of Seattle Grace Hospital. Along the way, personal and professional lives become entangled as alliances are forged, rivalries fuelled, relationships shattered and dreams fulfilled. In this complete set of all eight seasons, Grey's has never been more colourful. Special Features: Season 1 Second Opinion: A Look Back at Season 1 Season 2 The Doctors Are In: Stars Answer Fans Most Burning Questions The Softer Side of Dr. Bailey: Up Close Interview Exclusive Set Tour: Go Behind the Scenes with Dr. Webber Creating Pink Mist - Anatomy of a Special Effect Deleted scenes Season 3 Making Rounds with Patrick Dempsey Shades of Grey: One-on-One with Ellen Pompeo Prescription for Success: Introducing Jane Doe Good Medicine: Favourite Scenes Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Unaired Scenes In Stitches: Outtakes Audio Commentairies Season 4 Extended Episodes Audio Commentaries New Docs on the Block On Set with Patrick and Eric Good Medicine: Favourite Scenes Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Unaired Scenes In Stitches: Outtakes Season 5 Extended Episode: Stairway to Heaven 100th Episode: Tales from the O.R Heaven Sent Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Unaired Scenes In Stitches: Outtakes Season 6 Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Unaired Scenes Extended Scenes In Stitches: Outtakes Chandra Wilson: Anatomy of a Talent Season 7 The Music Event: Behind the Scenes Seattle Grace: Message of Hope Webisodes Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Unaired Scenes In Stitches: Outtakes Season 8 A Journey Home with Kevin McKidd Deleted Scenes In Stitches: Outtakes
The Pajama Game based on the hit Broadway show is packed full of musical numbers and romantic subplots the real story is the seven-and-a-half-cents-per-hour raise the pajama factory workers are demanding to keep their salaries comparable with other garment workers pay. Sid (John Raitt) the new superintendent of the factory pushes both himself and the workers hard in order to prove himself to the owner but a visit by the union grievances committee in the form of lovely but tough
The complete final series of the BBC drama. The women are still held as prisoners of war in the Singapore jungle but the news that the war is over provides a much needed boost of morale....
Breakin 2 - Electric Boogaloo': All the gang from 'Breakin' are back and this time they're up against a greedy developer who wants to turn their community centre into a multi-million dollar shopping mall. Ozone(Adolfo Quniones) and Turbo(Michael Chambers) are two master breakdancers who have started the community club to teach other teens how to manage the acrobatics of the dance without literally breaking anything. Now they must all fight for the survival of the community centre and the breaks!
Fasten your seatbelts for the flight of a lifetime! What do pilots and cabin crew get up to both in and out of uniform? Mile High is the sexy drama series which follows the lives and loves of six airline crew from sharing a house in London to travelling across different countries and time zones. Young and sexy they work hard and play even harder!
First come the Shivers… then you turn RABID! Celebrated Canadian cult auteur David Cronenberg (The Fly Videodrome) followed up Shivers with this tense and gory thriller which expands upon the venereal disease theme of that film this time unleashing it on the whole of downtown Montreal – with terrifying consequences. When beautiful Rose (adult film star Marilyn Chambers) is badly injured in a motorcycle crash Dr. Keloid who is in the process of developing a revolutionary new type of skin-graft seizes the opportunity to test out his as yet unproven methods. The surgery appears successful and Rose seems restored to full health. But all is not as it should be – Rose has been transformed into a contagious blood-sucker endowed with a bizarre needle-like protrusion in her armpit with which she drains the blood from those unfortunate enough to be in her vicinity. An important landmark in the early career of Cronenberg Rabid sees the director returning to the viral theme of his earlier work but on a much larger (and more assured) scale – where the infection has shifted from the confines of a single apartment block to the expansive shopping centres and motorways of Canada’s second largest city.
The story of ex-patriot European women living in Singapore at the outbreak of war in the Far East and their capture by the Japanese.
The life of a young suburban housewife is transformed through a series of mishaps when her husband gives her a gun...
It's 1987 New Jersey and two girls search for Mister Right. Best friends Debby and Beth have issues with men namely their inability to find good ones. Constantly scouring the 1980's working class New Jersey world of diners and local bars the two girls stoop to desperate yet hilarious measures in their unrelenting attempts to find Mr Perfect. Then there's Beth's mother who is also trying to find a meaningful relationship that will give value to her own mundane existence. It's going
Catherine Cookson was born Catherine McMullen in 1906. Her life began in poverty and she grew up believing her real mother was her sister. In a life that could have been taken from any of her own novels Catherine aspired to achieve more than many of her time. From poverty to wealth she left the sadness behind to start a new life in Hastings where she was to meet her husband Tom Cookson. As a form of therapy Catherine began to write and never stopped and became one of the world's be
When a couple bring their dead child back to life through an experimental cloning process, they're not prepared for their new, much altered son. Chilling horror starring Robert De Niro, Greg Kinnear and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.
Two newlyweds move in to their California dream home only to be harassed by an overly vigilant neighbourhood watchman (Samuel L. Jackson).
Ma-lev-o-lence: evil disposed to injure others. It's ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol. Taken from a backyard swing at his home at the age of six he is forced to witness the unspeakable crimes of a deranged madman. For years Martin's whereabouts have remained a mystery... until now. When a bank robbery goes wrong desperate felons Julian Marylin and Kurt scatter to meet up later at an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. Grabbing hostages Samantha and h
Director-producer Perry Henzel's all-Jamaican 1973 classic The Harder They Come--one of the most beloved of all international cult favourites--fiercely expresses the live-wire Jamaican spirit when an impoverished Africa tuned to American radio. Ivan, a country boy who dreams of fame as a singer, rides into Kingston on a rickety country bus in the opening scenes, only to meet with disaster heaped on disaster at the hands of those masked as friends. In a breathless defining climax, Ivan finally breaks from his passivity and begins to wreak his revenge. Soon Kingston's music Mafia and the equally corrupt authorities are after him, but like the real-life people's hero (a man named Rhygin) on whom this character is partially based, Ivan leads them on a maddening chase eluding capture until the movie's shocking final moments. ,p. The film incorporates an archetypal passion for "outlaw" justice common to American Westerns, which were a staple of the Caribbean theatre circuit at the time. Released just 12 years after Jamaica achieved independence, The Harder They Come also reflects the disenchantment that soon followed a massive post-independence exodus from the island's country hamlets to the tropical ghettos of Kingston, where a more grinding urban poverty awaited. Brilliantly shot, directed, written, and acted; singer Jimmy Cliff excels in the leading role and Carl Bradshaw shines as his arch-enemy, the film tells an anthemic Jamaican story to seductive rhythms of a soundtrack that became a reggae bestseller.--Elena Oumano
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