Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp return in the hit ITV drama. The professional and personal lives of DC Rachel Bailey and DC Janet Scott continue to bring drama surprises and gripping tension. Janet begins to get her life in order to concentrate on her role as acting DS. Meanwhile Rachel who has been facing scrutiny over her brother's murder of her ex-boyfriend has settled uneasily into sharing her life with Sean. But the detectives are about to feel the heat. Rob Waddington (Danny Miller) arrives as a permanent DS Rachel's devil-may-care attitude threatens her relationship with Janet and the ongoing murder case comes to a head in a shocking thrilling climax. Special Features: Behind the Scenes
Family favourite Michael Elphick (Eastenders Private Schulz) is back as Boon in this fantastic four disc boxed set which contains every episode from the second and third series. Episodes comprise: Series 2: 1. Texas Rangers 2. Special Delivery 3. Day Of The Yokel 4. Smokey And The Band 5. Taken For A Ride 6. Wheels Of Fortune 7. A Ride On The Wild Side 8. Credit Where It's Due 9. Trudy's Grit 10. A Fistful Of Pesetas 11. Paper Mafia 12. Fiddler Under The Roof 13. Once A Fluid Man 14. Full Circle Series 3: 1. Charity Begins At Home (Part 1) 2. Charity Begins At Home (Part 2) 3. Topspin 4. Have A Nice Day 5. Beef Encounter 6. Never Say Trevor Again 7. Honourable Service 8. Peacemaker 9. The Devil You Know 10. Banbury Blue 11. One Reborn Every Minute 12. The Fall and Rise Of The Bowman Empire 13. The Not So Lone Ranger
In the north of England teenage girls Sue (Michelle Holmes) and Rita (Siobhan Finneran) earn themselves some extra pennies babysitting for middle-class suburban couple Bob (George Costigan) and Michelle (Lesley Sharp). Bob offers to drive the girls home but instead takes them over to the moors where he proposes a menage a trois. All three enjoy the experience so much that they begin to repeat it on a regular basis but complications soon ensue...
Scott & Bailey Box Set (Series 1 - 4)
A thrilling investigative drama following the lives of Janet Scott and Rachel Bailey, detectives from Manchester Major Incident Team, led by the formidable DCI Gill Murray. Brilliant and ambitious at work, Scott and Bailey also have to juggle home lives fraught with personal dramas that test their friendship to the limit. From award-winning writer Sally Wainwright.
This moving and exciting drama series follows the lives of Janet Scott and Rachel Bailey - Detective Constables in a Manchester Major Incident Team led by the formidable DCI Gill Murray. Though dedicated to cracking their challenging cases, Scott and Bailey also have home lives away from the force, fraught with personal dramas, decisions and life-changing consequences.Series 1:As they take on testing and horrific cases - including the murder of a pregnant girl, a mother left to bleed to death in the boot of her car and a young boy shot dead in his living room - Rachel finds her just-finished relationship far from over, while Janet struggles to curb a workplace affair. With careers on the line, there are some heart-rending decisions to be made...Series 2:With a murder suspect putting Rachel's life in danger and Janet facing another encounter with serial killer Geoff Hastings, the detectives are in need of some light relief. Good-looking old flame Sean provides a diversion for Rachel and a stressed Janet turns once more to colleague Andy Roper - but is either woman really ready for another serious relationship?
Overtaking Jurassic Park as the UK's biggest box office attraction of 1998, and winning one of its four Academy Award nominations, The Full Monty was the surprise world-wide smash of the year, it's unexpected success reflecting the underdog inspiring message of the film itself. Leading a strong cast, it was Robert Carlyle's appearance here which propelled him to sex-symbol superstardom and brought him high-profile Hollywood roles in Angela's Ashes, The World is Not Enough and The Beach among others. The story revolves around the attempts of five unemployed grafters from the recession-hit industrial North to reclaim some of their dignity, which they attempt to do by the unlikely expedient of becoming male strippers. The film follows their struggle to become The Chippendales for real women, from their shambolic beginnings to their euphoric debut appearance in front of 300 hungry lasses! Saucy and spicy with a rocking soundtrack, The Full Monty tells of the triumph of spirit over adversity, reminding us that everyone can be special, no matter what their shape ... or size. This is British independent film making at its very best, exhibiting the heart-warming truthfulness captured by many UK directors, yet eschewing their often gloomy negativity for an altogether more optimistic outlook: it's a modern fairy tale in which all five Cinderellas get to go to the ball. --Paul Eisinger
When a woman is murdered in a children's playground, a group of detectives embark on what initially seems to be a straightforward murder investigation but are quickly drawn into an ever-darkening mystery, taking them from the small town life they have always known, into a dangerous and beguiling journey across Europe. Will leave you looking over your shoulder The Mirror A dark conspiracy drama The Telegraph It could well join the ranks of Grantchester and Broadchurch The Guardian
The on-the-field trials and tribulations and the off-the-field lives loves and infidelities of 'The Castlefield Blues' an under funded badly managed ladies football team from South Yorkshire in the north of England whose loyalty to the team the game and each other far exceeds their chances of ever winning the championship. Features the complete first and second seasons.
A gay man (Alan Davies) and a straight woman (Lesley Sharp) meet and do the unthinkable - they fall in love. Rose is down to earth straighforward and funny. Then she meets Bob a teacher who's certainly not expecting to meet someone like Rose. In their hearts they know they're doing the right thing but everyone around them thinks they're crazy. Are they hurtling towards the biggest heartache ever? Bob And Rose is an irresistable comedy drama from the pen of Russell T. Davis creator
Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp return in Sally Wainwright's thrilling investigative drama exploring the personal and professional lives of two female detectives – Rachel Bailey and Janet Scott. Each episode sees the women deal with serious crime that are both challenging and emotionally difficult as well as cope with their own complex personal lives. Honest, powerful and true to life, Scott and Bailey is a refreshing take on crime drama.
This DVD includes two feature length episodes which dramatise the true story of Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong a solicitor and magistrate's clerk who was charged with poisoning his wife and later a business rival.
A second series of chilling and supernatural goings on as University lecturer Robert Bridge (Andrew Lincoln) becomes further embroiled in the world of the medium Alison Munday (Lesley Sharp)... Episodes Comprise: 1. Roadside Bouquets 2. Ratman 3. Lullaby 4. Your Hand In Mine 5. Mirrorball 6. Mind The Bugs Don't Bite 7. Things Forgotten 8. A Name Written In Water
The Full MontySix unemployed men inspired by a touring group of male strippers decide they can make a small fortune by putting on a striptease show of their own - but with one small difference. They intend to go the 'full monty' and strip completely naked! In this hilarious heartfelt comedy these six friends discover the inner strength to bare it all in front of the world. This enchantingly funny... crowd-pleasing comedy features the music of Donna Summer Gary Glitter Sister Sledge and Tom Jones. History BoysThe History Boys is a brilliant beguiling and extraordinarily entertaining British comedy in the mid 1980s in a grey and grim northern Grammar school; a select number of very bright boys are desperately trying to pass the Oxbridge entrance exams. What evolves is a story that effortlessly illustrates the bravado humour and vulnerability of teenagers as they navigate their way to adulthood.
Prime Suspect 1 (1991): When DCI Jane Tennison (Mirren) takes over the running of what appears to be an open and shut murder case her investigations lead her into a male dominated world and the hunt for a serial killer. Prime Suspect 2 (1992): DCI Tennison begins an investigation into the death of a young girl whose body is found in the back garden of a house in London. Prime Suspect 3 (1993): Chief Inspector Jane Tennison investigates the discovery of a male prostitute's charred body in the burnt-out flat of a transsexual... Prime Suspect 4 - Inner Circles (1995): Detective Superintendent Tennison investigates the mysterious death of a local country club manager and is led to a hidden political scandal... Prime Suspect 4 - Scent Of Darkness (1995) A series of brutal sex murders disturbingly similar to the pattern of Tennison's first major case leads to the awful suggestion that she may have caught the wrong man... Prime Suspect 4 - The Lost Child (1995): Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison's return to London's Southampton Row is complicated by personal upheaval and an investigation into the disappearance of a child... Prime Suspect 5 - Errors Of Judgement (1996): Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison has been transferred to Manchester and finds herself in a world she does not know surrounded by people she cannot trust and invloved with a man she cannot have. Her latest case is destined only to make things worse... Prime Suspect 6 - Last Witness (2003): Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) returns for a sixth investigation and another battle with the male establishment. Tennison is back in London heading a large murder squad dealing with numerous cases. She's facing the prospect of early retirement and has ambitious underlings snapping at her heels. When the body of a young Bosnian woman is found with evidence of torture Tennison takes personal charge of the case. Her investigation leads her to one possibly two Serbian war criminals eager to silence the last witness to a massacre a decade before. Prime Suspect 7 (2006): This tense uncompromising drama by distinguished dramatist and novelist Lynda La Plante has received critically acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic; winning 14 international awards including a BAFTA for Best Drama Serial and Best TV Actress (Helen Mirren). Retirement loom large for Detective Inspector Tennison but as her exemplary career draws towards its inevitable conclusion Jane is paying dearly for 35 years of repressed rage and loneliness. When the body of a missing schoolgirl is discovered the hunt for her killer begins. However as Jane and her team struggle to track down the brutal child murderer the world-weary Detective Tennison begins to unravel.
Scott and Bailey stars Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp in the title roles of two homicide detectives from Greater Manchester Polices prestigious Major Incident Team. The series is scripted by Sally Wainwright whose drama Unforgiven won the coveted RTS Award for Best Drama earlier this year.
Meet the Starlings: Granddad has recently moved in, following a rabble rousing incident at the old folks' home. Rather than see him unhappy, his son Terry and wife Jan, decide to put him up in their already crammed family home. Making room for him is Charlie, their 16 year old football crazy tomboy daughter; work-shy, reptile enthusiast, Gravy, beautiful Bell (and her brand new baby, Zac, who arrives bang on time for the first episode.Then there's Bell's ex-boyfriend, Reuben, desperate to get back together with her. Uncle Loz, Granddad's long lost son, is the artist of the family. Last but not least, Jan's nephew, Fergie who offers to bivouac in the garden, after being made homeless when his long suffering partner chucks him out.
This box set contains the first five Prime Suspect crime dramas, which star Helen Mirren as detective chief inspector Jane Tennison. The original story, first aired in 1991, was written by Lynda La Plante and established a compelling template--grisly murders, fascinating operational details, well-written characters and believable domestic drama. The feature-length titles in this box set are also available individually:Prime Suspect (1991)Prime Suspect 2 (1992)Prime Suspect 3 (1993)Prime Suspect 4: The Lost Child (1995)Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circles (1995)Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness (1995)Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment (1996) In 2003, Mirren reprised her role for Prime Suspect 6 (not included in this box set).
Tough yet emotionally vulnerable the newly-promoted Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) returns to old territory at London's Southampton Row to work on a case involving the disappearance of a young child. The investigation leads her to Chris Hughes (Robert Glenister) a serial child sex offender who has recently been released from a custodial treatment centre. As the investigation reaches its climax a badly bungled arrest attempt results in a tense siege situation. With police marksmen in a position and concern mounting for the safety of the three hostages D.S. Tennsion moves in to take control.
What started as a holiday for 14 enthusiasts ended in a Greek jail on espionage charges! Caught in a minefield of regional politics 14 spotter found themselves arrested for behaving 'suspiciously' at an air base in remote Greece. Their protests fell on bemused and then incredulous ears. Surely the telescopes radio scanners and aircraft serial numbers could mean only one thing: they were spies! What started as an extraordinary farce soon became terribly serious when the spotters we
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