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• The Slab Boys | DVD | (16/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Written by John Byrne for the BBC Play for Today series this is a semi- autobiographical tale set in a Paisely carpet factory in the late 1950's. Spanky (Gerard Kelly) and Hector (Mark Windsor) are the apprentice designers - the Slab Boys - whose job is to mix the dyes for the carpet designers. They toil away strutting and skiving each plotting his escape. A mixture of hilarity high jinks and sobering realism this coming of age tale has played in theatres all over Britain has inspired a movie spawned an recent theatre sequel and is an absolute classic.

• A Shot At Glory | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Robert Duvall stars as the manager of a second rate Scottish football team in this drama about a man who must battle his own demons while taking on the club's American owner (Michael Keaton).