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• The Who And Special Guests - Live At The Royal Albert Hall | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £7.44   |  Saving you £2.55 (34.27%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Who: Live at the Royal Albert Hall commemorates a remarkable charity gig in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Roger Daltrey does allow himself a smirk as he declaims his famous hope that he'll die before he gets old, but other than that, The Who are to be commended for playing their reunion entirely straight. Their souped-up rhythm'n'blues was always propelled by a self-belief as fervent as it was absolute; had any irony been allowed to impinge on proceedings here, the spectacle of three men well into their 50s delivering a set of what remain definitive hymns to youth and its attendant furies would have been wholly preposterous. As it is, the three surviving members of The Who (Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Jon Entwhistle) combine with keyboardist John Bundrick and drummer Zak Starkey (son of Ringo Starr) to altogether engaging effect. There is, obviously, nothing wrong with the songs "Pinball Wizard", "The Kids Are Alright", "You Better You Bet", and they all get the treatment they deserve here. In fact, the only downsides are the many guest performances, which are either redundant, like Noel Gallagher's rhythm guitar on "Won't Get Fooled Again", or actually detrimental, like Kelly Jones' dreadful braying of "Substitute".On the DVD: The widescreen DVD is enhanced for 16:9 TVs. The second disc of extras includes backstage and rehearsal footage, the option to watch the performance of "Pinball Wizard" from a variety of angles, and an interview with Roger Daltrey, which he devotes principally to his work for the Teenage Cancer Trust, who were the beneficiaries of the concert. Also included is a derisory booklet of hopeless out-of-focus photos of the show taken by Bryan Adams, who would be well advised, on this evidence, to stick with the day job. --Andrew Mueller

• Grange Hill BBC TV Series 9 & 10 Boxed Set (8-Discs) (DVD) | DVD | (19/10/2020) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  New pupils Eric ˜Ziggy' Greaves, Danny Kendall, Georgina Hayes & Ant Jones are amongst the fresh faces piling through the Grange Hill gates & Zammo makes some bad decisions when he should ˜Just Say No'. This boxed set features all 48 episodes from series 9 & 10, originally broadcast in 1986 & 1987. ALSO INCLUDED for the very first time The 1985 Christmas Special Episode (First broadcast 27th December 1985 Pre-Series 9). Grange Hill Series 9 synopsis First Broadcast on 1st April 1986 Zammo's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic & it's Roland who eventually discovers the shocking truth. The thorny subject of smoking is tackled with new student Danny Kendall taking every opportunity for a crafty cigarette. This leads pupils to set up an anti-smoking campaign, which also targets the teachers!! In other news the ever entrepreneurial Gonch serves up his latest money-making scheme, anyone for a slice of toast?? Grange Hill Series 10 synopsis First Broadcast on 6th January 1987 Imelda Davis continues her campaign of carnage & bullying, creating difficulties for pupils & teachers alike. It's a tough year for Danny Kendall as he battles cancer. Roland starts up a School Fund to help pay for his treatment. A sixth form barge trip is certainly eventful as Gonch, Ziggy, Rob & Trevor first manage to crash the boat, then send it floating off on its own with stowaway (& former Grange Hill pupil) Ant Jones inside. The school gets its own radio station; Zammo & Jackie get engaged; & what will happen to Harriett the Donkey ? Special Feature: 1985 Christmas Special Episode - First broadcast on 27th December 1985 The School Christmas Fayre preparations are underway. Roland faces Christmas alone & Calley can't decide which of her parents to spend the festive season with. At the Fayre Zammo & Banksie's shaky hand machine proves popular, as does the wet sponge stall (especially with Mr Baxter as the target!!). Gonch & Hollo unwittingly unleash pandemonium when they unlock a storeroom & a donkey runs out. Merry Christmas everyone!!

• The Old Grey Whistle Test -- Two Disc Set | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £9.35   |  Saving you £15.64 (167.27%)   |  RRP £24.99

  For better and for worse, The Old Grey Whistle Test was probably the most resolutely serious music programme ever broadcast on television. During its 16-year run it showcased only the most earnest exponents of whichever musical style was currently popular, and given that the programme's heyday coincided with the early 70s, some of the footage included here will provide mirth as exquisite as only unintentional comedy can. The absurd prog noodlings of The Edgar Winter Group and the belief-beggaringly awful Focus now seem as unfathomable in retrospect as trench warfare or child labour. However, the good stuff collected here is very good, both in terms of performance (Tom Petty snarling "American Girl", a pre-irony U2 whooping up "I Will Follow") and historical interest, notably a shockingly youthful Elton John crooning "Tiny Dancer" and reminding us, in the process, of a time when he was regarded as a cool and hip singer-songwriter, rather than understudy to the Queen Mother. --Andrew Mueller On the DVD: Wonderful performances all captured in remarkably pristine picture and extraordinarily vivid sound, regardless of vintage (it doesn't even crackle during "Hocus Pocus"!). However, the menu is pretty clunky and won't allow direct access to the individual songs (other than selecting the "Random play" option). Instead, you can only jump into the programme year by year, not song by song. The track listing itself is unhelpfully hidden behind the discs in the gatefold packaging. --Mark Walker

• John Bishop Live: Box Of Laughs | DVD | (21/11/2016) from £5.02   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Includes the following four Live Tours: The Elvis Has Left the Building Tour, Rollercoaster Tour, The Sunshine Tour and Supersonic LIVE The Elvis Has Left the Building Tour John brings his unique talent for observational humour to DVD for the first time with his critically acclaimed show. Filmed in front of a packed house at the Liverpool Empire Theatre, it shows a man at the top of his game, and illustrates why he has become one of the nation's favourite comedians. Extras: PORTHCAWL ELVIS FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF JOHN'S LIVE SHOW JOHN'S TOUR DIARY Rollercoaster Tour At the end of The Sunshine Tour, John Bishop decided to take some time off the road. However, his family concluded life was better when he was out of the house and so Bishop spent a year jumping out of aeroplanes, visiting Downing Street and taking male grooming to the extreme. Delivered in Bish's signature laid back style in front of a packed out Manchester Arena, the multi-award winning stand up phenomenon is back to tell you all about his Rollercoaster year. Extras: THE MAKING OF ROLLERCOASTER Q&A WITH JOHN BISHOP The Sunshine Tour Filmed live at Liverpool's Echo Arena on the hugely successful tour of the same name (which saw John play to over 400,000 people in the arenas of the UK). In this show John shares anecdotes about the ways in which his life has changed because of fame, he confesses to what his kids really think of him and he explains why this is his time in the SUNSHINE. Extras: BEHIND THE SCENES MAKING OF NIGHT FEVER & NIGHT FEVER VIDEO ROYAL ALBERT HALL ADVERTS Supersonic LIVE John Bishop's back! After taking time out to write his autobiography, John limbered up again for his third sell-out national Arena tour, ending with a special one-off show at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall. This latest comedy caper by the immensely talented John Bishop was described as the funniest two hours you'll have anywhere, anytime soon by The Daily Mirror. Extras: A JOKE TOO FAR FAN TWITTER Q & A

• Fast & Furious 1-9 Film Collection | DVD | (11/10/2021) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All 9 action-packed films inclduing two versions of Fast & Furious 9: The Director's Cut and Original Film. Follow the Fast & Furious family all over the world as they face high-speed stakes, international assassins and edge-of-your-seat thrills throughout this colossal collection of nine action-packed films. Collection Includes: The Fast and the Furious 2 Fast 2 Furious The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Fast & Furious Fast & Furious 5 Fast & Furious 6 Fast & Furious 7 Fast & Furious 8 Fast & Furious 9 Includes hours of bonus features! Deleted Scenes Outtakes Behind-the-scenes Featurettes Feature Commentaries And Much More!

• Juliet Bravo - Series 6 | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £149.90   |  Saving you £-119.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Kate Longton (Anna Carteret) continues her stewardship of the Lancashire police force plotting a tricky course through the pitfalls of force politics and rising crime on the streets... Episodes Comprise: 1. Hostage To Fortune 2. Scab 3. Chasing The dragon 4. Talk To me 5. Friends And Neighbours 6. The Cut 7. Keys 8. Flesh And Blood 9. Unlawful Arrest 10. Inspection 11. We Are The People 12. Turbulence 13. Girl Talk 14. Jobs For The boys 15. In A Man's World 16. Reason For Leaving.

• Good Night and Good Luck | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Broadcast journalist Edward Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

• The Hard Way | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Michael J. Fox and James Woods team up for hilarious action-adventure from director John Badham. Nick Lang (Fox) is a popular actor who seeks out obsessive detective Moss (Woods) in order to research a new part and break out of his 'nice guy' screen image. On the trail of a ruthless serial killer the last thing Moss needs is a pampered Hollywood sidekick...

• Robocop 3 | DVD | (24/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Early on in Robocop 3, an action figure of our metal hero on the nightstand in a little girl's room informs us that he's now become a children's toy. The image is right on the money; despite following up two of the most violent, hilarious sci-fi/action films ever made, Robocop 3 is strictly for the kiddies. It's not just that the gore has been toned down considerably to make for a PG-13 rating; also excised is the straight-faced portrait of a world run by corporate fascism. When evil corporation OCP, and its even more evil Japanese parent company, plan to raze a Detroit neighbourhood to put up the shining new Delta City, the residents (including the aforementioned adolescent, who conveniently happens to be a computer expert) gang up to fight back, just like the angry neighbours in Death Wish V. Robocop (played this time out by Robert John Burke, Peter Weller having wisely passed) could be a hindrance to the companies' plans, so a ninja android is sent in to deal with him. Even all this could have been enjoyable, in a campy sort of way, but nothing pays off as either comedy or action--tellingly, the two big showdowns with the ninja start exhilaratingly (Robocop's clunky movements hilariously counterpoised by the android's acrobatic leaps), only to end just when they're getting good. Director Fred Dekker has some nice stylistic touches scattered about, but not nearly enough to save the film. One high note, though: the animated "Johnny Rehab" spot may be the funniest ad in the whole series. --Bruce Reid, Amazon.com

• Presumed Innocent | DVD | (26/07/1999) from £6.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (100.14%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Rich with ambiguity, this smooth adaptation of Scott Turow's bestselling mystery novel stars Harrison Ford as Rusty Sabich, the prosecuting attorney assigned to a case involving the murder of a beautiful, seductive lawyer (Greta Scacchi) with whom he'd been having a secret affair. After the investigation gets off to a slow start, damning evidence points to Rusty as the prime suspect. His career is destroyed when his superior and secondary suspect Raymond Horgan (Brian Dennehy) sets him up for the fall. Bonnie Bedelia plays Rusty's wife Barbara, who is not above suspicion herself. While Ford's performance rides a fine line between presumed innocence and possible guilt, director Alan J Pakula (All the President's Men) maintains a consistent tone of uncertainty that keeps the viewer guessing. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Footloose (1984) 4K UHD Steelbook | Blu Ray | (12/02/2024) from £30.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jumping with the spirit of freedom, dazzling dance numbers, and an electrifying '80s musical soundtrack, FOOTLOOSE comes to 4K ULTRA HD for its 40th Anniversary in this limited edition collectible SteelBook. Its the timeless struggle between innocent pleasure and rigid morality for city boy Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon), newly moved to an uptight small town where dancing has been banned. Ren quickly makes a new best friend in Willard (Chris Penn) and falls fast for the minister's daughter (Lori Singer), but his love for music and dancing gets him into hot water equally as fast. Featuring a treasury of hit songs from Kenny Loggins, Shalamar, Deniece Williams, Bonnie Tyler, Quiet Riot, John Mellencamp, Foreigner, and more!

• BMX Bandits | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £15.96   |  Saving you £-9.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Most notable for being the debut feature of 17-year-old Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman BMX Bandits is also one of the best-loved and most fondly remembered children's films of the 1980s and is now available on DVD for the first time in the UK. Packed with amazing BMX action from rad wheelies to awesome airs chases slapstick humour and crazy adventure this madcap caper inspired an entire generation of kids across the world to get out on their bikes and let loose. More

• Land of the Dead (2005) | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £5.93   |  Saving you £15.32 (328.05%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The zombies are back and they're still hungry in this horror from maestro George A. Romero.

• A Nightmare On Elm Street | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £13.15   |  Saving you £6.84 (52.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From modern horror master Wes Craven comes a timeless shocker that remains the standard bearer for terror. Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is having grisly nightmares. Meanwhile her high-school friends who are having the very same dreams are being slaughtered in their sleep by the hideous fiend of their shared nightmares. When the police ignore her explanation she herself must confront the killer in his shadowy realm. Featuring John Saxon with Johnny Depp in his first starring role and mind-bending special effects this horror classic gave birth to one of the most infamous undead villains in cinematic history: Freddy Krueger...

• Barbarella (1968) | Blu Ray | (30/07/2012) from £8.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (123.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Barbarella is marked by the same audacity and originality, fantasy, humor, beauty and horror, cruelty and eroticism that make comic books such a favorite. The setting is the planet Lythion in the year 40,000, when Barbarella (Jane Fonda) makes a forced landing while traveling through space. She acts like a female James Bond, vanquishing evil in the forms of robots and monsters. She also rewards, in an uninhibited manner, the handsome men who assist her in the adventure. Whether she is wrestling with Black Guards, the evil Queen, or the Angel Pygar, she just can't seem to avoid losing at least part of her skin-tight space suit!

• Fierce Creatures | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £6.24   |  Saving you £3.75 (60.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In an attempt to catch lightning in a bottle, John Cleese wrote Fierce Creatures with the purpose of reuniting the comedic cast of A Fish Called Wanda. Media mogul (Kevin Kline) owns a London zoo. He demands that the park raise more profit, so the new zoo director (Cleese) orders that only dangerous animals be displayed in order to maximize ticket sales. In a dual role, Kline also plays the mogul's son, who plans to run the zoo with the help of displaced employees (including Michael Palin) and zoo programmer Willa Weston (Jamie Lee Curtis). The situation lends itself to comedic confusion and split-second timing, and for a few good laughs the film is a pretty safe bet. It's not as hilarious as A Fish Called Wanda (that's a pretty tall order), but Cleese knows comedy, and his efforts are worth a look. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Bicentennial Man | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £12.00   |  Saving you £-6.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From director Chris Columbus comes this original funny and heart-warming film. When Richard Martin (Sam Neill) introduced a robot named Andrew (Robin Williams) to the family nobody expects anything more than an ordinary household appliance. But this is no ordinary robot! Andrew is a unique machine with real emotions a sense of humour and a burning curiosity to discover what it means to be human. Over the course of his service with the Martins spanning two hundred years and several

• Wheels On Meals | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Not since Don Quixote has Spain had so much fun! Buddies Thomas (Jackie Chan) and David (Yuen Biao) drive a high-tech lunch truck in Spain where they get mixed up with a femme fatale and a novice detective (Sammo Hung) setting the stage for lightning-fast martial arts and wild car chases through the streets of Barcelona! One of the first films to star the '3 Brothers' (Jackie Chan Yuen Biao Sammo Hung) Wheels On Meals is definitely a fan favourite for the b

• Sweeney 2 | Blu Ray | (04/02/2019) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  John Thaw and Dennis Waterman star once again as the Flying Squad's finest in this brutal and uncompromising feature-film spin-off from one of television's most memorable series! Co-starring Denholm Elliott and Ken Hutchison, Sweeney 2 has been newly transferred in High Definition from original film elements. A callous gang of bank robbers is creating havoc on the London streets. Efficient and ruthless and with Regan and Carter in hot pursuit they leave a trail of dead bodies and smashed cars in their wake. Features: Theatrical Trailer Image gallery PDF material

• Sons of Katie Elder | Blu Ray | (27/02/2023) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Katie Elder Bore Four Sons...and the day she is buried they all return home to Clearwater, Texas, to pay their last respects. John Wayne is the eldest and toughest son, the gunslinger. Tom (Dean Martin) is the gambler and good with a gun when he has to be. Matt (Earl Holliman) is the quiet one nobody ever called him yellow twice. Bud (Michael Anderson, Jr.) is the youngest. Any hope for respectability lies with him. Directed by Henry Hathaway (True Grit ), an acknowledged master of the Western, the story has a dual theme; not only is this a he-man's story, but it is also a drama of the maternal influence of Katie Elder, movingly portrayed from beginning to conclusion.