The Emperor Waltz (Dir. Billy Wilder 1948): A rare musical comedy for Wilder it stars Bing Crosby as Virgil H. Smith a phonograph salesman plying his wares in turn-of-the-20th-century Vienna. Believing that if he's able to sell a phonograph to Emperor Franz Joseph I the rest of Austria will soon follow his example Virgil attempts to gain access to the man. After he's refused admission to the palace by guards who believe the phonograph to be a bomb he meets Countess Johan
From the creators of 'Star Stories', 'The Windsors' is a parody of the British Royal Family which imagines them as you've never seen them before.
This DVD set contains Series 1, Series 2, The Christmas Special and The Royal Wedding Special. Get ready for a right royal riot with The Windsors, the outrageous and side-splitting satirical comedy series from Channel 4 which imagines the royal family as you've never seen them before, drawing on real life events and creating hilarious fictional fun. Featuring an all-star comedy line-up including the inimitable Harry Enfield (Harry Enfield and Chums) as Prince Charles, Haydn Gwynne (Drop the Dead Donkey) as Camilla, Morgana Robinson (Morgana Robinson's The Agency) as Pippa, Hugh Skinner (W1A) as William, Louise Ford (Crashing) as Kate, Richard Goulding as Harry and Kathryn Drysdale (Benidorm) as Meghan, with Katy Wix (Not Going Out) as Fergie. Join the Windsors in their everyday lives; for a family Christmas at Sandringham; and again to celebrate Harry and Meghan's nuptials.
From Irwin Allen, the master of fantasy adventures, comes this upbeat comedy based on Jules Verne's wildly popular novel. A crew of unlikely associates, including a nineteenthcentury explore (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), his assistant (Fabian), a troublesome reporter (Red Buttons), an absentminded professor (Richard Haydn) and a liberate schoolteacher (Barbara Eden), undertake a balloon expedition in uncharted African territory. Hoping to plant a flag for the British Empire, this mismatched group must weather storms, hostile slave traders, sneezing sultans and, worst of all, each other With an allstar cast, madcap romance and breathtaking landscapes, FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON is hilarious family fun from lift off to landing!
BRITAIN IS DIVIDED, EVERYONE'S DOWN IN THE DUMPS, SO WHO BETTER TO CHEER US UP THAN THE WINDSORS? This satirical sitcom takes us beyond the palace gates for a hilarious inside peek at the riotous royals to see what really goes on. Have you ever wondered what the real reason behind Megxit was? All is revealed as THE WINDSORS return for a third series. Meghan and Harry are threatening to break up the Fab Four and head to North America... but why are they so angry at Wills and Kate? And who is really pulling the strings? Meanwhile Pippa is still trying to trick her way into Harry's bed and Charles is on strike with his siblings demanding higher pay. Beatrice and Eugenie set up a disastrous drinks brand and Fergie offers to play a bigger role in the former's wedding plans as all the unpleasantness with Andrew could prevent him attending. To cap it all Camilla's scheming might just pay off this time, as Donald Trump asks her and Charles to be King and Queen of America!
It is Christmas in Midsomer. A shot rings out from Draycott House. Nine years later the whole Villiers family come together again. At the police station DCI Barnaby heads home and asks Sgt Scott to contact him if anything happens warning him that: 'Things have a habit of happening around Christmas time.'
Filmed amid the breathtaking scenery of the Peak District and focusing on both the professional and personal challenges facing the team of doctors at a busy village surgery, Peak Practice was one of ITV's most popular shows, with regular viewing figures of around 15 million and frequent appearances in ITV's Top Ten. In this series, The Beeches medical practice welcomes two new faces, as Dr Joanna Graham replaces Dr Erica Matthews and young locum Dr Sam Morgan causes a stir in Cardale. Andrew faces danger and heartache when he is involved in a crash at a local motor rally, and as Joanna settles into her new role at the surgery, David becomes emotionally involved with the mother of a teenager awaiting a bone-marrow transplant; as their friendship turns to passion, a web of deceit begins to unravel and events are to take a tragic turn...
This multi-award winning TV comedy show is set in the offices of 'Globelink News' a TV new company whose millionaire tycoon owner prefers a more sensationalist stance in presenting the day's events... Each episode of the show was recorded close to transmission allowing script changes to incorporate maximum topicality! Series 1: 1. A New Dawn 2. Sally's Arrival 3. A Clash Of Interests 4. A Blast From The Past 5. Old Father Time 6. Special Branch Raid The Newsroom 7. Stress T
Drop the Dead Donkey was a situation, satirical comedy, set in the offices of "Globelink News", a fictional TV news company in the style of CNN, ITN, Sky News, etc. Globelink has been acquired by a multi-millionaire tycoon who prefers a more sensationalist stance to the news. The characters were created to exaggerate the perceived ideas of office/media stereotypes and each programme was recorded close to transmission, allowing script changes to incorporate maximum topicality in particularly of a political nature. The last scene, or voiceover for the ending credits was filmed either the day before or even on the day of broadcast to coincide with relative news stories. First aired in 1990, Drop the Dead Donkey was an innovative comedy that launched the careers of several successful comic actors.
Jason Philby tragically lost his young son when the family SUV exploded. Now, fighting as a soldier in Iraq, the suicide bombings that occur around him on a daily basis constantly remind him of that fateful day. During a tour, an army scientist approaches Jason about an experimental virus that would create a squad of suicide bombers they could use against the enemy. Uncertain if he has already been infected by the virus, Jason must struggle to decipher which explosions are real and which are in his head.
This multi-award winning TV comedy show is set in the offices of 'Globelink News' a TV new company whose millionaire tycoon owner prefers a more sensationalist stance in presenting the day's events... Each episode of the show was recorded close to transmission allowing script changes to incorporate maximum topicality! Series 2 episodes comprise: 1. The Gulf Report 2. The Trevorman Cometh 3. Henry And Dido 4. Baseball 5. The Drunken Cabinet Minister 6. Alex And The Intrepre
The Windsors return for the royal wedding. Harry (Richard Goulding) and Meghan (Kathryn Drysdale) take Charles (Harry Enfield) to America to meet Meghan's mum, Doria (Suzette Llewellyn), but Charles fails to reassure her about Meghan marrying into the royal family. Wills (Hugh Skinner) is forced to protect his subjects from Windsor's evil Trampcatcher (Paul Kaye). Beatrice (Ellie White) is swept off her feet by a hunky political firebrand. Fergie (Katy Wix) finds an ingenious way to get a wedding invitation. Camilla (Haydn Gwynne) continues to cause trouble for the junior royals. And Pippa (Morgana Robinson) has a violent reaction to Harry's marriage.
In the hands of Disney's extraordinary animation artists Lewis Carroll's immortal literary classic comes to life like never before. The surprises begin when a daydreaming Alice encounters a White Rabbit who is frantically running late. She chases him and falls into the magical madcap world of Wonderland with its kaleidoscope of off-the-wall characters. Filled with topsy-turvy fun Alice In Wonderland is teeming with spectacular songs and astounding animation in the highest Disney tradition.
1787. HMS Bounty sets out on a journey that will take it through perilous seas to a tropical paradise... and into history as one of the most ill-fated vessels ever to sail for King and country. Lewis Milestone (All Quiet On The Western Front) directed this color-drenched spectacular which was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Filmed before in 1935 and again in 1984's The Bounty the gripping story centers on two men. Marlon Brando plays first officer Fletcher Christian as a dandy transformed into a man of action. Trevor Howard is Capt. Bligh uncompromising in his command or his cruelty. ""Fear is [my] best weapon "" Bligh proclaims. But it's also the most costly driving men to desperation and mutiny. Richard Harris Hugh Griffith and Richard Haydn also star in this epic adventure.
Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on the lives of the Von Trapp Family singers will inspire and entertain young and old alike. When postulate Maria (Julie Andrews) proves a bit too high-spirited for Mother Abbess and the other nuns Mother Abbess arranges for Maria to become governess to the seven unruly Von Trapp children before joining the order. Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) a widowed naval officer who educates his children with military discipline prescribes stern child-raising but Maria wins the children over with her natural warmth and kindness and teaches them to sing. Only one thing threatens the happiness and laughter that Maria has brought into the Von Trapp household: the threat of Nazi occupation in Austria.
The multi-award winning 'Drop the Dead Donkey' ran for six series on Channel 4 from 1990 to 1998 becoming one of Channel 4’s best and most successful comedies. Centred on a bustling newsroom relive the staff of Globelink News’ antics in this fantastic DVD featuring six of the very best episodes chosen by the writers of the show Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkins. Features 'Sally's Viking' 'Baseball' 'Gus And The Grim Reaper' 'Helen's Fake Boyfriend' 'Damien's Virus' and 'The Final Chapter' plus fifty classic moments from the series.
In a country ruled by an occupying foreign empire Elenn an arrogant young noblewoman accompanies her aunt on a mission to bring an ancient relic to the secret coronation of the rightful king of their people. When her aunt is murdered Elenn hires a smuggler and criminal to escort her across the dangerous country to take her aunt's place at the coronation. But when Corvus a rogue magister employs a dark magic to retrieve the ancient relic for his own evil designs Elenn must find the humility and strength within herself to fulfill her aunt's calling to unite her people before the power of the relic falls into the hands of the empire.
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