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• Gathering Storm | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (100.14%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The Gathering Storm is a fictionalised portrayal of Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine during their wilderness years of the 1930s. It deservedly won numerous awards, including an Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe in recognition of Albert Finney's wonderful central performance. Equally deserving were those for all aspects of the production design: period wardrobe, set dressing and use of location are equally impressive, apparently ensuring that this production has everything going for it in its depiction of pre-War Britain. The snag is that its restriction to TV movie format, a mere 90 minutes, excludes a lot of historical context that ought not to have been left out. Seeing Churchill's adoration of his wife (Vanessa Redgrave) or the family woes troubling Ralph Wigram (Linus Roache) is all very emotionally dramatic, but it uses precious screen time that might have been better devoted to highlighting the political situation abroad, or indeed the monarchy's situation at home. The enterprise smacks a little too much of sentimental contrivance, lionising Churchill in rose-tinted retrospect. True, some attempt is made to acknowledge the personality traits that excluded him both from office and popularity prior to Germany's re-building, but like so much else pertinent to the machinations of anticipating the war, these are glossed over for familial feel-goodery and button-pushing poignancy. This is a film that's easy to admire, but ought not to be mistaken for well-rounded history. On the DVD: The Gathering Storm doesn't look or sound quite as crisp and clear as you'd hope for a recent TV-movie transfer. That's down to some obvious grain in the picture, and the 2.0 surround audio that tends to lose quieter dialogue moments. There are extensive cast and crew biographies that will no doubt help international viewers place the naggingly familiar British faces. There's also the accumulatively enthusiastic commentary from director Richard Loncraine and producer Frank Doelger, which happily points many of them out. --Paul Tonks

• House - Season 6 | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  House M.D.: Season 6 (6 Discs)

• Downton Abbey: The Finale | DVD | (26/12/2015) from £29.00   |  Saving you £-21.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Final episode of the award-winning ITV costume drama following the lives and loves of those above and below stairs in an English stately home. In this special, set in late 1925 and early 1926, everyone reunites for Edith (Laura Carmichael) and Bertie (Harry Hadden-Paton)'s wedding on New Year's Eve while Anna (Joanne Froggatt) prepares to give birth. Elsewhere, Carson (Jim Carter) reveals to his wife that he suffers from a hereditary illness known as the palsy, which makes him question his role at Downton, and Lord Merton (Douglas Reith) tells Isobel (Penelope Wilton) about his own illness but retains his desire to marry her. However, his daughter-in-law Amelia (Phoebe Sparrow) keeps Isobel from seeing him. Will the year end happily for those at Downton Abbey?

• Amazing Maurice, The | DVD | (01/05/2023) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents reach the stricken town of Bad Blintz, they meet a bookworm called Malicia and their little con soon goes down the drain. Starring Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, Himesh Patel, David Thewlis, Gemma Arterton, David Tennant, Hugh Bonneville, Julie Atherton and Ariyon Bakare.br/

• Midsomer Murders Complete Series Five and Six | DVD | (01/06/2009) from £16.51   |  Saving you £43.48 (263.36%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Midsomer Murders: Complete Series 5 & 6 (6 Disc)

• From Time To Time | DVD | (21/02/2011) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.

• Eddie The Eagle | DVD | (08/08/2016) from £6.19   |  Saving you £13.80 (222.94%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The new film details the inspiring exploits of Michael Edwards, better known as 'Eddie The Eagle', the most famous ski jumper in British history.

• Paddington 2 | Blu Ray | (12/03/2018) from £0.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The much-anticipated sequel finds Paddington happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens. While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up book in Mr. Gruber's antique shop, and embarks upon a series of odd jobs to buy it. But when the book is stolen, it's up to Paddington and the Browns to unmask the thief. Paddington's biggest adventure yet sees Hugh Grant and Brendan Gleeson joining the all-star returning cast of Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi and Ben Whishaw as the voice of the beloved bear. Features: Director's Commentary ˜Rain on the Roof' with Phoenix Buchanan Full Screen Paddington 2: The Challenge of Making the Film BAFTA Q&A with David Heyman, Paul King, Simon Farnaby, Hugh Grant and Pablo Grillo

• Cry of the Banshee | Blu Ray | (09/02/2026) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In a supremely sinister performance, horror legend Vincent Price stars as despotic magistrate Lord Edward Whitman, who cruelly persecutes the peasants of Elizabethan England on his merciless witch hunt. While trying to wipe out one coven, Whitman unwittingly curses his family to supernatural murder when a trusted member of his household is transformed into a vehicle of demonic vengeance.One of Gordon Hessler and Chris Wicking's acclaimed run of films for AIP UK, this hard-edged British folk horror has been painstakingly restored by Hammer in 4K from the original film negatives. This Limited Collector's Edition includes both Hessler's original director's cut (in widescreen and full-frame aspect ratios) and AIP's re-edited theatrical version alongside new and archive supporting material, on two discs covered in a limited O-card featuring stylish new artwork.Special Features:New commentary with author, film-maker and horror film fan Chris AlexanderNew interview with author and film critic Kim NewmanA Devilish Tale of Poe: archive interview with director Gordon HesslerOriginal theatrical trailer, TV and radio spot

• Highlander | DVD | (12/03/2001) from £4.89   |  Saving you £9.10 (186.09%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This 1986 fantasy/action thriller has since spawned two sequels, a TV series, numerous comic-book spin-offs, and a loyal (if somewhat oddly obsessive) following of fans. Directed by music-video veteran Russell Mulcahy (which explains the dizzying camera work and soundtrack contributions from Queen), the original theatrical release made a hash of an intriguing story about an "Immortal" from 16th-century Scotland (Christopher Lambert) who time-leaps to modern-day America with his arch-enemy (Clancy Brown) in hot pursuit. It becomes a battle to the death (yes, Immortals can die) and Lambert seeks survival training from an Immortal mentor played by Sean Connery. Highlander is dazzling, energetic and altogether confusing. --Jeff Shannon

• Blackadder Remastered - The Ultimate Edition | DVD | (15/06/2009) from £16.49   |  Saving you £-3.02 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.47

  Like a skidmark through history the Edmund Blackadders left an indelible dirty stain on every era they passed through. No one knows where the notorious Blackadder family originated from - some say the shallow end of the gene pool others just nod and point to the cess-pit behind the pig-sheds. Every new era produces a more contemptuous Edmund Blackadder each incarnation bearing a striking resemblance to the last carrying forward the family traditions of cowardice treachery and political corruption. Accompanying each generation of Edmund Blackadders is the 'Baldrick' family a loyal breed of human pack-animal and the byword for all things stupid.

• Wild Britain (Hugh Bonneville) | DVD | (29/10/2018) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All 8 parts of the Channel 5 series, narrated by Hugh Bonneville. Britain's wildlife can be secretive, so often goes unnoticed. This series reveals the hidden lives of both the familiar and the more unusual animals with which we share our island home. Each of the diverse habitats offers opportunities and challenges to creatures great and small. We meet a cast of engaging animal characters at key moments in their lives, as low-light cameras expose rarely-seen nocturnal behaviour and macro lenses focus on little-known Britons. From the Cornish coast to the Shetland Islands, from Norfolk beaches to the cliffs of Anglesey, this series celebrates the stunning wildlife living on our doorstep. Episodes: Mountains Forests Coasts Rivers Water Worlds Islands Countryside Cities

• Eddie The Eagle | Blu Ray | (08/08/2016) from £5.38   |  Saving you £19.61 (364.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The new film details the inspiring exploits of Michael Edwards, better known as 'Eddie The Eagle', the most famous ski jumper in British history.

• Before You Go | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £5.15   |  Saving you £14.84 (288.16%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Julie Walters, Joanne Whalley and Victoria Hamilton star as three sisters coming to terms with their mother's death in this adaptation of the stageplay "The Memory of Water."

• Christopher Nolan 8-Film Collection | Blu Ray | (17/08/2023) from £129.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses | DVD | (20/06/2016) from £12.00   |  Saving you £14.99 (124.92%)   |  RRP £26.99

  These three screen adaptations, Henry VI in two parts and Richard III, tell the story of The War of the Roses, an exceptionally turbulent period in British history. Shakespeare's plays are filmed in the visually breathtaking landscape and architecture of the period. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Sally Hawkins, Sophie Okonedo & Tom Sturridge, these exhilarating and emotionally charged films feature some of Shakespeare's most eloquent and powerful language.

• The Strange World of Gurney Slade | DVD | (15/08/2011) from £8.13   |  Saving you £6.86 (84.38%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Both firmly of its time and spectacularly ahead of it The Strange World of Gurney Slade is to television comedy what The Prisoner has become to television drama - brilliantly inventive startlingly surreal and unlike anything previously seen on television. Anthony Newley stars as an actor who walks off the set of a banal sit-com and into a fantasy world of his own imagination. In this surreal odyssey through his own personal alternative reality he indulges in random conversations with both animals and inanimate objects it s a world in which characters can step out of advertising posters and where he can hear the most intimate thoughts of passers by. An unpredictable absurdist fantasy Gurney Slade created an indelible impression upon anyone who saw it. Created by Newley and written by the highly talented Sid Green and Dick Hills (who were soon to become key writers for Morecambe and Wise) this series has been newly transferred from the original 35mm film elements specifically for this release.

• House - Season 8 | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £35.99

  When Season 8 begins, many months have passed since House drove his car into Cuddy's living room in the Season 7 finale episode, and House is serving out a prison sentence. When a medical emergency ends his sentence early, he quickly discovers the landscape and hierarchy of the Diagnostic Medicine department at Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, which he previously presided over, has gone through a transition in his absence. Upon his unconventional return, he is forced to submit to a surprising new chain of command and deal with personnel changes to his team.

• House - Season 1 | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £16.41   |  Saving you £33.58 (204.63%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Hugh Laurie stars as the brilliant, but sarcastic Dr. Gregory House, a maverick physician who is devoid of bedside manner.

• Stephen | DVD | (18/10/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Stephen portrays events from 2006, thirteen years after Stephen's death on the evening of 22 April 1993 in a racially motivated attack whilst waiting for a bus in Well Hall Road, Eltham. Even though Doreen and Neville Lawrence knew the identity of their son's killers, the original investigation had failed to convict those responsible, and their extraordinary campaign for justice led to a public inquiry that branded Metropolitan Police institutionally racist and brought about sweeping changes in the law and police practices and transformed thinking and understanding of racial inequality in the UK. Yet six years on from the Inquiry no progress had been made into the case. The drama tells the story of the ongoing struggle by Doreen and Neville Lawrence to achieve justice and how a detective, DCI Clive Driscoll working closely with the Lawrences puts together an investigation that finally more than 18 years after his death secures the convictions of two of the gang who committed the murder of Stephen. Starring Steve Coogan. Sharlene Whyte & Hugh Quarshie