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• The Twilight Zone - Vol. 8 | DVD | (28/08/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. On the DVD: A neat animated menu with a winking eye guides the viewer "Inside the Twilight Zone", which consists of digests of background information on the individual episodes, as well as a general history of the show, a season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker

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  In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. --Mark Walker

• The Twilight Zone - Vol. 24 | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  People Are Alike All Over - Episode 25 When a space expedition crashes on Mars passenger Sam Conrad (Roddy McDowall) is terrified when he encounters Martians. To his initial relief they are human extremely friendly an apparently just like us... Valley of the Shadow - Episode 105 Philip Redfield (Ed Nelson) finds himself trapped in a small town where people can reverse time and do many other amazing things. He is determined to escape and share the town's secrets with the outside world. Black Leather Jackets - Episode 138 Three tough-looking men on motorcycles disrupt a peaceful suburb when they move in. Yet the neighbours could never imagine just how dangerous these men are. One bit of advice: don't drink the water...

• The Twilight Zone - Vol. 21 | DVD | (21/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mirror Image - Eps.21: When Millicent Barnes (Vera Miles) Soies her exact double at a bus station she becomes convinced that the double is trying to take her place in the world. Fellow passenger Paul Grinstead (Martin Milner) thinks she's crazy...at first. Dust - Eps. 48: A man is about to be hanged for drunkenly running over a little girl in a decaying town. But when the gir's anguished father (Vladimir Sokoloff) flings 'magic dust' into the air a change comes over the squalid village. Five Characters in Search of an Exit - Eps. 79 A clown a hobo a ballet dancer a bagpipe player and an army major are trapped together in an enormous cylander. They don't know who they are or how they got there. But when the major tries to escape they finally learn the truth. Ninety Years Without Slumbering - Eps. 132 Sam Forstmann (Ed Wynn) believes that he will die if his grandfather clock stops. When the clock does begin to wind down Sam must face his deepest fear.

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  Long Live Walter Jameson - Episode 24: Kevin McCarthy is Professor Walter Jameson an excellent history teacher who talks about the past as if he had lived it. Little can his students imagine... Dead Man's Shoes - Episode 83: A vagrant steps into a murdered gangster's expensive shoes and is taken over by the dead man's ghost who vows to remain on Earth to seek revenge against his killer. You Drive - Episode 134: Driving home one rainy evening Oliver Pope (Edward Andrews) accidentally hits a boy on a bike killing him. Pope flees the scene determined to hide his guilt but his car has other ideas. The Long Morrow - Episode 135: Commander Douglas Stansfield (Robert Lansing) and Sandra Horn (Mariette Hartley) fall in love shortly before Stansfield launches into space to begin 40 years in suspended animation. As they dream of being together their fates take an ironic turn...