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• STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS - SEASON ONE | DVD | (18/05/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The X Files: Providence | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £7.86   |  Saving you £8.13 (103.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  As with earlier releases, The X-Files: Providence splices together two episodes, "Provenance" and "Providence", into a pseudo-movie. Again, the results fall way below the series average as the long-dead alien conspiracy business is flogged, with a lot of running around and ominous rumbling still not adding up to anything like an actual story. FBI agent Neal McDonaugh (of Minority Report) inexplicably survives a flaming motorcycle crash, leaving behind brass rubbings taken from an alien spaceship, then shows up and tries to murder Scully's psychokinetic baby, who is promptly kidnapped by a UFO cult. In Part 2, Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Reyes (Annabeth Gish) fend off enemies and friends within the bureau as they track down the cultists, who are having trouble with a spaceship they've dug up, and a typical pointless climax has things happen without the characters doing anything to contribute. Even at this late, post-Duchovny stage in the game, The X-Files has turned out some fine stand-alone episodes, but these dreary wallowings go a long way towards explaining why only diehards are still watching. After the child says "I made this" at the end of the credits, it's becoming very hard not to shout "well, clean it up then". On the DVD: The X-Files: Providence, as with Nothing Important Happened Today, arrives in a great-looking anamorphic widescreen transfer. There are two slight promotional "featurettes"--three-minute clips/talking heads promos focusing on the episode "Providence" and actor Cary Elwes' character. --Kim Newman

• The X Files: Season 8 | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  The eighth series of The X-Files was a year of brave decisions. David Duchovny's increasing dissatisfaction with the role meant he only appeared in a few episodes. The solution: enter Agent John Doggett (Robert Patrick) who basically stole the show within his first two minutes of screen time (and watch out for several Terminator 2 in-jokes too). Scully switched roles to being the believer alongside Doggett's sceptic in a year that was more reliant on the background story arc than ever before. Her pregnancy remained at the foreground, while a more prominent Skinner joined in a hunt for the abducted Mulder that drew upon the black oil, cloning and bounty hunting aspects of the convoluted alien conspiracy story. A distinct lack of guest stars or writers indicated maturity beyond the need for ratings stunts: dedicated fans were pleased to see cameos from sinister Krycek, the reliable Lone Gunmen and the return of the show's very first abductee. The real strengths of the series came from new characters, including alternative female role model Special Agent Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish), and some terrific standalone episodes. Investigations covered a man going backwards in time, deaths aboard an oil rig, a contagion in the Boston subway tunnels and creatures resembling bats and slugs. Agent Leyla Harrison (named after an X-Files fan who died of cancer) got to ask all the petty questions regular viewers want to know themselves. This year turned out to be a remarkable achievement so late in the show's life. On the DVD: The X-Files, Series 8 is a six-disc box set with all the episodes presented in anamorphic 16:9 format with Dolby 2.0 sound. The extras are mainly confined to the final disc, though there are selected deleted scenes and "international" clips from the dubbed German, Japanese and Italian versions of the show on the other discs. Two audio commentaries for the episodes "Alone" (from director Frank Spotnitz) and "Existence" (from director Kim Manners) are supplemented by a routine 30-minute behind-the-scenes documentary, more deleted scenes (with optional commentary), character profiles and special effects clips. --Paul Tonks

• The Owl Service: The Complete Series | Blu Ray | (27/03/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Female Agents | Blu Ray | (13/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Set in 1944, "Female Agents" follows a five strong all-female commando unit that parachutes into occupied France on a dangerous mission.

• Playing By Heart | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £4.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (201.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A poignant and funny drama, PLAYING BY HEART follows a group of people of varied generations and lifestyles as they search for love and connection in contemporary Los Angeles.

• Ip Man: The Final Fight (Blu Ray) | Blu Ray | (12/06/2017) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In postwar Hong Kong, Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more, when what begins as simple challenges from rival kung fu schools, leads to him becoming face to face with the dangerous underworld of the Triads. To defend himself and those he cares about, Ip Man must stand and fight one last time. Extras/Episodes: Making of Cast & Crew Interviews Trailer

• Dick Barton | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Before James Bond there was Dick Barton: Special Agent! Between 1946 and 1951 Dick Barton's thrilling nightly adventures on the BBC's Light Programme attracted a record-breaking 15 million listeners and enthralled an entire nation. The serial proved so popular that it spun off into three hugely successful feature films from the fledgling Hammer Films. While virtually all the original BBC radio shows have been lost these three Hammer feature films still survive and a

• New Order - Live | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-15.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  After the demise of Joy Division the band's founding members - Bernard Sumner Peter Hook and Step Morris - continued under the name New Order. They were later joined by Gillian Gilbert. Their first single 'Ceremony' was a top 40 hit. 'Blue Monday' released in 1983 remains the biggest selling 12"" record of all time in the UK. In the summer of 1990 they reached the UK Number 1 spot with 'World in Motion'. New Order - 3 16 contains: New York 81 (Originally released as Taras Shevch

• The X Files Movie/The X Files: I Want To Believe | Blu Ray | (02/09/2013) from £26.98   |  Saving you £21.64 (86.59%)   |  RRP £46.63

  The X Files: Fight the FutureBuried beneath the FBI's countless case files lie mysteries so strange so impenetrable that only two agents would ever dare confront them - Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). Based on the hugely popular award-winning television phenomenon that ran nine seasons and in response to a worldwide demand from millions of devoted fans these thrill-packed films take The X-Files' inventive blend of paranoia horror and suspense to a whole new level! The X Files: I Want to BelieveIn The X-Files: Fight The Future Mulder and Scully risk their careers-and their lives-to hunt down a deadly virus that may be extra-terrestrial in origin and could ultimately destroy all mankind. Then when a fellow agent mysteriously disappears in The X-Files: I Want To Believe the pair enlist help from a priest with a questionable past...and a startling vision of the future. As sparks ignite between Scully and Mulder paranormal realities rise up to confound their work at every turn as the quest for truth continues.

• The X-Files - Essentials | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £5.82   |  Saving you £14.17 (243.47%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The X-Files Essentials is an exclusive insider's pass to the science-fiction television phenomenon! Selected by eight-time Emmy Award nominated series creator Chris Carter himself this DVD features eight essential episodes which include special on-camera introductions by Carter and producer Frank Spotnitz revealing why each were chosen. These eight essential episodes span seasons 1-6 and cover a variety of paranormal and unexplained cases centering on alien abductions psychic phenomenon and life forms not quite human that set the stage for the eagerly anticipated sequel. Also featured on the collection is the February 2008 WonderCon panel session with Carter and Spotnitz as well as series stars David Duchovny (Mulder) and Gillian Anderson (Scully) making their first fan convention appearance together in several years and taking questions from fans in an interview spanning over 38 minutes. Episodes Comprise: 1. Pilot 2. Beyond the Sea 3. The Host 4. Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose 5. Memento Mori 6. The Post-Modern Prometheus 7. Bad Blood 8. Milagro

• Teachers: Series 2 | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £4.75   |  Saving you £26.50 (759.31%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The lives and lifestyles of a group of young comprehensive school teachers in Bristol forms the backdrop for the second series of this original drama series. Starring Andrew Lincoln 'Teachers' is set in the fictional Summerdown Comprehensive where a mix of seasoned and young teachers and some raucous pupils makes for some humorous incidents. Set as much out of the classroom as in it this is a contemporary light-hearted series where the staff find their lives just as problematic after school.

• The Twins Effect | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £4.25   |  Saving you £13.74 (323.29%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A new age of darkness is dawning... With the help of a famous high-kicking Hong Kong bus driver two girls who just want to have fun confront the grave responsibility of safekeeping the world from vampire domination! The Duke one of the most dangerous of the undead is determined to bring a new age of darkness upon the earth as he hunts the Fifth Prince with a vial of blood and the ancient Vampire Bible. But ace vampire slayer Reeve will not rest until the fight is over and wit

• Straightheads | Blu Ray | (13/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Two lovers spiral into violence for the sake of their own self-preservation in this dark and disturbing thriller.

• Pirates Of Penzance / Mikado / HMS Pinafore | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gilbert And Sullivan's Pirates Of Penzance: Having mistakenly been sent as an apprentice to pirates young Frederic is happy to leave his indentures on his 21st birthday. Falling in love with the beautiful Mabel one of the many daughters of Major-General Stanley he decides to marry. However the pirates are all to keen to marry the rest of Stanley's daughters! A spectacular interpretation of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic! Gilbert And Sullivan's Mikado: A lavish 1982 production of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera in which Nanki-Poo the son of the Mikado escaping a distasteful marriage arrives in the town of Titipu disguised as a musician... Gilbert And Sullivan's HMS Pinafore: A sailor falls for the captain's daughter. They become thwarted in their attempt to keep their love alive but a strange twist in the tale offers these lovers another chance... A thrilling adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's opera.

• A Mind to Kill | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £4.34   |  Saving you £21.91 (711.36%)   |  RRP £24.99

  All six episodes from the first season of the Welsh crime drama series starring Philip Madoc as DCI Noel Bain who relies more on instinct than scientific evidence to track down criminals. Episodes are: 'White Rocks' 'Black Silence' 'Gameboys' 'Rest Not Secure' 'Son of His Works' and 'Rachel Hardcastle'.

• Action Man - Explosive Situation | DVD | (11/11/2002) from £6.46   |  Saving you £2.53 (28.10%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Action Man is the head of an elite multinational task force - the Action Team whose mandate is to oppose and capture the global super-criminal known only as Doctor X. This release contains 3 high octane action packed adventures where Action Man must save the world from a nuclear warhead a Soviet cybernetic soldier and rescue an ethnobotany team from the Amazon.

• Teachers: Series 1-3 | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £10.78   |  Saving you £52.20 (670.09%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Set in the fictional Summerdown Comprehensive in Bristol Teachers is the hugely successful comedy drama following the chaotic lives of a group of perpetually juvenile teachers whose specialist subjects include beer-drinking kebab-eating and ineptness with members of the opposite sex. Set as much out of the classroom as in it this is a contemporary light-hearted series where the staff find their lives just as problematic after school. They are the teachers no parent would want teaching their kids specialising in immaturity rather than the traditional subjects. They have their own cliques gossips and bullies and their own idea of a practical joke. Follow them making friends breaking friends trying to figure out the opposite sex fighting in the playground...and dealing with lippy pupils. This box set includes the complete series 1 2 and 3.

• Midsomer Murders - A Worm In The Bud | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £3.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (325.81%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The ancient Setwale Wood has provided remedies for the people of Midsomer for many decades. Now it is the subject of court action by villagers to prevent the impecunious owner of Abbey Farm James Harrington from cutting it down to raise finance. Leading light of the 'save the wood campaign' is neighbouring farmer Simon Bartlett. The case goes before Causton Crown Court. After the ruling a fight breaks out between the two farmers. The next day the body of Bartlett's wife is found

• Sarah Brightman - La Luna - Live In Concert | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £16.20   |  Saving you £-4.21 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Sarah Brightman recorded live in concert. The tracklist includes: 'La Lune' 'Winter In July' 'Scarborough Fair' 'Who Wants To Live Forever' 'Hijo De La Luna' 'La Luna' 'Pie Jesu' 'Nessun Dorma' 'He Doesn't See Me' 'Whiter Shade Of Pale' 'Twisted Everyway' 'Phantom Of The Opera' 'Music Of The Night' and 'Time To Say Goodbye'.