David Mitchell and Robert Webb are back with their fourth series, featuring a raft of brand-new ideas including the invention of the jet-pack; a sneaky robot; the correct (but confusing) way to talk to Caesar; a very old Sherlock Holmes and Watson; and a heavily armed man who's very keen on grammar. There's also a return of some old favourites including the post-apocalyptic quiz show; accident-prone Hennimore; and Ted and Peter presenting Late Night Dog Poker. Exclusive extras include out-takes, extended sketches and more.
The first in the now legendary 'Is Born' series 'A Car is Born' follows Mark Evans as he builds a Pilgrim Sumo 5.7 Litre V8 Super-Car. Inspired by the classic 1960's AC Cobra this kit car is based on a Ford Sierra. Mark follows the whole process from finding the donor vehicle to taking the finished car through the SVA test. From wiring to windows welding to wheels Mark covers the whole process with the degree of detail that viewers of these series have come to love. While Mark is not a trained mechanic (he is actually a qualified vet!) he has been a car enthusiast since he was a teenager. 'A Car is Born' sets out to prove that enthusiasm and determination are the key to building your very own super-car for less than the price of a family hatch-back.
Four wheel drive vehicles are more popular today than ever before. With this in mind presenter and engineering fanatic Mark Evans takes on a brand new 'is born' challenge. The build is inspired by late 1970's special vehicles of which a limited run of only 25 were produced for the Swiss and French Army and are quoted as being ""the best Land Rovers ever made"". Mark's aim is to take an old rust bucket Range Rover rescued from the scrap heap and transform it into the ultimate boulder
When a deadly fish illegally smuggled out of Asia gets free and finds its way to a Louisiana bayou a motley group of people from a small houseboat community in the middle of a swamp find themselves under attack by the vicious creature. Even as they make a daring escape to a nearby island to their horror they discover that this fish can actually stalk them on land as well!
More than 20 hours of instruction as Mark Evans shows how to restore classic vehicles and build kits from scratch. A Bike Is Born - Triumph Bonneville: In this volume Mark restores a 1970 Triumph Bonneville T120R. Despite being a Britsh marque it was built for the American market being despatched through the Triumph corporation in Baltimore. A Bike Is Born - Custom Trike: Mark's next biking challenge is to rebuild a two seater three-wheeled trike using the rear axle from a VW Beetle. Power is supplied courtesy of a 1800VW engine with Webe Carbs. A Plane Is Born - 200mph Europa XS Kit Aircraft: A Plane Is Born takes the viewer for the first time through the process of building a 200mph aircraft capable of flying from England to the South of France on a single tank of fuel. A Chopper Is Born - Rotorway Exec 162F Helicopter Kit: What do you do when you've built a car bike and plane? You build a helicopter! A Car Is Born - Pilgrim Sumo: A Car Is Born follows the intrepid Mark as he builds a Pilgrim Sumo 5.7 litre V8 supercar. A Car Is Reborn: The jewel in the series' crown as Mark tackles the restoration of the classiest of classic cars a 1965 series 1.1 E-Type Jaquar from farmer's field to concourse condition. A Racing Car Is Born - Westfield 1800 7-Type Circuit Racer: Mark turns his hand to the world of the budget race-car as he builds tunes and ultimately races a 7-type circuit racer - his very own Westfield 1800. A Bike Is Born - Harley Davidson: Mark's challenge is to reconstruct a classic Harley Davidson. Built in 1942 this Harley needs a complete reconstruction and Mark is the man to provide it!
Hired by a secret group of scientists and ex-military men retired submarine commander Adam Jones (Widmark) takes to the helm again on a mission to investigate a possible communist nuclear base on an island in the Arctic. But danger lurks in the deep for Jones' crew and the closer they get to their destination the deeper their predicament gets. Hostile subs and tensions on board are only the beginning as Jones discovers that this mission isn't what it seems and the real danger of a
It's hard to know who thought it would be a good idea to make a live-action version of Disney's animated classic, 101 Dalmatians (and originally Dodie Smith's classic children's story). The one bright notion anyone had was casting Glenn Close as Disney Übervillainess Cruella de Vil; her flashing eyes and angular features are a perfect match and do credit to what is one of the most indelible animated characters Disney has ever created. The story remains essentially the same, focusing on Cruella's plot to kidnap the puppies of a young married couple (Jeff Daniels and Joely Richardson) and make them into a coat. But the dreaded John Hughes, who wrote this script, fills it with sadistic slapstick and far too few genuine laughs. The human actors work hard, but to little avail; thankfully, there's a posse of puppies to regularly steal scenes when the going gets dreary--although there are only so many laughs to be had from inappropriate dog puddles. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com Don't be fooled by the title, there are four reasons to like 102 Dalmatians, the sequel to the successful live-action remake of Disney's 101 Dalmatians. There are the 101 spotted pooches, Glenn Close back in fine form as Cruella DeVil, Oddball--the spotless Dalmatian pup--and Waddlesworth, a parrot who thinks he's a rottweiler (and is voiced by Monty Python's Eric Idle). There are just as many reasons to be disappointed: like most sequels, the story line is virtually a rewrite of t he first; the secondary casting isn't as interesting; the dialogue merely serves to move the plot along; and the third act substitutes mean-spiritedness for comedy. After a period of rehabilitation, Cruella has returned to her old tricks. Once again, she simply must have a spotted coat and will go to any lengths to get hold of the 102 Dalmatians needed to make one with a hood. She sets her sights on the pups owned by her probation officer, Chloe (Alice Evans), and the owner of a local animal shelter, Kevin (Ioan Gruffudd). Her servant Alonso (Tim McInnerny) and flamboyant furrier Monsieur Le Pelt (Gerard Depardieu, in one ridiculous outfit after another) are drafted to aid in her quest. It should come as no surprise that Chloe and Kevin fall in love, Oddball helps to save the day and Cruella is defeated. Children should enjoy the animal high jinks, but adults are less likely to be enamoured by this perfectly competent, but relatively charmless affair. --Kathleen C Fennessy, Amazon.com.
In 1992, The Lawnmower Man was hailed as a CGI (Computer Generated Image) breakthrough. It's fascinating to consider the effects in a historical context, knowing it came just a year after T2: Judgment Day and was followed by Jurassic Park a year later. Written and directed by Bill Leonard, this was intended to showcase how realistic digital likenesses and landscapes had become. Little did they know that Toy Story was already in pre-production! The story hangs on the concept that a scientist gain (Pierce Brosnan) is drafted in to utilise the technology for governmental. As with all top-secret government projects in the movies, it all goes horribly wrong. Forced to progress from a chimp to a human subject, Brosnan secretly recruits local backwards boy and lawnmower pusher Jobe (Jeff Fahey). The increases in intelligence are alarming. He learns Latin in two hours, becomes an object of sexual desire (all it takes is cowboy boots apparently), and then develops telepathic and telekinetic abilities. Some very overt religious analogy is in evidence. Jobe's beatings by a priest give way to an eventual crucifixion on the spinning wheel that allows him to enter Virtual Reality. Will he be resurrected for a sequel? Such questions were what Stephen King took extreme exception to when his name was placed before the title. A lawsuit took care of that. What the film ought to be remembered and appreciated for though are the visuals, which undoubtedly advanced the arcade and home computer game industry. --Paul Tonks
Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldScott Pilgrim vs. the World is a finger-blistering time capsule of right now, yet in a hundred years it will still be so crammed with charm, wit, brio, and exuberance it will still be irresistible. Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera, Superbad) is an accidental heartbreaker, a Canadian slacker who obsesses over the girls who've dumped him but hardly realizes how he's dumped other girls. But everything else in his life (including playing bass in a band) fades to insignificance when he lays eyes on Ramona (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Live Free or Die Hard), his deadpan pixie dream girl. Unfortunately, Ramona has some serious baggage: seven deadly exes, and Scott must battle them all if he wants to date Ramona. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is saturated in pop culture, particularly video games. Many events make almost no sense, but it doesn't matter--sheer narrative ferocity and glee of invention sweep the viewer along. Cera pushes his geek/dork dreamboat persona to new heights of sweet twee-ness; if this movie doesn't shoot him into the stratosphere, we live in a cold, unfeeling universe, bereft of justice. The whole supporting cast (including Kieran Culkin, Jason Schwartzman, Anna Kendrick, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, and a host of less familiar but excellent young actors) plays every moment for all it's worth. This movie is supremely uncool and passionate, which makes it essential viewing. --Bret FetzerHot FuzzA major British hit, a lorryload of laughs and some sparkling action? Well have some of that. Its fair to say that Hot Fuzz proves that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wrights brilliant Shaun Of The Dead was no one-off, serving up a superbly crafted British homage to the Hollywood action movie. Deliberately set in the midst of a sleepy, quaint English village of Sandford, Peggs Nicholas Angel is sent there because, bluntly, hes too good at his job, and hes making his city colleagues look bad. The proverbial fish out of water, Angel soon discovers that not everything in Sandford is quite as it seems, and joins forces with Nick Frosts lumbering Danny Butterman to find out whats what. Hot Fuzz then proceeds to have a rollicking good time in both tipping its hat to the genre films that are clearly its loving inspiration, and coming up with a few tricks of its own. It does comedy better than action, with plenty of genuine laugh-out-loud moments, but its no slouch either when the tempo needs raising. One of the many strong cards it plays is its terrific cast, which includes former 007 Timothy Dalton, Bill Nighy, Bill Bailey, Paddy Considine, Edward Woodward and Jim Broadbent. Hot Fuzz, ultimately, just falls short of Shaun Of The Dead, but more than does enough to warrant many, many repeat viewings. Its terrific fun, and in the true hit action movie style, all-but-demands some form of sequel. That said, with Pegg and Wright now with two excellent, and suitably different, genres ticked off, itll be interesting to see what they do next. A period drama, perhaps ? --Simon Brew Shaun of the DeadIt's no disparagement to describe Simon Pegg and Edgar Wrights zombie-rom-com Shaun of the Dead as playing like an extended episode of Spaced. Not only does the movie have the rather modest scope of a TV production, it also boasts the snappy editing, smart camera moves, and deliciously post-modern dialogue familiar from the sitcom, as well as using many of the same cast: Peggs Shaun and Nick Frosts Ed are doppelgangers of their Spaced characters, while Jessica Stevenson and Peter Serafinowicz appear in smaller roles. Unlike the TV series, its less important for the audience to be in on the movie in-jokes, though it wont hurt if you know George Romeros famous Dawn of the Dead trilogy, which is liberally plundered for zombie behaviour and mythology. Shaun is a loser, stuck in a dead-end job and held back by his slacker pal Ed. Girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) is exasperated by his lack of ambition and unceremoniously dumps him. As a result, Shaun misses out on what is apparently the end of the world. In a series of beautifully choreographed and edited scenes, including hilarious tracking shots to and from the local shop, he spectacularly fails to notice the death toll and subsequent zombie plague. Only when one appears in their back garden do Shaun and Ed take notice, hurling sundry kitchen appliances at the undead before breaking out the cricket bat. The catastrophe proves to be the catalyst for Shaun to take charge of his life, sort out his relations with his dotty mum (Penelope Wilton) and distant stepdad (Bill Nighy), and fight to win back his ex-girlfriend. Lucy Davis from The Office and Dylan Moran of Black Books fame head the excellent supporting cast. --Mark Walker
ITV's famous boardroom drama from the 1960's starring Patrick Wymark Barbara Murray Clifford Evans Rosemary Leach Peter Barkworth Ian Holm and George Sewell. A spin-off from the earlier 'The Plane Makers' 'The Power Game' made a star of Patrick Wymark as the now knighted Sir John Wilder the ruthless and power hungry executive who everybody loved to hate. The series captivated the viewing public in 1965 when first aired (one of the five most watched programme of 1966 when this f
Three more rollicking good tales starring Michael Palin in various guises. Written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones. 'The Testing Of Eric Olthwaite' 'Whinfrey's Last Case' and 'The Curse of The Claw'. The Testing of Eric Olthwaite: A Ripping Northern Yarn set in the dark days of the depression before Last of the Summer Wine started bringing jobs to the area. Eric's tough mining parents find their son so boring that they run away from home. Eric torn between love for his parents and lack of brain cells becomes involved with a hardened criminal. The rest is history. Whinfrey's Last Case: Dashing Gerald Whinfrey saves his country twice a week but in 1913 a German plot to start the First World War without telling anybody coincides with his holiday. Where do Whinfrey's priorities lie? Has he got any? A knockout tale of international intrigue. If only Dickens could write like this - Mrs Reg Dickens Eltham. The Curse of the Claw: Gothic terror comes to Maidenhead. A timely reminder of what happens when men dabble in the dark world of oriental superstition. Michael Palin aided by inexpensive plastic surgery plays old and young Kevin as well as Kevin's childhood hero Uncle Jack - an enormously cheerful physical disaster area who has every disease known to man usually at the same time.
The official highlights programme of the 2003 Solheim Cup. Since its inauguration in 1990 the USA has dominated this event and lead 5-2 in the series. But Europe sporting the world number one Annika Srenstam and a preponderance of highly talented youngsters and experienced players were not about to lose the Solheim Cup in their back yard. For the first time in its 13-year history The Solheim Cup was played in continental Europe and fittingly Sweden a country that has borne s
ATV'S famous boardroom drama from the 1960's starring Patrick Wymark Barbara Murray Clifford Evans Rosemary Leach Peter Barkworth Ian Holm and George Sewell. A spin-off from the earlier 'The Plane Makers' 'The Power Game' made a star of Patrick Wymark as the now-knighted Sir John Wilder the ruthless and power hungry executive who everybody loved to hate. Episodes comprise: 1. Nothing's For Free 2. Ambassador Status 3. Grounds For Decision 4. The Front Men 5. A Matter
Where Is The Chesterfield King?!?! is a film in the style of Ed Wood meets Hard Days Night. The Chesterfield Kings take on the evil Andro a maniacal alien bent on world domination who has kidnapped drummer Mike. Can the Chesterfield Kings find their drummer halt Andro's master plan and save the world? In the late 70s The Chesterfield Kings set their own course into the past with an unbelievably raw '60s rhythm & blues sound that borrowed heavily from pre-1966. The Kings so unlike any other underground sensations of the period became the pioneers of the then flourishing garage rock revival and remain so to this day.
ATV's famous boardroom drama from the 1960s stars Patrick Wymark as the now-knighted Sir John Wilder, the ruthless and power-hungry executive whom everybody loved to hate. Recently made Ambassador for Special Situations and Trade, he still maintains his adversarial relationship with Caswell Bligh (Clfford Evans) in their fight for political power and economic one-upmanship. Contains all 13 episodes from series 3 along with the following special features: Special Features: Man from Italy (mute), Alternative Main Titles and Promotion, Promotional Trailers, 35mm Title Footage (mute)
An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War brings to the screen the ultimate showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the poweful Thanos.
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