"Actor: Lesley Manville"

• The Crown Season 6 | Blu Ray | (16/09/2024) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the final season of the groundbreaking series,a relationship blossoms between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed before a fateful car journey hasdevastating consequences. Prince William tries to integrate back into life at Eton in the wake of his mother's death as the monarchy has toride the wave of public opinion. As she reaches her Golden Jubilee, the Queen reflects on the future of the monarchy with the marriage of Charles and Camilla and the beginnings of a new royal fairy tale in William and Kate.

• Misbehaviour DVD | DVD | (07/09/2020) from £3.43   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.

• Mrs Harris Goes To Paris | Blu Ray | (04/09/2023) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Milk | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Adrian (James Fleet) is an unmarried unworldly and somewhat unstable dairy farmer who has spent most of his adult life on a farm in Wiltshire looking after his elderly slightly quirky mother Lucy. Upon finding his mother dead Adrian then has to deal with the arrival of his two sisters Harriet (Francesca Annis) and Virginia (Dawn French) his uncle his mother's lover and her closest friend Veronica (Phyllida Law). They all want a piece of Lucy they all have conflicting plans for

• Disney's Maleficent UHD | Blu Ray | (07/10/2019) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Maleficent explores the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain, from the classic Sleeping Beauty, and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) cruelly places an irrevocable curse on the human king's newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever.

• Another Year | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mike Leigh's ANOTHER YEAR will be released in the UK and Ireland on 5 November by Momentum Pictures.

• The Critic | Blu Ray | (09/12/2024) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set in 1930's London, The Critic is a thrilling tale of ambition, blackmail, and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its heart. When the most feared and vicious theatre critic in town Jimmy Erskine (Mckellen), finds himself suddenly in the cross hairs of the Daily Chronicle's new owner David Brooke (Strong), he strikes a Faustian pact with struggling actress Nina Land (Arterton) who is desperate to win his favour.

• Cranford: Complete BBC Series | DVD | (11/02/2008) from £6.29   |  Saving you £13.70 (217.81%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This BBC dramatisation of three of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels captures the small absurdities and tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford a small rural Cheshire town inhabited largely by women. This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector: Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matty. But domestic peace is constantly threatened in the form of financial disaster imagined burglaries tragic accidents and the reapparance of long-lost relatives.

• Harlots Series 2 | DVD | (17/06/2019) from £7.81   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Pleasure has its price. Following the muder of Sir George Howard and Justice Cunliffe, turmoil plagues London's most infamous Madams - bitter enemies, Margaret Wells (Samantha Morton) and Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville). Their War for control of the city's bawdy houses intensifies and when Margaret's daughter, Charlotte (Jessica Brown Findlay), places herself in the home of Lydia Quigley, their toxic and deep-seated rivalry is taken to a dangerous new level. The arrival of the alluring and wealthy socialite Lady Isabella Fitz William (Liv Tyler) on the scene may be Charlotte's lifeline, but her poise and position in society covers a dark, scandalous past. it's all pleasure and pain in Season 2 of Harlots.

• Let Him Go | Blu Ray | (26/04/2021) from £7.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge (KEVIN COSTNER) and his wife Margaret (DIANE LANE) leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from a dangerous family living off the grid. They soon discover that the Weboy family has no intention of letting the child go, forcing George and Margaret to fight for their family. Special Features: The Making of LET HIM GO The Blackledges: Kevin Costner & Diane Lane Lighting The Way: Thomas Bezucha

• Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969-1989) (Blu-ray box set) | Blu Ray | (29/08/2022) from £53.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Although probably best remembered for the controversial and groundbreaking dramas Scum, Made in Britain and The Firm, the breadth of Alan Clarke's radical, political, innovative, inspirational work, along with his influence on generations of filmmakers, such as Gus Van Sant, Paul Greengrass, Andrea Arnold, Harmony Korine, Clio Barnard, Shane Meadows, should see him rightly regarded as one of Britain's greatest ever filmmaking talents. This collection brings together twenty-two stand-alone BBC TV dramas that Alan Clarke directed between 1969 and 1989, including such neglected classics as To Encourage the Others, Horace, Penda's Fen, Diane, Contact, Christine and Elephant, and also includes Scum and Clarke's original Director's Cut of The Firm, assembled from his personal answer print, discovered in 2015. This 12-Disc Box Set also includes a raft of additional materials, including David Leland introductions, extracts from BBC discussion shows Open Air and Tonight, and recently-produced documentaries and audio commentaries. Films: The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel (1969) Sovereign's Company (1970) The Hallelujah Handshake (1970) To Encourage the Others (1972) Under the Age (1972) Horace (1972) The Love Girl and the Innocent (1973) Penda's Fen (1974) A Follower for Emily (1974) Diane (1975) Funny Farm (1975) Scum (1977) Nina (1978) Danton's Death (1978) Beloved Enemy (1981) Psy-Warriors (1981) Baal (1982) Stars of the Roller State Disco (1984) Contact (1985) Christine (1987) The Firm: Director's Cut (1989) The Firm: Broadcast Version (1989) Elephant (1989) Product Features Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016, 270 mins) Three short introductions by David Leland (1991) Eight audio commentaries (Diane, Scum, Bukovsky, Contact, Christine, Elephant, The Firm (x2)) Bukovsky (Alan Clarke, 1977, 50 mins) + outtakes Archival BBC discussion programmes (77 mins total) Interview with A F N Clarke (2016, 22 mins): interview with the writer of Contact Alan Clarke interview (1989, 10 mins) Stills galleries

• The Firm: Director's Cut (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (23/05/2016) from £8.69   |  Saving you £11.30 (130.04%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gary Oldman is Clive ˜Bex' Bissell, an intelligent family man with a good job, who also happens to be the leader of the notorious East London hooligan firm, the Inner City Crew. Bex plans to unite rival gangs into a national firm to take to the European Championships, but that will mean defeating Oboe's Birmingham crew and the South London Buccaneers led by arch rival Yeti (Phil Davis). As Bex's craving for violence becomes an obsession, events spiral out of control. Alan Clarke's unflinching drama courted much controversy when it was first broadcast in a toned down version on the BBC. Now, it is rightly considered a masterpiece, due in no small part to the brilliance of Oldman's central performance one of the finest of his career. Newly transferred in HD, and available on Blu-ray for the very first time, The Firm is presented here in two versions: the never-before-seen Director's Cut, which re-instates a number of bold sequences previously considered too controversial for audiences; and the original BBC TV broadcast version. The complete Alan Clarke at the BBC is also available in DVD and Blu-ray box sets from the BFI.

• The Christmas Candle | DVD | (03/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hans Matheson and Samantha Barks star in this Christmas family movie set in 1890, adapted from the novel by Max Lucado. According to legend, every 25 years an angel arrives in the English village of Gladbury and blesses one of the candlemaker Edward Haddington (Sylvester McCoy)'s candles, meaning that whoever lights it will be granted a miracle. When foward-thinking minister David Richmond (Matheson) comes to the village, a rivalry strikes up between him and the old-fashioned Edward, especially when he tries to bring electric light to the church. As he promotes the acts of good deeds and kindness throughout the village, however, David finds himself a friend in Emily Barstow (Barks). When the special candle goes missing the villagers experience a Christmas they will never forget. The film also stars Lesley Manville, James Cosmo, Barbara Flynn and Susan Boyle in her feature debut.

• All Or Nothing | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Three-time Oscar-nominated writer/director Mike Leigh (Topsy-Turvy Secrets & Lies) delivers this rewarding picture about an ordinary family dealing with the complexities of life and a crisis that takes them on a tumultuous emotional journey. In a crowded South London apartment building Penny a working mom struggles to keep her dejected daughter her lazy son and her disillusioned partner on the right path. But when tragedy befalls her loved ones she finds that support comes from the most unexpected places...and brings the most surprising results.

• The Go-Between starring Lesley Manville, Vanessa Redgrave & Jim Broadbent (Repackaged) | DVD | (09/03/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by Bafta award winner Pete Travis. One of the most influential British novels of the 20th Century, THE GO-BETWEEN is a story of forbidden love, Edwardian strictures, betrayal and tragic naivety. Told from the perspective of Leo Colston, a callow twelve year old middle class boy, the story starts when he is invited by upper class school friend Marcus Maudsley to stay at his elegant family home for the blazing hot summer of 1900. Leo is instantly enthralled by Marcus's family and most especially his beautiful and wilful older sister Marian. When Marcus is taken ill, Leo is left to his own devices, but finds himself alone and adrift in a world of alien social mores and adult concerns. Gauche and anxious to please, Leo is slowly and unwittingly drawn into a web of deceit as Marian pursues an illicit and passionate affair with tenant farmer Ted Burgess, a man of much inferior social position whom she can never marry. Marian and Ted befriend the lonely and easily influenced Leo and use him to carry secret messages between them. Leo quickly grows friendly with Ted and worships Marian with a mixture of innocent love and incipient sexuality he barely understands. Only when he meets Hugh Trimingham, the kind, but war wounded aristocrat to whom Marian is promised, does Leo start to question his role as intermediary. As Leo s thirteenth birthday approaches, Marian s moods fluctuate and the summer heat becomes more oppressive. Wholly unable to comprehend the true implications of the adult emotions seething around him, Leo sets in motion a chain of events that ultimately prove the catalyst for a shocking tragedy that will haunt him forever.

• Mr Turner | Blu Ray | (02/03/2015) from £8.49   |  Saving you £14.50 (170.79%)   |  RRP £22.99

  From acclaimed director Mike Leigh comes the beautiful and untold story of the great painter J.M.W Turner (Timothy Spall) who in the last 25 years of his life has to make his way through love loss and the struggles of being both celebrated and reviled by the British public and the royal family.

• All Or Nothing | Blu Ray | (15/11/2021) from £10.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From BAFTA winning director Mike Leigh with stunning performances from Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen and Marion Bailey, All or Nothing is an incredible tale of the intertwining lives of several families on a housing estate in London. Following different tales of melancholy, alcoholism, a violent abusive boyfriend and a frustrated unemployed youth - there seems to be no hope for a brighter future and no chance of escape yet glimmers of joy and humour still prevail. Boasting first time screen performances from Sally Hawkins, Daniel Mays and James Corden this brand new restoration is an authentic and deeply enjoyable Mike Leigh classic.

• Secrets And Lies (Wide Screen) | DVD | (16/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  If a film fan had never heard of director Mike Leigh, one might explain him as a British Woody Allen. Not that Leighs films are whimsical or neurotic; they are tough-love examinations of British life--funny, outlandish and biting. His films share a real immediacy with Allens work: they feel as if they are happening now. Leigh works with actors--real actors--on ideas and language. There is no script at the start (and sometimes not at the end). Secrets and Lies involves Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), an elegant black woman wanting to learn her birth mothers identity. She will find its Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn), who is one of the saddest creatures weve seen in film. Shes also one of the most real and, ultimately, one of the most loveable. Timothy Spall is Cynthias brother, a giant man full of love who is being slowly defeated by his fastidious wife (Phyllis Logan). There is a great exuberance of life in Secrets & Lies, winner of the Palme DOr and best actress (Blethyn) at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival--not Zorba-type life but the little battles fought and won every day. Leighs honest interpretation of daily life is usually found only on the stage. Secrets & Lies is more realistic than a stage production, however, especially when Leigh shows us uninterrupted scenes. Critic David Denby states that Leigh has "made an Ingmar Bergman film without an instant of heaviness or pretension." If that sounds like your cup of tea, see Secrets & Lies. --Doug Thomas

• Alan Bennett's Talking Heads Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (08/03/2021) from £11.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Alan Bennetts renowned monologues are remade with an extraordinary British cast with two powerful new pieces added to the collection. Touching on universal themes such as guilt, grief and isolation, Bennetts masterful monologues have always had a timeless quality. But they feel particularly relevant today. Bennetts long-term collaborator, director Nicholas Hytner, heads up a superlative creative team. Actors including Jodie Comer, Martin Freeman and Kristin Scott Thomas bring Bennetts haunting work to life with darkly captivating performances. With the actors talking directly to the camera, this is an exceptionally intimate dramatic experience. As the characters unburden their souls, theres nowhere for the actors or audience to hide. Starring Jodie Comer, Monica Dolan, Martin Freeman, Tamsin Greig, Sarah Lancashire, Lesley Manville, Lucian Msamati, Maxine Peake, Rochenda Sandall, Kristin Scott Thomas, Imelda Staunton, Harriet Walter

• Harlots | DVD | (05/06/2017) from £14.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Featuring an award-winning creative team and all-star cast, Harlots is a powerful drama set against the vibrant, cosmopolitan backdrop of 18th century Georgian London, offering a bold new take on the city's most valuable commercial activity sex. Inspired by the stories of real women, and the men who surround them, this provocative character-driven series centres on the formidable Margaret Wells (Samantha Morton) and her daughters (Jessica Brown Findlay and Eloise Smyth) as she struggles to reconcile the role of mother with brothel owner. When her business comes under attack from Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville), a rival madam with a ruthless streak, Margaret will fight back, even if it means putting her family at risk. Combining wit with high drama, this fast-paced tale of family, power and brutal economics shines a light on the extraordinary businesswomen who helped to build the London we know.