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• The Professionals - Season 1 | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  An instant hit in 1977, The Professionals was a fast-moving and occasionally sharp-shooting action series about a couple of cool dudes in a fictional secret service organisation, CI5. The creation of Avengers veterans Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell it was often gritty stuff, leavened by the mildly subversive attitudes of Bodie (Lewis Collins) and Doyle (Martin Shaw) who ultimately are always loyal to their gruff boss George Cowley (Gordon Jackson). Helped by witty, if rampantly sexist, dialogue and trousers of sterility defying tightness, Bodie and Doyle enjoyed a good run as 1970s sex symbols. Jackson’s often exasperated Cowley kept them in line with just the right degree of Puritanical steel. The first series set the standard for five successful years, milking the dramatic potential of a rich gamut of scenarios, from international espionage to racism and religious evangelism; Bodie and Doyle usually being called upon to protect a controversial figure from the assassin's bullet. Shaw would later dismiss The Professionals for its stereotypical violence and for a long time refused to allow reruns. In fact, as cult television goes, it has weathered well. Many of its themes are as relevant today as they were then. The constantly elliptical script ("I want you to see that he's… well taken care of") is tremendous fun. And despite the macho drive, the whole thing has a camp archness which betrays its Avengers pedigree. Great for a nostalgic wallow. On the DVD: The Professionals on disc still displays the slightly ropey quality of late 1970s television film complete with brassy soundtrack. Presented in 4:3 format, the original production values disconcertingly recreate the original post-homework viewing experience. But the DVD extras are the thing here. Interactive menus allow you to drill down into the history of each of the 14 episodes, cross-referencing guest stars. And there's an appropriately camp fashion note.--Piers Ford

• Midsomer Murders - Things That Go Bump In The Night | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In the Fletcher's Cross Village Hall Rosetta Price is seated with her eyes closed watched by an eager audience. She is the medium of the Spirit of Friendship group and issues a warning of impending sorrow for someone that evening. Shortly afterwards the body of renowned skinflint and local funeral director Patrick Pennyman is discovered by his wife. Is this a coincidental case of suicide? To unravel the mystery Barnaby and Scott must delve into the mystical goings on at the spiritua

• Basil | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This visually stunning film explores passion betrayal vengeance and revenge and their effect on the life of a naive and unseasoned young man. Basil yearning for freedom from the constraints of aristocracy disregards his position and wealth to pursue the passionate love of a beautiful woman. Betrayed by this love and deceived by the man he thought a friend Basil finds he is the victim of a sinister plot for revenge. He hunts down his tormentor and in a violent fight comes face to face with the price of vengeance. He escaped to the coast of Ireland to face his demons comes to terms with his past and discovers a future that holds the promise of new beginnings.

• Mary Higgins Clark - We'll Meet Again | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Investigative reporter Fran Simmons has only just returned to her native New York when a huge story lands on her desk. Five years ago Molly Carpenter was convicted of murdering her husband Dr Gary Lasch; now Fran is determined to reassemble Molly's partial memories of the fateful night...

• Basket Case 3 - The Progeny | DVD | (31/07/2000) from £4.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  It all starts innocently enough when the Bradley boys join kindly doctor Granny Ruth and her family of unique individuals for a road trip through the deep South.. The occasion Belais' about to become a proud monster father and no basket is big enough to hole this ungodly brood. But when a pair of warped sheriffs deputies kidnap Belial's babies Granny Ruth and the family strike back. Belail single handed decimates the local police station with crazed Terminator like fury and that's just the beginning. Threatened with the loss of the newest additions to their family Granny Ruth and the other concoct a delicious revenge against their enemies climaxing in Bellial's futuristic one-on-one with the town Sheriff.

• The Professionals - Vol. 1 | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £24.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (60.09%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... Features all 14 episodes from the first series broadcast in 1977 uncut and digitally remastered!

• The Professionals: Mk III | DVD | (30/10/2017) from £8.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before. Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction, but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley, head of CI5, couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit: anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men experts from the army, the police, from every service. These are The Professionals . Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) and the much-missed Lewis Collins, the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes and made an immediate impact on British and then international audiences which has sustained 35 years. But the series has never looked this good. Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives, the series could have been made yesterday. No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time. FEATURES ON THIS NEW EDITION [] Brand-new restorations of all 13 episodes in series three from the camera-original negatives [] Brand-new 5.1 tracks from original sound elements [] Remastered original as-broadcast mono tracks [] Remastered music-only tracks featuring Laurie Johnson's original scores [] Photo galleries featuring hundreds of rare images [] All episodes are presented in their original production order [] PDF material featuring scripts and memorabilia [] English HOH subtitles

• The Professionals | DVD | (30/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

  Perhaps the most easily parodied action series of its era, The Professionals was the one about the gruff but fatherly counter-terrorist top cop Cowley (Gordon Jackson) and his favourite surrogate sons, the curly haired ex-copper Ray Doyle (Martin Shaw) and taciturn-but-pouting ex-mercenary William Bodie (Lewis Collins). As set out by series creator Brian Clemens (veteran of the more fantastical Avengers), their job was to stop threats to the government, visiting dignitaries or the general public "by any means necessary". What this boiled down to was dashing about, leaping out of cars, getting into thump-happy fistfights, leering at every "bird" who passed by as if they were trying to prove something, wearing eye-abusing late-70s leisure wear well beyond the sell-by date, potting baddies with guns hauled out of their smart shoulder holsters, and occasionally choking back manly tears when another of the trio was wounded. All three leads were professionals of another stripe--the sort of actors who could soar with a good script and do their best to sell a weak one--and they were generally set against a parade of top-flight British character acting talent along with sundry sit-com/pin-up refugee disposable girlfriends and suspects. One strange, if understandable, element of the premise is that CI5 tackle all manner of Greek, Middle Eastern, Soviet and radical nutcase groups--with the odd racist Klansman, corrupt civil servant and dubious big business tycoon thrown in to prove they're not fascists--but almost never have anything to do with the Irish terrorist groups who were the main focus of the organisation's real-life counterparts from 1977 to 1983. --Kim Newman

• The Professionals Volume 14 | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... Includes the following four uncut and digitally remastered episodes: 1. Kickback 2. Discovered In A Graveyard 3. Foxhole On The Roof 4. Operation Susie

• The Professionals Complete Boxset - REPACK | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

  Every episode of this much loved classic crime TV show featuring that unforgettable theme tune!A brilliant, fast-paced, violent and hard-hitting action series, The Professionals chronicles the lives and exploits of the men of covert British security unit CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), in particular the unit's top operative partnership of ex-cop Ray Doyle (Martin Shaw) and former mercenary and ex-SAS paratrooper William Bodie (Lewis Collins) and their superior officer, the gruff but fatherly George Cowley (Gordon Jackson).

• The Professionals Mk IV | DVD | (08/10/2018) from £21.03   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before. Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction, but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley, head of CI5, couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit: anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men experts from the army, the police, from every service. These are The Professionals . Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) and the much-missed Lewis Collins, the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes and made an immediate impact on British and then international audiences which has sustained 40 years. But the series has never looked this good. Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives the series could have been made yesterday. No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time. Features: Brand-new, High Definition restorations of all 18 episodes in series four and five from the camera-original negatives Brand-new 5.1 tracks from original sound elements Remastered original as-broadcast mono tracks Remastered music-only tracks featuring Laurie Johnson's original scores HD photo galleries featuring hundreds of rare and previously unseen images Restoration featurette ATV Today: two newsclips featuring Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins The Professionals Serving the Professionals: outtakes from a 1982 NAAFI promo Then and Now The Location Files PDF PDF material featuring scripts and memorabilia All episodes are presented in their original production order English HOH subtitles

• The Professionals Season 4 - REPACK | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The complete fourth series of this much loved classic crime TV show featuring 14 episodes, uncut and digitally remastered!Episodes Comprise:The Acorn SyndromeWildNeed to KnowTakeawayBlackoutBlood SportsSlush FundThe GunHijackMixed DoublesWeekend in the CountryKickbackIt's Only a Beautiful Picture

• The Professionals Volume 9 | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £19.98   |  Saving you £-13.99 (-233.60%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... Includes the following four uncut and digitally remastered episodes: 1. A Hiding To Nothing 2. Dead Reckoning 3. Mixed Doubles 4. Need To Know

• The Professionals Volume 13 | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men, no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists, criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... Includes the following four uncut and digitally remastered episodes: 1. It's Only A Beautiful Picture 2. Blood Sports 3. Hijack 4. You'll Be Alright

• The Professionals Volume 15 | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... Includes the following four uncut and digitally remastered episodes: 1. The Ojuka Situation 2. The Untouchables 3. Cry Wolf 4. A Man Called Quinn

• The Professionals - Vol. 12 | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... Includes the following three uncut and digitally remastered episodes: 1. The Gun 2. Wild Justice 3. Blackout

• The Professionals Volume 16 | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £20.09   |  Saving you £-14.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men, no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists, criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... Includes the following three uncut and digitally remastered episodes: 1. Lawson's Last Stand 2. No Stone 3. Spy Probe

• The Professionals Volume 10 | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... Includes the following four uncut and digitally remastered episodes: 1. The Purging Of CI5 2. Fugitive 3. The Acorn Syndrome 4. Slush Fund