"Actor: Colin Welland"

• Kes | DVD | (20/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Two brothers get caught up in Ireland's bid for independence in 1920.

• Cowboys - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £10.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  If your kitchen should need repainting or your bathroom require renovation, you certainly wouldn't want to hire a highly dubious firm of contractors going by the name of Joe Jones Limited. Geyser, Wobbly Ron and Eric work for Joe because no-one else will employ them. And Joe has to employ Geyser, Wobbly Ron and Eric because no-one else will work for him...Oscar-winning scriptwriter and actor Colin Welland is aptly named plumber Geyser, David Kelly (Robin s Nest) is his terminally confused co-worker, and Roy Kinnear is the boss entirely unburdened by a conscience in this wickedly funny early '80s sitcom penned by Surgical Spirit creator Peter Learmouth. Series Two sees the hapless builders tackling cash flow problems, dodging the tax man, attempting to re-point a vertiginously placed 'curved wall', and causing mayhem in an operating theatre...

• Cowboys - The Complete First Series | DVD | (17/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Cowboys: Series 1

• Play for Today: Volume One (4-disc Blu-ray Boxset) | Blu Ray | (16/11/2020) from £40.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  50 years on from its first transmission, the BBC's Play for Today anthology series remains one of British television's most influential and celebrated achievements. Between 1970 and 1984, plays which combined some of the era's finest writing, acting and directing talents were broadcast direct to living rooms, regularly challenging viewers and pushing the boundaries of TV drama. Featuring plays by the likes of Ingmar Bergman, Julia Jones and Colin Welland and featuring a roster of eminent British actors, Play for Today: Volume One brings together seven iconic dramas on Bluray for the very first time, in a collection that exemplifies the breadth and brilliance of this groundbreaking series. The set includes five plays which have been restored from the original negatives held in the BBC archive. The Plays: The Lie (Written by Ingmar Bergman | Dir. Alan Bridges, 1970) Shakespeare or Bust (Written by Peter Terson | Dir. Brian Parker, 1973) Back of Beyond (Written by Julia Jones | Dir. Desmond Davis, 1974) Passage to England (Written by Leon Griffiths | Dir. John Mackenzie, 1975) Our Flesh and Blood (Written by Mike Stott | Dir. Pedr James, 1977) A Photograph (Written by John Bowen | Dir. John Glenister, 1977) Your Man from Six Counties (Written by Colin Welland | Dir. Barry Davis, 1976)

• Straw Dogs | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £5.93   |  Saving you £0.06 (1.01%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Village Hall - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (04/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Featuring outstanding scripts from celebrated playwright Jack Rosenthal, BAFTA Award nominees Willis Hall and Peter Ransley, Donald Churchill and Randall and Hopkirk star Kenneth Cope, each episode in this Granada anthology series features a story centred on the events taking place in a typical village hall.Used variously as a polling station, a football team's changing room and also a venue for its annual dinner, a meeting place for a conflict-ridden writers' group and even a temporary shelter when a street is evacuated, the hall is the focus point for diverse storylines exploring the personal lives and idiosyncrasies of locals and visitors alike; buried tensions, secret loves and rivalry are all laid bare in this gently humorous portrait of provincial English life. The seven plays in this first series showcase an impressive cast including, among others, Richard Griffiths, Bernard Hill, Michael Angelis, Liz Smith, Bernard Hepton, George Cole, Gwen Taylor and Colin Welland.

• Dennis Potter - Blue Remembered Hills | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dennis Potter's play is set in the Forest of Dean on a summer day in 1943. Seven children go out to play. The seven children are all played by adult actors to act as 'A magnifying glass to show what it's like to be a child'.

• The Sweeney Double Feature - The Sweeney 1 / The Sweeney 2 | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £25.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sweeney! Hard-bitten Flying Squad officer Jack Regan (Thaw) gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when an old friend asks him to investigate the death of his girlfriend. Framed on a drink-driving charge and suspended from the force with his partner and best mate George Carter (Waterman) unable to help Jack must rely on his wits to evade deadly government hitmen and expose the real villain... Sweeney 2 Regan and Carter head a n investigation into a series of British bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent.

• Man at the Top - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (11/04/2011) from £38.53   |  Saving you £1.46 (3.79%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Man at the Top originally screened in the early '70s continues to chart the progress of Joe Lampton the aggressively ambitious anti-hero of John Braine's best-selling novel Room at the Top its award-winning film adaptation of 1958 and 1965 sequel Life at the Top. Kenneth Haigh's portrayal of Joe Lampton earned him a BAFTA nomination while accomplished film and stage actress Zena Walker is Joe's long-suffering wife Susan; a strong supporting cast includes Paul Eddington and Colin Welland with guest appearances by Stephanie Beacham and George Sewell. This release contains the complete second series available for the first time anywhere. Although Joe Lampton has returned to Susan several beautiful women are eagerly forming the 'other woman' queue. And Joe still believing the quickest way to a chairman is through the chairman's wife is as determined and manipulative as ever on his continuing climb to the top; overcoming adversity once again this series finds him seizing the opportunity to get the better of his father-in-law and finally setting his sights on a political career - bringing all his ruthless charm and tenacity to the fight for votes.

• The Sweeny - Series 1-4 - Complete/The Sweeney/The Sweeney 2 | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  Jack Regan (John Thaw) is a hard edged detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan police. He pursues villains by methods which are underhand often illegal themselves frequently violent and more often than not successful.

• Straw Dogs | UMD | (28/11/2005) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99