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• The Early Bird | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £16.24   |  Saving you £-3.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Norman Wisdom reprises his best-loved character, the comically inept Pitkin, in 1965's The Early Bird, ably supported once again by Edward Chapman in his final appearance as Mr Grimsdale. This time around Wisdom is the only milkman working for Grimsdale's Dairy, a small business threatened by a menacing large corporation in the shape of Consolidated Dairies and their electric milk floats. Grimsdale and Pitkin must evoke the Dunkirk spirit to save their family firm from the grasp of the faceless giant. Of course, the wafer-thin plot is the merest excuse for a series of calamitous set pieces in which Wisdom wreaks havoc in his trademark bumbling manner. The best bits involve a disastrous game of golf, the usual shenanigans with a fire hose and a virtuoso tour de force opening sequence as the household struggles to wake up in the morning. Wisdom's own brand of Jerry Lewis-inspired clowning, with mugging and pratfalls aplenty, is all good clean fun with little or none of the smutty innuendo that characterised the contemporary Carry On series. He carries this film, as he does all his others, solely on the strength of his winningly naïve charm: this is innocent comedy from the days before supermarkets really did wreck all the local businesses, not to mention from the days before The Godfather gave a whole new spin on the comedy value of going to bed with your horse. On the DVD: There are no extra features on this disc at all. Given Wisdom's household-name status and the longevity of these much-loved movies, this seems like a sadly missed opportunity. The 4:3 picture has not been digitally remastered and shows its age, as does the muddy mono soundtrack. Only Ron Goodwin's wonderfully tongue-in-cheek music score comes across reasonably well. --Mark Walker

• Chaplin | DVD | (20/05/2002) from £7.96   |  Saving you £5.03 (63.19%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Chaplin, Sir Richard Attenborough's biographical film of the life and times of the famous comic, is a little thin as a narrative, but it is so charmingly creative and ultimately moving that it's hard to worry about the deficits. Robert Downey Jr does an excellent job re-creating Chaplin's graceful slapstick and getting inside the silent-film superstar's head over the years of triumph, defeat, scandal, official persecution, exile and inner peace. A huge cast portray the allies, friends, lovers and enemies in Chaplin's life, including Moira Kelly as his final, long-time wife Oona, Kevin Kline as Douglas Fairbanks, Geraldine Chaplin as Charlie's mother and James Woods as a prosecutor working hard to nail Chaplin for anti-American sentiments. Attenborough declines to tell the story in a flat, linear way, employing such clever techniques as detailing one chapter in Chaplin's life as a silent comedy. The climactic scene set at an Oscar tribute for Chaplin will get the tears flowing. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Frasier: Complete Series 2 | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £20.90   |  Saving you £14.09 (67.42%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The complete second season sitcom shenanigans featuring psychologist Frasier Crane and his family. Episodes Comprise: 1. Slow Tango In South Seattle 2. The Unkindest Cut Of All 3. The Matchmaker 4. Flour Child 5. Duke's We Hardly Knew You 6. The Botched Language Of Cranes 7. The Candidate 8. Adventures In Paradise (Part 1) 9. Adventures In Paradise (Part 2) 10. Burying A Grudge 11. Seat Of Power 12. Roz In The Doghouse 13. Retirement Is Murder 14. Fool Me Once Shame On You Fool Me Twice... 15. You Scratch My Book... 16. The Show Where Sam Shows Up 17. Daphne's Room 18. The Club 19. Someone To Watch Over Me 20. Breaking The Ice 21. An Affair To Forget 22. Agents In America Part III 23. The Innkeepers 24. Dark Victory

• The Monkees - Monkees - Series 1 | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Hey...Hey..The Monkees are back! Containing all 32 episodes from the first series of The Monkees TV show! Episodes Comprise: 1. Royal Flush 2: Monkee See Monkee Die 3. Monkee vs. Machine 4. Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers 5. The Spy Who Came In From the Cool 6. Success Story 7. Monkees in A Ghost Town 8. Don't Look A Gift Horse In the Mouth 9. The Chaperone 10. Here Come the Monkees-The Pilot 11. Monkees A La Carte 12. I've Got A Little Song Here 13. One Man Shy (Peter and the Debutante 14. Dance Monkee Dance 15. Too Many Girls (Davy and Fern) 16. Son of a Gypsy 17. The Case of the Missing Monkee 18. I Was a Teenage Monster 19. The Audition 20. Monkees In the Ring 21. The Prince and the Pauper 22. Monkees At the Circus 23. Captain Crocodile 24. Monkees A La Mode 25. Alias Micky Dolenz 26. Monkee Chow Mien 27. Monkee Mother 28. Monkees on the Line 29. Monkees Get Out More Dirt 30. Monkees In Manhattan 31. Monkees At the Movies 32. Monkees On Tour

• The Pigman Murders | DVD | (29/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  7 Friends One Tape No Witnesses. 7 friends head to the wilderness of Connemara Co. Galway for a weekend break to celebrate the first year anniversary of a close friend. First night in they come across a beaten and bloodied male looking for help as he warns them that three masked men attacked him and took his girlfriend some of the group head into the wooded area in search as others return to their cars which have disappeared. With no houses for miles and no transport they must walk themselves back but are not alone! All caught on camera Somebody's There is a intense rollercoaster that will bring documentary style filmmaking to another level. Special Features: 88 Films Trailer Park

• Inspector Morse - Disc 25 And 26 - Cherubim And Seraphim / Deadly Slumber | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £5.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (150.67%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whately's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter said he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

• Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1 | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its' five year mission: to explore strange new worlds to seek out new life and new civilisations to boldly go where no man has gone before! Episodes Comprise: 1. The Man Trap 2. Charlie X 3. Where No Man Has Gone Before 4. The Naked Time 5. The Enemy Within 6. Mudd's Women 7. What Are Little Girls Made Of? 8. Miri 9. Dagger Of The Mind 10. The Corbomite Maneuver 11. The Menagerie (Part 1) 12. The Me

• Midsomer Murders - John Nettles' Favourite Investigations | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £9.94   |  Saving you £15.05 (151.41%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This special collection contains John Nettles' four favourite hand-picked investigations taken from the hugely popular series. Starring John Nettles as the humorous thoughtful and methodical Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby this set features: Blue Herrings Murder on St. Malley's Day Sins of Commission Picture of Innocence

• Incredible Kung Fu Mission | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Mix an inpregnable fortress prison a garrison of highly trained soldiers a legendary martial arts master and a rag tag group of merceneries add one bad ass warlord and you've got the recipe for mayhem Hong Kong style. John Liu a kung fu master is hired to rescue a revolutionary agent from the fortress of an evil warlord. To help him are five mercenaries trained in the deadly art of kung fu fighting. Disguised as a travelling acrobatic troupe they set out on their rescue missi

• Jackie Chan Adventures - The Entire Season 1 | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jackie Chan's Adventures is the exciting new animated series from world-famous action hero Jackie Chan. You've never seen Jackie like this! Episode titles: The Dark Hand The Power Within The Mask of El Toro Fuerte Enter...The Viper Project A for Astral Shell Game Bullies Tough Break The Rock The Dog and Piggy Show The Jade Monkey The Tiger and the Pussycat Day of the Dragon.

• Harvey Girls, The | Blu Ray | (15/12/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Elton John - Elton 60 - Live From Madison Square Garden | Blu Ray | (26/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Probation Officer | DVD | (30/01/2017) from £20.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Running for over 100 episodes, Probation Officer was an early hit for ATV and made a star out of John Paul, who would later go on to give such a memorable performance a decade later in Doomwatch. Created by Julian Bond, Probation Officer's semi-documentary format allowed it to remain topical throughout its four-year run. This set contains twelve episodes.Philip Main reports for duty in his new job as a probation officer. Ex-Army, he has only had a few weeks' basic training and no hands-on experience - will he be able to cope with the cases that come his way?

• Inspector Morse - Disc 9 And 10 - The Last Enemy / Deceived By The Flight | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £5.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (150.67%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and story lines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep-down sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

• Les Miserables | DVD | (11/02/2008) from £6.00   |  Saving you £6.99 (116.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on Victor Hugo's classic novel this is an epic tale of love honour and obsession against the dramatic background of the French Revolution. Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson) lives a life on the run for stealing a loaf of bread. Settling in a remote town he devotes himself to the care of the poor including the beautiful young and poverty stricken Fantine (Uma Thurman). When Fantine dies she leaves a daughter Cosette (Claire Danes) who Valjean raises. But they are haunted by Javert (Geoffrey Rush) a policeman whose lifelong search for Valjean has become an obsession. A hunt begins that will come to a final confrontation on the revolution torn streets of Paris.

• Deadly Nightshade | DVD | (04/03/2013) from £6.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (100.15%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Robert Matthews (Emrys Jones) is arrested in Cornwall when he is mistaken for convict John Barlow, to whom he bears a striking resemblance. When Barlow hears of this, he makes his way to Matthews' cottage and takes his place. When there is a local shipwreck, one of the survivors is Anne Farrington, Matthews' fiancée. Barlow takes her in, maintaining his imposture, but soon discovers that Matthews is not all he seems.

• Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The / The Magnificent Seven / The Alamo | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Good The Bad And The Ugly Director Sergio Leone substitutes for the upright puritan Protestant ethos so familiar in Hollywood westerns a seedy cynical standpoint towards death and mortality as a team of brutal bandits battle to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave. Joining Clint clearly The Good is the irredeemably Bad Lee and the resolutely Ugly Eli Wallach. The complete plot of bloodshed and betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War filmed to resemble the French battlefields of World War One to end in the climatic Dance Of Death. The Magnificent Seven Yul Brynner stars as one of seven master gunmen who aid the helpless farmers of an isolated village pitted against an army of marauding bandits in this rousing action tale based on Akira Kurosawa's classic 'Seven Samurai'. Released in 1960 John Sturges' masterpiece garnered an Oscar nomination for Elmer Bernstein (for Best Score) and launched the film careers of Steve McQueen Charles Bronson Robert Vaughn and James Coburn. The Alamo At the Alamo a crumbling adobe mission 185 exceptional men joined together in a sacred pact: they would stand firm against an army of 7 000 and willingly give their lives for freedom. Filmed entirely in Texas only a few miles from the site of the actual battle 'The Alamo' is a visually stunning and historically accurate celebration of courage and honour. John Wayne produces directs and stars in this larger than life chronicle of one of the most remarkable events in American history.

• Inspector Morse - Disc 27 And 28 - Day Of The Devil / Twilight Of The Gods | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £11.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (50.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whately's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter said he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

• Blackrock | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.

• Sickert's London | DVD | (23/07/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Although Walter Sickert is considered the father of modern British painting he was born in Germany. He became Britain's most famous artist but after his death he drifted into obscurity ironically rejected for the same inventive spirit that had first made his name. He remains one of the undiscovered heroes of modern art. This vivid film discovers Howard Hodgkin rummaging in the Sickert archive follows Frank Auerbach around the streets of Camden Town encourages Professor Quentin Bell to recall what it was like to be drawn by the man himself; artist John Wannacott studies the drawings; Peter Ackroyd describes the context of London's back streets and secrets; Lady Mary Soames reveals the artists' friendship with her father Winston Churchill; solicitor Sir David Napley shares Sickert's fascination with The Camden Town Murder while Sickert's biographer Richard Shone explodes the myth that Sickert was Jack the Ripper. With music by Jools Holland and Sickert's writings read by Alan Bennett this film manages to conjure up the spirit of one of Europe's greatest artists.