Includes all 8 series and 137 episodes of the series Doctor In the House Doctor At Large Doctor In Charge Doctor At Sea Doctor On The Go.
Based on Charles Dickens' epic novel, this critically acclaimed film version stars Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin in the unforgettable tale of the French Revolution.
Created and written by Sid Green (Morecambe and Wise: Two of a Kind, The Strange World of Gurney Slade) Mixed Blessings stars Christopher Blake (That s My Boy) and Muriel Odunton as a mixed-race couple struggling to placate their disapproving and constantly bickering families. This popular and for its time provocative series also stars much-loved sitcom stalwarts Carmen Munroe (The Fosters), Joan Sanderson (Please Sir!), and Ernest Clark (Doctor...). Graduates Thomas Simpson and Susan Lambert are young lovers who are about to embark on married life, but their happiness is tempered by a deep trepidation. Social worker Susan is black, and out-of-work engineer Christopher is white... and breaking the news of the marriage to their respective families is only the beginning of their problems! Exasperated by the anxieties of both sets of in-laws, the newlyweds decide to take up an offer of accommoda-tion from Christopher's sympathetic aunt, Dorothy the only relative who believes the marriage will actually work...
Dr. Peter Brady (Tim Turner) is a brilliant English scientist who working with the principles that govern the reflection of light has developed a theory that every form of matter can be reduced to invisibility just as a jellyfish becomes invisible in water. During an accident in the laboratory Brady himself becomes invisible but his experiments have not yet gone far enough for him to reverse the process and regain visibility!
Something of a cult item among British war movies (and brilliantly spoofed a few years back by a lager ad), The Dam Busters turns a minor World War II incident into a saga of heroic stiff-upper-lippery in the classic British style. A bombing raid is proposed on a strategically vital Ruhr dam, but its position is inaccessible. Enter eccentric inventor Dr Barnes Wallis (Michael Redgrave in best daffy professor mode) who comes up with a genius idea--a bomb that will bounce on water like a skimmed pebble. Naturally the top brass pooh-pooh it, but gallant Wing Commander Guy Gibson (Richard Todd) is persuaded, and between them flyer and boffin forge ahead. The touches of carefully understated emotion now verge on self-parody, but it's hard not to get caught up in the narrative sweep, especially when the bombers take off on their mission and Eric Coates' stirring march hits the soundtrack. The modelwork, state-of-the-art for its early 1950s period, still looks impressive, and the death of Gibson's beloved black Labrador (embarrassingly called Nigger) is a three-hanky moment to rival the shooting of Bambi's mum. --Philip Kemp
An action-packed adventure drama set in the summer of 1588, The Devil-Ship Pirates stars Christopher Lee in a memorable turn as the evil captain of a Spanish privateer. Stylishly directed by Don Sharp - and one of several swashbucklers made by Hammer in the 1960s - it is featured here as a High Definition restoration from original film elements in its as-exhibited Hammerscope theatrical aspect ratio. While the British fleet is engaged in a desperate battle with the Armada, a Spanish vessel, the Diablo, puts in at a lonely inlet on the Cornish coast for emergency repairs. Finding a nearby village, the Spaniards terrorise the local population and take village girls as hostages.
Doctor In The House follows the misadventures of medical students Michael Upton (Barry Evans) Duncan Waring (Robin Nedwell) Paul Collier (George Layton) and Dick Stuart-Clark (Geoffrey Davies). Albeit well intentioned the three medical students are easily distracted form the task in hand by the lure of the latest nurse on the scene and this infuriates the ferocious Professor Geoffrey Loftus (Ernest Clark). Features the complete series 2. Episodes Comprise: 1. It's All In The Little Blue Book 2. What Seems To Be The Trouble 3.Take Off Your Clothes...And Hide 4. Nice Bodywork 5. Look Into My Eyes 6. Put Your Hand On That 7. The Royal Visit 8. If You Can Help Somebody - Don't 9. Hot Off The Presses 10. A Stitch In Time 11. May The Best Man Win 12. Doctor In The Box 13. Finals
The Age Of Exploration. South is the extraordinary chronicle of one of history's greatest epics of courage and leadership. In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton embarked on an expedition to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. Before it could reach shore the explorer's ship Endurance was trapped in pack ice held frozen in a sea of icebergs for eight months and finally crushed. After five months adrift on ice floes the crew embarked on a perilous sea voyage to rocky windswept Elephant
Gregory Peck stars as hieroglyphics expert Professor David Pollock in this hugely enjoyable tongue-in-cheek espionage-thriller. Sophia Loren stars alongside as the beautiful but suspect Yasmin Asir the lover of Pollock's employer. David Pollock's routine is turned upside down when he's hired to translate an ancient message written in an obscure mysterious text. Soon everyone from a wealthy oil magnate to a foreign government pursue Pollock for his knowledge desperate to uncover the meaning behind the message. Featuring a score by Henri Mancini and a stylish colourful interpretation of London and the culture of the time Arabesque is never less than a hugely enjoyable witty thriller.
Norman Wisdom reprises his famous Pitkin character for the third time in A Stitch in Time, and Edward Chapman is also back to provide Norman with the excuse to reprise his immortal catch-phrase "Mr Grimsdale!". Here he succeeds in causing chaos in a St John Ambulance unit, as well as donning drag to play a blonde nurse complete with suspender belt and silk stockings. Each Norman Wisdom movie usually sees him as the accidental Lord of Misrule in one institution or another, and this time it's the NHS: after being banned from his local hospital, Norman resorts to subterfuge to visit a little orphan girl. There's an autobiographical touch here, as Wisdom himself was raised in an orphanage and centred the plot of One Good Turn (1954) around such an establishment. --Gary S Dalkin An important step in the career of Norman Wisdom, Just My Luck is principally notable for the introduction of actor Edward Chapman, whom many would come to know as series regular Mr Grimsdale. Here he's the stuffy foil to Norman's romantic plans regarding his jewel-making job, where he'll do anything to possess some of the wealth about him. The chance comes in the form of an accumulator bet at Goodwood races thanks to a slimy Leslie Phillips. Another star cameo of note was a second appearance by Margaret Rutherford (after Trouble in Store) as an eccentric animal owner. But the real advance with the Wisdom formula was that--after a reasonably serious plot line--Norman finally gets the girl. --Paul Tonks
Norman Wisdom returns as his famous "Pitkin" character, but also for the first time since his appearance in 1958's The Square Peg, Edward Chapman is also back to provide Norman with the excuse to reprise his immortal catch-phrase "Mr Grimsdale". Following on from the previous year's On the Beat, this is actually Wisdom's third adventure as Norman Pitkin, and he certainly has a thing about uniforms. In the previous pictures he was in the army then the police, while here he succeeds in causing chaos in a St. John's Ambulance unit, as well as donning drag to play a blonde nurse complete with suspender belt and silk stockings. Each Norman Wisdom movie usually sees him as the accidental Lord of Misrule in one institution or another, and this time its the NHS: after being banned from his local hospital, Norman resorts to subterfuge to visit a little orphan girl. There's an autobiographical touch here, as Wisdom himself was raised in an orphanage and centred the plot of One Good Turn (1954) around such an establishment. It's all good fun and clearly shows where such later British comedy as Michael Crawford's BBC TV series Some Mothers Do 'Av 'Em (1973-78) found its inspiration. --Gary S. Dalkin
Doctor In The House follows the misadventures of medical students Michael Upton (Barry Evans) Duncan Waring (Robin Nedwell) Paul Collier (George Layton) and Dick Stuart-Clark (Geoffrey Davies). Albeit well intentioned the three medical students are easily distracted form the task in hand by the lure of the latest nurse on the scene and this infuriates the ferocious Professor Geoffrey Loftus (Ernest Clark). Features the complete series 1. Episodes Comprise: 1. Why Do You Want To Be A Doctor 2. Settling In 3. It's All Go 4. Peace And Quiet 5. The Students Are Revolting! 6. Rallying Around 7. If In Doubt...Cut It Out! 8. The War Of The Mascots 9. Getting The Bird 10. The Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Casino 11. Keep It Clean! 12. All For Love 13. Pass Or Fail
Episodes Comprise: The Girl in The Train: George Rowland a bored playboy disowned for the seventh time by his wealthy uncle is on the train to London. When a beautiful girl bursts into his compartment frantically begging to be hidden his life changes dramatically. The Fourth Man: A canon a lawyer and a psychiatrist find themselves together on a train bound for Newcastle. There is a fourth man in the compartment who apparently pays no attention to his companions' animated conversation. But do they have something to learn from this stranger?
All 11 surviving episodes of the classic TV comedy. 'All Gas And Gaitors' is a sitcom centred on the ecclesiastical rivalries at St. Oggs a 13th Century cathedral. All 11 surviving episodes are included in this release. Episode titles: The Bishop Rides Again The Bishop Gets The Sack The Bishop Sees A Ghost The Bishop Loves His Neighbour The Bishops Heats The System The Bishop Warms Up The Bishop Entertains The Bishop Gives A Present The Bishop Shows His Loyalty The Bish
The continuing misadventures of Duncan Waring (Robin Nedwell) Dick Stuart-Clark (Geoffrey Davies) and Paul Collier (George Layton) see them move further up the promotion ladder but no change in their fondness for slacking off and trying to chat up girls nor in their ability to drive Professor Loftus (Ernest Clark) round the bend. But there's more trouble for the boys in the form of brown-noser Lawrence Bingham (Richard O'Sullivan) who trots about after Loftus in the hope of crawlin
The continuing misadventures of Duncan Waring (Robin Nedwell) Dick Stuart-Clark (Geoffrey Davies) and Paul Collier (George Layton) see them move further up the promotion ladder but no change in their fondness for slacking off and trying to chat up girls nor in their ability to drive Professor Loftus (Ernest Clark) round the bend. But there's more trouble for the boys in the form of brown-noser Lawrence Bingham (Richard O'Sullivan) who trots about after Loftus in the hope of crawling into the good books.
Based on Charles Dickens' epic novel, this critically acclaimed film version stars Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin in the unforgettable tale of the French Revolution.
Dr. Peter Brady (Tim Turner) is a brilliant English scientist who working with the principles that govern the reflection of light has developed a theory that every form of matter can be reduced to invisibility just as a jellyfish becomes invisible in water. During an accident in the laboratory Brady himself becomes invisible but his experiments have not yet gone far enough for him to reverse the process and regain visibility!
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...
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